The Big Picture Director Gareth Edwards flipped the filmmaking script when it came to his latest feature The Creator. Made on a baffling $80 million budget despite its excellent effects, the film feels like a marvel when compared to franchise blockbusters that seem to keep inflating in budget. The team had plenty of ways to keep costs low, but much of the savings came with how the sci-fi world itself came together.
While it has its fair share of locales that look completely overrun by technology, The Creator also has a lot of shots that look far closer to our world as it exists right now. AI soldiers fight a sweeping war with humanity in realistic fields and villages that give the feeling Edwards's dystopian reality isn't all that far away. It was all part of the director's vision as he aimed to incorporate the gritty, boots-on-the-ground feel of a Vietnam War movie with the sci-fi.
'The Creator's Filming Locations Shine Through in the Final Product The Creator is all about striking a balance of spectacle and emotion as it asks questions about morality and what it means to truly be alive. John David Washington's Joshua becomes the lens through which this world is seen as he's tasked with killing The Creator who would unleash a weapon upon humanity that would change the tide of the battle.