Herobrine Origins: The Movie

Cai Williams

Shea Winter

Paul Giannotta

Mavis

Seethos

Oliver McQuitty

David Figueroa

Kim Khan

**Herobrine Origins: The Movie** is a 2016 supernatural horror film, directed by Will Evans. It combines all 3 current films of the Herobrine Origins series, with updated visuals, animation, voice acting, music and includes deleted and extended scenes. The screenplay was written by Will Evans, Rhys Griffiths and Shea Winter. The film was released on December 1st 2016. The film stars DaneDimension, Paul Giannotta, Paul Hikari, Mavis and Seethos.

## Plot

Anna Briggs is the head scientist of Human Research at VOLTEX Industries, a company which works to seek a cure for all illnesses and diseases.

She began working on a serum called, "Brine", designed to cure cancer. Using her husband, Robert Briggs as a test subject. However, the founder of VOLTEX, James Anderson, deemed the project dangerous and shut it down.

Determined to find a cure, Anna continued working on the project in secret. Unfortunately, she is soon discovered and the company hire a hitman to get rid of her.

Anna boards a plane to hide in an unknown location, she is unaware that the hitman has also boarded the plane, posing as a co-pilot. Robert teleports on board the plane in an attempt to save his wife, he almost succeeds, but the hitman fires two shots into Anna, the latter killing her. The plane crashes and Robert is the only one to survive.

13 years later, Steve Briggs, the son of Anna and Robert, due to his father's overprotective nature, is seen as an outcast to many students of Mineberry High. This results in him being bullied by a gang, with their ringleader, Thomas White, directing traffic, as shown when he is shoved into a locker.

During this time, Steve discovers that he has telekinesis and overhears his father talking to his uncle (Jack), about something. After returning home, a police officer is standing outside his house, who informs Steve that his father is dead. Steve has no reaction towards this. Because of his father's death, Steve moves in with his Uncle Jack, who lives on a farm, and is highly religious. One night after Steve returned home, Jack slaps him and Steve uses his powers, causing Jack to yell out "Satan!" and forces him to leave.

At the end of the year school party, Steve is once again confronted by Thomas. He initially pretends to make amends with Steve. However, he and his gang shove him into a storage closet. Steve ends up using his powers to break out of the closet and get revenge on his tormenters. However, in doing so, he snaps and kills everyone in the school before going after Thomas, who rushes into the nearby forest. When Steve appears, his eyes are fully white, and he throws Thomas into a nearby tree, knocking him unconscious as he sets the forest ablaze.

Returning to his uncle's farm, and coated in blood, his Uncle Jack is shocked at the sight and is ready to bring him into the farm to help clean him up when Steve throws his uncle into the barn and burns it down, killing him in the process.

After regaining his composure, Steve attempts to turn himself in to the police, but the Herobrine entity takes over and kills the guards, much to his horror.

Steve soon teleports out of town, next to a caravan where he meets Carl Schrader, a friendly man who offers him a place to sleep for the night.

On the news that night, Steve discovers that the police are conducting an expanded search party for him. He has a flashback to the massacre at the school and chats to Carl about his deceased son, who was murdered after a failed mugging by some crooks.

In the morning, Steve leaves where he is confronted by his father, who berates him for being weak, and only using his powers for revenge on Thomas before disappearing.

Steve thanks Carl for letting him stay overnight and once Carl leaves, teleports to remains of the farm.

Meanwhile, Michael White, the head of the NYPD, meets Principal Shackleton and questions him regarding Steve's whereabouts who replies that he lived at Briggs' Farm.

At the farm, Steve has a chat with his uncle, who states that he isn't mad, but questions Steve's other actions, such as destroying the school and his house. Jack tells Steve that his great Grandfather, Frederick Briggs, was out on a expedition in the Arctic when he found something inhuman called "Brine". And it granted him the abilities which were passed onto him. Jack deduces that the 'Brine' serum was saving its full potential for Steve, after asking why his father never received it. Jack disappears after apologizing as Steve is taken to the police station.

