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Monday, February 21, 2011

'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never': Five Burning Questions Answered!

We cornered director Jon Chu and pressed him about deleted scenes, sequel plans and more.
By Kara Warner

Justin Bieber
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images

As expected, Justin Bieber's feature film debut, "Never Say Never," fared well at the box office in its opening weekend. The 3-D movie came in at #2, not far behind Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston's "Just Go With It," which bested Biebs by $700,000 in ticket sales.

And given the dedication of the teen star's Beliebers, it's likely the movie will continue to pull in the cash over the next few weeks. But for those who've seen the film and were left wanting more, MTV News enlisted director Jon Chu to address our five burning questions about the film.

How Many Fan Videos Made the Final Cut?
"We put a lot [in the film]," Chu said. "When we first started the film, we asked a lot of people to submit lip-syncing videos, fan videos, to see where it could fit into the fabric of our movie and we found lots of fun ways. Sometimes it's a screen grab on some of the Twitter messages that he gets sent, sometimes it's part of a mosaic, where they're all singing to Justin wherever they may be in the world. I don't know the exact number. ... But there are a lot we used for just a little bit, so you have to kind of go back and take a picture of it so you can see yourself."

Any Extra Footage for the DVD?
"On a regular movie, I usually have three or four terabytes of footage, which is a lot. I shoot a lot," Chu explained. "For this movie we had over 30 terabytes of film. This goes from his youth, to him playing sports to him on the road before we got there and then us when we actually got there, as well as all of the 3-D cameras we had. There were 11 3-D cameras shooting the concerts. There's a lot of footage. There is a lot of stuff I wish we could've fit into this movie and hopefully we'll find a way to fit in another one.

"There's really funny, great stuff, but our main thing was to tell the core story of how he got here as a human being and his relationship with his family, his new family and how he fought to accomplish his dreams. We really laser-focused on those things."

What Are the DVD Plans?
"We're thinking about what other things you could use this material for because there is a lot of it; a lot of funny stuff," the director teased. His pranks, and all those things — we have some in the movie, but we have a lot more, and we've been talking about how to creatively put it in a DVD. Not just, 'Oh, here's a clip of this, and here's a clip of that,' but to wrap it up in some sort of form. We're working on that now."

When Will the DVD Be Released?
"I don't know the exact date, but I think it would be this year at some point. [Possibly] in time for the holiday season."

Has Paramount Asked For a Sequel?
"In my mind, when I started this, I always told Paramount that it's the first of a trilogy. This is the first step of his career and it would be really interesting to come back in six years and see where he is and what's happened, and then six years after that. Whether that's a reality or not, we'll see, but I know that this is a really fascinating story. It's an origin story of someone I look up to and respected a lot through this process and I didn't know that I would necessarily."

Check out everything we've got on "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never."

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