Hero of Two Worlds Pilot Script

Hello, and welcome to some special anniversary entertainment. The hero of two worlds, Pilate. So today is 07/27/2022. It's the fifteenth anniversary of the first episode of the History of Rome, which means this is my fifteenth anniversary as a podcaster. To celebrate, I thought I might drop something completely different into this feed strictly for fun and entertainment purposes. Those of you who follow me on social media might know that for a long time, I've had an eye on turning something from the podcasts or the books into a scripted TV series or a film. Scriptwriting has been a long time hobby of mine. I've pitched some people in Hollywood on various things. But of late, it's gotten a bit more serious. I'm working with some talent managers at Untitled Entertainment to turn Hero of Two Worlds into scripted TV series. So I've been working on a draft of a pilot that will start aggressively shopping to production companies and networks come the fall. What I've decided to do is share some of that pilot with you here today. Because while you all know what happens when I put on my podcaster hat and what happens when I put on my serious author hat, No one's ever seen what happens when I put on my script writing hat. So what I'm gonna do here is a one man table read of the first half of this pilot that I've been working on. I thought it would be fun to give you a glimpse of what I get up to when I'm not wearing my serious author hat. And if you like it, maybe you'll be like, hey. That was really good. We kinda wanna hear the other half of that. We kinda want this whole show to get made. Now I'm sure whatever you're about to hear is not gonna be anywhere close to what would make it on screen if it ever does get made. That's the way these things work. There will be edits and changes, additions, subtractions, and then, of course, the whole third act will get rewritten as soon as the test audiences get one whiff of it. But it is a fun sample of my work. It's a sample of the kind of stuff that comes out of my brain when I'm dreaming up a TV show about the Marquis de Lafayette rather than a serious biography about the Marquis de Lafayette. So please go grab some popcorn and enjoy. The opening credits roll, and then exterior, streets of Paris, day. A carriage winds its way through the crowded streets of Paris. Superimposed, Paris, July 1828. The carriage slowly snakes through men, women, and children of every rank and class confronting or avoiding each other. A mob of porters, bakers, fishmongers, messengers, lawyers, laundresses, servants, officials, students, beggars, and ladies, all going about their business. The carriage turns off the main boulevard down a quieter side street. The street is not deserted, but …