PIRANHA FLIES
An original screenplay · D C Mason

PiranhaFlies

Some things should
stay frozen.

Buried in glacial ice. Forged by a world more savage than ours.
A prehistoric predator is about to reclaim its world.

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01 / THE STORY

The ice breaks.
The nightmare begins.

Deep beneath the Patagonian ice, a discovery millions of years in the making becomes a nightmare no one is equipped to contain.

As a ravenous swarm tears across South America, cities become feeding grounds and military resistance is devoured. But the destruction follows a pattern: a route etched into the Earth long before humanity existed.

In a race to save the world and her mother, climate scientist Isabelle Parker must unravel an instinct older than humanity before the swarm reaches its destination.

The world has changed. Their hunger hasn’t.

02 / THE OPENING SCENE

A discovery.
A flicker of fear.

A routine expedition. An extraordinary ice core. And something inside that should never have been found.

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Location / Upsala Glacier
Patagonia, South America
PIRANHA FLIESSCREENPLAY EXTRACT

EXT. UPSALA GLACIER – LATER

A small team has gathered around the borehole. Isabelle, now wearing safety goggles, carefully operates the equipment.

Isabelle

Steady… steady…

With utmost care, she extracts a large, cylindrical ice core. As she brings it into the light, we catch a glimpse of something dark and massive within the ice.

Tech #1

What is that? Is that some kind of—

Isabelle (in awe)

I’ve never seen anything like this. The size of it… the preservation…

She places the core into a protective case. As she seals it, the ice shifts slightly, revealing a flash of something truly terrifying – a partially visible mouth lined with what appear to be metallic, razor-sharp teeth.

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Isabelle’s excitement momentarily gives way to a flicker of fear.

Isabelle (cont’d)

(into radio, voice slightly shaky)

“Base camp, this is Parker. Prepare the lab. We’re bringing in something… umm very strange.”

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EXT. RESEARCH STATION – LATER

A cluster of buildings nestled in a valley below the glacier.

SUPER:

“Upsala Glacier Research Station – Elevation 400 meters (1,300 feet)”

FADE TO:

TITLE CARD: PIRANHA FLIES

03 / THE VISUAL WORLD

Something beneath the ice.

Storyboard of the opening glacier expedition and Isabelle’s discovery in the ice
Opening scene storyboard · Isabelle uncovers something buried in the ice.
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