How did all of your previous work lead up to this?ĭavid Wilson: Well, obviously we’ve been doing a lot of short form storytelling at Blur where I was for 15 years prior to this. Wilson spoke with Den of Geek about directing his first feature, why he wanted it to be Bloodshot, working with Vin Diesel and what kind of groundwork for the future the movie lays down.ĭen of Geek: This is your first feature, but you’ve had extensive experience with commercials, visual effects and animation. Whatever happens with Bloodshot as a franchise, this movie nevertheless represents the first big screen appearance of a Valiant character after years of DC and Marvel dominating the market. But with the rights split between two studios (Sony, which is behind Bloodshot, and Paramount, which owns the Harbingers), the prospects for Bloodshot leading the way for a Valiant Cinematic Universe remain unclear at the moment. Bloodshot is part of a larger Valiant universe, which includes characters such as the Harbingers, Faith Herbert and the Eternal Warrior, along with major crossover events like the Harbinger Wars. Wilson counts himself as a massive fan of the Bloodshot comics, which launched in the mid-90s and have been rebooted a couple of times since. One of a number of humans shaped by Harting’s creation, Garrison wants revenge for the murder of his wife Gina by a psychopathic terrorist-but soon discovers that his memories of that traumatic event, and his entire life beforehand, may not be what they seem. Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a soldier whose shattered body is resurrected and enhanced by “nanites,” microscopic intelligent machines invented by the head of the secretive Rising Spirit Technologies, Dr. After launching a visual effects company in his native country with Sharlto Copley (who has gone on to success as an actor in movies like District 9 and Maleficent), Wilson was recruited by future Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller to come work at his Blur Studio effects and animation house in Venice, California.Īfter rising to Creative Director there, Wilson has now made the leap to the world of features with Bloodshot. Wilson makes his feature directorial debut with Bloodshot, the new Vin Diesel action/sci-fi thriller based on the superhero character created by Valiant Comics. Cape Town, South Africa native David S.F.
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