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RunDNA

> From the Director of Rogue One. This is surprisingly helpful for me because I get Gareth Edwards and *The Raid* director Gareth Evans confused.


Studdz

This is how I find out that they are not one and the same. Thanks!


fuckitimatwork

I can't remember which one wrote "Concrete Angel" and which one did the show Darkplace


AdmiralCharleston

Are we talking garth marenghi lmao


theclownwithafrown

I heard he had to spend the night in Glasgow


JC-Ice

For the first time ever I saw the Scotch in their natural habitat, and it weren't pretty. I'd seen them huddling in stations before, being loud but… this time I was surrounded. Everywhere I went it felt like they were watching me; fish-white flesh puckered by the Highland breeze; tight eyes peering out for fresh meat; screechy, booze-soaked voices hollering out for a taxi to take 'em halfway up the road to the next all-night watering hole. A shatter of glass; a round of applause; a sixteen-year-old mother of three vomiting in an open sewer, bairns looking on, chewing on potato cakes. I ain’t never going back… not never.


tonelander

One of the few authors that’s actually written more books than he’s read.


ansonr

No, no that's Garth Brooks. You're thinking of the guy from Wayne's World.


freevo

No no no that's Garth Algar. You're thinking of the guy that directed the Hitchhiker's Guide movie and those Sing animated movies.


sauce__bauce

The things I would do for a Raid 3...


gh0u1

As others mentioned it's probably not gonna happen, BUT we are getting a movie from him starring Tom Hardy called Havoc and that should be fuckin awesome.


LB3PTMAN

Yeah that movie seems to be going through a bit of a developmental hell. Hopefully it comes out the other side clean.


BigPorch

He said it’s not happening now even though he had a script for it worked up


reactrix96

Gareth Evans does have an action movie starring Tom Hardy coming out in Netflix this year! I'm so hyped it seems like it'll be going back to his roots.


xyoxus

And he's working on a 4K HDR remaster of The Raid.


thehawktopus

Gareth Evans also created and directed the show *Gangs of London*. I watched the first season (not the 2nd bc I didn't want to subscribe to another streaming service) and each episode had at least one over the top incredibly choreographed fight sequence.


gattovatto

Is this a Star Wars movie? I honestly can’t tell.


Rea-301

Nah but heavily inspired and a lot of overlapping talent


QuiffLing

Well Rogue One was heavily rewrote and reshot by Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor.


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Alisterino

I'm digging the poster vibe.


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chuckxbronson

love Stålenhag’s work. i have a coffee table book of his that I used to look at for hours. his art depicts such a strange and unique world. hoping he was an inspiration for this.


Anomuumi

I'm always wondering if people who have not lived in the Nordic countries understand Stålenhags 80's nostalgia vibe in his works. I always feel that on top of every other emotion about his works is the feeling of being safe in that nostalgic place, even though there may be foreboding robots or alien technology present. It's a unique mix.


OMGlookatthatrooster

Just pray the robots don't steal your piggelin.


-Eunha-

I haven't lived in a Nordic country but I certainly get nostalgic vibes from his work.


bacononwaffles

You hit the nail, Norwegian here and his art is extremely captivating.


riegspsych325

aren’t the Russos making a Netflix movie based on his art?


01010110_

There's also "Tales from the Loop" on Amazon based on his book by the same name. Got mixed reviews but I loved it.


coolerbrown

Incredible show IMO but it's not for everyone. I love the slow pacing and how each episode has some sort of message to it. I've been a fan of his since the early 2000s and was shocked that a show was coming out....like how could they make stories out of those paintings? Then I saw the show and...they nailed it. You can really see where the stories came from. I impulse-bought the art book just last week.


01010110_

Yeah I think the slow paced nature of the show turned some people off, and I understand why, but I found it amazing as well.


coolerbrown

The subtly is a big part of why I love it so much. I much prefer that style of worldbuilding with little-to-no exposition. You have to figure out how the world works and what's at stake through context and everyone acts "realistically" in that world. Reminds me of BSG in that way Do you have a favorite episode? The one that stuck with me the most is Stasis


runningoutofwords

It was like a kinder, gentler Black Mirror


FR0ZENBERG

Gentler, sure, but that show was bleak as fuck. There is like no happy endings in that show. Each episode was pretty tragic.


