Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, uTodd Tucker wayengaqiniseki ukuthi uzizwa kanjani ngeHollywood nangendlela okwakusingathwa ngayo ukusatshalaliswa kwamafilimu.

Inhloko yenkampani enkulu yemiphumela yokwakheka, uTucker wayebuye aqondise amafilimu ambalwa ngaleso sikhathi futhi wayenalo nohlu oluhle kakhulu lwamakhredithi okulingisa. Noma kunjalo, wayengaqiniseki ukuthi ngabe ufuna ukuhola enye ifilimu.

Isikhathi sihambile, futhi uTucker wanquma ukuthi isikhathi besifanele ukuzama futhi, kepha wayazi ukuthi uma enza njalo, kuzofanela kusho okuthile. Waqala ukusebenza futhi kungakabiphi Ukwesaba kuka-Eve kaHallow wazalwa. Isisekelo sivela kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe nokuxhashazwa esemusha. Faka i-twist emnyama, futhi kungekudala waba nefilimu ethusayo ngesikhathi esisodwa nostalgic futhi entsha.

Isinyathelo esilandelayo, ngokwemvelo, sasihlanganisa izithako ezifanele.

"Ngangifuna ukuthi kube sengathi ubuka okwakwenzeka empilweni yale ngane kunokuba kube sengathi umuntu ulingisa indaba," kuchaza uTucker. "Ngakho-ke bekubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi izinto zomhlaba wangempela zizwakale zinomhlabathi kepha lapho sifika ezintweni ezinhle, ngivele ngiphume ngamabhola!"

Ukushaywa kwamabhola kungaba yincazelo engcono kakhulu yendaba evezwa kuyo Ukwesaba kuka-Eve kaHallow.

UTim, umlingisi oneminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu ubudala, onethalente lokuklama izilo, akaze abe nempilo elula. Uyise akasekho; Umama wakhe usemqondweni wakhe, kanti futhi konke lokhu, iziqhwaga ezintathu zanquma ukumxosha namuhla. Akazi lapho ethola incwadi eyinqaba ophahleni lwendlu kuyisihluthulelo sokubuyisela emuva. Wayengazi nokuthi ukukhokhelwa kuzomlahlekisela ngakho konke.

Ngemuva kokufunda ku-tome engaqondakali, umlingisi ovela emakhasini ayo ufaka iqiniso lakhe. Igama lakhe nguTrickster futhi utshela uTim, ngokungagunci, ukuthi ukhona ukuzonikeza isifiso sakhe: ukwethusa iziqhwaga zakhe zife.

“Ngiyamthanda uMkhohlisi! Upholile, ”uTucker wahleka. "Ngiyakholelwa impela ukube uTrickster ubengasebenzi, le filimu ibingeke ibe yilokhu okuyikho."

Ngenhlanhla kaTucker, uTrickster wasebenza, kepha kwathatha ukubekezela okukhulu nomlingisi oyedwa onethalente ekugcineni ukuyihlanganisa.

"Kuqale njengopopayi ophilayo ngokuphelele," kuchaza umqondisi. "Ibibukeka ipholile futhi ibe nomphumela omuhle impela, kepha ibingasiniki lokho ebesikudinga."

Njengoba inhlanhla ingaba nayo, UDoug Jones wayevele esebenza kule filimu njengomuntu owesabekayo, owesabekayo, nomlingisi ogama lakhe linguScarecrow. UTucker ushayele uDoug ucingo wambuza ukuthi uzothatha yini iphasi eTrickster ngemuva kokuqoshwa kwefilimu. Ngokwakheka okuthile, umlingo omncane we-CGI, nokudubula phambi kwesikrini esiluhlaza, uTrickster ekugcineni, futhi ngokukhazimulayo, waphila. Baze banika uJones ithuba lokuthi asebenzise izwi lakhe kule filimu, nokuyinto eyivelakancane kumlingisi ovelele.

