Beta Test (film)
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| Directed by | Nicholas Gyeney |
| Produced by | Nicholas Gyeney André Kirkman Edi Zanidache[1] |
| Written by | Nicholas Gyeney André Kirkman[1] |
| Starring | Larenz Tate Manu Bennett Linden Ashby Yuji Okumoto |
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Mirror Images LTD
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88 Minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Less than $2 million[2] |
Beta Test is a 2017 science fiction, action, thriller film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Nicholas Gyeney. Gyeney describes the film as a cross between Die Hard, Gamer, and The Firm.[3] The film stars Larenz Tate, Manu Bennett, Linden Ashby, and Yuji Okumoto.
The film deals with corporate conspiracies, and greed, and the power of video games in the 21st century.[1]
Once released, Beta Test will hold the title for longest single shot choreographed fight sequence ever which lasts eight minutes long.[4] The film will be released in 2017.
Contents
Plot
Beta Test revolves around a Seattle-based video game tester, Max (Tate), who is tasked with reviewing the latest sensation from global video game juggernaut, Sentinel. As he begins his procedural dissection of the game, he begins to realize this new game is not like any other. As new missions are completed, events in the real world begin to mirror them. Soon, a deep-rooted conspiracy is uncovered from within the walls of Sentinel, which leads us to discover that the game’s protagonist, Orson Creed (Bennett), is a real man, in the real world. If Creed can join forces with the man controlling him, together they may have a chance at unraveling this conspiracy before the tasks in the game escalate and overwhelm their city.[5]
Cast
- Larenz Tate as Max
- Manu Bennett as Orson Creed
- Linden Ashby as Kincaid
- Yuji Okumoto as The Surgeon
- Kevon Stover as Zane
- Brandy Kopp as Tech Support
- Sara Coates as Abbie
- Edward Michael Scott as The Professional
- Edi Zanidache as The Runt
- Bill Sorice as Interviewer
- Stefan Hajek as Slackjaw
- Adrien Gamache as Caleb Angelo
- Mark Riccardi as The 2nd Professional
- Angela DiMarco as Lillian Brandt
- Angela Okumoto as Reporter
Production
Development
Gyeney starting developing Beta Test in the summer of 2014.[3]
Gyeney provided information on the film stating "this film has 127 scenes and with [my] Type-A personality, I have a very specific vision."[2]
Casting
There were no auditions or screen tests for the film as Gyeney says "I'm not Steven Spielberg." Scripts were sent out to actors whose Gyeney were familiar with and those who liked them were cast.[2]
Larenz Tate was cast as the protagonist, Max, Manu Bennett as the hero video game character, Orson Creed, and Linden Ashby as Kincaid, the villain of the film.[6]
Filming
Principal photography was conducted throughout the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington, more specifically at a house in Lake Forest Park, inside Seattle City Hall, and on top of the Dexter Horton building.[6] It took place over 21 days[2] starting November 7. 2014[3] and finishing on November 26, 2014.[7]
Seattle was chosen as the place to shoot the film for two reasons, one being it is Gyeney's hometown and, two, Gyeney believed "shooting such a movie in the Northwest will diversify the local film community, which is mostly dominated by indie dramas. It could lead to an entire wave of action-oriented material being shot here, which would bring tons of work to local stunt teams and stuff that is totally nonexistent right now."[6]
The film will culminate in an eight-minute choreographed fight sequence at Seattle City Hall — all in one camera shot with no cutting. Of it, Gyeney stated it will be “the longest long-take fight sequence currently on record is three-and-a-half minutes, and it's held by the Korean movie ‘Oldboy.' Our goal is to destroy that record.”[4][6]
Animation
Video game footage was needed for the film after principal photography was finished. It began in December 2014 starting with the character, Creed.[8]
Release
The film is schelude to the premiered on early 2017. In Theatres.
Marketing
On January 5, 2015, on and off set stills of the film were released via the film's Facebook page.[9] On January 22, 2015, the first official poster was released.[10]
References
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