Italian director Nicola Piovesan had a script from award-winning English screenwriter Matt Willis-Jones’ that he wanted to turn into animated short. But, for his Estonia-based Chaosmonger Studios to make a niche project like the English-language, cyberpunk cartoon “Robot Will Protect You,” public money wasn’t an option.
Enter Kickstarter.
And, on Monday night the director hit his primary goal, a modest €8,000. He has since passed his first of four stretch goals.
The new project is not Piovesan’s first-go at the cyberpunk genre, and not the first time he has financed through crowdfunding. In fact, “Robot Will Protect You” is a prequel to his 2017 live-action short, “Attack of the Cyber Octopuses,” a dark-humored adventure in a dystopian future where a masked figure rages against the machine of a technology-drunk society with an army of his own drone-like, laser-wielding octopuses.
Nor is it the first time that Piovesan has teamed with...
Enter Kickstarter.
And, on Monday night the director hit his primary goal, a modest €8,000. He has since passed his first of four stretch goals.
The new project is not Piovesan’s first-go at the cyberpunk genre, and not the first time he has financed through crowdfunding. In fact, “Robot Will Protect You” is a prequel to his 2017 live-action short, “Attack of the Cyber Octopuses,” a dark-humored adventure in a dystopian future where a masked figure rages against the machine of a technology-drunk society with an army of his own drone-like, laser-wielding octopuses.
Nor is it the first time that Piovesan has teamed with...
- 5/16/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety - Film News
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