LONDON -- What is billed as the world's first user-generated movie -- launched by MySpace, Vertigo Films and Film4 and backed by the U.K. Film Council and Screen WM -- will begin shooting this week, backers said Tuesday.
The backers for the project, titled Faintheart, launched an Internet-wide search for a director and wannabe movie stars from among the great unwashed to star alongside a British who's who of indie talent including Eddie Marsan (Miami Vice), Ewan Bremner (Hallam Foe) and Jessica Hynes (Shaun of the Dead).
Vito Rocco, who won MySpace's £1 million ($2 million) directing competition -- voted on by the MySpace community -- is behind the camera for the shoot. More than 500,000 voters selected Rocco's winning short film, Goodbye Cruel World, in the race for the canvas seat.
Faintheart is billed as a romantic comedy about people who re-enact Viking battles as a hobby.
It centers on a "weekend warrior" who goes on an epic quest to win back his wife after she leaves him, branding him childish and irresponsible.
The backers for the project, titled Faintheart, launched an Internet-wide search for a director and wannabe movie stars from among the great unwashed to star alongside a British who's who of indie talent including Eddie Marsan (Miami Vice), Ewan Bremner (Hallam Foe) and Jessica Hynes (Shaun of the Dead).
Vito Rocco, who won MySpace's £1 million ($2 million) directing competition -- voted on by the MySpace community -- is behind the camera for the shoot. More than 500,000 voters selected Rocco's winning short film, Goodbye Cruel World, in the race for the canvas seat.
Faintheart is billed as a romantic comedy about people who re-enact Viking battles as a hobby.
It centers on a "weekend warrior" who goes on an epic quest to win back his wife after she leaves him, branding him childish and irresponsible.
- 10/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stray Dogs was named best narrative feature of the eighth Bermuda International Film Festival. Directed by Iranian Marziveh Meshkini, the film tells the story of two young children left to fend for themselves in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Murderball, from directors Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro, was recognized as best documentary feature, while the Bermuda Shorts Award was given to Goodbye, Cruel World. Les Choristes (The Chorus) picked up the Audience Choice Award; the runner-up was Mad Hot Ballroom. Seventy films from 20 countries were shown, while a special sidebar highlighted Iranian cinema.
- 3/29/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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