PHD ARTWORKS
Written by PHILIPPE DUCHÊNE
SYNOPSIS
In a future where planet Earth is inhabited solely by androids, drones discover a young boy living in the wild, like an animal. Captured, he is entrusted to an android named Darek, a scientist specializing in biological analysis, for whom the child represents a living relic of the long-extinct humanity. Rebellious and untamed, the feral child vehemently rejects this technological environment, and Darek's efforts to awaken his understanding are met with constant failure. The scientific community begins to view the child as a dangerous anomaly and advocates for his elimination to preserve android civilization. Questioning his own programming, Darek feels compelled to protect this innocent being...
ABOUT
Inspired by The Wild Child by François Truffaut, The Elephant Man by David Lynch, and Greystoke by Hugh Hudson—three films that left a deep emotional impact on me in the early years of my adolescence—The Wild Child is a "Young Adult Fantasy" designed for readers of literary successes such as The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, or Harry Potter. This story is envisioned to expand across multiple publishing formats—novel, illustrated novel, graphic novel—and is designed with the potential to be adapted into a fiction or animated series.
MANUSCRIPT
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THE AUTHOR
PHILIPPE DUCHÊNE
A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré in Paris, I have been working in the animation and video game industry for over thirty years. I have contributed to dozens of series and films as a director, art director, designer, storyboard artist, and screenwriter. I created, wrote, and directed the animated feature film Zak & WoWo: The Legend of Lendarys, which premiered in French cinemas in July 2024 and was later released internationally. I am currently developing new animated feature film projects.
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