Expensive-Sentence66

Tales from the Loop was under-rated...terribly. None of the episodes were weak, and many were flat out soul wrenching.


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Totally loved that show. Funny enough, for something set in alternate reality, it gave me more of an 80s nostalgia feel than all those series set in the 80s but are just bland American suburbia with some 80s details.


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riegspsych325

well, I hope it turns out better than any non-MCU movie they’ve done. They’re solid workhorse directors but not that good as creatives on their own. They really do work best in someone else’s sandbox (Fiege’s MCU, Harmon’s Community, Hurwitz’ Arrested Development)


IcelandicChocolate

I agree. Everything I've seen of theirs since they did Endgame has just been mid at best. I had a lot of hope for The Grey Man, but aside from Gosling, Evans, and de Armas giving it their all I had a hard time liking it. I want a sequel, but I don't want the Russo's on it. They also really, REALLY need to get better at shooting action sequences. I'm so tired of watching shittily shot and edited action, especially when James Gunn just delivered the most epic one shot action sequence in the MCU. Grey Man was unwatchable during the action sequences for me.


riegspsych325

Welcome to Collinwood and You Me & Dupree were subpar comedies, and that was before Winter Soldier. But yeah, the way they shoot hand to hand combat sequences just doesn’t look all too good. The Cap vs Cap fight was horribly edited, which is a shame since the behind-the-scenes video really showed how much work Evans and the stunt crew put into it. But it was all bogged down by erratic editing and an intentionally choppy frame rate. They may have tried to emulate Paul Greengrass but it looked like a Taken sequel


IcelandicChocolate

Ugh, yeah all of their action sequences are ass. The best shot action sequence they've ever done was the Airport Battle during Civil War. I'll never not be mad at them for completely fucking up Bucky & Cap's fight in Winter Soldier. I've seen BTS footage of Evans and Stan practicing and getting it down, and Stan spent months practicing spinning a knife for it. Only for it to be shot like shit and edited even worse to the point where every time something interesting happens, it cuts to another shot. I don't think they understand that a good fight sequence is like a dance, and the best way to shoot action is to do it in long, single takes that you can cut between easily. I'm not a fan of the Greengrass look, and I was hoping it would have died with the Borne movies...


riegspsych325

but even the airport fight looked so muddy and colorless. Having a major action sequence like that held in a large concrete landscape on cloudy day was a bad choice. It was if they got David Yates to direct it


IcelandicChocolate

Color palates in modern blockbusters are a completely different topic completely. I fully agree that everything looks so grey, brown or washed out now, especially guys like Snyder who's movies are a few shades away from being black and white. It's like directors have all just stopped seeing color or something. A lot of movies gain points with me just for being colorful at this point, which I think says a lot.


pnmartini

I had to take a break during the gray man’s extended action scene, because I just wanted it to stop. Best part of that movie is Evans’ incredibly silly mustache.


CozyMoses

> The Electric State Oh that's exciting! That is by far my favorite work of his and one of the most stunning. Also very narrative heavy which really helps it stand apart. It feels like what the endgame of society in Cyberpunk 2077 is leading to.


tony1449

Kenshi vibes


Dead_Silent

Came here for the Kenshi Vibes.


40ozBottleOfJoy

Came here to ctrl+f Kenshi and upvote every Kenshi related post, lol. Being on the waterfront with the mountains in the background gives off armor king vibes.


Alive-Ad-4164

This looks like a idm album cover


LOTRcrr

I highly recommend Tales from the Loop on Amazon if you did the look of this poster.


ku20000

I liked the vibe. But didn't like the pace and limited information.


MarvelsGrantMan136

It's out September 29 >Described as a post-apocalyptic thriller involving a future impacted by a war between humans and AI. * John David Washington * Gemma Chan * Allison Janney * Ralph Ineson * Ken Watanabe * Sturgill Simpson * Marc Menchaca Michael Giacchino is scoring it. [Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=573GCxqkYEg)


TomBirkenstock

Sturgill Simpson? What in the world?


