A grieving novelist who traded her pen for a gourmet chicken-wing restaurant falls for her biggest fan at Christmas, never suspecting he's the pop-up rival putting her out of business.
Synopsis
After losing her fiancé to cancer, Olive, a writer, puts her pen down and pours everything into an upscale chicken-wing restaurant in Los Angeles. She runs the kitchen like a general. Then, as Christmas approaches, a pop-up shop starts appearing around town, selling better wings for less, and her dining room empties out.
With the help of Bodhi, a charming stranger, Olive sets out to crack the competitor's recipe. If she fails, the restaurant closes and her whole staff is out of work for the holidays.
She finally gets the recipe right, and she has fallen for Bodhi along the way. Then she learns that Bodhi owns the pop-ups and had the recipe all along. The two fall out badly. Only when Olive understands why he did it do they find their way back to each other. Her love of writing comes back, the restaurant survives, and together they open a chain of wing restaurants that feed the homeless.
Key characters
- OliveExacting chef-owner, a writer at heart
- BodhiCharming stranger with a secret
- RichardHer long-suffering host
- Format
- Feature
- Genre
- Romantic Comedy
- Budget
- $1M
- Script
- 110 Pages
- Key Cast
- 5 Roles
- Locations
- 5
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People watch more rom-coms over the holidays than at any other time of year, and holiday movies are a reliable seasonal draw for streamers and broadcasters. At $1M, Fowl Play is built for that audience.
