A Mysterious Planet Calls to Michael to make first contact, while an ancient race corrupted and made powerful by dark matter sets its eyes on humanity. And the key to stop them is buried deep within Michael and the planet itself.

LOGLINE: When a physicist finds a planet that could solve earth's resource problem, an international space team intercepts to verify the discovery. While mining dark matter, the team discovers and must stop an ancient race bent on devouring and enslaving human life on earth.

TONE CONTACT meets FORBIDDEN PLANET and ARMAGEDDON.

A Sci-Fi Action Adventure Fantasy Horror about the thirst for power, the destructive nature of fear and greed, and the fine line between love and hate.

LOOK: PROMETHEUS'S alien landscapes merge with the ancient race fantasy elements of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. A new mythological take on the origin of species locked in an eternal battle over human evolution.

Primal passions of an ancient civilization. Dark matter consciousness reshaping reality. The promise of new beginnings and transformation.

THE PLAYERS

MICHAEL Lost Soul, Professor
An astro-physicist who wants to make first contact with a sentient alien species. He dreams of woman whose face he can't see standing on a dark planet overlooking earth. He's the first to discover a mineralized form of dark matter and link it to a planet in an elliptical orbit with earth that could end the resource wars.

SARAH Parasite, Professor
The beautiful red head scientist who discovers artificial worm hole travel. Not happy about giving Michael a divorce, she's Michael's and the space team's ticket to the dark planet. A wounded alcoholic, as long as she doesn't screw it up, she can do this.

KRIS Warrior, Crusader
Commander of the Aquarius and Sarah's new man, he's a blue steel pressed uniform. Rising in the military, he get's it done. Whatever it is. Whatever the cost.

NA'ONA The Nurturer, SeductressShe's something of an enigma and alien royalty. Near perfection, like her race, she's been corrupted by the dark matter and seeks a mate to evolve her lineage. But she's not without a heart or her followers for preserving the human race.
ROGER The Schemer, Bastard
The Vice President of the United States. He's about results and the hell with any fall out. He's also about as two faced as they come. He might even have three.

PETROS The Crusader, Warrior
Whether he's in the deepest parts of the ocean searching for dark matter obscura, or flying missions to Antarctica, this mustache twirling Turk is always up for adventure.
JOJO The Boss, Nurturer
A skilled pilot and soldier, she's ready to follow orders and get her people what they need, wherever they need to be, any time, day or night.

PA'RAN The Tyrant, BastardNa'ona's brother, he's as handsome and charismatic as he is arrogant. Humans to him are food, not friends. He's one bad ass you never want as an enemy. Pity the fool.

FUJIRAN The Chief, SadistThe clan of "Ran" carved into his chest, he's the clan leader. Considers the human presence, an invasion. Father to Na'ona and Pa'ran, he sees the human race as barbarians and embraces his son's desire to eat and enslave the human race. Imprisoned blood banks. Forever.

ARGOS The Bad Boy, Warrior
Dependable, willing to take orders, and kick ass on command, he's usually the last one standing in a bar fight. The men respect his experience.

HABISH The Outcast, Warrior
More like a bull in a China shop that likes to play with things, Habish has dead aim. In fact, if it wasn't for that, he'd be on dish duty. Permanently.

STACY - The Crusader, Warrior
Special Ops. A modern day ninja who doesn't hide her beautiful face. She's had training with all the blade masters in the world...and the sharkskin swords to prove it.

ATAGO The Charmer, Warrior
Special Ops Captain. With his big snaggle-toothed mouth and smile, he'll warm even the coldest heart. Frequently rubbing his St. Michael's medallion around his neck, he's about getting the job done and returning home to his family and church.

CASH The Swashbuckler, Warrior
Special Ops. A modern day space cowboy, Cash is quick silver. They never see him or his bullets coming until it's too late. He once argued with NASA about having chaps integrated into his space suite. For real.

ALEX THE CAJUN The Chief, Boss
An oddly stylish mining captain, he's often tinkering with equipment to make sure everything is in working order. He and his team have mined in places and discovered things only a handful of people in the world know about.

JADON THE RASTA The Charmer, Free Spirit
An archaeologist turned deep sea, space, and ice miner, this Rasta brings out the good vibrations in his team.