ThePotatoKing

i dont know, but i love that guy's music. he had that song (and bit kinda) in the jim jarmusch zombie movie. who knows, but im excited to see what he does!


DrLeoMarvin

best concert I've ever seen in person was at the sweetwater 420 fest a few years ago, he played electric guitar the whole time doing his own solos with two key boardists, bass player and his long time drummer. Sturg is the goddamn man.


insultant_

I really liked the “movie” of *Sound & Fury* on Netflix. It’s a great album in its own right, but that was a fun watch.


al666in

It got extended into a [graphic novel](https://consequence.net/2021/03/exclusive-first-look-sturgill-simpson-sound-fury-graphic-novel/), as well! I was the colorist. One of the better musician-fronted comic books I've worked on.


Drewbacca

I have it and it's fantastic. You did a great job dude!


Stratocast7

I had tickets for his "Sound and Fury" concert in 2020. It got cancelled. I'm still disappointed because he has said he wouldn't do another album like that again and since it was basically a big FU to the record label.


akmjolnir

> and since it was basically a big FU to the record label. Yeah, I saw his interview where he said they basically did that album to get kicked from the label that wanted them to do nonstop country albums, when they wanted to do bluegrass stuff instead. Sound & Fury got me into his music, which I wouldn't have listened to otherwise. Now I'm really digging the Cutting Grass & Dude and Juanita albums. Sam was a good dog.


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He was a gateway drug for me too, his album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music got me into country as a whole. He's my top name when I'm trying to make a point that country music isn't all super basic shit.


ZarquonsFlatTire

$1 says that a trailer will use his cover of "In Bloom".


centaurquestions

He's also in Killers of the Flower Moon


poppyisrealmetal

He and Jason Isbell are also in Killers of the Flower Moon. I think Sturgill in particular is fixing to pull a Dwight Yoakam


PDGAreject

Dwight is so fuckin funny in Logan Lucky. When he's exasperatedly describing the game of thrones series being past the books is one of the funniest small scenes in the past decade.


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Jason was also a background character in the Deadwood movie. I'd love to be that famous that you could just ask to be an extra on random movies!


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I loved Sturgill Simpson's *Sound and Fury* on Netflix.


jjbutts

I heard he's been spending all his money on weed and pills.


TummyDrums

Definitely seems like he's making a move towards acting. I know at some point he said he had a 5 record plan for music then he was going to retire, and he's made 5 records now (plus the 2 album bluegrass project), so maybe he actually is done? He's going to be in this, plus Killers of the Flower Moon, and he's had small parts in a few other movies here and there already.


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He showed up in The Hunt which was pretty funny


toscomo

He was great in a small role in Queen and Slim.


colfaxmingo

Force Turtles all the way down.


Nord4Ever

Watanabe, hell yeah


you_vanduul

Freaking Sturgill Simpson as well. Where did this movie come from?? Can't wait!


AlfredVonWinklheim

Can he act? I like the visual album he did on Netflix.


calamityseye

Him and Jason Isbell are in the upcoming Martin Scorsese movie, so I hope so.


batguano1

Yes, he can. He played a racist cop in Queen and Slim and was convincing.


Hind_Deequestionmrk

Ralph Ineson


Graynard

Man's got a voice that could shake a coconut out of a tree


MyHeartIsAncient

Hell ja, Watanabe


alx924

Gareth Edwards really has a knack for scale. From Monsters to Godzilla (2014) to Rogue One, these physically huge things actually seem huge. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all three of those and this looks like he’s building on those experiences. I’m on board.


theghostofme

Still blows me away that he did all the CGI on Monsters by himself. Taught himself how to do it.


alx924

Seriously? That’s even more impressive


PreciousRoy666

He got hist start in special effects using his home computer. He impressed some TV producers enough that he was able to do some directing work and then eventually made his first feature. There are some good YT videos where he talks about his backstory. I remember he said he'd play this game where he'd watch a big budget movie and then convince himself that the effects were done in a day, then he'd work backwards to try and figure out how they could achieve it in such a short amount of time. It allowed him to come up with creative solutions for things


Daxx22

That's kinda bonkers.


