Luca Violante

Director • Screenwriter • Daydreamer extraordinaire — PAGE Winner • Nicholl Top 10% • Big Break QF - Shore Scripts TOP 5 | “UPDATE” Sci-Fi short coming 2025.

[Luca Violante @WrittenByLuke]

Absolutely thrilled to share that “Ties That Bind” has won the Silver Prize in the Sci-Fi Category at the 2023 @PAGEawards! 🚀

A heartfelt thank you to the jury, to everyone who believed in this interstellar journey, and congratulations to all fellow writers honored today! 🎊🎉

[Luca Violante @WrittenByLuke]

@JaceSerrano Thanks Jace ♥️

[Luca Violante @WrittenByLuke]

After months of silence, it’s time to start sharing.
Our short film UPDATE is being selected by several international festivals, and I can finally reveal the official poster.

More news soon on the upcoming screenings.

#UPDATEfilm #SciFi #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #Filmmaking

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The escape sequence in Apocalypto (2006) is still breathtaking. To capture authentic performances, Mel Gibson scoured America for non-professional actors, immersing the film in raw realism.

[Luca Violante @WrittenByLuke]

@SuzanneGriffin1 @PAGEawards I am! Shot a Sci-Fi short last year, now I’m doing festival runs ☺️

[The Academy @TheAcademy]

Bowling, boules… let’s just agree that rolling balls is universally entertaining.

Jesse Eisenberg, nominated for Best Original Screenplay (A REAL PAIN), joins Oscars Ambassador Amelia Dimoldenberg for a painless Pre-Oscars Brunch.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The Polyphemus Cyclops scenes in Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY’ will reportedly be filmed at Nestor’s Cave in Greece with a 6x6m mechanical anthropomorphic puppet built inside the cave.

(via: @NolanAnalyst)

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Seth Rogen says “the complaint that comedy’s harder than it used to be is not a valid complaint. Maybe it was too easy. Why shouldn’t it be hard?”

"I’m constantly meeting teens who love ‘Superbad’ and none of them are like: How f*cking dare you said that?”

(Source: https://t.co/Ly5zeh8UW9)

[Luca Violante @WrittenByLuke]

@JaceSerrano

[juju 💰 @ayeejuju]

it’s been 2 decades and i have yet to see a smoother transition

[Luca Violante @WrittenByLuke]

@JaceSerrano @cgusmann @SeanAzze @stevemoth @RexBressler @KarenLukesh @MTaylor_Writer @realtimbrennan @ScottHamilton__ @DannySalemme @cadeholbrook @LBPeck @johnwferr_ @jonathanyoung97 @cmagdaleno @JonathanFlicker @JasonGruich @memetwalker @NateGolon @gomattedwards My man ♥️ Thank you for being a joyful part of 2024! To 2025 🍻

[Luca Violante @WrittenByLuke]

@loganwrotethis If you look at it for too long…

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

STARSHIP TROOPERS was released 27 years ago this week. Among the most popular films of director Paul Verhoeven, and a classic sci fi/action satire, the making of story is as outrageous as the film. Would you like to know more…?

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[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

A live-action ‘MASS EFFECT’ series is in the works at Amazon.

Daniel Casey will write & exec produce the series.

(Source: https://t.co/eB2gtO5KpH)

[Kaiju No. 14 @14_kaiju]

Takashi Yamazaki says that Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) is his favorite kaiju film.

“It was a huge culture shock for me when I saw it for the first time. Wow, it’s so good. I don’t know if that falls into the traditional Kaiju genre, but I think it does.”

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

James Cameron’s The Terminator was released 40 years ago today.

[Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @Kiraofthewind1]

Italics are important for subtlety and I will fight anyone who says otherwise

[Lucy 🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @filmlovinglucy]

A Veteran Dolly Grip who went to our Film School and worked multiple times with Janusz Kamiński gave a talk in our class on Friday and broke down how this oner from The Lost World was achieved (completely practically). Dear lord, Spielberg and Kamiński are the best to ever do it

[Poster Escape @PosterEscape]

Fantastic poster for Godzilla: King of the Monsters by @WoodheadArt

#Godzilla