00:00 - Jeff, where does the inspiration for this film come from?
00:05 - It came from three points.
00:06 It came from Jason.
00:07 I just signed a first look deal with Blumhouse
00:09 and he challenged me to make a classic Blumhouse movie,
00:12 you know, those movies that are about families
00:14 and a single house and there's a bump in the night,
00:16 that kind of thing.
00:17 I had always wanted to make an imaginary friend movie,
00:20 a movie that dealt with subjectivity.
00:22 And then my co-writers, Greg Erb and Jason Ormland,
00:25 they wanted to make an evil teddy bear movie.
00:27 So all three of those things kind of came together
00:29 and that inspired Imaginary.
00:30 - Jason, why Imaginary is the perfect fit
00:34 for the legacy of Blumhouse?
00:37 - Well, I think that if you can force the audience
00:40 to imagine something and to make stories
00:44 about what you can imagine,
00:45 I always think that's scarier
00:46 than what you can actually show.
00:48 And so we're in the business of scaring people
00:49 as much as possible.
00:51 And we've had a great experience with Jeff
00:52 on two prior movies, on Fantasy Island and Truth or Dare.
00:55 And so I thought it was a great topic to tackle
00:58 and I thought it'd be really scary for people.
01:00 - Jeff, how was working with Greg and Jason
01:02 during the writing process?
01:04 - Oh, working with Greg and Jason was fantastic.
01:07 I love collaborating.
01:08 It's one of the reasons why I love filmmaking.
01:10 I like working with other writers.
01:11 I like working with producers, actors,
01:14 where we all contribute to this creative stew we're making
01:17 because the final result is just something far richer
01:20 than I could have ever imagined on my own.
01:22 - For both of you, do you remember having
01:25 an imaginary friend when you were kids?
01:27 - I had a big, I had many,
01:30 there's not one specific friend I remember,
01:32 but I had a big imaginary life.
01:33 I was an only child and I had a very active,
01:37 made up, make believe life when I was a kid.
01:42 So I remember that very well.
01:43 - I mean, I was a little film nerd.
01:45 So all my friends were imaginary.
01:48 I mean, I just stayed at home and watched movies.
01:50 So yeah, I'm having a hard time thinking of the real ones.
01:53 - Jeff, what was the biggest challenge
01:56 for you making this film?
01:58 - The biggest challenge for me making this film, wow.
02:03 I would say, hmm, that's tough because honestly,
02:07 making a movie is very challenging.
02:09 Every part of every day is a challenge.
02:13 I would say probably casting the movie,
02:15 like finding the perfect actors.
02:17 And when we did, and I feel that we did do that,
02:20 and it was very much a team effort finding these actors,
02:23 that was a huge sigh of relief for me.
02:25 I just sort of felt like, okay,
02:26 now I've got my all-star team together
02:29 and now we get to go to work.
02:31 - Jason, what can the audience expect from "Imaginar"?
02:35 - The audience can expect to be super scared
02:38 and also, and equally importantly, have a lot of fun.
02:41 I think there are a lot of horror movies
02:42 that are just kind of dark and bleak,
02:44 and this is an incredibly scary movie
02:46 that's really a lot of fun.
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