Fans of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, The Marvels director Nia DaCosta isn’t solely amongst you – she used the computer-animated movie as inspiration.
Speaking to IGN at a latest press junket, DaCosta revealed that she used “a few scenes” as a reference when she was pitching The Marvels, which hits theaters on Nov. 10.
“It’s simply an incredible, superb film, and has actually nice combat scenes and has a extremely nice ending sequence with the principle character being thrown into the sky by all the opposite characters,” she defined.
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Square Enix launched Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children on DVD again in 2005 and, whereas it bought some combined critiques on the time, it’s remained a favourite amongst followers of the collection. As IGN wrote in our 8/10 evaluation on the time: “There is not any means round it: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is fan service. Glorious, stunning, well-executed fan service.”
DaCosta went on to say that she didn’t actually need The Marvels “to appear to be a online game within the sense of what you consider if you consider a online game.” Still, as an enormous gamer herself (she talked about her love of Skyrim elsewhere within the interview, and most not too long ago completed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild), she wished to convey the most effective of the medium into The Marvels.
“It’s simply an incredible, superb film, and has actually nice combat scenes and has a extremely nice ending sequence.
“Like, take into consideration The Last of Us cutscenes, or Horizon Zero Dawn cutscenes, nevertheless it’s a really totally different type,” she went on. “So, for me, it was from the most effective sorts of video games, the most effective kind of tales that you simply get, that kind of conjures up me to play and I feel conjures up individuals to observe motion pictures like this.”
More and extra information on The Marvels has continued to trickle out within the lead-up to the following entry within the MCU, with a last trailer on Monday confirming the looks of a serious character (which we gained’t spoil right here, however you possibly can learn the story/watch the trailer to seek out out). DaCosta has additionally commented on The Marvels being the shortest film within the MCU, in addition to the stories that she left the movie throughout post-production.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or modifying, yow will discover her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.
