Couch Potato Club:
Just the other day I got to talk with director Stig Svendsen on the indie thriller Elevator. Now, continuing with that coverage, I’ve had the opportunity to interview Marc Rosenberg. Marc is the writer and producer of Elevator. We got a chance to talk about the film and his relationship with Stig. As well, Marc talked about his influences, future projects and whether or not he ever plans to become that triple-threat guy by taking a seat in the director’s chair.
CPC:
Last October, I reported on an indie thriller movie being made called Elevator. The movie is about a group of 9 people trapped on an elevator while one of them has a bomb. Chaos ensues as the passengers become overcome with panic and start taking it out on one another all while trying to find a way out. Previously, I brought you news of the movie along with images, a behind-the-scenes look and an interview with the director and the writer. Now I present to you the trailer for this claustrophobic thriller. After the jump you’ll also find the official poster for the movie.
Is it just me or is this almost identical to DEVIL, minus the Devil aspects? I mean take out the end of Devil and you have this entire trailer. So in otherwords, not looking forward to it.
That's what I was thinking. But, I haven't seen Devil, but I hope I can watch it, since I heard it sucks.
Its absolutely terrible. Couldn't be more predicting and is done horribly. I wouldn't recomend it at all.
This does remind me of Devil but I don't think that's a bad thing because the base concept of Devil was cool. Once you get past that base concept of "people stuck in an elevator and panicking" though it seems the two movies will be different really. One is the concept of the Devil coming to take people to hell and those people die one by one. The other is the concept of people trapped in an elevator with a bomb desperately trying to get out.
Even the concept of Devil as a whole wasn't bad and it looked pretty good just the problem was in the execution. Basically: M Night Shyamalan is a crap storyteller. Written by a decent writer, Devil could have been pretty good.
Yeah but the only thing switching is the Devil and a Bomb. Im sure the side story wont be focused on the devil, but instead the bomb. At the end of the day its still a movie about people trapped in an elevator about to die.
Im not saying it cant be good, it just feels too similar for me to be comfortable forking out 10 bucks to go see it.
Wasn't Devil just conceptualized by Shymalanalaladingdong and written by someone else? I was under the impression that Hollywood execs like his ideas but weren't buying into how he puts his ideas to paper to film so they were getting others to write stories.
@Crazay
Shyamalan wrote the story completely. Just somebody else adapted it to a screenplay. All you see though comes from Shyamalan.
Couch Potato Club:
I’ve recently been given more pictures for the upcoming indie thriller Elevator. Here’s a peek behind the scenes for the movie.
I still am not getting my hopes up on this one lol. I think it has potential to be good, but everything I see is not helping me believe it will be. It just keeps questions in my head on if they will do it correctly or not.
Couch Potato Club:
Recently I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with director Stig Svendsen. Stig is a Norwegian director that is making his American debut directing the indie thriller Elevator. Elevator is the story of 9 strangers trapped in an elevator where one of them possesses a bomb. The film is set to be a nerve-racking and thought-provoking film that will leave audiences on the edge of their seats. I talked with Stig about his experience making his first American film and the challenges of such a claustraphobic film like Elevator.
