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Deep Trilogy: Fate, Exodus, Return — The Feature Length Screenplay Is in Development
The complete trilogy is coming to the screen, in one epic feature.
One film. Three chapters. The full journey from discovery to destruction to rebirth.
It begins in the near future, deep inside the Mariana Trench, where an expedition uncovers a mineral that raises urgent questions and forces impossible ethical decisions, secrets that could reshape humanity's understanding of its past and future. Fifty years later, that same mineral has pushed Earth to the brink. An asteroid is coming. The planet is dying. Humanity has no choice but to leave everything behind and search for a new beginning among the stars. And then, when all seems lost, comes the final mission, to go back. To regenerate life on Earth. To finish what was started.
Three stories. One world. One extraordinary feature-length film in the making.
Written by Daniel Meager. In development now. Watch this space.
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Deep Return — The Screenplay Is in Development
Deep Return, the final chapter in the Deep Trilogy, is now in development as both a short film and a feature-length screenplay, written by Daniel Meager.
After the discovery that changed everything in Deep Fate, and the desperate flight from a dying planet in Deep Exodus, the trilogy closes with something unexpected... hope. The mission now is not to escape, but to go back. Back to Earth. Back to a planet that was left for dead. Back to see whether life can be made to grow again where it was lost.
The short film will deliver that moment of return with quiet power, the stillness of a world waiting to be brought back. The feature-length version will explore the full weight of the mission, what it takes, what it costs, and what it means to believe a broken world is worth saving.
Deep Return is the most hopeful story in the trilogy, and the one that brings the entire arc full circle. The perfect closing chapter, on the page and now on the screen.
Written by Daniel Meager. In development now. Watch this space.
👉 Read the book now at SHP Creative or visit https://payhip.com/SHPCreative/
Screenplay taster...
OVER BLACK:
We hear indistinct space chatter coms on radio.
FADE IN:
SUPERIMPOSE TEXT:
"What you think, you become"
FADE TO BLACK.
1 EXT. EARTH – NIGHT 1
NARRATOR
(include text on screen)
The cycle of humans leaving the
Earth continues.
History repeats.
Earth takes 100 million years to
repair itself via the Gaia process.
Life on Earth was wiped out.
Life would return.
Humans would return to Earth.
Life would come back.
SMASH CUT:
2 VFX/CGI SEQUENCE - MINI ARKS 2
SUPERIMPOSE:
TIME: UNKNOWN
A wide view looking up from Earth's surface, to the night
sky.
Particles ignite into dazzling streaks, white hot
phosphorescence blazing through the abyss.
Particles burst into Earth's atmosphere.
Particles are 2 inch sized mini arks, encased in rock like
structure, composed of Quantium-42.
Explosions of molten rock and steam violently ripple
outward.
Some mini arks SPLASH into the oceans.
Other mini arks SMASH into mountainsides, smoking gently as
embers glow.
Inside the mini arks, structures pulse rhythmically.
Nanobots flow outward elegantly weaving atoms.
Cells divide, softly illuminating a microscopic universe.
Human genetic material merges.
TIME LAPSE: Earth transforms swiftly.
Barren lands bloom.
Oceans teem with vibrant, evolving life, racing through
geological ages.
The mini arks dissolve into nothingness, silently, atom by
atom, DISAPPEARING, leaving pristine Earth behind.
Narration for VFX/CGI Intro:
NARRATOR (V.O.)
Across endless time, hidden from
history, a silent fleet arrived
unnoticed...
Each carrying a spark of creation.
Encased within Quantium-42, they
pierced skies, oceans, and lands.
Within each, a promise to resurrect
worlds, concealed in microscopic
spirals of DNA...
3 EXT. EARTH'S ORBIT – DARK VOID 3
Infinite darkness envelopes the blue sphere of Earth.
Silence.
Suddenly, pinpoints of brilliant white burst silently
through space, each sparkling particle glowing fiercely
like white hot phosphorus embers.
4 EXT. EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE – CONTINUOUS 4
The tiny sparks zip silently into Earth's atmosphere.
Flames ripple violently around each particle, forming fiery
halos.
