sondramedia Senior Editor Brandon Schreur spoke to Love, Dying + Robots creator Tim Miller and supervising director Jennifer Yuh Nelson in regards to the newest batch of episodes of the Netflix anthology collection. The 2 of them mentioned working with David Fincher on a Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers live performance episode, casting MrBeast, and extra.
“Dinosaur gladiators, messianic cats, string-puppet rock stars, it could solely be Love, Dying & Robots,” the official synopsis for the brand new season of Love, Dying + Robots reads. “The fourth quantity, introduced by Tim Miller (Deadpool, Terminator: Darkish Destiny) and David Fincher (Mindhunter, The Killer), sees Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2, Kill Group Kill) return as supervising director for ten startling shorts showcasing the collection’ signature, award-winning model of bleeding-edge animation, horror, sci-fi and humor. Buckle up.”
Love, Dying + Robots Quantity IV will likely be launched on Netflix on Might 15, 2025.
Brandon Schreur: My first query is for each of you. You lead off this new season of Love, Dying + Robots with the Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers live performance movie, directed by David Fincher, the place they’re all puppets. That simply looks like an insane sentence to be saying out loud, however I cherished it a lot, I assumed it was a lot enjoyable. Are you able to inform me a bit about how that each one happened and what went into the choice of main off the season with this?
Tim Miller: Positive. Jennifer, you inform it, this time. I normally inform that one.
Jennifer Yuh Nelson: As a result of [Fincher] talked to you immediately. It’s from the horse’s mouth, in the event you inform it.
Tim Miller: Alright. I assumed we would have liked a bit extra star energy for this season. So I known as David and mentioned, ‘Dude, it is advisable do one.’ And he goes, ‘Okay, what would you like me to do?’ I mentioned, ‘I need you to do a music video.’ The principle causes for which are A. He’s the king of music movies; he virtually invented the shape. And B. It limits him to a sure size that he can’t go over. It’s good to place David in a field, when it comes to working time.
So, off he went. This concept of doing the Chili Peppers as puppets was one thing that had been kicking round in his head for some time. So, there was no query about doing it. He instantly mentioned, ‘I’m going to do the Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers as puppets, Group America-style puppets.’ I used to be like, ‘F—ing nice.’ And off we went. He’s such good mates with so many musicians that each one he actually has to do is name them up and say, ‘Hey, I’d like to do that.’ And so they go, ‘Okay, nice.’
That’s superior, I like that. I cherished the entire thing, jaw was on the ground, like, wow, what a gap. Jennifer, I actually cherished your episode in right here, too, Spider Rose. I’m a canine proprietor, and this actually hit me within the feels. Simply the entire pet facet to it, that hit onerous. That is based mostly on a brief story by Bruce Sterling. What sort of stood out to you essentially the most in regards to the story and made you wish to adapt it right into a Love, Dying + Robots episode?
Jennifer Yuh Nelson: It was a little bit of a world sequel to Tim’s episode from final season, which was ‘Swarm.’ As a result of Bruce Sterling’s world is so huge, there’s a lot element, and it’s so properly thought-out which you can solely see a bit little bit of it at a time in these little increments that we have now. Spider Rose was a strategy to get again into that world.
It’s so emotional. It’s received a lot — as you mentioned, the feels are sturdy on this one. There’s a lot reference to this creature that she finds, it’s about exploring grief, and doing all of it within the luxurious, lovely CG that we may get from Blur, and all in zero gravity. It was at all times a narrative that we needed to do, we simply needed to do it proper. On this specific case, I received to play with some actually cute, ugly little pets. So it’s nice.
Positive. I instantly need one after seeing that.
Jennifer Yuh Nelson: That’s good!
Tim Miller: I feel you possibly can see a theme in Jennifer’s work that she likes to have tales with cute issues in them, after which they in some way do horrible issues or die. I’m unsure why, precisely. Perhaps one thing occurred in her childhood. But it surely’s undoubtedly a theme.
That’s truthful, that’s truthful. Tim, you additionally directed two episodes of the brand new season, right here. The primary one I watched this morning was Golgotha with the Dolphin-Jesus. Blew my thoughts. It’s a uncommon live-action episode in Love, Dying + Robots. What was the inspiration for telling this one in live-action vs. animation?
Tim Miller: I love to do one in live-action now and again simply to remind those that we will. It actually simply felt like — I favored the story, I favored how contained it was, it felt full. You don’t typically discover that in a brief story, the place you get such a starting, center, and finish. This felt good. Due to the character of it, it simply felt proper to do it in live-action and to do it grounded. It was so easy. It was straightforward to do in live-action as a result of we may simply drive up the road to Malibu to shoot it. Typically animation is essentially the most cost-effective and artistically greatest approach, and generally live-action is. I favored the story, at first, and live-action was the best way to do it.
Positive. I assumed it completely labored, too. I didn’t know the place that one was going, however it was lots of enjoyable. The opposite one you probably did, Tim, was The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur. Which was additionally tremendous enjoyable as a result of it looks like Squid Recreation meets Jurassic Park meets Star Wars, all type of rolled into one little episode, there. Then, you solid MrBeast because the announcer in that episode. How did that collaboration come about? What made you suppose he’d be proper for the position?
Tim Miller: Firstly, he’s an enormous fan of the present. I’ve been to his place in North Carolina, he’s received posters in his rooms, and all this different stuff. He actually loves the present. So I’ve been on the lookout for a strategy to put him in an episode, and this one simply appeared good as a result of he’s type of a grasp showman, you already know. He’s that man, who he performs. Perhaps barely much less evil, however he’s that man. It was simply the right approach for him to be in it. So I mentioned, ‘Hey, you wish to do that?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, I’m in.’ Then it was only a query of recording his efficiency and getting it in there.
I’m additionally actually hoping that his inclusion will convey a brand new viewers to the present. The extra those that watch, the higher. I really feel like he has a connection to a fanbase that may actually benefit from the present if they simply find out about it, proper? So I’m hoping he will get the phrase on the market for us.
Due to Tim Miller and Jennifer Yuh Nelson for discussing Love, Dying + Robots Quantity IV.
