Project Abaddon is a labor of love, passion and dedication coupled with top industry professionals behind and in front of the camera.
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Torn between duty and truth, a disillusioned space archaeologist embarks in search of what happened to his dad and finds an ancient alien artifact, his father had sought, which threatens to destroy our existence.
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Help us realize our dream by making a major Sci-Fi feature film so we can build a STEAM center which will help students realize their dreams through education.
A space Archaeologist / Explorer, determined to find the truth about his father’s disappearance some 30 years prior, who was searching for an ancient artifact that possesses unbelievable power. He begins a journey that takes him to a ruthless band of female mercenaries led by a Han Solo-type, intent on gaining profit and wealth, to locate this “artifact” his father deemed: “Project Abaddon.”
The location of this alien artifact is where his father was lost. Now they must learn who’s side they’re on, work to defend everyone from themselves and find a way to unite and protect billions against an alien force that’s coming.
The adventure begins on a starship with a mercenary crew. When you meet them, they will either love you or drop you where you stand without a blink of an eye.
It’s a journey, not a destination, that takes our diverse crew of misfits that feels like the Magnificent 7 meets Battlestar Galactica meets Indiana Jones with the drama of “24” thrown in for good measure.
Project Abaddon: Rise of the Destroyer is an independent film that is a totally different story in a completely different universe set 600 years in our future. It features an interstellar, space archaeologist unwittingly turned into a starship captain. He is a passionate and dedicated man obsessed with finding out what happened to his father 30 years prior. His father was searching for an ancient alien artifact, deemed “The Great Destroyer” an ultimate weapon. However, what he uncovers is something that threatens the very existence of humanity from an evil which is greater than anything we have ever faced.
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*Star Trek™® and the name of the shows associated with Star Trek™® are solely owned by Paramount Studios/CBS a Viacom Company as well as copyright and trademarks and is not associated to Project Abaddon™® in any form or fashion, whatsoever.
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There have been 3 seismic changes in the TV buying/ selling landscape in the last few years:
Networks develop hundreds of scripts. From those scripts they turn a dozen into pilots. They select 3-4 of those pilots to turn into series. They renew 1-2 of these new shows each season. This system is inefficient and costly, resulting in tens of millions of dollars of wasted resources, time and effort.
(This method is still employed by large studios and some networks).
Independent producers develop a show format and pilot script. They put together international co-financing for the series in advance. They forgo making a pilot and sell the show to outlets around the world off this combined creative/financial package, then produce a first season order of 13 episodes straight out of the gate.
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Of Note: The image of “House of Cards” with Kevin Spacey, in no way implies that Kevin Spacey or anyone connected to House of Cards or Netflix is attached or connected to Project Abaddon. This is only for an example of the new entertainment model successes.
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Here are just a few projects that do it the New and Improved way:
Networks get more content at a lower price per episode, filling their schedules while reducing their risk. Producers get a full-season order up front and can amortize costs over 8 – 13 episodes, making their production financing more efficient. It’s a win-win scenario for producers and networks.
Why Everyone “can’t” Do This
The new model only works if you can marry these three disparate skill sets in one company that:
1) Develops a compelling idea that can succeed on TV in a crowded landscape.
2) Structures a solid financial deal in advance of the network sale.
3) Has the ability to produce a show on schedule and on budget that meets today’s standards of quality.
We’re have a strong creative team with decades of experience on the network and finance side of television. We know what shows will work on TV, we know how to develop them and get them financed, and we know how to produce the final product.
The production team of Thomas P Vitale’s and Craig Engler’s first show, Z Nation, is a ratings success and performed so well that we received a larger order in season 2 than in season 1, something that rarely happens in today’s TV environment. they are currently order for season 4 and film here in Spokane, WA.
● Produces, develops and finances TV shows and movies based on original and existing IP
● Run by two former Syfy executives with a proven track record
● They are with us to help DRIVE Project Abaddon forward!
THOMAS P VITALE, former head of Syfy and Chiller Networks, NBC/UNI
CRAIG ENGLER, former head of DIGITAL at Syfy, CoEP/CoCreator Z-Nation
PLANET “X” PRODUCTIONS
● Has over 20 properties currently in development
● Relationships with major networks and streaming outlets in the U.S. and Canada: NBC, Netflix, Amazon, Syfy, USA, TNT, Spike, HBO, Bravo, El Rey, Chiller, Shaw, Space, SuperChannel, Crackle and many others.
