
I believe Michael's description of the story is good and concise: "An unusual order of monks enlists some hi-tech help in their centuries-long mission to inscribe all the possible names of God." To add something, two employees of a 3D printer company, Charles and George, are hired to help this order of monks from the Himalaya, but they'll soon learn the dangers of what is happenning there.

Also, aspect ratio will be 2.35:1, in order to give the film a more cinematic look. Production photos and frames will be released in this topic gradually.įrom the technical point of view, this is my first film shot with a DLSR, which I got around September, after years of using a digital camera to do brickfilming. So far, about 75% of the filming is done. Even though Michael and I discussed and some minor changes were made, the final screenplay is quite almost the same as the original that you can find in the above mentioned page, proving Michael's talent in adapting so believably to a modern day setting this short story.Īfter a few months during the which the project was frozen, in January of this year filming started. After reading a few, I got interested in Michael's adaptation of this Clarke short story, which I actually didn't know before, though I've been deeply interested in the past in Sci-fi short stories such as the numerous Asimov shorts (One of which, "Nightfall", was loosely adapted in Ad Tenebras).

Clarke.Īround June 2016, I found myself wandering in the pre-production section, and found HOO's page of unanimated scripts. The Nine Billion Names of God is an upcoming brickfilm, written by Michael Tourette ( HoldingOurOwn), based on a short story by Arthur C.
