While at the recent Saturn
Awards, Collider met up with director James Gunn to talk about the upcoming
Guardians of the Galaxy. In the interview, Gunn, talked about making the movie
he wanted to create, being able to go as dark as he wanted to go, what was/is
the editing process like, a possible tv show, and other future projects.
Collider: For the rest of the summer, and for pretty much the last
year, I have been more interested in what Guardians of the Galaxy is going to look, sound and feel
like than almost anything else.
JAMES
GUNN: Almost anything else? What’s the exception? Don’t tell
me Transformers 4?
No.
GUNN:
Don’t tell me Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles?
No. Jodorowsky’s The
Dance of Reality.
GUNN:
Okay, there you go.
Which is probably weirder than even you could manage with the hotdog in the
brain. When you were working on this, how dark were you able to go?
GUNN:
I went as dark as I wanted to go. I’m creating exactly the movie I wanted
to create. When I got hired to do Guardians, it was the dream of a lifetime for me. This is
what I’ve been working towards. I’ve always wanted to create a space
adventure, and especially a space adventure with a racoon. Now that I’m
finally able to do it, I created exactly the movie I wanted to make.
There’s violence in it and there’s dark humor, but it isn’t like I’m trying to
make Super 2, which is a
very dark movie. But, that’s not what this is. Everything I’ve done
is very different form each other. So, I made it as dark as I wanted to
make it, and they were okay with that.
…
What is the editing process like, on this big-budget film?
GUNN:
It’s lengthy, man. I am used to doing movies which are very, very
difficult. This movie is actually easier than a movie like Super. With that movie, I was
shooting for 24 days, and it’s extremely harrowing for that 24 days. This
movie, I shot for over five months. So, it’s actually easier, but it’s a
marathon because I’ve doing nothing else for two years, really, truly.
I’ve had very little life. I’ve lost two girlfriends during the two
years. I’ve had all sorts of nothing besides this movie, and that’s
really what this movie is to me. And it’s worth it. I love
it. I really do love it. But, I’m ready for it to go
away now.
…
Do you see yourself moving into more low-budget films after this, as a
palette cleanser?
GUNN:
You know, I’ve had so little time. I mean, I’ve gotten offered a shit
load of stuff since the first trailer came out, but I’ve just given so little
time [into thinking about it]. I’m not there yet. I’m still in Guardians. Right now, in
this moment, there’s still a part of me that’s thinking about things I’m going
to do tomorrow with the movie. So, I’m definitely not present with
thinking about what my next film is going to be. All I know is I’m
excited about doing nothing for a month or so. And then, maybe I’ll start
to think about what my next movie is going to be.
Do you have any personal projects that you’ve already written ready to go?
GUNN:
I have personal projects that I’ve written that I’m not certain about. I
had a TV show I was working on that I was going to do before right before I got
offered this gig.
What was the genre of the TV show?
GUNN:
It was science fiction.
What’s it like being offered the Marvel movie that’s the weirdest, farthest
out there Marvel movie thus far?
GUNN:
Have you ever seen one of those American
Idol contestants start crying when they win American Idol? That’s what it felt like. It did. For real.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy stars Chris
Pratt, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Ophelia
Lovibond, Benicio Del Toro, Lee Pace, Djimon Honsou, Gregg Henry, Glenn Close,
John C. Reilly, Peter Serafinowicz, Laura Haddock, and Sean Gunn.
Guardians of the Galaxy opens on July 31st in the UK,
and on August 1st in the US.
Source - Collider
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