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Sol

In the year 2242, a fractured Mars ignites a civil war, drawing a mosaic of characters, from a disgraced general to resilient revolutionaries, into a solar system-wide struggle where they confront their allegiances and identities in a battle for freedom.

Sol is a hard-science-fiction war drama series that focuses on a realistic prediction of humans’ first experience with extraplanetary colonization politics and massive fleet-sized space combat. Set in the year 2242 and inspired by future-setting hard-scifi series of old, the series plunges us into a bitter civil war pitting the beleaguered Colonial Martian Rebels against the might of the United Nations Interplanetary Council (UNIC) and their Protectorate Armed Forces. Appealing to the massive sci-fi audiences who have been craving a more provocative and edgy approach to the genre, with gritty realism and brutish violence inspired by war epics like Band of Brothers and fictional roller-coaster dramas like Game of Thrones. Sol is a glimpse of our potential future in the vacuum of space. The series explores a future of promise and peril, in which technology substantiates stunning possibilities of advancement coupled with horrifying truths of destruction. This deeply emotional war-torn world has a rich tangled web of character-driven plot, heart-wrenching action, love, loss, and nerve-wracking subterfuge. All of which drives us to cheer for our heroes victories, and mourn their losses.

Episode 1 Synopsis:

A year ago, the assassination of the United Nations Interplanetary Council President on Mars has turned the once hopeful planet into the largest war zone in human history. Edward McAaron leads the Martian rebels from behind a desk, while General Keith Brennan's leads them on the ground. Brennan launches a massive effort to seize control of Protectorate Defensive Positions and drive them off-world. Protectorate forces surrender and even defect to this "Red Army" as almost half of the Martian cities fall under rebel control. Meanwhile, Sergeant Heather Umani drops from orbit with her battalion behind enemy lines into Hellas city; in hopes of breaking through the Martian defenses. Helena Chu, the elected governor of Mars remains a political prisoner to the ruthless Secretary of Public Information Minnie Farina; and is forced to legalize every political and military decision made by the Protectorate and UNI while spreading propaganda aimed at the treasonous separatists. Lisa Colt, a young Protectorate pilot earns herself a spot on a new task force charged with hunting and killing a notorious pirate who preys on merchant ships in the Trojan Belt.

Script Excerpt
Written by:
Format:
TV Pilot
Budget:
Modest
In the Vein Of:
Battlestar Galactica
Band of Brothers
The Expanse
Posted:
08/14/2019
Updated:
03/21/2024
Author Bio:
Native American and Californian, James Fox is a natural storyteller. After graduating from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, with a BFA in Directing, he became the Founder of Dawnrunner Inc. and has championed the company through numerous award-winning projects over fifteen years. As a writer, Fox devotes his energies to the careful crafting of compelling characters and diverse worlds.

Contest Results:
Atlanta (Semifinalist) [2022]
Table Read (Semifinalist, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, etc) [2020]
Page Turner - Feature/TV Genre (Finalist) [2021]
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