Logline: As two over-competitive, smokin’ hot 20-somethings fight for a promotion at their bull semen sales company, they flirt with the benefits and pitfalls of using their looks to get ahead but inadvertently fall for one another along the way.

 

ANYONE BUT YOU meets YELLOWSTONE

 

Synopsis:

Joey Jones was 8 years old when her bitchy mother told it to her like it is: 

 

“You’ll have to work your ass off, just to have no one take you seriously. And if you even try to have it all as a woman, get ready to have it explode in a giant A-bomb shit-storm of misery.”

 

Fun stuff, Mom! 

 

So as a 23-year-old saleswoman at American Sire Service, the top bull stud company in the country, Joey has made it a point to be such a force of nature that everyone’s respect comes naturally in her wake.

 

But when a schmooze-happy guy named Grant waltzes his way into the Old Boys Club of the company, in line for an open account manager position, Joey views the situation as a challenge. 

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Joey charges into Act Two by getting her boss to agree to consider her for the account manager position, if she gets on board with training Grant like they want her to. 

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Grant is recovering from a cheating ex. But when his boss tells him to distract Joey from her ladder-climb ambitions with his irresistible good looks, Grant people-pleases his way into agreeing to this flirty plan.

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As Joey tries to intimidate Grant out of going against her for the job, and Grant tries to charm her at every turn, the two of them clash and banter their way into becoming fierce frenemies.

When an emergency birth (human, not cow!) forces them to work together at the Midpoint, Joey and Grant both begin to recognize their growing feelings toward one another.

 

But things get complicated when some miscommunication, a heavy dose of pride, and a dash of sexual harassment-y pressure from Joey’s boss drive the two of them as far apart as possible. 

 

Joey nurses her Low Point mistakes. Until her youngest brother, who knows her mom-wound backstory all too well, talks her down from her futile quest to take over the world all by herself. Now, she’ll have to swallow her pride in order to win Grant back. 

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Joey breaks into Act Three by quitting her job with the douchey boss and accepting a position at the less prominent stud where Grant now works. And she tracks Grant down for a hash-it-out talk. It takes some work to get Grant to trust her again, but the two of them bond over the suckiness of their new company. And they kiss as they relish the prospect of working together to make it as fantastic as they are. 

 

Inspired by True Events… No, Really!

Adrienne Thorne has 3 siblings who have all worked in bull semen sales (though they’re not all smokin’ hot – sorry little bro!). As the weird sibling who hasn’t pursued a career in animal reproduction, she’s had a feature screenplay produced, sold a feature spec, and recently optioned another feature.