By Antoinette Johnson

COLD OPEN –

Antoinette is seated on a velvet couch in a glowing room surrounded by ancient scrolls and platinum plaques floating in the air. A mysterious divine being—half ancestor, half guardian—touches her forehead.

DIVINE BEING
“You have been chosen, Antoinette. I’m gifting you the memory download. Buckle up, sis.”

FLASH!

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INT. UNIVERSAL RECORDS – FLASHBACK – DAY

Elevator doors slide open. Antoinette steps out, glowing like a Nubian queen in her early grind era. She’s got her demo, her confidence, and her God-given glow. Standing there is a flamboyant rapper in all pink leather with fur boots, sipping a caramel macchiato.

GAY RAPPER
(in slow motion)
“Yaaas! A star just walked in! Elevate the building, honey!”

He spins around and hugs Noriega who steps out of a recording booth holding a chicken wing in one hand and a blunt in the other.

NORE
“Ayo! Shorty, you with him?”
(points to the gay rapper)
“He run this floor. Matter fact… this whole label.”

Antoinette side-eyes the gay rapper who’s now snapping at an intern for not having his lavender facial mist.

ANTOINETTE
“I’m with God. I’m just here to drop my music off.”

Capone stands in the background looking like he just got caught sneaking out of someone’s apartment wearing socks and slides.

CAPONE
“She aight tho.”

Gay rapper twirls around Antoinette.

GAY RAPPER
“She’s giving golden age meets divine intervention. But can she… sell her soul?”

Beat.

ANTOINETTE
“I’m here to sell records, not my soul. My soul already got a booking with God.”

EVERYONE STOPS.

Thunder cracks somewhere. The room shakes slightly. Capone drops his Dutch.

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CUT TO – PRESENT DAY

Antoinette wakes up in her healing sanctuary studio, surrounded by vision boards, crystals, and a “No Demons Allowed” sign at the door.

ANTOINETTE
“They was really about to sign me into a soul trap. But I was sent to rewrite this game…”

She walks over to her journal. Writes:

> “You don’t have to sleep with demons to dream. Just be you. God signs real ones.”

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MONTAGE SEQUENCE (FUNNY AND EPIC)

A record exec getting his toupee blown off when Antoinette rejects his “fame for soul” contract.

Capone hiding under the desk because he still owes God an apology.

Gay rapper crying at Antoinette’s music video because it’s “just too pure!”

Noriega trying to offer hot sauce and prayer oil as a peace treaty.

An angel DJ remixing Antoinette’s vocals and scratching lightning bolts.

Antoinette opening her own label: SoulSigned ENT.

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ENDING SCENE – DIVINE STUDIO CLOUD 9

Antoinette’s podcast goes live with guest Nore and a surprise appearance by Lauryn Hill. The crowd is hyped. Energy is high.

NORE
“Yo, I ain’t gon’ lie, I thought shorty was gon’ sell out. But she stayed solid. We need more like her.”

LAURYN HILL
“Because the industry doesn’t need more clones. It needs more calls.”

Cue Antoinette’s theme song “Divinely Booked & Soulfully Unbothered.”

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TO BE CONTINUED…