"Pacific Rim" is the kind of sci-fi blockbuster you want Del Toro to shoot, and he spared no effort to meet your request. - "Village Voice"
is a lot better and smarter than the kind of movie where people fight against monsters. - "The Hollywood Reporter"
a very refreshing summer entertainment blockbuster. ——"Daily Star"
◎Behind-the-scenes production The
origin of the production
"When I was a child, whenever I felt small or lonely, I would look up at the stars and wonder if there was other life in the universe, but I was completely wrong." The
quiet sea It is always charming to people, but we always think that the magical creatures in the sea and the dangers of walruses come from our own world.
We were wrong.
This thought-provoking premise led to Warner Bros. and Legendary's Pacific Rim. As the film begins, the ruptured plate of the ocean floor of the Pacific Ocean unleashes a devastating threat to humanity.
Director Guillermo del Toro, who co-wrote and produced the film, said: "The alien monsters emerging from this tunnel are bigger, more ferocious and more brutal than any threat we have ever seen before, we say They are monsters. To fight them, humans have assembled all their resources to create the largest, most advanced and most versatile weapons ever created. They created the Hunter Project to create a series of robots up to 25 floors high, composed of two penetrators. Neuron-connected pilots operate together." The combination of two pilots and a robot is the last key hope for humanity's survival. He continued: "This project includes everything on my dream list, visually, atmospherically and emotionally. It's an irresistibly exciting adventure story of human pilots manipulating giant robots and our former Fighting alien monsters like never before."
Producer Thomas Tour said: "Just the description of 'giant monsters vs. gigantic robots' gives a sense of scale and momentum, not to mention how exciting it will be. There's also an element of mystery, because we I don't know why the monsters are attacking us. What is their purpose, and how should humans respond? How can we fight their attack?"
The story was originally written by screenwriter Travis Beauchamp, who is also really in the ring. The California coastline of the Pacific Ocean conceives the central elements of this story. "I remember walking along the Santa Monica beach," he said. "It was a foggy morning, and the way the pier stretched its arms out of the water in the thick fog immediately reminded me of giant robots ready to take on the enemy. However, Beauchamp admits: "I knew that alone wasn't enough to make up the story. What really shaped the story was the idea of who would drive the robot, and I ended up deciding that I needed two people, and they had to be in tune with each other." One was able to control this behemoth. From then on it all started to fall into
place," Beauchamp told them because he worked with producers Thomas Tull and Joe Garhini as a writer on Clash of the Gods. In this original story, there is a desperate battle between humans and robots against alien monsters, and these alien monsters do not come from the Milky Way, but from the bottom of the sea. "From the moment Travis proposed to us, I was hooked," Tour said. "This film is about humanity facing an unexpected and overwhelming challenge and then uniting against it. We also thought it was a cool new concept that we could be attacked from within the planet."
"We can't dodge the monsters because They come from within the earth," added Beauchamp: "A large part of the ocean's charm is that it hides so many secrets. There are many myths about sea monsters, serpents and other unknown giants of the sea. People have a lot of basic fears about what could come out of that darkness."
Because the enemy is so terrifying, "the price to be paid for the entire planet is very high," Jahini said. "But also because the stakes are so high, we have to figure out a way for the audience to resonate on a personal level. The ability to cut into big themes and then refine the deepest emotions is what Guillermo del Toro is good at, not to mention he is a master of this type of film. He is a living encyclopedia of monster and robot culture, which makes He's more capable of capturing the most accessible and entertaining aspects of both. When we shared our plans with Travis with him, he immediately committed to participating."
When del Toro began working with Beecher When Mu was writing the script, he plunged headlong into the world they were going to create. "The more we develop this universe, the more I get into this story, these characters, these monsters, these cyborgs, I'm going to do everything possible to make it happen," he said. "I can't wait.