MARCUS, The Best Friend, Warrior
Built like a brick shit house, his deep Southern voice evokes sentimentalism when he sings slave songs. An exo-biologist college buddy of Michael's, these two have a brotherly connection that may surpass the test of time.

CINDY The Free Spirit, Waif
Born and bred in Wisconsin, this farm girl is bright and cheery and brings more than her you betcha Goldie locks to the mining team. Muscle and passion. Lots of it.

GRUE The Bad Boy, Warrior
He's the John Henry version of Chinese mining perfection. A bit greedy, watch your cards when you're playing poker. He will.SYNOPSIS Michael was drawn to the dark planet to save humanity. And in only losing himself and becoming something new can he do this.

Super: 2500 B.C. Red eyed creatures fall to earth in the darkness and attack the village of Constanta, near The Black Sea. The sun rises and the creatures are vaporized as they try to escape into underground crypts. Super: Today. MICHAEL, a scientist searching for extraterrestrial life, discovers a strange signal in outer space. After finally getting a divorce and away from his ex-wife, SARAH, Michael is reassigned to work with her and together they find a mineralized form of dark matter on the bottom of The Black Sea. But Michael recognizes the weakened signal similar to the one he found, and reveals to NASA he believes a planet made of dark matter is heading toward earth. Michael and Sarah convince NASA to travel to the dark planet, ascertain if it's a threat, and if there's dark matter there as they suspect, mine it and bring it back, solving the earth's resource wars. An international military, science, and mining team commanded by KRIS is assembled and they travel to the dark planet.

Kris stays on the Aquarius and sends a smaller ship with the scientists and miners through a spaceship graveyard. They land, and the team discovers a hellish landscape. While the team finds and begins to mine dark matter, Michael meets a beautiful alien woman in the mist, NA'ONA, who warns him to leave or die. Michael returns to camp, shares the warning, and is ordered to return to ship. Michael ignores the command and searches for Na'Ona. Sarah runs after him followed by two marines. Meanwhile, the miners are attacked by dark matter energy creatures while Michael and Sarah discover the planet's secrets. Kris orders the special ops team to plant a beacon bomb on the planet. Michael and Sarah travel underground and discover how the planet is using the dark matter against them. They battle their dark matter doppelgangers and escape to discover Na'Ona in a cavern who warns them again to leave before it's too late.
The dark planet continues to attack marines and miners; while below, Michael, Sarah and the marines who finally caught up to them discover a plot to invade earth by Na'Ona's race, the Dai'mo'nions. They're captured, and Michael is told by Na'Ona the dark matter grows in them, and it will change them as it changed her race. NASA orders the team up top to continue mining, and miners and marines suffer great casualties by the planet's defenses. Kris decides to evacuate the team up top. Below Michael is seduced by Na'Ona, and Sarah is temporarily rescued by the special ops team left behind. Without Michael, they return to the surface to see missiles rain down on the planet.

Kris's attack on the planet fails, and the special ops team and Sarah are re-captured by the Dai'mo'nions. Michael mysteriously is able to read parts of one of Na'Ona's ancient books about the dark matter river, and Sarah and the special ops are tortured. Sarah is turned into a Dai'mo'nion and brutally attacks the rest of the team. Michael is injured and Na'Ona tries to save him by letting him fall into the dark matter river. Michael is transformed by the dark matter and escapes with Na'Ona. The dark planet arrives between earth and its moon. The aliens start their attack on earth while the nations of the world unite and defend earth. Mysterious allies aid in earth's defense while Michael discovers a way to banish the dark planet from earth's orbit and falls to earth helplessly. The dark planet reforms somewhere in space. Whispers come from inside the darkness of their crypts.

THE QUEST

MICHAEL wants to make first contact with a sentient alien species

SARAH wants fame as a physicist for her achievements and to let go of her past

KRIS wants to successfully carry out the mission by bringing back dark matter to earth

NA'ONA wants a mate and save the human race by helping Michael
JOJO wants to transport the dark matter and get her people home

PA'RAN wants to attack, feast on, and enslave the human race

ATAGO wants to eliminate any threat to the mission

ALEX THE CAJUN wants to take care of his team and mine the dark matter

MARCUS wants to preserve human life and finish the mission

All written material in this pitch is Tony Ferguson 2016 tony@tonyferguson.net