The Short Grabbing Hollywood's Attention
According to THR:
True Skin, a sci-fi short about robotic augmentation
designed to launch a feature version, was officially unveiled this
morning but it has been generating plenty of buzz beforehand. In fact, when a trailer for the short hit in April, cyberpunk author William Gibson praised it while agencies and producers all inquired to see the short. It wasn't ready then but it is now.
Directed by Stephan Zlotescu, the action is set in
the not-too distant future where everyone is augmenting their bodies.
The story’s hero can't afford to augment in the U.S. so heads to the
black market of Bangkok where he gets a hold of a mysterious chip that
he discovers is not only slowly turning him robotic but is also a hot
commodity wanted by shadowy forces. Jumping off the short, the hero
faces a race against time to elude his pursuers and save what's left of
his humanity.
Zlotescu is a FX guru who’s worked on videos for Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Nikki Minaj.
With his FX background, he was able to make the short of very little,
overseeing the FX work himself. He shot it on location in Bangkok with
his frequent collaborators, Chris Sewall, and a man by the name of H1, who acted as producer and cinematographer, respectively.
The team call themselves N1ON and look at the short
as launching pad to set up a feature film Zlotescu has been hoping to
get off the ground. The hope is to make a modestly-budgeted feature in
the model of Chronicle, the found footage super-power movie directed by Josh Trank that proved to be a surprise hit earlier this year. Zlotescu and N1ON are repped by Scott Glassgold and Raymond Brothers of IAM Entertainment.
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