With strong connections with television production studios in the U.S. and Canada including Universal Cable Productions, The Jim Henson Co., Twentieth Television, eOne, Prodigy, Reunion Pictures, The Asylum and many others, Project Abaddon is most certainly in good hands with these two gentlemen.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CREATOR/WRITER:
CO-CREATOR/STORY DEVELOPER Gary Hauger:
PRODUCER/ACTRESS Dawn Noel:
DIRECTOR for the Sizzle Reel/CONSULTING PRODUCER:
INVESTOR RELATIONS MANAGER – CEO, Ascension-tg.com:
CLIENT RELATIONS MANAGER:
Top Industry Professionals that have expressed a desire to be a part of this project and are currently in an advisory capacity. CONSULTING ADVISERS (NON-PAID/NON-CONTRACT status at this time):
OF NOTE: Rick has donated 10 lithographs of Molten Earth
CONSULTING VFX, 3D MODELING & CREATURE CREATION:
CONSULTING ADVISER/HEAD COSTUMES and STYLIST:
CONSULTING ADVISER/STUNT COORDINATOR:
CONSULTING MUSICAL DIRECTOR/COMPOSER/PIANIST:
CONSULTING ADVISER/MUSIC/DIGITAL EFFECTS:
CONSULTING ADVISER – JANET’S PLANET – OFFICIAL PARTNER:
MORE ABOUT JANET’S PLANET – OFFICIAL PARTNER:
Janet is a Buzz Aldrin ShareScience Ambassador and has won a STEM-FLORIDA Award for the “Exploring Microgravity,” educational video about gravity and microgravity, she wrote and produced for Space Florida. This dynamic and fast-paced series is geared to 5-10 year olds and focuses on science, space, history and health. The short form series can be seen on public television stations nationwide as well as KTV (Kids and Teen Television), YouTube, BatteryPop, Club Jelly Telly, AmebaTV, and HighBrow in the UK, and the Children’s Television Network.
Janet grew up in Covington, TN, a little town 45 minutes north of Memphis, TN, birthplace of Isaac Hayes and the Charms Blow Pop. She played astronaut on the playground, watched Star Trek and loved going to her friend Carol’s house because she had walkie-talkies that made playing astronaut and Star Trek even more fun. Janet credits her fifth grade teacher, Ms. Ernestine Yarborough for inspiring her love of the solar system. Ms. Yarborough hosted a star party in the fall of 1977 where Janet had the chance to look through a telescope for the first time. Witnessing a strong and beautiful female role model know so much about stars and planets and began a life long love affair with the cosmos. Part artist, part scientist Janet believes that ART and SCIENCE deserve to be taught side by side in concert with one another.
On November 5th 2016, Janet was awarded the Inaugural “Permission to Dream” Award from Rick Tumlinson’s New World’s Institute for her commitment to STEAM education and global space and science outreach.
In 2015 was elected to the Board of Governors of the National Space Society and named the spokesperson for Enterprise in Space. Janet believes in the mission of educating young people about the solar system, planetary science and GIRLS, telling them “that SMART is the most beautiful thing you can be.”
The mission for Janet and Janet’s Planet is to encourage young people to stand in their magnificence and to inspire future generations to use their innate intelligence and creativity to create a better future via STEAM…science, technology, engineering, art and math.
The National Space Society’s Enterprise In Space (EIS) is the world’s first New Space education program. The multi-pronged mission of the EIS program is to design, build, fly, and eventually return to Earth an orbiter containing student experiments. This project will be a tribute to the many great visionaries of science and science fiction. It will demonstrate and pioneer new technologies while inspiring and encouraging space enterprise. It will promote the development of educational curricula and activities contributing to related future endeavors in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM).
EIS is in-line with Project Abaddon Education Initiative (PAEI) to build a STEAM CENTER here in Concrete, WA
STAGE I: Fund the script for polish and rewrite $100,000.00
STAGE II: Pre-Production Funding, Set Building, Open Offices in LA, securing crew, production design and online game development, mobile apps, etc… $250,000.00
STAGE III: Production Funding Costs, Finishing Sets, Costumes, Social Media, filming the short character arc stories to lead up to the feature, etc… $150,000.00
STAGE IV: Post Production Funding Costs, editing, CGI, Voiceovers, etc… $250,000.00
STAGE V: Final Costs before release, etc… $175,000.00
STAGE VI: Premiere! $150,000.00 Details to be announced
FINAL COSTS: Roughly: 1 – 3 MIL ALL INCLUSIVE and COMPLETE which not all would come from Kickstarter but other investor sources as well.
All phases will be separate crowd funding campaigns, UNLESS we nail it on the first or second round.
The Project Abaddon Education Initiative will help students realize their dreams through education with our partner, the University of Idaho’s Virtual Technology Development Center of Which 10,000.00 will be given to help get a GOALI Grant from the National Science Foundation.
We have a great team of top industry professionals both in front of and behind the camera, some that are multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winners.
Risks & Challenges
Here’s the skinny, folks.
Hollywood is a HUGE risk. Nothing is guaranteed in this world except death and taxes. No really! If we all were afraid to take risks, where would we be as a country; as a human race, hmm? Risks are mistakes we make and the mistakes create the experience and without experience you’ll never do what you love. I ENJOY telling stories and making something wonderful. Project Abaddon is the culmination of that love.
The challenge is: Where is the money going to come from?…. The world! That’s where!.
You see, we together, can do great things. Alone, we are powerless. All the great people in the world, good and yes, bad, didn’t do what they could alone, they had people follow them.
Lee Iacocca said it best: “Lead, Follow or get out of the Way!” Mr. Iacocca’s name is a vision of what his future was going to be. Check it out:
I Am the Chairman of Chrysler Corporation of America – How’s THAT for believing huh?
What qualifies me to make these statements? Life, that’s what. Forgive me for being bold and brazen but it’s true. Our life experiences create the drive that puts us where we want to be.
THANK YOU so much for everything you can do!!! In return, we’ll make this film/series what you’ve been craving…. FANTASTIC!
Ciao!