Director Gareth Edwards opened up about setting up his new film, The Creator, in a fictional future. The film revolves around the uprising of AI and shows a fictional America in a war with the New Asia region. Although the reason behind their war will be explored in the film, set to release on September 29 in India, Edwards revealed that he narrowed down to America vs New Asia after trying various combinations.
Speaking at the press conference of The Creator, Gareth Edwards said, “I did actually try lots of different permutations, like Europe and, you know, South America. And it just became the most simple, clearest way to split the world in two.” The filmmaker also explained the reason he chose ‘New Asia’ was because he had visited Asia as a child and was fascinated by the world.
“I had been on holiday as a little kid to Asia and it sort of blew my mind. One of the big tricks that I think George Lucas did so well, and I sort of learned a lot from Star Wars when we were doing that, was that he takes things from that, like, the distant past, like, spirituality, religious stories, mythology, and then puts them with things in the far future, like spaceships and robots. There’s nothing in between. It’s literally like the far past, the far future, and he kind of, like, wedges them together. More than anywhere else in the world, I think where that happens the most is in, like, Southeast Asia,” he added.
“You essentially end up in these places like Hong Kong or Bangkok or Tokyo, where you’re in, like, a metropolis that looks like something from Bladerunner, but if you just go down that street and take a left, there’s a little temple and a Buddhist monk. And I love those polar opposites, those visual contrasts. You know, I don’t know. I just find them super exciting. Like, there’s sort of energy in that, like a battery, like a positive and a negative. And you’re always looking for that as a filmmaker, in stories and visuals, you know, every aspect,” the director said.
The Creator stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, and Allison Janney. 20th Century Studios India releases the film on September 29, 2023, only in cinemas.
Comments
0 comment