They tear through clouds, slicing the atmosphere, flames
screaming silently against their Quantium-42 shells.
5 EXT. VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON EARTH’S SURFACE – NIGHT 5
Impact.
Explosions of dust and molten rock, some plunging into
oceanic depths, steam and waves swallowing them. Others
bury into mountainsides, gouging fiery wounds into the
planet.
Silence.
6 INT. MINI ARK – DARKNESS 6
Light pulses softly from deep within.
An intricate labyrinth of microscopic chambers.
Delicate machines comes to life.
GEORGE (V.O.)
Initiating primary sequence.
Conditions optimal.
7 INT. MICROSCOPIC LAB – CONTINUOUS 7
Nanobots stream outward, swirling gracefully.
Building blocks snap together at an atomic scale, forming
molecular factories.
GEORGE (V.O.)
Assembling genetic blueprints.
Activating biological sequence.
8 INT. MINI ARK – BIOLOGICAL CHAMBER 8
A luminous chamber comes alive.
Microscopic lights flash rhythmically.
Human sperm and eggs align in perfect synchronization.
Cells silently divide, a quiet symphony of creation.
GEORGE (V.O.)
Evolutionary acceleration in
progress. Ensuring protocols.
9 EXT. EARTH’S SURFACE – DAWN (TIME LAPSE) 9
Life bursts from barren rock .
Oceans teem with microscopic life, evolving rapidly.
Organisms multiply, shifting through eras.
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Deep Exodus — The Screenplay Is in Development
Deep Exodus, the story of humanity's desperate race to survive extinction and leave Earth behind, is now in development as both a short film and a feature length screenplay, written by Daniel Meager.
The film will bring the urgency and scale of that moment to life, the weight of leaving everything behind in one sharp, cinematic punch. The feature-length version will give the full story room to breathe, the politics, the heartbreak, the resilience, and the desperate hope of a species starting over.
Deep Exodus is the second chapter in the Deep Trilogy, and one of the most visually ambitious stories in the series. This one was made for the screen.
Written by Daniel Meager. In development now. Watch this space.
👉 Read the book now at SHP Creative or visit https://payhip.com/SHPCreative/
Screenplay taster...
OVER BLACK:
Indistinct military radio chatter.
FADE IN:
SUPERIMPOSE TEXT:
All conditioned things are impermanent
SMASH CUT:
1 EXT. SPACE – THE MOON - NIGHT 1
SUPERIMPOSE:
50 years from today
NARRATOR
(include text on screen)
After the expedition deep in the
Mariana Trench, human civilisation
prepares for an exodus of Earth...
An exodus from Earth already
happened... 500 million years ago.
How many humans from that
civilisation left in the initial
exodus, and how they left Earth was
still being discovered...
This was being discovered by
deciphering the encoded knowledge
and wisdom in current day human
junk DNA... Helped by GEORGE
(Geological Exploration and
Resource Geolocation Engine), the
advanced computer system.
We’re destined to repeat the cycle,
our fate sealed...
It is our time to prepare for an
exodus...
An exodus of our home.
An exodus of Earth.
2 EXT. SPACE - BEYOND THE MOON 2
Vast black void, nothing moves, silence.
Suddenly, an ASTEROID!
Tumbling violently in complete silence.
NARRATOR
Quantium-42... Our greatest
discovery... Our undoing.
3 EXT. SPACE - WIDE SHOT - EARTH AND ASTEROID 3
Asteroid HURTLES forward, unstoppable, silent.
NARRATOR
Gaia will reset... In a hundred
million years, life will return.
4 EXT. SPACE - NEAR THE MOON 4
Barren surface and craters of the Moon.
Beyond the Moon, movement.
Asteroid ICARUS-THETA-2, tumbling, turning.
It GLIDES past the Moon, with eerie silent grace.
NARRATOR
Asteroid Icarus-Theta-2. A perfect
strike, with military precision.
The Atlantic Ocean, the target.
5 EXT. SPACE - ASTEROID POV - EARTH AHEAD 5
Earth fills the frame.
Asteroid’s slow roll continues.
No sound, gliding, tumbling.
6 EXT. EARTH ORBIT - DAY 6
SUPERIMPOSE:
3 Years Before Impact
Six colossal structures pierce Earth's atmosphere.
