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- Crypto payment platform MoonPay announced that it will partner with filmmaker, producer and photographer Julie Pacino on her upcoming film, I live here now, according to a press release shared with nft now. The company will serve as co-executive producer.
- The film marks Pacino’s feature directorial debut and is based on his 2021 NFT photo collection of the same name. The production of it makes it the first native NFT photography IP to inspire a movie.
- Funded in part by Pacino’s I Live Here Now follow-up collection Keepers of the Inn, the film has yet to receive a release date, but will be released “soon,” according to MoonPay.
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A longtime proponent of NFTs and Web3, Pacino established herself as a household name in the space after launching on August 2021. I live here now and its follow-up, Inn Guardians. In the same year, Pacino was invited to be a part of TIMEPieces’ build a better future Genesis fell, further raising its profile and drawing attention to the fact that photography was increasingly finding a home in Web3 circles.
The I Live Here Now collection allowed Pacino to explore character development through still images, which eventually led to the development of a feature film. The psychological horror story behind the project centers on an actress struggling to deal with the resurfacing of childhood trauma. The main character escapes to a remote hotel in the woods, where a mysterious and anomalous presence makes her question her reality.
While this upcoming release will be Pacino’s feature film debut, he has directed several well-received short films in tiny appleshis production company, which includes Hard Work, Nowhere to Go and Harmony in Gold.
Pacino has always championed the use of Web3 technology in the film industry, believing that NFTs free creatives of all stripes from relying solely on large production studios and crowdfunding platforms to finance their work.
“I want to help pave the way for the next generation of artists entering Web3, which is why I have aligned myself with MoonPay as they have created a platform that makes entry easy, efficient and effective,” Pacino said in press. . release. “The visibility of NFT artists, especially women and the LGBTQIA+ community, is vital, and with MoonPay’s support on this film, we hope to help bring more people to Web3 and expand their film projects.”
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News of MoonPay’s involvement in the film comes just two months after the company announced the acquisition of Web3’s creative agency Nightshift, which changed its name to Otherlife as part of that deal. MoonPay has made no secret of its ambitions to bring as many people as possible to Web3, and your support of Pacino’s work could help raise awareness of the brand and its far-reaching goals.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be a part of I Live Here Now, a landmark project that highlights the power of Web3 to build community, break boundaries and allow artists to share their stories,” said Tom Capone, MoonPay’s chief entertainment officer. in the press release.
“Julie is an outstanding filmmaker, photographer and contributor, and her work pioneers the way forward in Web3. We have no doubt that a few years from now, film school students will be looking for Julie and I Live Here Now. as a milestone in modern cinema. We are very proud to support his brilliant vision.”
Pacino also has a new, intimate NFT portrait series in the works titled Hollywood Mornings which is scheduled to launch later this year and will also be done in collaboration with MoonPay.
