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THE RAID 2 Director Bids Thanks, Tweets Final Stages Of Post Production

Lee B. Golden III

Gareth Evans, the ever humble and hard working writer and director of the second installment of his growing martial arts crime saga, The Raid 2: Berandal, took to Twitter this week to announce the final stages of post production on his new film, bidding a heartfelt thanks to the post production crew who have worked tirelessly to get the film done in time for its three-night premiere at the Sundance Film Festival beginning on January 21. Earlier on, Evans reflected a little bit more on the earlier conception of the new film then-titled “Berandal” which originally meant to be something entirely different in following up his previous success with Merantau, which would further catapult its lead actor, Iko Uwais to martial arts cinema stardom. “4yrs ago..” he tweeted “…we made a naïve proof of concept teaser, now w/ 3hrs of VFX, 3 days of mixing & 2 days of DCP to go # will be done.” He also added, “I’ll save the rest of my sentimental tweetage til the 19th. Suffice to say, it’s been an experience…”.

The anticipation continues for anxious fans worldwide with each passing day until March 28, 2014 when the film will finally be released simultaneously in Indonesia and North America with further dates pending. In the meantime, you can check out the new trailer below, in addition to the aforementioned proof-of-concept trailer to which Evans refers in the embed beneath it. Feel free to compare the two and share what you think.
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Sundance Trailer – THE RAID 2: BERANDAL

BERANDAL (Proof-Of-Concept)

And now, a brief word from one of the film’s composers, Joe Trapanese:

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