SWEET! I'd go see this.

No way that only cost $500.00. Typical Sci Fi Wire lack of investigative reporting. Where's the proof? Did you miss a zero? Did all those extras work for free? Were the permits free?

Although a bit hyperbolic, at least this time the article doesn't contain gross vernacular euphemisms or unrelated colloquial jargon. However, the writing on this site still reads like it's composed by 17-year-olds ("...to direct a movie based on the short, Variety reports. Kinda like District 9 director Neill Blomkamp...")

Kinda bad writing there, dude...

Cool.

I found that to be very enjoyable and oddly enough the 28 weeks later music fit in really well. I hope when they do a movie it turns out as badass as that did.

the nice thing is that the robots don't have to be alien in origin. the story could be that a major earth nation built these things ala the cylons to replace human soldiers in war.
of course mebbe they revolted... and have a plan.

shoulda been death rays rather then missiles, gimme that old school retro anyday

@Blastphemy

Not all countries are as greedy as the US

hey blastphemy, this was made in what looks like mexico so it very well could have cost only $500. though i'm sure you're so anal and nerdy you'll go and figure out the exchange rate and post it with some sort of sarcastic comment about you being right and or winning, but alas it is I who won cause i made you actually go and waste your time looking up the exchange rate, posting it here, and annoying you enough to do so in only 30 seconds. (though that 30 seconds is a conservative estimate)

So they plan on making a movie based on a 5 minute action sequence. Cant wait to see the abortion they come up with.

Not much of a revelation when the only unique(ish) point is that it had a tiny budget. Robots blowing stuff up, never seen that before.

@Kermonk
you're an a$$hole. go back to the third world country you ran away from.

Interesting that a country that seems modern with new high rise buildings and new cars would have an Air Force comprised of what appear to be WWII fighter planes...

I will go see any movie made by a guy who can give us giant robots and a _Potemkin_ quote. (Baby carriage rolling down the steps at the 2:09 mark).

Anybody remember "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow?" It was also based on an awesome short film. When it was made into a feature-length film it tanked at the box office. Now, that's not to say that it wasn't an enjoyable movie, but...

Why would Sam Raimi be interested in a film which is obviously just another vision of 'War of the Worlds'. Has this already been done a number of times....

$500.00 in Uruguay goes a lot further than it does here in the good old US of A. Try learning some economic history or any history.

When I saw those robots, one word came to mind: "GUNDAM". Then I got a better look at the robots and thought "Gigantor", but still I wouldn't mind seeing them made into films, but by a good director with a good script, good actors, and a large budget. G-Saviour doesn't count in my opinion.

'big o it's showtime!'

"So they plan on making a movie based on a 5 minute action sequence. Cant wait to see the abortion they come up with."

Look at Stephanie Meyer's craptastic Twilight novels and the even more crapabulous movies they stillborned with. Anything's possible w/ crap.

"So they plan on making a movie based on a 5 minute action sequence. Cant wait to see the abortion they come up with."

Welcome to the internet, you must not have heard of District 9 so I will direct you to a useful wikipedia page (a website perfect for people like you who have never used the internet before).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_in_Joburg

hundreds of extas working for free then???? Under £500 then???? lies oh and stop bashing ABC after all I have seen beyond sherwood!

Looks cool. Better CGI than most of made for TV scifi flicks. Made for 500$ ?
Nope, nowhere in the world will you get that made for 500$. It may have cost the guy making the movie 500$ out of his own pocket but obviously he "volunteered" his firms equipment and staff and CGI. Nothing wrong with that, it got him what he wanted, attention from LA. Kudos to him.

@kermonk don't like our country, nobody is forcing you to stay here jerk--ff. nice to see some other country being attacked for once.

SCIFIWIRE.COM, PLEASE MONITOR YOUR POSTS AND CLEAN OUT SOME OF THESE IDIOTS STENCH!

While I'm all for hard work paying off, I'm pretty sure we've all already seen Independence Day...not sure this is an original enough concept...which is something Hollywood desperately needs more of...

Fun...but I'll take Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow!

Why did they bother shooting up the city when they just planned to blow it up anyway?

That song is what made the clip, it loses most of it's appeal if you turn the sound off.

Lots of jadedness here.

Yeah, it's not that original (most student/amateur films aren't), and it may or may not have cost more than 500 bucks, but really....when was that last time anyone of you "critics" made a 5 minute movie of anything, let alone one as decent as this?

Glad to see this guy got picked up by Hollywood. Original concept or not, the guy obviously has talent.

Pretty cool. Reminds me of that Sky Captain movie a bit, though.

Speaking of robot apocalypses... here's a funny take on what really caused the catastrophe in The Road: http://stupidfuture.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/what-caused-the-apocalypse-in-the-road/

SethSJ said: "When I saw those robots, one word came to mind: "GUNDAM". Then I got a better look at the robots and thought "Gigantor""

I thought the Walkers in the Battlezone PC game.

That's great. The 28 Days Later music makes it even better.

@asswipe

Time for you to go to bed child, and tomorrow start going to school.

Hi folks!

I'm from Uruguay and let me tell you that this is a huge deal for anyone coming from South America. Whether the concept is original or not, for me that is out of the question. To have embarked on this enterprise is already an extraordinary accomplishment.

It is not impossible to work with extras for a small amount of money. The news reporter, for instance, is a well-known reporter in real life and I'm sure he did the job as a favour. Uruguay is a really tiny country where everybody knows each other one way or another. You can ask for favours to a friend of a friend and get it done. Fede Alvarez obviously has the talent to do great things if he comes across the resources, which apparently he did. Good for him!

@ A.SMITH; Props. There is mass amounts of talent in this clip.

Salute!

XCalPro
Thats because some countries gives more budget to education and development than to what they spend on weapons

EricZ28
The report clearly says this was made in Uruguay, a world apart from Mexico, thanks God

ETo
The point of the whole thing is showing Alvarez talents, no script, no logic

I hope it does well. As for some people out here, it never ceases to amaze me how critical people are. The truth is most likely that they are envious that it didn't happen to them so they feel the need to bring somebody down with their worthless drivel rather than just being happy for the guy.