Tom Hiddleston’s Cinematic Voyage: Breaking Free from Loki and the Marvel Universe ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
In the vibrant tapestry of Hollywood, Tom Hiddleston first caught my attention in 2011 when he brought the mischievous Loki to life in Thor. However, his journey into the realm of cinema began long before that iconic role. Hiddleston’s cinematic voyage commenced with memorable performances in Joanna Hogg’s film Unrelated (2007). As Loki gained widespread recognition within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hiddleston expanded his horizons beyond the MCU, taking on a prominent leading role in the high-budget film Kong: Skull Island (2017). This venture underscored his versatility, proving his ability to command the big screen with distinction.
Beyond the glitz of Hollywood blockbusters, Hiddleston is a seasoned stage performer. His theatrical journey began with a remarkable debut in Journey’s End in 1999, marking the inception of a prolific stage career. Engaging in various theatrical productions, including...
In the vibrant tapestry of Hollywood, Tom Hiddleston first caught my attention in 2011 when he brought the mischievous Loki to life in Thor. However, his journey into the realm of cinema began long before that iconic role. Hiddleston’s cinematic voyage commenced with memorable performances in Joanna Hogg’s film Unrelated (2007). As Loki gained widespread recognition within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hiddleston expanded his horizons beyond the MCU, taking on a prominent leading role in the high-budget film Kong: Skull Island (2017). This venture underscored his versatility, proving his ability to command the big screen with distinction.
Beyond the glitz of Hollywood blockbusters, Hiddleston is a seasoned stage performer. His theatrical journey began with a remarkable debut in Journey’s End in 1999, marking the inception of a prolific stage career. Engaging in various theatrical productions, including...
- 12/10/2023
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
Action franchises feel more popular than ever before, but there still seems to be a dearth of female action stars on-screen. Alicia Vikander helped change that in 2018, packing on 12 kilograms of muscle to star in a scrappy reboot of "Tomb Raider." Compared to Angelina Jolie's two-film turn as Lara Croft, Vikander was on a completely different level. Both iterations of "Tomb Raider" have their merits, of course, but the reboot eschewed the oversexualized, mid-noughties tone that had plagued the property for years. For once, Lara Croft was free of the male gaze. That's not to say that Vikander didn't look amazing in Lara's iconic grey tank and khaki fatigues. (Those shoulders! Those abs!) But the film put as much emphasis on the character's inner world — and her harrowing origin story — as it did on her looks.
And clearly, that renewed focus paid off. "Tomb Raider" wasn't exactly a critical darling,...
And clearly, that renewed focus paid off. "Tomb Raider" wasn't exactly a critical darling,...
- 10/8/2023
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
Of course Ben Wheatley had a monster movie in him.
Before he directed "Meg 2: The Trench," Jason Statham's second "giant prehistoric shark threatens the world" outing, Wheatley proved himself capable of floating between genres with a remarkable ease. Nasty, head-splitting horror movies like "Kill List." Pitch-black comedies like "Sightseers." Impossible literary adaptations like "High-Rise." Slick streaming remakes like "Rebecca." And then there are his memorable episodes of "Doctor Who." It was only a matter of time before he made a massive studio-funded B-movie (a term used here with love) where one of the great modern action heroes goes mano-a-sharko with a beast big enough to devour a boat in a single bite. To call this the natural evolution of one of the most interesting modern filmographies would be an understatement.
I sat down with Wheatley over Zoom ahead of the film's release. Naturally, we talked about monster movies,...
Before he directed "Meg 2: The Trench," Jason Statham's second "giant prehistoric shark threatens the world" outing, Wheatley proved himself capable of floating between genres with a remarkable ease. Nasty, head-splitting horror movies like "Kill List." Pitch-black comedies like "Sightseers." Impossible literary adaptations like "High-Rise." Slick streaming remakes like "Rebecca." And then there are his memorable episodes of "Doctor Who." It was only a matter of time before he made a massive studio-funded B-movie (a term used here with love) where one of the great modern action heroes goes mano-a-sharko with a beast big enough to devour a boat in a single bite. To call this the natural evolution of one of the most interesting modern filmographies would be an understatement.
