• YouTube Video Leads To a £18m Hollywood Contract
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[B]A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film.[/B] [QUOTE=BBC News] The movie will be sponsored by director Sam Raimi, whose credits include the Spiderman and Evil Dead films. Fede Alvarez's short film "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack!) featured giant robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. It is 4 mins 48 seconds long and was made on a budget of $300 (£186). So far it has had more than 1.5 million views on YouTube. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=The Video Producer] "I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios." [/QUOTE] [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8417789.stm[URL]The Original Source[/url] Here is the original video: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVk[/media]
So late, its actually funny.
Am I really that late? wheres the other thread?
[QUOTE=hoot14uk;19012408]Am I really that late? wheres the other thread?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=854586[/url]
Cloooocks.
Damn! sorry, I looked but didn't find anything.
I would like to hear more news about the guys who created the video 'What's in the box?' and their current status.
oh noes they blew up uruguay!!
[QUOTE=hoot14uk;19012363][B]A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film.[/B] [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8417789.stm[URL]The Original Source[/url] Here is the original video: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVk[/media][/QUOTE] R8d l8 m8. On serious note, still amazed he made it big at all.
Sooooo fucking late that it needs to be said another time. We already had TWO threads about this.
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