Roland Emmerich To Make Low Budget Romantic Comedy
HOLLYWOOD – Director Roland Emmerich has plenty of experience destroying the world repeatedly with disaster classics like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and 2012. But now the German filmmaker wants to destroy the hearts of moviegoers around the world.
Titled Until The End Of The World, the film will star Gerard Butler and Rachel McAdams as a couple attempting to reconcile their high school romance in the midst of a city collapsing into a sinkhole.
The film represents a radical change for Emmerich. “I’ve been known to only make enormous disaster movies,” said Emmerich in front of one of the smouldering sets for the film, “but I wanted to show that I can scale down my destructive instincts and focus on romance.” The film, budgeted at $125 million dollars, will be the cheapest film Emmerich has ever attempted.
But this is a good thing, insists Emmerich. “Staying on a low budget allows me to be more creative and keep my eye simple,” he said. “On an unlimited budget, I might get carried away and show the whole universe collapsing into a singularity. Since I don’t have the money to do that, I can only destroy smaller municipalities, or maybe even a city.”
All of this is in service to the story. “This is a movie about a romance first, and widespread destruction second,” said Emmerich. He added: “Audiences can expect some of my usual eye candy, but they should expect destruction on a smaller scale. This is a romantic comedy, not a special effects picture.”
In scaling back, Emmerich has set his sights on a lofty goal. “I want this to beat Titanic numbers,” said Emmerich with a smile. “That film combined tremendous destruction with a heart-rending romance. I want to be able to make a film with that much romance … just with more dead bodies.”
The film is set to be released on December 21, 2012.
don’t you just love the eyes of Rachel McAdams? she has some pretty eyes…;
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what i love about Rachel McAdams is her eyes and lips, she does look gorgeous.*–
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