I sat down with Wheatley over Zoom ahead of the film's release. Naturally, we talked about monster movies,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Find yourself a more interesting career path than director Ben Wheatley's, who's set to release "Meg 2: The Trench" this week. After cutting his teeth on various television shows throughout the aughts (including "Doctor Who"), Wheatley broke out among film circles with 2015's "High-Rise." The Tom Hiddleston-starring satire, perhaps best described as "'Snowpiercer' in a skyscraper," gave us our first real look at the filmmaker's distinct sensibilities when allowed the freedom to truly wild out. His follow-up, "Free Fire," gathered several of the most charismatic actors around for a single-location extended shootout that seemed to provide Wheatley with a blank check to do whatever he wanted next. That turned out to be ... the sequel to Alicia Vikander's "Tomb Raider," of all things.
Fans have remained curious about what Wheatley would've done with such an unexpected franchise play, but that wasn't meant to be as the...
Fans have remained curious about what Wheatley would've done with such an unexpected franchise play, but that wasn't meant to be as the...
- 8/3/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
The Eighties saw the broadcast of some of the finest Doctor Who stories ever, but unfortunately some of the poorest too (occasionally next to each other in transmission order). It was extremely inconsistent for the most part, settling down towards the end of its run as the Seventh Doctor era tried a few things that the show would be lauded for upon its return in 2005.
There was definitely something there, but the show had already been mortally wounded. Rather than being formally cancelled, Doctor Who was quietly abandoned before renewed interest around its 30th anniversary in 1993 saw an attempted anniversary special (‘The Dark Dimension’) and the Children in Need mini-episodes ‘Dimensions in Time’.
A frustrating end, then, to a frustrating decade, but occasionally the potential of the show was tapped to produce stunning images, performances and concepts that have stood the test of time. This is another best-of selection where we were spoiled for choice,...
There was definitely something there, but the show had already been mortally wounded. Rather than being formally cancelled, Doctor Who was quietly abandoned before renewed interest around its 30th anniversary in 1993 saw an attempted anniversary special (‘The Dark Dimension’) and the Children in Need mini-episodes ‘Dimensions in Time’.
A frustrating end, then, to a frustrating decade, but occasionally the potential of the show was tapped to produce stunning images, performances and concepts that have stood the test of time. This is another best-of selection where we were spoiled for choice,...
- 1/6/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The director on his new horror movie set during a pandemic, fearing he’d never work again, and why audiences love Jason Statham
For many of us, much of the past year will have felt like the plot of a horror film. So when, in March 2020, the British writer and director Ben Wheatley, 48, found himself with some unexpected free time, it was clear what the genre of his next project would be. The result, the terrifying and blackly comic In the Earth, went from concept to virtual Sundance premiere in less than 12 months. It is set in the midst of a pandemic that may feel familiar in some senses but, on a two-day forest trek, a scientist (Joel Fry) and a park scout (Ellora Torchia) also have to contend with a malignant woodland spirit and a deranged Reece Shearsmith. Wheatley has an eclectic, never-dull, often grisly backlist that includes Sightseers,...
For many of us, much of the past year will have felt like the plot of a horror film. So when, in March 2020, the British writer and director Ben Wheatley, 48, found himself with some unexpected free time, it was clear what the genre of his next project would be. The result, the terrifying and blackly comic In the Earth, went from concept to virtual Sundance premiere in less than 12 months. It is set in the midst of a pandemic that may feel familiar in some senses but, on a two-day forest trek, a scientist (Joel Fry) and a park scout (Ellora Torchia) also have to contend with a malignant woodland spirit and a deranged Reece Shearsmith. Wheatley has an eclectic, never-dull, often grisly backlist that includes Sightseers,...
- 6/13/2021
- by Tim Lewis
- The Guardian - Film News
The Tomb Raider sequel has found a new director: Misha Green, who developed the HBO adaptation of Lovecraft Country. This film, which marks Green’s feature directorial debut, will bring back Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft. At one point, filmmaker Ben Wheatley was announced to helm the movie, with a script from frequent collaborator Amy Jump. But now Wheatley […]
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- 1/25/2021
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Exhibitors got another setbacks today as MGM/United Artists Releasing has delayed the release of the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, starring Jennifer Hudson, from January 15 to August 13. MGM also has pulled its Tomb Raider sequel starring Alicia Vikander from its March 19 premiere date; that film now is unset.
