Gareth Edwards Interview, Explains Why He Left (New)

[Underworld54]

The rumors are false. Entertainment Weekly just released an article in their magazine with the truth.

When was this?

[miguelnuva]

The rumors are false. Entertainment Weekly just released an article in their magazine with the truth.

When was this?

Go look for the latest EW magazine in store.

[Ryguy]

Rumors always begin somewhere. So where did they begin?

I do believe it has been confirmed that at least a few reshoots are going-on

[Breakdown]

Watch Rogue One suck harder than the first two prequel movies

[miguelnuva]

Rumors always begin somewhere. So where did they begin?

I do believe it has been confirmed that at least a few reshoots are going-on

The reshoots are true but page six made them far worse then what they are.

[Underworld54]

The rumors are false. Entertainment Weekly just released an article in their magazine with the truth.

When was this?

Go look for the latest EW magazine in store.

Unless it came out in stores a few hours ago then it's irrelevant, this latest news came down tonight.

[Ryguy]

Well if they were serious about 40% requiring touching-up, that is not exactly a positive: that is just shy of half the film, and with half-a-year remaining....

[miguelnuva]

When was this?

Go look for the latest EW magazine in store.

Unless it came out in stores a few hours ago then it's irrelevant, this latest news came down tonight.

The latest news is wrong. You can't film 50% of a movie in 8 weeks starting in August and have it ready to release in December.

Well if they were serious about 40% requiring touching-up, that is not exactly a positive: that is just shy of half the film, and with half-a-year remaining....

Its not 40% of the film.

[eabaker]

The latest news is wrong. You can't film 50% of a movie in 8 weeks starting in August and have it ready to release in December.

I don't mean this as a comment on the specific rumors about this movie, but in general, yeah, you totally can. It's not the norm on studio productions, particularly ones with huge budgets and heavy spfx requirements, but it is absolutely possible.

[Underworld54]

Go look for the latest EW magazine in store.

Unless it came out in stores a few hours ago then it's irrelevant, this latest news came down tonight.

The latest news is wrong. You can't film 50% of a movie in 8 weeks starting in August and have it ready to release in December.

Well if they were serious about 40% requiring touching-up, that is not exactly a positive: that is just shy of half the film, and with half-a-year remaining....

Its not 40% of the film.

Where there's smoke there's fire...remember that.

Added in 12 minutes 10 seconds:
Gareth Edwards is “livid” as Disney is trying to make the film more family friendly so that they can ensure a bigger box office haul.

[miguelnuva]

Unless it came out in stores a few hours ago then it's irrelevant, this latest news came down tonight.

The latest news is wrong. You can't film 50% of a movie in 8 weeks starting in August and have it ready to release in December.

Well if they were serious about 40% requiring touching-up, that is not exactly a positive: that is just shy of half the film, and with half-a-year remaining....

Its not 40% of the film.

Where there's smoke there's fire...remember that.

Added in 12 minutes 10 seconds:
Gareth Edwards is “livid” as Disney is trying to make the film more family friendly so that they can ensure a bigger box office haul.

And where are Gareth's comments saying he is livid.

The latest news is wrong. You can't film 50% of a movie in 8 weeks starting in August and have it ready to release in December.

I don't mean this as a comment on the specific rumors about this movie, but in general, yeah, you totally can. It's not the norm on studio productions, particularly ones with huge budgets and heavy spfx requirements, but it is absolutely possible.

Disney said that can't film Rouge One and edit it in 8 weeks starting in August and have it ready for December.

[eabaker]

The latest news is wrong. You can't film 50% of a movie in 8 weeks starting in August and have it ready to release in December.

I don't mean this as a comment on the specific rumors about this movie, but in general, yeah, you totally can. It's not the norm on studio productions, particularly ones with huge budgets and heavy spfx requirements, but it is absolutely possible.

Disney said that can't film Rouge One and edit it in 8 weeks starting in August and have it ready for December.

What they would mean by a statement like that is, "Were we to turn it around that quickly, it would almost certainly fall short of the level of quality we're aiming for," not, "It is literally impossible to turn the project around that quickly."

They could do it, but the results would almost certainly be terrible, so in all probability they will not do it.

[JVM]

Most of the rumors are honestly not mutually exclusive. The big effects sequences and battle stuff is all mostly finished, and by all accounts what's being changed is mostly "cockpit" scenes and dialogue, which can still retain a shift from a darker to a more family-friendly film, but shouldn't require the extensive amount of editing often being assumed, as it's mostly character stuff, some of which will probably end up on the cutting room floor anyhow. I think we need to chill.

[Cookson]

It sounds like it's not necessarily Edwards fault, but Disney changing their mind on the tone.

[Ryguy]

"It was at this moment that Gareth Edwards knew he fucked up."

In all seriousness, he should have kept his loyalty to Legendary. They wanted him, the fanbase wanted him, his first large-scale feature film was a hit, and the sequel is in good standing. And now Disney is being persnickety, with unecessary tension present.

In retrospect, remember the intense emotions of disappointment when he exited Godzilla 2? Well recall that his walk-off was purely a manifestation of his strong desire to concentrate more severely on smaller films more like what we witnessed with Monsters (and flat-out fatigue in addition), and there was actually fine chemistry between he and the production companies.

I really don't care that much about Star Wars, so this news doesn't affect me in the slightest.

[Cookson]

Really, that's probably what Edwards is thinking right now... Staying with LP I mean. G2 could have been out this summer. Crazy thinking about it.

Is there really a quote saying "that's when Edwards knew he fe'd up"?

[Ryguy]

No, lol

I bolstered it from this Vine trend that was popular a couple years back:

[Chris55]

"It was at this moment that Gareth Edwards knew he skreeonked up."

In all seriousness, he should have kept his loyalty to Legendary. They wanted him, the fanbase wanted him, his first large-scale feature film was a hit, and the sequel is in good standing.

As big of a Star Wars fan that he is, there's no way I could blame him for taking the job

[TheSecondComing]

"It was at this moment that Gareth Edwards knew he skreeonked up."

In all seriousness, he should have kept his loyalty to Legendary. They wanted him, the fanbase wanted him, his first large-scale feature film was a hit, and the sequel is in good standing.

As big of a Star Wars fan that he is, there's no way I could blame him for taking the job

Precisely. That's the kind of job that'll keep him paid for a very long time. Royalties and whatnot, probably depending on how his deal was negotiated. Frustration with Disney's management seems to be the real issue here. He had an artistic vision of how to tell his story, and what we're hearing is that reshoots are happening to tweak it and inject more light-hearted stuff into the war movie he made. I don't blame him one single bit for backing out of Godzilla 2 and wish him luck in the future.

[g2vd]