Structures stretch from equator to orbit.
The LIFT SYSTEM, elegant, towering.
Massive platforms sit 100 kilometres above Earth.
Shimmering like cities in the sky.
NARRATOR
Three years before impact... The
exodus began.
7 INT. LIFT SYSTEM DOCK - ORBITAL PLATFORM 7
Thousands of evacuees in sleek suits, clutching small
personal bags.
Silent faces, tired eyes.
Transparent observation windows reveal the CURVE of Earth
below.
Transporter ships waiting beyond.
Holographic signs glow:
LIFT SYSTEM — Launchless Infrastructure for Future
Transport.
Soft British voice bellows through the terminal:
ANNOUNCER (O.S.)
Please proceed to boarding gates
for departure to Lunar staging
outposts.
Repeat, please proceed to boarding
gates for departure to Lunar
staging outposts.
8 EXT. SPACE - TRANSPORT SHIP DEPARTURE 8
Transporters detach from the LIFT docks.
Thruster plumes gently fire.
Lines of ships move toward the Moon in perfect formation.
9 EXT. SPACE - MASS DEPARTURE FROM MOON ORBIT 9
A ballet of starships ignite engines.
Arcing away from the Moon.
Toward Mars, Venus, The Asteroid Belt, Saturn’s moons, and
beyond.
Streams of light pierce the black.
NARRATOR
Billions of souls left behind.
Billions...
10 EXT. EARTH - OCEAN - DAY 10
SUPERIMPOSE:
Only 144,000 humans will be saved. The other billions, will
perish.
Vast, endless ocean.
Six immense LIFT DOCK TOWERS rise on the horizon.
In the waters below, dozens of colossal ocean bound cruise
ships.
Cruise ships sit anchored.
NARRATOR
One hundred and forty-four
thousand souls...
Chosen for skills.
Balanced in nationality, creed,
and purpose.
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© 2024 SHP Creative
Deep Fate — The Screenplay Is in Development
Deep Fate, the story of a near-future expedition into the Mariana Trench that uncovers a mineral capable of rewriting everything we know about history and the future, is now in development as both a short film and a feature-length screenplay, written by Daniel Meager.
The ocean. The discovery. The secrets that were never meant to surface. The urgent ethical decisions that follow when humanity finds something it isn't ready for. Everything that makes Deep Fate such a compelling read is now being shaped into a screenplay, twice over.
The film will capture the tension and mystery of the discovery in a tight, powerful format. The feature-length version will explore the full depth of what that mineral means for the past, for the present, and for everything that comes next.
Deep Fate is the first chapter in the Deep Trilogy, and now it's the first to make the leap to screen. This is just the beginning.
Written by Daniel Meager. In development now. Watch this space.
👉 Read the screenplay now at SHP Creative or visit https://payhip.com/SHPCreative/
Screenplay taster...
OVER BLACK:
Indistinct marine radio chatter.
FADE IN:
SUPERIMPOSE TEXT:
“Look, and you will find it. What is unsought will go
undetected.”
FADE TO BLACK.
NARRATOR
(text on screen)
It will be found at some point in
time...
When, where and by whom is yet to
be determined.
It was always meant to be...
SMASH CUT:
1 VFX/CGI - EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN - DAY 1
Camera PLUNGES swiftly through waves, descending rapidly,
slicing through 11 kilometres of shifting aquatic layers, the
darkness intensifying...
Huge amounts of BUBBLES.
The DEEP EXPLORER DRILLING STATION (DEDS), a repurposed oil
rig, rests heavily on the trench floor. Its colossal drill, glowing with friction heat, bores relentlessly into Earth's crust, illuminating clouds of debris.
Camera turns and SPEEDS through massive amounts of BUBBLES, 11 kilometres back to the surface, breaking through the waves
like a champagne cork...
2 EXT - BENEATH THE SURFACE – DEDS – DRILL SITE - NIGHT 2
Massive drill tip grinds relentlessly through solid rock.
Depth gauge reads: FIFTY KILOMETRES.
