Wez Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Here's a fairy tale that could only happen in the movies. Man makes YouTube video. Goes to Hollywood. Gets pots of money and a movie deal. Except this story is true. An unknown producer from Uruguay, Fede Alvarez, shelled out about $300 to create a cool video of a robot invasion in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The four-minute short, "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack) features ginormous (but slow-moving) weapon-wielding robots that blow stuff up. We have to admit, it has pretty amazing production values. The Playlist gushed that the director may be the next Neill Blomkamp, who made the South African-based alien flick "District 9." With the blog abuzz, the South American short went viral, and has already been viewed on YouTube 1.5 million times. Well, apparently nothing gets by Hollywood these days. The lucky duck told the BBC, "I uploaded 'Ataque de Panico!' on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of emails from Hollywood studios." Long story short, a bidding war ensued. The offer he pocketed: A $30 million deal with Sam "Spiderman" Raimi's Ghost House Pictures. That's a nice return on investment. The picture will be a sci-fi thriller set in Argentina and Uruguay. In case you're hoping to see the feature-length version of "Panic Attack!" in a movie theatre, it won't be from this deal. The newly minted "it" guy says he will start from scratch. Here's the video that got him Hollywood gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuliet Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Fook me, that's the most action i've ever seen in under 4 mins of filmage. I enjoyed that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Morning all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 [grin][/grin] . .x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 http://issue.monkeymag.co.uk/1J4b211d4792431012.cde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 More ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 has the winner been decided yet and no im not cheating trying to get a number just curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS2004 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 were not close to 5k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 You gotta be kidding. All that effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra dan Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kirk Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 It@s really early /vbb/images/smilies/bbcode_shock.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwire Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probrox Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Cold out today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 the days are getting longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhicks22 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Lucky number 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Still no winner yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 I think I'll make the next number lower, like 3 maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 the days are getting longer Yep. Shortest day today I think. It'll be getting lighter every day now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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