Story
1976
The fire
A Bedouin elder pours gahwa for a boy under a red star. Hospitality, honour, trust — the law of the sands, handed down.
Made in the UAE · An original series
٢١١٧ · عام الوصول — من الصحراء إلى المريخ
The Year We Reached
The UAE has set itself a deadline: a human settlement on Mars by 2117. This is the story of the people who crossed the desert — and then the void — to keep that promise.
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The premise
They began with nothing. Only sand, and sky, and a promise passed from father to son.
What the world called impossible, they called the beginning.
From nothing — to Dubai — to Marsمن لا شيء… إلى دبي… إلى المريخ
141 years · one promise
A saga across six horizons
Real milestoneStory
Real
2017
The decree
The UAE announces Mars 2117 — a national, century-long programme to build the first human settlement on Mars.
Real
2021
Hope arrives
The Emirates Mars Mission's Hope probe enters Mars orbit — the first interplanetary mission from the Arab world.
Real
2023
First Arab spacewalk
Sultan AlNeyadi spends six months aboard the ISS and makes the first spacewalk by an Arab astronaut.
Story
2029
The command
In a command centre in Dubai, engineers and leaders stand around a turning hologram of Mars. The mission has a name.
Story
2117
Settlement One
Domes glow across a red valley. The children of the desert have built a city on another world. Then a light appears on the ridge.
● Live feed · Act ISignal · 2117
01
The Call · Desert, heritage, vision
The children of the desert reached for a new world
“From that emptiness, they raised a city that touched the clouds. But the people of the desert have always followed the horizon.”
Gahwa by the fireThe child's eyesDubai at dawnThe Mars hologramPioneer revealed
● Live feed · Act IISignal · 2117
02
The Journey · Engineering, launch, transit
An ocean with no water. A desert with no end.
“They crossed the void — carrying the law of the sands: trust, honour, hospitality.”
UAE R&D labSuit engineeringDesert launchpadIgnitionEarth falls away
● Live feed · Act IIISignal · 2117
03
The New Frontier · Landing, construction, the tease
Stone by stone. Dome by dome.
“A people who once crossed deserts now build an empire beyond the planet. But the frontier keeps its secrets.”
First stepSettlement OneDome engineeringThe storm wallThe flag
The lead
The Pioneer
A young Emirati engineer-astronaut, early thirties: calm, dignified, quietly confident. He carries a grandfather's fire into a hangar, a cockpit, and then onto red soil. He is an original character and the face of the franchise.
- Look
- Warm brown eyes, short groomed saksuka beard, strong jaw
- Suit
- Olive-green and sand-tan 2117 flight suit and helmet
- Arc
- Hangar → cockpit → first step → the light on the ridge
- Values
- Trust · honour · hospitality · respect
Signature object
The 2117 helmet
One object carries the brand from screen to shelf. The hero colourway leads the series; the alternates mark crews, ranks and later seasons, and each one can become a physical or digital product.
Olive · Pioneer
The hero helmet. Olive band, sand shell. Worn by the Pioneer in every key beat.
2117 · EVA-01Move to inspect
Settlement One · Mars
A city on another world
Domes on a modular grid, joined by pressurised corridors and lit amber against the dust. The colony is the show's second lead: fragile, built by hand and by machine, and growing every episode.
01 · Layout
The modular dome grid
Geodesic habitats in a clean hex lattice, linked by tubular corridors. Some glow complete, others are still skeleton scaffolds.
02 · Engineering
Smart-glass lattice
Layered panels and glowing structural nodes lock into place. Emirati engineers with holographic tablets run the inspection.
03 · Life support
The green core
Hydroponic towers, water and oxygen systems drawn in light. This is where the colony breathes, and where it can fail.
04 · The threat
The storm wall
A colossal front of dust moves toward the domes, and something pulses on the far ridge. The season ends on a question.
The law of the sands
Old values, new world
ثقة
Trust
A crew of strangers bound by a word given. Some of them will break it.
