Read More: Why We're Too Quick to Write Off New Directors Since Ruairi Robinson's epic short/teaser "The Leviathan" hit the internet on March 16, multitudinous views on YouTube and Vimeo and fan chatter has led to some big names taking notice. Deadline has reported that "X-Men" writer-producer Simon Kinberg has joined the feature length project as a producer. Jim Uhls ("Fight Club") will be writing the screenplay. Finally, and most notably, "District 9," "Elysium" and "Chappie" director Neill Blomkamp has joined the project as an executive producer. As Deadline points out, Kinberg has a first-look deal with Fox, which might prove beneficial for the project. Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2001 short film "Fifty Percent Grey," an intriguing animated film which follows a soldier’s afterlife experience. Robinson put the short for "The...
- 3/24/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
From District 9 to Whiplash to Deadpool, many proof-of-concept teasers have been good enough to push a greenlight from studios, but The Leviathan may be the mother of them all. Academy Award-nominee Ruairí Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey, The Last Days on Mars) has just dropped this 3-minute short that pitches The Leviathan as a full-throttle…
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- 3/17/2015
- by Max Evry
- shocktillyoudrop.com
After the screening of The Last Days on Mars in the director's fortnight competition, many were wondering why exactly the clunky, derivative Mars-zombie movie was programmed at a high-class festival like Cannes. Fair enough, but the bigger, even more nagging question in my mind is why the movie was made at all. Clearly, director Ruari Robinson has considerable visual talent. Coming from an effects background, his shorts like BlinkyTM and Fifty Percent Grey gave him enough clout to direct a feature, and it's easy to understand why. Despite being made for probably a tenth of the budget of most sci-fi blockbusters, the Mars landscapes, complete with epic dust storms, and space travel are beautifully rendered. A few shots even carry an ethereal, haunting power that...
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- 12/5/2013
- Screen Anarchy
In keeping with the themed nights at this year’s festival, last night was Sci-Fi night at Toronto After Dark. I was looking forward to the films because I had heard a lot of buzz around them, and for the most part, they delivered.
I knew that the first screening of the night was going to be a busy one, because the passholders line and the ticket holders line were both jam-packed with people, and folks were standing in the Rush line as well. That means that the show was either sold out, or it was going to be close. In this case, it was the former, so it was a packed house when Festival Director Adam Lopez took the stage to say a few words. As always, his enthusiasm is contagious, and he not only got people excited about Last Days On Mars (which they were already there to...
I knew that the first screening of the night was going to be a busy one, because the passholders line and the ticket holders line were both jam-packed with people, and folks were standing in the Rush line as well. That means that the show was either sold out, or it was going to be close. In this case, it was the former, so it was a packed house when Festival Director Adam Lopez took the stage to say a few words. As always, his enthusiasm is contagious, and he not only got people excited about Last Days On Mars (which they were already there to...
- 10/24/2013
- by Jeff Konopka
- The Liberal Dead
Screening at Cannes this year in the Directors’ Fortnight, Ruairi Robinson’s The Last Days of Mars is the latest thriller to make its way out into the vast terrain of space for its setting.
Liev Schreiber tops an impressive international cast in the UK/Irish/Us production, and now the first poster has debuted over on io9, following the first trailer from MSN.
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body.
Liev Schreiber tops an impressive international cast in the UK/Irish/Us production, and now the first poster has debuted over on io9, following the first trailer from MSN.
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body.
- 9/17/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Magnolia Pictures genre arm nabs Cannes thriller for Us from Focus International.
The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired Us distribution rights to Ruairi Robinson’s Cannes sci-fi Last Days on Mars from Focus Features International.
Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Olivia Williams and Tom Cullen star in the Directors’ Fortnight entry about the first manned mission to mars which comes under attack from an alien life-from.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia/Magnet svp of acquisitions Dori Begley and director of acquisitions Peter Van Steemburg with Focus Features International.
Magnet is eyeing a release through its Ultra VOD programme later this year.
Producers are Michael Kuhn and Andrea Cornwell. The film marks the feature debut of Robinson, Oscar-nominated for short Fifty Percent Grey.
