Dark Mind

First rewarded, then exploited and rejected for his brilliance,
young inventor Paul Hadley quickly learns that the only person
he can trust is himself. His revolutionary ideas appear in journals,
magazines and even stores, credited to other inventors. Convinced
that the governments and corporations of the world are spying on
him and stealing his ideas, Paul disappears from the world in a
cloak of anonymity and settles into a daily routine of fine-tuning
his machine. He rewards his successes with brief excursions into
the outside world where he meets the vivacious Jenny, a waitress
at the local café.

One night, Paul and Jenny’s worlds collide when she returns a
forgotten notebook to his apartment. Her unexpected arrival
and mistaken identity results in a savage beating that thrusts Paul
into the public eye and Jenny into a dark coma. Privacy destroyed,
Paul struggles to protect himself and his invention from the prying
eyes of the Police and the media. A web of lies and mishaps soon
trap Paul and he becomes unsure of what is real and what is
fabricated. His life of obscurity and secrecy begin to crush him and
his mind becomes subject to the strain.

When Jenny awakes from the coma she insists Paul is not the
monster they portray him to be. At her request the police go
with her to Paul’s apartment so she can absolve him of any
wrongdoing. Upon arrival, they uncover the horrific crimes
hidden away in his apartment, and the truth behind Paul and
his conspiracy theory is revealed.

BIOS

Christopher Masterson
Starring Role of “Paul”

CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY MASTERSON, is a young and talented actor currently starring as Francis on the successful series, "Malcolm in the Middle." Born and raised in New York, he is already an industry veteran while only in his early 20s, and has established himself as one of the industry’s hottest
emerging talents. Masterson, having held a number of challenging roles in both feature films and television also has a knack for showcasing both his comedic and dramatic abilities on screen.
Masterson just completed production on the MTV original film Wuthering Heights. This modern day musically driven remake of the classic novel has Chris playing Edward, the love interest of Erika Christiansen stuck in the middle of a love triangle.

Masterson can currently be seen starring in the FOX Emmy award-winning hit comedy, "Malcolm in the Middle". Chris portray's 'Francis,' Malcolm's eldest brother, a smooth-talking delinquent whose escapades land him in military school. The show has received amazing reviews and was currently named by the Television Critics Association as "Program of the Year - Comedy." In addition, the show was also a recipient of the Peabody Award.
Additional television credits include "The Road Home" and Disney's "What's Up?" for which he served as series regular. He has also guest starred on numerous shows, including "Touched By an Angel," "Dr. Quinn: Medicine Women," "Millennium," " The Pretender," "Murphy Brown," "The Client" and
Steven King's '"The Dead Zone." He also had a reoccurring role this season on FOX's hit series
" That 70's Show" where he played Todd, a nerdy, obsessed type manager of a cheese shop and Jackie's love interest. In complete contrast Masterson played a serial killer opposite Eric Roberts in the VH1 anthology series "Strange Frequency."

Masterson has also appeared in numerous films. He starred in the Wayans' Brothers film SCARY MOVIE 2 where he played "Buddy" a collage co-ed, who had an uncanny knack for lacking social skills - especially when dealing with girls. He has also appeared in "My Best Friends Wedding," playing the
brother and best man to Durmont Mulrouney, and in "Singles" he played the young Campbell Scott who teaches lessons in sex to his school yard friends. Masterson was also seen in "Nice Guy's Finish Last" a film directed by Robert B. Martin Jr, about a nice guys quest for the perfect date, which toured the
film festival circuit. Other film credits include," "American History X," "Girl," "Cutthroat Island" and "The Sunchaser" directed by Michael Chimano. No Stranger to the stage, Chris has appeared in two critically acclaimed theatre productions. His credits include "Arcaidia" which showcased at the
Mark Taper forum in Los Angeles where he played the duel roles of both Gus and Augstus, bouncing back between the 18th Century and present day. He also starred in the production of "The Sound of Music" at the prestigious NYU theatre in New York City.

Chris currently resides in Los Angeles. His hobbies include horseback riding and the rodeo sport cutting as well as racing motorcycles, cars, surfing and rock climbing.

Arielle Kebbel
Starring role of “Jenny”

Arielle Kebbel has accomplished a great deal in her short time in Hollywood. If the last year and half are any indication, the future looks bright for this young talent. Born and raised in Florida, Kebbel made the decision to become an actress and hasn’t looked back since. Her first role was in the feature film The Bros, co-starred names like Shaquille O’ Neal and Ludacris and she has since worked on such well respected series as “CSI,” “Judging Amy” and most recently a stunning turn on “Law and Order SVU.”
Kebbel can currently be seen on the critically acclaimed WB series; “Gilmore Girls” in a recurring role as the perfect, young wife of fan favorite Jared Padalecki. In May she will light up the big screen in the MGM’s comedy, Soul Plane which will be followed by a role in Be Cool, the highly anticipated follow up to Get Shorty. She also has two other projects for 2004, HBO’s “The Entourage,” a dramedy about the world of Hollywood produced by Mark Wahlberg and the horror film Reeker.

James Peterson
Executive Producer

James Peterson's first venture in to the world of filmmaking was through his son Nicholas. He served as Executive Producer on both "MuM" and "Cookies for Harry".

