Favor: The Synopsis

Two months from now, we will be more than halfway through the filming of Favor, a project I became part of one year ago this week. The year has brought lots of changes. More people, more funding--for me, a different part. The important things remain the same--the heart, the dedication, the strength of the story. Since I've done a crap job explaining that story in past posts, here is a more official synopsis...

Favor
No divine edict can be undone...

A comic book writer questions his sanity when he finds the villains and monsters he created have come to life.

Kevin West, a famous comic book writer and illustrator, has created an intricate and dark story set in a fantastical realm which is cursed with eternal night. The Darkwoods is a place where magic and creatures of legend still reign. Here sleeps Kyma, a titan of the ancient world, who was banished to a watery prison for betraying the gods. She is worshiped by a Darkwoods gypsy cult, led by their villainous shaman Odysseus Lejune, who will stop at nothing to awaken their ancient queen from the unearthly depths.

The only people that stand between the murderous Lejune Clan and the rest of the unsuspecting world are the heroes of Kevin's comic book saga, modeled after himself, his niece, Rachel, and his fiance, Summer. Detective Brooks and his 13 year-old spitfire side-kick, Maggie, are determined to stop the Lejunes from performing the ritual sacrifice of his love, Eleni, to free Kyma.

When his fiance is kidnapped, Kevin begins to disintegrate as he discovers her captors are the villains he created. Now he must take up the mantle of the hero he wrote and face his alter ego's arch nemesis in an attempt to rescue his fiance, his niece...and his sanity.

So who am I in all this? A murderous Lejune, the favored daughter of Odysseus, Cassiopeia.