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With civilisation on the brink of extinction, there’s only one way to ensure survival and that’s kill or be killed. Take to the skies in a stolen 747 where cabin fever becomes reality, fuel runs low and tempers flare. Everyone is a potential threat, isolation is key but there’s no escape at 30,000 feet…

The Carrier is an expert blend of suspense, horror and drama playing out in a welcome addition to the outbreak genre. With the film due for release next week we have a brief interview with the director Anthony Woodley (Outpost 11), and a cool clip from the film…

What would you say is your worst traveling / aeroplane experience?

I worked on a major motion picture last year and we flew to Austria in a small plane we were using for the shoot. Over the Alps, we flew into a snow storm. Everything outside was just white.

The distributor has taken UK rights to Evolutionary Films’ Sci-Fi feature.

Altitude Film Entertainment has taken UK distribution rights to Sci-Fi action genre film The Carrier from sales agent Evolutionary Films.

The film premiered at London’s Raindance Film Festival (Sept 23 - Oct 4).

The Carrier follows eights survivors of a pandemic on Earth who escape to the skies in a damaged commercial jet.

The film is the second feature from director Anthony Woodley, after 2011’s Outpost 11.

Woodley also worked as an aerial technician on bond films Casino Royale and there recently released Spectre.

The film stars Edmund Kingsley (Hugo), Jack Gordon (Captain America: The First Avenger) and Josie Taylor (Tamara Drewe).

Luke Healy produced the film, and also co-wrote the script with director Woodley, Stefan Mitchell and Helen Kingston.

Who is up for some zombie b-movie fun? A trailer for Anthony Woodley's (Outpost 11) Artificial Horizon has been released recently. The clip shows terror at 40,000 feet. As well, this film is a co-production from Megatopia Films, Premiere Picture, Speis Limited and Spice Factory, with funds for shooting raised through a Kickstarter campaign. The film is complete. Now, film fans can see an infection run rampant, high in the skies. The story involves a world-wide pandemic. Anti-biotics are no longer strong enough to fight bacteria and an infection spreads from person to person. Eight survivors find refuge in a 747, but the plague follows them there. And now, the infected are raging across the plane and into the cockpit. The trailer for the film shows some of the infected. They look mutated and diseased, thanks to the use of make-up effects. As well, Artificial Horizon is full of action. The...

“It was a script I wrote solely for myself. I thought, I’m not going to try to cater for an audience, I’m going to write something mad and see what happens. And everyone seemed to really like it, and they convinced me it was a good idea to make it, so I decided to just go with it” Anthony Woodley, the director of ultra-low-budget British sci-fi flick, Outpost 11 is talking about how the project came about.

It’s the middle of December, and we’ve headed down to a remote airfield in rural Surrey to visit one of the more unusual sets we’ve ever been on. With a budget that wouldn’t even pay for the catering on most movies – including most low-budget movies – Outpost 11 is an exercise in squeezing every last penny out of the production budget. For the last three weeks the crew...

(Screened at the 2013 Raindance Film Festival) “Outpost 11” is a strange one. Marking the feature debut of British writer director Anthony Woodley, the film has been pushed as a horror, and as recalling John Carpenter’s classic “The Thing” and the early works of David Cronenberg. This, to an extent, does it a disservice, as it’s really much more of an eclectic offering, set in an alternative, unspecified World War II era past with Europe locked in combat with the ‘Prussian war machine’. The film follows three soldiers stationed in an isolated listening post deep in the arctic, charged with monitoring enemy transmissions and maintaining a mysterious device called the omega machine. To pass the time, Commander Mason (Luke Healy, “100 Degree Below Zero”) hunts in the wilderness, while stern veteran Graham (Billy Clarke, “Hunger”) torments new recruit Albert (Joshua Mayes-Cooper). Their dull peace is shattered one day when a warning light starts flashing,...

Stars: Billy Clarke, Luke Healy, Joshua Mayes-Cooper, Bernard Hill, Graham Till | Written and Directed by Anthony Woodley

Outpost 11, the first feature film for director Anthony Woodley, is science-fiction, pure and simple, and I went into the feature with little-to-no knowledge of what it was about or what to expect.

