Goalkeeper of the Galaxy

Synopsis

What will Moscow look like if you cut off the power grid, shut down all manufacturing, and the whole world watches an interplanetary game?

In an aftermath of a galactic war, which took place in proximity to Earth, the Moon was destroyed and the planet’s poles shifted. An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth — this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the game is cosmoball. When the game is on, the whole world stops in its tracks to watch it.

The players are called Athletes. To regular people they are demigods, for the results of each match determine the fate of the planet.

Development

Dzhanik Fayziev, plans to make a blockbuster Goalkeeper of the Galaxy about a Russian superhero fighting alien invaders, inspired by Marvel works, Russia Today reports. Fayziev clarified that, according to the plot, people evolved and became part of a galactic society fighting creatures that look like "super-reactive turboballs", so battles with them will look like football, hence the name of the film.^[3]

The director's chair was occupied by Dzhanik Fayziev, who counts at least three kinohit The Turkish Gambit (film) and Furious (2017 film), the historical fantasy film. He is also the co-producer and co-author of the script. Producing the tape entrusted Sergey Selyanov. The operator was invited to Maksim Osadchy, known for the works Stalingrad (2013 film) and The Duelist (2016 film). The authors of the script were Twister Murchison, Drew Row and Andrey Rubanov.

The main roles in the film performed by Yevgeny Romantsov is a Russian sports actor, he is a true athlete, Yevgeny Romantsov graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture, majoring in theory and methodology of football. Before getting an acting education at the German Sidakov Drama School. Victoria Agalakova is a Russian actress, works in the Saint Petersburg Theater of Musical Comedy. Mariya Lisovaya, a student at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Elizabeth Taichenachev is rhythmic gymnastics, training in the Children's teams of Youth Sports Schools "Youth of Moscow". Also is fond of biathlon.

Filming

The Filming has finished in the scenery on the territory of "Mosfilm" lasted from June to mid-September 2017.^[4]

Palms, figs, creepers and crumbling facades of Moscow, dusty cars, rusty phone booth on the corner. Beside it, wrapped in colorful rags hairy merchant-a southerner. In a battered suitcase laid out the goods: a few seedy lantern, the old clock, the bubbles with strange drugs.

All this can be seen in the pavilion № 1 of "Mosfilm", where is now built the districts of Moscow. After a global catastrophe, the world’s climate has changed, many of the country went under water, thousands of settlers poured into Moscow, which was in the tropical zone. No jams, no grey down jackets or sullen individuals — post-apocalyptic city looks nicer and modern.

On an area of over 3,500 square meters built transforming the scenery of the streets and interiors of post-apocalyptic Moscow, with thousands of props created by the artists specifically for the film. In the shooting involved up to 500 actors for crowd scenes, and for each stitched a unique costume. In the Studio costume designers was delivered 1.5 tons of items lightweight summer clothing from India were delivered.

When working with images we use sophisticated prosthetics: the creation of one of the characters, Shaft, takes the artists on makeup for seven hours, the suit of silicone pads cover her whole body.^[5]

One of the biggest challenges of the project is an incredible number of digital characters (over 50), both completely virtual and recreated using digital capture technology for actors. For this work, the walls of the Mosfilm pavilions were covered with blue chromakey, on which the backgrounds will be painted. In the first case, the actor on the court interacts with the dimensional toy, in the second - with the actor in a blue suit with inertial sensors. Thanks to the technology of augmented reality, the director sees on his monitor immediately a full-fledged image, that is, instead of a blue person - an alien.

Complement the work on creating a unique world of the picture specialists in visual effects from the studio of visual effects Main Road Post.

Marketing

The teaser of the film was first shown on September 30 at the Comic-Con Russia 2017, Dzhanik Fayziev, at the presentation of his new project Goalkeeper of the Galaxy, summing up the exhibition Comic-Con Russia, introduced the audience to his young dancers, performers of the main roles Yevgeny Romantsov is a Russian sports actor, Victoria Agalakova is a Russian theater actress, Mariya Lisovaya is a actress and the young charming Liza Taychenacheva is a rhythmic gymnast.^[6]

The first trailer was released on January 16, 2018.^[7]