AA Film Pitch

Title: The Struggle

I will be pitching a British action adventure film about the struggle of a British marine.

Director(s): Marc Forster & Kathryn Bigelow

Characters

Main Character: Elliot Taylor (Matt Damon)
Princess/ False Friend/ Helper: Jessica F (Angelina Jolie)
Villain: Ahmed

Plot synopsis

-We start by seeing Taliban assault on British base Fort Deen in Sangin, Afghanistan perspective of British marine E.T.
-Pre-emptive strike causes total devastation government assume all dead and get bogged down in UN debates before revenge attack.
-Cut back to E.T. who was knocked unconscious and shot, we now see him awaken being loaded into mass grave in the middle of the desert.
-E.T. takes down both assailants using equipment on the corpses of his dead comrades vehicle destroyed in the process.
-E.T. then has to struggle through the desert with minimal provisions, audience see him challenge the trials and tribulations of the desert.
-Comes across Taliban hideout and successfully destroys it, steals a vehicle and map then starts making his way to the outskirts.
-Running from the Taliban who have re-grouped E.T. is befriended by J.F. they travel and almost make it to the border.
-They go to sleep and E.T. wakes up in the middle of the desert strapped to a chair w/ Taliban leaders and J.F. surrounding him.
-E.T. is told he will have to play the role of a small nuclear suicide bomber and detonate in central London accompanied by J.F. posing as a couple, E.T. is tortured for a week.
-When he refuses E.T. is shown live video feed of his wive's execution and the discovery of his childrens' abduction at an unknown location (in the U.K), E.T. then agrees and is knocked unconscious.
-E.T. awakes on plane with bomb strapped to him and J.F. in the next seat, they are on regular BA flight.
-They get off plane and head past airport security but guard sees wiring as they leave airport.
-Car chase ensues as they race to London
-E.T. and J.F. get hit in car crash, J.F. about to die, E.T. tries to save her but fails, just before death she activates 5:00 timer on bomb but sends signal to have children released (she did not approve of the child abduction but hated England).
-E.T. races to London Eye/ Big ben and makes it to the top breaks the glass and with 5 seconds to spare reaches top and leaps off into the Thames.
-Ends with news broadcast by BBC showing hole in that area of london (all around monument) and military quote.

Target Audience

Anyone ages 14 and above the film will be in tune with an audience for the Bourne series, where there is action to satisfy the teenage boys, a love interest and a plot complex enough to keep the elders interested.

Marketing Plan

A summer blockbuster if no other films were around would suit this film perfectly, this would probably maximise potential viewings. Throughout the springtime the advertising campaign would crop up over the lives of the TA i.e. in buses and on billboards. A website would not be the emphasis due to the genre although would encourage a community and spread word of mouth.

Inspiration

-The Hurt Locker
-Quantum of Solace
-The Bourne Series
-Strikeback
-and many many more...