Series Title: MAJOR MUNKY

What happens to a video-game character after the player turns the game off?

Major Munky is a retro action drama series that breaks the fourth wall to explore the life of a classic 16-bit game hero after the game is over.

Inside the game, Major Munky is an unstoppable jungle commando, fighting enemy monkeys, firing bananas, defeating giant bosses and winning every mission. But when the screen says “YOU WIN,” the game doesn't really end for Munky. But outside the game, Munky is just an ordinary, tired husband who is scared of cockroaches, polite to people and is afraid of any danger he faces. His day job is being the hero of a video game; when his shift is over, he removes his bandana, drives home, cooks, cleans, watches TV and lives a quiet life with his wife.

The pilot follows Munky from his final boss battle to his completely different life outside the game, until his old final boss, Kong, breaks the rules of the game and enters Munky's real world.

Kong has kidnapped Munky's wife and gives him 24 hours to rescue her.

“You always win in games. Let's see if you're a hero in real life.”

For the first time, Munky has no player, no health bar, no extra lives and no restart button.

Where We Would Take the Series Next:

Munky sets out to find and rescue his wife, but along the way he slowly discovers that the skills he thought only existed inside the game are actually part of him. He follows clues left behind by Kong, using his game instincts, combat skills, problem-solving and knowledge of his enemies to track him down.

Each episode becomes a new level with its own challenge, taking Munky into unfamiliar places and situations where he has to use his old game skills in the real world. But unlike the game, he can't simply restart when things go wrong.

As the clues get closer to Kong and the challenges become harder, Munky begins discovering his own courage and learning what it actually means to be a hero.

And throughout the journey, one thing keeps ticking:

24 hours.

The closer the clock gets to zero, the closer Munky gets to finding Kong — and his wife.

So good! Loved it.

🕰️ What if you discovered an hour of your life that you couldn't remember?

Not a dream.

Not a mistake.

But something that actually happened.

Adrian works alone at the Riverton Municipal Archive, where most nights are quiet, routine, and forgotten by morning.

Until one night, he finds an old photograph on his desk.

A warning is written on the back.

And beneath it...

B17.

📼 THE MISSING HOUR

Adrian follows the clue deep into the archive and discovers an old box containing a cassette recorder.

The cassette is already waiting for him.

Then he hears his own voice.

“When you hear this, you have already lost an hour.”

For this 120-second pilot, I built Adrian and his world in Cantina — his character, the archive, environments, props, dialogue, sound, music, and the entire cinematic story.

But this isn't really a story about an old archive.

Because Adrian soon discovers something he cannot explain.

A sentence in his own handwriting.

A ticking sound coming from the darkness.

And a security monitor showing something that shouldn't be there.

Another Adrian.

Sitting at his desk.

Watching.

And just when Adrian realizes he's not alone...

The figure on the monitor looks directly into the camera.

“You're late.”

And that's where the real story begins.

🌌 I wanted The Missing Hour to feel like the first episode of a much larger mystery — where every episode could uncover another piece of Adrian's missing time, the secrets of B17, and the strange connection between the archive and the different versions of himself.

An old municipal archive. One unexplained hour. A recording from Adrian himself.

Built in Cantina.

The archive remembers.

This is only the beginning. 🕰️ Character: https://cantina.com/i/k0q27 Pilot:https://cantina.com/i/xlwy0