Google sets its sights on Hollywood
Written by googlecrumbs //
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
Topic: misc, Google Corporate
Google has set its sights on the Hollywood entertainment industry with the investment of a film shot in San Francisco.
It has been reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, that Google co-founders have invested in a Stanford friend’s independent film that was shot in San Francisco.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page are executive producers of a low-budget, independent film to be released next year, called Broken Arrows. Which was written and directed by a friend of theirs, Reid Gershbein.
Production cost just under $1 million, and the Google co-founders dropped the coin for it.
A spokeswoman for Google confirmed the role of her company’s founders in the film but declined to discuss any other details.
There is a short trailer, and mor information about the film located on the films website:
http://www.brokenarrowsthemovie.com/
Gershbein’s previous work includes research and development for the animated DreamWorks Animation films Madagascar and Shrek 2. He worked as a technology director in lighting on Toy Story 2 as well as technology director in lighting and as software engineer for A Bug’s Life.
