The Three - charged with protecting humanity against ancient mythological creatures!
In February, myself, Claire Mcguire and Scott Forrest met at the BBC Scotland Directs networking event. At the time, after making my feature film "Night is Day" and taking a small break, I had came up with an outline for a 3 part mini-web series featuring one thing I had always wanted to direct - sword fights! Of course this is Scotland, where there isn't an awful lot of money going around for genre TV and film projects, but after putting together several short films and a feature film for not a lot of money, a hell of a lot of good will from very talented people, I figured I'd give it a shot.
I turned to my friend Scott while waiting in the lobby at the BBC in Pacific Quay and said to him "I've got this idea for a fantasy web series but I'm not sure of the middle..." and Scott then turned around and gave me a solution. He's good like that. So we started writing notes and while networking at the BBC we met Claire, a researcher with some producing experience, and we decided to keep the networking nights going, and from there Bloodline was born. With the working title "Forbidden Sun" we decided to write a pilot episode, an outline for 6 episodes (we've went up to 8!) and pitch it to producers and networks in the hope that there was room for our supernatural TV action series along with Doctor Who, Being Human, Merlin and MisFits!
Our ideas quickly grew and snowballed and before we knew it we had a cast, crew, money raised from brilliant supporters on Indiegogo and Sponsume, and we shot a pilot for the TV series! On the 8th of November we'll be showing the episode to the cast and crew and once the score is completed, we'll begin the process of trying to pitch it to the right people to get it on TV!
So what's basic premise for "Bloodline"? Ever since the Glencoe Massacre there has been a trio of supernaturally enhanced warriors charged with protecting humankind from ancient mythological creatures, funded by mysterious benefactors. There can only ever be three, and when a member is killed, the next chosen warrior in the bloodline will be called upon to join the fight. In 2012 we meet Markus, Kate and Adam - the bad ass team protecting us from "beasties" (according to Adam!) - embroiled in a case of a rouge shapeshifter, Tam Lin, a mysterious university student called Emily, and Charles, an MMA wrestler mourning the loss of his wife Amy.
Here are our teasers, trailers, pitch videos, behind the scenes and fight training footage from Hybrid Martial Arts - the team behind "Batman Begins" and "Mission: Impossible III".
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