The film stars Billy Clarke (Hunger), Luke Healy (The Football Factory), Joshua Mayes-Cooper and, with a small role, Bernard Hill (Lord of the Rings). The cast, though mostly people I wasn’t much aware of prior to seeing this, are all very good and their performances are sturdy. Billy Clarke, who plays Graham, is particularly excellent in his role. Unsympathetic and sometimes just plain contemptible, he is a bizarre character that we discover more about as the film proceeds.

The story is captivating, an alternative past where the World is being run on the power of steam. We follow a...

WikiLeaks founder to judge films at the 21st Raindance Film Festival; 2013 line-up unveiled.Scroll down for full line-up of films

Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.

The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.

It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.

Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...

Tagline: "Air Travel Just Got Safer." A few details are emerging for Megatopia Films' Artificial Horizon. This indie feature recently secured funding to put the film into pre-production, via a Kickstarter campaign. This sci-fi thriller involves a global pandemic, caused by bacteria which is resistant to antibiotics. And, the film will begin shooting in late 2013. Cast and crew are still being secured. To expand, Artificial Horizon focuses on eight survivors. They are flying high in a 747, but what lies below? A plague is running rampant and if the survivors land, they will then be exposed to the virus. A concept poster for the film has been released (above). The graphic suggests that the film will incorporate zombies or zombie like antagonists. Overall, the film brings together several exciting elements and it will be interesting to see what director Anthony Woodley (Outpost 11) has cooked up next. Status: Principle Photography Q4, 2013 Director: Anthony.

Tagline: "Bound by duty; broken by fear." Outpost 11 is a British film that is currently in post-production. The film blends sci-fi with elements of psychology. Three soldiers at a "remote listening post" (Screen) begin to lose their grip on reality as days begin to blend into each other. Isolation does not help the matter and soon, characters are turning on each other. As well, the setting for the film takes place in an alternate world, where steam power fuels the world. Cabin fever is taken to the nth degree in the film's first poster and trailer. Both previews are hosted here. Director/writer: Anthony Woodley. Cast:: Bernard Hill, Luke Healy, Joshua Mayes-Cooper, and Billy Clarke. The second trailer for Outpost 11 is here: *partly an homage to films such as The Thing, How I Ended this Summer and Videodrome. Sources: Outpost 11 at Stealth Media Group  |  |  |  Advertise Here - Contact me.

Stealth Indie is currently wrapping up the sci-fi thriller Outpost 11, which is being introduced to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival this month.

The film stars Bernard Hill, Luke Healy, Joshua Mayes-Cooper, Billy Clarke and is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle.  One day the warning light goes off unexpectedly and their world is plunged into chaos. Albert, Mason and Graham must fight the isolation, madness and Arctic Spiders if they hope to survive.

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Stealth Indie is currently wrapping up the sci-fi thriller Outpost 11, which is being introduced to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival this month.

The film stars Bernard Hill, Luke Healy, Joshua Mayes-Cooper, Billy Clarke and is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle.  One day the warning light goes off unexpectedly and their world is plunged into chaos. Albert, Mason and Graham must fight the isolation, madness and Arctic Spiders if they hope to survive.

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British stage and screen veteran Bernard Hill, who played King Theoden of Rohan in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the ship's captain in Titanic, is to appear in independent sci-fi film Outpost 11.

He plays a character called Cranleigh. Leading the cast are Luke Healy, Joshua Mayes-Cooper and Billy Clarke, with support from Graham Till. Several production stills from the project are included here, along with the trailer.

Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, Outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle.

One day the warning light goes off unexpectedly and their world is plunged into chaos. Albert (Mayes-Cooper), Mason (Healy) and Graham (Clarke) must fight "isolation, madness and arctic spiders" to survive.

The story being set in a steampunk past makes a refreshing change from the usual post-apocalyptic future found in so many recent Hollywood releases.