What did Marvel look for in 'Inhumans'? Fast and cheap - Sensationalist Headlines

[quote]You wouldn't think box office-dominating Marvel would ever have to worry about schedules or budgets. But the tight timetable and funding for new TV show "Inhumans" saw Marvel and ABC turn to director Roel Reiné for his experience making low-budget action movies in record time. "Inhumans" is the next Marvel saga to leap from page to screen. Following the adventures of moon-dwelling, superpowered royalty banished to Earth, the show was shot on Imax cameras and will premiere in theatres before it's on TV. I caught up with Dutch director Reiné in London, where he told me he was picked for the job because of his vision for the character drama at the heart of the superpowered shenanigans. Reiné's resume also includes a number of low-budget action movies like "Death Race 2" and "The Scorpion King 3", and this experience stood him in good stead. "I think they liked me for the job because I was able with my action movies to shoot in a very short time, or with very low budgets, action that looks like a big-budget movie," he said. "It was not a feature film, it was a TV episode, but they still wanted to have the scope." Time was also a critical factor. "The schedule was super-tight," Reiné laughed. "I had TV schedule time to shoot it with Imax cameras, 20 days to shoot two episodes. It's nerve-wracking but I come from a low-budget film world, so 20 days for me is luxury." The Marvel cinematic universe, of which "Inhumans" is a part, is tightly controlled by the company's top brass -- an experience that's been described as potentially "maddening or exhilarating". "There was always a Marvel executive around me," remembered Reiné, "just to make sure that whatever I did, or whatever we did together, would tie in with other characters in other universes, in other comics, in other series or movies. They're very protective. … These people are very passionate about their product and about characters and about doing the best version of everything." "I heard all of these horror stories of working with Marvel, but I didn't feel that way," said Reiné. "It was very collaborative. … Nine out of ten times they liked what I pitched -- even radical things."[/quote] [url=https://www.cnet.com/news/marvel-inhumans-fast-and-cheap-director-roel-reine/]CNET[/url]

[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;52578135] There was always a Marvel executive around me," remembered Reiné, "just to make sure that whatever I did, or whatever we did together, would tie in with other characters in other universes, in other comics, in other series or movies. They're very protective. … These people are very passionate about their product and about characters and about doing the best version of everything."[/QUOTE] more like the version that makes the most money.

[QUOTE=milktree;52578159]more like the version that makes the most money.[/QUOTE] That probably is a high priority but there definitely exists the need to be precise and... I dunno what you'd call it. Canonical? When dealing with a cinematic universe that just keeps growing and growing. Especially when you've already had inhumans in Agents of Shield, even the slightest mistake and the real stickler type fans would notice and be upset if something in your new show contradicted something from a previous show/movie.

[quote]The Marvel cinematic universe, of which "Inhumans" is a part, is tightly controlled by the company's top brass -- an experience that's been described as potentially "maddening or exhilarating".[/quote] Is this statement even true anymore after the Marvel Studios/Marvel Entertainment split? Kevin Fiege has pretty much suggested that the TV series were in their own universe.

[quote]moon-dwelling, superpowered royalty banished to Earth[/quote] stop, I'm done. There's already three things wrong with this bit here. You live on the moon, stop thinkin you're feudal kings or some shit like that. [quote] the show was shot on Imax cameras and will premiere in theatres before it's on TV. [/quote] not to be that guy but i think you probably could have used the money that you spent on imax elsewhere, especially when you're probably going to be using not-great CGI and broadcasting on TV

[QUOTE=Sableye;52578405]stop, I'm done. There's already three things wrong with this bit here. You live on the moon, stop thinkin you're feudal kings or some shit like that.[/QUOTE] Well thats what the Inhumans are? They're a semi-alien superpowered society led by a royal family, sometimes they live in a secret place in the mountains in asia, sometimes they're on the moon, depending on continuity or events in the story, but thats what they are.

Frankly aside from the actors they got it looks and feels fast and cheap, and not in a but still entertaining or so bad it's good way.

[QUOTE=Sableye;52578405]stop, I'm done. There's already three things wrong with this bit here. You live on the moon, stop thinkin you're feudal kings or some shit like that.[/QUOTE] the one thing you nitpick and it's the one thing that's accurate to the comics.

[QUOTE=27X;52578499]Frankly aside from the actors they got it looks and feels fast and cheap, and not in a but still entertaining or so bad it's good way.[/QUOTE] Yeah the article goes on about this guy being good at making low budget projects still look high production, but uhh, from the trailer alone, I'm not seeing it. The dog looks expensive, and I bet Iwan Rheon costs a pretty penny these days, but it looks like that's where all the money has gone. The sets are boring concrete, despite being a sort of [I]alien palace on the moon[/I], the costumes are bog standard and while I can only speculate (spoilers in case I'm right and someone really doesn't want to know) [sp]the trailer heavily suggests that they'll only be on the moon for a very limited time. It looks like Black Bolt is going to get stuck on Earth, unable to communicate with people. Good for the series' budget, but bad for anyone who is sick of seeing all of these larger than life comic book characters shoe-horned into some New York drama. Because it worked so well when Iron Fist was devoid of almost all mystic stuff.[/sp]

[QUOTE=Menien Goneld;52579685]Because it worked so well when Iron Fist was devoid of almost all mystic stuff.[/QUOTE] I haven't seen it but from what I've heard, IF had bigger problems than that.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;52579712]I haven't seen it but from what I've heard, IF had bigger problems than that.[/QUOTE] Scott Buck was the showrunner. He did the later seasons of Dexter. Enough said, I think.

IF didn't feel too bad for me, I quite enjoyed it. As someone who was completely unaware of IF as a character to begin with, what was wrong with the show?

[QUOTE=BeardyDuck;52578575]the one thing you nitpick and it's the one thing that's accurate to the comics.[/QUOTE] maybe he thinks the comics' premise is stupid

[QUOTE=elowin;52580410]maybe he thinks the comics' premise is stupid[/QUOTE] Thats kind of an odd nitpick to make considering all the other shit that goes on.

[QUOTE=Perl;52580056]IF didn't feel too bad for me, I quite enjoyed it. As someone who was completely unaware of IF as a character to begin with, what was wrong with the show?[/QUOTE] It's uneventful, most of the fight scenes are awful, Danny Rand spent the entire 13 episodes whining about how he's the Iron Fist and how he won't kill and it was just irritating to watch.