First 3D Film in Sri Lanka production launched

Sri Lanka's Fist 3D movie based on a science fiction Based on a story by renowned science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clark, this ground breaking film will take the Sri Lankan cinema in to outer space. 

 Even in the global scene there have been only two productions involving Sir Arthur’s works in the big screen (2001 A Space Odyssey & 2010) both these were mega level Hollywood productions, and ‘Into the Comet’ is the third story by Sir Arthur C. Clarke which is about to be transformed into the silver screen in Sri Lanka as the first ever local 3D movie. 

The exceptional feature of this film is the handling of all the aspects of the production, including the high end visual effects, entirely by a local crew. At the helm is Thilanka Perera as Director of the film, the script has been developed from the original story of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, jointly by Thilanka Perera and Maheel R. Perera. The technical crew includes the veteran editor Stanley Alwis and cinematographer Kavinda Ranaweera. The story revolves around an exploration of a comet. During the course of the journey they are stranded inside the comet tail due to a malfunction of the computer system. With a dwindling supply of food and oxygen and no help from Earth, which is millions of miles away, the story follows their struggle to survive. 

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