Hit Fix har en exklusiv intervju med regissören Chris Weitz, där man lär sig flera nya saker om New Moon! Den är väldigt intressant så jag rekommenderar er starkt att läsa den!

T.ex. att vargen i slutet av trailern har gått igenom ca 30 ändringar på specialeffektsfronten.

It is. I myself was surprised Phil Tippet’s company was able to turn out that wolf shot and I think they kind of did that as a matter of institutional pride that they could. Even that shot that was in the trailer has gone through 20-30 iterations since then, but they have done a really extraordinary job and Phil Tippet is a complete genius. He’s responsible for the walkers in ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ and he’s kind of one of the legends of the visual effects community and it pretty amazing what they have been able to do on such short notice. We are working at kind of breakneck speed at the same time as trying to achieve something really quite elegant as well. It’s not just Tippet, it’s Frantic/CBS (LOOK UP) which is headed up by Mike Fink who is my old friend who was the visual effects supervisor on ‘Golden Compass’ which won the Oscar the year it came out. So, yeah, working very fast, but we’re also trying to work as beautifully as possible to make these effect kind of settle into the amazing cinematography that Javier Aguirresarobe brought us. We are kind of moving at light speed,but trying to deliver something that’s really elegant and beautiful.

Detta får vi bland annat lära oss:

*Even Weitz was surprised with how quickly Phil Tippet’s company turned around the Jacob wolf shot at the end of the first teaser trailer. The shot has gone through numerous iterations and is much more photorealistic than that version.

*He’ll be submitting a director’s cut of the film to Summit within the next two weeks.

*Alexandre Desplat is currently working on the movie’s score. It may include hints at Carter Burwell’s original ”Twilight” theme, but will sound different.

*Thom Yorke and Kings of Leon are interested in contributing to the film’s soundtrack.

*A couple of new scenes from the film will be shown during the ”New Moon” Comic-Con panel on Thursday, July 23.

*The movie within a movie, ”Facepunch,” will only be heard — not seen.

*Shooting in Italy with all of the fans that trekked across Europe to see the production was like Beatlemania.

*His vision of the Volturi is very much like the book and unlike a number of fan inspirations that have hit the web. He also sees them as having gone slightly insane after living for 2,000 years.

*He’s met with David Slade and expects the filmmaker’s vision for ”Eclipse” to be different than what he’s doing with ”New Moon,” but with the same actors and visual effects team.

*He’s flattered that fans want him to direct ”Breaking Dawn” without seeing ”New Moon,” but thinks the fans will want Slade to do it by the time ”Eclipse” comes out.

*Weitz needs to turn the film in by Oct. 30 to strike prints or if not, they are in ”big trouble” to make the release date.

Weitz om soundtracket:

Really quickly on the music. The first movie probably made Paramore as a band. Were you surprised by the number of acts wanting to be on the sequel and have you had to turn anybody down?

Well, fortunately I’m not at the stage where I have to turn anybody down yet, because everything is still kind of up in the air, but I am surprised by some of the bands that have said they are interested. It’s kind of great. The criteria will still be what’s right for the movie at that given moment, but y’know, Thom Yorke is interested. We might, if we’re very lucky, get Kings of Leon to do something. So, it’s exciting to have access to this kind of talent.

Kings of Leon? Yay! :) Deras låt ”Closer” är en av mina favoriter:

Här med lyrics.

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