The moves come amid continuing uncertainty gripping the global theatrical business as theaters in several international territories reducing their hours of operation or close temporarily.
Respect initially was set to unspool in a Christmas Day platform release, but was moved in July to a wide opening this coming Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. The film is directed by Liesl Tommy and stars Dreamgirls Oscar winner Hudson as the Queen of Soul, Forest Whitaker as C.L. Franklin, Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington and Tituss Burgess as Rev. Dr. James Cleveland.
As for Tomb Raider 2, it...
The moves come amid continuing uncertainty gripping the global theatrical business as theaters in several international territories reducing their hours of operation or close temporarily.
Respect initially was set to unspool in a Christmas Day platform release, but was moved in July to a wide opening this coming Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. The film is directed by Liesl Tommy and stars Dreamgirls Oscar winner Hudson as the Queen of Soul, Forest Whitaker as C.L. Franklin, Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington and Tituss Burgess as Rev. Dr. James Cleveland.
As for Tomb Raider 2, it...
- 10/28/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
In the latest in his series of Rewind reviews looking back at the career of writer/director Ben Wheatley, Chris takes a look at his 2017 film, Free Fire.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Michael Smiley, Sam Riley, Jack Reynor | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
Ben Wheatley is one of my favourite directors working today. He combines an eye for natural, realistic social situations with an extraordinary ability to create not only straight up horror but also the texture of horror in the context of other genres. Whilst in previous Rewind columns I’ve gone back and re-watched Wheatley’s films Kill List and High Rise, with Free Fire I am watching the film for the very first time…
Free Fire is an action film and a black comedy. The premise is extremely simple. The Ira are looking to buy some M...
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Michael Smiley, Sam Riley, Jack Reynor | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
Ben Wheatley is one of my favourite directors working today. He combines an eye for natural, realistic social situations with an extraordinary ability to create not only straight up horror but also the texture of horror in the context of other genres. Whilst in previous Rewind columns I’ve gone back and re-watched Wheatley’s films Kill List and High Rise, with Free Fire I am watching the film for the very first time…
Free Fire is an action film and a black comedy. The premise is extremely simple. The Ira are looking to buy some M...
- 8/21/2020
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
In the latest in his series of Rewind reviews looking back at the career of writer/director Ben Wheatley, Chris takes a look at his 2015 film, High Rise.
Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Peter Ferdinando, Sienna Guillory, Reece Shearsmith | Written by Amy Jump | Directed by Bean Wheatley
Ben Wheatley films are rather good, so I have been re-watching them. The latest is High Rise, which is based on the 1975 novel by J.G Ballard. I was a big fan of the novel, and this is an excellent telling of a wonderfully chilling story. Dr Lang (Tom Hiddleston) is newly arrived at a new high-rise development (Canary Wharf… before Canary Wharf was a thing). Lang can put on whatever mask is required to fit into his circumstances. As he moves in, he is introduced to a love interest, Charlotte Melville (Sienna...
Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Peter Ferdinando, Sienna Guillory, Reece Shearsmith | Written by Amy Jump | Directed by Bean Wheatley
Ben Wheatley films are rather good, so I have been re-watching them. The latest is High Rise, which is based on the 1975 novel by J.G Ballard. I was a big fan of the novel, and this is an excellent telling of a wonderfully chilling story. Dr Lang (Tom Hiddleston) is newly arrived at a new high-rise development (Canary Wharf… before Canary Wharf was a thing). Lang can put on whatever mask is required to fit into his circumstances. As he moves in, he is introduced to a love interest, Charlotte Melville (Sienna...
- 8/18/2020
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
In the first of a new series of Rewind reviews looking back at the career of writer/director Ben Wheatley, Chris takes a look at his 2011 hit, Kill List.
Stars: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
My initial terror when re-watching Kill List was that I realised it had been almost 10 years since I had seen it in a Cineworld in South West London..!
Kill List starts as a bit of realist, family drama, with our ex-soldier and “hero” Jay (Neil Maskell) out of work. He enjoys playing sword fighting with his beloved son but is under great pressure to get back to work from his wife as their savings dwindle. seemingly haunted by a mission in Kiev, Jay loves his family but is quite possibly suffering from Ptsd. His wife then arranges a little dinner party,...
