Jon M. Chu is at the moment 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 once we went again into the minimize, like, ‘Oh, wait, they’re actually being attentive to each element,’ and the way we plan on paying sure issues off. Possibly we will be extra delicate with that, or possibly 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 Greatest Director.
He continued: “It completely impacts all the things that we’re doing. I didn’t suppose it could, however really stepping into the minimize, 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 somewhat bit extra for everyone.”
There’s not a lot by means of the plot that Chu can essentially tease about Depraved: For Good, because it’s based mostly on present IP, however he did communicate a bit about what audiences can anticipate from the movie’s stars, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
“In the event you love these two girls, wait till you see the place their relationship goes. Wait till you see the heights that they will hit,” he mentioned. “Oz is greater. It’s extra expansive. And, within the time that we’re residing in, it speaks so on to the second and to the braveness and the results it takes, to a number of the decisions that we have now to make and who you select to develop into when you already know the reality.”
His feedback within the press room adopted Erivo’s remarks on the pink carpet, the place she additionally spoke with Deadline about what to anticipate from Depraved: For Good.
“It’s a extremely lovely 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 Greatest Director win got here as fairly the shock, particularly after he was snubbed from the class on this 12 months’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 liked and praised in all of the methods,” he continued.
