Red Sonja: Bringing The Fearless Warrior Back To Life After a 40 Year Hiatus
15With the imminent release of the Red Sonja reboot, ScreenTime's Cas Harlow spoke to its director MJ Bassett about getting the Robert E. Howard associated character back to the screen in just 3 months and her familiarity with Howard’s sword and sorcery world.
She also talks about getting started in the business, her escape from director jail via a switch from movie horror to TV action, filming in Africa and the future of AI in movies. MJ also reveals an issue with modern CGI visual effects that most film fans won't be aware of.
00:00:00 Start
00:02:20 Getting the writing BUGS
00:04:08 Horror opens the door - getting Deathwatch made
00:08:23 Escaping director jail after Silent Hill: Revelation
00:12:08 TV strikes back
00:19:20 New York in South Africa
00:21:22 Contractual bull**** and the Red Sonja journey
00:27:57 What really matters
00:33:44 CGI lions - credit vs blame
00:35:45 VFX and the colour space issue
00:38:18 AI and the future of film
00:41:40 A beautiful journey and what comes next
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