Geek Syndicate
INTERVIEW - Anthony Woodley, Director of Outpost 11
Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle. One day the warning light goes off unexpectedly and their world is plunged into chaos. Albert , Mason, Graham must fight the isolation, madness and arctic spiders to survive. Not long ago we ran a trailer for upcoming the Sci-fi film Outpost 11 which the makers are describing as The Thing plus How I Ended this Summer mixed with Videodrome. After taking some time out from finishing off the film Director Anthony Woodley chatted to Geek Syndicate about the project. GS: Can you sum up Outpost 11 for us Anthony? AW: Outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers posted at the end of the earth. It’s a psychological thriller with a Cronenberg style sting in its tail. Cold weather + Isolation x spiders = Outpost 11 GS: What attracted you to making a film in the Sci-Fi genre? AW: I have always loved the bizarre and the strange. I wanted to make a weird film and after uni I decided to dabble and made Arca.
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I wrote two scripts last year, one I though I could sell (The Disappearance of Flight 86) and the other (Outpost 11) that was just for myself and possibly too different for audiences. We got the funding and I was supposed to direct Flight 86. Due to cold weather and my own doubts about whether Flight 86 was good enough, I decided to make Outpost 11 instead.
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