Psycho-Pass is set in the near future and a future when it is possible to measure a person’s state of mind and personality. All this can happen instantaneously, is recorded and measured – hence the term “psychopass”. The plot follows Shinya Kogami, a police officer or enforcement officer, who fights crime in this world. The […]
Tears of Steel
This is a test movie – but well worth a watch. At 12 minutes long it manges to tell a complete story. The goal of the project is to “test a complete open and free pipeline for visual effects in film”. It was created with the free and open source Blender software. There have been […]
The faces of famous robots
This charming poster was created by the designer Daniel Nyari Nyari was born in Roania, grew up in Austria and now lives in New York. In addition to his art talent he clearly has good taste in sci-fi too.
If this funding project fails – we’ll keep your money
I’m most familiar with Kickstarter even though it’s yet to launch in the UK (the autumn, I’m told – seems like they’re running tight on time) but the premise is very clear; if the project fails then supporters don’t spend their money. Isn’t IndieGoGo the same? No? Step forward the controversial James Desborough and the […]
The full length Doctor Who trailer for the new 2012 series
It’s well worth a watch. There’s always the fine line between spoilers and teasers and I think they have it right in this one. We know people get beat up – but that happens often. We know which baddies the Doctor and companions will be up against – but there are a lot of familiar faces.
The depressingly impressive Ark animation
Ark was directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys and is notable for, in addition to the storyline, unconventional technique used in filming. It used a Spider-man, a Nikon D70 camera, a MILO Motion Control system and a set. Computer animation then blended all that together. There are more details and pictures on the art community Behance but […]
Stunning video trailer for Cold & Dark
Geek Native has been keeping a close eye on Cold & Dark, a new RPG from Wicked World Games and one of the first to be backed by Chronicle City. Cold & Dark promises a grim and gritty sci-fi RPG. Think Mass Effect. It also promises great art and visuals. This video is an example of the Wicked World talent.
Katakyoku no Chronos Gear trailer
The anime is set in the near future, after mankind has mastered space elevator technology and has started to colonise planets. Guess what? Humanity find themselves in a war with the first extraterrestrial life they encounter – a rather mysterious enemy called Obliquus.
JJ Abrams and Edgar Wright will not be involved with Collider
Collider is a transmedia project from BeActive and we’ve interviewed creator Nuno Bernardo here on Geek Native. There is a Collider movie on the way. There’s also a Collider graphic novel, written by Mike Garley who was interviewed here and a multi-part web series which you can see in full below. On Monday, Deadline reported […]
Blake’s 7 reboot on the way
Who saw this coming? Deadline have an exclusive that suggests a Blake’s 7 reboot is coming. It’s said that Martin Campbell (director, Casino Royal) will team up with writer Joe Pokaski (Heroes, CSI) and producer Marc Rosen with funding from Motion Picture Capital for the series. Blake’s 7 is old – early 80s old. If […]