The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired Us distribution rights to Ruairi Robinson’s Cannes sci-fi Last Days on Mars from Focus Features International.
Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Olivia Williams and Tom Cullen star in the Directors’ Fortnight entry about the first manned mission to mars which comes under attack from an alien life-from.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia/Magnet svp of acquisitions Dori Begley and director of acquisitions Peter Van Steemburg with Focus Features International.
Magnet is eyeing a release through its Ultra VOD programme later this year.
Producers are Michael Kuhn and Andrea Cornwell. The film marks the feature debut of Robinson, Oscar-nominated for short Fifty Percent Grey.
- 7/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Last Days On Mars is a film you wouldn’t expect to wow crowds at Cannes. It’s a sci-fi horror mash up set in space. Doesn’t sound like the sort of flick that’d win over critics at the year’s most influential event in cinema. Now you can get a glimpse of the film that’s causing such a stir, as the first clip is available online.
Taking elements of Prometheus, The Thing and Alien, Last Days On Mars (previously known as The Animators) comes from filmmaker Ruari Robinson. Robinson made a name for himself creating shorts. He received an Oscar nomination for 2002′s Fifty Percent Grey. Now he has a full length feature on his resume, with a pretty phenomenal cast list.
From the brevity of this preview the film shares a striking similarity to another upcoming sci-fi space flick, Europa Report. Both tell the tale...
Taking elements of Prometheus, The Thing and Alien, Last Days On Mars (previously known as The Animators) comes from filmmaker Ruari Robinson. Robinson made a name for himself creating shorts. He received an Oscar nomination for 2002′s Fifty Percent Grey. Now he has a full length feature on his resume, with a pretty phenomenal cast list.
From the brevity of this preview the film shares a striking similarity to another upcoming sci-fi space flick, Europa Report. Both tell the tale...
- 5/29/2013
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
After the screening of Last Days on Mars in the director's fortnight competition, many were wondering why exactly the clunky, derivative Mars-zombie movie was programmed at a high-class festival like Cannes. Fair enough, but the bigger, even more nagging question in my mind is why the movie was made at all. Clearly, director Ruari Robinson has considerable visual talent. Coming from an effects background, his shorts like BlinkyTM and Fifty Percent Grey gave him enough clout to direct a feature, and it's easy to understand why. Despite being made for probably a tenth of the budget of most Sci-Fi blockbusters, the Mars landscapes, complete with epic dust storms, and space travel are beautifully rendered. A few shots even carry an ethereal, haunting power that belong...
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- 5/21/2013
- Screen Anarchy
One of the very few full-on science fiction films premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this year is a thriller called The Last Days on Mars, directed by Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson making his feature debut after a number of shorts including Blinky™ and Fifty Percent Grey. Set on Mars at the end of a six month manned mission to the planet to search for signs of life, it starts out as an intriguing indie sci-fi with some promise. But alas devolves into something that I hate to say is derivative and brings absolutely nothing new to the sci-fi game, which is a bit unfortunate because it otherwise visually looks great—some concept work was done by Weta, but the rest of the visual effects were made entirely by Screen Scene based out of Ireland. Note: some minor spoilers follow but I fully expect these story beats to be shown/hinted at in the trailer.
- 5/21/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Mars is a frequent sci-fi setting, but the appeal of an object of wonder and mystery just barely within our reach rarely translates to the screen. From "Ghosts of Mars" to "Mission on Mars," red-planet movies tend come across as icily as its desolate terrain. To its credit, Ruairi Robinson's "The Last Days of Mars" makes a concerted effort to elevate its setting to poetic heights, amplifying the solitude experienced by a handful of astronauts trapped on the surface with evocative imagery and keen minimalist style that owes a debt to Duncan Jones' "Moon." Unfortunately, these ingredients can't salvage an uninspired plot that lacks the sense of wonder surrounding it. Irish director Robinson, making his feature-length debut (he was nominated for a Best Short Film Oscar for "Fifty Percent Grey" in 2002), captures a beautifully realized world that unfolds during the final 20 hours of several astronauts' six-month mission. Early...
