Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?
Faye Upton: In the fictional world of Panthé, mankind has toppled the gods. Now,
centuries after the Overthrow, magic and science have become
indistinguishable from each other. Technology from artillery to airships
runs on a mysterious toxic substance called floxx. The titular Outriders are
a quasi-military order of diplomats, investigators and peacekeepers, trusted
as neutral parties in conflicts and negotiations, and drawn from successive
generations of a small number of powerful families.
A catastrophic accident abord a floxx-powered train devastates the Steles
dynasty, leaving it unable to meet its obligations to the Outrider Corps. It
falls to Robin Steles – long estranged from her domineering mother, and
haunted by her own history with the Outriders – to save the Steles name from
disgrace. Along the way, she’ll clash with her obstinate ex-husband, fight
for the future of her disabled son, and discover an ancient…
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