The narrative podcast will be adapted by PAGE Award winning writer Mehul Desai from his feature screenplay of the same name.
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Canadian outfit Titan1Studios is proud to announce their first foray into the audio drama arena with ANDIES from writer Mehul Desai. The project, which originated as a feature screenplay from the PAGE Award winning scribe, will now be developed for the podcast space with an eye towards IP incubation and cross-media expansion.
The series, which is available for preview now, follows a migrant worker stranded on a deep space cargo freighter. After an accident unearths a mysterious woman from a secret vault deep within the bowels of the ship, the pair begin to fall in love, only to discover the woman is a defective pleasure android with one purpose. To ensure that her partner is always happy and never leaves.
Taking less influence from WESTWORLD and more from BLACK MIRROR, ANDIES is not a story about robots becoming self-aware and taking over the world, but rather a story about the people that would be most affected by their existence. Namely the poor and the working class. It explores a dark and chilling fate that could befall much of the human race through the eyes of one man marooned in Hell whilst tempted by Heaven.
“From the first time I read Mehul’s feature screenplay for ANDIES, I’ve found myself taken by his blunt and often unsettling vision of humanity’s future” said Titan1Studios VP Content Wes Ambrecht. “Given the ongoing conversations about AI both in Canada and abroad, this story felt especially prescient, but we wanted to ensure we found the right entry point for such a rich world, and I think the audio drama space provides that.”
“ANDIES began as an almost tongue and cheek B-movie concept, "CastAway with fembots", however in developing the project it became more and more apparent that there was much more under the surface, particularly with the rise of AI and ChatGPT” added Desai. “Although exploring a number of issues, from wealth inequality and corporate greed to social isolation and artificial companionship, ANDIES remains a tense claustrophobic action thriller in the tradition of Alien, as well as an unsettling descent into madness in the vein of The Shining.”
Desai will Executive Produce the series alongside Ambrecht and Titan1Studios CEO Rathan Morthy. All six episodes of the drama, which is currently in pre-production, have already been written.
About TITAN1STUDIOS
Founded in 2016, TITAN1STUDIOS is an award-winning Cross-Media Content & Technology Studio specializing in Original IP. The studio embraces diversity and representation across all facets of the creative process, which is reflected in our executives, artists and technology talent.
While our stories span the far reaches of time and space, our themes often hit much closer to home with a key emphasis on family, identity, mental health, and building a better tomorrow.
Our initial wave of comics and graphic novels included the KNIGHT GUARDIANS OF RELATIVITY and the all-ages hit ZOMBEN, properties that served as a bedrock of two separate and distinct universes: the Relativity Universe and the Multipocalypse Universe.
In TV, the company has an eclectic slate that includes an all-ages animated adaptation of ZOMBEN, a live action take on the successful YA novel series THE COSEEMA SAGA, and an adult drama inspired by the upcoming EVENTS AT UNITY FARM video game. Titan1Studios also recently launched a new animation outfit, Missing Socks Entertainment, based out of Calgary, with a slate of adult animation titles including MODERN ROGUE based on the hit YouTube channel, a medieval workplace comedy entitled DRAGONS & WARTS, and WTF! WRESTLING THE FEDERATION from creators Kanja Chen (Fraggle Rock) and Atul Rao (Deepa & Anoop, Ghee Happy).
In Video Games, the studio has a variety of projects in production. EVENTS AT UNITY FARM, a fresh take on open-world virtual reality, with magic shooting combat, puzzle solving, exploration, and a rich narrative, is in the late stages of production with a scheduled release in October 2023 on all major VR platforms. Also, production is underway on LOVE IS A ROUGELITE, a turn-based action game set within a procedurally generated love story, slated for release on Valentine’s Day in 2024.