Harry here, we've had reports of about Proyas making I ROBOT as his next project, we know that Garage Days is coming soon by way of Fox Searchlight. Awesome. Proyas is one of the filmmakers that I most eagerly await each new project with. Where is his QUATERMASS AND THE PIT? I'm dying to hear more about that one. But since the announcement of his taking up of I ROBOT.... A smile has crossed my face that I can not deny. He is perfect to bring it about. Here ya go...
Moviehole talked to Alex Proyas about his next movie "Garage Days" plus his next film "I Am Robot" and the future of the "Crow" and "Dark City".
Garage Days Proyas explains ” It’s been great working with a small crew again, on location, with the time to be flexible and muck around a little bit. When you're doing a big budget movie with a lot of sets and visual effects it can get pretty stressful. I was a little more relaxed on this movie”. The Garage Days storyline tackles the pitfalls and sacrifices of fame, as seen through the eyes of an Urban Sydney band. “My years of involvement with the music industry partly inspired the story of Garage Days. And I certainly know how to film a guy playing a guitar – having done it hundreds of times – it all came back to me like riding a bicycle”, explains Proyas. “I like working in Aus. It doesn’t really matter what level of production I’m doing. GD in particular had more of a “family” feel with the cast and crew on the set. Everyone’s there because they want to be – it isn’t just a “job””, explains Proyas. “I am very excited about Garage Days. I have high hopes for it. You never really can predict how a film will do but so far test audiences have responded extremely positively.”
Proyas told Moviehole he might go back and fix some of the things the studio made him change in Dark City (the special edition anyone?)..It seems unlikely that Proyas would even consider the idea of resurrecting The Crow for another movie too. Would he do it? “No. Without Brandon, the idea of a Crow franchise is disrespectful to his memory”, says Proyas obviously pointing the finger at the last two sequels. And a remake is out of the question too. “I generally don’t go for remakes. If the original film was great I don’t see the point of re-making it as you’re setting yourself up for disappointment. And if the original movie sucked... well who wants to remake a move that sucked?” he adds.
What we will see is a film formerly known as Hardwired. “The project is actually called I Robot and is based on the stories of Isaac Asimov. It’s a murder mystery where the main suspect is an extremely advanced robot. It will probably be my next movie and we are hoping to start shooting before the end of this year”, explains Proyas.
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