Uraguayan filmmaker is offered million contract
by Clarence Lee
A Uruguayan indie producer who uploaded a short (4 mins 48 seconds) film to YouTube on November 3rd 2009, has been offered a US$30m contract to make a Hollywood film. The movie will be sponsored by director Sam Raimi, whose credits include the Spiderman and Evil Dead films. Fede Alvarez’s short film “Ataque de Panico!” (Panic Attack!) featured giant robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The film was made on a budget of US$300, so far it has more than 4.5 million viewers on YouTube.
