Idyllic
A retired couple solving murders in their idyllic Spanish town discovers it's all a simulation.
After starting to investigate a series of murders plaguing their once-peaceful Mallorcan town, a charming retired couple discovers they are actually living in a VR retirement simulation.
As their idyllic world begins to fall apart, our duo must figure out why the AI running it suddenly has murder on the brain!
Biography
Pierre Puget is a French writer based in Berlin. Before participating in the Serial Eyes program in 2016, he was a broadcast TV director. Pierre develops series in English or French for companies all over Europe. He was the French consultant for the Netflix series 1899, and he’s currently co-creating the crime drama Bluebeard's Daughters. Pierre teaches TV series writing, is a member of SEAN, and hosts the EURO PUDDING podcast. In 2023, Pierre co-founded BRAINS, the writer-driven company.
Producer's note
Idyllic is a classic cosy crime series with a modern twist, set in a stunning location, in the spirit of Only Murders in the Building and the Knives Out movies. Fans of cosy crime will feel right at home.
Idyllic offers a unique proposition: showing lovable older people solving crimes under the sun whilst also dealing with big sci-fi ideas – an amusing and comforting contrast.
This is a series with wide appeal that could easily work in the international market. Targeted at a 30–65-year-old audience, it is designed for streamers hoping to appeal to dedicated linear viewers.
By putting old-school, analogue characters inside a digital world, we explore the fear of tech and AI taking over our lives. Yet, by showing how our lovely couple succeed against these forces by relying on their companionship, emotions and creative instincts, Idyllic proves to us all that the solutions we seek are often surprisingly human.
Profile
BRAINS Narrative Studio is a Berlin-based company crafting engaging, cross-media narrative experiences that inspire people to connect.
We're developing TV series projects with European partners while prototyping our first video game, the social storytelling app The Ministry of Impossible Stories.