Faresi Island by John Richmond

 

Format: TV pilot      

Genre: Sci-Fi / Cerebral thriller

Nutshell: Olympus has fallen meets Lost.
 

Logline:

 

The President of the United States must learn to forgive his decisions that cost the innocent life of the son of a terrorist, who seeks revenge by killing the President’s family.

 

Overall

 

FARESI ISLAND is a mind-bending thriller with a high-stakes plot and a fascinating premise. A television series about a president who has to survive on a desert island while his country is in peril is loaded with so many potential storylines. There is even a psychological element of whether or not the president is in a coma.

 

Summary

 

The remnants of a downed Air Force One plane are scattered along the shores of a beach. COLIN struggles to escape the wreckage and calls out for his wife BETH. FLASHBACK to Colin and Beth enjoying a day by the pool with their kids JEMIMA and ADAM, just

days before Colin becomes president. Their life feels pretty perfect.

 

Colin is inaugurated as president in front of a cheering crowd. One of his first tasks is to greenlight a drone strike on a well-known terrorist named Ekong. Ekong survives the strike, but his son is buried by rubble and killed. At school, Adam is bullied for being the president’s son. His father Colin is barely home anymore and it’s taking its toll. The presidential family spends some time together at a baseball game where Colin throws the first pitch as the new president. Despite heavy security, Colin is shot and kidnapped by terrorists. Colin’s head of security RYAN takes down the terrorist and rescues Colin, but he is gravely injured.

 

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