Machinima announce Ridley Scott and Associates partnership for 12 Short Sci-fi Films
Veteran director Ridley Scott, has signed on with Machinima to produce 12 short science fiction films, to be distributed through the Machinima network. Scott wont be directing the movies himself though, instead handing over the reigns to Ridley Scott and Associates where Scott and Machinima will select Directors for the shorts from their ranks which include many up and coming Directors such as Neil Blogkamp (District 9) and Sam Mendes (Skyfall).
Ridley has his own experience in this genre of short films, being the director of the 2012 short film Ghost Recon: Alpha, a prequel to the Ghost Recon: Future Soldier game franchise which received reasonably high scores from critics and gamers alike.
"With new media transforming the way audiences connect with films and filmmakers, Machinima is a great partner for us as we embark on this new model of delivering original content to fans." Scott released in a recent statement. "It's a tremendous opportunity for pushing the creative boundaries for both our filmmakers and the audience."
Co-Founder and CEO of Machinima Inc, Allen DeBevoise released the following statement on the project.
"Partnering with Ridley Scott to work with his talented directors shows Machinima's dedication to going above and beyond in delivering quality original content for our audience to embrace. By combining this unique incubation model together with our powerful partnership of established creative talent and scaled distribution to millions on Machinima, we believe new sci-fi franchises will be born."
Making the short films for Machinima will allow the RSA directors to experiment with new ideas and stories, thanks to the cost-efficient, smaller format of the shorts. Should any of the ideas take off and make it big, any further iterations would be made by RSA along with Machinima.
A great move on Machinima's behalf, the channel already bringing us great shorts and features. A Mortal Kombat series that was released in tandem with the most recent MK game found immense success through the on line channel, a teaser can be seen above. It's exciting to think that we could see a whole slew of Machinima produced shorts and series later in the year, and that this could even spur on other channels to undergo similar projects.
-Welsh 12/03/13
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