Ridley Scott teams up with Machinima to produce sci-fi shorts March 12, 2013 - 15:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ridley Scott and his commercial company, Ridley Scott and Associates, have partnered with online network Machinima to produce 12 original sci-fi short films. As TheWrap revealed, RSA's directing talent will helm "original high octane science fiction content" to be distributed through Machinima, which boasts the No. 1 entertainment channel on YouTube. Machinima's original content and scripted series are aimed at the 18- to 34-year-old male demographic, which recently delighted in the company's adaptation of "Mortal Kombat" -- a videogame franchise that inspired two Hollywood productions in the '90s. The first season of the web series, called "Mortal Kombat: Legacy," has racked up more than 60 million views and inspired Warner Bros. to begin developing a new feature film. The second season kicks off this spring. Scott, the director of science-fiction classics "Alien" and "Blade Runner," is eager to take advantage of the medium that propelled "Mortal Kombat" back into relevance and hopes his own original content will connect with the same audience. Partner news  Top stories From America to Oceania including Africa, Europe and Asia, this international event has confirmed its popularity. Ambyr Childers and Julia Garner star as sisters forced to take on their family’s gruesome tradition after their mother’s death. The jewels were to be loaned to celebrities who have arrived on the French Riviera town for its famous annual film festival. The list of the finalists also includes Hungary, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Norway, Iceland, Finland and others.   Partner news |  Latest news Iran executes two spies convicted of working for Israel, U.S.  Iran has in the past said it had successfully detected and dismantled spy networks operating inside the country.UN chief: conference Syrian settlement to take place “very soon” The conference would be a follow-up to last year’s international meeting in Geneva that drafted a peace roadmap for Syria.France in talks with U.S., Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones France's existing hardware is outdated and its military intervention in Mali this year has exposed its shortage of surveillance drones.North Korea launches another short-range missile - report The South Korean Defense Ministry said it had increased its monitoring of North Korea and was on standby to deal with any further developments. |
