Shooting on the Subway was the most challenging of everything. There was a lot that was jam packed into those last few days. I got to do like 3 takes and then they were kicking us off the tracks and then I was picture wrap. But the scene that set it up was the last scene we shot in Toronto in Lower Bay and I just didn’t have the time. LD: Yeah, there’s a few deleted scenes and deleted ideas that I had in the script, that I think would have been cool if I could have made them work, and one of them was to expand the idea of the light into an actual frequency, so it wasn’t just your eyes but it was anything you heard, that they figured that out and it became a bigger part in how they could avoid being caught by it. There’s so much going on, so I’m curious, was there anything that didn’t make it in that you were keen to try and incorporate or anything that came along during the directing process? KM: Beyond Skyline is your directorial debut, and you’ve said that you put in everything that you wanted to do in a movie. LD: That’s the pull quote on the poster! “More fun than it has any right to be” with a shaking fist KM: I was talking to a friend of mine about Beyond Skyline – who hasn’t seen it – and I was telling him a bit about how it’s got Iko Uwais and Frank Grillo and it’s this exciting, enjoyably cheeky alien action movie, and he said “that sounds like it’s way more fun than it has any right to be”, and it really is. But I want to make it for the fans of this stuff, to really hit their spot. I’m not trying to make a movie for everybody. So that’s always what I’m very sensitive of, I just want the people who are going to like it, I want them to be happy. It’s not telling you that the trailer’s some other story. If you liked the trailer, you’ll like the movie. I love the trailers that Zealot did for us with Vertical, their trailers just kind of perfectly captured what the movie is for me. That’s some 1992 stuff, you can’t do that anymore. You have to sell the movie for what it is, don’t try to dupe the audience. I’m still fighting this fight – always – with marketing and I take a pretty big leadership role in all the poster design and everything. Even within the negatives for Beyond Skyline there’s not the level of vitriol which, I do think, merits of the first film aside, which I co-wrote and produced and am proud of, it was such a weird acquisition and promotional process and they kind of sold the movie for what it wasn’t. LD: They weren’t just bad, they were vicious. KM: So, as we know, Skyline had mixed reviews… You can check out Beyond Skyline on VOD starting December 15th. For a movie that’s all about an alien invasion, it’s deeply human.Ĭheck out the trailer below and read on for my interview with first time director/writer Liam O’Donnell. But if the hack-and-slash isn’t enough for you (I don’t understand you, but, alright), rest assured that there’s actually a lot of heart to the film. Cool.īeyond Skyline is a wild and entertaining ride with everything from war zone combat to crazy Kaiju battles, all delivered with impeccable visual effects. Iko Uwais brought along Yayan Ruhian (the incredible and feverishly brutal Mad Dog from The Raid: Redemption) to join the team where they both served as Action Choreographer. They’re a fierce strength throughout the frenzy. Actresses Bojana Novakovic ( The Hallow) and Pamelyn Chee ( Prescient) are a reminder that being a total badass is often born from protective affection. O’Donnell stacks the roster with literal heavy-hitters Frank Grillo ( The Purge: Anarchy/Election Year, Captain America: Civil War) and Iko Uwais ( The Raid: Redemption). It moves beyond the isolated scope of the first film and provides a much needed burst of over-the-top action. It doesn’t quite continue the story from the first film – which Beyond Skyline writer/director Liam O’Donnell co-wrote – but instead it rotates the focus in an entirely different direction. The sequel, Beyond Skyline, on the other hand, has actually been gaining momentum – and for all the right reasons.īeyond Skyline is an apt title for the sequel. The 2010 film received negative reviews from critics and mostly slid under everyone else’s radar. If you hadn’t heard that Skyline was getting a sequel, I’m not entirely surprised.
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