Mr. Peterson became President and Chief Executive Officer of Microsemi Corporation in November 2000. He joined the executive staff at Microsemi in April 1999 when the Santa Ana, CA semiconductor manufacturer acquired Linfinity Microelectronics, Inc., Garden Grove, CA., a manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. At that time, Mr. Peterson was serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Linfinity, having been appointed to that position in February 1997. He continued in that capacity until his appointment to head the Microsemi Corporation. Previously, Mr. Peterson rose to senior worldwide marketing and sales management positions with Silicon Systems, Inc., where he served eleven years supporting mixed signal products for the mass storage and communications markets. He also has held marketing management positions with Rockwell Corporation, Newport Beach, CA and General Instruments Microelectronics, Long Island, NY. Mr. Peterson holds a B.A. degree in business administration and an MBA from Brigham Young University.

Nicholas Nephi Peterson
Producer/Director/Writer

Director Nicholas Nephi Peterson attended the Experimental Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts (Calarts). While at Calarts he focused his time on learning the art of stop-motion animation. During the summer of 1998, Peterson worked on a tiny crew of five as a set builder/animator on the first ever stop-motion IMAX film "MORE”, which was nominated for a 1998 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Soon after, in the spring of 1999, Peterson graduated with a BFA from Calarts. He then acted as writer, producer and director of the stop-motion short film "MuM" received critical acclaim including three Best Short awards and a College Emmy. "MuM" has screened in over 40 festivals worldwide including the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Peterson’s first live action short film "Cookies for Harry" starring Frances Bay (Happy Gilmore,
Blue Velvet) screened in numerous festivals around the world and aired on the Discovery channel’s “TiVo Takes” and the Sci-Fi Channel’s “Exposure”. Nicholas will be making his feature film debut by producing and directing the film Intellectual Property that he also co-wrote.

Martin Berneman
Producer

Martin Berneman began his career in the entertainment industry while a student at the University of Southern California, interning for casting director Nan Dutton. Upon graduation, Berneman took a full time position with Dutton, casting television series and TV movies including: “Camp Wilder” starring Oscar winning actress Hillary Swank, Jerry O’ Connell and Jay Mohr; “Final Justice” with Martin Sheen, Patty Duke and Charles S. Dutton; and “Fugitive Nights” with Sam Elliot and Teri Garr. Berneman worked at talent agency Innovative Artists where he assisted the top talent agents and their high profile clients. Wanting to have a more active role in developing the careers of his clients, Berneman left Innovation Artists to become a personal manager. Over the past seven years he has managed the careers of among others: Anthony Edwards (“ER”), Holly Marie Combs (“Charmed”), Jamie Luner (“Profiler”), John Corbett (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”), Jamie Elman (“American Dreams”), Luke Perry (“Jeremiah”), Emmy Award winning directors Paris Barclay (NYPD Blue), and Christian Dugay (CBS’ “Joan of Ark” miniseries). Berneman also Produced Nick Peterson’s short film “Cookies for Harry.”

Hansen Smith
Screenwriter

Hansen is, by formal education, a graphic designer. Trained at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Hansen designed the titles for Nicholas Peterson’s “Cookies for Harry”. Although he is an accomplished and talented graphic designer, his interests at this moment lie heavily in film. While his known screen credits include little more than narrowly published critique, Hansen has long been a creative writer and independent film enthusiast. “Intellectual Property” is Hansen's second screenplay and he has recently begun development on a third.

Linda Phillips-Palo
Casting Director

Linda Phillips-Palo started as a talented writer and performer. Her one-woman shows have been a main stay of her acting career. The last show, “Crazy Talk, She’s Talking Crazy,” (which is being published as a book) has been performed in The NoHo Gallery in New York City, Café Largo and Luna Park in Los Angeles and as well in Nashville, Tennessee.

Linda has had an extensive career as a Casting Director and has cast well over 20 feature films. Her credits include “Jeeper Creepers 2” for United Artists which will be released in 2003, “Shetan, the Young Black Stallion” for Walt Disney Studios and will be released as an IMAX film in 2003, Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Rainmaker”, and George Lucas’ “Radioland Murders”.

Linda has had the distinction of winning an Artios Award, which is the highest recognition for a casting director, for the independent feature “Virgin Suicides.”

Jasper Randall
Composer

Jasper Randall was born and raised in Alsea, Oregon, a small logging town in the Willamette Valley. At age four he started playing piano, began composing at thirteen and at age seventeen entered Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, CA to study Music Composition and Theory. He later continued his graduate studies at the University of Southern California, having been accepted into their program for Advanced Studies in Filmscoring for Motion Pictures and Television. Since that time, Jasper has gone on to score numerous films on all levels, from the recent major motion picture Time Changer by Rich Christiano, to the stop-motion animation short film MuM, which won numerous festival awards, ultimately winning a Student Emmy. In addition to his original scores, Jasper has worked alongside film composer Christopher Young on over 15 features, including Entrapment, The Shipping News, Swordfish, Bandits and most recently the John Grisham adaptation Runaway Jury. At only 28, Jasper is becoming known for his music's sweeping melodies, rich orchestrations and effectiveness within films usually reserved for his mentors. Most importantly, he understands the character and quality a carefully crafted score can bring to a film and continues striving to raise the bar with each new project he undertakes. He lives with his wife, vocalist Monique Donnelly, in Sylmar, California.