Last week, a proof of concept/pitch trailer for Irish director Ruairi Robinson's (The Last Days of Mars) The Leviathan hit the web, and...
Last week, a proof of concept/pitch trailer for Irish director Ruairi Robinson's (The Last Days of Mars) The Leviathan hit the web, and the original sci-fi concept was met with praise across the board, racking up early two million views across Vimeo and Youtube. Based on a screen play from Fight Club scribe Jim Uhls, the short featured impressive visuals crafted by Robinson himself, and told the 22nd century set story of involuntarily drafted pilots who hunt gigantic flying whales through the skies. It was a fantastically realised short that richly deserves to be put on the big screen.
Now, it's looking like that might actually happen with Deadline revealing that X-Men: Days of Future Past writer Simon Kinberg has signed onto the project as producer, which should go a long way to securing the project a studio, especially considering his cache at Fox. Furthermore, it is also getting some serious science-fiction cred with Neill Blomkamp joining as executive producer. This is absolutely fantastic news for Robinson and the movie, and we can't wait till this finally gets the green light.
