This two-and-a-half-minute trailer has taken on a viral life of its own, breathing life into the android character David, portrayed by actor Michael Fassbender, and further sparking curiosity about the film he’s in, Prometheus, directed by Ridley Scott.
Fassbender gives a deadpan performance of David, an android butler/valet/maintenance man aboard the ship Prometheus, which houses a team of explorers searching for answers as to the origin of humanity.
The trailer is one in a series of character studies creating anticipation among sci-fi fans and general mainstream audiences for Prometheus, which is slated for release in June. The film marks a return to sci-fi for Scott after a long hiatus. His prior notable work in the genre includes Blade Runner and Alien.
Titled “Happy Birthday David,” this trailer was directed and designed by Johnny Hardstaff via Little Minx stateside and RSA Films in the U.K. The DP was Mark Patten.
Editors were JD Smyth and Ed Cheesman of Final Cut, New York and London.
Script for the trailer was written by Scott, Hardstaff, Damon Lindelof, Michael Ellenberg and Caspar Delaney.
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More