WILLPOWER

WILLPOWER is the story of how one wealthy insider changes corporate America.

Synopsis

Upon the sudden death of her business tycoon husband, family matriarch Winnie Preston does the opposite of what her family and Greenwich, Connecticut society expect. Jolted by the awareness that she has been ignorant of her husband's eroding values, she comes alive and forsakes society galas for the corporate boardroom, where, as the largest shareholder of Preston Holdings, a $6B conglomerate, she announces a shift in priorities away from "profits at all cost" and toward environmental and psychological sustainability, competitive wages, adequate health insurance and a culture of transparency.

She's assisted in this quest by her drug taking, party going granddaughter, Caroline, whose life takes a positive turn at the urging of her re-awakened Grandmother. Together, these two enrage other family members, rattle the Wall Street establishment, and endanger their livelihoods — and ultimately their lives, while experiencing a heightened sense of being alive and on the right side of a great shift in the way the world thinks about the relationship between Society and commerce, while merging two very different generations.

Current Status: In Development

Writer/Director

Stefan Schaefer

Producers

Johnny Langdon

Carolyn Pfeiffer

Susan O'Connell