Obsolescence
The first M.A.D Mid Movie
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reinventing the superheros movie
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a film conceived on industrial lines
According to the mid-blockbuster movie formula
Obsolescence meets all the essential characteristics of M.A.D model films in order to open the doors to global distribution and significant return opportunities.
QUALITÉ DE PRODUCTION
Budget : 8,5M€
International coproduction
Canada & Belgium
Exterior shooting Canada and studio in Belgium – Special effects made in Canada
This budget enables access to an international cast, as well as high quality production. Measured costs for optimized profitability.
LANGUAGE
Film written and shot in english
INTERNATIONAL CAST
1 to 2 medium-high profiles.
Recognizable but accessible cast
Target - AuDience
Characters from 8 to 60 years old
Audience: mainstream and cinephile
Men/Women, From 13 – 60 years old
GENRE & THEME
Genre: Soft Science-fiction / Adventure / Action
Theme: Fear of difference, acceptance of oneself and others, evolution of the human race
Positioning: mid blockbuster movie with high artistic potential
Reinventing the Superhero Film
In this film, the fantastic comes to highlight humanistic and universal values. Human relationships, self-giving and the hope of collective construction are at the heart of the subject of the film.
In Obsolescence, it is less a question of superheroes saving the world, than the possibility of a new evolution of the human race, rendering the previous one obsolete. Obsolescence is a soft science-fiction film wherein the fantasy highlights humanist and universal values.
Human rapports, self-sacrifice and the hope of collective efforts are some of the subjects dealt with. The movie calls into question the capacity of this society to accept what is new.
The ambiance is inspired by a retro-futurist cross between the 50’s and the 70’s in a post-war atmosphere of a constructivist, geometric city being rebuilt. Obsolescence is driven by narrative, but cracks into action with the best of contemporary cinema: spectacular, gripping, technological, universal.
Obsolescence is the missing link between European and American know-how, combining a strong narrative line and human, social interrogations in an immersive visual and sensory experience.
Références artistiques
- Gattaca (Andrew Niccol)
- Voyage au bout de l’enfer (Michaël Cimino)
- Chronicle (Josh Trank)
- Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
- Gloria (John Cassavetes)
- Matrix (Lana & Lilly Wachovski)
- Outland (Peter Hyams)
Interview, Beto Acosta
VFX Supervisor Assistant - Storyboarder
The artistic team
International high-profile casting for main roles
Dixie Chassay is our casting director based in London, she helps us with our approaches and negotiations.
Maxime Alexandre, our cinematographer, is used to working on big Hollywood productions with special effects (Shazam, Crawl, The Nun…)
Russel Barnes is our production designer, and is very in demand for films with an ambience similar to ours (Only God Forgives, The Darkest Minds…)
John Murphy is our composer, has won numerous awards for his film scores. Very excited by the projet, has accepted to divide his normal fee by 4 to work with us (Ocean 8, Sunshine, 28 weeks later…)