Indie Sci-Fi has produced some killer stuff over the past few years, just take a look at films like the Neill Blomkamp directed District 9 or the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Ricardo de Montreuil‘s short film, The Raven which was recently picked up by Universal Pictures and will be produced by, and star Mark Wahlberg.
Lets hope that first-time writer/director Jeremy Morris-Burke follows in their footsteps with his inaugural foray into sci-fi entitled, JIM. Check out the trailer, official synopsis, poster and premiere details below. If you’re lucky enough to be in New York or Los Angeles, I encourage you to attend one of the premieres… though I probably won’t have to do much encouraging after you see the trailer for yourself.
Trailer: JIM
Synopsis:
Being steadily crushed under the weight of debt, unemployment, and increasing isolation, Jim reaches a breaking point. Over a game of solitary Russian roulette he contemplates an unspeakable act of violence as a way of leaving his mark. He is stopped short by a vision of his deceased wife who convinces him that he should instead focus his remaining resources into an act of creation. Armed with his wife’s frozen eggs and a new resolve, Jim secures the services of a large biotech firm to help him create an heir who will be engineered to overcome the obstacles of common men. Meanwhile in the distant future Niskaa, the leader of a group of genetically modified beings, controls a race of worker clones in a super-industrialized, post-human Earth. As he tries to restore his decrepit empire he comes face to face with a young clone that shows an unprecedented capacity for reason and empathy. Somehow connected to Jim via dreams, the clone manifests secrets of nature that Niskaa has not accounted for…
World Premiere in New York! – Oct. 8th, 2010
Jim will be opening on October 8 and playing through the 14th at the Quad Cinema in New York. Special events planned for opening weekend include consultations with a Lorigen representative who can mash up your DNA with a friend’s, and Q&As with the filmmakers.
QUAD CINEMA SHOWTIMES:
Fri. October 8 – Thurs. Oct 14
1pm, 3:05pm, 5:15pm, 7:30pm, 9:55pm.
Q&As with Cast and Crew on Fri, Sat, and Sun after the 7:30pm show.
LA Premiere – Oct. 15th, 2010
Jim will be opening on October 15th and playing through the 21st at the Sunset 5 in LA! Special events planned for opening weekend include consultations with a Lorigen representative who can mash up your DNA with a friend’s.
Check out the film’s official site at jimthefilm.com for more information
