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‘Goliath’ Teaser Promises Something Huge…
Filmmakers Eric Bross, Sean Albertson and Matt Lazarus announced today the January, 2014, online release of their short film Goliath. The 10-minute film will be available worldwide to watch for free. The announcement is accompanied by a teaser trailer shared below.
Goliath tells the story of a prison with a gang problem that installs a 12-foot robot guard: Goliath. When it goes berserk, the convicts must work together to take it down.
Principal photography was completed earlier in the year, starring Luis and Daniel Moncada of “Breaking Bad” fame, as well as Fernanda Andrade (The Devil Inside), with a cameo by Godsmack’s Sully Erna.
The short film is based on an original concept by Bross, and his brothers Jonathan and Scott Bross. Goliath was written by Lazarus, directed by Bross, and co-produced by Albertson, Bross and Lazarus. Kenny Roy is overseeing visual effects duties along with visual effects supervisor Rob Stauffer.
“We completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to finish animating Goliath, and Kenny Roy and Rob Stauffer are working on that now,” said director Eric Bross.
Producer Sean Albertson adds, “While we are looking forward to producing this as a feature film, we thought the story was too cool to wait to get something out there for people to see. So we did everything ourselves on a much faster time line for this short film.”
Visual effects supervisor Kenny Roy says, “For Goliath I’m excited to bring a level of detail that the industry normally reserves for tent-pole projects; the robot is too badass not to pull out all the stops.”
Goliath aims to follow in the footsteps of Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, which began as the sci-fi short film “Alive in Joburg,” before being adapted into a feature film and released by Sony Pictures.
Watch the teaser trailer below. Goliath will be released for free online in January, 2014.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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