Log Line

When a brilliant, young neuroscientist resuscitates his comatose brother via altered states of consciousness, he accidentally unlocks the portal between the waking world and the afterlife, creating an inadvertent war between the two.

Synopsis

When RAFAEL finds out from his former lover and business partner, VERA, that his brother GABRIEL is in a coma, he is forced to reembark on the top-secret scientific experiment he helped start: The CHARON project.

Gabriel was the first subject of the Charon Project, a military research project seeking to network the brains of soldiers into highly-responsive, ultra-cohesive units by implanting liquid computer chips in their brains. But something went wrong, sending Gabriel into a coma.

Returning to the project, a chance meeting with a spiritual old man provides Rafael with a mystical flower -- the key ingredient needed to successfully awaken Gabriel from his coma. But doing so unlocks parts of the collective consciousness -- a portal between Life and the Afterworld.

With the technology now in place, Vera’s hidden agenda is revealed. She intends to network soldiers to build her own private army, fueling her megalomaniac ambitions of world domination. When Rafael tries to stop her, Vera mercilessly shoots him dead.

Fading in from black, Rafael awakens in the desert, confused and amnesiac. He notices a father and daughter running away from an onslaught of bullets. The father is killed, but Rafael manages to rescue the deformed child, KYLE, who leads him to a hidden cavern where others like her dwell. Rafael soon learns that this is the Afterworld, and he too has become one of these grotesque beings: an After.

The SHAMAN, spiritual leader of the group, introduces Rafael to the way of contemplation that an After must follow. Through a ceremony centered around the same mystical desert flower which awakened Gabriel, the Afters reflect on their past lives and seek higher consciousness.

But when the peaceful Afters are attacked by marauding Super Soldiers, Rafael discovers Vera and her army has entered the Afterworld, with his brother Gabriel as their military leader. Forced to face the mistakes of his past, Rafael realizes that if his former loved ones manage to obtain the mysterious flower, both worlds will be subjugated to Vera’s dictatorial will, thereby condemning humanity to eternal servitude.

In his quest to close the portal he helped open and to protect the Afterworld’s mystery and purpose, Rafael will learn to face the demons of his past, confront the ambitions of a woman he once loved, and understand the true meaning of brotherhood, ultimately learning the power of unconditional love and sacrifice.

Concept Art

Production Approach

Live-action feature film in the comedic tone of Animal House, Bring It On, elements of Pitch Perfect. Teen girl comedy with action empowerment & heart – executed well can appeal to both genders.

Synopsis

Sun has dreamed her whole life about moving to America for college, just like her grandmother had done. Her martial arts training complete, she packs up her bags and leaves her life in China behind, excited to join the top martial arts sorority, Kappa Tae Bo. But on arrival, Sun finds the sorority house filled with nothing but losers. Can she turn the sorority’s lost legacy and slacker president Cassidy around in time to defeat rival blond bombshell Whitney and her band of Alpha Alpha Alpha Alpha brats? A martial arts comedy with heart, based on the international manga and anime hit, Ikki Tousen.

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Timmy was just an ordinary boy until the ninja kit he ordered in the mail arrived – along with a real ninja, Jiro. Now Timmy and Jiro are turning the tables on the school bullies, but rich girl Felicity unlocks Jiro's arch-enemy Nobunaga, who has deadly plans that threaten the world. It’s up to Timmy to find his ninja within and save the day.

Production Approach

Live-action, high-concept family story with VFX action sequences. Coming-of-age and mentor/mentee classic themes. Amblin for the modern era.

Synopsis

EAST BERLIN 1989. EMMA EIGER is a single mother transformed into a spy when her son is framed for murder. The Head of East German Intelligence, WERNER REINHARDT, finds Emma irresistible bait for his target: DAVID WILLIAMS, an American journalist who’s been inciting rebellion and igniting fears of a revolution among the East German Politicos. Reinhardt offers a trade: her son’s freedom for Williams.
After a deadly betrayal, Emma turns double agent. Her act of vengeance, woven into historic events, brings about the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Log Line

Mysterious forces are at work in an exclusive Australian boarding school, where twin sisters Amber and Jeanie are about to learn that the key to the school’s dark past may lie in the world of their dreams.