Films & Television

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Films & Television

Feature films, documentaries and television across two decades. Where a picture was directed by someone else, that is stated. Where a project was developed and never shot, it is still here: a credit roll that only lists what got made is not the record.

The Third Degree 2026

Four actors rehearse an upcoming West End play in a centuries-old London theatre when their secret affairs with one another are revealed. In twist after twist they try to outwit each other, which soon spirals into murderous consequences.

Director
Ryan Little
Written and produced by
McKay Daines and Steven A. Lee
Released by
Freestyle Digital Media
Cast
James Barrington, Eric Geynes, Tom Hutch, Nicola Posener

Shadow Wolves 2019

A rogue NSA agent joins an elite group of Native American trackers who call themselves the Shadow Wolves to protect the US border. Based on McKay’s original script, and on the real unit created by an Act of Congress in 1974.

Cast
Thomas Gibson, Cody Walker, Louise Lombard, and Graham Greene
Co-executive producer
Ray Tracey
Released by
Premiere Entertainment, worldwide
Companies
Caedmon Entertainment · OutEast Entertainment · Triomphe Communications
McKay Daines and Ryan Little filming Shadow Wolves on a street in London at night.
Plate IVFilming Shadow Wolves with Ryan Little, London.

True Iran: The Global Jihad 2017

A feature-length documentary examining Iran’s legacy of terror and its patient, long-term strategy to build the most formidable military in the Middle East. Bringing together some of the world’s leading experts on the subject, it explores the mullahs’ ultimate objective, their clandestine activities in Europe, Latin America and the United States, and offers policy prescriptions to avoid reaching the point of no return.

Co-director
William Nixon
Premiere
The U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C.
Contributors include
Emanuele Ottolenghi and Reuel Marc Gerecht of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and the Iranian journalist Mohsen Sazegara
McKay Daines standing beside the Iranian journalist Mohsen Sazegara on the set of True Iran.
Plate IDirecting Mohsen Sazegara for True Iran.
McKay Daines with William Nixon outside the US Capitol Theater in Washington DC at the world premiere of True Iran.
Plate VIIWorld premiere, Washington D.C., with William Nixon.

Michael Vey 2017

The television series based on the New York Times best selling books by Richard Paul Evans. Written and produced by McKay Daines and Tom Reeve. Directed by McKay Daines.

Pilot cast
John Shea and Louise Lombard
Source
The Michael Vey novels by Richard Paul Evans
Trailer
Michael Vey TV series trailer
John Shea, McKay Daines and Richard Paul Evans in a meeting on the Michael Vey production.
Plate VIWith John Shea and Richard Paul Evans.

The Abolitionists 2016

The story of the lost children and of the jump team’s exploits as they investigate and liberate enslaved children from around the world, following Special Agent Tim Ballard after he left the United States government to reach the children falling outside its purview.

Format
Award-winning documentary series
Ammon Jones and McKay Daines working together on The Abolitionists.
Plate XWith Ammon Jones, post-production supervisor.

Age of the Dragons 2011

An adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, set in a medieval realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world. Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner, joins their quest. Ahab’s obsession is to seek revenge on a great White Dragon that slaughtered his family when he was young.

Director
Ryan Little
Cast
Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones
Distributed by
Metrodome Distribution
Also
McKay appears as Peter Coffin, the inn keeper
Vinnie Jones and McKay Daines on the set of Age of the Dragons.
Plate VWith Vinnie Jones on set.
McKay Daines in costume as Peter Coffin, the inn keeper, on the set of Age of the Dragons.
Plate XIIAs Peter Coffin, inn keeper.

Friends for Life 2008

Still grieving over the loss of his wife, widowed lawyer Jim Crawford discovers a pack of orphaned wolf cubs who face certain death unless he takes them in. Unprepared for the task, but unwilling to see them suffer, he takes them into his care and keeping, with the help of an offbeat angel.

Cast
Michael Flynn, David Nibley
Awards
Thirty independent film awards

Heber Holiday 2007

Sierra Young is a rising ingénue making $10 million per picture. She is also a spoiled brat, and after a tantrum the director has her sent to a rehab clinic in a remote Utah town. Within a day she has run away and been taken in by Nettie, who runs a bed and breakfast inn. In a small town of real people, will she find herself first?

Cast
Torrey DeVitto, K.C. Clyde
Company
Flynn-Daines Productions with Triomphe Communications
Awards
Best of Fest and Best Feature Film Audience Award, Temecula Valley International Film Festival, 2007. Opening night gala and Best Narrative Film, Foursome Film Festival, 2008.
Torrey DeVitto, McKay Daines and K.C. Clyde on the set of Heber Holiday.
Plate VIIIWith Torrey DeVitto and K.C. Clyde.
McKay Daines accepting the Best Film award at the Temecula Film Festival from John Landis.
Plate XIAccepting Best Film at Temecula from John Landis.

The Dance 2007

Three couples whose stories are entwined at a dance. As the music plays on, they delve a little deeper into their hearts to reveal the steps they need to take in their relationships. The Dance unveils the passion, heart-ache and hope to which any couple can relate.

From
The play by Carol Lynn Pearson
Cast
K.C. Clyde, Kari Hawker, Michael Flynn, Joyce Cohen, Scott Christopher
Company
Flynn-Daines Productions
Awards
Storyteller Award, Redemptive Film Festival, 2006

Laura Marlin · Miss. Dolittle

Two pictures produced with Tom Reeve: Laura Marlin, shot on location in Clevedon, England, and Miss. Dolittle, shot in part at Hogle Zoo.

McKay Daines producing with Tom Reeve on the set of Laura Marlin in Clevedon, England.
Plate IIIWith Tom Reeve on Laura Marlin, Clevedon.
McKay Daines and Tom Reeve producing Miss. Dolittle.
Plate IXProducing Miss. Dolittle with Tom Reeve.

Developed, never shot

Joan of Arc. Developed with Ron Maxwell, McKay’s partner at Westie Films.

Return of the Ripper. Two paranormal amateur investigators accidentally conjure up Jack the Ripper. Distribution was set with Metrodome and Vinnie Jones was attached; the picture was never shot.

McKay Daines and Ron Maxwell seated at a table in France, working on the Joan of Arc film.
Plate IIWith Ron Maxwell in France, working on Joan of Arc.

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