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$300 Sci-Fi YouTube Video Lands $30m Movie Deal

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 17, 2009 @05:21AM from the that's-a-lotta-cash dept.

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."

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Re:Well worth watching by 192939495969798999 · 2009-12-17 05:48 · Score: 3, Interesting

I think it's a big studio viral hoax.

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PR/Viral marketing? by djwavelength · 2009-12-17 05:58 · Score: 5, Interesting

Am I the only one who thinks that the whole situation was setup as a viral marketing/PR stunt? Maybe I'm just naturally distrustful of Hollywood.
It is easier to sell tickets to another run of the mill Sci-Fi movie if it has a story like this behind it.
What about Shane Carruth? by NoPantsJim · 2009-12-17 06:19 · Score: 5, Interesting

Primer was one of the best sci-fi movies I've ever seen, on a budget of $7,000. It's about damn time that guy gets the funding he needs to bring his other ideas to fruition.

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Re:Well worth watching by hansamurai · 2009-12-17 06:34 · Score: 4, Interesting

Oh, I clicked one of those hoping that the media had thought the attack was real, War of the Worlds style.
Too bad.

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