Original Stories. cinematic worlds.
Bringing characters to life!
From action thrillers and neo-noir to Westerns, comedy, and historical fiction, Dreampool delivers compelling characters, vivid worlds, and stories built to entertain.
Screenplays
Drama, Thriller, crime
The Coffeyville Two-step
A Western tragedy told through the clarity of the women who understand what’s coming, are powerless to prevent it, but who are smart enough to find – and take – a silver lining.
Wolf trap
A famous talk show host discovers he’s the son—and twin brother—of a notorious IRA operative, and becomes the unwitting centerpiece of a plot to weaponize his media platform and ignite a global crisis.
hOMEGROWN
When a covert CIA uranium airlift is annihilated by Russian gunships, a wounded Air Force colonel presumed dead is forced out of hiding to lead his old hunting crew on a rogue rescue mission into a snowbound Romanian air base—before a Kremlin power broker turns the fallout into a “second Chernobyl.”
dutch treat
When the last surviving surviving witness to Dutch Schultz’s gangland murder passes a secret map to his grandson, launching a modern-day hunt for the gangster’s legendary missing fortune in the Catskill Mountains.
The Forsythe Man
BRIDGE OF SPIES meets THE MANCHURIAN
CANDIDATE as a seemingly ordinary caretaker spends thirty years tending the secret congressional bunker beneath the Greenbrier, only to reveal that the greatest secret buried there is his own
About Tim
Tim McCausland
As an attorney, banker, and community leader based in the Catskills, I advise individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations in matters involving real estate, trusts and estates, governance, and strategic problem-solving.
Over the past several decades, I’ve built a career grounded in practical judgment, clear communication, and the ability to navigate both legal and business challenges with a long-term perspective.
Alongside my legal work, I am actively developing original screenplays through our production banner, Dreampool Productions, with projects spanning historical drama, political thrillers, crime stories, and character-driven narratives rooted in American history and culture.
About Cheryl
Cheryl McCausland
Cheryl McCausland is an attorney who spent most of her career in government. Her responsibilities included overseeing an office, providing counsel to elected and appointed officials, and litigating in state and federal courts. She retired from full-time employment during the pandemic and quickly segued into a “writer of things”. These “things” include a book for a musical, poetry, lyrics to songs, and a screenplay. She continues to participate in the local legal community and volunteers her time assisting those who ask. Cheryl lives in Cooks Falls, NY with her husband Tim, and spends time with their adult children. She enjoys long walks, seeing friends, going to concerts, and both crossword and jigsaw puzzles. She especially enjoys a good laugh.
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Could you imagine?
You conceive the story (based on a 1990 New Yorker article), work with a writer (Samy Burch) to pen the script, the film gets made and you have a release date. Awesome, good job! Then, the studio that picked it up looks at its financials for the year and says,…
Can Hollywood Still Afford to Think Small?
As someone who spent much of my career in banking and law before finding a second act (hopefully) in screenwriting, I have a habit of looking at business news a little differently than most writers. The proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. has generated exactly the reaction you would…
Knicks Hollywood Ending – Game 4 (Photo by Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images/Reuters)
If this ‘shade tree’ screenwriter had submitted last night’s Knicks game as a script, a development executive might have sent it back with a note: “We do sports movies, not fantasies.” Down by twenty-nine, clawed back, down one. Seven seconds remaining. The World’s Most Famous Arena holding its collective breath.…