- The electric state Directors have revealed why they did not use animatronic robots
- Joe and Anthony Russo say it would have been too expensive to do them
- The couple’s comments are presented in the midst that Netflix’s film costs more than $ 300 million
The electric stateDirectors have revealed why the next Netflix movie really has no robots, and everything is due to money.
Talking before the movie launch this Friday (March 14), Joe and Anthony Russo said it would have been too expensive to do all the androids that appear in the science fiction film.
To combat this, the couple and considerable crew of the film used a combination of visual effect performance works (VFX) and movement capture (Mocap) to give life to the film’s robots set. It is a tactic with which the Russian brothers say they really face in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Final of the game -The latest Marvel films that they directed and, at the time of publication, are two of the three most rewards films of all time.
“There are so many robots that, if we were going with Animatronics, it would have cost five more times to do,” said Joe Russo when I asked why they did not create versions of the real world of robots that are popular of the new Netflix March movies. “Having worked at [Infinity War and Endgame villain] Thanos, we also have a good sense of what is required to obtain a great Mocap performance.
“It is really important that live action actors have other actors to work,” he continued. “We had an incredible company of Mocap actors who were trained to move like robots, say their lines and create that chemistry with Chris [Pratt, who plays John Keats] And Millie [Bobby Brown, who portrays Michelle].
Actually, you are obtaining more human performance within the robots themselves
Anthony Russo, co -director of the electric state
“It was a very in layers process. We would record the voice actors before starting to shoot. Then, we made the Mocap actors listen to the recordings of the voice actors and perform the parts of the robot. When we finished shooting and we were in tail in the VFX, we brought the voice actors again so that they could see their character fully developed and then record their lines.”
“Our film explores the idea that you can find humanity in technology, and you can find inhumanity in humans,” Anthony Russo intervened. “Therefore, it was very important for us to bring a strong human texture to robots. I don’t know if we could have achieved that through animatronics.
“When we work with Mocap actors, we are capturing all the subtleties of their body language, the way they move and their emotions,” he continued. “When we record our voice actors, we are doing something similar. We are capturing their body language and facial expressions, so all that information goes to our animators as robots create. Actually, it is obtaining more human performance within the robots that we could not have achieved with puppets or animatronics.”
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Keep the low cost in a movie like The electric state It makes a lot of sense. After all, Movieming is becoming an increasingly expensive outlay for many studies, including Netflix.
That did not prevent the Russos and Netflix from throwing effective into the film, yes. According to articles published by Puck News and World of Reel last June, The electric state It would cost a tomb of $ 320 million to produce.
According to the first critical reactions, that titanic expense has not paid dividends. In fact, in my review of The electric stateI called it “Another non -brown project to add to the Library of films and television programs by Russo Brothers” and “a pale imitation of science fiction films with nostalgia with human stories richest in its nucleus.” At the time of the publication, its critical score of Rotten Tomatoes Abject 23% suggests that many of my fellow reviewers agree. Do not expect to see him join our best Netflix movies guide, then.
However, such original Netflix films are not received are not a reason for concern for the best transmission service in the world. According to the variety, Netflix’s financial director Spencer Neuman says that the transmission giant is ready to spend an astronomical content of $ 18 billion in 2025. That is a jump of 11% of last year’s expenses.
Long and short, then, Netflix will continue to produce films and programs, regardless of how they work critically and commercially. Therefore, don’t be surprised if (and it’s a great yes!), Despite its garbage reviews, The electric State becomes one of Netflix’s most seen original films and a sequel is quickly green.
