When a runaway son is lured back to his family’s crumbling timber empire after his father’s death, he uncovers a legacy built on blood and lies - where loyalty is a death sentence, and the truth could bury him next.

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**Currently under an exclusive shopping agreement with producer Alixx Schottland (Over the Rainbow Entertainment), with packaging support from Ramo Law. Submissions in motion to targeted industry contacts.

What’s Buried Beneath the Pines is a Southern Gothic crime drama set in Georgia’s booming timber industry, where family loyalty and dark secrets run as deep as the Southern Yellow Pines themselves. The story follows Gray Harris, a troubled heir to a billion-dollar empire built on the family’s timber business. When his estranged father, Harlan, mysteriously dies, Gray returns home to confront the family he fled years ago. Navigating a web of small-town corruption, loyalties, and lies, Gray faces ruthless corporate predators, rival criminals, and his own family’s buried sins. As his moral descent mirrors the crumbling empire, he must uncover the truth behind his father’s death, all while struggling with the dangerous power struggles that threaten everything he holds dear. In a world defined by betrayal, greed, and survival, Gray must decide how far he’s willing to go to preserve his family’s name—and whether he can live with the consequences.

Comparable Titles: Succession meets Yellowstone meets True Detective — a gripping family drama filled with moral complexity, power struggles, and deep-rooted secrets.