Tag: Monsters
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Why That ‘Toy Story’ Theory for ‘Monsters Inc.’ Just Isn’t True
On the surface, Toy Story and Monster, Inc. have little in common, but both Pixar franchises feature a pair of unlikely friends who didn’t get along when they first met and have a habit of finding trouble. Despite these similarities, the two stories occur in different worlds, one with monsters and the other with living…
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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’ 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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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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No One Will Save You Having Almost Zero Dialogue Was Kind Of An Accident [Exclusive]
Why isn’t every genre fan talking about Brian Duffield? He served as the screenwriter of fan-favorite hits like “The Babysitter,” “Underwater,” “Love and Monsters,” and the new Netflix animated series, “Skull Island.” He also made his directorial feature debut with the explosively emotional “Spontaneous,” which I will fully admit was my #1 film of 2020.…
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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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/Film Is Hosting An Early Screening Of The Creator In ScreenX – Here’s How To Attend
Since making his feature debut with the low-budget sci-fi/horror flick “Monsters” in 2010, Gareth Edwards has been one of the most intriguing directors working in the Hollywood studio system. His first big-budget effort was the visually dazzling 2014 remake of “Godzilla,” which he followed up with the superb “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” The…
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‘The Creator’ Final Trailer: Gareth Edwards’ Sci-Fi Epic About The War Between Humans & A.I. Arrives This Month
Even though Gareth Edwards broke out with his debut feature, “Monsters,” back in 2010, we really don’t know too much about him, as a filmmaker. He followed that film up with “Godzilla” in 2014, which was fairly well received, but it’s his third film, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” that most people remember him…
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Put Gareth Edwards Off Directing Big-Budget Sci-Fi
Among the many unfortunate side effects of our current era of blockbuster-obsessive Hollywood filmmaking is the trend of studios grabbing indie directors who have only ever worked with tiny budgets and giving them huge franchise movies with nine-figure price tags. These inexperienced directors are suddenly thrown into a world of executives, giant studios, fan expectations,…
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‘The Creator’ Images: Go Inside Gareth Edwards’ AI War
Gareth Edwards, the director behind Star Wars prequel Rogue One, as well as Legendary Pictures 2014 Godzilla reboot, returns with his latest effort, The Creator, the story of a post-apocalyptic future where humankind is at war with the forces of artifical intelligence. Based upon a screenplay co-written by he and Chris Weitz, the director is…