On Fractured Ground

Screenplay Type
Screenplay Award genres
2026 Young and golden screenwriter
Logline or Premise
After unexplained tremors strike his suburban neighborhood, a newly retired software engineer teams up with his conspiracy-obsessed neighbor to investigate a growing environmental threat only to uncover a corporate scheme that could erase their community unless they risk everything to expose it.
First 10 Pages - 3K Words Only

After unexplained tremors and a wave of strange illnesses sweep through his suburban neighborhood, newly retired Tex is pulled into an uneasy alliance with his reclusive neighbor, Dale, who believes the nearby Objectivo mining site is to blame. As symptoms worsen and the tremors intensify, Tex begins to see patterns that suggest the crisis isn’t natural.

Objectivo’s composed and calculating director, Mary Simmons, announces a contamination event and orders a rapid, full evacuation. But the speed and precision of the response raise suspicions. Dale is publicly discredited and arrested after trying to expose the truth, giving Objectivo total control of the narrative.

Separated from his wife Joey during the evacuation, Tex keeps digging and uncovers the real cause: the “contamination” is a cover‑up. Objectivo has been conducting illegal subsurface resonance experiments, triggering the tremors and illnesses to justify seizing the land.

Reuniting with Dale and a small group of allies, Tex risks everything to infiltrate the facility and shut the system down before it escalates beyond containment. Inside, they sabotage the operation, expose Objectivo’s deception, and stop the project before irreversible damage is done.

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