The Movies That Inspired Gareth Edwards To Make The Creator
We’re a month away from the release of “The Creator,” the latest sci-fi film from writer and director Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”). It’s the story of a future in which A.I. and humans are at war after the robots set off a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. Ex-special forces agent Joshua (John David Washington), who is dealing with the disappearance of his wife, is sent off to find the architect of advanced A.I. He’s created a new weapon that could destroy humans completely. However, when Joshua goes to take out the weapon, he finds that it’s in the body of a little child. How do you destroy a weapon that you find yourself beginning to care for?
Recently /Film’s own Vanessa Armstrong attended a press screening of 30 minutes of footage from “The Creator,” as well as a Q&A with Edwards, where the filmmaker was asked about the films that influenced him during the production. Since Edwards’ first film, posters of the movies that inspired whatever he’s working on have been hung in the edit suite. So which posters surrounded him while piecing “The Creator” together? Some you might expect, but others you might not even know about.