Whilst at the police station, Steve is interrogated by the chief of police, Michael White, who discovers his weakness is water, and places him inside a water tank. It is also revealed that Thomas survived, albeit being severely burnt from the fire, much to Steve's shock and anger when Thomas claims that he was the one being bullied by Steve.

Sometime passes, and 'Robert' again berates Steve for being weak, and threatens to kill Carl. Fearing for his safety, Steve manages to teleport to Carl's caravan and overhears on the TV about an attack in New York.

Steve rushes back to the city where he confronts the Brine serum taking over his father's body. A fight occurs between 'Robert' and Steve, with Steve going through various flashbacks, from being shoved into his locker, to the massacre at the school, to the brine serum emitting a strange aura, knocking him out cold.

Police surround Steve, but he suddenly awakens and kills them all. Only to then be confronted by Carl, who had followed him to the city. Discovering his true identity, and enraged that he'd helped a "criminal", Carl tries to shoot Steve, only for the bullet to change direction and kill him instead. More police surround Steve, and as one fires his gun at him, he teleports away to his mother's grave, distraught at what he just did.

Two police officers patrolling the gravesite discover him and as one of them tries to cuff him, is zapped and knocked to the floor. Steve teleports away from the graveyard.

More time passes, as the two officers have a meeting with the Chief Inspector, who decides to set up an Investigation Unit at the Cemetery in the case that Steve returns. Eventually, one of the officers discover an old tape recorder which the Chief Inspector takes, and it turns out to be a recording left for Steve by his late mother, Anna Briggs.

Meanwhile, Steve teleports to Los Angeles, where he meets Gavin Roberts, an 18 year old College Student who becomes friendly to Steve and even offers him to stay at his place for a bit, even introducing himself to his girlfriend, Amy Rose.

Steve returns to New York to confront the officer who gave the recorder to the Chief Inspector, before teleporting to Michael's office and forcibly taking the recorder from him, before teleporting back to Gavin's apartment.

Borrowing Gavin's computer, Steve conducts some research about his mother's death, discovering that his mother died in a plane crash. He teleports to his Uncle Jack's grave, angry and frustrated, where the ghost of his uncle explains why his mother died and confesses he is unsure about why the plane crashed but also mentions his mother's secret lab, which is hidden underneath a caravan in the desert.

Once in the lab, he discovers video footage of two explorers from 2001 who have found the site where Frederick Briggs was killed during the Cold War, the video abruptly cuts off after the two explorers reach an area surrounded by lava, and they see something in the doorway. After that, he finds a video log of his mother about to explain about what the serum does, when it also abruptly cuts off.

Back in New York, Michael White meets with Mayor D Smithies and demands they bring in the military to hunt down Steve Briggs.

Meeting up with Amy and Gavin at night, Gavin soon leaves having to do some work and as Steve and Amy are leaving through an alleyway, they are attacked by a trio of thugs, which ends with Steve using his powers to defeat the thugs, revealing them to Amy.

Once they return to the apartment, Steve explains his abilities, and reveals that he is on the run, and backs up this with footage of him wanted by New York police. Gavin is initially angry at Steve for withholding this information from him, but Steve explains that he would never hurt him or Amy and that they are the only real friends he's had. Conflicted, Gavin leaves, asking Steve to never contact him or Amy again.

Conducting more research, Steve finds the crash site where his mother's plane crashed and is taken back to what happened on the plane, showing how his mother died. Once again, Uncle Jack appears in front of Steve, who initially thinks that his father let his mother die, but his Uncle explains that there was nothing his father could do, and explains that a hitman hired by his mother's company killed her.

Seeking vengeance for his mother's death, Steve demands to know where to find the people that set the demand, against his uncle's warnings who eventually tells him where the lab is. Before he leaves, he admits to his uncle that he is "avenging [his] mother."

