The Odyssey: Recontextualized

In a totalitarian society, where perfection is the only path to survival and respect, Disseus is an excellent, albeit cocky student. Mastering exams, aceing projects, he is the epitome of success. But one day, he finds that he’s provoked the wrong person, setting in motion a chain of events that will send him plummeting into exile, fighting for his life against a force that remains unseen, unheard, but ever present. Join him on the adventure of a lifetime in THE GRADES.

Priscilla and Owen, recently married, are living their happily ever after. Or that’s what they think. Priscilla has been an aspiring actress for as long as she could remember. It’s not surprising when her agent excitedly calls her, granting her a chance to star in the newest Hollywood show. She jumps at the opportunity; however, her actions are too hasteful. A ditzy mix-up along with an impulsive decision splits two lovebirds miles apart leaving them scrambling to reconnect, to reunite, and to pull Priscilla out of the spotlight. Owen passionately vows, “I'll always get Back to You."

Home. That was the only thing on multi-billionaire toy company CEO, Oliver Ullyses’s (Stephen Amell) mind after being falsely accused and arrested for the murder of his long-time rival. After three long years in jail he breaks out and embarks on a perilous journey to return to the life he once had. But he can’t do it alone. With the help of family friend Eugene Maes (Dane DeHaan) and his former advisor Sully Choure (Tim DeKay) with aid of a mysterious new ally he makes the trip home. However, someone is after him, someone powerful, someone who wants him dead, someone who will stop at nothing.

After refusing to break up with his poor girlfriend Selena (Selena Cheung), valiant Justin Lartes (Foram Patel) is forced to enter the 56th Selection Games- a suicide competition where 8 brave men compete to win Princess Clara’s (Keith Yeung) hand in marriage. Despite the appealing advantages that come with marrying the princess, Justin is not competing for her, but for his freedom. He must go through a series of grueling obstacles including fighting to the death to prove his etiquette, intelligence, leadership and strength. Losing the games is not an option for Justin as it results in execution. All he wishes for is the chance to run away with Selena. Will Justin survive the gruesome games and return to his true love?

Odyssea, played by Xandria Crosland, races against time to get to her basketball game. As she leaves Townsend Harris High School, she has to go through numerous nerve-racking obstacles posed by her teachers, Mr. Dundun and Mr. Bardun. Escaping from her nightmare every flight of stairs she goes, trouble awaits for her. There is a never ending cycle of fear and unpredictable events ahead of her. Each step that Odyssea takes towards the doors of freedom, the feeling of trepidation rushes into her. Why are her teachers after this girl? Will Odyssea ever get to her game on time and escape from hell? Odyssea thought school was tough. Now she has learned that leaving it is tougher.

HE’S NOT THE FIRST, BUT HE MAY BE THE LAST. It’s the year 2075, where 0.17% of modernized America’s population is clinically disabled. Enter a dystopian world where being handicapped is frowned upon and experimentation for the “greater good” is standard. Zoom in a little further into the life of a crippled, and loved, husband and father. #10 wakes up to find himself captured and in the process of being tested on. Follow his journey as he tries to get back home. Throw in an evil scientist, a secretly kind accomplice, and a son who is ready to dig up some dirt, and things get a lot more complicated. He's not the first, but he may be the last.

In 1847, in the Deep South, Olivia is a domestic slave on the Eden Plantation. She is abused by her owner and lives a life of turmoil. However, she uses her cleverness, tenacity, and her friendship with the master’s daughter to aid her on her pursuit of freedom. She embarks on a dangerous journey to save her family from being sold to another plantation, so that she may fulfill her dream to reunite with them after many years of separation. Will she be able to write her own story or will the chains of slavery weigh her down?

In a world where technology dominates, advances such as the microchips are becoming widely vital to human evolution. In the year of 2078, human beings have obtained the ability to store memories within a single microchip. People ultimately possess traits of robots and are functioning with fellow cyborgs. The Diamántias stand above them all, with absolute control over each individuals personalized microchip.

Among the crowd, Au-D.C being an ordinary highschool girl, naturally didn’t stick out. That is till her microchip suddenly shuts down, causing her to lose all knowledge of herself and leaving her practically bleak. Au-DC embarks the journey of self discovery

16-year old Ozias Homer’s life goes from a perfect illusion to a harsh reality after he discovers that his supposedly dead mother is alive, a truth that was kept hidden for 10 years by the kidnapper whom he called “dad”. Upon learning about this hidden truth, Ozias embarks on a cross-country journey full of danger and tribulations to find the home and reality he truly belongs in as well as to uncover the truth about his past.

Imagine a country where immigrants are mistreated. Innocence is ignored, and the government is blinded. As a hispanic, 29 year old Jackson Odynes (Diego Boneta) has to deal with this daily in America. Growing up was never easy and nothing seems to be becoming easier for Jackson. He is unlawfully kicked out of the country and cast away from his family with everything being stripped away from them. Everything stands against Jackson while in Mexico; on the run, he has to go through many gruesome trials that tests his physical, mental, and emotional capability in order to return to his family. The government is against him... are you?

Home (noun) - a place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household. Home is a place that brings comfort and peace to one's mind. Except for 14 year-old Mason. Home to him, for as long as he could remember, is a place of dread and hopelessness. For over ten years, Mason is confined to his “father's” basement where his only hope is to go outside. Yet, when Mason discovers the truth behind his past, he escapes and goes on an epic journey filled with friendship, fear, and pain. All to return home to be with his real family... that is if he makes it!

Life flashes before your eyes when you’re about to die. But for Captain Oh Ji Yeong of the South Korean army, life flashes every second of the day. He never planned on getting stuck in a North Korean prison camp during the North-South Korean War of 2040, but a failed rescue mission begins his grueling confinement in the unforgiving labor camps. As bullets pierce the bodies of soldiers crawling across the battlefield, Oh Ji Yeong grows weary of the torture, desperately longing to return to his beloved wife and child back at home. However, North Korea isn’t going to make liberation easy for him; little does the war captain know about the multitude of obstacles that lurk in every shadow of his path. The question remains: will he ever be able to see the light of a new day?

It’s 1981 and Alec is way ahead of his time. In fact, he has his whole life set out right in front of him: he’s attending the country’s most prestigious university, he’s found a girl that he truly thinks is the one, and he has a supportive family that believes in his crazy lifelong dream of achieving time travel. However, as if things couldn’t have gotten any better, his dream isn’t so crazy anymore when it becomes his reality. Alec has perfected time travel.

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. When Alec’s jealous “best friend”, Jafar, intentionally tampers with Alec’s time machine, Alec’s life goes awry. Sucked into present-day New York, with his family worried sick about Alec’s well-being and Michelle, his love interest, constantly being hounded by other men, Alec will have to fight many action-packed battles. How will he untangle the knots of time?