Three Coyotes // In-Development
In late 1800’s Utah, the young adult children of an infamous and incarcerated outlaw
come under attack after their father escapes from prison and his family becomes the
target of lawmen, bounty hunters and bandits. The children must reunite with their
estranged father and stave off hordes of bloodthirsty gunslingers en route to safety
across the border in Mexican territory.
In the vein of classic, legendary westerns such as
Unforgiven
and
3:10 To Yuma
,
Three
Coyotes
is a character-driven action-adventure film blending modern sensibilities with
old school storytelling. This movie marks the next evolution in the western genre.
The story of the Munroe family begins with
Walter
and
Desi
, who were the
Bonnie and
Clyde
of the Wild West — a duo of bank robbing lovebirds who amassed a fortune and
a following of other likeminded outlaws during their heyday. As their gang grew in
numbers and notoriety, so did the ambitions of Walter’s right hand man,
Wayne Cullen
,
a two-faced mutineer who betrayed Walter and left him for dead. But Walter survived
thanks to the lawmen who dragged him behind bars and sentenced him to life in
prison. On the outside, his wife, Desi, went into hiding with her
three young children
,
raising them in seclusion, never revealing the true identity of their father and his
criminal past. They grew up believing he was humble miner who died in accident.
We meet them in their young adulthood, and their whole world turns upside down
when lawmen arrive to inform them that their father is alive, recently escaped from
prison. His ex-partner, Cullen has discovered the location of their rural hideout and he’s
most certainly on his way to take the Munroes hostage, or worse, butcher them. And
when he arrives, an
epic shootout
erupts, with the matriarch, Desi, sacrificing herself to
save her children. On the run now from both the law and lawless, the Munroe siblings
must unravel the mysteries of their past and grow up fast if they want to survive.