Monthly Archives: April 2010

Exclusive: Director Sylvain White talks to MakingOf about his work on “The Losers” and the film’s quick, action-packed 50 day shoot

direct link to interview: http://www.makingof.com/posts/watch/1621/sylvain-white-talks-the-losers  Filmmaker Sylvain White recently sat down with MakingOf in Los Angeles to discuss his path from directing music videos and commercials to movies. During our in-depth conversation, he answers questions about the production of his … Continue reading

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Director Julie Anne Robinson exclusively fields MakingOf’s questions about filming Miley Cyrus’ first dramatic role

direct link to interview: http://www.makingof.com/posts/watch/1616/director-julie-anne-robinson MakingOf recently interviewed director Julie Anne Robinson in Hollywood to get a behind-the-scenes look at the production of her film "The Last Song." During our exclusive conversation, Robinson describes the most challenging parts of the … Continue reading

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“Date Night” filmmaker Shawn Levy gives MakingOf a behind-the-scenes look at the film’s complicated, expensive and epic car chase

direct link to interview: http://makingof.com/posts/watch/1589/director-shawn-levy-discusses-action-scenes In MakingOf’s second segment from our exclusive interview with "Date Night" writer-director Shawn Levy, he gives a behind-the-scenes look at the film’s pivotal, complicated, multi-million dollar car chase through Manhattan. When discussing the inspiration and … Continue reading

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MakingOf talked exclusively with “Kick-Ass” stars Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz

direct link to interview: http://makingof.com/posts/watch/1586/chloe-moretz-and-christopher-mintz-plasse Actors Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz took time out of their visit to Wondercon to talk to MakingOf about their new comic-turned-film "Kick-Ass." During this interview, Moretz discusses where she drew the inspiration for her … Continue reading

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Thanks for your questions, here are my answers for Part 4!

1. Did the making of BoB affect your decisions about what to show (or not to show) in The Pacific? Specifically, I’m thinking about the lack of training shown, which can be argued was shown in Curahee, and instead we … Continue reading

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Shawn Levy sat down with MakingOf to give a behind-the-scenes look at casting and filming his latest comedy “Date Night” and revealed that the film has “more two-shots than any movie I’ve done.”

direct link to interview: http://makingof.com/posts/watch/1572/shawn-levy-discusses-date-night Writer-director Shawn Levy spoke exclusively with MakingOf in Los Angeles about his latest comedy, the Steve Carell and Tina Fey starrer "Date Night." During our interview, he discusses the inspiration for the story and how … Continue reading

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Music video director turned filmmaker Floria Sigismondi invited MakingOf to her studio

direct link: http://makingof.com/posts/watch/1569/director-floria-sigismondi-discusses-the-runaways Director Floria Sigismondi sat down with MakingOf at her Hollywood studio to chat about her feature film debut "The Runaways." During our exclusive conversation, she reveals how she adapted the story while staying true to Joan Jett … Continue reading

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“Harry Brown” director Daniel Barber and actress Emily Mortimer spoke with MakingOf about their first collaboration and described what it was like on-set while filming this intense drama

direct link to interview: http://makingof.com/posts/watch/1539/emily-mortimer-daniel-barber MakingOf sat down with director Daniel Barber and Emily Mortimer to discuss their film "Harry Brown" and to learn how they worked together on this dramatic piece. During this interview, the duo agree that it’s … Continue reading

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Comic super fans and leading filmmakers joined forces in San Francisco this weekend for the 2010 WonderCon event

MakingOf was in the center of the Wondercon madness this year to conduct interviews with filmmakers, attend high-profile panels and to get a first look at new footage from what are sure to be some of this year’s biggest films. … Continue reading

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Bruce C. McKenna Thanks for your questions! Here are the answers for Part Three

1. Hello Bruce, There has already been some discussion on deleted scenes resulting in shortened episodes and a somewhat fractured storyline. Will we get these deleted scenes on the DVD? What other goodies can we expect on the DVD? With … Continue reading

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