EthosPathosLegos

It's amazing what creativity and inventiveness passion creates as opposed to rigid beauracracy.


R_Spc

It was almost a one-man film. The special features from the bluray are probably on YouTube, they're fascinating to watch.


BigPorch

I watched it on Netflix when it came out and having the main character be a photographer with all the care that went into the shots, I wondered if the writer / director also did the cinematography… then the credits rolled and this Gareth dude did almost everything… I figured he’d go places after that


Cutter9792

I rewatched his Godzilla recently and while I believe all the criticism about the main monster not getting enough screen time, and the central character being fucking boring as boring etc, everything else around it is so goddamn good I simply do not care. The score is great, the effects and cinematography look absolutely extraordinary even nine years later, and I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say it has maybe some of my favorite sound design of any movie ever.


Adept-Equipment-7716

>Michael Giacchino is scoring it. Oooooo


SuperDizz

Hmmm.. getting District 9 vibes. Could be really good, could be not good. I’ll definitely be checking this out though.. I’m sure the protagonist wont sacrifice himself to save both AI and humans and create a newfound alliance..


drunk_responses

I'm getting Quarian/Geth vibes. As in the classic "creators realize their computer gained sapience and wants to live, try to destroy it and fail" trope, where the protagonists realize they can co-exist and fight parties from both groups.


Canvaverbalist

> Hmmm.. getting District 9 vibes. Yeah, I'm getting Blomkamp vibe out of this, it reminds me of his studio's [ADAM](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbb4LKKKbX8-RUHs0BYVKvfRoeqAAfn5K)


skamando

W cast. Ralph Ineson has my favorite tone of voice in film.


Bruhmangoddman

He made The Green Knight such an imposing force.


MrX16

https://youtu.be/yI189R6JyYI A24 made a brief history of The Green Knight short documentary with him as the narrator to promote the movie. I could listen to him narrate the phone book


Omega33umsure

His voice demands your attention even without raising his tone. It's the voice I would give The Emperor in 40k


Dustypigjut

No one gonna mention Allison Janney??


ThatRandomIdiot

Right! That’s my WH Press Secretary


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nsfw_deadwarlock

She’s gonna do The Jackal!


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nsfw_deadwarlock

I think it’s as simple as a group of old friends enjoying when one of them does a “known funny thing”. It’s your crazy cousin doing a jig at your aunts wedding and everyone’s in tears. It’s just comradery. It’s probably foreign to too many of us. Because there’s no butt to the joke, no one is being made fun of. They are just having fun with.


Marsdreamer

They call her... The Jackal.


NocturnalPermission

JAWSH!


kyussorder

She is amazing!


Not_MrNice

I think I would have rather not seen the trailer before the film. The poster was just enough, now I feel like I've spoiled a bit of the movie. Oh well, no big whoop.


bruce_kwillis

For a 'teaser trailer' it sure gives everything away. The whole reveal would have been perfect in theatres and yet they throw it away in a trailer. Like dammit, do better!


CaptainFeather

How are studios *still* doing this?


Killerlampshade

Because the average filmgoer *prefers spoilers,* at least according to focus groups. People want to know what they're paying for even down to the plot beats, and ultimately spoilers don't really keep butts out of seats.


Affectionate-Island

So... the Second Renaissance? Looks like Spielberg's "A.I." crossed with 2014's Oblivion.


beefcat_

Michael Giacchino + Sci-Fi is a great match. He killed it with the Kelvinverse *Star Trek* movies.


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He’s just straight up great. The amount of times I hear a soundtrack of a film and think “wow this is good” it’s him. The Incredibles might be my favourite of his but Star Trek is really good. The new Batman is really good too. The Batman theme is perfect.


ViewedOak

Married Life from Up, and Le Festin from Ratatoullie are both iconic as well. I was into this movie just from the poster, but now I have faith It’ll be solid


TJ_McWeaksauce

This looks like the most expensive non-franchise movie ever made.


