STACK #169 Nov 2018

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JULIUS AVERY

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N azis, zombies, monsters and sinister experiments. It's a mix guaranteed to excite genre fans, especially when producer J.J. Abrams is involved. The latest picture from Abrams' production company Bad Robot is Overlord, in which a team of American soldiers on a mission in Nazi-occupied France discover a laboratory hidden beneath a church, where unimaginable horrors await. Bringing this mix of World War II adventure and sci-fi horror to the screen is Australian filmmaker Julius Avery, whose 2014 debut feature – the crime-thriller Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor – had impressed Abrams and the Bad Robot team. "We thought it was fantastic and energetic, while also giving audiences a reason to care about the characters," says Bad Robot's Jon Cohen. "We also liked that [Julius] came from more of the thriller side of filmmaking as opposed to pure horror, and would give Overlord the level of grittiness it needed." Having approached Avery about what he

wanted to do next, the director was shown a number of scripts Bad Robot were excited about developing, and the one he instantly responded to was Overlord . This genre mash- up was unlike anything he'd done previously, which also includes a pair of Palme d'Or nominated short films – Jerrycan (2008) and Yardbird (2012). "I'd done action before with Son of a Gun , so it was really exciting to be able to do the horror elements and try something new," Avery tells STACK . "We wanted to create a real in-camera practical world, with a lot of special effects make-up and cool action. My intention was to make a really intense, thrilling ride, but balance that with great characters you can get behind and love." Overlord had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, on September 22 to lots of positive buzz and great reviews, with the Australian premiere held at Oz Comic-Con in Sydney a week later. “Julius lends a sense of energy and a

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dynamic cinematic nature to everything he shoots, which is exactly what you want on a movie like Overlord ," says Cohen. "He was passionate about the script from the get- go and had a great vision for guiding it there. He delivered in a very big way."

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Overlord is in cinemas on

December 6. Read our interview with Julius Avery in the next issue.

Julius Avery (left) on the set of Overlord with producer J.J. Abrams

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