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REGULATORS

Logline

A reluctant veteran must lead a militia of outgunned farmers to protect his family in 1770 North Carolina after the governor marches on citizens protesting against corrupt officials and regressive taxation.

Genre

Feature

War

About

Regulators is a story about my home town, Hillsborough, North Carolina. The War of Regulation took place here and in the surrounding rural areas. Some historians consider the Battle of Alamance to be the first battle of the American Revolution, though I tend to think of them as separate (but related) events. The setting for this story was inspired by places I walk past every day, as well as a 2025 tour of Tryon's Palace in New Bern, North Carolina.

Comps include THE PATRIOT and JOHN ADAMS.

tryons-palace
american-colonies-riot
tryon-palace-gardens

REGULATORS

Logline

A reluctant veteran must lead a militia of outgunned farmers to protect his family in 1770 North Carolina after the governor marches on citizens protesting against corrupt officials and regressive taxation.

Genre

Feature

War

About

Regulators is a story about my home town, Hillsborough, North Carolina. The War of Regulation took place here and in the surrounding rural areas. Some historians consider the Battle of Alamance to be the first battle of the American Revolution, though I tend to think of them as separate (but related) events. The setting for this story was inspired by places I walk past every day, as well as a 2025 tour of Tryon's Palace in New Bern, North Carolina.

Comps include THE PATRIOT and JOHN ADAMS.

tryons-palace
american-colonies-riot
tryon-palace-gardens

© Brian Patterson 2026

© Brian Patterson 2026

© Brian Patterson 2026