Inspired by Poe’s Masque of the Red Death: Fleeing a deadly pandemic, a security advisor infiltrates a luxurious floating city, hoping to find peace – but a friend’s needless execution forces them to take action.

SYNOPSIS:

When Iris (a security executive) arrives aboard The Abbey, she believes she can now relax, safe from the horrific pandemic ravaging the globe.

However a few days later, one of her friends is executed, an innocent victim in a struggle between the city’s two rival factions. Distressed by their senseless death, and determined to prevent any more innocent people from being killed, Iris sets out to overthrow the billionaires who run the city.

In preparation for the day when she can enact her plan, Iris embarks on the dangerous business of seeking out an alliance with a secret cabal operating inside the city’s population of indentured workers.

At the same time, Iris must also struggle to keep Alonso, her employer, from jeopardising the lives of his retinue, as he becomes entangled in the city’s politics, while trying to impress the city’s creator, Prospero.

Soon, the struggle between the city’s rival factions intensifies until, in the bloody aftermath of a failed coup attempt, Iris is presented with the opportunity she needs. The winning faction’s victory celebration: a decadent Masked Ball

• Screenplay and Pitch Deck available upon request: robert@assortedprojects.net