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$300 Sci-Fi YouTube Video Lands $30m Movie Deal
krou writes "A producer from Uruguay who made a short science fiction film and uploaded it to YouTube has landed a film deal with Sam Raimi's Ghost House worth $300 million. The film, which shows spaceships and giant robots attacking Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, was made by Fede Alvarez for around $30. 'I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios,' he said. Alvarez is to develop and direct a film based on one of his ideas, but there is no word yet on the writer."
I hate it when robots attack Montevideo. Especially during soccer season.
I call shenanigans
I uploaded several adult vids and I have yet to hear from the pr0n industry
Further proof that Hollywood is running out of good ideas, and must turn to new sources.
It's not even new - it's "War of the Worlds" and "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" mixed together.
The guy did a great job with the special effects, but story wise - meh.
Golloywierd will throw in some hot chick in short shorts and lots of cleavage and it'll make a few hundred million.
It's NOT me! It's the meds! I'm on 1000mg of Fukitol.
Who knew that the man behind Spiderman, The Grudge, Evil Dead, and Drag Me to Hell is a fan of cheesy low budget special effects.
Capitalism: When it uses the carrot, it's called democracy. When it uses the stick, it's called fascism.
Here's the link to the original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPvmIxu-LSA
(NFSW language. If you work in a lame place. My co-workers laughed their asses off.)
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South Africa was already occupied.
'Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay'
Thanks for clarifying that.
Does the article submitter work in movie post-production by any chance?
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I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class, especially since I rule.
No offense intended to the great nation of Uruguay, but why would giant robotic aliens give a rat's ass about Montevideo of all places?
They've been intercepting our interwebs for some time now and as such they've been watching porn from 8thstreetlatinas.net. Like most gigantic robotic overlords they require fresh, nimble, "barely legal" workers for their Energon mines in order to continue to function properly and thus continue to watch even more porn as well as do all those other things that overlords do. Pass pointless laws, monitor the pleebs, protect the children, make deals with other alien overlords, etc.
I know this because I too am a slave of the robotic overlords however, I work in accounting...
No offense, but maybe you should not have cast yourself in the lead role?
Even there, anyone can see that if you used the proper accounting methods, the budget was probaly way more than $300.
That's your answer right there. You can't swing a dead cat* in Hollywood without hitting a dozen writers. Mr. Raimi doesn't need any more writers, but creative accountants are gold.
*No actual cats were harmed during this post.
All ideas^H^H^H^H^Hprocesses in this post are Patent Pending. (as well as the process of patenting all postings)
Why not? He only needed a 30-second video.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
So what's the script for the other 21.3 seconds?
Indeed, and you should meet her -- perfect figure, great listener, up for anything. She's a real doll.
Dear Sir,
I'm Mr. Finkelstein of Megalith Studios, and we've decided that you're the perfect person to write a script for our new bajillion dollar robot invasion film. This job pays roughly $8/hr.
Credits...lots of people to thank and all that
I don't think I want to watch if he thanks anybody in his immediate family except maybe his sister, and then only if she's hot...
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You make a persuasive argument. If anyone needs me, I'll be busy dying in a fire.
Name...That...Autocomplete!
He gets $300 million if he can spend the the entire 30m within a month.
Mom, for example.
I've watched Primer three times. It's great, but I was wondering if you can PM me and tell me what it's about...