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Selected projects in development by filmmaker Karin Sabin


FEATURE FILMS

  • Feature Comedy

    Hitch meets Role Models

    Logline: To transform from hot mess to hot shit, a loveable loser hires a life coach.

    But when our anti-heroine discovers a shocking secret, she must overcome her deepest fears — and survive her bridezilla sister's luxury wedding in Malibu — to embrace her mess and finally get her shit together.

    Status: In development

  • Feature Comedy

    Little Miss Sunshine meets Bruce Almighty

    Logline: A road trip comedy on a mission for a miracle.

    Armed with the Holy Spirit, a wickedly funny and devoutly Catholic woman sets out to "The City of Miracles" in Lourdes, France to cure her sister from cancer and her brother from Tinder.

    But she'll need more than a miracle when she discovers who her estranged siblings really are — and the diabolical scheme that roped in the Pope.

    Status: In development

  • Rocky meets Bridesmaids

    Logline: Picture Million Dollar Baby reimagined as a bold laugh-out-loud comedy.

    In this female-led boxing story, our anti-heroine trains under a disgraced legendary fighter for a globally streamed championship boxing match for big bucks — and a shot at a comeback story of redemption.

    Status: In development

  • Anger Management meets The Heat

    Logline: A famous ex-comedian who got cancelled now runs an anger management group, where he meets his protégé: a fiery redhead with a rare gift for raw rage.

    As they form an unlikely — and court-ordered — friendship in the therapy group, he mentors her into stand-up comedy, testing whether anger is best weaponized for revenge or transformed on stage into something healing, human, and hilarious.

    Status: In development

  • Feature Comedy

    Superbad meets The Wolf of Wall Street

    Logline: A buddy comedy where two desperate loser dudes enroll in a hyper-masculine hustle academy, determined to become undeniable legends.

    Status: In development

  • Feature Dramedy

    The King of Staten Island meets Lars and the Real Girl

    Logline: A depressed dude failing in life — and locked in a war over expectations with his military father — drunkenly stumbles into stand-up comedy.

    Performing on-stage begins as rebellion but he discovers a community of eclectic comic friends and an unexpected talent for making audiences laugh about pain — forcing him to decide whether he’ll finally stand up for himself.

    Status: In development


TELEVISION

  • Half-Hour Television Comedy

    The Office meets Ted Lasso

    Logline: A chaotic optimist inherits his father’s failing St. Louis boxing gym and tries to rebuild it, taking the hits one round at a time.

    Status: In development

| Materials available upon request.


DOCUMENTARY

  • Short Documentary

    Logline: Influential comedians reflect on pain, laughter, and why comedy may be humanity’s most sophisticated survival tool.

    Status: In active pre-production

    Director: Karin Sabin