Ancillary Narratives

PHASE II
Tensions between Earth and Mars rise as elite Earthling's covet Mars' utopia.

Plot Inspiration
This is released leading up to Phase III.

Synopsis
Beginning with Mars declaring "Year 0," we learn Earth is nearly out of resources. We see the Earth Federation realize they've reached the end of life on Earth, and they devote the last of their resources to getting off the planet. They continue sending migrants over, but some of them act as sleeper cells. Mars continues to thrive as Earth prepares for war. This series ends with the Earth Federation Mothership taking off and setting course for Mars, leaving Earth forever.

Characters
This story will be told from Earth's point of view so we can see the dystopian side of things, as well as further gain insight to the conspiracy.

Protagonist
Earth Federation

Antagonist
Martians

Supporting
Remaining Earthlings, Martian diplomats

Primary Locations
Earth Federation HQ - The last functioning civilization on Earth.

Land on Earth - Now a dystopian wasteland, few stragglers survive the harsh conditions.

Additive Comprehension
This informs viewers how exactly Earth infiltrated Mars and even stood a chance in The Great War.

Comparables
House of Cards/The Walking Dead

OUTWARD BOUND
Graphic novel series' about space pioneers exploring Mars' and surrounding cosmic neighborhood.

Plot Inspiration
Spans duration of Act II

Synopsis
This extension really serves as an opportunity to dive deeper into any region of Mars (space) without budgetary/production constraints. These will be self-contained epics in the context of each of the main fence post story. Plot lines can be diverse to allow massive audience appeal.

Characters
Various - Opportunity for many plots, recurring characters, and expansion in general.

Primary Locations
Between Earth and Mars, additionally voyages beyond the solar system are possible.

Additive Comprehension
These stories describe the failed missions and other previously unexplored story seeds.

Comparables
Star Wars/Marvel

LUNAR LOGS
Vlogs from the Moon.

Plot Inspiration
Extending from Oxygen

Synopsis
Leading to the release of Oxygen, we will release weekly captain's video logs as a web series.

Characters
Following USA's Captain

Primary Locations
The Moon - USA Settlement

Additive Comprehension
We learn about the captain's experience instead of the Romero/Juliet story.

Comparables
Casey Neistat (vlogger) on the Moon

Target Market
Older adults, fans of conspiracy/crime shows, binge watchers

Medium
Streamable mini-series/anthology - generate pre-interest to get them to go to the theater for more.

Target Market
Comic enthusiasts of every walk of life

Medium
Graphic Novels - Fans who consume this way are big on collecting and knowing more than other fans. This gives a ton of potential to this extension.

Target Market
Social Media Users

Medium
Vlogs (youtube, web series, etc.) - Young people of today like to see other people's idea of daily life, and telling these stories as vlogs will be appealiing and may help generate per-awareness to get fans to a theater.