TITLE
THE OASIS
YEAR
2024 - In Development
CREATED BY
JOSH TAYLOR & STEVE GRIFFITH
Sun, surf, sand and tans-- hallmarks of California ethos. However, in the wake of the Golden State’s ‘Great Migration’ even the beach has moved away. No ocean, no problem. Welcome to The Oasis, the country’s newest high-end wave pool resort in the heart of Palm Springs. And yes, the California ethos still apply.
This Below Deck / Vanderpump Rules-style series follows the dedicated team as they navigate demanding guests, challenging work environments and, naturally, their own interpersonal dramas. The series offers an inside peek at the high-end hospitality sector and the booming wave pool resort industry. Documenting the personal dramas and professional anxieties of those running the resort, from the kitchen to the cabanas, behind the bar to after the bar, we will follow the dreams and disappointments that drew them out of Los Angeles, and similar cities, and into the southern California desert.
It may be dry, but the region is ripe. From world-class music festivals (Coachella & Stagecoach) to international film festivals, Palm Springs is the playground for the young and restless. A quick drive from LA, this is where Hollywood comes to play. With an eclectic mix of cuisine, culture and couture, Palm Springs’ provides our cast a cool retreat from working those long summer days.
TITLE
WHIMWORTH
YEAR
2024 - In Development
CREATED BY
JOSH TAYLOR & STEVE GRIFFITH
Think of the hero in your favorite film. The one who, when faced with a personal or professional crisis, simply lets go. They don’t give up or succumb, but rather, surrender. To a force so great, yet ephemeral, that they themselves can’t fully understand it. Conscious thought is bypassed in favor of a feeling, an instinct, an inkling, even a voice within, that leads to a breakthrough. A new direction. Destiny.
As an audience, we love whims. They are the ethereal and magical moments we rhapsodize in cinema, cherish in art and canonize in our culture. They are folklore, they are legend. And they are dying.
Against the backdrop of the world’s current A.I. mania, a whim is no longer what it was. Once viewed and accepted as a part of the creative process, today they are challenged by datasets and risk averse algorithms demanding quantitative reasoning. To follow one’s whim today is not only an act of pure conviction, but courage. Of bravery and belief. Rebellion and rebirth.
Through this lens the series will explore the heroic whims of those whose contributions have shaped our lives, offering new insight and value to the stories we thought we knew. It is a celebration of the human spirit and an ode to the beauty of uncertainty. An examination of the entrepreneurs and engineers, the artists and athletes, barons and billionaires who followed a flicker, a flash of inspiration, and changed the world on whim.