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Follow on Google News | Victim of Online Hacking Makes Culprits Steal Bitcoins for Him – Indiegogo Movie Campaign LaunchedWhy report crime if it gets you paid? That is the big question.
He blames all the cat videos on YouTube and Marvel's Avengers Superhero movies for destroying our appetite for a good read. But it's true isn't it, we just don't have time for books anymore. "Hence it's become pretty obvious now that if you have a story to tell, you've gotta tell it in High Definition, not text." He said. With this in mind, Amos set about creating a storyline for the 1st movie that would launch his career. "I wanted to make an awesome superhero movie" he explained, "but when I drafted the budget I dropped that idea in like 2 seconds. Would have needed at least $100 million just for the costumes alone. So I came up with something even better instead; Extortion." Extortion is about two young computer hackers who make a living off credit card fraud. But one day one of their victims manages to track them down and shows up at their doorstep, with a gun in his waist. They plead with him to give them a few days to pay back the money but he grants them only an hour to do so. Not only that, he wants 10 times what they stole and he wants it in bitcoins. They have no choice but to do as he pleases or else face jail time, or even worse, a bullet. So they quickly start infiltrating various online services while at the same time also having to deal with the drama of suspicious wives, pregnant girlfriends who are not sure who the father is, nosy neighbours calling in police, an angry brother ready to beat up whoever impregnated his sister, and many other complications, all within that one hour. Mind you, this story was conjured up way before the whole Bitfinex saga. Amos advised he would serve as the Writer, Director, & Producer for the film, and that money raised from the Indiegogo Campaign (https://igg.me/ "These studios don't buy junk, believe me. I'm going to make something beautiful. Hollywood can get away with mediocrity, but first-timers like me cannot. Yes, life is not fair." To see the campaign (https://igg.me/ End
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