The Hunt
The Huntfinally premiere this week aftermonths of controversystemming from the very political divide the film seeks to look into . As a story about the rich elite hunt down chiefly pitiful conservative , there is much to oppugn on either side . But whatever the theories about its contents were , viewers can expect the cerebral repulsion that has become Blumhouse Productions ' brand as well as allegorical piece of writing from the creators ofWatchmenandTheLeftovers .
Co - writers Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof in reality teamed up with a managing director they ’ve known sinceLeftovers , Craig Zobel . Having directed installment ofWestworldandAmerican Godsas well as the filmZ ForZachariah , Zobel is very familiar with the political discussions and revelatory scenarios required forThe Hunt .
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Cuse and Zobel confab with Screen Rant prior to the film ’s release , talk over their teamwork on various task as well as hypothesis for a sequel .
I just watchedThe Huntlast night , and I laughed and squeal at various example . Did you have to make any change in the redaction room or anything else after the delay ? Or was it just a waiting game for misconception to go off ?
Craig Zobel : No , we did n’t . Nobody asked us to change anything , and we did n’t make any change .
The movie really does limn the ample elite as equally ridiculous or more so than the I that they are ridiculing . How important was it to you to balance the scales ?
Craig Zobel : I would say that my linear perspective on it was simply the level of what ’s gon na make us laugh right now , and express joy at ourselves was a fully grown part of that . So , maybe some beliefs that we would have , we were trying to make certain to skewer and make certain that everybody was kind of roast equally .
Nick Cuse : Yeah , it was really just about nothing is what it seems , I think , for mass on both sides of the hunt . So , I call back just refuse expectations and putting people in situations where they seem very well - educate and very conscious and cognizant , but then they ’re trying to polish off people in the forest . There ’s something fun about that contradiction .
Hopefully everyone sees the fun in the film and goes to see it . Do you have any ideas for potential sequel , or other conspiracy theories you might tackle ?
Nick Cuse : Maybe . Yeah , I signify , if people like it , it ’s always a conversation deserving make . But I think the idea that ’s interesting alfresco of just this movie is , " What is a confederacy that became real ? " Because there ’s more out there . So , Flat Earth is the next one .
Craig Zobel : Yeah , we ’re making a matted Earth . We ’re gon na turn up it .
Nick Cuse : Industrial Light & Magic will be doing it . They have a great Flat Earth prototype .
You ’ve both work together sinceLeftovers , along with Damon . How would you say that your teamwork has evolved since then ?
Nick Cuse : Well , I mean , I ’d just say that it ’s been slap-up . There was a not bad shorthand from the beginning . And when we had the first conversation with this moving-picture show , we said , " What if we could do a Blumhouse movie that was like The Most life-threatening Game and Craig could direct it ? That would be so fun . " The fact that it ’s Jason Blum and Craig , that will never find again . We were very favorable .
ultimately , this is not a conspiracy theory . But when I read aboutStation Eleven , with the Coronavirus irruption that ’s find now , I was like , " Are you psychical ? What happened ? "
Nick Cuse : Actually , now it ’s lead to bean Alex Gibney documentary . He ’s taking over for Hiro Murai ; he ’s just interviewing masses , and it ’s just gon na be like the last record of humanity before it was wiped off the earthly concern for outlander to find and teach in their history class .
But you really were writing it beforehand , right ?
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