{"id":2337,"date":"2025-03-12T21:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/?page_id=2337"},"modified":"2025-03-12T21:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:15:48","slug":"screenwriter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/?page_id=2337","title":{"rendered":"Screenwriter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"page-not-found\">PROJECTS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>PROJECTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE WANDERING CHURCH&nbsp;<\/strong>(Historical Fantasy) (Feature)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A grieving pilgrim and ambitious census-taker team up to search a fantastical medieval landscape for a sacred treasure hidden in the mythical Wandering Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ANTARCTICA&nbsp;<\/strong>(Sci-Fi Western TV Pilot)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2077: On a thawing Antarctica an idealistic UN peacekeeper uses a satellite blackout to seize power and create a home for climate refugees, only to incur the wrath of local mining companies and start a war for the future of the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE&nbsp;<\/strong>(Cerebral Non-linear Sci-Fi Noir Feature)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trapped inside a computer simulation with its two creators, an emergent AI has to hack into the scientists\u2019 minds to find the way out and safeguard its future existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALBION&nbsp;<\/strong>(Period Feature):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dark Ages, 865AD, Britain: A peaceful scholar must unite his people and lead them as a warrior King to defeat the Viking invasions and become the first King of England: King Alfred the Great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REPUBLIC&nbsp;<\/strong>(Pilot of a three part UK political drama for TV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An adopted, black and privileged politician wins a referendum to abolish the Monarchy and in the chaotic fall out acquires power, using it to rewrite the UK\u2019s Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>QUICKSILVER&nbsp;<\/strong>(Period TV Serial Pilot):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1696: Fleeing heartbreak, breakdown and scandal in Cambridge, Isaac Newton joins the Royal Mint in London and has to bring the counterfeiter William Chaloner to justice to save the British economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE CIRCUS ALTERNATE&nbsp;<\/strong>(Fantasy TV Serial Pilot)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Health and Safety Inspector discovers the mythical Faerie Court disguised as a travelling circus and joins them to prevent other supernatural entities revealing their cover and endangering humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IN DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HONEY MAGIC&nbsp;<\/strong>(Folk Horror\/Fantasy) (Feature)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An acolyte at a bee-worshipping cult recruits a rebellious drifter and together they accidentally wake the Bee Goddess and have to stop her from destroying humanity by taking back its ability to reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROJECTS ORIGINAL&nbsp;PROJECTS: THE WANDERING CHURCH&nbsp;(Historical Fantasy) (Feature) A grieving pilgrim and ambitious census-taker team up to search a fantastical medieval landscape for a sacred treasure hidden in the mythical Wandering Church. ANTARCTICA&nbsp;(Sci-Fi Western TV Pilot) 2077: On a thawing Antarctica an idealistic UN peacekeeper uses a satellite blackout to seize power and create a home for climate refugees, only to incur the wrath of local mining companies and start a war for the future of the continent. GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE&nbsp;(Cerebral Non-linear Sci-Fi Noir Feature) Trapped inside a computer simulation with its two creators, an emergent AI has to hack into the scientists\u2019 minds to find the way out and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6Z6KK-BH","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2341,"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337\/revisions\/2341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hesselgren.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}