Kwabalingiswa bangempela, uTucker useshe phezulu naphansi kubalingisi abangakwazi ukudlala iziqhwaga kuphela, kepha abathembeke ngokweqiniso njengabahlukumezi bakudala. Ugcizelela ukuthi abalingisi abathathu (uJT Neal, Mcabe Gregg, noNiko Papastefanou) bacishe bafane ncamashi nabafana ababakhumbulayo kusukela ebusheni bakhe.

Ngemuva kwalokho kwafika uSarah Lancaster noChristian Kane abadlala indawo kamama kaTim nobaba ongekho kule filimu.

"USarah wayemuhle kahle umama," kusho uTucker. “Kwakunendawo lapho izinto zazinolaka phakathi kukaTim noMama, futhi empeleni kwadingeka ngishiye imizuzwana ngiphume kancane. Kwakungokoqobo futhi kuyiqiniso kakhulu kulokho okwakwenzekile empeleni empilweni yangempela. Kepha yilokho ebengikufuna. Ngangazi ukuthi uma izwakala ingokoqobo kangako kimi, izozizwa ngendlela efanayo nakwabanye abantu. Akukhona lokho kuphela ebengikufuna, kodwa futhi nalokhu ebengikudinga ukuze ifilimu isebenze. ”

UCaleb Thomas, odlala uhlobo lomqondisi oneminyaka engu-15 ubudala, wayeyisiqephu sokugcina sephazili kuTucker oqashe umlingisi ngaphandle kokuhlolwa okusemthethweni.

“Bekumele ngithole umuntu ongaba isethulo, ingane enombala ohlangothini olumnyama kancane engangiyiyo ngaleso sikhathi. Ngibe nengxoxo emfushane noCaleb ngeSkype, ”kuchaza yena. “Wayesebenza e-Italy kwifilimu kaNickelodeon kanti ngesikhathi sesiqedile ukukhuluma, ngase ngikulungele ukumqasha. Ngangazi ukuthi ungumfana. ”

Embhalweni wokugcina kodwa oh omnandi kangaka, uJuliet Landau, ongamkhumbula njenge-vampire ephuphayo futhi ebulalayo uDrusilla ovela ku- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", naye ubonakala, enezela kulokho kuzizwa kwefilimu. UTodd, waphinda futhi, wangimangaza kancane ngenkathi sixoxa ngendima yakhe, noma kunjalo. Kuvela ukuthi naye ungenelele wadlala esinye sezidalwa ezinesithunzi esihlupha iziqhwaga zakhe kule filimu.

"Uke waba ngumdansi, futhi unale ndlela epholile yokunyakaza komzimba wakhe," kusho umqondisi. “Ngakho-ke, simenze wenza lolu hambo olupholile, oluyinqaba ngempela ephuma emathunzini futhi bekushaqisa! Empeleni, kucishe kwakhalisa abalingisi bami. ”

Lapho izakhi zingena endaweni yazo, zinemibala emihle yokulandelana ebusuku kanye nezilo ezibukeka ngokwesabekayo, uTodd Tucker wayazi ukuthi uzothola iresiphi efanelekile yefilimu yakhe.

"Lokho bekungukukhohlisa kwayo yonke le nto, ukuzama ukuyenza izwakale njengefilimu entsha sha owake wayibona eminyakeni engama-20 eyedlule."

Umsebenzi ufezekile, Mnu. Tucker!  Ukwesaba kuka-Eve kaHallow ekugcineni kuyifilimu ethusayo enenhliziyo nomyalezo wokulwa nobuxhwanguxhwangu odlalwa ngobuqili kodwa ngempumelelo, futhi leyo yinto ongafuni ukuyisho kaningi kuleli bhizinisi.

Ukwesaba kuka-Eve kaHallow izoqala ukukhonjiswa eFlightFest eLondon ngempelasonto ka-Agasti 28! Bheka i-trailer engezansi, futhi lapho ubona ifilimu ifuna uMnu. Tucker uqobo, edlala uTim bonke abakhule ekugcineni kwefilimu kokunye ukusonta okupholile kunako konke engake ngakubona!

(Isithombe esifakwe nguMichael Garcia ku-Think Jam)