LOGLINE: Determined for redemption after losing an illegal $100M deal, blacklisted gambler TOMMY O'QUINN recounts his deadly narrative to uniquely ambitious film director JESSIE WALLER, desperate for her Hollywood glory.
In the shimmering mirage of Sin City, where fortunes are won and lost on the turn of a card, North Vegas weaves an unrelenting tale of power, deception, and the elusive nature of truth, reflected in the glossy facade of Hollywood's dark underbelly. Told through a dizzyingkaleidoscope of timelines and perspectives, North Vegas defies traditional narrative, intertwining past and present into a haunting tapestry of cause and effect.
Six months after a series of deadly events cost him over $100 million, destroyed his marriage, and left him for dead, disgraced gambling titan TOMMY O'QUINN arrives in Hollywood, penniless and clutching a first-person crime thriller crazier than fiction.
Blinded by ambition, desperate to recoup his losses, and driven by the hope of reuniting with his estranged wife, Tommy's last gamble is to turn his tragic downfall into a cinematic goldmine. His plan? To enlist the help of a victim who suffered collateral damage from his chaos, and spin his story into a blockbuster film.
JESSIE WALLER, a long-suffering visionary filmmaker, has spent decades trying to break through Hollywood's patriarchal and capitalistic stronghold. Now teetering on the brink of obscurity, she's still reeling from the traumatic aftermath of Tommy's chaotic downfall, which derailed her last-ditch effort at success-a gritty, low-budget revenge film fronted by a coked-out former child star.
Known for her unyielding artistic vision that often clashes with commercial expectations, Jessie is desperate to create something profound with mass appeal-if only she had a story compelling enough to save her career.
Tommy has a Pynchon-esque tale of conspiracy and chaos, and Jessie is acutely aware of her fading relevance. Each sees the other as a means to anend: he wants redemption and a chance to reclaim his life, while she craves the story that will resurrect her career and solidify her legacy.
Their paths collide in a high-stakes partnership as Tommy's recounted descent becomes the raw material for Jessie's magnum opus. But as they weave fiction and reality into a tangled narrative, a dangerous game of strategic manipulation unfolds. Tommy aims to use Jessie for his own gain, believing he can control the narrative. Meanwhile, Jessie methodically orchestrates events with chilling precision, blurring the lines betweenobserver and puppet master.
Tommy's tale spirals through a labyrinth of interconnected lives: a war-scarred ex-soldier battling PTSD; a desperate one-armed gambler seekingredemption; a washed-up movie star clinging to past glory; a corrupt Governor hiding damning secrets; and ruthless mobsters with scores to settle.
As past and present collide, long-buried truths surface, and every character becomes both a suffering player and an unwitting pawn in a grand design that spins beyond anyone's control.
In a meta-narrative twist, the film Tommy and Jessie create begins to mirror and even influence the very events it's based on, blurring the line betweenart and reality to a dizzying degree. As his story materializes and her screenplay takes shape, the boundaries between fact and fiction dissolve. Cinemaand reality blend, and the delineation between manipulator and manipulated blurs.
North Vegas challenges its characters and audience alike to question the nature of truth and the deliberate myth-making power of storytelling. In a world where perception is currency and everyone has an angle,who's really pulling the strings?
As the story hurtles towards its shocking conclusion, alliances shift, identities unravel, and the true architect of this elaborate scheme emerges from the shadows, forcing Tommy and Jessie to confront the ultimate price of their ambitions.
North Vegas is a mind-bending journey into the heart of human ambition and the price of power-a neo-noir thriller for the post-truth era, where every frame could be a lie, every character an actor, and nothing is as it seems.
