Greg Connors’ low-budget sci-fi film The Dark Lurking will debut in Sydney this weekend but it has already been a victim of piracy, even though so far it has only been screened at festivals.
“It’s a kick in the guts; a lot of people are downloading it. A friend in Shanghai went to a video store there, and they had two shelves of our film on DVD, stacked between Transformers 2 and Transporter 3,” producer Bret Connors told Encore.
“A lot of the people that have seen the movie are from territories where there have been no sales, so we’re losing potential sales,” he added.
Piracy is indeed a bigger problem for an independent film that has struggled for years to become a reality.
The Dark Lurking is set in 2017, and something has gone wrong at an underground research facility, where a dangerous horde of creatures is on the loose.
“It’s a kick in the guts; a lot of people are downloading it. A friend in Shanghai went to a video store there, and they had two shelves of our film on DVD, stacked between Transformers 2 and Transporter 3,” producer Bret Connors told Encore.
“A lot of the people that have seen the movie are from territories where there have been no sales, so we’re losing potential sales,” he added.
Piracy is indeed a bigger problem for an independent film that has struggled for years to become a reality.
The Dark Lurking is set in 2017, and something has gone wrong at an underground research facility, where a dangerous horde of creatures is on the loose.
- 6/16/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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