Stars: Greg Grunberg, Salvator Xuereb, Adrienne Wilkinson, Matt Bushell, Eddie Jemison, Adam Bartley, Chris Butler, Andrew Gilbert, Chris Todd, Johnny Dowers, Gary Patent, Hugo Armstrong | Written and Directed by Trey Batchelor
For years video games have clamoured to make the gaming experience more cinematic. Which is now the reason we have games like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, The Last of Us and Until Dawn – games that edge more towards the “interactive adventures” we were promised back in the full-motion video era of gaming (remember those?). But what if it was the other way round? What if films looked to video games for inspiration? We’d probably end up with something like Burning Dog.
Shot completely from the hero’s perspective, a la Fps video games, Burning Dog is obviously inspired not only by video games but by Hardcore Henry, the 2016 film starring Sharlito Copley, which told the story of...
For years video games have clamoured to make the gaming experience more cinematic. Which is now the reason we have games like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, The Last of Us and Until Dawn – games that edge more towards the “interactive adventures” we were promised back in the full-motion video era of gaming (remember those?). But what if it was the other way round? What if films looked to video games for inspiration? We’d probably end up with something like Burning Dog.
Shot completely from the hero’s perspective, a la Fps video games, Burning Dog is obviously inspired not only by video games but by Hardcore Henry, the 2016 film starring Sharlito Copley, which told the story of...
- 4/3/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named its five winners of the 2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The quintet’s scripts will get a live read next month.
And the fellowships go to … Aaron Chung, for Princess Vietnam; Karen McDermott, Lullabies of La Jaula; Renee Pillai, Boy with Kite; Sean Malcolm, Mother; and Walker McKnight, Street Rat Allie Punches Her Ticket.
Each winner receives a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Thursday, November 7, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Fellowships are awarded with the understanding that the recipients each will complete a feature-length screenplay during their fellowship year. The Academy acquires no rights to their works and does not involve itself commercially in any way with their completed scripts.
The other 2019 finalists, chosen from more than 7,300 entered scripts, were Paul Ashton,...
And the fellowships go to … Aaron Chung, for Princess Vietnam; Karen McDermott, Lullabies of La Jaula; Renee Pillai, Boy with Kite; Sean Malcolm, Mother; and Walker McKnight, Street Rat Allie Punches Her Ticket.
Each winner receives a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Thursday, November 7, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Fellowships are awarded with the understanding that the recipients each will complete a feature-length screenplay during their fellowship year. The Academy acquires no rights to their works and does not involve itself commercially in any way with their completed scripts.
The other 2019 finalists, chosen from more than 7,300 entered scripts, were Paul Ashton,...
- 10/4/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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