The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
–– Edmund Burke
Logline:
In 1905 San Francisco, seven badass women join forces to combat a dark network of vice and corruption ravaging the cobbled streets of the city.
Synopsis:
How many badass women does it take to bring down sex traffickers, dirty cops, graft, greed, and the powerhouses of organized crime and corrupt politics in San Francisco in 1905?
Seven.
Seven uniquely skilled women who bring a David vs. Goliath war to the doorsteps of some of San Francisco’s most elite and, seemingly, untouchable. An epic crime drama at heart, FILLMORE centers on the battle for control of a highly cosmopolitan city emerging from the lawlessness of the Wild West, where our “magnificent seven” fight for the innocent caught in the middle of a greedy power grab for control of the city. A mission of Herculean proportions, these invisible warriors – under cover of gender and propriety – will band together to bring down a system that exploits the city’s most vulnerable, simply to line the pockets of the most unscrupulous. This dark battle will eventually force the women to examine their personal motivations, vendettas, and morality descending into the DEXTER-like gray.
With a mix of genres – action, crime, historical fiction – and with a lead warrior, Keiko Ito, who can do for samurai arts what Katniss Everdeen did for archery, FILLMORE will attract a broad audience, riveted by seven ordinary women that together become extraordinary.
It’s glamorous, it’s gritty, most times dark, sometimes darkly humorous –– but always has us rooting for a sisterhood of warriors hellbent on fighting for justice. This is definitely not your great-great-grandmother’s Ladies’ Aid Society. This is FILLMORE.