- 5/20/2013
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Short Starts typically presents a weekly short film from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. This week we present short films from the start of Irish cinema. While St. Patrick’s Day is technically specifically a holiday to honor St. Patrick, because he’s the patron saint of Ireland the occasion has become a time for celebrating all things Irish. For many of us, that means wearing green, drinking Guinness and/or Jameson (and/or Harp, Kilkinney, Bulmer’s, Smithwick’s, Bailey’s, Old Bushmills … alcohol in general) and blasting Dropkick Murphys while drunkenly attempting to/mocking stepdance. For a few of us, it’s also a moment to recognize Irish cinema, and by that I don’t just mean Darby O’Gill and a bunch of Ira/”Troubles” dramas (though many of these are great). Maybe it means something by one of the McDonagh brothers (like Martin’s foreign-set In Bruges or John Michael...
- 3/17/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey) has gone into pre-production on his debut feature 'The Last Days of Mars', which is being co-produced by Ireland's Fantastic Films and boasts a strong cast including Liev Schreiber (Scream), Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky), and Romola Garai (Atonement). Adapted by screenwriter Clive Dawson (The Bunker) from a short story by Sydney J. Bound, the Irish Film Board-funded feature will begin shooting at Shepperton Studios in London next month before filming gets underway on location in Jordan.
- 4/25/2012
- IFTN
Is there a curse of sci-fi movies set on Mars? We don't believe that, but there's plenty of evidence to support that theory, with virtually every film set on our nearest planetary neighbor -- from "Mission To Mars" to "Red Planet" from "Ghosts Of Mars" and "Mars Needs Moms" to "John Carter" -- all disappointing critically, commercially or both. But director Ruairi Robinson ain't afraid of no curse.
The Irish filmmaker made his name with the Oscar-nominated animated short "Fifty Percent Grey," and has since made a couple of acclaimed live-action tinged shorts -"Silent City" with Cillian Murphy and "Blinky" with Max Records (watch both below). But despite the director being briefly attached to the live-action remake of "Akira" in the middle of the last decade, he's been yet to move into the feature film world, but he's about to finally get rolling on his debut.
Robinson's been attached...
The Irish filmmaker made his name with the Oscar-nominated animated short "Fifty Percent Grey," and has since made a couple of acclaimed live-action tinged shorts -"Silent City" with Cillian Murphy and "Blinky" with Max Records (watch both below). But despite the director being briefly attached to the live-action remake of "Akira" in the middle of the last decade, he's been yet to move into the feature film world, but he's about to finally get rolling on his debut.
Robinson's been attached...
- 4/13/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
When Warner Bros. finally gave the green light to Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way-developed Akira adaptation last October, it was thought that the years the movie had spent in development were finally about to pay off and we would be seeing Katsuhiro Otomo's acclaimed manga ("comic book" in Japanese) series in live action on the big screen in the very near future. The project got so far as casting, with Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy) landing the lead role of Shotaro Kaneda and offers going out to Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga), Ken Watanabe and Helena Bonham Carter for key roles, before Warners shut it down over budget, script and casting concerns in early January.
The project may be dead or, like the child with god-like powers for which the movie is named, it may only be in stasis, but we can at least get a glimpse of what...
The project may be dead or, like the child with god-like powers for which the movie is named, it may only be in stasis, but we can at least get a glimpse of what...
- 3/23/2012
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
At this week’s American Film Market, Focus Features introduced plans to make The Last Days of Mars, a futuristic space thriller set on the surface of Mars to be directed by Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson in early 2012.
Robinson was nominated for an Oscar for his short film Fifty Percent Grey and was briefly considered for Warner Bros’ live-action Akira remake, in one of many iterations.
The script, written by Clive Dawson, centers on an eight-man crew wrapping up the first manned mission to Mars in 2036. It’s day 179, the final day before the spaceship Aurora arrives to relieve them, when their paleontologist makes a monumental discovery at Site 9. Microscopic signs of life. Then he promptly falls in the pit, dies, and is reanimated as the walking, chasing, attacking undead. The crew dwindles in the descending hours as they become infected themselves.
