Guillermo del Toro reageert op 3D conversie van zijn Pacific Rim

Enige tijd terug werd bekend dat Warner Bros. de sci-fi actiefilm Pacific Rim in 3D gaat uitbrengen. Dit ging in tegen de wens van regisseur Guillermo del Toro, die zich al eens openlijk negatief uitliet over een 3D (conversie) van zijn blockbuster. De regisseur heeft nu via Shock Till You Drop een reactie gegeven op het nieuws. Klaarblijkelijk kan hij zich nu wel redelijk vinden in het besluit.

"What happened was, in the weeks and months following Comic-Con, what I asked from the studio was to agree to four points that I wanted to do," he says. "The more the ILM shots arrived, the more I realized that there were only a few shots that would miniaturize. I asked the studio, number one, that we would not hyper-stereo-lize the thing. That we would not force 3D on the beauty shots. That we would keep the giant dimensions. They agreed. Number two, they agreed to something very unusual. Normally a conversion takes a few weeks. I asked to start it immediately so we could take the full 40 weeks to do the conversion. As an example, 'Titanic' took about 50 weeks to convert. The final thing that I asked that they agreed to, which was amazing, was that I asked them to give me an extra budget, which is considerable, to actually have ILM composite the shots that are CG native 3D. We're not giving elements. ILM is giving the composite in 3D from the get-go. That's a huge, huge element. Now I'm going to be involved in supervising it. What can I tell you? I changed my mind. I'm not running for office. I can do a Romney."

Pacific Rim bevindt zich op dit moment in de post-productiefase. Del Toro over de voortgang: "It's going great. We're about 40 weeks away from opening but, nevertheless, the pace is breakneck. So far, though, it's been the best experience I've ever had."

Pacific Rim komt in Nederland hoogstwaarschijnlijk op 15 augustus 2013 uit in de (3D) bioscoop.