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The pilot for The Remnants, written and directed by John August. Starring Justine Bateman, Michael Cassidy, Ben Falcone, Ze Frank, Ernie Hudson, and Amanda Walsh.

It was shot during the WGA strike in February 2008, using the SAG internet agreement.

The project was set up for a time at NBC/Universal, but rights have since reverted to me. I'm considering doing a new version as a tiny feature film.
  • Ed Araquel 10 months ago
    Sweet! Thanks John. Hopefully it resurrects someday.
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  • Jonathan Snook 10 months ago
    I'd really like to see this become a full-blown series. That cast alone is worth it. Thanks John, for posting it.
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  • khkg plus 10 months ago
    i loled
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  • Ayz Waraich 10 months ago
    haha. hope this becomes a series.
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  • GPSchnyder 10 months ago
    Really cool Stuff. Liked it so much. Would love a Series.
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  • Brian Artka plus 10 months ago
    I love it. I have always been fascinated with Post-Apocalyptic scenarios, and this one I could get into.
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  • Charles Pieper 10 months ago
    This is wonderful! Best of luck with it!
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  • Evan Walsh 10 months ago
    This is really cool!
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  • josiah douglas 10 months ago
    make more. I'll watch
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  • Robert Marks 10 months ago
    Very compelling. More!
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  • Nils Kraus 10 months ago
    that looked like it has been a lot of fun to do. tv make it happen, pretty please.
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  • Massimo Fiorentino 10 months ago
    Nice! Good luck.
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  • Jennifer Morris 10 months ago
    Yes! Watched last year's post and loved it. TV will make this pass, surely.

    Love JB and Michael Cassidy used to annoy me but now is HOT!

    Really, really good video ;-))
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  • Antonio Broege 10 months ago
    the appartment looks like the appartment from "A Scanner Darkly"... love it!
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  • FOCUS FILMZ 10 months ago
    This is wild! i would watch this all day if i could. keep it coming. please inform us when this goes to tv. very funny, great work.
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  • Anton 10 months ago
    Really dig it guys. Be proud.
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  • Matthew Winchell 10 months ago
    Haha... hilarious stuff!
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  • guyzzer 10 months ago
    More!
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  • The Last Mohikānis 10 months ago
    cool stuff!
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  • Lizzie Lizzie 10 months ago
    Need more!!! I hope someone picks this up...I'm really digging it.
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  • Richard Groh 10 months ago
    encore!
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  • yelahneb plus 10 months ago
    must have more! i would totally buy it.
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  • Article19 plus 10 months ago
    very nice, way better than that Jericho fiasco!
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  • James Kanka 10 months ago
    GREAT! 11,300 people saw this before me. Damn it!

    Great writing and interesting casting. Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting.
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  • Matt Lee 10 months ago
    Add me to the list of people hoping to see more!
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  • Periodical Boy 10 months ago
    Draft the Remnants!

    Let's try to get the series off the ground!

    drafttheremnants.com
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  • Jay Friesen plus 10 months ago
    Hope this flys!
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  • sha 10 months ago
    this is great, reminds me of I Love Sarah Jane
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  • Nicole Maron 10 months ago
    LOVE IT! zefrank: Action Hero!

    Tell me who to lobby and I'll go all fangirl over their ass.
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  • Nate Pilling 10 months ago
    Awesome! Hope to see more of this!
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  • Elizabeth Jensen 10 months ago
    That was amazing!! I hope there is more!!
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  • Jenni Snyder 10 months ago
    a w e s o m e !
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  • wtl 10 months ago
    Very nicely done. I would enjoy seeing more of this.
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  • PapaSmurf 10 months ago
    Survivor gone LA. Love it!
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  • James Wagner 10 months ago
    Bravo.

    The feel of the show was great, and the tiny taste of the plot that we got was wonderful.

