Russian director Timur Bekmambetov – who directed Ben-Hur, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, or more recently Profile – has announced that his next feature film “V2. Escape From Hell” will be shot in a vertical format. The film is made for smartphone viewers and could start a new filmmaking era. Timur Bekmambetov Timur Bekmambetov is a Russian-Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter. He is mostly known for being the director of movies such as Ben-Hur, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and Profile. Since 2015, he produced numerous “computer screen” films and created a new genre called “Screenlife” movies. These films include “Hack the Bloggers” by Maksim Sveshnikov and “Searching” by Aneesh Chaganty that features John-Cho. “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and “Profile” by Timur Bekmambetov We can say that Timur Bekmambetov is an innovator of his kind, but recently, he announced that his next feature film “V2. Escape From Hell” will be shot in a vertical format. Indeed, it will be the world’s first feature film to be entirely shot in portrait mode. The story is about a Soviet pilot that hijacks an aircraft to lead an escape from a German concentration camp. The production of the $10M film starts next week, and should be released next year. Also, “V2. Escape From Hell” is co-produced by Russian mobile operator MTS. Vertical Format – The New King? “V2. Escape From Hell” is not Bekmambetov’s first attempt at shooting vertical content. The Russian filmmaker already shot and produced an entire Snap Original series called “Dead of Night” for Snapchat. A lot of apps and...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 19 February, 2020