Edgar Wright On Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

"The Matrix was a great comic-book film..."

Feb 5th 2009 By Sam Ashurst

How are you filming it?
"There have been lots of great comic-book adaptations recently, but I thought there was a good way – post Sin City and 300 – to bring an element of graphics and animation to the screen in a comedy film that you wouldn’t accept in something harder like The Dark Knight.

There’s also the videogame element that’s in the book. It seems to me you can do a good videogame film that isn’t an adaptation of any game.

In the same way The Matrix was a great comic-book film that wasn’t actually based on any comic book, this will have elements of gaming without being a straight adaptation of a game…”

How faithful will it be?
“On one hand it’s very faithful to the books, on the other it has become something that has the structure of a romantic comedy action film. I haven’t quite figured that out. At the moment I’m calling it an action romance, but I’m trying to think of something a bit snappier…”

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- aelmo1
  
  Feb 5th 2009, 15:25
  
  "We love the idea of Wright starting out homaging Sam Raimi on Spaced, then going on to create the best superhero movie since Spider-Man 2". ........um hmmmmmmmmm did u foerget about The Dark Knight!? and Iron Man!?
  
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