THE SHELL – Charlie Neubauer (Launch Pad)
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| Title: | THE SHELL |
| Logline: | In a future where death has been eradicated thanks to a revolutionary technology that allows people to be resurrected, a petty criminal is tasked with solving the seemingly impossible murder of its inventor – his mother. |
| Pitch: | MINORITY REPORT meets TRANSCENDENCE |
| Writer: | Charlie Neubauer |
| Genre: | Sci-Fi | Thriller |
| Why to Read: | Taking the well-loved sci-fi premise of uploading consciousness to a computer and elevating it into a completely original thriller by way of a creative conceit that mines the most possible moral and emotional complexity out of its core technology, this script is anchored in an impeccably crafted futuristic world. The detail here is stunning – from the screens displaying recent history for those being brought back to life, to the fact that nobody knows what a funeral is. This truly feels like a world where nobody dies, which is no small feat. With a complex lead whose motivations are never dull or predictable, and enough haunting imagery to keep you up at night, this is the sort of incisive science fiction that reaches to the heart of humanity and finds it made of rotting chrome, still beating. |
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