Unwanted Baggage
Action / Comedy Developed with Camille Delamarre (The Transporter Refueled)
- Current status
- Now being packaged by Lavi Star Pictures
- Previously
- Had a $225,000 purchase agreement with Altit Media Group but wasn’t greenlit.
Screenwriter · Producer · Genre Storyteller
Niki Sheldrake
Sharp stories. High-profile attachments.
From concept to active production.
- Action
- Comedy
- Horror
- Sci-Fi
About
A dedicated genre filmmaker
Niki Sheldrake is a Southend-on-Sea based screenwriter and producer dedicated to genre filmmaking in action, comedy, horror, and sci-fi.
Over the past two decades, he has developed and sold feature scripts, secured high-profile attachments, and brought projects from concept to active production — with a focus on sharp storytelling, character depth, and visual impact.
- 20+
- Years developing & selling features
- 4+
- Active projects in production or packaging
- Cannes
- Film Market launch & Variety front cover
- Genre
- Action · Comedy · Horror · Sci‑Fi
Featured Project
The Debt Inherited
A dark comedy crime drama
- Status
- Pre-production with Oceana Studios
- Stars
- Peter Stormare Tommy Fury (acting debut)
- Market
- Launched at Cannes Film Market 2024
- Press
- Front-cover feature in Variety
- Previous cast
- Jorma Tommila, Paul Anderson, Leo Gregory
Attachments & History
From early package to Oceana Studios
Early Package (RR3 Films)
- Written by Niki Sheldrake
- Directed by Nicolas Fogliarini
Attached Talent
- James Buckley
- Saffron Burrows
- Tom Hopper
- John Bradley
- Iwan Rheon
- Laura Hopper
- Jess Liaudin
In Development
Packaging now
The AI Guy
Major sci-fi / action feature
An ordinary guy is suddenly gifted with superhuman abilities when he trials a new AI implant, but he soon finds himself a target for enemies of the state.
- Status
- Currently being packaged by Lavi Star Pictures
- Genre
- Sci-Fi Action
Available Screenplays
Eight features, ready to read
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Finish It
Action / Thriller
Taken meets John Wick
When a drug dealer’s girlfriend is raped by a local gang while he’s in prison, he pays his former special ops cellmate to take revenge on them.
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Ridicule
Thriller
The Gift meets There’s Somebody Inside Your House
A vengeful ex-friend rolls back into town, hell-bent on humiliating and destroying the men who scarred him as a teenager.
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Everybody In The Place
Drama / Music / Comedy
Weekender meets Rise of the Footsoldier
A 90s rave DJ rises to fame until a run-in with gangsters puts his career in jeopardy.
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Arthur’s Small Town Country Massacre
Comedy / Horror
Hot Fuzz meets Friday the 13th
A rebellious teenager discovers his grandad is a former serial killer who has come out of retirement when he is sent to stay with him in a sleepy country town.
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Temporarily Engaged
Comedy
Bridesmaids meets The Hangover
A commitment-phobe’s drunken engagement sparks a chaotic fake bachelor party, roped in by his married best friend, threatening to upend both their lives.
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Optimum Control
Sci-Fi / Action
Divergent meets Inception
Three teenagers with powerful mental abilities find themselves pursued by a corrupt government defense contractor with a deadly agenda.
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Uncle Ronny
Comedy
Get Hard meets Me Time
When a guy wins a fortune on a scratch card he goes back to his hometown to act a big shot to his estranged family, but he soon finds himself using the money to ruin the life of his high school bully.
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Dating Advice From The Afterlife
Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Bridget Jones meets Eternity
A young woman’s meddling mother continues to manipulate her romantic relationships even after she dies.
Further Credits
Active pipeline & recognition
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The House That Zombies Built
Writer & Executive Producer
Independent horror Post-production
Featuring cult icons Lloyd Kaufman and Dani Thompson
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Dangerwalker
Writer
Screenplay competition recognition
Semi-finalist — LA Comedy Scripts Screenplay Competition
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Unloaded Weapon
Writer
Screenplay sold to Oceana Studios
Part of the 2023 copyright assignment alongside The Debt Inherited
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Shanghai Speed
Writer
Commissioned by producer Nick Thurlow
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10 option screenplays
Writer
Various production companies
Previously represented by Oceana Studios Management
Contact
Let’s build the next one
Open to packaging, co-production, and new collaborations in action, comedy, horror, and sci-fi.
- Email nikisheldrake.writer@gmail.com
- Mobile 07949 383042
- Based Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK
Genre storytelling with commercial ambition and character depth.