HOT DRAFT PRODUCTIONS
"Andy and Abraham write diverse characters so naturally you almost forget how unique that is. I love these guys and hope to work with them throughout my career!"
PRESS
THE VAN
In Development
Horror/Comedy
When a killer traps a collegiate debate team in their travel van, the students put their rhetorical skills to work, plotting their escape one meticulously-argued decision at a time. Whoever makes the most compelling case may be the only one to make it out alive.
A team of pre-teen laser tag outcasts must protect their beloved arena
when robbers use it to hide their stolen loot, setting up a showdown that
will have repercussions beyond the foggy blacklights of the battlefield.
In Development
Family/Comedy
SCORE
The day after Aanya finally dumps her clingy boyfriend, she wakes up to a post-apocalypse in which they are the only survivors. Will she finally settle for him if he’s the literal last man on Earth?
END OF US
Seeking Attachments
Sci-fi/Comedy
A washed-up quarterback faces off against his greatest rival in an adult flag football league, fighting for his ex-wife’s love, his daughter’s respect, and the right to a lucrative jockstrap sales account.
WRECK LEAGUE
Seeking Attachments
R-rated Comedy
COME AS YOU ARE
Seeking Attachments
R-rated Comedy
In April 1994, three teenagers embark from Los Angeles to Seattle to attend Kurt Cobain’s memorial on an epic adventure that tests the bonds of their friendship.
Seeking Attachments
Horror/Comedy
KILL ME OR DIE!
When an ex-con with a terminal illness tries to get killed by a vengeful ghost so her daughter can cash in on her life insurance, she discovers it's harder than it should be, as she first has to save a group of hapless teens who end up the spirit's target instead.
ABOUT HOT DRAFT PRODUCTIONS
Writer/Producer/Co-founder
At first glance, Abraham Nseir and Andy Bailey shouldn’t work as a comedy writing team. Abraham is the son of Syrian and Greek immigrants, while Andy is the son of an Idaho farmer. Abraham grew up in a loud ethnic home where every meal featured meat with a side of emotionally-charged discord, while Andy was reared in Midwestern
stoicism to suppress those pesky emotions or channel them into acceptable outlets like football or drinking. Abraham confused his parents by pursuing writing as opposed to the first-gen standbys of medicine or law, while Andy confused his parents by marrying an Indian woman at a wedding that featured a horse, Sanskrit blessings,
and candid displays of affection.
Writer/Producer/Co-founder
The two met at the USC MFA program, where they started off as bitter enemies, cooled into respectful rivals, and then joined forces after realizing that their divergent backgrounds somehow led to the same subversive sense of humor. Their first feature - which they wrote and Executive Produced - is 4/20, an ensemble comedy that takes
place on marijuana’s international holiday, and is currently available on Amazon Prime, Vudu, and Tubi.
Abraham and Andy specialize in writing stories with diverse characters whose diversity is not the central theme of that story, but rather built into the background of the character, just like the rest of their experiences.
The duo also have a passion for open writing assignments. They find the prompt-to-script process creatively inspiring and thrive on the challenge of taking the base idea and making it their own, to the tune of five optioned scripts that started as a producer's concept.
What is a Hot Draft?
Andy and Abraham's partnership hinges on the Hot Draft (patent pending). Put simply, it's the most recent version of a script, one that they pass back and forth, passive-aggressively tweaking each other's jokes until they agree to a melded version they feel confident / horrified to share with the world.