Even when people abroad see me, I'm often asked about a 'Zone of the Enders' sequel.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The great thing about a trilogy is that it feels like you've got a beginning, a middle, and an end.
'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
When people write fan-fic sequels to one of your books, it gives you a very strange feeling. It is very flattering but strange, as if the characters have come to life again without you knowing.
I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer.
'Kiss Land' is the story after 'Trilogy'; it's pretty much the second chapter of my life. The narrative takes place after my first flight; it's very foreign, very Asian-inspired. When people ask me, 'Why Japan?' I simply tell them it's the furthest I've ever been from home. It really is a different planet.
I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
'Your Erroneous Zones' was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.
I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
I love 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'
Final Destination was the closest thing I've done to a teen movie but it certainly had an edge to it.