Stars: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
My initial terror when re-watching Kill List was that I realised it had been almost 10 years since I had seen it in a Cineworld in South West London..!
Kill List starts as a bit of realist, family drama, with our ex-soldier and “hero” Jay (Neil Maskell) out of work. He enjoys playing sword fighting with his beloved son but is under great pressure to get back to work from his wife as their savings dwindle. seemingly haunted by a mission in Kiev, Jay loves his family but is quite possibly suffering from Ptsd. His wife then arranges a little dinner party,...
- 8/14/2020
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
Talent invited to join membership includes British producers, directors and writers as well as a casting director and cinematographer.
The filmmakers behind Oscar-winner 1917 are among a raft of UK talent invited to join the Us’ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Producer Pippa Harris, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and star George MacKay are among 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy as part of its 2020 intake. Further invitees who worked on the World War One drama include set decorator Lee Sandales, sound editor Rachael Tate and VFX supervisor Richard Little.
UK executives and behind-the-scenes talent...
The filmmakers behind Oscar-winner 1917 are among a raft of UK talent invited to join the Us’ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Producer Pippa Harris, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and star George MacKay are among 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy as part of its 2020 intake. Further invitees who worked on the World War One drama include set decorator Lee Sandales, sound editor Rachael Tate and VFX supervisor Richard Little.
UK executives and behind-the-scenes talent...
- 7/1/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Talent invited to join membership includes British producers, directors and writers as well as a casting director and cinematographer.
The filmmakers behind Oscar-winner 1917 are among a raft of UK talent invited to join the membership of AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Producer Pippa Harris, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and star George MacKay are among 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy as part of its 2020 intake. Further invitees who worked on the World War One drama include set decorator Lee Sandales, sound editor Rachael Tate and VFX supervisor Richard Little.
UK executives and behind-the-scenes...
The filmmakers behind Oscar-winner 1917 are among a raft of UK talent invited to join the membership of AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Producer Pippa Harris, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and star George MacKay are among 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy as part of its 2020 intake. Further invitees who worked on the World War One drama include set decorator Lee Sandales, sound editor Rachael Tate and VFX supervisor Richard Little.
UK executives and behind-the-scenes...
- 7/1/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
The Command (Thomas Vinterberg)
In the summer of 2000, the Russian submarine named Kursk took on a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, the first of its kind since the fall of the Soviet Union a decade earlier. The Command (released under the title Kursk elsewhere), written by Robert Rodat and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, tells of the sub’s crew, the crew’s families and the government that failed them. Without fully spoiling this real-life event, things do not go well from those onboard the vessel. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
Dolemite Is My Name (Craig Brewer)
The opening scene of Dolemite Is My Name...
The Command (Thomas Vinterberg)
In the summer of 2000, the Russian submarine named Kursk took on a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, the first of its kind since the fall of the Soviet Union a decade earlier. The Command (released under the title Kursk elsewhere), written by Robert Rodat and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, tells of the sub’s crew, the crew’s families and the government that failed them. Without fully spoiling this real-life event, things do not go well from those onboard the vessel. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
Dolemite Is My Name (Craig Brewer)
The opening scene of Dolemite Is My Name...
- 10/25/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
‘Kill List’ and ‘Free Fire’ filmmaker, Ben Wheatley has signed on the dotted line to take over the director’s chair on MGM’s upcoming ‘Tomb Raider’ sequel.
Wheatley takes over the hot seat from Roar Uthaug who directed the first in 2018. Amy Jump is onboard to write the sequel’s script, while Graham King and Elizabeth Cantillon will produce. Alicia Vikander will also return to reprise her role as Lara Croft.
The 2018 reboot saw Vikander take over the role of Lara Croft from Angelina Jolie who fronted the original films back in 2001 and the sequel in 2003. Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, and Kristin Scott Thomas all starred in the reboot which saw Croft embarking on a perilous journey to discover what happened to her eccentric Father. Journeying to his last-known destination – a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. The...
Wheatley takes over the hot seat from Roar Uthaug who directed the first in 2018. Amy Jump is onboard to write the sequel’s script, while Graham King and Elizabeth Cantillon will produce. Alicia Vikander will also return to reprise her role as Lara Croft.
