new Half Life 2 machinima film is underway, it's called The Last (www.hl2film.com) and its an action/comedy set in the near future that falls somewhere between Ghostbusters and Aliens in terms of style. It's headed up by one Simon Williams, that's me, the guy writing this; I'm a University student working on creating this film for my final year project. I've got a background in creating small, live action short films ( www.8bucksproductions.com) and have a prior machinima trilogy under my belt (www.teamcorellia.com), and I also have a background in creating single player content for some older titles. As this is being made as an essential part of my attempts to get a degree, it really is going to get finished before the Summer of 2006 no matter what, I can guarantee...

With the script now finished and some pilot work done (this is available for download from the website) I have part of the voice cast assembled with people who have worked with me on previous machinima and SP levels, but there are still several roles that need to be filled, including that of the lead character Roy Durand. I'm looking for some talented voice actors to bring the uncast characters to life, and its a totally open policy; Prior experience is a plus, but not a necessity. My primary concerns will be the acting skills on the voice work, how well a voice might fit a character and the sound quality of the recordings. Other factors like reliability and the speed of work are important, and so the sooner I hear from people, the better a chance they have.

If anyone is interested, they should check the website for details on the characters and then shoot me an email with some examples of their voice work (there are some sample lines for various characters on the website). Versatility is great, but the main factors in the casting process will be those mentioned above.

One other person that I need to find is a skilled skin artist to create faces for the eight main characters as well as one uniform for the lot of them. This artist would get a lot of freedom with what these skins look like and hopefully some good exposure for their work. Anyone interested in this should email me with examples of their previous work.