In PART ONE of our interview with Timur Bekmambetov, the director talked about the importance of his new film 'Wanted' being grounded by a relatable actor like James McAvoy.
In this installment Bekmambetov talks about the role special effects play in the the film, and then shares what's next for him as a filmmaker.
Timur told us that his intent was to ensure that any special effects in the film forwarded the trajectory of the story.
"We have to explain the cool shots. All the special effects, all the visual effects is part of the story telling. You don't feel the CG or the effects because it just helps you follow the story and these characters and to help you understand what happens to him."
Timur has a firm grasp on story telling and the action genre. What are his inspirations?
"Computer games, a lot...in general they are the same. I don't really think about it to tell you the truth... I like action films like 'Terminator 2'. Everything, any movie that I saw influenced me like 'Bad Boys 2' or 'Matrix'."
The biggest challenge for Timur was to simply finish the film. "It's a long process that takes two years. Sometimes you have to say to yourself it doesn't matter what will happen you have to finish it. The challenge was to feel what it is like to be an American boy/ man sitting in the office, to be Wesley.
"That was the most important for me. Also to judge everything, how much action, is it real or not? Do we need sex between Wesley and Fox? Everything has to be judged from the point of view of this particular character. The pleasure of the project was having a great team, to be able to mix my Russian team with American team. It was very very important for me. It was very very organic process how we worked together."
Timur has a lot of projects he is currently developing, but for fans of the 'Night Watch' and 'Day Watch' movies, 'Twilight Watch' (the third and what should be the final movie in the trilogy) may not come to fruition.
"I don't know what will happen with this project. For me 'Wanted' took its place. 'Wanted' became an American version of the 'Night Watch' trilogy. I don't know what I can add or make it different. I have a lot of projects in development.
"As a producer I am working on a project with Tim Burton called '9', it's animation. We will finish it this September. I have in development a project called 'Knight Templar' about vampires looking for the Holy Grail and also a very interesting script called 'The Red Star' based on the comic book. It's my dream project. It's something between 'Star Wars' and 'Dr. Zhivago'.
"I am developing a project with Rogue, a lot of projects in development. The next project I will shoot, I cannot tell a lot. We will announce it in a week or two. It is a unique project where I found a new type of martial arts. I had an idea about a new type of martial arts, in a new world."
Is there a 'Wanted 2' in Timur's future? "The audience will make a decision. If the audience decides we would figure out how to do it. I am sure we have a lot of possibilities."
You can check out Wanted when it hits theaters on June 27th.
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