Nice way to earn $30million....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8417789.stm
Just noticed this about a guy who put a video up on youtube and hollywood paid him 30 million to make a film out of it.
Not bad going for only spending about £200 on making the video.
Reminds me slightly of war of the worlds.
Just noticed this about a guy who put a video up on youtube and hollywood paid him 30 million to make a film out of it.
Not bad going for only spending about £200 on making the video.
Reminds me slightly of war of the worlds.
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This made me die inside.
Lucky bastard indeed hope it looks better than this when it's done.
You're absolutely right, but your post still sounded bitter.
If he wasn't from Uruguay, I'd wager that this probably wouldn't have happened. I wouldn't say that it's 'obvious' that anybody could do this, or why Hollywood felt that this idea was worth beating the proverbial path to his door for.
Still, look at District 9. Granted, the short and resulting adapted story were much better than this, but it still might be alright.
is anything original possible anymore
I'm always bitter. There's plenty of original ideas, things that havent been explored just go into any library and pick up a few books. But yeah congrats to him, grumble, grumble.
Man, I'm with you on that. Battletech universe is some of the best SciFi ever, I wish they'd do a movie about that instead of choose this guy based on some generic project he made.
Yeah, youtube needs that though, they ARE running at a loss :P
They should pump $30 million into that!
but focusing just on the short, it looks totally badass. the cg was great. the only thing i didnt like about it was the robot design. but the effects and compositing were great.
the news
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=2&t=830033
and his cgtalk post is there ...
bbc news is being fancy ....
that seriously made me laugh out loud, hahaha... man. that is some ripe shit right there. I'm quitting this business and starting up in: http://qntm.org/?destroy
Whats that saying again?
You can't sing, you can't dance and you can't play. You'll go far. good luck to the guy.
The CG talkers are spot on though; this short lacks any kind of story or emotion.
I always thought Hollywood was difficult to break into. Maybe it is, and there is a huge story of submissions and presentations for this guy that we're not getting. But for it to instantly be a "oh hey we're gonna make-a movie!" seems like Hollywood execs are grasping at straws and just want to try to nab anything that may seem to make them a buck by finding the "guy who made that short on youtube."
not that there is anything wrong with being successful, or this guy's achievements with this. I just think the whole thing is a little odd, or its part of a bandwagon to find some personal indy project and make it huge bucks (Paranormal Activity) and the guy will be made into something (literally or figuratively) that doesn't suit his dedication and hard work.
Or, we're all getting played; there is no "guy," and this is some brilliant viral bit for a spoof movie
The majority of decent hollywood directors started out this way.
Nice..
Though he's gotta do his own soundtrack next time
to be fair this kind of makes me think of how a Command an Conquer or red alert movie would look.
Good luck to the dude!
it?
Anyway, it's a cool short for effects but not much else, the music was ripped straight from 28 days later and it sure as fuck did not go with the action and there was no story either.
Whichever way this turns out, this guy is one lucky son-of -a-bitch.
perfect for hollywood
Yes please, and make a good ShadowRun Movie along the way too.