MOSCOW, July 9 – RIA Novosti. Horror “Remove from friends” producer Timur Bekmambetov and producer Leo Gabriadze, gathered in worldwide box office for nearly 46 million dollars with a budget of $ 1 million, goes to Russia rental on Thursday.
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The film “Remove from friends” Bekmambetov and Gabriadze shot in the United States. Bekmambetov co-producer on the American side made Jason Blum, one of the creators of the cult horror franchise “Paranormal Activity” movies and “Astral” and “Sinister”.
The US release of horror went under the name Unfriended April 17th. At the moment, the picture has collected in world hire of $ 46 million on a production budget of $ 1 million. The film is made in the genre of the innovative screen capture movie (from the English. Screen capture – video recording of what is happening on the computer screen): its action takes place entirely on the computer screen of the main character that communicate with their friends in the Skype and Facebook.
“The language we have invented the format is unique: it allows the author to explore the inner world of the hero through his interaction with virtual reality” – told RIA Novosti earlier Bekmambetov.
In the film six teens communicate in to Skype. A year ago, their classmate committed suicide after bullying on the Internet, which they have arranged. Suddenly the conversation joins someone seventh, whose presence at first annoying adolescents, and then puts them in fear.
The world premiere Unfriended held in Montreal, Canada on genre film festival Fantasia, where the film was awarded a special mention of the jury for the technical and a conceptual solution and the Audience Choice Award “for the most innovative film.” The Russian premiere of “Remove from friends” was held at the non-competition screenings at the festival “Kinotavr” in Sochi.
“After the success of the film Unfriended in worldwide box office, we continued to work on similar projects in the format. In Moscow, we have already made a film” Wizard of OS “- it is all a familiar story Wizard of Oz, but told in a virtual reality. The story of a girl who” lost “their usual desktop, appeared in a strange virtual space and tries to return all that surrounded her in a familiar online life” – said Bekmambetov. Director and producer added that in America make another film based on the play Liked “Cyrano de Bergerac” – Comedic story of how one young man impersonate the web.
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