I-Ouija: Umsuka Wobubi akuyona enye inkambiso eya kowezi-2014 Yeboja kepha ngenza ngaphezulu. Yize Yeboja yenze imali engaphezu kwama- $ 100 Million ngesikhathi sayo semidlalo yaseshashalazini, abenzi be I-Ouija: Umsuka Wobubi bazi kahle ukuthi abalandeli abazwanga ukuthi bathole imali yabo okokuqala ngqa. “Ngiyazi ukuthi abalandeli abaningi bebengayithandi ifilimu yokuqala,” kusho uMike Flanagan, umbhali kanye nomqondisi we Umsuka Wobubi, i-prequel eyenzeka eLos Angeles ngawo-1960. “Nami bengingayithandi kakhulu. Isizathu kuphela sokuthi ngivume ukwenza ifilimu yesibili ukuthola ithuba lokuthuthuka kwifilimu yokuqala bese ngithatha indaba ngiyiqonde ngokuphelele. Yilokho engibona sengathi sikwenzile. ”

NgoJulayi, ngaba nethuba lokukhuluma noFlangan, owaziwa kakhulu ngababukeli bohlobo lwempumelelo yakhe yefilimu ka-2013 Oculus, mayelana nendlela athathe ngayo I-Ouija: Umsuka Wobubi nezinhlelo zakhe ngekusasa, ezingafaki ukuzibandakanya ne Halloween i-franchise.
DG: Wazibandakanya kanjani ne- Yeboja i-franchise?
MF: Bengisebenza noJason Blum, obesiza no-Oculus, iminyaka embalwa manje, futhi bengibandakanyeka ku-Ouija, ngaphambi kokuba benze ama-reshoots kuleyo filimu, futhi ngafaka imibono ethile. Leyo filimu ibinohambo olunzima lokuqeda.
DG: Ngabe usho ukuthi uqondise izingxenye ezithile ze- Yeboja?
MF: Cha, cha, cha. Ngisize nje maqondana nokunikela ngemibono maqondana nokuthi baye phambili kanjani. Yeboja ibinesigaba eside ngemuva kokukhiqizwa-bekufana nenye i-movie ephelele. U-Stiles White uqondise yonke indawo kuleyo filimu, ngokwazi kwami.

DG: Bheka, ayikho indlela enhle yokukhuluma lokhu. Noma kunjalo Yeboja wenze kahle kwezentengiselwano, akuhambanga kahle ngokugxeka. Uyakwazi ukusabela okungalungile okwenziwa yizithameli kufilimu yokuqala?
MF: Impela. Ifilimu yokuqala yayingaphelele, okuyinto abakhiqizi abayivumayo, engiyithandayo. Kuzoba nenani elikhulu lokungabaza kubantu abangayithandanga ifilimu yokuqala, futhi ngiyaqonda ngokuphelele ukuthi bavelaphi. Ngiyakuqonda ukungabaza. Ngibe nokungabaza okukhulu lapho uBrad [Fuller] noJason bengithinta mayelana nokuqondisa nokubhala umzuzwana Yeboja ifilimu.
DG: Bakukholisile kanjani?
MF: Bebezazi izingqinamba ngefilimu yokuqala, futhi bekungaba lula ukwenza nje okulandelayo bese uthi, "Ibhayisikobho yokuqala yenze imali engaphezu kwama- $ 100 Million, ngakho-ke ake senze ifilimu efanayo futhi," kodwa lokho hhayi abakushoyo. Okwakungikhanga kwakuwumcabango wokwenza enye inkondlo elama, ifilimu yesibili, nokuthola ithuba lokuthuthuka kwi-franchise, ukwenza okuthile okungcono, ukwenza okuhlukile. Bengingacabangi ukuthi bazoyilanda. Bengingenantshisekelo yokuxoxa indaba ngentsha nokuthi babulawe ngamunye ngamunye. Sesiyibonile leyo movie izikhathi eziningi kakhulu, futhi bengingafuni lutho olungahlanganisa nalokho. Lapho ngihlangana noJason, wathi, “Ngitshele ibhayisikobho enyantisayo ongathanda ukuyenza.” Ngathi ngithanda ukwenza isiqeshana sesikhathi, esabekwa ngo-1965, sinomama ongayedwa. Bengifuna ukubeka le ndaba ngesikhathi lapho ukuba ngumama ongayedwa bekuyinselele enkulu.