The plot is sort of John Carpenter’s...
Robinson was nominated for an Oscar for his short film Fifty Percent Grey and was briefly considered for Warner Bros’ live-action Akira remake, in one of many iterations.
The script, written by Clive Dawson, centers on an eight-man crew wrapping up the first manned mission to Mars in 2036. It’s day 179, the final day before the spaceship Aurora arrives to relieve them, when their paleontologist makes a monumental discovery at Site 9. Microscopic signs of life. Then he promptly falls in the pit, dies, and is reanimated as the walking, chasing, attacking undead. The crew dwindles in the descending hours as they become infected themselves.
The plot is sort of John Carpenter’s...
- 11/4/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey, Blinky) is set to direct his first feature film, the highly anticipated thriller The Last Days On Mars based on a script by acclaimed screenwriter Clive Dawson, with design talents including the extraordinary team at Weta (District 9, X-Men First Class and Avatar) behind the special effects. Qwerty Films.Michael Kuhn (The Duchess, Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys) will produce the film, with Focus Features International handling international sales and distribution. Ffi will commence sales at the American Film Market in November.
The Last Days On Mars is currently in pre-production and is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK.
As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew is on the verge of a major breakthrough – collected rock specimens reveal microscopic evidence of life.
The Last Days On Mars is currently in pre-production and is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK.
As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew is on the verge of a major breakthrough – collected rock specimens reveal microscopic evidence of life.
- 11/3/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Oscar nominated Irish director Ruairi Robinson (Blinky, Fifty Percent Grey) is set to direct his first feature film, thriller 'The Last Days on Mars', which is penned by screenwriter Clive Dawson. Qwerty Films' Michael Kuhn (The Duchess, Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys) will produce 'The Last Days on Mars' with Focus Features International handling international sales and distribution. Focus will commence sales at the American Film Market in November.
- 11/2/2011
- IFTN
The Last Days on Mars to be directed by Ruairi Robinson. Clive Dawson scripted The Last Days on Mars will have Ruairi Robinson in the director’s chair if sales go well at the American Film Market. The Last Days on Mars is about a predatory lifeform on Mars discovered by a research team hours before the team is set to return to Earth.
The official press release on The Last Days on Mars:
London (November 1, 2011) – Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey, Blinky) is set to direct his first feature film, the highly anticipated thriller The Last Days On Mars based on a script by acclaimed screenwriter Clive Dawson, with design talents including the extraordinary team at Weta (District 9, X-Men First Class and Avatar) behind the special effects. Qwerty Films’ Michael Kuhn (The Duchess, Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys) will produce the film,...
The official press release on The Last Days on Mars:
London (November 1, 2011) – Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey, Blinky) is set to direct his first feature film, the highly anticipated thriller The Last Days On Mars based on a script by acclaimed screenwriter Clive Dawson, with design talents including the extraordinary team at Weta (District 9, X-Men First Class and Avatar) behind the special effects. Qwerty Films’ Michael Kuhn (The Duchess, Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys) will produce the film,...
- 11/2/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Short film and commercial director Ruairi Robinson has been attached to a few studio projects over the past year or two, notably one incarnation of Warner Bros. live-action Akira remake. His last big project was the 'killer robot' short Blinky, which you can see here [1]. Now he's got a new project brewing that will feature effects from Weta. If sales work out for The Last Days on Mars at the American Film Market, the film will shoot next year based on a script by Clive Dawson. The film follows the discovery of a predatory life form on Mars by a research team that is only hours away from leaving the planet to return to Earth. A press release with a few more details is after the break. London (November 1, 2011) – Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey, Blinky) is set to direct his first feature film, the highly anticipated thriller...
- 11/1/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey, Blinky) is about to make the jump to feature film directing. Comingsoon reports that he is set to direct the thriller The Last Days On Mars based on a script by Clive Dawson. The news gets even better because the Weta team behind District 9, X-Men: First Class and Avatar are doing the special effects on the project.
