Cowboys and Aliens: Director Jon Favreau on Maintaining Reality and Using Aliens as Villains

Cowboys and Aliens: Director Jon Favreau on Maintaining Reality and Using Aliens as Villains

CBM's Ed Gross was among the journalists who sat down with Cowboys and Aliens director Jon Favreau. In this portion of the conversation he discusses maintaining reality throughout the film and the use of aliens as the film's villains.

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By EdGross - Apr 03, 2011 10:04 AM EST

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