Carl Rinsch’s THE GIFT Ignites Bidding War for Feature Film Adaptation
by Matt Goldberg Posted:April 8th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
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Carl Rinsch’s The Gift, which we showed you earlier today, is attracting attention from multiple studios who want to adapt it into a feature film. Heat Vision reports that Warner Bros. and Fox are in a bidding war to adapt the property. HV gives Fox the slight edge because Rinsch directed the short as part of RSA, Ridley Scott’s commercial house, and Scott has a longtime association with Fox. I wonder if Fox is having second thoughts about giving the Alien prequel to Scott instead of Rinsch when Scott has fifty other projects he could choose from.
For those that haven’t watched the short, I’ve once again included it after the jump. The best way to describe the film is robot-Jason Bourne meets MacGuffin meets Half-Life 2 in Moscow.

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That is so cool! Can't wait to see the longer version…could be a new district 9! He should do the Alien Prequel. Great to see the latest in shorts and independent cinema..we need that more! We need new voices/talent. I'd advise also seeing “Panic Attack” which is on youtube, it's going to be a movie soon…I also recommend checking out whatisyourrevenge . com …that looks pretty cool too…long live new artists!
That is so cool! Can't wait to see the longer version…could be a new district 9! He should do the Alien Prequel. Great to see the latest in shorts and independent cinema..we need that more! We need new voices/talent. I'd advise also seeing “Panic Attack” which is on youtube, it's going to be a movie soon…I also recommend checking out whatisyourrevenge . com …that looks pretty cool too…long live new artists!