James Gunn on His 70-Page Treatment and Crafting 'Guardians 2'
Writer and director James Gunn sat down with journalists from Slashfilm and others to chat about Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, discussing the 64-page treatment written for the sequel and the various roles of the characters in the film.
"I’ll say one major thing that happened during the treatment phase, not even during the script phase, during the treatment phase, there was another character that was a major character. That was a part of the treatment. Although it kind of worked generally in the story, I got to the place where there were too many characters," Gunn said of the original treatment.
"I’ll say one major thing that happened during the treatment phase, not even during the script phase, during the treatment phase, there was another character that was a major character. That was a part of the treatment. Although it kind of worked generally in the story, I got to the place where there were to many characters.
"I think Civil War handles a lot of characters really well, but they’re minor characters, and in this movie every character has their own arc. Their own thing. And I thought it was one character too many, so I took one of the characters out of the story about half way through the treatment phase. But the eventual 70 page treatment, which is what it was, is what this movie is, and it has changed very, very little."
Well, the first film is about becoming a family, the second film is about being a family. But I also think I had more science fiction concept around Quill and his relationship to his father, that’s a little bit of a bigger idea, and I think knew where the characters needed to go and I felt extremely freed by not having to set up so many major characters in 20 minutes. Like I did in the first movie, which was by far the biggest pain in the ass.
"I think it’s a departure from the first film. I think one of the things that worked about the first movie was that people went into the movie expecting one thing and they got something that they like more than what they expected. And it was different then what they expected, and I think the second movie is the same thing. I don’t think it’s going to be what anyone expects."
Source: http://www.slashfilm.com/james-gunn-guardians-2-interview/
