Radio silence3/28/2023 ![]() Our perspective and our ideas and our tone, we feel so confident and so strong about that, we are able to steer people into the version of something that we love.” “Given that we’ve always worked as a group, it’s always been easy to invite new ideas into that group. “One of the evolutions that we had to do as a DIY group working with the studio was, you have to ask for a little more permission, you have to engage multiple other steps to ultimately get something to the stage where you’re filming it and releasing it,” co-director Gillett said. While the group hinted at other development projects that didn’t go their way, any lessons gleaned from those instances appears to have helped them be vocal about their needs for “Ready or Not.” (Radio Silence stayed busy with other projects, having contributed two shorts to “Southbound” in between features, plus an attachment to a big screen take on Bryce Moore’s “The Memory Thief” that’s still in early stages.) During that time, the script went through a number of iterations. ![]() The group has been attached to the project, with a script from Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy, for nearly four years. “Creatively, you have someone to talk to, to bounce ideas off, to work with, but then also on a very human level, it helps you commiserate during the bad times and celebrate during the good times.” “It insulates us a little bit,” Bettinelli-Olpin said. While plenty of other upstart filmmakers have made the jump to studio fare, Radio Silence has done it while maintaining their own group dynamic. ![]() “Ready or Not” allows them to unleash another rambunctious and gory horror-comedy, following a wealthy family as they welcome a new member (Samara Weaving) into the fold by literally trying to kill her. ![]() Made for just $7 million, the mid-January release grossed nearly $37 million at the worldwide box office.įive years later, the guys are back in business with Fox - this time, with the more auteur-leaning Fox Searchlight arm, which has its own tradition of edgy horror films. In 2014, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directed “Devil’s Due” for Fox, based on Lindsay Devlin’s script (Villella served as executive producer). That run-and-gun style of filmmaking has proven to have other benefits, as the trio have moved into the studio space. It was this great, fresh, new world to be like, ‘Hey, look, we made this short this weekend!'” We could go make these short, little rinky-dink videos for fun and they found an audience. “It was so different back then, I don’t want to sound like a super-old dude, but it was just a place to share things that you liked. “It’s the only reason we’re able to make a movie now,” Bettinelli-Olpin said. While the trio eventually began contributing memorable shorts to anthologies like “V/H/S” and “Southbound” before moving into their own feature-length offerings, they said that none of it would have happened without the early freedom of YouTube. “All of a sudden, we were making like 35, 40 minute things, still on YouTube.” “Our goal was always ‘let’s make movies,'” co-director Bettinelli-Olpin said, and while the collective started out with tidy short films, the annotation feature allowed them to pursue longer-form storytelling. Using the “annotation” feature - which YouTube formally axed in 2018 - the conclusion of each video allowed viewers to choose which video they wanted to watch next, allowing them to continue the adventure based on their own preferences. ![]() The Best Romance Movies of the 21st Century, from 'High Fidelity' to 'Carol' New Movies: Release Calendar for February 24, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films How 'Ant-Man' Star Corey Stoll Rejoined the Franchise in 'Most Bizarre Way Imaginable' They made waves on YouTube after posting the first of their “Interactive Adventures.” Juggling humor with shocking and scary twists, the videos applied a “Choose Your Own Adventure”-style storytelling to tell long-form stories in a relatively short period of time.Īfter 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' Michelle Yeoh Is Holding a Seat at the Table In 2008, the group consisted of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Rob Polonsky, and Chad Villella (since then, Polonsky’s moved on Bettinelli-Olpin and Villella have been joined by Tyler Gillett). ![]()
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