PRIMORDIAL BEGININGS
One day in 2020, Patrick Mediate texted his old college friend Aaron McLane: “I’m kicking this idea around, two sisters trapped by a cult.” Aaron replied: “Yeah, and they’re both werewolves.” What started as half a joke became their award-winning debut script, Daughters of the Moon.
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Since then, Mediate and McLane have built a reputation as a bold writing duo, stacking up festival wins, acclaimed short films, Creepshow pitches, and feature-length scripts. In 2023, their company Primordial Pictures, alongside producer Ashley Robinson, made headlines when they pitched a 13 Ghosts television series to Sony. While the series never went forward, the buzz carried, fueling momentum into new projects, including pitching a Chopping Mall remake with Kelli Maroney attached to return.
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By 2024, they partnered with Block of Horror to help design a fully immersive virtual horror world, complete with a video store stocked with Primordial IP. And in 2025 alone, they completed a television pilot and three feature-length scripts, all while navigating an industry in flux.
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Undeterred, Primordial Pictures continues to push forward, developing original IP and resurrecting cult classics with a clear conviction: for them, it’s never a question of if....only when.
Aaron McLane
Aaron McLane graduated from Emerson College in 2006 and has built an extensive career in the film and television industry. Starting out in practical makeup effects, he transitioned to digital effects and has since worked as a VFX Supervisor on numerous hit television shows and genre projects, including Scream for MTV and the Heathers TV adaptation. Among his many credits, Aaron is most proud of his contributions to AMC’s The Walking Dead, where he has been working as VFX Supervisor on the flagship show and its various spinoffs since 2018.
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An award-winning writer and IATV-nominated director, Aaron received two nominations for his work on the series BLITZED. His award-winning short film, GOODBYE!, has been featured in film festivals across the country.
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Aaron is also the co-host of The Launchpad Podcast, where he has interviewed notable guests such as Dolph Lundgren, Carl Gottlieb, and Sandy King Carpenter. He can be heard weekly on The Half Hour of Horror, part of The Block of Horror, where he serves as a creative partner.
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A true aficionado of B-movies, Aaron has a deep love for '80s horror and Godzilla films, which continue to inspire his passion for storytelling and the genre.
Patrick Mediate
Hot on the heels of his Emerson College education, Patrick started out as an insatiable Creative Assistant and script reader for Hollywood Producer Marc
Platt where he mined and elevated captivating stories from page to the screen.
His over 15 years of industry experience shines through in ambitious, original screenplays that fuse old-school film nostalgia with new-school technique and execution. His latest feature length spec screenplays, Soul Passage and Revelatory, have been recognized by over 40 worldwide contests and festivals including Screencraft Horror, The Austin Film Festival (Top 20%), the Creative World Awards and Fade In.
Patrick is also co-host of The SCREAMwriters Podcast, the premiere Podcast for established and up-and-coming horror screenwriters.