The 2018 reboot saw Vikander take over the role of Lara Croft from Angelina Jolie who fronted the original films back in 2001 and the sequel in 2003. Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, and Kristin Scott Thomas all starred in the reboot which saw Croft embarking on a perilous journey to discover what happened to her eccentric Father. Journeying to his last-known destination – a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. The...
- 9/5/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Well now. The Tomb Raider sequel just got very interesting. Very interesting indeed. Alicia Vikander reprising her role aside, Deadline is reporting that British horror auteur Ben Wheatley has been hired to direct the sequel. Known by and large for directing small and edgy thrillers and horrors with bleak humor this would mark Wheatley's first forray into big budget tentpole spectacle. Not that we question whether he can do it, it just seems to go against the brand that we have come to love since his feature film debut in 2009, Down Terrace. Apart from that more good news is that Wheatley's frequent writer Amy Jump is on board to pen the script. Perhaps...
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- 9/4/2019
- Screen Anarchy
MGM has announced that Free Fire and Sightseers director Ben Wheatley has been tapped to direct a sequel to 2018's Tomb Raider starring Alicia Vikander in the title role. Vikander will be reprising her role as Lara Croft for the sequel, one of pop culture's most beloved explorers and hunter of all things shiny and supernatural. Writing the script this time out is Amy Jump (High-rise, Free…...
- 9/4/2019
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Ben Wheatley has jumped on board to direct the sequel to MGM’s Tomb Raider, which stars Alicia Vikander. This is the kind of film I never expected Wheatley to take on. He’s best known for his crazy films such as Kill List, A Field in England, Sightseers, High Rise, and Free Fire.
I actually enjoyed the first movie in this recent franchise, and I’m curious to see how Wheatley handles the sequel. I hope that he ends up bringing some of his crazy out of the box ideas to whatever story he ends up telling.
The script is being written by Amy Jump, who worked on all of Wheatley’s other films. There are no details on what story the sequel will tell, but I’m curious to find out.
The Tomb Raider sequel is set to be released on March 19, 2021. What do you think about Wheatley directing the film?...
I actually enjoyed the first movie in this recent franchise, and I’m curious to see how Wheatley handles the sequel. I hope that he ends up bringing some of his crazy out of the box ideas to whatever story he ends up telling.
The script is being written by Amy Jump, who worked on all of Wheatley’s other films. There are no details on what story the sequel will tell, but I’m curious to find out.
The Tomb Raider sequel is set to be released on March 19, 2021. What do you think about Wheatley directing the film?...
- 9/4/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Lara Croft is back. British director Ben Wheatley will direct the sequel to “Tomb Raider” starring Alicia Vikander, which MGM will release on March 19, 2021, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Wheatley is the director of the action films “Free Fire” and “High-Rise.” He’ll take over the video game franchise, which was rebooted in 2018 with director Roar Uthaug and grossed $274.6 million worldwide.
Production is expected to begin early next year on the sequel, and Amy Jump, who also wrote Wheatley’s “Free Fire” and “High-Rise,” is lined up to write the script that will be produced by Graham King through his Gk Films banner.
Also Read: Watch 'Tomb Raider' Star Alicia Vikander Win a Lip-Syncing Contest at Age 8 (Video)
“Tomb Raider” originally hit the screens back in 2001 with “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” starring Angelina Jolie. That film also received a sequel, and both the films...
Wheatley is the director of the action films “Free Fire” and “High-Rise.” He’ll take over the video game franchise, which was rebooted in 2018 with director Roar Uthaug and grossed $274.6 million worldwide.
Production is expected to begin early next year on the sequel, and Amy Jump, who also wrote Wheatley’s “Free Fire” and “High-Rise,” is lined up to write the script that will be produced by Graham King through his Gk Films banner.
Also Read: Watch 'Tomb Raider' Star Alicia Vikander Win a Lip-Syncing Contest at Age 8 (Video)
“Tomb Raider” originally hit the screens back in 2001 with “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” starring Angelina Jolie. That film also received a sequel, and both the films...
