Today, the big SFS was contacted by Justin James, producer for the independant SF film smartparts the movie. I'll let Justin tell you about it.

I am contacting you in regards to an independent sci-fi feature film called smartparts, which I am producing along with project partners Mark Benard (Lost Boys Studios) and writer/director Derek Franson.

The film's story is about a small-time grifter named Rodney Ubay, who having just successfully pulled off a dangerous con, rents a storage cubical in a giant warehouse as a temporary hideout before catching a flight to his buyer. Unfortunately for Rodney, he is not the only one hiding out in this giant warehouse. Several fugitive robots from a discontinued and long forgotten 1950's military program, have called this storage facility home for a very long time. And one of them, the really big one, seems to have gone insane.

We are really trying to capture an entertaining mix of action and humor with this film. Odd characters, in outrageous situations, without falling into over-the-top camp. It is a pretty ambitious project, featuring a large amount complex visual effects work. All of the robots are realized through 3D computer animation, interacting with live actors and real world environments. We have a 4 minute promo clip which is downloadable from the film's website here http://www.smartpartsthemovie.com , as well as some design artwork, synopsis, and filmmaker bios...

Sounds interesting at the very least. The robots have a cool retro feel, and I really like the smartparts logo with the vacuum tubes. In any case, this looks like a site to regularly visit to see what's happening. We all know we could use some actual good SF on film...

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Posted by JP Frantz at Saturday June 11, 2005 at 9:03 AM
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