[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVk]YouTube- Ataque de Pánico! (Panic Attack!) 2009[/ame]

 

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.

 

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.

 

"I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios," he told the BBC's Latin American service BBC Mundo.

 

"It was amazing, we were all shocked."

 

The movie Mr Alvarez has been asked to produce is a sci-fi film to be shot in Uruguay and Argentina. He says he intends to start from scratch and develop a new story for the project.

 

"If some director from some country can achieve this just uploading a video to YouTube, it obviously means that anyone could do it," he added.

 

YouTube recently revealed the most watched videos of 2009. Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle topped the chart with more than 120 million views worldwide of her debut on the show.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8417789.stm

that is so freaking awesome. :stunned:

The video looks incredible, considering its budget, thats truely amazing. The idea for the film isn't. It's just more post 9/11 pornography aiming to capitalise on those who are paranoid as a result of consistent alarm bells from the media.

 

Does anyone remember a film called Cloverfield? That was a movie which people ranted about for months on end because it featured a monster that was not revealed in trailers. The main point of the trailers was to release footage, of people capturing footage, on their mobile phones, of pathetically tacky moments like the Statue of Liberty's head bundling through the New York streets smashing over yellow taxis.

 

This mysterious monster turned out to be one of the most limp-wristed creations I've ever seen, but that is irrelevant, as was the plotline, the casting, the tone, everything except the context of the last decade; there are many people who are scared and buy into their subconscious fears by going to see films such as this. All it does is build on these fears, and portray humans as nothing more then a scared, defenceless species who's only purpose is to capture the end of our pathetic lives on our mobile phones.

 

Just like Cloverfield, this film doesn't create the fear, it capitalises on it and picks up from where society is leaving off up until this moment in time. It will have a gigantic budget, but that doesn't mean it's not cheap.

The video looks great! :surprised:

 

The video looks incredible, considering its budget, thats truely amazing. The idea for the film isn't. It's just more post 9/11 pornography aiming to capitalise on those who are paranoid as a result of consistent alarm bells from the media.

 

Does anyone remember a film called Cloverfield? That was a movie which people ranted about for months on end because it featured a monster that was not revealed in trailers. The main point of the trailers was to release footage, of people capturing footage, on their mobile phones, of pathetically tacky moments like the Statue of Liberty's head bundling through the New York streets smashing over yellow taxis.

 

This mysterious monster turned out to be one of the most limp-wristed creations I've ever seen, but that is irrelevant, as was the plotline, the casting, the tone, everything except the context of the last decade; there are many people who are scared and buy into their subconscious fears by going to see films such as this. All it does is build on these fears, and portray humans as nothing more then a scared, defenceless species who's only purpose is to capture the end of our pathetic lives on our mobile phones.

 

Just like Cloverfield, this film doesn't create the fear, it capitalises on it and picks up from where society is leaving off up until this moment in time. It will have a gigantic budget, but that doesn't mean it's not cheap.

 

Eh. Cloverfield.

 

Horrible ending, in my opinion. It didn't really tells us anything we wouldn't know by watching a trailer.I still think it was okay though.

 

I would honestly hope this isn't like Cloverfield...

I had just made a thread about this :lol: It's great that finally Uruguay is recognised for something!! :D

that is so freaking awesome. :stunned:

 

:D

I had just made a thread about this :lol: It's great that finally Uruguay is recognised for something!! :D

 

Apart from winning the World Cup?

In the Simpsons, Homer mistakingly calls it "U-R-GAY".

 

Proud?

In the Simpsons, Homer mistakingly calls it "U-R-GAY".

 

Proud?

 

Hey and who the fuck knows where your fucking country is? Niue? what's that? :laugh3:

I know where Niue is

good for you ;)

I'm not actually from Niue but I'd rather be from there then Ireland, and I'd rather be in either place then freaking Uruguay (No offence but it's pretty obvious).

 

I was just quoting teh Homer.

2:56 .. really old panes.. no Jets? oh ur-gay ohhh yeah hahha joking..

 

 

COOL awesome work ! cloverfield-ish though the graphix is awesome for $300 budget.. its believable and the grphix is kinda top notch... love how the rockets fly from the robots...ove the explosions

 

Ending is rushed and cheap......robots become a bomb.. sheez.....Please... thats a bummer