inFamous

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE IP RIGHTS TO THIS STORY. THIS IS MERELY A FAN ADAPTION AND EXAMPLE OF WORK ONLY. NO PART OF THIS SCREENPLAY IS MEANT TO BE SHOPPED, SOLD, OR BOUGHT. INFAMOUS IS BASED OFF A PLAYSTION VIDEOGAME THAT RELEASED IN 2009. Cole Macgrath used to be a regular old bike courier delivering packages to folks around Empire City. Until one day he unknowingly detonates a bomb when he opens one of his packages. It reduces his city to rubble, but in the chaos, Cole is alive and now has electrical superpowers. Him, his best friend Zeke and his girlfriend Trish struggle to make sense of everything as their city falls under quarantine thanks to a plague. Cole has to sort through the madness as more individuals with superpowers start showing up and taking their claim over the city. Soon enough the citizens of Empire City realize Cole is the one who sent their city to the stone age and hate his guts for it. Cole then works with an FBI agent to find out who had given him that package and why. Afterwards he would be given safe passage out the city and have his name cleared on all accounts. But nothing goes as planned. Download the script to learn more. Cole will grapple with inner morality and survival, self-preservation. The decisions he makes will impact everyone. Whether he decides to be a light in these dark times or embrace it will be an open question.