Martin Campbell discusses Just Play Dead, explains why Green Lantern fell short, and reveals the genre he still hopes to explore.

      Welcome to The B-Side! Here, we discuss movie directors! Occasionally, we get the chance to converse with directors about their own B-Sides.

      Today, as his new film Just Play Dead hits theaters and becomes available on VOD/Digital, we chatted with the esteemed Martin Campbell about his lengthy, successful career. In addition to Just Play Dead, we highlighted his earlier films Criminal Law, Cast a Deadly Spell, and Beyond Borders.

      The often-overlooked filmmaker shares how he manages to get films like Just Play Dead made today, his desire to create a straight-up comedy, why his Green Lantern film fell short (spoiler alert: it was due to a script crafted “by committee” and last-minute budget cuts), and the creative freedom smaller budgets on independent projects can bring. We also touched on GoldenEye (with a final budget of just $58 million!), his cult classic No Escape, and his dislike for the actual filmmaking process, even though he enjoys editing.

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