Samuel Goldwyn Screenwriting Award-winning crime-romance property joins CineVerge’s growing scripted slate.
PALM COAST, FL — October 2, 2026 — CineVerge, Inc. announced that it has optioned vertical and microseries rights to Brown Widow, a crime and romance thriller created by Beverly Neufeld.
The source screenplay received First Place in the Samuel Goldwyn Screenwriting Awards.
Brown Widow follows Rosie, a young Latina whose unexpected romance with a local street-gang leader pulls her into a world where affection, loyalty and survival become increasingly difficult to separate. Rival allegiances, violence and betrayal force Rosie to decide how much of herself she is willing to risk for the relationship.
CineVerge plans to redevelop the story for short serialized episodes built around the collision between romance and criminal danger.
“Crime and romance both create strong emotional stakes, and Brown Widow combines them in a story where every relationship can have consequences,” said Christopher C. Odom, MFA, PhD, Founder, President & CEO of CineVerge. “Beverly’s recognized screenplay gives us a strong dramatic foundation to reimagine for mobile-first storytelling.”
The project adds a relationship-driven crime thriller to CineVerge’s expanding rights-controlled vertical portfolio.
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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Founder, President & CEO
CineVerge, Inc.
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