Steve "Frosty" Weintraub from Collider has just posted another amazing interview with Director DJ Caruso as well as a description of 20 minutes of the film he was lucky enough to see. In the interview we learn a lot of great details about the film, including the special effects, what's different about the movie versus the book, and how Steven Spielberg has helped with the editing of the film. Read on for highlights!
First the interview:
COLLIDER: It looks like you spread out a lot of the action which in the book was at the end. Was the conscience?
DJ: Not really. We have some action that is inter-stickle, but kind of gets you there. We still have the fight in the forest, still have the fight there after the hay ride in the forest. But really, I think the action starts in high school, which is all act 3, which is very similar to the book.
COLLIDER: You are dealing with a series of books when only #1 is released, are their elements worked in that we don’t know now, but years from now will?
DJ: Yeah there are some elements worked in. Particularly the whole sort of mythology of the Mogadorians is not explained in the movie as it is in the book. You just sort of understand from John the history of the legacy. There are some things in the movie, particularly what happened to Sam and Sam’s father and why they go to Paradise. Ultimately Sam, Six, and John ultimately embark on a journey and that’s where the authors let us know book two would be starting. So we just saw an outline for book two not the whole book so we definitely kept that on track. But the movie has a beginning, middle, and end and ends in a very satisfying way. So if it does well and we want to make another one you can understand that people would want to know that John and Six are going to look for the others. And when they find the others how powerful they can be. But I still think it stands alone and has a beginning, middle and end as a stand-alone film.
COLLIDER: How did you find the balance with him finding his powers and what to show on screen?
DJ: I think particularly in the book John is a lot more knowing about the powers he has and what is happening in his life and cinematically we thought to have him discovery more of these things. Henry sort of keeps him in check and keeps him waiting for these things to happen. I think it is much more interesting from a cinematic stand point not necessarily from a literary standpoint that you are with your character when he is discovering these things. He is sitting in science class when everything seems to be okay and he is looking for Sarah and his first legacy, like full blown legacy starts to come out from his hands and he has no idea why that is happening so he kind of needs to curtail that and run into the closet and all this stuff happens. So you experience that as a viewer with him. You are learning all about the same stuff he is, instead of already knowing he already has it. I think it is a better story telling device.
Click here to read the full interview with Director DJ Caruso.
Now, what about that footage??
After the DreamWorks logo appears, we pan to the right and then start to zoom in on our planet with an awesome shot that keeps on going until we ultimately end up in the jungle and in a small cabin with mosquito protected beds. A man hears something. He gets out of bed and grabs what appears to be a strange looking weapon. As he walks over to the window to investigate what might be outside, we are shown another person in the cabin. He’s younger. Scared. Cut to the the adult. After believing they are safe, he turns and then….
Want more?? Then head over to Collider and check out "Frosty's" full description of the film footage. It sounds AMAZING!!
Haven't seen the trailer yet? Check it out below!
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