MEGA GRANT PITCH

Develop METROPOLIS as a premier animated episodic series across multiple 8-10 episode seasons. 

  • Evolve and expand the story

  • Episodes directed by A-list directors and writers.  

  • Voice and motion capture work by A-list actors. 

  • Made with UE5, Virtual Production, and other Epic technologies. 

  • Next generation look, design and experience. 

  • High quality animation made for streaming distribution and new platforms (ie. Fortnite Theater)

  • Select METROPOLIS locations and scenes built to be leveraged for cross-platform and Metaverse engagement.

  • Teen rated (PG-13) and targeted at a global audience. 

NEXT STEPS

Greenlight a development phase to enable Counterculture to:  

Create a series bible.

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Write episodes

Create concept art and other supportive materials

Produce a UE5 ‘Dioramas” that Provide a Glimpse of the Story-World Sandbox.

Innovate around AI Characters enabled to “Live” inside an Unreal based experience.

Develop a production and distribution plan for the series.

Develop a cross-platform and Metaverse extension plan  for the Metropolis property.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Counter Culture will

Analyze In Progress

Deconstruct the attributes of the world and world logic, characters and character archetypes, narrative structure and devices, major events and deeper concept/s.

  • Understand the context that underlies it’s original creation (vs. modern times). 

  • Analyze its prior form (as state of the art anime), formula & resonance.

  • Comparative evaluation of emerging state of the art forms and formats in Real Time, Cross Platform Entertainment (vis a vis UNREAL). 

  • Process, Preferred Partner/s, Distribution Model/Strategy

Develop Early Concept Nearing P1 Completion, Writing In Progress

New World and Story Bible V.1 comprised of

  • Expository Breakdowns and Descriptions

  • Concepts (World, Character, Moments)

  • UE5 Made Story / World / Concept “Dynamic Dioramas”

  • AI Character Research and POC / UE based 

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Full Season Story Arc Roadmap, Structure and Per Ep Parameters Doc

Short and Long form Treatments Written

Pilot + X Many Episodes Written

Treatment, Script and Plan for UE5 based Pilot & POC (Series “Vertical Slice”)

Pitch Document/s for the Full Premium Animated Streaming Series (majority made with UE5, Aligned to Epic Technologies, Platforms)

Pitch or Position Document/s for a Cross Collateralized Interactive/Experiential World Counterpart; Premise, Format, Preliminary Strategy. Ie. METAVERSE.

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