Supernatural horror/action property centers on a designer drug that allows users to see the dead.
PALM COAST, FL — September 25, 2026 — CineVerge, Inc. announced that it has optioned vertical and microseries rights to Chopper, a supernatural horror/action property created by Martin Shapiro.
The story follows high-school cheerleader Christina Winwood after she begins selling a designer drug called Stairway to Heaven. The substance produces an extraordinary high by allowing users to see the dead — but crossing into the ghosts’ realm also gives the dead the ability to affect the living.
As the drug spreads, Christina must survive increasingly hostile supernatural encounters while uncovering the rules governing the world she has accidentally opened.
CineVerge intends to reimagine the property specifically for serialized mobile viewing, using its supernatural mythology, escalating danger and cliffhanger structure to support a continuing vertical series.
“Chopper has a premise you understand almost immediately: a drug lets you see ghosts, but it also lets the ghosts reach you,” said Christopher C. Odom, MFA, PhD, Founder, President & CEO of CineVerge. “That combination of a clear hook and an expandable supernatural world makes it particularly interesting for vertical storytelling.”
Chopper expands CineVerge’s developing rights-controlled slate into supernatural horror and action.
CineVerge, Inc. is a Delaware C corporation based in Palm Coast, Florida. The company creates human-led, AI-assisted scripted vertical series for licensing to vertical microseries platforms.
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Christopher C. Odom, MFA, PhD
Founder, President & CEO
CineVerge, Inc.
chris@cineverge.studio
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