Bionic Buzz® got to interview writer, director and producer Jeffrey Morris about where his passion for film making came from and his new project: Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit. Production company FutureDude Entertainment helmed by writer, director and producer Jeffrey Morris, will be showcasing Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit and Oceanus: Act One on Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label, DUST as part of their development deal. www.futuredude.com
“FutureDude Entertainment is tremendously honored to premiere our groundbreaking shorts on DUST. These films are but a sneak peek into the varied and unique neo-classic universes we’ve been carefully crafting for fans of intelligent and thought-provoking sci-fi entertainment.” said Morris.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase the unique stories of Parallel Man and Oceanus. Exciting and fast-paced, both films immediately draw the viewer into their fascinating stories. Our DUST audience will no doubt be captivated by the sight of these amazing new worlds brought to life in incredible detail” said Asia Hayes, manager of programming at DUST.
Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit is the story of Nick Morgan—a super soldier chased through the multiverse by commandos from a totalitarian regime. To escape, he jumps between parallel Earths including a polluted industrial hellscape; a planet where dinosaurs evolved into humanoids; and a fungal world populated by giant mushrooms.
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.
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 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 content types.
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 a 1000 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 Johnson’s 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.
Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit & Oceanus: Act One were produced by Jeffrey Morris and Anne Marie Gillen.
Interview by Steve Sievers of Bionic Buzz.