$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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$30 million, not $300 million by c.r.o.c.o · 2009-12-17 05:25 · Score: 0, Redundant

Still impressive to say the least, but the summary is wrong. It's a $30 million movie deal.
Wrong title by arkham6 · 2009-12-17 05:29 · Score: 0, Redundant

Thats 30 million, not 300 million.

My BS alarm was going off at 300 mil, so I had to go RTFA.
Actual Video Here by StikyPad · 2009-12-17 05:55 · Score: 0, Redundant

Since there's no link in the summary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVk
Nice camera work and pretty impressive effects.

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