If you see them…run! Run the movie is in theaters today and we had a chance to chat with Marques Houston and Chris Stokes to learn more about the film. The duo also shared an exclusive update on You Got Served 2.
Exclusive Marques Houston and Chris Stokes Interview
You've done different genres. So why the sci-fi thriller now?
Chris: What can I do for the urban community that no one else has really done? I can make [an] alien urban movie that's not corny. When you think a black person and an alien, you think we're going to be running and it could feel corny because no one has [had an] urban cast doing an alien movie. It's never been done. Let me try to do something different and make people come to their seats. We felt like, let's take our urban community back to the theaters. So this is our attempt to do that because we want to go to the theaters too. And it's not a lot of stuff out there for us.
Marques: And I think for me, I've always been a fan of sci-fi. I think what this movie does, it embodies the humor in a very serious situation. […] And going into sci-fi, like Chris said, it was something different. In all sci-fi movies, you might see one urban guy or two, but you don't see a full urban cast. And I think that's what makes this story so great.
It's not just a story about people running from aliens. It's also a story of survival, friendship, loyalty, and people [having] to come together and try to really, really survive this alien invasion. It's like, for us as black people, we trying to sit there like, man, what would I do? We always like to watch movies and be like, if that was me, this is what I'd do. So it's one of those, you're definitely going to yell at the screen.
And as for the You Got Served and Stepmother 4…
Chris: We are in serious negotiations… I think that we are going to do it. It is rumored that we might be taking Step Mother 4 to theaters…that may be going to theaters. […] But You Got Served 2, I would say is 95%. We've moved forward with making it. If you're asking me, is there a script for You Got Served 2? Yes.
Watch the full interview with Marques Houston and Chris Stokes
Reporter: Keith ‘Klep' Napier. He is the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Critix. You can find his reviews, interviews, and other cool works at WeAreCritix.com, as well as on social: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.
*this interview has been edited for clarity and length.
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