It was certainly something of a surprise when it was recently announced that Warner Brothers had ordered a 3D post-production bolt-on for Guillermo del Toro's blockbuster Pacific Rim, particularly in light of his less than positive 3D comments at this years Comic-Con. So was del Toro pushed into it? Or was it his choice? The man himself has spoken to ShockTilYouDrop to clarify things.
“What happened was, in the weeks and months following Comic-Con, what I asked from the studio was to agree to four points I wanted to do. The more the ILM shots arrived, the more I realized that there were only a few shots that would miniaturize”.
del Toro's main concerns with 3D for the film, that he had previously vocalised, would be the loss of scale. “I asked the studio that we would not hyper-stero-ize the thing. That we would not force the 3D on the beauty shots. That we would keep the giant dimensions. They agreed".
He continued: "Number two, they agreed to do something very unusual; normally a conversion takes a few weeks. I asked to start immediately so we could take the full 40 weeks to do the conversion. As an example Titanic took about 50 weeks to convert. The final thing that I asked that they agreed to, which was amazing, was that I asked them to give me extra budget, which is considerable, to actually have ILM composite the shots that are in CG native 3D. We're not giving elements. ILM is giving composite 3D from the get-go. That's a huge, huge element".
He finished by saying "Now I'm going to be involved in supervising it. What can I tell you? I changed my mind. I'm not running for office. I can do a Romney".
After that rather extensive explanation del Toro also mentioned that the post production of Pacific Rim is going well. The man clearly is enjoying making a film again. More on Pacific Rim, which is due next summer, as we get it.
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