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A novel ready for a publisher, a streaming series ready to be picked up with a pilot written and show bible ready to go, and a low budget web series produced as proof of concept that takes place during key historical moments of the Ascendants novel and potential show. Confused by it all? Get caught up below and subscribe to on YouTube.
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The Novel
Set in a near and uncertain future, this dystopian thriller portrays the rise of a genetic underclass oppressed by a powerful healthcare institution that promises an afterlife…but not to everyone. Swift moving, dramatic, and dark, Ascendants explores mortality and morality in the face of capitalism, ideology, and ever-encroaching technology through the interconnected journeys of Maya Teller, a rebellious young woman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and her sister, Hannah, a target of The Jacobs Institute; Sam Lee, a schoolteacher whose unyielding belief in Ascension comes into question following the death of his wife; and the architects of Ascension: Dr. Charles Jacobs, whose inability to heal his daughter from a terminal illness haunts him, and Dr. Henry Price, a vicious authoritarian obsessed with the Institute’s most terrible secret.
Ascendants Anthology
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What is Ascendants?
Tagline: It's not the life you lead. It's the blood you bleed.
Logline: In the near future, proof of the afterlife creates a corrupt dystopia.
Ascendants is a multi-format project. We are garnering interest in selling a 2-hr television or streaming pilot for a scripted series by creating an anthology of short films set in that world and a novelization of that pilot. Each short in the Ascendants Anthology explores a different aspect of the life created by the discovery of Ascension - and each film takes place at different key historical points. Read more about the pilot and take a look at conceptual artwork here.
Ascendants: Horizon
This 30 minute sci-fi short film serves as a prequel to ‘The Ascendants Anthology’ series as well as a general entry into the mythology of The Ascendants saga. ‘Horizon’ follows Ben, a prescription drug addict and an unwitting experiment of ‘The Jacobs Institute,’ as he returns home following the death of his father and reunites with the girl he left behind.
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Ascendants, Charles River Media Group, and Pizza Baby Films
For more information on the collaboration between Ascendants, Charles River Media Group, and Pizza Baby Films please click on their names to visit their sites or email: info at charlesrivermedia dot com.