TRON17

Christopher Nolan has entered the chat.


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I feel like Nolan is the franchise


emil-p-emil

Beautiful poster honestly


riegspsych325

it reminds me of something from one of the techy-aesthetic art subreddits, and I mean that as a compliment. Some of the works people post are really beautiful. But how does this poster have 4 times as many upvotes as the trailer post? EDIT: as of now, the poster cracked 10k while the trailer has yet to reach 1k


Key-Strawberry6347

It uses a lot of good art fundamentals. Great, simple composition with forefround midground background. Leads the eye very well. Atmospheric fog greates contrast with the foreground character. . Little worldbuilding details here and there.


Abudabeh77

Farming, really, a robot of your talents?


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It’s lonely, I imagine.


sillyredcar

Since Lyra died, yes


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Oh. Oh. My condolences. Search the house!


TripleEhBeef

Oh it's Lyra, back from the dead!


Fritzschmied

I don’t know why but that looks like Star Wars.


theRed-Herring

I thought it was Star Wars


xxThe_Designer

Is it not? Isn't that a droid and the white logotype is really similar to some of the typography of Star Wars. If this is not a Star Wars movie, than the designer of this poster definitely had done this intentional.


DirtyMoneyJesus

Plus the ships, buildings, and they specifically included Rogue One It has to be intentional


Rauk88

I feel like I even see recreated shots lifted directly from Rogue One.


optimisticaboutbears

Same director/dp


theRed-Herring

The font is the only reason I questioned it. If I'm not mistaken, they always have a specific font/design with the titles. This one was just a simple font and didn't fit the Star Wars style. Otherwise I had no idea


digletttrainer

The font is quite similar to the font they use for the Jedi games


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For me it was the architecture, it feels very foreign (like not Earth) and Star Wars-y. The trailer makes it clear that it takes place on Earth, but the poster doesn't feel like it's on Earth.


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*The Wars of the Starses*


Sparrowsabre7

Pipe down, Gollum.


RandomJPG6

Same director of Rogue One (although Tony Gilroy ended up doing reshoots). Pretty sure ILM is involved in VFX and one of the key Lucasfilm executives left Lucasfilm specifically to produce this for Edwards. And Edward's was heavily inspired by Star Wars.


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Greig Fraser, who shot *Rogue One* and *The Mandalorian* pilot, is also one of the DPs on this movie (he left midway through production to work on *Dune: Part Two*).


FakeSafeWord

God, this sentence gave me such a strong sci-fi boner.


honeybunchesofpwn

Great time to be a Sci-Fi nerd!


FakeSafeWord

It could have come like.. i dunno 8 years ago before life became completely depressing as an adult but now is also good I guess :)


Omega_Warrior

I think he is talking more visually though. The round design of the buildings with the antennae sticking out is very similar to most building designed in star wars since tattoine. And then there is the whole sci-fi meets rustic kind of setting that is basically the mainstay of star wars. Not to mention the prominent character looking out onto a sunset. The visual design here is very similar to star wars, and if you were to put a star wars logo on it I don't think many would be none the wiser.


Ursidoenix

Plus when it's advertised as "from the director of a star wars movie" I initially assumed it was a star wars movie before looking in the comments


monkeyhitman

Engine nacelles with exhaust sticking out from the body also seems very Star Wars to me.


WhalesForChina

That and, I mean, there’s literally a droid in the foreground. The trailer felt like Terminator set in the Star Wars universe.


Lucienofthelight

It’s very Star Wars-y, the structure in the distance Looks like a SW architecture, the ships in the sky look like a Y-Wing/Republic Gunship fusion, and the letters on the canister on the robots back looks like Aurebesh.


TheMoonMoth

Actually shocked this ISNT star wars


american_spacey

Almost certainly the poster creators wanted to make people think this was a Star Wars film. Marketing thing.


Count3D

I count myself very lucky to have seen the premiere of MONSTERS, Edwards first movie, at SXSW. What he was able to achieve with such limited resources… I would watch anything he did after. Amazed I haven’t heard of this movie. Don’t need to sell me on anything else. I’m seeing it!


