Casting Earthly Bodies

If Netflix called...

As part of the celebration of my books birthdays, I thought I’d share an extract of something I created (they call it a Treatment in the TV biz) for pitching Earthly Bodies to studios.

Logline

On a mission to leave a dying Earth, nature has evolved and is tagging along for the ride.

Hook

Earthly Bodies is a dystopian eco-horror story. In 2058, widow Rebecca is invited to leave Earth and start over. Whilst onboard the spaceship she discovers an infestation; nature is taking over. 

Locations 

SAXA VORD - A location on the Isle of Unst in the Shetlands, Scotland. A real-life rocket launch centre and former RAF base.

BRITAIN - Decaying dystopia, crumbling buildings, unmaintained roads, abandoned vehicles, the gap between rich and poor is vast, picture 2000AD comics. We are briefly in London with Oscar and briefly in Cornwall with Rebecca. Her former job was at the Eden Project, possible flashbacks to here.

THE SHIP - A vast ship housing sections like pod sleep areas, capsule hotel-type living areas, a greenhouse space, and hangers to store building and farming equipment. Think Nostromo or Prometheus from the Alien franchise.

Characters

From L-R

• REBECCA played by Anna Popplewell

• ISSY - played by Shelia Atim

• ANNABEL - Joely Richardson

• GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO -Riccardo Scamarcio

• FRANKIE - Robert Carlyle

• GANT - Daniel Kaluuya

• THE MAGIE - Robotic humanoids (Brancusi bust)

• OSCAR - Lukas Haas

• SETTING - The ship

If you’ve read Earthly Bodies, I’d love to hear who you’d like to see cast in these parts.

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Earthly Bodies

Dark Is The Water