Esluna: The First Monolith
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In the fantastical world of Esluna, a plucky monk-turned-rogue teams up with an archaeologist and a boy with strange powers to stop a tyrannical queen from activating a powerful and ancient technology that threatens to destroy their world. Made possible by support from Storyhive, creativity connected by Telus
Back in high school, Denver Jackson got the idea for a science fiction and fantasy movie called Esluna: A World Beyond, about a land ruled by people with the power to control the wind. Eventually, that idea turned into a web series that recently launched its first season—something Jackson animated by himself.
Jackson wrote up the screenplay for Esluna: A World Beyond as a movie and pitched it to Storyhive, a Canadian funding program for online films, web series, and other projects. After getting approved, Jackson chose to change his approach and instead make it a web series, realizing he wouldn’t have the time or energy to make an entire animated film by himself. The result is Esluna: The First Monolith, a spinoff series (story created in collaboration with Erica Meany) that could still lead into A World Beyond, should the opportunity arise.
“For the most part, it’s stressful, painful, and lots of sleepless nights. But I guess that’s also what love is. Just a lot of hard work,” Jackson said.
THE FULL SERIES CAN BE FOUND HERE
