First Feature Film by New York Local Filmmaker to be Released in 2010.
Queens, New York - December 28, 2009 Local filmmaker Mike Cervello and his company Modern Day Myth Productions are releasing their first feature film, the science fiction drama, "I, Creator" early in 2010. The movie was shot in Southold, Long Island in December, 2008 and at Forrest Park in Queens in March, 2009, and stars several local actors.
As with any independent production, creativity makes up for small budget. In Southold, a cottage in White Blossom Homes doubled as both a military facility and a scientist's home. Cervello and Director of Photography Rich Drezen (from Long Island) went in front of the camera to play soldiers. Rich stepped in when an actor pulled a no-show for a critical scene, leaving Mike to work as a one man crew, running camera, sound and lighting.
In the film, Dr. Robert Bruno (Mark Fernandes) is commissioned to reverse engineer cyborg Gail Storm (Galina Friant), taken from her home planet Delta Four in the Alpha Centauri star system. Bruno is to make an army of super soldiers to kill terrorists. Before he does that, Bruno secretly builds a daughter, Angela (Christina Orloff) a prototype super soldier - with firmware never to kill humans or allow other machines to kill. Brunos defiance is discovered and the family battles the Military who are ready to unleash new cyborg killers onto the battlefield.
Harlan J. Strauss plays Lt. General Steve Dalby and Darren Assante plays an ex-Delta Force captain. Cervello's story takes place in 2062 to commemorate the centennial of Artificial Intelligence research, which began in the 1960s.
I wanted to make a science fiction movie that is basically Frankenstein for the 21st Century, with a twist, says Writer/Director Mike Cervello. I, CREATOR is a micro-budget production, financed by Cervello, who is releasing the film direct to DVD. I emptied out my 401K during the 2008 stock market crash in order to make a low budget movie that has a story of social value - the self-destructive nature of humans - because it's something I feel very strongly about, says Cervello.