" It's amazing," Beauchamp says. "He's so inspired, he can come up with a great plot of a story in an instant. He also loves monster movies, so we're like a duck to water," he laughs. "He's got real passion. Coming to participate in this film, I think this is extremely important to the soul and spirit of the film."
Del Toro's enthusiasm not only infected everyone involved in the film, it also made him a favorite of fans of this type of film. In fact, he's the first person to call himself a monster fan. Producer Mary Parentet said: "Gilmore has a special emotional connection with the audience because he is the audience, which makes a big difference." He's excited to build this world, and we're equally excited to see it. You know he's going to take everyone on an exciting roller coaster ride. However ,
for an action movie of this scale, producers also need to create a human-centric story that can be balanced against it. "No matter how much threat it faces, the theme of the film must still be human radiance," Garcini said. "
Strong cast lineup
Charlie Hunnam's Riley Beckett, a heroic Warframe pilot, said: "The characters in this film face life or death, and the only way to overcome this great threat is to unite and forget about them. There are similarities and differences between nationalities, religions, and backgrounds. Humanity has proven time and time again that any difficulty can be overcome if we work together, and I think the audience will agree.”
This is reflected in the global fight against monsters . The designs, colors, and badges of the Great Armor all echo their nationality. The four giant armors mainly involved in the final battle are: the Gypsy Crisis in the United States, the Storm Crimson in China, the Cheno Elfa in Russia and the Charge Discovery in Australia.
The crew put the same amount of effort into designing terrifying monsters that are bent on destroying the world. Del Toro brought together some of the industry's top concept artists to design what he calls "the most terrifying yet at the same time the most majestic creature you can imagine," each with different characteristics and lethal abilities.
Giving life to the giant armor and monsters and making them leap to the big screen are the special effects technicians of the industry-renowned Light and Shadow Magic Industrial Effects Company (hereinafter referred to as ILM), this is their first collaboration with Del Toro. They worked together to create a classic amphibious battle across the sea, land and air.
The cast of this film are from all over the world, and the leading actors are Hunnam and Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Robert Kasinski, Max Martini, Xiao Ke Lifton Collins, Burn Gorman and Ron Perlman.
"We want the audience to be moved by the visuals, the sound and the story," Del Toro said. "But it's all about the courage of the protagonists. In the film, humans are the smallest in size but the greatest in spirit. They Let everyone see the true character of the hero."
Due to the scale of the production, the crew used every studio at Toronto's Pinewood Studios, two of which are the largest in the world. The scene, known as the junction pod, is created by a large balancer that makes the actors in the pilot suits made by the special effects company Tradition feel like they are really immersed in the battle. "We wanted to make the audience feel like a driver, so you know what it's like to dress, connect, and drive a robot yourself.
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· The word "Monster" (Kaiju) in the film comes from Japanese, meaning "giant beast", which mostly appears in Japanese science fiction films, such as "Godzilla", while "Mecha Hunter (or Skua) "(Jaeger) comes from German, meaning "hunter".
This is Guillermo del Toro's first film since "Silver Claw" to feature Ron Perlman as a human.
Guillermo del Toro got his inspiration for the mecha from the paintings of Goya and Hokusai.
· Guillermo del Toro was influenced by a lot of Japanese anime when making this movie. But he did his best not to show these influences in the film and in the design of the robot.
The screenwriter of the film came up with the idea of this "robot armor" from a walk on the coast of California. There was a lot of fog that day, and he noticed that the shape of the pier looked like some kind of artifact in the fog. Then, he imagined that this thing was a man-made robot, lurking in the sea, ready to fight. Hence this story.
·There is a life-size mech that was made by the crew and placed in Toronto. The mech weighs 20 tons and can perform a lot of stunts. The post-production team made special effects for other mechas based on the action and physical performance of this mecha.
·Copies of the film were sent to various cinemas under the pseudonym "Still Sea".
· Tom Cruise was originally expected to play a role in the film, but failed.
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