Following the successful premiere of Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit, FutureDude Entertainment announces the showcase of Oceanus: Act One on Gunpowder & Sky’s subsidiary sci-fi streamer, DUST on April 18, 2022. www.futuredude.com
The film stars Sharif Atkins (Guardians of the Galaxy), Bruce Davison(X-Men), Megan Dodds (For All Mankind) and Malcolm McDowell (Star Trek: Generations.)
Oceanus: Act One takes us to the year 2029 when an amazing breakthrough in whale/human communication is at a hand.
Before the final experiment can be conducted, a marine biologist and her aquatic engineer husband are caught in a catastrophic global disaster that separates them from each other and their spectacular underwater city.
“The team at FutureDude Entertainment is tremendously honored to have Oceanus: Act One showcased on DUST. There are numerous sci-fi films about space, yet, very few located that take place underwater. My film grew out of my love of the sea and a thirst to explore its mysteries.” said writer, director and producer Jeffrey Morris.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase Oceanus: Act One. Exciting and fast-paced, it immediately draws the viewer into its fascinating story. Our DUST audience will no doubt be captivated by the sight of this new worlds brought to life in incredible detail” said Asia Hayes, manager of programming at DUST.
About FutureDude Entertainment
FutureDude Entertainment is a premier source for original and captivating, future-focused adventure stories that span genres, media, and generations. Founded in 2010 by writer, director, and production designer Jeffrey Morris, FutureDude is a production company that blends dazzling creativity with smart storytelling. His goal is to rekindle the human spirit inherent to great science fiction for a mass audience. By uniting story, science and imagination, FutureDude creates epic film and television entertainment for adventurous and inquisitive minds.
About GUNPOWDER & SKY
Launched in 2016 by Van Toffler and Floris Bauer, Gunpowder & Sky is an independent studio known for groundbreaking music, pop culture, and breakthrough docs and doc series. Van Toffler is the former CEO of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group.
About DUST
DUST is the first premium sci-fi entertainment brand and channel that reaches fans across all platforms, giving voice to both emerging and established filmmakers. From timeless classics to cutting edge movies, series, short films and podcasts, DUST acquires, produces and distributes all types of content.
Since its inception, DUST released the critically-acclaimed sci-fi/thriller, Sea Fever which debuted at the Toronto film festival and is now available on Hulu; released three seasons of its hit “DUST” podcast series, starring and executive produced by Emmy Award-nominated Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton, 6 Underground, “Macbeth”) and co-stars Academy Award-nominated Toni Collette (“United States of Tara”, Hereditary, The Sixth Sense), and is the #1 fiction podcast on Apple; the feature film Prospect, starring Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”, “Narcos”, “Game Of Thrones”, Equalizer 2), which also premiered in the U.S. on Hulu and internationally on Netflix; “The Time Agent” a Korean short film which DUST is now developing into a feature film in partnership with John Davis (Predator franchise, iRobot, Waterworld, the upcoming Jungle Cruise), and Black Label Media (La La Land, Sicario) and written by Derek Kolstad (John Wick franchise). DUST has also released Small Soldiers, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, Escape from LA, Paul Feig’s “Other Space”, The Star Trek movies, Galaxy Quest, The Invisible Man, Roswell, Total Recall, A Boy and His Dog, Tokyo!, Saturn 3, “Logan’s Run”, “Psychic Investigators”, Coneheads and nearly 1,000 short films including Bad Peter directed by Zach Strauss and starring Golden Globe-nominee Frankie Shaw (“SMILF”); Zero directed by the Brothers Lynch and starring Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones); George Lucas’ 1967 short film, “Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB”; Robert Zemeckis’ 1972 student short film “The Lift”; Rian Johnsons student short film “Evil Demon Golf Ball From Hell”.
With more than 35M monthly uniques, DUST reaches viewers across multiple platforms including Apple, Amazon / IMDb TV, LG, Redbox, Roku, Samsung, Sinclair, Sling, Vizio, Xfinity and all major podcast platforms.
Oceanus: Act One was produced by Jeffrey Morris and Anne Marie Gillen. Jeffrey Morris is represented by Espada PR & Entertainment.
Cast: Bruce Davison (Left), Megan Dodds (Center) & Sharif Atkins (Right)