3 INT. PACIFIC OCEAN - RESEARCH VESSEL (DESS) - NIGHT 3
SUPERIMPOSE TEXT:
Time: Twelve hours since the find
Location: Deep Explorer Surface Ship, The Mariana Trench
The core sample rests under the bright glow of examination
lights.
The geologists FREEZE.
A MICROCHIP, fossilized.
The team are confused.
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© 2024 SHP Creative
Bits of Power — The Screenplay Is in Development
Bits of Power, the thriller about a single overheard conversation in Milan that puts the entire global financial system at risk, is now in development as both a short film and a feature-length screenplay, written by Daniel Meager.
This is big news. The code. The chase. The CIA and GCHQ scrambling to contain it. North Korea and China racing to use it. A cryptographer and a hacker willing to kill for it. And private investigator Adrian Thorn caught right in the middle of all of it. Everything that makes Bits of Power such a gripping read is now being brought to life on screen, in two formats, for two very different audiences.
The short film will deliver the tension and stakes in a sharp, punchy package. The feature-length version will give the full story room to breathe, every twist, every threat, every move and countermove.
The theme of this film/screenplay is focused on digital privacy and sovereignty, and how quantum computers may render all encryption invalid and the implications this has for society.
Written by Daniel Meager, the screenplay is in development now. Watch this space.
Bits of Power, coming to a screen near you.
👉 Read the screenplay now at SHP Creative or visit https://payhip.com/SHPCreative/
SCREENPLAY TASTER...
OVER BLACK:
DISTANT SOUND of helicopter ROTOR BLADES.
Sound gets LOUDER and LOUDER.
SMASH CUT:
1 EXT. LONDON - HELICOPTER TOP DOWN VIEW - NIGHT
Helicopter flying FAST.
LOW over rooftops of London, UK.
RAIN slicked streets.
2 INT. HELICOPTER COCKPIT - NIGHT VISION POV - NIGHT
Helicopter comes to HOVER above THE RIVER THAMES.
Helicopter nose points towards TOWER BRIDGE, 1,000 metres in
front.
HELICOPTER PILOT'S infra-red night vision goggles (NVG) ZOOM
IN with surgical precision.
Digital targeting information GREEN colour from heads-up
display (HUD), SCANS for movement.
A MAN in black clothes, RUNS FAST, to the right of the
helicopter.
Man shows up as BRIGHT WHITE through the pilot's NVG.
Helicopter TRANSITIONS into forward flight.
Helicopter follows man from distance.
3 EXT. LONDON STREETS - POV RUNNING MAN - NIGHT
We are the man RUNNING.
HEAVY BREATHING. LOUDER, DEEPER, FASTER.
The wet pavement SLAPS underfoot.
GLIMPSE of THE TOWER OF LONDON across the River Thames.
GLIMPSE of HMS BELFAST warship on his left.
Ahead, TOWER BRIDGE.
The iconic TOWER BRIDGE starts to LIFT. SEPARATES in the
centre.
The GRINDING mechanics of the bridge opens. The GAP WIDENS.
He JUMPS.
THUD! ROLLS across the wet pavement.
He gets up.
BLACK DUCATI DIAVEL motorbike waits.
Man runs towards the MOTORBIKE.
Engine ROARS to life. A GROWL.
Helicopter comes into view in mirrored visor of rider.
Precision jump into pillion position.
Arms tuck round riders waist.
The motorbike TEARS FORWARD, through the London night.
FADE TO BLACK.
SOUND of HEARTBEAT thumping.
THUMP,THUMP....THUMP,THUMP...THUMP,THUMP..THUMP,THUMP.THUMP,T
HUMP
TITLE FADES IN:
BITS OF POWER (short)
TITLE FADES OUT:
SUPER:
-2 Years From Present Day
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© 2024 SHP Creative
New Release: Bits of Power
One conversation. One key. One secret that could bring the world to its knees.
It starts small: an overheard conversation in Milan and a private key that should never have existed. Hidden inside a document is a code capable of collapsing the entire global financial system overnight. The kind of secret that, once out, can't be put back.
Now everyone wants it.
The CIA and GCHQ are scrambling to bury it before the damage is done. North Korea and China are racing to get there first and unleash it. A cryptographer and a hacker are willing to kill anyone who stands between them and owning it. The clock is running, and the wrong people are already looking.