The film is being produced by Qwerty Films' Michael Kuhn (The Duchess,Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys). Focus Features International will handle international sales and distribution, with sales kicking off at the American Film Market. Pre-production has already begun, and production is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK. The film is described as follows:
As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew...
The film is being produced by Qwerty Films' Michael Kuhn (The Duchess,Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys). Focus Features International will handle international sales and distribution, with sales kicking off at the American Film Market. Pre-production has already begun, and production is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK. The film is described as follows:
As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew...
- 11/1/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
We featured the short film Blinky a while back, but if you go to the page now, the video is private. Why? Because director Ruairi Robinson is blowing up in a major way, and they’ll probably want to sell the cow instead of giving away the sweet sci-fi milk for free on the internet from now on. If you saw the short before it was walled up, then you know his success is a great, great thing. He’s got immense talent (and an Academy Award nomination from his 2001 short Fifty Percent Grey), so it was a no-brainer when he got picked up for Lionsgate’s aliens-crashing-in-Russia flick The Fallen, but that probably won’t be his feature debut. According to Deadline Tharsis Bulge, Qwerty Films is ready to start production in early 2012 for The Last Days on Mars, a story about a routine hunt for life on Mars that runs off the rails when an...
- 11/1/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Academy Award nominated director Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey) is set to direct his very first feature film, The Last Days On Mars. Based on a script by screenwriter Clive Dawson (The Bunker), it's a thriller about the discovery of the first life on Mars. The synopsis- As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew is on the verge of a major breakthrough – collected rock specimens reveal microscopic evidence of life. Meanwhile, communication is...
- 11/1/2011
- by Alex Riviello
- JoBlo.com
London (November 1, 2011) – Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey, Blinky) is set to direct his first feature film, the highly anticipated thriller The Last Days On Mars based on a script by acclaimed screenwriter Clive Dawson, with design talents including the extraordinary team at Weta (District 9, X-Men First Class and Avatar) behind the special effects. Qwerty Films’ Michael Kuhn (The Duchess, Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys) will produce the film, with Focus Features International handling international sales and distribution. Ffi will commence sales at the American Film Market in November. The Last Days On Mars is currently in pre-production and is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK. As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew is on the verge of a major breakthrough – collected rock specimens reveal microscopic evidence of life.
- 11/1/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson ( Fifty Percent Grey , Blinky ) is set to direct his first feature film, the thriller The Last Days On Mars based on a script by screenwriter Clive Dawson, with design talents including the team at Weta ( District 9 , X-Men: First Class and Avatar ) behind the special effects. Qwerty Films' Michael Kuhn ( The Duchess , Being John Malkovich ) and Andrea Cornwell ( The Scouting Book for Boys ) will produce the film, with Focus Features International handling international sales and distribution. Ffi will commence sales at the American Film Market in November. The Last Days On Mars is currently in pre-production and is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK. The film is described as...
- 11/1/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson ( Fifty Percent Grey , Blinky ) is set to direct his first feature film, the thriller The Last Days On Mars based on a script by screenwriter Clive Dawson, with design talents including the team at Weta ( District 9 , X-Men: First Class and Avatar ) behind the special effects. Qwerty Films' Michael Kuhn ( The Duchess , Being John Malkovich ) and Andrea Cornwell ( The Scouting Book for Boys ) will produce the film, with Focus Features International handling international sales and distribution. Ffi will commence sales at the American Film Market in November. The Last Days On Mars is currently in pre-production and is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK. The film is described as...
- 11/1/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Yes, one of our own as we say. The Oscar nominated (for Fifty Percent Grey) Ruairi Robinson has released his new short film, which is absolutely brilliant! Well worth a watch and starring Max Records from Where The Wild Things Are. The story of a robot that we’d all love to own someday…wouldn’t we? Great to say a fantastic talent getting places. Was a big fan and still am of Ruairi particularly from from my own dabbling's in film and animation. Anyway, hit play!!! Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo.