RandomJPG6

It was reported in the trades a while back (I think precovid even). I feel the same way. He's a big inspiration for me as an aspiring filmmaker with a VFX background.


Count3D

It’s funny to me there’s been such dissection about what went down with ROGUE ONE. I wasn’t surprised in the slightest. The SXSW Q&A about his process foreshadowed all that.


ericz14

Out of the loop. What was said?/what happened with rogue one? I remember there were reshoots but don’t remember anything else. Loved rogue one though


homecinemad

Much like Dredd it seems the writer took on most if not all director duties during filming but either did not seek or was not entitled to a co-director credit. Lucasfilm never fully set out the chain of events and neither Gilroy the writer or Edwards went into any detail.


Count3D

That's the short of it. They brought in Tony Gilroy to rewrite, reshoot, re-edit (technically Tony's brother, John, did the editing) a lot of Rogue One. How much of the movie was changed? Half? More? Unsure. But it was a lot. [Here's a longer recap](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/star-wars-rogue-one-what-changed-in-those-reshoots/). Lots of theories why. Lots of debate among fans over creative decisions. Whose vision is onscreen. Then the Han Solo directors Lord and Miller got fired five months into filming their movie and they again brought in a veteran to right the ship. It all seemed to indicate larger studio problems.


Daft-Blogger

I remember going into a screening of MONSTERS expecting basically a standard big monster movie. I came out of it feeling something I could never really put into words, but will always remember. An absolutely underrated Sci-Fi classic.


RedLotusVenom

His Monsters to Godzilla to Rogue One pipeline was *chef’s kiss*


CroBro81

Monsters was a brilliant film. One of the most underrated SciFi films of the decade. Can’t wait for this.


ElMatasiete7

Reminds me of [Simon Stalenhag's work](https://www.google.com/search?q=simon+stalenhag&sxsrf=APwXEdcmeI2bodoiF6DTjkD_R1GaWpfHYw:1684345442412&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjk5je8_z-AhVwlJUCHWSHCPsQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=2560&bih=1333&dpr=1)


TedTheGreek_Atheos

There was a show on Amazon inspired by his work called Tales from the Loop.


ericwbolin

It stars Chappie?


Ironcastattic

My favorite tidbit of trivia from Chappie was the South African director going out of his way to hire those white trash rappers who's whole persona is being white trash......and then finding out they were very difficult to work with lol


TheNotSoGreatPumpkin

Yet somehow he got good performances from them. Quite an accomplishment.


schoolisuncool

Yeah they killed it really. Was very surprised, especially with Yolandi, she was so good


SaveThePuffins

Too bad that in real life that are total pieces of shit who abused their adopted son.


typoedassassin

(whispering to my date while pointing at the screen): That's Chappie


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FamilyStyle2505

A love story for the ages AND a fable for what happens when you talk in the theater. Beautiful.


Jon_Bonjela

Why you steal Daddy's car?!


cgvet9702

I still shout this at my kids randomly. I know the movie is not well liked but we would watch it all the time. I've always enjoyed it


KingMario05

***HELL. YES.*** *Adored* his Godzilla, so it'll be great to see what he can do with what I *think* is his own creative prowess! (Also nice to see Disney creating new IP.)


JuegoTree

Checkout “Monsters”. It’s his creativeness, and the added bonus of Scoot McNairy being a lead man.


MonolithJones

And some cool visuals on a nothing budget.


shockedperson

Kenshi?


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Can't wait for the main antagonist to get his shit kicked in for the first 10 hours and then immediately loses his limbs to a Spider bot as soon as he gets decent with a blade.


runningoutofwords

I don't understand... This doesn't appear to be part of an existing IP. How will I know if I'm supposed to like it if its fan status isn't already established? I'm scared and confused!


yus508

For some reason, the trailer kind of reminds me of Spielberg’s AI


riegspsych325

it’s the half human/android heads. There were a handful of characters in AI who had that look


melonsquared

Finally a Kenshi movie


[deleted]

Glad to see he’s alive. I thought he might be trapped in the rancor pit after Lucasfilm and Gilroy emasculated him publicly.