Into the middle of all of it steps private investigator Adrian Thorn. Not a spy. Not a soldier. Not a government agency with unlimited resources. Just one man, with the wrong information, at the worst possible time.
The theme of this film/screenplay is focused on digital privacy and sovereignty, and how quantum computers may render all encryption invalid and the implications this has for society.
Bits of Power is a sharp, fast-moving thriller about money, power, and what happens when the most dangerous thing in the world is a string of code in the wrong hands.
👉 Get your copy here or visit https://payhip.com/SHPCreative/
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© 2024 SHP Creative
Now Available: The Complete Deep Trilogy
Three stories. One journey. The fate of everything.
The Deep Trilogy brings together all three of William H. D. Coleman's short stories Deep Fate, Deep Exodus, and Deep Return in a single complete collection that takes readers from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space, and back again.
Deep Fate kicks it all off in the near future, when an expedition deep inside the Mariana Trench uncovers a mineral unlike anything ever seen. The discovery raises urgent questions and forces difficult ethical decisions. As secrets surface that could reshape our understanding of history and humanity's future, Deep Fate sets the trilogy in motion with a story about legacy, consequence, and the things we unleash when we reach too far.
Deep Exodus picks up fifty years later. The mineral that once promised a new era of technological progress has become a death sentence. Its toxic extraction has pushed Earth to the brink of collapse, and an incoming asteroid is finishing the job. With the planet no longer able to sustain life, humanity faces its most desperate moment: leave everything behind or face extinction. Deep Exodus is a story of resilience, survival, and what we carry with us when there is nothing left to stay for.
Deep Return closes the trilogy with the mission to bring life back to Earth. After the escape, after the silence, someone has to go back. It's the quietest of the three stories, but perhaps the most hopeful, a meditation on regeneration, responsibility, and whether a broken world can be made whole again.
👉 Get your copy here or visit https://payhip.com/SHPCreative/
All three stories. One collection. Available now.
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© 2024 SHP Creative
New Release: Deep Return
Earth was left behind. Now someone has to go back.
After the events of Deep Fate and Deep Exodus, humanity made it out. The planet was abandoned... poisoned, battered, and left to whatever fate awaited it. But something unexpected is happening on Earth. And the mission now is not to escape, but to return.
Deep Return is the final chapter in the Deep Trilogy... a short story about regeneration, hope, and the stubborn will of life to come back even when the odds say it shouldn't. After two stories defined by loss, collapse, and exodus, this is where the cycle completes. Life, given the chance, finds a way.
If Deep Fate was about what we can't control, and Deep Exodus was about survival, then Deep Return is about responsibility. Going back. Starting over. Doing it right this time.
The trilogy ends here... but life is just beginning.
👉 Get your copy here or visit https://payhip.com/SHPCreative/
Complete the trilogy: Deep Fate | Deep Exodus | Deep Return — all available now.
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© 2024 SHP Creative
New Release: Deep Exodus
The mineral that changed everything is now killing us.
Fifty years after the world-altering discoveries in Deep Fate, humanity stands at the edge of extinction. An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth... but that's only half the threat. The mineral uncovered deep in the Mariana Trench, once celebrated as the breakthrough of the century, has poisoned the planet. Its extraction releases toxic emissions that have pushed Earth toward becoming fully uninhabitable. The very discovery that promised a new era of progress is now sealing our fate.
With time running out and the planet deteriorating around them, humanity faces an impossible choice: stay and perish, or leave everything behind and search for a new home among the stars.
Deep Exodus is the second chapter in the Deep Trilogy... a gripping, thought-provoking story about legacy, resilience, and what it means to survive when the world you knew no longer exists. It asks hard questions about progress, consequence, and whether humanity deserves a second chance.
The exodus begins now.
👉 Get your copy here or visit https://payhip.com/SHPCreative/
Also available: Deep Fate — where it all began.
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© 2024 SHP Creative
New Release: Deep Fate
A new mineral has been discovered — and nothing will be the same.
Deep Fate is available now as an ebook through SHP Creative's online shop.
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