Graisland is a new company whose current slate of three feature films and two TV series have been developed by acclaimed writer Michael Grais over the last three years.

We have creative alliances with other writers and producers with projects in various stages of development. Our mandate is to create commercial content for all media including streaming platforms, theatrical release features and Network TV.

Graisland operates under two guiding principles: 1) It takes a village to make films and TV series. 2) Creative alliances are nurtured and welcome. Read more...

Properties in Graisland slate

LIATH LUACHRA Genre: Television Series Michael Grais has written the pilot plus one episode and bible for the TV series based on the novel Liath Luachra (The Grey One) by Irish writer Brian O'Sullivan. Liath Luachra is a young Celtic female warrior fighting for her life in the violent male-dominated second century AD Ireland: A land of tribal affiliations, secret alliances, and treacherous rivalries. The bible and scripts are available upon request to michaelgrais@icloud.com In the vein of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO meets THE VIKINGS. Celluloid Dreams Genre: Drama Celluloid Dreams is a deconstructed comedy about a Hollywood writer, who is writing an “action” movie for the studio while his life careens out of control and we begin to see the movie he’s writing reflected in his real life and vice versa. THE LINE Genre: Television Series The US Border Patrol is the most dangerous job in law enforcement, worldwide. Based on real events that occurred in 2004, THE LINE captures the tense conflict between the Border Patrol and the Cartels who traffic people and drugs across the Mexico-US border by any means possible. Set in the border town of Naco, Arizona, THE LINE follows intersecting storylines from both sides of the border and portrays a volatile narrative that confronts the audience with life on THE LINE as they have never seen it before. The Chittering It is Bosnia, 1995. An American bomber flies over Tuzla on a regular recon mission. A JDAM bunker buster bomb dislodges. The pilot is forced to drop this payload in a dense unpopulated forest close to the demilitarized zone. It just misses obliterating a Bosnian city. The bomb craters a hole deep into the forest floor and releases from it's underground lair a 8th century weapon monster. Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror THE SPEAR OF DESTINY Genre: Fantasy Vampire Adventure Film / Television Series Five young female Vampires turned against their will want to stop him by finding it first. The Spear of Destiny. The Spear that pierced Christ on the cross. His blood gave it magical powers. Held by Charlemagne, Attilla The Hun and Hitler - used to conquer. It is somewhere unknown now sought by a Vampire who wants to control the Underworld. CROSSFIRE HURRICANE Genre: Period Action “Crossfire Hurricane” is a gritty crime thriller that takes place over a single day at a corrupt Louisiana police precinct while a potentially devastating Category 4 hurricane rapidly forms off the Florida coast. Crossfire Hurricane is a dark comedy about a bunch of cops who went amok in their own station house – based on a real event. Lakeshore Drive Genre: Period Drama Lakeshore Drive takes place in a wealthy Chicago suburb in the 1960s. A coming of age story about a boy with a mentally disturbed but seductive mother and an aggressive father involved in legal and illegal activities. The story shows how the young boy’s high school girlfriend, his first love, and their tumultuous sexual relationship mirrors his parents and how he has to become tough to survive them. CHRISTA'S LUCK Genre: Teen fiction novel Inspired by a real horse rescue, this story is about a young woman's fascination with an endangered herd of wild horses and how her special connection with them inspires her to look beyond her own unforgivable mistakes and try again. She rises up to become a horse advocate at fourteen, whose passion and heart move an entire town to take action. In the vein of Wild Horse Annie, The Horse Whisperer, and the Black Stallion, Christa’s Luck is an epic adventure story of courage, friendship and freedom.

“A bold, visionary, and active young heroine” ~Kirkus Reviews

“Michael Grais, the co-screenwriter of the 1982 film Poltergeist, and his wife, Jennifer, develop the plot handily, with a slow build toward a final, cinematic crisis in which Christa and her friends enact a daring rescue.” ~Kirkus Reviews

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Liath Luachra

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Michael Grais has written the pilot plus one episode and bible for the TV series based on the novel Liath Luachra (The Grey One) by Irish writer Brian O’Sullivan.

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Novel Christa’s Luck is Published

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In the vein of Wild Horse Annie, The Horse Whisperer, and the Black Stallion, Christa’s Luck is an epic adventure story of courage, friendship and freedom.

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Michael Grais Directs Famous Play

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Michael Grais directs John Patrick Shanley’s “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea”. Carlos Barbosa is doing the production design.

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