A military astronaut test flying a secret craft becomes stranded in a parallel world where the U.S. is a third world country ruled by a brutal dictator.

Does the dictator's last name, perchance, begin with a "T"? :-)

The hook that spawned the franchise out of the original "Planet of the Apes" ?was ?role reversal, a world where apes ruled and humans were treated like, well, animals. ?In the origin movie (1968), the protagonist's goal is to escape capture and find out how in the world the relationship between apes and humans came to be reversed.

The hook in this logline seems to be that the United States (and presumably the rest of the world) exists in 2 parallel and polarized universes. ?In one, the US is the top dog, a 1st world, democratic country. ?In the the other, the US is a slumdog country, a 3rd world dictatorship. ?I think this could work depending on the dramatic relationship between the two. ? Is the slumdog country what the top dog is in dangers of becoming? ?Is the top dog country what the slumdog country has the potential to become? ?Or...?

Whatever it is need not be revealed up front, wouldn't be in the logline. ?But have it in reserve for the pitch. ?Hollywood suits are going to want to know what is the thematic idea that yokes these diametrically opposite world's together, the big "because" that can sustain a long term narrative.

But what should be in the logline is what the astronaut must do when he finds himself in the slumdog world. ?What is his objective goal? ?I think the series would benefit by being framed with an overarching objective goal for the protagonist, a dramatic thread that ties together and drives the narrative.

fwiw

Does the dictator's last name, perchance, begin with a "T"? :-)

The hook that spawned the franchise out of the original "Planet of the Apes" ?was ?role reversal, a world where apes ruled and humans were treated like, well, animals. ?In the origin movie (1968), the protagonist's goal is to escape capture and find out how in the world the relationship between apes and humans came to be reversed.

The hook in this logline seems to be that the United States (and presumably the rest of the world) exists in 2 parallel and polarized universes. ?In one, the US is the top dog, a 1st world, democratic country. ?In the the other, the US is a slumdog country, a 3rd world dictatorship. ?I think this could work depending on the dramatic relationship between the two. ? Is the slumdog country what the top dog is in dangers of becoming? ?Is the top dog country what the slumdog country has the potential to become? ?Or...?

Whatever it is need not be revealed up front, wouldn't be in the logline. ?But have it in reserve for the pitch. ?Hollywood suits are going to want to know what is the thematic idea that yokes these diametrically opposite world's together, the big "because" that can sustain a long term narrative.

But what should be in the logline is what the astronaut must do when he finds himself in the slumdog world. ?What is his objective goal? ?I think the series would benefit by being framed with an overarching objective goal for the protagonist, a dramatic thread that ties together and drives the narrative.

fwiw

Consider the modern version of Planet of The Apes, it is similar in setting and subject matter. The logline for that movie would likely focus on the astronaut's struggle to find the long lost human ship. In other words his goal is to get home the action by which he will achieve this goal is finding the since space ship, the obstacle are the apes and the antagonist is is the ape general.

For example:
After entering a space anomaly an astronaut is stranded in the future on an Ape ruled Earth, he must find a human built space ship to fly and pilot himself back in time before the anomaly disappears.

The back story, his family and the status quo of the people on Earth is not relevant to the logline - same applies to your concept.