UNDERWORLD WHIZ DISCUSSES SEQUEL
Patrick Tatopoulos, the whiz creature and effects man behind the recent hit ‘Underworld’, gave MovieHole a taste of his upcoming slate, and also confirmed a recent rumour regarding a Superhero project’s filming locale.
Tatopoulous says he’s currently working on the Wil Smith starrer ‘I Robot’. ‘Lately Ive been working with Alex Proyas on a film called I Robot, were just finishing all the optical effects, and Ive been doing some stuff for a show called Cave.
I was the production designer on Aliens vs.Predator. Funny story. Everytime Alex Proyas has called to ask me to work on something, Ive been busy working on something of Paul’s. Last time it was Event Horizon, when Alex was doing Dark City. So anyway, I started working on Aliens vs Predator, but ultimately had to leave that to work for Alex on I Robot. But Paul has a website for Aliens vs Predator and you can still see some of my stuff up there’.
He also revealed he’s no longer working on a revamped ‘The Outer Limits’, because it essentially fell apart. ‘I was working on The Outer Limits but thats kinda fallen apart, on the back burner anyway’.
He’s also no longer involved with ‘Chronicles of Riddick’, but for different reasons. ‘On Riddick, I designed a lot of creatures but what happened was the studio decided not to end up including any creatures probably to keep the cost down and so they were lost. Apparently they were cut for storytelling reasons too.’
Next up, he says, he’s working on the sequel to ‘Underworld’. ‘Im already designing it. Its hard to tell when were going to do it, but it will definitely be way before the end of the year. Ive already done Full-Blown stuff, but yeah, still working on it.’
On a final note, Tatopoulous says he’s got confirmation of a super-project. ‘My best friend called me two days ago and said Superman is on. Its starting up again. Hes the concept illustrator, the designer worked on The Matrix, hes Australian, from Sydney. I cant tell you much more than that, but yeah, its going to be filming in Australia soon.’
Courtesy of MovieHole
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