Proposal for Pandora Tomorrow

Gurprit Singh Khela 07/05/2007

Dear MGM Studios

I have chosen to make the best selling Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell books/games into my film project, in which I as the director will faithfully recreate the books characters and likenesses.

The reasons why I have chosen the Tom Clancy Splinter Cell brand out of many others are because of their realistic intrigue and the books hardcore approach to modern day warfare.

The story begins when it is the year 2004 and the CIA has lost contact with two of their operatives monitoring unusual activity in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. There has become a rising terrorist movement, the CIA and the National Security Agency call on Third Echelon, a secret agency that deploys Splinter Cells. While the books concentrate on multiple characters I have chosen to base my film on one and that character is Sam Fisher.

Sam Fisher, an ex-CIA, ex-Navy SEAL who's called into service at the request of the National Security Agency. The NSA has commissioned a new sub-agency called Third Echelon to gather intelligence in the colder, harsher political landscape of 2004. Third Echelon has the liberty to deploy Splinter Cells, such as Sam highly trained operatives who are granted the "Fifth Freedom" to do whatever it takes to protect the country. The downside is that if Sam's ever caught doing dirt, the US government will deny any knowledge of his existence. Sam must remain as hidden as possible, his main objective over all is to remain silent and complete tasks without the use of unnecessary force or violence.

Sam is such an interesting enigma of a character and always keeps himself to himself. This is why I think the modern day audiences will adapt to this new breed of stealth assassin not the old stereotypical James Bond sort of person but a rugged individual ready for action.

By making my film I wish to get rid of the stereotypical issues associated with espionage and action adventure films. The idea of a James Bond type hero is ludicrous in the real world and I want to make Sam appear as more of a real authentic veteran. Rather than a ladies man who seemingly escapes near death all the time. Recently action films have glorified the violence and hyped the heroes in an unrealistic way. I feel I can change all this and create a realistic action packed film for audiences of all ages. I will show in the films Sam taking on a terrorist organisation known simply as Kh3l4, they are a ruthless band of Indian businessman and political figures plotting to take over the corporate world and are becoming a dangerous force over the world. There is one man the American government have chosen to rid the world of these bandits and that is Sam Fisher.

To add to all this I assure you the film will make huge profits and with the success of the books and the recent best selling video games the natural step in progression is to create a film. Even if the film is half as good as the fantastic books we are onto a sure fire hit. Looking at the recent success of books into films we are following the trend which has made cinema what it is today. Books such as Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and many others have hit the big time in the US box office and around the world. This is the success I believe we can achieve and with our already loyal fan base demanding Sam makes it onto the silver screen there is already the market out there.

There is another issue which should be addressed about the film the viewing public and what group is it aimed at. At the moment the majority of the fans are older men who have read the books. I wish to change this and make the film enjoyable to everyone. With the film being a 15 I believe we could fit in all the things we need without getting into too much trouble and with this age restriction we have a much bigger audience than the normally 18 rated films on the market.

In conclusion I think I have a great ...