Shane and Ivy: We're Eloping to Vegas

This romantic comedy with a big message told through a Peter Pan fairy-tale lens which is delivered through the push and pull between Neverland and the real world. Take the time to get to know each other before you say “I do”. If they still choose to fly alongside you, now there’s a chance for “happily ever after”. Love isn’t magic unless you truly know the person you’re choosing. 

SHANE PHILLMAN (22) – Our Groom exudes the typical impulsive confidence of youth and foolishly craving adulthood and independence. Shane's deep love for Ivy is undeniable, even though they’ve only been dating for three months. He is fixated on his fantasy version of adulthood, forcing his shadow to stay on – without realizing as an adult you have to face things and speak up when they are not working out.

IVY SUMMER (21) – Our Bride is an innocent menace that comes from being sheltered. She demands to be seen as an adult but perpetually is always adorned with something Peter Pan or Tinker Bell related, symbolizing her reluctance to fully embrace adulthood. Marriage feels like a fun adventure to escape the crocodile, her family. She still wants the magic of Peter Pan which Shane fulfills but doesn’t want to leave Neverland behind.

This romantic comedy opens in peak Neverland fashion—with a paintball match and a proposal gone horrifically wrong when SHANE drops to one knee mid-match… and IVY accidentally shoots him straight in the family jewels. Pow! Pow! Pow! Tinker Bell canary-yellow paint. Shane screams. Ivy panics. Somewhere in this, there is a ‘Yes’. But how well can you really know someone after only three-months? Can it be true love?

When finances collide with Ivy’s no-marriage-no-moving-in rule, Shane sells her on a magical solution: elope to Las Vegas. It’ll be romantic. Practically a fairy tale. After all, everyone does it - So, the wedding chapels must be really nice there.

Reality immediately crashes the elopement in the form of a limited funds and their parents. Ivy’s intimidating businessman father, WALT, and her youth-clinging romance-novelist mother, LILLY, are convinced neither of them are ready for a commitment like this.  “It’s lust nothing more.” Ivy’s parents strike a deal: they’ll pay for the wedding if Ivy and Shane complete pre-marriage counseling. Shane’s parents—hot-tempered farmer JESS and endlessly patient FLORENCE—aren’t thrilled either. So, Ivy’s parents enlist them to help derail the wedding.

Enter DR. MARTIN, an unnervingly cheerful counselor who uses M&M’s candy games to teach them how to fight. I mean teach them conflict resolution skills. The pre-marriage counseling sessions quickly reveal an uncomfortable truth: the parents are way more dysfunctional than the kids. What begins as therapy for the young couple quickly turns into an emotional cage match for the parents. As the adults unravel, Ivy and Shane decide they’ve had enough and make a midnight break for Vegas—sparking a full-blown parental pursuit across the desert.

The road trip is a crash course in adulthood. On the road, romance gives way to chaos: a soda-bottle bathroom mishap creates an unhinged highway nemesis who vows revenge. “I’ll find you! You little S.O.B.!” Vegas greets them with a cursed hotel where Elvis once slept, and Shane has to shower on his knees. Meanwhile, Ivy’s parents are hot on their trail, unknowingly forming a posse that would make the Wild West proud. They’re chased by angry motorists, concerned parents, and their own increasingly bad decisions.

Determined to reclaim her fairy tale, Ivy falls in love with a theme wedding chapel run by a minister, who’s a blast from the past and rotates identities like outfits. When she chooses a Peter Pan and Tinker Bell ceremony—because “It’s my favorite cartoon and I don't know anyone who's ever done this before.”

Dressed as Peter Pan and staring at his reflection, Shane finally hits his limit. This isn’t the wedding that Shane has in mind. He understands this isn’t about fun or fantasy anymore. It’s about something more. He stops the wedding; promising Tinker Bell bride, Ivy, he wants to marry her—just not like this.

That’s when everything explodes. Ivy’s parents arrive. The soda-bottle villain charges in. The posse has arrived. Secrets spill—especially Shane’s decision to hide Ivy’s phone to keep her parents from stopping the wedding. A fight occurs. Ivy, devastated by the betrayal, she leaves him behind in Vegas with nothing but his tights, and his pride. Neverland collapses.

Back home, Shane makes one last desperate play for love with his best friend RUSS. They sneak onto Ivy’s property, gets arrested for looking like a burglar by the security guard. When everything is sorted out—he drops to one knee again. This time: No Paintballs. No Vegas. No Gimmicks. Just the truth. He’s a Lost Boy without Ivy. Perhaps, there’s something more here than lust here after all. Ivy’s parents give in a little and Shane wins another chance to do it right with Ivy.

In the end, Ivy and Shane don’t reject magic—they redefine it. They choose to actually get to know each other before saying “I do.” They understand that love isn’t about flying forever—it’s about choosing to walk side by side each other in the real world.

A romantic comedy with heart, humor, and through fairy-tale lens— emotionally honest love story about getting to know each other, leaving Neverland, growing up, choosing each other anyway. And discovering that happily ever after.