I’m fascinated by the implications of free will (and whether it is in fact just the last bastion of magical thinking). The story of the Texas Tower Sniper, documented through his own writing, is unbelievably chilling.

I’m sketching out a “zombie” series that explores this. 👇

Series concept: There’s a virus that produces no felt symptoms but it removes the infected’s ability to control their rage if triggered in some way. As it spreads, it creates otherwise normal people who are walking grenades waiting for the circumstance that pulls their pin out…

My friend and colleague Jason and I discussed the opening scene of the pilot before doing some storyboarding this week in Storyboarder VR:

The series as currently sketched will follow investigators as they try to figure out why there are these aberrant violent crimes coming from people who don’t fit the profile.

Spoiler alert: Eventually in season one, our main sleuth discovers they have the virus.

I usually name projects before I start them, and I love naming things, but for some reason I haven’t come up with a name for this series yet (open to freely-offered suggestions). I’ll be doing this filmmaking in public. The first goal: Make the pilot in Storyboarder.