Harvard student Wesley Wang's short film, posted on YouTube, caught the attention of director Darren Aronofsky, leading to a major studio deal for a feature film adaptation. TriStar Pictures acquired the rights in a bidding war.
Teenage YouTuber Wesley Wang just signed a major studio deal to produce his own feature film via Deadline https://t.co/VAzf18IxLn
Extremely cool story of the day 19-year-old Harvard student Wesley Wang's short film is being turned into a full-length movie after going viral on YouTube Tri-Star Pictures purchased the film rights and Darren Aronofsky (who sent Wang a pretty sick email) is set to produce https://t.co/4S5VtliRaa
1. 19yo Harvard Econ student Wesley Wang spends 2+ years on a short film 2. Posts the 12-min video on YouTube in Sept 3. Darren Aronofsky watches it in Oct and emails him “watched your film, can you drop out of Harvard?” 4. TriStar buy rights and Wang will adapt for big screen https://t.co/n52fQfJPAD https://t.co/1LzPCFLwqn
Darren Aronofsky is producing a feature film adaption of ‘NOTHING, EXCEPT EVERYTHING’ from Harvard student Wesley Wang. Wang made the original short film whilst in high school and Tristar just won the rights to the feature film in a major bidding war. (Source: Deadline) https://t.co/JuvoNblJLL
YouTube is a ticket to the extraordinary One (really good) video turned Harvard student Wesley Wang into the youngest director in history to set up a movie at a major studio https://t.co/HWF1rgeXvU