Tag: Edwards
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‘Rogue One’ Director Says ‘There Is So Much Inaccuracy’ Surrounding Making of ‘Star Wars’ Prequel: ‘We All Worked Together Until the Entire Last Minute’
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” director Gareth Edwards is once again addressing the multiple reports about the 2016 film requiring extensive reshoots overseen by Tony Gilroy (the eventual “Andor” creator was hired by Lucasfilm to join the “Rogue One” team in June 2016).On a recent episode of Kcrw’s “The Business” podcast, Edwards claimed “there…
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‘The Creator’ VFX Supervisors Talk AI, New Technology & Ilm’s Involvement
In Gareth Edwards’ (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) The Creator, the director utilizes filmmaking techniques he’s honed over the years since his first indie feature, Monsters. Starring John David Washington and an ensemble cast, this sci-fi epic’s journey to the big screen has the potential to change the game in Hollywood, and Edwards didn’t…
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‘The Creator’s Gareth Edwards Makes Post-Apocalyptic Worlds Feel Like Home
Many directors who spend lots of time in the modern franchise movie machine end up sacrificing any sense of their own distinct creative sensibilities in the process. To work on one of these massive tentpole projects is to often give away opportunities to really speak to your own worldview and thoughts. While nobody will claim…
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‘The Creator’ Director’s Low-Budget Debut Is a Gritty Alien Invasion
For almost a decade now, Gareth Edwards has been making blockbusters bigger than almost any director in Hollywood, but even the biggest directors have to start small. Such is the case with Edwards’ feature-length debut, Monsters. This 2010 monster (literally) movie gives you all the sci-fi horror goods that you need, but in fascinating ways…
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Prepare for War With Hans Zimmer’s Magnificent ‘The Creator’ Score
Collider is delighted to give our readers the first opportunity to sample the work of maestro Hans Zimmer’s latest work as we partner with 20th Century Studios to unveil a preview of his score for Gareth Edwards’ newest film, The Creator. The score will be released on September 29 from Hollywood Records. Zimmer’s score is…
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The Creator review – vast and exhilarating sci-fi actioner rages against the AI machine
Director Gareth Edwards draws together the many strands of our current AI debate with tremendous boldness, conjuring up an intriguing and stimulating spectacleThis colossal sci-fi thriller from Gareth Edwards features John David Washington and Gemma Chan in vast mysterious panoramas and vertiginous vistas which deserve to be shown at Imax-plus scale; it also shows that…
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Can The Creator Become A Rare Big Budget Original Sci-Fi Hit At The Box Office?
Director Gareth Edwards has had a surprisingly quiet handful of years after directing two massive hits, 2014’s “Godzilla” and 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — back to back. He hasn’t directed a movie since. Now, the filmmaker is finally back at it with a big, original sci-fi film in the form of “The…
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Is The Creator the best science fiction movie of 2023 – or is AI controlling the hype?
Gareth Edwards’ battle between mankind and our robot overlords is being touted as a zeitgeist-defining masterpiece – hopefully the promo is under human controlIs Gareth Edwards’ The Creator primed to enter the pantheon of great sci-fi movies? Or should we be wary of all the hype? Because – like our future machine overlords – the…
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After ‘Rogue One’ and ‘Godzilla,’ Gareth Edwards Wants to Revolutionize How Studio Films Get Made With ‘The Creator’
When Gareth Edwards directed his first movie, the 2010 indie “Monsters,” it could scarcely have been a more DIY endeavor. He had less than $500,000 to tell an intimate story about two Americans contending with giant aliens rampaging through Mexico, so his crew consisted of just his actors (Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able), a sound…
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The Creator Director Gareth Edwards On Finding The Heart Of His Sci-Fi Fairy Tale [Exclusive Interview]
As I’ve talked about before on /Film, “The Creator” is a movie that gives us an epic, emotionally brutal sci-fi story that is markedly different (and better) than most genre films being released today. The movie sees the United States in an all-out war with the AI community, who have sought refuge in Southeast Asia.We…