Going to the lab, Steve finds James Anderson, and demands to know why he wanted to kill Anna Briggs, even going so far as to teleporting him up to the roof of the lab. He explains that killing Anna was the only thing they could do. Furious at this remark, Steve launches James into the air and lets him fall to his death.

The military find Steve and attempt to kill him, but Steve easily overpowers them, before 'Robert' returns and takes out some of the soldiers claiming that "if anybody should kill [Steve] it should be [him]!"

Uncle Jack returns and aids Steve by distracting 'Robert', smugly stating "Being a ghost has its perks." Steve then sees Gavin and Amy on the ground, and teleports them to a roof, confused why they followed him, they explain that they wanted to bring him back to LA where it's safe, but Steve states he has to finish 'Robert' in order for the people of NY to feel safe. He then tells the two to get someplace safe as he goes to fight 'Robert' once again.

During the battle, Robert grabs Amy and teleports her up to a nearby rooftop, close to the edge, threatening to drop her. Amy explains that she believes he is a good man, and whilst being seen by Gavin and Steve, he mutters, "You're wrong. I'm not a good man." and pushes Amy off the rooftop. Despite Steve's attempts, he is unable to save Amy as she plummets to her death.

Robert returns to Jack and claims that the boy is weak. Jack replies, "You underestimate Steve's abilities. Especially when he's angry, and you've...seriously just pissed him off." At that moment, Steve teleports behind Robert and grabs him, taking off into the sky and smashes him through a building, before forcibly snapping his neck, killing him instantly. 2 seconds after the battle, Steve is shot from behind by Michael, who confirms to his officers that the threat has been neutralized.

2 weeks later, Gavin is seen standing over Amy's grave as time passes.

The Mayor of New York explains that all traces of the Brine serum have been destroyed and there will never be a repeat of the incident.

The ghost of Uncle Jack is then seen standing over Anna's grave, continuously apologising and muttering to himself. He hears a teleporting sound and looks up, as the camera pans to reveal Steve behind him as the movie ends.

## Cast

* DaneDimension as Steve Briggs
* Paul Hikari as Jack Briggs
* Paul Giannotta as Robert Briggs
* Mavis as Anna Briggs
* Seethos as Michael White
* Oliver McQuitty as Mayor D. Smithies
* David Figueroa as Gavin Roberts
* Kim Khan as Amy Rose
* Joey Wong as Thomas White
* Andrew Boa as Carl Schrader
* Rhys Griffiths as Frederick Briggs
* HariusAwesome as Principal Henry Shackleton

## Production

EliteProductions had said since the release of Herobrine Origins Part III that they would like to re-release the first two parts of the series, but with updated visuals that matched those of Part III. In June of 2016, plans of releasing all 3 Origins films combined had begun, with the project called "Herobrine Origins: Ultimate Edition". But the team didnt like that the first two parts didnt match the visuals of the third. In August 2016, the team announced that they would be remaking the first two parts, with updated visuals and voice acting, fixing any recasts.

Filming started in September 2016 and completed in November 2016.

The film was Cai Williams' first project since his return to the team earlier in 2016, his last was Herobrine Origins Part II back in 2014. Making it the first film since Part II to be filmed without the Keygrip mod.

## Release

The film was released on EliteProductions' YouTube channel on December 1st 2016 to critical acclaim. In its first week the film gained over 100,000 views, making it one of the fastest growing films on the channel.

A month later, the film became viral, gaining over 1,000,000 views in less than two weeks.

## Reception

The film received positive reviews from viewers and critics. With many praising the effort put into the film by EliteProductions. Machinima review site *MineFlix* gave the film a 10/10 with the consensus reading: "This film perfectly ties the three parts together, with added scenes and updated visuals. EliteProductions could have just released all 3 current parts into a large film, but instead put in the effort of remaking parts one and two, and fixing any recasts that were made through the series".

The film holds an 8.7/10 on IMDb based on 12 reviews.