Amazon and MGM may close their $8.5 billion merger in March, but don’t expect to see ”Three thousand years of missing,” Director’s Fantastic Love Story George Milleron Prime Video when the movie hits theaters on August 31.
Miller is a big believer in movies and the cinemas that house them. “It’s going to be very painful to know that your movie is going to be seen on streaming first,” he told type.
“There’s a promise they can’t change. MGM is going to release it in 2,000 theaters by the end of August. MGM didn’t make any deal to show the movie. At the moment, it’s going to be a theatrical release. See it in that theater. [the Palais], with that voice, that group of people, knowing that every bit of work we put into it, will be available to the audience. “
The film was adapted from AS Byatt’s short story “The Genie in the Eye of a Nightingale” by Miller and first-time screenwriter Augusta Golan. The film tells the story of scholar Alicia (Tilda Swinton) who meets the god (Idris Elba), who makes three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit movie theaters hard, with many having to close their doors, even after a vaccine is released. However, Miller isn’t worried about the future of the movie. “I think groups where people tell each other stories have evolved since ancient times,” he said. “The movie just has to adapt to it.”
Five years ago, George Miller sat at a table with Tilda Swinton at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, the two talked for hours when the Australian filmmaker realized she was a good fit to play Alithea in the long-awaited project. “She’s kind of like a chameleon.”
It wasn’t until he cast Swinton that he knew Elba was the only one who could play the djinn. “You can’t just vote for anyone. It’s yin versus yang.”
Working with two of today’s most versatile stars, Miller refers to his two main stars as “movie-making actors,” explaining: “They’re not just there to serve the characters. They’re there to figure out the strategy. and the best way to make a movie.”
The 77-year-old director is one of the most dynamic, never bound by genre or medium when it comes to the films he makes. He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for “Happy Feet” (2005). In addition, he won “Lorenzo’s Oil” (1992) for the original screenplay, “Baby” (1996) for best picture and adapted screenplay, and “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015) for film and director ) nomination.
Fury Road is another long-awaited title that was set to begin production in 2001, with Mel Gibson reprising his role. However, after the 9/11 attacks, it was difficult to insure production, according to Miller. When the film was ready, Gibson faced a lot of negative press and scrutiny for his anti-Semitic remarks, and he was no longer able to appear in the film.
Talking about his passion for film, Miller can recall the day he truly fell in love with the art form. His eyes were fixed on the wall behind me, and you could see himself back in time when he was in college and studying medicine. He was on his way to class when he saw a poster: “There’s a woman’s leg with two fingers signaling peace,” he described. He was talking about Robert Altman’s “M*A*S*H” (1972), which he had never seen before. “I went out, in the sun, came back right away, and watched it again.”
After coming out of the cinema – it’s getting dark now – he’s full of confidence in the film’s potential and its potential. When he got home, he passed an art cinema where they were showing “Battle of Algiers” (1966). He went in, and the black-and-white war movie gave a completely different experience. He is addicted.
His next project will be highly anticipated”Furiosa,” is a spinoff of “Fury Road” starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, who will return to Australia to film on May 24 after filming a main sequence. Calling the sequel “The Legend,” it will unfold over a 15-year period, unlike the three-day time span of its predecessor.
When it comes to “Mad Max: Wasteland,” the tentative title for what was supposed to be a direct sequel to the six-time Oscar winner in 2015, we shouldn’t expect it to be any time soon, nor do we know if Tom Hardy will reprise his role as Mike s role. “We do have another story, but it’s not fully evolved,” Miller said. “We’re going to see further chains.”
