Tag: John David Washington
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‘The Creator’ Effects Team Breaks Down That Terrifying Tank Attack Sequence
Gareth Edwards’ “The Creator” was a resourceful sci-fi endeavor with an $80 million production budget, but its visuals are on par with epic blockbusters that cost three times that amount. Rather than shoot on a studio backlot, the filmmaker behind “Godzilla” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” opted to shoot in eight different countries,…
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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’ Cinematographer Reveals the Most Complicated Scene to Film
The Creator introduces audiences to a new world of science fiction from the mind of Gareth Edwards, the director behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In the new movie, John David Washington stars as Joshua, a former special forces agent with a very special mission. In a dystopian future where artificial intelligence has pushed…
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Gareth Edwards Said He Was Offered 2 ‘Star Wars’ Films & Says Lucasfilm May Still Want To Make The One He Passed On
So, filmmaker Gareth Edwards is doing the interview round for his latest sci-fi extravaganza, “The Creator,” starring John David Washington. It’s a movie heavily indebted to “Blade Runner,” “Apocalypse Now,” and even “Star Wars” (read our review here). And the question on many people’s minds might be: will he talk about what actually happened during…
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Does ‘The Creator’ Have an End-Credits Scene?
The Creator marks a rare occasion in Hollywood: a completely original science fiction film that also happens to cost a fraction of other major blockbusters. Director Gareth Edwards is no stranger to spectacle, having kicked off Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse in 2014 with Godzilla and delivering arguably one of the best Star Wars films with Rogue…
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New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
It’s not always easy to find out which movies are hitting theaters each week, especially as the Hollywood strikes led to many release date changes. With the WGA strike resolved and awards season heating up, there are more dramas and prestige productions in theaters for the next few months. Meanwhile October will bring a wealth…
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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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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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Corey Hawkins Signs With CAA (Exclusive)
Emmy and Tony Award nominee Corey Hawkins has signed with CAA for representation.Hawkins is best known for his recent performances in “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “In the Heights,” “Topdog/Underdog” on Broadway, as well as his breakout role, portraying Dr. Dre in F. Gary Gray’s “Straight Outta Compton.”He will next star as Harpo in “The Color…
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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…