"For me, that's where the heart often lies." "A lot of times, when we're making movies - and this is not a jab at anyone in particular - people tend to look at a place like Peru and go, 'The locations are beautiful!' And it's like, 'Yeah, we're gonna get some great shots, but what about the people? What about the history? What about the culture?'" he says. Part of Caple Jr.'s vision for Rise of the Beasts was a greater focus on the authenticity of other cultures and traditions the sci-fi spectacle would encounter as it hopped around the globe. I just really wanted to have fun with it." "This film gave me the chance to dive back into that lore as an adult, while still tapping into a sense of childhood fun. "As a kid, I watched Beast Wars all the time," he says. The fan-favorite characters make their live-action debut in Rise of the Beasts. "There are other Transformers that I actually love," he explains, specifically pointing to the Maximals, a race of Transformers capable of transforming into Earth's most formidable animals.
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for a sequel, but instead gave him the freedom to make a Transformers movie of his own. Ultimately, the studio decided not to pursue Caple Jr. "I was like, 'No, I'm good.' I didn't want to become the sequel guy."
"In my first meeting with Paramount, they asked me, 'Do you want to do Bumblebee 2?'" he recalls. "We ended up doing our thing, but coming out of it, I felt like I wanted to do something different. It had already been going on forever, and there were a lot of expectations when I hopped on board," the director confesses. initially wasn't interested in directing a new Transformers movie. The trailer for Steven Caple Jr.'s 2013 short film, 'A Different Tree.'Ĭreating a legacy for oneself while working inside of a pre-existing franchise is not easy. I've kept a kind of tunnel vision this whole time - it's always been, 'How do I get to the next movie without losing myself?'" "I haven't really had the chance yet to go, 'Oh, crap, I made all these shorts and look where I am now.' It's all still a blur. "It's always been an underdog story, and I've always approached it that way," explains the director. But you have to be a little delusional to have this dream and actually chase it." "To be in the spot where I am now and to be this many movies into my career, it's kind of crazy. To be totally honest with you, I'm from the hood," he tells A.frame. attributes his success not only to hard work but the "delusion" that helped him pursue filmmaking in the first place. "I feel really good about everything, but nothing came easy."Ĭaple Jr. (He got his masters in directing and producing at USC.) "I've been working, man," he says with a laugh of the whirlwind last decade. Rise of the Beasts arrives exactly 10 years after Caple Jr. was personally chosen by Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. The Land premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016, and a year later, Caple Jr. His 2013 short, A Different Tree, won HBO's Short Film Competition, which helped pave the way for Caple Jr.'s feature debut, The Land. was enlisted for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the seventh installment in the franchise and the filmmaker's biggest-budget blockbuster yet.īoth movies have marked major leaps forward for a director whose career has gone from zero to Optimus Prime in a relatively short amount of time. After stepping in to helm 2018's Creed II, Caple Jr. "When I was a kid, I couldn't even afford a Transformers toy," he says. never thought he'd make a Rocky movie, let alone a Transformers film.
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