- 3/21/2011
- by vicbarry@gmail.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
We posted the teaser last year and now the Ruairi Robinson‘s full-length short has arrived online. Max Records (Where The Wild Things Are, The Brothers Bloom) leads Blinky™, a story about a boy and his increasingly creepy robot. We’ve seen the basic plot before, but Robinson’s high production values and crazy ending makes it worth a watch. You may know Robinson from his work on the live-action Akira script, which has yet to be greenlit. The Irish filmmaker also directed the Oscar-nominated Fifty Percent Grey. Check out the full short below via Quiet Earth.
Soon every home will have a robot helper. Don’t worry. It’s perfectly safe.
What do you think of the short and Robinson’s future in feature filmmaking?
E-mail Jordan Raup here. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Tfs updates!
Soon every home will have a robot helper. Don’t worry. It’s perfectly safe.
What do you think of the short and Robinson’s future in feature filmmaking?
E-mail Jordan Raup here. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Tfs updates!
- 3/21/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Soon every home will have a robot helper. Don't worry. It's perfectly safe. Do you guys remember seeing that awesome teaser trailer for that rather creepy looking short called Blinky™? The one with the eerie Android robot look-alike. The short stars Max Records from Where The Wild Things Are and is written & directed by Ruairi Robinson, the Irish filmmaker who almost directed Akira then did a short titled The Silent City. Well thanks to a hot tip by Quiet Earth, the entire Blinky™ short can be viewed below, as it was uploaded on Vimeo. It's as crazy/sick/twisted/brilliant/awesome as you're expecting, so have fun and put the kids away! Watch Ruairi Robinson's full-length short film Blinky™: Blinky™ is the creation of Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson, an up-and-coming director with a few shorts in his filmography, including the Oscar nominated Fifty Percent Grey. Robinson wrote and...
- 3/20/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Irish director Ruairi Robinson has been tapped by Qwerty Films to take the reins on their upcoming sci-fi/horror offering, The Animators - the story of ill-fated space explorers who stumble across something horrible on the Martian surface.
Screen Daily dropped the early word - and it's still very early in that we don't have anything in the way of casting and/or release info to report at this point.
If Robinson's name sounds familiar, it might be because he was, at one point, attached to direct the live action Akira adaptation. "Robinson’s animated short “Fifty Percent Grey” was nominated for an Oscar back in 2002, and since then he was behind the sci-fi short “Silent City,” with Cillian Murphy, and is currently completing another short, “Blinky,” which stars Where the Wild Things Are star Max Records as a boy whose Christmas present turns out to be a little sinister.
Screen Daily dropped the early word - and it's still very early in that we don't have anything in the way of casting and/or release info to report at this point.
If Robinson's name sounds familiar, it might be because he was, at one point, attached to direct the live action Akira adaptation. "Robinson’s animated short “Fifty Percent Grey” was nominated for an Oscar back in 2002, and since then he was behind the sci-fi short “Silent City,” with Cillian Murphy, and is currently completing another short, “Blinky,” which stars Where the Wild Things Are star Max Records as a boy whose Christmas present turns out to be a little sinister.
- 11/21/2010
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
First time feature film director Ruairi Robinson is attached to direct a sci-fi thriller called The Animators which centers on a crew of astronauts who are picked off one by one by a malevolent force.
Robinson has directed a few short films, including a trailer to one of these shorts that we recently posted called Blinky which stars Max Records (Where the Wild Things Are). He was also nominated for an Oscar in 2001 for a short film he made called Fifty Percent Grey.
The guy seems like he's got some solid talent. At one point he was being looked at as a possible director for the live-action Akira film. The Animators is set to shoot in early 2011. The script for the film was written by Clive Dawson. The Playlist has read it and says it is “reminiscent of Carpenter’s The Thing.” They describe the story as follows,
A crew...
Robinson has directed a few short films, including a trailer to one of these shorts that we recently posted called Blinky which stars Max Records (Where the Wild Things Are). He was also nominated for an Oscar in 2001 for a short film he made called Fifty Percent Grey.
