Neill Blomkamp's CONVICTION - AN ANTHEM STORY Live-Action Short Has Been Released

Neill Blomkamp's CONVICTION - AN ANTHEM STORY Live-Action Short Has Been Released

Academy Award-nominated director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) has brought the sci-fi world of BioWare's Anthem game to life with an intriguing new short film titled, Conviction. Check it out below!

By MattIsForReal - Feb 14, 2019 07:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Ahead of tomorrow's limited launch for Anthem, BioWare, EA, and Oats Studios have debuted the eagerly awaited live-action short from acclaimed sci-fi director Neill Blomkamp - Conviction. Given the director's experience in the genre, excitement was high heading into today's premiere and Blomkamp definitely delivered.

Conviction is an original story set decades before the beginning of Anthem, introducing us to BioWare's intriguing new world. That said, it does feel like more of a live-action trailer and since I haven't yet played the game, it left me with more questions that I hope will be answered in the actual game. In any case, Blomkamp's short does an incredible job of bringing to life Anthem, showcasing the futuristic tech, and setting up what appears to be an incredible sci-fi story.



From Neill Blomkamp, Oats Studios and BioWare comes a live-action story of survival set in the world of Anthem, decades before the events of the game.


We know, based on what EA previously shared about the short film, that the group of freelancers we see in Javelin exosuits are taking on the villainous Monitor, head of the Dominion faction. And as we previously learned, The Dominion is an aggressive military group led by The Monitor, who believes that he knows how to properly handle the Anthem of Creation. It's all incredible build-up to Anthem's release on February 22 (or February 15 for those eligible for early access).

Now can we please get Fox to finally greenlight Neill Blomkamp's Alien movie?
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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/14/2019, 8:07 AM
This is a movie or short film that I would definitely watch, Blomkamp's visuals here are nothing short of excellent. But yeah, this did feel like a trailer and I was hoping for a short closer in length to say Rakka.
jmorin
jmorin - 2/14/2019, 8:13 AM
I'm still confused. Is this the "short" or this a trailer for the short?
Dartanian300
Dartanian300 - 2/14/2019, 8:16 AM
I'd definitely watch this!
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 2/14/2019, 8:18 AM
That was a jumbled mess. I didn't even know this was an ad for a video game until the end.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/14/2019, 8:20 AM
@blackandyellow - the rest of us knew what it was
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 2/14/2019, 9:04 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - I didn't
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/14/2019, 9:06 AM
@Poochie - haha, okay 98% of us lol!
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 2/14/2019, 9:24 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Yeah, I know what anthem is, but didn't connect these two because I didn't watch the video to the end LOL
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/14/2019, 9:30 AM
@Poochie - haha
Nebula
Nebula - 2/14/2019, 8:25 AM
I haven't been following Anthem in the slightest. It just seems like another Destiny (like some hollow, greedy studio gig). That being said though, I'd love for it to be great - because, appearance and concept-wise, it looks fantastic.
Dart
Dart - 2/14/2019, 8:40 AM
@Nebula - it's got it's own vibe and gameplay wise its somewhat similar but fundamentally its night and day. Check out some of the extended gameplay videos. It just looks so beautiful and fun. It's got some bugs still but most MMO's do at launch. But it looks so bad ass.
Nebula
Nebula - 2/14/2019, 8:45 AM
@Dart - I've pretty much only seen the weird fake-gamer demo when it was first shown off during E3. The flying looks awesome but I've heard the combat isn't great, all enemies being bullet-spongy or something.

Imma just wait until the game and its reviews are out. Hopefully it's good, but if not then at least I didn't get my hopes up much.
Nebula
Nebula - 2/14/2019, 9:21 AM
@Soos - Yeah, it's just one of those basic things like The Division. If you know gaming, then you know not to get your hopes up for something like this.
Dart
Dart - 2/14/2019, 8:37 AM
Please DISNEY gods I will sell my soul... PLEASE give Neill Blomkamp a Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic trilogy!!!
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/14/2019, 8:40 AM
@Dart - yo that would be sick!!
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/14/2019, 8:45 AM
@Dart - Knights of the Old Republic and Starkiller. That's what I want. Disney...

Dart
Dart - 2/14/2019, 8:50 AM





Dart
Dart - 2/14/2019, 8:54 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - soooooooo many amazing fleshed out brilliant characters and character arcs in the Old Republic games. People always say how Star Wars is one dimensional and played out and formulaic and boring have absolutely NO IDEA how wrong they are. Star Wars is as deep and complex as any story you could possibly ever imagine, and the Kotor series is proof of that.
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 2/14/2019, 9:01 AM
@Dart - 🤩
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 2/14/2019, 9:05 AM
@Dart -
MrDandy
MrDandy - 2/14/2019, 8:56 AM
Still REALLY wish we had gotten to see Niel Blompkamps Alien 3 remake.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/14/2019, 9:06 AM
@MrDandy - we still might...
TexasAvenger
TexasAvenger - 2/14/2019, 9:31 AM
Will this game be worth it tho?
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/14/2019, 9:48 AM


District 9 is the only Blomkamp film that I like, but the dude makes visual masterpieces. I hope he doesn't [frick] up RoboCop. Though, that property is already in the toilet.

THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/14/2019, 9:51 AM
Pretty generic story and cringe characters, but again, the visuals are impeccable:



theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 2/14/2019, 10:03 AM
Hey, Alien producers:

BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 2/14/2019, 10:30 AM
This trailer made Anthem look good, disappointingly the game isn't fun. The first trailer for the game made it look like it would be a single player game, with the option of co-op, but that wasn't the case and seeing as I'm not a fan of online only games, or multiplayer games, strictly single player, this isn't for me.
Timerider84
Timerider84 - 2/14/2019, 11:08 AM
Can we get the real Alien 3 with Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn waking up 35-40 years later, but they all aged due to a malfunction.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/14/2019, 2:42 PM
@Timerider84 - hell, its doesn't even have to be 35 to 40 years later. What happens if its 350 to 400 years later and they awaken to realize that the outpost they were returning to is overrun by Aliens and they are the last hope for humanity there. And being in 'cryo' sleep for so long the deageing process broke down. Would also allow for an adult Newt.
DBLACK
DBLACK - 2/14/2019, 11:14 AM
This was clever but I lost interest. Mind, Blomkamp's other "film shorts" Firebase and Rakka are brilliant ideas. Still not watched Zygote yet.
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