Jon M. Chu is presently juggling edits on Depraved: For Good whilst he continues to trek the awards circuit for that movie’s predecessor and, unexpectedly, he says seeing the response to Depraved is impacting his imaginative and prescient for the upcoming sequel.
“It does have an effect on after we went again into the lower, like, ‘Oh, wait, they’re actually listening to each element,’ and the way we plan on paying sure issues off. Perhaps we may be extra delicate with that, or perhaps we don’t need to remind them of a lot,” he defined to Deadline backstage at Friday night time’s Critics Alternative Awards after accepting the statuette for Finest Director.
He continued: “It completely impacts every part that we’re doing. I didn’t suppose it might, however really stepping into the lower, I really feel like I’m extra within the head area of the place the followers are, whereas earlier than, we needed to cowl our bases a bit of bit extra for everyone.”
There’s not a lot by the use of the plot that Chu can essentially tease about Depraved: For Good, because it’s primarily based on current IP, however he did communicate a bit about what audiences can anticipate from the movie’s stars, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
“For those who love these two ladies, wait till you see the place their relationship goes. Wait till you see the heights that they’ll hit,” he mentioned. “Oz is larger. It’s extra expansive. And, within the time that we’re dwelling in, it speaks so on to the second and to the braveness and the results it takes, to among the selections that we now have to make and who you select to grow to be when you realize the reality.”
His feedback within the press room adopted Erivo’s remarks on the purple carpet, the place she additionally spoke with Deadline about what to anticipate from Depraved: For Good.
“It’s a extremely stunning a part of the story, I feel,” she mentioned. “It’s a littler darker however I feel it’s equally as significant.”
Chu admitted his Finest Director win got here as fairly the shock, particularly after he was snubbed from the class on this yr’s Oscar nominations, which he joked about throughout his speech on stage. To even be invited to the Critics Alternative Awards, “means the world to me, personally.”
“For this film, I feel it deserves to be seen. I feel it deserves to be beloved and praised in all of the methods,” he continued.