    It would absolutely rock if this would get picked up and produced.
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  • Andreas Halberg 10 months ago
    Great stuff. I want more!
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  • Conscious 10 months ago
    Cool. Interesting. Like to see where it would go from there.
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  • Mister Groonk 10 months ago
    this really needs to be a series of some kind.
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  • Henry Johnson 10 months ago
    Is there a way that I can get the black dude contact
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  • Counterbugs plus 10 months ago
    Ernie Hudson is a pimp. I miss Winston Zeddemore.
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  • Michael Russell 9 months ago
    Count my vote, I would totally watch this. Who know Ze Frank could act? Crazy, if I was around Ernie Hudson all I'd do is bug the crap out of him with questions about Ghostbusters.
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  • Erick Silva 9 months ago
    Great Show. Liked the "Helvetica" shirt :P
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  • Sam Figueroa 9 months ago
    I want more of this. Loved this video.
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  • Ryan C Davidson 9 months ago
    I'd watch this series, heck I'd even buy episodes if they're all as good as the pilot.
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  • Sam Prus 9 months ago
    If you ever make more of these, do me a favor, NEVER EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EARTH OR AT THE GRAND CANYON!!! Unless you have already thought about that and worked backwards. Nothing upsets me more when a sense of mystery and wonder is ruined by a contrived explanation. No one said writers have to know the secrets of the universe. Just know how the unknown can effect the known.
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  • kent mcdonald 9 months ago
    "Sweet! How much do you want for it?" *Snort* yeah, I'd watch the full length version of this in a heartbeat.
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  • Quadeddie 9 months ago
    Anyone else see the massive possible tie to the Office? It's got a similar style and humor. One episode they could find Dwight - who's kept alive thanks to his paranoia and love for all things sci-fi! Hey, NBC is involved, anything could happen.
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  • polplanells 9 months ago
    Nice one, John.
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  • polplanells 9 months ago
    It's kind of a problem tho' that you can hear the traffic in the background during the vote.
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  • Sam De Meyer 9 months ago
    Allow me to crush your dreams a little.
    First off, I won't review the production/direction, that would be hugely unfair. I will thusly review the screenplay:
    This is obviously a character-driven/plot-driven dramedy show. All the characters got introduced and characterized rather funny and neatly in a few actions/words. And the post-apocalypse is always interesting to deal with (reading your blog, I hopefully know you will probably never explain the Grand Canyon and Whatever-Happened-To-Earth - finally a writer who cares for his audience!)
    *However*, please explain to me then, why the enormous amount of downright boring dialogue (the turkey? batteries? roommates? ed begley jr? the vote?)? Why not, as Tarantino would have done, throw in a few 'motherfuckers' or 'bitches'; or as Sorkin, a bunch of incredibly fast-paced witty remarks? With all due respect (almost all your films are just marvelous, and the scripts for DC are too), if you honestly know you're not writing good dialogue, refrain from it.

    Just my less-than-two-cents-rant. Feel free to cry like a helpless child (now, I'm just kidding) or to plea guilty and hate yourself for it (again, I'm only kidding) or to not care anymore about what other people say about your writing (yes, in fact, I'm kidding again 'cause you had to find this out for yourself a long long time ago and don't need me to tell you anymore).
    Now I really do have to break my ranting. I hope your other future screenplays do have better dialogues (I know they certainly will).
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  • Amber 9 months ago
    WOW. This show would be great. I loved the dialogue between the characters. The characters seemed real.
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  • Stan Hughes 9 months ago
    Astounding. Provided me with the first non-chemical boffo laffs that I've had in weeks.
    I found this because of Ze Frank, who I love as an actor and provocateur, but he fits right into the ensemble without overpowering it. Maybe because the other cast members are equally good.
    I'm disappointed that there isn't a place for this somewhere-- with money, I mean. I thought about it as TV, but the short format is really integral. Maybe it could be retooled, but I don't think the market for new TV is any better than web video right now.
    Unless it can be sold as a reality series-- a real possibility, unfortunately.
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  • Jesse Knight 9 months ago
    Very enjoyable! I like Ze Frank's acting.
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  • Olternaut 8 months ago
    This was awesome! Please, somehow make this into an ongoing series. Forget the networks. Pitch this to hulu or something or just make it a youtube regular series. The web is the future of tv if you hadn't noticed.
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  • Planet60 Films 7 months ago
    I have to say, that was outstanding. Probably one of the best Pilots I've seen.
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  • Ed Araquel 6 months ago
    @Olternaut Ah, but the trick is getting paid when you put things on the web. :)
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  • Sean Duran 3 months ago
    Featured on We Heart Short Films! :)

    weheartshortfilms.com/
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  • sazoda 2 months ago
    great script, great acting. funny. awesome
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  • Michael Raiden 2 months ago
    I loved this. Great acting, really funny, and it is a really great take on post-apocalyptic life. I could see this going somewhere.
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  • Michael Raiden 2 months ago
    P.S. Sam De Meyer is opinionated and came off as a prick.
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  • Tim Curtis 2 months ago
    Nice; Do tell me.........what kind of a camcorder was used for this??
    TC..
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  • Brandon Touhey 2 months ago
    this was pretty cool.
    and that guy was on the oc, lmao
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  • izzy loh 2 months ago
    That was so dam awesome.
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  • Hadrien B 2 months ago
    I love this ! Keep shooting !
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  • HD_Fan 2 months ago
    Why is this not on TV or iTunes or something.

    I must know more! I love the cast combo very good!
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  • Patrik Moskera 2 months ago
    OK, pretty interesting, I would like to know a bit more about the whole storieline....

    Well done.
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  • GT 2 months ago
    i heart amanda walsh.
    GT
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  • John August 2 months ago
    @Tim Curtis:

    Stock HVX-200. Pro DP. Lots of color correction.
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  • Scott K. Douglas 2 months ago
    Everything about this is just awesome! The dialogue, casting, shooting (not ground breaking, but fits the piece so damn well). Just a great piece! As does everyone else, I really hope it gets developed.
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  • ZachPape 2 months ago
    awesome! real funny, hope this goes through
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  • Clarence Ewing 8 days ago
    Very interesting. I hope this gets off the ground, I'd definitely like to see more.
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