We’ve all heard how people’s lives can change in a second because of instant fame due to You Tube or Facebook. Here’s a story about a director from Uruguay who’s landed a major deal with Hollywood because of You Tube.
A five minute short film that was done for under $1000 and uploaded to You Tube, has now landed one Uruguayan film maker a $30 million Hollywood deal.
The documentary styled short entitled Ataque de Panico! (Panic Attack!) is about gigantic robots destroying and attacking the capital of Uruguay.
Speaking with BBC Mundo the director of the short, Fede Alvarez said “I uploaded it on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of emails from Hollywood studios…it was amazing, we were all shockedâ€
The $30 million dollar deal from Ghost House Pictures will team Alvarez up with a writer to create a feature film. Ghost House Pictures is the same company that hosts the Spider Man films director Sam Raimi.
It’s pretty amazing how hard work and putting yourself out there for millions to see can get you the deal of a lifetime.
Check out the full movie below.
I watched this a few weeks back. It’s a fantastic journey you’re taken on for about 5 minutes.
However, there’s a conspiracy theorist inside of me that thinks that this is just some PR invented by the movie studio who signed Fede Alvarez to the production deal. If it is a PR move then good on them because it’s definitely got me interested.
If it’s the real deal, even better.