Self

Self is an live action cyberpunk-post apocalyptic drama film developed by multiple Firebasket Studios employees. It's based on a short story by Kian Black, expanded by 1% writer Alijah Riddle. The film is directed by Kian Black's understudy, Nikolai Horn.

Cast

 * Mads Mikkelsen
 * Wentworth Miller
 * Mark Sheppard
 * Sean Bean
 * Daniel Craig
 * Kate Winslet
 * Helena Bonham Carter
 * Robin Wright
 * Li Bingbing

Production
In late 2011, Kian Black wrote a short story and was shelved for a couple of years. In 2016 while production of 1% started, writer Alijah Riddle found the story in a storage closet in Firebasket HQ, and approached Kian Black about expanding the story, and he agreed. About three months later and many revisions, Riddle approached Kian BlackF with a full script. He gave him a budget to make a film, and appointed Nikolai Horn as director of the film. This would be the biggest budget for a film done by Firebasket Studios.

Weta Workshop will work on the film to help develop the futuristic city with miniatures. Blur Studio will aid Firebasket Studios with CGI work. Industrial Light and Magic aided Weta Workshop with practical effects, and Production I.G. aided Blur Studio and Firebasket Studios with CGI work as well.

Nordisk Film, Alibaba Pictures, and BBC Films helped finance the film and production took place from the winter of spring of 2017 until early fall 2017, with second unit filming in the winter of that year. Post production was handled by Studio Acesky and Typewriter Productions West. The first trailer aired on June 1, to positive viewer feedback and it already reached 25 million views as of July 5, 2018. A second trailer was released on July 9, 2018.

Release
The film was released in Canada and the United States on August 10, 2018 with a midnight showing on the 9th. It will be internationally released between late August to early October.

Home media
The film will be released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment internationally on November 10, 2018 on digital media and November 20, 2018 on Blu-ray and DVD.

Critical reception
Based on 97 reviews on a average of 6.0, Rotten Tomatoes certified the film "fresh" with a 80% score, the census said "With a stellar cast and great direction, the film will certainly entertain cyberpunk fans." Critics talked positively about the visuals, acting, and editing. Some critics said that the story was decent enough to not be picked apart.

Box office
The initial opening weekend received less gross than Firebasket was expecting. It expected at least $16 million, but only received just $13 million.

Sequel
A sequel was announced, with Kian Black writing and Nikolai Horn returning to direct. After the disappointing box office, Firebasket decided to wait until the film was released on digital media and home media until working on the sequel.