Producers have confirmed that they will be using a motion-captured director on the sequel to Venom in the form of Andy Serkis.
“Andy has been a real pioneer in motion-capture,” explained producer Stewart James.
“You know – Gollum, King Kong and, of course, the mountain in Brokeback Mountain.
“So, when we wanted to use motion-captured direction on Venom 2, he was the only name on our list.”
Serkis will do all the direction against a green screen at his own Imaginarium Studio in London, his actions will be captured digitally and then will be inserted later onto the Venom 2 set.
“It should allow Andy to really push the boundaries of what his possible with direction,” continued James.
“If we need someone to shout ‘action’ halfway up a mountain in space, then we can do that safely using this tech.
“If there’s some action that takes place in a microscopic, underground cave with some insects then that’s fine, after Andy’s direction has been captured then we can simply shrink it right down to allow him to fit in the cave.
“Most importantly, if we need a scene to be directed by a convincing ape, then this process will easily achieve that.”
However, there were some concerned voices.
“I don’t care how convincing motion-captured direction is, it can’t pass for real direction,” said an insider who’d seen some early test direction.
“I’m just worried that we may end up with a film about a sentient, alien supersuit that feels a bit artificial and unconvincing.
“That would never do.”
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