# $300 movie makes millions
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**Created:** [December 18, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300-movie-makes-millions/130327 "2009-12-18T16:24:50Z")
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### Author:  [@SaNTi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SaNTi)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300-movie-makes-millions/130327/1 "2009-12-18T16:24:50Z")
> From Yahoo
> **From Uruguay to Hollywood: Watch the Video**
> December 18, 2009
> [](http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/collections/gallery/2191/the-worst-places-to-live#photo0)
> Here’s a fairy tale that could only happen in the movies. Man makes YouTube video. Goes to Hollywood. Gets pots of money and a movie deal. Except this story is true.
> An unknown producer from Uruguay, [Fede Alvarez](http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Fede+Alvarez+&cs=bz&fr=buzz), shelled out about $300 to create a cool video of a robot invasion in Montevideo, the capitol of Uruguay. The four-minute short, “[Ataque de Panico](http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Ataque+de+Panico&cs=bz&fr=buzz)!” (Panic Attack) features ginormous (but slow-moving) weapon-wielding robots that blow stuff up.
> We have to admit, it has pretty amazing production values. The [Playlist](http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-fede-alvarez-new-neill-blomkamp.html) gushed that the director may be the next [Neill Blomkamp](http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809759312), who made the South African-based alien flick “[District 9](http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809961221/info).” With the blog abuzz, the South American short went [viral](http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/fede-alvarezs-panic-attack-apocalypse-on-the-cheap/13302), and has already been viewed on YouTube 1.5 million times.
> Well, apparently nothing gets by Hollywood these days. The lucky duck told the [BBC](http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=BBC&cs=bz&fr=buzz), “I uploaded ‘Ataque de Panico!’ on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of emails from Hollywood studios.” Long story short, a bidding war ensued. The offer he pocketed: A $30 million deal with Sam “Spiderman” Raimi’s [Ghost House Pictures](http://screenrant.com/panic-attack-fede-alvarez-ghost-house-pictures-sam-raimi-pauly-35869/). That’s a nice return on investment.
> The picture will be a [sci-fi thriller](http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/the-greatest-apocalyptic.php) set in Argentina and Uruguay. In case you’re hoping to see the feature-length version of “Panic Attack!” in a movie theater, it won’t be from this deal. The newly minted “it” guy says he will [start from scratch](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8417789.stm).
> Here’s the video that got him Hollywood gold.
[y][http://www.youtube.com/v/7nhyBQg0s3A&hl=en\_US&fs=1&.swf[/y]](http://www.youtube.com/v/7nhyBQg0s3A&hl=en_US&fs=1&.swf%5B/y%5D)
… That’s a hell of a flip. Video is sick though.
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### Author:  [@240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240sx)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300-movie-makes-millions/130327/2 "2009-12-20T08:36:18Z")
holy shit. that was a sick ass short film man. im all about watching these type of things. i like the car racing short films i once seen one with 2 gt500’s racing through the streets. was sweeeeetttttt
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### Author:  [@Polar\_s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Polar_s13)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300-movie-makes-millions/130327/3 "2009-12-20T10:27:14Z")
Not bad…not bad at all… cgi could use a little work, but for the amount spent it gets no better.
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### Author:  [@TorontoGT-R33](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TorontoGT-R33)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300-movie-makes-millions/130327/4 "2009-12-28T16:52:53Z")
WOW!!! That was awesome!!! I wish I could do shit like that…
Anywho I’m off to play some MechWarrior now…
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### Author:  [@nickdestcroix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nickdestcroix)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300-movie-makes-millions/130327/5 "2009-12-28T17:15:11Z")
> [@Fab. Questions ?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fab-questions/25347/18):
>
> WOW!!! That was awesome!!! I wish I could do shit like that…
>
> Anywho I’m off to play some MechWarrior now…
haha MechWarrior Ftw
and yea that video was really well done for 300$ like just the extras alone would cost enough even for a couple seconds of screen time