The guy seems like he's got some solid talent. At one point he was being looked at as a possible director for the live-action Akira film. The Animators is set to shoot in early 2011. The script for the film was written by Clive Dawson. The Playlist has read it and says it is “reminiscent of Carpenter’s The Thing.” They describe the story as follows,
A crew...
- 11/19/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Off the heels of the astounding short teaser Blinky, Screen Daily reports that Qwerty Films have appointed Irish director Ruairi Robinson to helm their sci-fi horror picture The Animators, which was highly placed on The Brit List. Robinsons animated short Fifty Percent Grey was nominated for an Oscar back in 2002, and since then he was behind the sci-fi short Silent City, with Cillian Murphy, and is currently completing another short, Blinky, which stars Where The Wild Things Are star Max Records as a boy whose Christmas present turns out to be a little sinisteragain (watch it here). Penned by The Bunker's Clive Dawson, the pic will follow a crew of astronauts on the Martian surface, who discover evidence of bacterial life. It wont greatly surprise you that things go downhill from there, and the explorers start to be killed off.
- 11/19/2010
- bloody-disgusting.com
Academy Award nominated director Ruairi Robinson has debuted a new trailer for his new indie film Blinky. A little over a year ago a short concept teaser trailer was released only the film was titled Bad Robot. The new sci-fi horror indie film stars Max Records who played Max in the film Where the Wild Things Are. Apparently the boy wants a Blinky toy for Christmas and it's a guess that things start going wrong and people get killed since Bloody Disgusting is labeling the film a "futuristic Child's Play." Robinson, who at one time was attached to the live action Akira film, was nominated for a best animated short Oscar in 2001 for a sci-fi comedy called Fifty Percent Grey. He also wrote and directed a sci-fi short titled The Silent City. Here is the short concept teaser trailer titled...
- 11/14/2010
- by Kimberly Houston
- The Daily BLAM!
Whoa - another surprisingly great teaser to check out. SlashFilm posted a trailer today, originally found by Bloody-Disgusting, for an indie film called Blinky™. Yes, that ™ is actually a part of the official title, but that's hard to add everywhere, so we're just going to call it Blinky. The film was originally titled Bad Robot, but had to change for obvious reasons, and stars Where the Wild Things Are's young Max Records. It's a "story of a boy and his robot," but as you can tell by watching this fantastic teaser, it looks like his metallic friend might be going corrupt fairly soon. I love how creepily this trailer hints at its descent into madness. Watch an early teaser trailer for Ruairi Robinson's Blinky™: Blinky™ is the creation of Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson, an up-and-coming director with a few shorts in his filmography, including the Oscar nominated Fifty Percent Grey.
- 11/12/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Cameras recently stopped rolling on the set of First Quarter Films' latest horror short, 'The Boogeyman'; Eoin Rogers and Oscar nominee Ruairi Robinson are currently preparing to shoot 'This is a Test' which is to star 'Prince of Persia' actor Toby Kebbell. 'This is a Test', a short film co-penned by award winner Eoin Rogers (Red Flag) and Oscar-nominated director Ruairí Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey) will begin filming in August of this year in Dublin. The short, which is being financed by the Ifb Signatures Award, will star UK actor Toby Kebbell (Prince of Persia, Wilderness) and will be directed by Ruairí Robinson.
- 6/18/2010
- IFTN
Early last year Warner Bros. announced that it was planning to turn anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo's six-volume graphic novel Akira into two live-action feature films. The first flick was said to be on the fast-track for a summer 2009 release. Well, summer ’09 is here and there’s no Akira film on the horizon. Instead, the folks over at Bloody Disgusting are reporting that the project, which was being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Apian Way, is dead. Up and coming director Ruairi Robinson, who earned an Oscar nomination for his short film Fifty Percent Grey, was attached to helm but according to Bd, who confirmed the news with two separate sources, he as now left the project. Each feature was to be based on three of the books in Otomo's series. The story takes place in New Manhattan, a metropolis that was rebuilt after being destroyed 31 years earlier. Gary Whitta...
- 6/15/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
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