Panic Attack – $300 Video Lands $30 Million Contract

Fede Alvarez, a producer from Uruguay, uploaded a video to Youtube he reportedly made for $300 (I highly doubt this figure), and had Hollywood knocking down his door! His short film “Ataque de Panico!” (Panic Attack) -- about giant robots which attack Montevideo -- landed Alvarez a $30 million film deal with Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures. Raimi is known for producing the Spiderman blockbusters.