'Host' director Rob Savage explains how he went from a viral tweet to a huge 3-movie deal

When film-maker Rob Savage decided to prank his friends over Zoom, he wasn't expecting it to end with a massive movie deal.

At the time, back in April, the UK was in the midst of its strictest coronavirus lockdown measures. Video calls were essentially the only way of keeping in touch with friends. During one of these group Zoom sessions, Savage announced that he'd been hearing noises — possibly footsteps — coming from his attic. As his friends looked on via their laptop screens, he grabbed a knife from his kitchen drawer and went to investigate. Holding the laptop at arm's length while on a ladder, he panned it slowly around the darkness — only for a monster to suddenly come lurching out of the shadows and send Savage tumbling back down to the landing, while his friends looked on in horror. Read more...

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