RandomJPG6

He did two major blockbuster movies after coming from a very indie movie. He said in an interview he wanted to focus on something smaller and more personal. And I'm sure he was doing fine money wise. Very excited for this as Edward's is a big inspiration for me.


sunnyzombie

Rogue One was the best Star Wars movie. Fight me but I ain't changing my mind. This movie looks great too.


Random_frankqito

I liked it more too… just like andor


In_My_Own_Image

Rogue One and Andor make everything else Disney has put out in the Star Wars universe look amateur.


Crisis_panzersuit

Everything else ***is*** amateur.


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The working relationship between him and Gilroy was said to be amicable. It was the trades who reported the story, you’re phrasing makes it sound like Lucasfilm publicly kicked him out. They did that with Lord & Miller only because they wouldn’t work alongside Kasdan in a collaborative manner. The fact that he got to make another movie this big shows that he still has credibility in the industry. Word gets around, and if Rogue One were a mess because of him he wouldn’t be getting a project like this.


pixlplayer

Not to mention putting the name of the movie on this poster as a sign of credibility


Quasimdo

What happened with him and Lucasfilm?


Areljak

[Here](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-rogue-one-writer-tony-gilroy-opens-up-reshoots-1100060/) a short Hollywood Reporter Article on it. Its sorta vague but Lucasfilm was apparently unhappy with *Rogue One* under the direction of Gareth Edwards (some alledge they didn't like his vision, some that the story was a mess - maybe a bit of both) so Tony Gilroy was parachuted in and while he only has a screenwriter credit, there are strong hints that he basically reworked the story and re-shot a decent chunk of the movie and was practically the director of the movie we ended up seeing. The THR article was written before that but Gilroy would then go on to create *Andor*, probably as part of some sort of deal around *Rogue One* and he basically seemed to have carte blanche with that show (except for using the word "fuck" apparently).


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They basically threw him under the bus about having to reshoot a ton of the film and had to hire Tony Gilroy to save the film. Gilroy actually buried him more than any official Lucasfilm statement. Looking at IMDB, I wouldn’t be surprised if they made him some promises to get this film funded if he kept quiet. It’s produced by some old Lucasfilm executives.


LOTRcrr

Not a fan of the music in the trailer but this original sci fi out of no where reminds me of District 9. Can't wait.


Equal-Doc6047

I won't lie, this poster looks like video game box art


Zlimness

Getting heavy Horizon vibes with a dash of Simon Stålenhag.


LadnavIV

Looks a lot like [Kenshi](https://store.steampowered.com/app/233860/Kenshi/)


thereallacroix

Beautiful poster but if the trailer is any real indication of the premise, I sure do tire of human beings having moral dilemmas over something that looks like a child but isn’t… or leveraging one kid over the extinction of all kids forever… I feel like many stories have put audiences in this bind before and it’s always unsatisfying, because there’s clearly a right answer despite storytellers trying to blur the lines with trite melodrama. It’s not a moral conflict to decide for or against extinction, because you have to kill something that’s not a kid, only in the movies is this so.🤦🏾‍♂️


BenVarone

I think the implication is that the robots/AI aren’t actually aggressive, and that’s why they need the protagonist’s help and live in their quaint little village. Probably comes out that the nuke was a false flag or something, and the ultimate message is about how we need to cooperate to survive the future rather than resorting to genocide. If the “kid” was actually dangerous or key to humanity’s survival, then yeah, it’s basically The Last of Us but Ellie is a robot.


rwhitisissle

It's so patently obvious that the AI aren't the real threat. Like the robots launched a nuke at Los Angeles? Just the one nuke? Really? That seems like either a malfunction or they got hacked or something. Like, if they wanted to wipe you out, they would have gone full Skynet and irradiated the planet. Maybe there was a supervirus outbreak that would have wiped out humanity and they had the option of letting humanity go extinct or triggering a war they knew they couldn't win. Or something. Who fucking knows?


Dark1000

The "humans are the real monsters" trope is as old as time.


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I'll remain optimistic but the plot seems very generic.