DG: Wabathuthukisa kanjani abalingiswa nendaba?
MF: Bengifuna ukuhlola izinkinga zomndeni kanye nezibopho phakathi komzali nengane, okungenye yezindikimba ezivamile kumafilimu ami. Bengifuna ukudala abalingiswa abathathu abahlukene, abalingiswa abathathu besifazane, futhi ngihlole lokhu okunamandla phakathi kwalobu bubi obubi. Bengifuna ukukhombisa ukuthi ukwethuka kwe-PG-13 kungasabisa. Amanye amafilimu engiwathandayo yi-PG-13, ikakhulukazi Ukushintsha, okwaba yithonya lami elikhulu lapho senza le filimu. Ifilimu ebicashile futhi ibingathembeli emiphumeleni eshibhile nasethusweni kepha kumoya nakumdlalo.
DG: Ungawuchaza kanjani umdlandla okhona phakathi kwalo mama ongayedwa namadodakazi akhe kule filimu?
MF: U-Elizabeth {Reaser} udlala indawo ka-Alice, umama. Annalize [Basso} nguPaulina, indodakazi endala, kanti uLulu {Wilson} nguDoris, indodakazi encane. Umyeni nobaba bashona ngonyaka owedlule. Ubulawe engozini yemoto. Ekuqaleni, babheka ibhodi ye-Ouija njengendlela yokuxhumana kabusha nobaba, kepha ayikho impendulo. Udade osekhulile uyangabaza, kepha udadewabo omncane ukholwa ukuthi ibhodi le-Ouija lingamandla amahle. Ufuna kakhulu ukukhuluma nobaba wakhe.
DG: Umama uyisangoma esingamanga?
MF: Uqhuba ibhizinisi eliyimilingo elingamanga, futhi bakholelwa ukuthi bayabasiza abantu, okuyindlela abakuthethelela ngayo ukuthatha imali yabantu. Umama ka-Alice wayengumbhuli eminyakeni yama-1920, futhi ujwayelene naleso simo sengqondo nendlela yokuphila. Benza ibanga elide ukukhohlisa abantu, kepha akusikho ngempela umkhonyovu. U-Alice ukholelwa ngempela ukuthi usiza abantu. Amantombazane nawo ayakukholwa lokho. Sibe nobumnandi obuningi sibonisa imishini yeseshini, engithathe kuyo Ukushintsha.
DG: Ibhodi ye-Ouija, okubi, ibonakala kanjani kule filimu?
MF: UDoris ucabanga ukuthi amandla ebhodi le-Ouija angokoqobo futhi kuyinto enhle. Ekugcineni uthola ukuthi okubangela ibhodi ye-Ouija akukuhle, futhi kuthatha umzimba wakhe. Okwenzeka kuDoris akuyona into kodwa kungukuhlangenwe nakho okulinganayo. UDoris ucabanga, ekuqaleni, ukuthi ubhekana nokuxhumeka kwangempela okungokoqobo futhi okuhle. Ucabanga ukuthi yinto enhle, futhi ugcina elahlekile ebhodini le-Ouija.
DG: Ungawuchaza kanjani umoya nethoni yokubuka yefilimu?
MF: Mina no-DP wami [uMichael Figmognari] besibheke njalo Ukushintsha ku-prep, ngokuya ngokubukeka nangethoni. Lokho ukubukeka nethoni ebesiyifuna. Besifuna le filimu ibukeke sengathi yenziwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960. Sisebenzise amalensi okusondeza esidala, hhayi inqubo entantayo yeSteadicam esetshenziswa kaningi namuhla. Bengifuna ukusebenzisa ukusondeza kwasendulo. Saze safaka nokusha kukagwayi phakathi kwezinguquko zesondo. Okwenzeka kuDoris nakwifilimu kungikhumbuza ifilimu Umlindi ehlathini, okungenye yamafilimu engiwathandayo engiwabone ngisemncane, enye yamafilimu asabekayo engikhumbula ngiwabona. Isimo esesabisa kakhulu kule filimu ngesinye sezigcawu ezilula engake ngazishutha. Sibona uDoris, ikhamela ingakwesokudla kuye, futhi akukho ukusikeka, futhi ukhulumela phansi umzuzu nje. Senze ukusondeza kancane ukuthola isibhamu, wabe esekhuluma, futhi kuyethusa nje.
DG: Kunamahemuhemu wokuthi unamathiselwe ukuqondisa okulandelayo Halloween ifilimu?
MF: Akulona iqiniso. Ngicabanga ukuthi amahemuhemu azalwa ngaphandle kobudlelwano bami noJason Blum, ngakho-ke ukuxhumana kusobala. Ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwephrojekthi, ngahlangana noJason. Kepha kube yingxoxo emfushane. Ngenze i-Ouija: Umsuka Wobubi ngoba bengifuna ukuthuthuka kwifilimu yokuqala, futhi lokho akunakwenzeka ngeHalloween, okuyifilimu ephelele. Ngicabanga ukuthi uJason wenza lokhu ngendlela efanele, maqondana nokufaka uJohn Carpenter ebhodini bese ebheka abaqondisi abaningi abahlukahlukene. Kepha ngeke kube yimina. Ngingasho ukuthi iHalloween neThe Thing, inguqulo yombazi, amafilimu amabili abenomthelela omkhulu kimi, ngokungenza ngifune ukuba ngumenzi wamafilimu. Lawo ngamafilimu amabili anethonya elikhulu empilweni yami nokukhula kwami ​​njengomenzi wamafilimu. Ngizokwesaba kakhulu ukulandela ezinyathelweni zombazi. Futhi, nginomuzwa wokuthi sengivele ngiyenzile i-Halloween yami nefilimu yami yangaphambilini ethi Hush.
DG: Yini elandelayo ngawe?
MF: Bengizama ukwenza uhlobo lwefilimu lwenoveli kaStephen King Umdlalo kaGerald cishe iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu manje. UJeff Howard, engibambisene naye ekubhaleni kanye nombhali naye I-Ouija: Umsuka Wobubi, futhi ngiwuqedile umbhalo, futhi ngithemba ukuthi I-Ouija: Umsuka Wobubi izokwenza imali eyanele ukunginikeza umfutho wokwenza lokhu kube ngokoqobo. Kuyindaba yokuthola imali. Sinamalungelo encwadi, nesikripthi. Kepha asikho isitudiyo esinamathiselwe okwamanje. Yiprojekthi eyigugu kakhulu, futhi angifuni ukuyisheshisa futhi ngiyenze ngendlela engafanele. Uma ngingenakukwenza ngendlela eyiyo, ngincamela ukungayenzi. Ngixhumene noStephen King, futhi uyajabula ngesikripthi.
I-Ouija: Umsuka Wobubi kuvulwa kumatiyetha ngo-Okthoba 21, 2016