The Creator is a rare example of a Hollywood science-fiction epic that isn’t based on a video game, a comic book, or another movie you’ve already seen. That does not imply that it is entirely unique. Given that Gareth Edwards, the film’s director and co-writer, also directed Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it is no surprise that there are echoes of The Terminator, Blade Runner, and Star Wars throughout it.
But the world Edwards and his colleagues have created is startlingly unique, with its own sombre tone and weathered, gritty appearance. Edwards stated that he intended to create a Star Wars movie that depicted “the reality of war” back when Rogue One was released in 2016.
The narrative takes place around 2070. The regrettable upshot of humanity’s error in allowing artificial intelligence to take control of its defence systems is that a nuclear explosion has destroyed half of Los Angeles: so far, so Terminator.
Since that disaster, AI has been illegal in the West; however, it is still permitted in “New Asia,” where people coexist peacefully alongside endearingly clumsy, flat-headed humanoid robots and “simulants,” who are human beings exactly like us except for the metallic, tubular holes in the backs of their necks.
World War Three has therefore been proclaimed, despite the fact that US officials are keen to point out that they are only at war with the mechanical portion of the population of New Asia, not the entire continent. Joshua (John David Washington), a soldier, is sent to Nirmata’s secret laboratory in New Asia by two tough-as-nails officers in order to destroy the weapon that the AI’s mysterious architect, known as Nirmata, has created.
Of course, the mission becomes challenging. The weapon has two drawbacks: it is a replica (Madeleine Yuna Voyles), which resembles a helpless human girl, and it might know where Joshua’s long-lost wife (Gemma Chan) is. Should he keep the robot he calls Alphie active or should he turn it off? What if, instead of seeing it as a walking bomb, he begins to perceive it as a person?
The Creator Filming Locations
Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand
The Bangkok metropolitan region, an urban area in Thailand that surrounds the titular metropolis, served as the backdrop for a sizable section of “The Creator.” According to reports, the movie crew set up camp on the grounds of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand’s Samut Prakan, which is located just outside the urban area at 999, Nong Prue, Bang Phli District.
A few sequences also use the Makkasan station of Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link (ARL) as a backdrop. The production crew visited more locations in Thailand to conduct the filming. Examples of locations that occur in “The Creator” include the Ban Mung subdistrict and the Sangkhla Buri district. Additionally, Chiang Dao and Sam Phan Bok, widely known as the Grand Canyon of Thailand, were well-utilized by the actors and crew.
Buckinghamshire, England
According to reports, other segments for “The Creator” were recorded in Buckinghamshire, a ceremonial county in the southeast of England. A few crucial scenes for the action-thriller movie were filmed at Pinewood Studios, which has facilities on Pinewood Road in Iver Heath, Iver, by the director and his crew.
The film studio complex is a great filming location for many movies because it has 30 sound stages, including the renowned 007 Stage, one of Europe’s largest outdoor tanks, production office and workshop space, and acres of backlot area.
Other Locations
The actors and crew visited about 80 locations throughout the world, as the director, Gareth Edwards, acknowledged in an interview with the media in late August 2023. Additionally, he said that there weren’t any green screens used in the production.
The idea was that if you kept the team small enough, you could fly everyone anywhere in the world for less than the average $200,000 cost of erecting a set.
As Edwards continued, “And so, we were like, ‘Let’s keep the crew small and go to these amazing locations,'” he added. We visited Nepal, the Himalayas, Indonesia’s active volcanoes, and temples in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Tokyo.
