Neill Blomkamp’s dream of raising money from fans to turn his startup studio’s Vietnam War-set short film “Firebase” into a full-length film has ended, for now.
Oats Studios, which Blomkamp launched last year as an outlet for experimental shorts, said on Friday that it was canceling its “Firebase” crowdfunding effort because it hadn’t raised enough cash to make something “awesome.” Oats didn’t say how much it had raised but said it would issue refunds to everyone who contributed.
“Unfortunately we didn’t raise enough to do something truley [sic] awesome,” the studio said in a tweet Friday. “We would rather over deliver than create an average film. We thank the thousands of people who did back us- hang in there.”
To all backers of Firebase.. Oats will be refunding everyone who contributed completely. Unfortunately we didn't raise enough to do something truley awesome. We would rather over...
Oats Studios, which Blomkamp launched last year as an outlet for experimental shorts, said on Friday that it was canceling its “Firebase” crowdfunding effort because it hadn’t raised enough cash to make something “awesome.” Oats didn’t say how much it had raised but said it would issue refunds to everyone who contributed.
“Unfortunately we didn’t raise enough to do something truley [sic] awesome,” the studio said in a tweet Friday. “We would rather over deliver than create an average film. We thank the thousands of people who did back us- hang in there.”
To all backers of Firebase.. Oats will be refunding everyone who contributed completely. Unfortunately we didn't raise enough to do something truley awesome. We would rather over...
- 4/20/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Neill Blomkamp has had a recent successful run with his series of awesome Oats Studios short films. He's now looking to jump back into the feature film game as he's set to direct a sci-fi film called The Gone World.
The director confirmed the news himself on Twitter with a photo of the book from which the film is being adapted. The book was written by Thomas Sweterlitsch and it's a thriller described as “Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope.”
The story follows special agent Shannon Moss as she investigates the murder of a Navy Seal’s family. Throughout the course of her investigation, she discovers that the murdered Seal team member was on board a time traveling spaceship and that the space time continuum has been broken. As you'd imagine, this is affecting the world in a negative way and obviously,...
The director confirmed the news himself on Twitter with a photo of the book from which the film is being adapted. The book was written by Thomas Sweterlitsch and it's a thriller described as “Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope.”
The story follows special agent Shannon Moss as she investigates the murder of a Navy Seal’s family. Throughout the course of her investigation, she discovers that the murdered Seal team member was on board a time traveling spaceship and that the space time continuum has been broken. As you'd imagine, this is affecting the world in a negative way and obviously,...
- 7/31/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.