Romulus Director Fede Alvarez Into Hollywood

The elevator description for Fede Alvarez’s 2009 sci-fi quick, Panic Assault!, is as follows: “Large robots invade Montevideo!” Frankly, the longer term director of Evil Lifeless, Don’t Breathe, and Alien: Romulus would have had us at “big robots,” but it surely’s even cooler now that the quick has been jazzed up and re-shared to YouTube.

The quick runs slightly below 5 minutes, however that was lengthy sufficient to deliver the Uruguayan filmmaker to Hollywood’s consideration—and the remaining is historical past. (You possibly can nonetheless watch the unique model here.) Not unhealthy going from making your individual calling-card sci-fi story (Alvarez directed, edited, and did the VFX; he additionally had a hand within the robotic design)—to 11 years later, making a brand new Evil Lifeless film, after which 15 years later, helming a brand new entry within the Alien franchise.

Sharing the brand new model of Don’t Panic! on X, Alvarez wrote, “14 years in the past I made a brief film with $300 and quite a lot of assist from mates and colleagues. It eternally modified my life and opened the Hollywood doorways. Right here is is, remastered and upscaled. Test it out!”

Alien: Romulus bursts out of chests and onto the display screen August 16; watch Don’t Panic! under.

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