Gareth Edwards’ Sci-fi Actioner Pits Humanity Against AI Warlords – Armessa Movie News

Is it too soon to say that I think that Gareth Edwards is an underappreciated genius? Having announced themselves with their small budget sci-fi hit Monsters Edwards was quickly enlisted to take on bigger monsters in the next incarnation in the Godzilla franchise. That was… received. Two years later they directed the stand alone Star Wars film Rogue One. That was also… received. However, it remains one of my personal faves of the entire franchise and it led to another personal favorite series, Andor.

And then, silence.

Until now. 

While not a sound theory I think the issue with the two big studio projects was that Edwards was telling other people’s stories. Here, with The Creator, they’ve shot a story they wrote while sharing screenplay duties with one of their Rogue One scribe’s Chris Weitz. Perhaps that it the key to their success with an audience, telling their stories? There is no doubt that they are tremendously proficient at melding effects and live action – on a Blomkamp level – so what if the director were to do something they are more personally connected to? Not to say that Edwards did not give their all to the two previous films, just, creative executive control and all. I do not know, I am just typing out loud here. 

Rant over, on to the task at hand. Seriously, check out this new trailer for his new film, The Creator. John David Washington plays Joshua, an ex-forces agent tasked with hunting down a mysterous weapon created by a warring AI entity. Just the weapon has been made in the form of a child. Cue the personal and existenial conflict. 

Also cue some really amazing technology and action content. Jeebuz does The Creator look amazing. Jeebuz does it look amazing for an effects heavy sci-fi action film that cost less than half the budget of big studio blockbuster fare.

Jeebuz.

Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself.  Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory… only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child. 

 

20th Century Studios, New Regency and Entertainment One have released a new trailer for the epic sci-fi action thriller “The Creator,” which opens in theatres September 29. Directed by Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One,” “Godzilla”), the film stars John David Washington (“Tenet”), Gemma Chan (“Eternals”), Ken Watanabe (“Inception”), Sturgill Simpson (“Dog”), newcomer Madeleine Yuna Voyles and Academy Award® winner Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”). The film’s screenplay is by Gareth Edwards and Chris Weitz, from a story by Edwards. The producers are Gareth Edwards, p.g.a., Kiri Hart, Jim Spencer, p.g.a. and Arnon Milchan. The executive producers are Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer, Natalie Lehmann, Nick Meyer and Zev Foreman.