METALLICA's ULRICH, TRUJILLO Talk To MOVIE PILOT About 'Through The Never' (Video)

October 3, 2013

Movie Pilot recently spoke to METALLICA members Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo about the band's 3D movie, "Metallica Through The Never". You can now watch the chat below.

In "Metallica Through The Never", fans have a chance to see the band performing on a massive stage, specially constructed for the film, that incorporates elements of METALLICA live shows from the past 30 years. Movie Maniacs asked Ulrich if there is any chance of taking that stage show on the road. "Let's see how well the movie does and let's see if there's any kind of… I mean, we've never toured the stage," Lars replied. "It was just made for the movie. So there's definitely a chance that we may tour. I don't think… It's not gonna happen, like, in the next couple of years, but maybe it'll be something that we come back to five or ten years down the line. Right now, we wanna go and work on another METALLICA record for the better part of the next year, or whatever, but we may tour it one day, absolutely."

"Metallica Through The Never" opened a one-week limited run in IMAX theaters on September 27, before expanding to more screens around the country on October 4. The film, a blend of concert movie and fictional narrative, stars Dane DeHaan as a member of METALLICA's road crew who is sent on a mysterious mission while the band performs at a sold-out arena and events outside grow more bizarre.

The Pulse Of Radio asked Trujillo if he could name a part of the movie that was his favorite. "There's a lot of favorite parts," he said. "It's hard, there's so much going on and there's a lot of exciting moments. At the end of the day, the whole idea is really, you know, you're going on a roller coaster ride and it's going to be an adventure. Embrace it, hold on and have a good time."

Trujillo, frontman James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett co-wrote the movie with director Nimród Antal, whose previous films include "Vacancy" and "Predators".

The concert sequences for the movie were shot in August 2012 at two shows in Vancouver, Canada and feature a stage containing elements of many of METALLICA's previous live productions from the past 30 years.

James Hetfield told a Brazilian TV station last month that the concert footage in the film was "better than going to a show."

The soundtrack, which features a number of METALLICA classics performed live in the movie, came out on September 24 and is the first official release on METALLICA's own label, Blackened Recordings.

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