شرف
Honour
The weight of a nation's name on every decision made 225 million km from home.
ضيافة
Hospitality
The gahwa ritual survives the voyage. On Mars, the welcome is a matter of survival.
احترام
Respect
For elders, for the land and for the unknown waiting past the ridge.
Proudly Emirati · فخر إماراتي
من الاتحاد إلى المريخ
From the Union to Mars
Real
1971
The Union
Seven emirates become one nation.
Real
2019
First Emirati in space
Hazzaa AlMansoori flies to the International Space Station.
Real
2021
Mars, in year fifty
In the nation's 50th year, the Hope probe enters Mars orbit.
Real
2023
The long mission
Sultan AlNeyadi: six months on the ISS and the first Arab spacewalk.
Goal
2117
Settlement One
The national goal of the first human settlement on Mars.
It took fifty years to go from a union in the desert to an orbit around Mars. 2117 imagines the next hundred.
The series is Emirati at its core: an Emirati hero, Emirati engineers and Emirati values, told with the scale of a global franchise. It shows the world what the UAE has already done and where it is going.
The series Proposed format
Season One
A Bedouin promise made by a fire in 1976 becomes a nation's century-long mission. In 2117 its heir stands on Mars and sees a light on the ridge that should not be there.
GenrePrestige sci-fi drama
Span1976 → 2117
Episodes8 × 50 min
LanguageArabic · English
E01
The Fire
1976. A boy, an elder, a red star over the dunes. The promise that sets everything in motion.
E02
Decree
A nation commits to a 100-year goal. The first engineers are recruited, and some families give up a son or a daughter to the mission.
E03
Hope
The first probe reaches Mars. A triumph abroad, and a private cost at home.
E04
The Pioneer
Selection. The fire's heir earns his place, and has to prove the crew can trust him.
E05
Ignition
The desert spaceport. A crowd in white kanduras. The ground shakes and there is no way back.
E06
The Void
Months of transit. Earth becomes a blue star, and whatever was hidden on board comes out.
E07
Red Soil
Landing in a storm. First step, first flag, first dome, built by settlers and machines together.
E08
The Light on the Ridge
The colony lives. Then the storm wall rises, a pulse flickers on the far ridge, and the screen cuts to black.
Why now
A national mission that has no series yet
Mars 2117 is official policy with real missions already flown. Nobody has yet told it as a story. 2117 can be that story: owned IP, anchored in the UAE, made for a global audience.
2017
Mars 2117 announced
The UAE sets a national goal of building the first human settlement on Mars within a century.
2021
Hope in orbit
The Emirates Mars Mission reaches Mars orbit, the first Arab interplanetary mission.
MSC
Mars Science City
Dubai's planned simulated Martian city: the real-world counterpart of Settlement One.
01
Series & film
Core IP. Season one, a feature-length cut and the right to expand.
02
Collectibles
2117 began as a digital-collectible concept. Pioneers, suits and domes become ownable assets.
03
Suit & helmet line
A signature object ready for fashion, toys and premium replicas.
04
Education
School and STEM programmes that line up with the national space agenda.
05
Experiences
Immersive exhibitions and attractions built from the show's world.
06
Brand partners
Aviation, energy, telecom and mobility partners placed inside the story.
How it's made
An AI-native studio pipeline
Shot-level scripting, a locked hero character and generation at cinema grade. The result is studio-quality worldbuilding at a speed and cost traditional VFX can't reach.
0Scripted shots
0Acts
0Seconds of teaser
0Locked hero
01
Story & beats
Three-act arc, VO script and a shot list with genre, palette and camera per shot.
02
Character lock
One hero reference so the Pioneer's face matches across every shot.
03
Generation
Seedance 2.0 through Higgsfield Cinema Studio, music-free and scored later.
04
Edit & score
Oud, strings and choir. The cut drops to near-silence on the cliffhanger.
05
Motion system
Remotion-built act loops, titles and HUD for every screen and channel.
