For those who thought the Internet's grasp on the creative side of filmmaking ended with the nosedive
Snakes on a Plane took, think again.
Variety reported yesterday about
MySpace Movie MashUp, a competition to choose the director of a movie the site has teamed up to finance with U.K. based
Film 4 and
Vertigo Films.
According to the
Variety story, the film is set to begin shooting in October and has a $1.96 million budget. Vertigo will release the film theatrically while MySpace handles the online release and Film 4 will show it on their video-on-demand service.
Beginning Wednesday, any U.K. resident is eligible to submit a short to a dedicated MySpace page by April 27. The final three will be selected by a jury that includes
Sienna Miller,
Ashley Walter,
Anthony Minghella,
Nick Love and
Kevin Macdonald, to name a few.
MySpace users will participate in developing the film by commenting on script drafts, choosing a title and suggesting lines (because it worked so well for
SOAP).
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posted by Jason Guerrasio @ 2/06/2007 03:05:00 PM
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Thanks for the info. Myspace, here I come.
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posted by Simon @ 2/07/2007 4:06 AM
