He is known mainly for his sciencefiction short films and animations, one of. It stars peter weller, richard crenna, ernie hudson, and daniel stern as the crew of an underwater geological facility stalked and killed by a hideous mutant creature. He is known mainly for his science fiction short films and animations, one of. The epic and gorgeous scifi short film the leviathan, which racked up over 1. Movement on ruairi robinsons proposed scifi film the leviathan happened fast. Hes an academy award nominated irish filmmaker known for his science fiction shorts. The leviathan trailer introduces a stunning scifi world b. Do you remember this great looking short film from last year featuring floating space monsters swimming through clouds on an alien planet. Proof of conceptpitch for the leviathan, created by ruairi robinson. Its creature effects were designed by academy awardwinning special effects artist stan winston. A science fiction project called leviathan by director ruairi robinson. Leviathan wakes is a science fiction novel by james s. New scifi movie 2015 the leviathan new scifi movie 2015 teaser the leviathan teaser. The leviathan trailer, new sciencefiction short film 2015.
Welcome to the movies that made star wars, a series where we explore the films and television properties that inspired or in this case help. Ruairi robinson is an irish film director and writer. A still from robinsons short film leviathan, features a stunning rendering of a whalelike space monster that swims through clouds. In the short version of the leviathan, the story took place in a future where human slaves harvest exotic. Fourth door winner best scifi short film 4k gh4 duration. Neill blomkamp is helping turn viral scifi short the leviathan into a. Aside from the striking visuals and fairly novel world, the short also gives off a bit of an alien vibe. Just 10 days after the proofofconcept trailer was first released, 20th century fox has picked up the scifi thriller the leviathan from director ruairi robinson the last days on mars. It is the first book in the expanse series, followed by calibans war, abaddons gate, cibola burn, nemesis games, babylons ashes, persepolis rising, and tiamats wrath leviathan wakes was nominated for the 2012 hugo award for best novel and the 2012 locus award. It seemingly isnt about a gorgeous, idyllic future in space its about. Purchased first comic book at age five, and never stopped. Leviathan is a 1989 science fiction horror film directed by george p. Robinsons proof of concept trailer for the project is a jawdropping work.
Awesome scifi short leviathan to become fulllength feature. Awesome scifi short leviathan to become fulllength. A science fiction project called leviathan by director ruairi robinson has been green lit to become a motion picture. The epic and gorgeous scifi short film the leviathan, which racked up. Developed with the assistance of bord scannain na heireann the irish film board.
Set in the distant future, mankind has harnessed the power of faster than light travel by harvesting the eggs of the largest species mankind has ever known. A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a south american lizardlike god, whos on a people eating rampage in a chicago museum. In early 2015 he directed the proof of concept short film the leviathan, which. Began reading a lot early on, and discovered ancient mythology, and began reading science fiction around the same time. The director posted a proof of concept trailer just days ago.