Subject: [ExI] "Transbeman" a Transhumanist themed motion picture currently being filmed

From: John Grigg <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 02:20:49 -0700 (PDT)

"Transbeman" is a motion picture currently being filmed in New York, which seems to have a strong Transhumanist plot about the rise of artificial intelligence and uploading.  It appears to have a low budget.
   
  http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/audition_film-tv.html
   
  The term "Transbeman" was developed by Martine Rothblatt to include all the various configurations & origins of future super-intelligences.  "Bemes" is the abbreviated slang version of the word.
   
  Taken from myentertainmentworld website:
  (New York, NY) - Send photograph & resumes ASAP to: TRANSBEMAN, c/o Todd Thaler Casting, 130 West 57th St., #10A, New York, NY 10019. Title: TRANSBEMAN, Feature Film. PROD, Sirad Balducci, Bob Coen; DIR, Richard Kroehling, Eric Nadler. Contract: SAG Low Budget Modified Contract. Shoot Dates: May 14, 2007 (in New York). STORY: The film is set in New York City in 2016. Technology's exponential growth is fast and furious. Human life is in the process of being irreversibly transformed. Mankind stands on the verge of transcending its biology - merging with the incredibly intelligent machines it has created. MIA 2.0, the world's first 'Transbeman,' murders her creator, (MORTLAKE), to make a bold political statement - that human reliance on the fragile flesh body is over, that death is dead and eternal life is at hand. MIA goes on the run to elude authorities with a sympathetic journalist, (CLAY) and the attention of the world is riveted on the chase for her. After she is
 captured, MIA's trial raises fundamental questions about the new Earth she has helped to create. She is condemned to death and the 'fleshist' state executes her by wiping her hard drives clean. But does she die? Breakdown-- Clay Padgett: Mid 30's, any ethnicity, roughly handsome. He has done some hard traveling. He likes to abuse substances - he says it "keeps him on his toes." He has a high-speed verbal patter, and a big ego. He is in permanent crisis and so is the absurd world he sees around him. He is a character open to change; under the rough wiseguy exterior is a sensitive man. Think early Jack Nicholson. Lead; Detective Ali Oconnor: Late 30's-Mid 40's, a tough, big-boned, driven, professional. She is appalled by murder and is proud of her detective craft, like many homicide cops. She has an unwavering moral compass. Co-Star. (Posted: March 21, 2007)   
   
  This is a very short preview of the film:
   
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7...409188799333575
   
  I wonder if this is the Transhumanist film we have all been hoping to see...  
   
  John Grigg 

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