Moon Nazis In Negotiations With Chinese Pirates

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Moon Nazis In Negotiations With Chinese Pirates

Instead of suing the game company that made an unlicensed game about the film, the creators of Iron Sky are in negotiations with the company to make a legit iPad game.

September 28th 2011 – Helsinki/Finland — A few weeks ago the creators of the Finnish-German-Australian dark sci-fi comedy Iron Sky got a nasty surprise when they learned that a Chinese gaming company called Ziiso was making an unlicensed iPad game about the film. The filmmakers made a formal complaint to Apple, who pulled the game from the store in two days.

The people at Ziiso apologized to the Iron Sky team in an interview by the largest newspaper in Finland, Helsingin Sanomat. The filmmakers responded with a blog post, where they invited the company to the negotiation table.

“The honest and heartfelt apology by Ziiso and their willingness to correct their error convinced me that we could co-operate with them on the game project”, said the director of Iron Sky, Timo Vuorensola. “We are currently negotiating with Ziiso about revamping the game and publishing it as part of the official Iron Sky merchandise line-up.”

“They say that an attack is the best form of defense, but instead of a costly legal battle we decided to try and strike a deal. If this succeeds, everybody wins,” said the producer of Iron Sky, Tero Kaukomaa. “Iron Sky is not just a film, but a whole family of products. We have a comic coming out in the very near future, and later we will publish a board game and a videogame of our own. We are always looking for interesting new prospects and partners for expanding the Iron Sky universe.”

PRESS CONTACT

Janos Honkonen, publicist
janos@blindspot.fi
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Tero Kaukomaa, producer
tero@blindspot.fi
+41792537638

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IRON SKY IN SOCIAL MEDIA

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BEHIND THE IRON SKY

Iron Sky is a dark science fiction comedy that takes place in the year 2018, when the Nazis, who fled the Earth to the dark side of the Moon in 1945, return to claim the Earth. The film is Finnish-German-Australian co-production with a budget of 7.5 million euros. It’s directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Tero Kaukomaa (Blind Spot Pictures), Samuli Torssonen (visual effects producer, Energia), Oliver Damian (27 Films), Cathy Overett & Mark Overett (New Holland Pictures) with San Fu Maltha as the executive producer. The cast includes Julia Dietze (1½ Ritter), Götz Otto (Schindler’s List, Tomorrow Never Dies, Downfall), Christopher Kirby (The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions, Daybreakers, Space: Above and Beyond), Udo Kier (Dogville, Dancer in the Dark), Peta Sergeant (Satisfaction), Stephanie Paul (Separation City, Film School Confidential), and Tilo Prückner (The Neverending Story, Die Fälscher). The screenplay is written by the acclaimed sci-fi writer Johanna Sinisalo (Nebula Award nominee 2009, Finlandia 2000) and Michael Kalesniko (Private Parts). The film will be completed in December 2011 and released in April 4th 2012, and the world sales is handled by Stealth Media Group.

What makes Iron Sky special is the wide ranging collaboration with fans and community: the movie project fans join in creating ideas and content for the movie in a collaborative movie making platform called Wreckamovie, give the film publicity by sharing information online, even fund the movie by designing and buying merchandize and other means. One million euros of the budget comes from fan funding.

Information, photos and videos: http://www.ironsky.net/, http://www.ironsky.net/press

Vuorensola and Torssonen’s first film was Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning – a fan-made sci-fi parody, which was published both as a free download and a commercial DVD. The film has reached over eight million viewers all around the world and gathered a strong international fan base.

Information and photos: http://www.starwreck.com/

The Star Wreck project gave birth to a collaborative filmmaking platform called Wreckamovie, which offers film creators a direct connection with their audience, and offers the fans a never-before-seen chance to interact with movie projects.

Information: http://www.wreckamovie.com/