- 9/4/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Ben Wheatley has been set to direct MGM’s Tomb Raider sequel, with the studio setting a release date of March 19, 2021. Alicia Vikander is reprising her role as the lissome, treasure-hunting action heroine Lara Croft. Amy Jump is writing the sequel script and Graham King is producing through his GK Films banner, and Elizabeth Cantillon.
Wheatley directed the films Kill List and Free Fire, and he is in post production on Rebecca for Working Title Films.
Directed by Roar Uthaug, last year’s first film grossed $275 million worldwide. Production on the sequel will begin early next year.
Wheatley is repped by Wme, Independent Talent UK, and Ziffren Brittenham.
Wheatley directed the films Kill List and Free Fire, and he is in post production on Rebecca for Working Title Films.
Directed by Roar Uthaug, last year’s first film grossed $275 million worldwide. Production on the sequel will begin early next year.
Wheatley is repped by Wme, Independent Talent UK, and Ziffren Brittenham.
- 9/4/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Lara Croft is set to grace theaters once again.
A sequel to Tomb Raider is in the works with screenwriter Amy Jump (Free Fire) signed on to pen the follow-up to Alicia Vikander‘s 2018 film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The first film grossed $58 million in the U.S. box office and over $270 million in the world box office, per IMDb.
It remains unclear if Vikander, 30, will reprise her role as the independent adventurer. The 2018 film also starred Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Vikander, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2016’s The Danish Girl,...
A sequel to Tomb Raider is in the works with screenwriter Amy Jump (Free Fire) signed on to pen the follow-up to Alicia Vikander‘s 2018 film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The first film grossed $58 million in the U.S. box office and over $270 million in the world box office, per IMDb.
It remains unclear if Vikander, 30, will reprise her role as the independent adventurer. The 2018 film also starred Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Vikander, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2016’s The Danish Girl,...
- 4/15/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Take a look at Oscar winner Alicia Vikander in "Vanity Fair" magazine, on the news that Gk Films, producers of "Tomb Raider (2018) are developing a feature sequel, showcasing video game star, adventurer 'Lara Croft', scripted by Amy Jump ("High-Rise"):
Vikander trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and the School of American Ballet in New York.
She began her professional acting career appearing in Swedish television series, gaining recognition for her role as 'Josefin Björn-Tegebrandt' in the TV drama "Andra Avenyn" (2008–10).
Vikander made her feature film debut in "Pure" (2010), winning the 'Guldbagge Award' for 'Best Actress'.
In 2012 she portrayed 'Princess Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya' in director Joe Wright's film adaptation of "Anna Karenina"...
...followed by the role of 'Queen Caroline Mathilde' in the Danish film "A Royal Affair", receiving a 'BAFTA Rising Star Award' nomination.
She then starred in the 2013 Swedish drama...
Vikander trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and the School of American Ballet in New York.
She began her professional acting career appearing in Swedish television series, gaining recognition for her role as 'Josefin Björn-Tegebrandt' in the TV drama "Andra Avenyn" (2008–10).
Vikander made her feature film debut in "Pure" (2010), winning the 'Guldbagge Award' for 'Best Actress'.
In 2012 she portrayed 'Princess Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya' in director Joe Wright's film adaptation of "Anna Karenina"...
...followed by the role of 'Queen Caroline Mathilde' in the Danish film "A Royal Affair", receiving a 'BAFTA Rising Star Award' nomination.
She then starred in the 2013 Swedish drama...
- 4/14/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Hollywood studios MGM and Warner Brothers have started working on Tomb Raider sequel with actress Alicia Vikander set to return as the main lead. According to Deadline, the upcoming sequel reportedly has a new writer working on the script, screenwriter Amy Jump, reports dailymail.co.uk. Vikander, who portrayed explorer Lara Croft in last year's reboot, is said to have liked how her character played out in Jump's screenplay. Vikander's return has yet to be confirmed, and so far no details about the plot have been made available.
Jump's writing credits include Free Fire, A Field In England and High-rise.
Tomb Raider amassed $274,650,803 in the box office worldwide when it was released in 2018, according to Box Office Mojo.
Vikander starred opposite Dominic West, Walton Goggins, and Daniel Wu in the reboot, which was released 17 years after Angelina Jolie played the heroine in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In the reboot, Lara...
Jump's writing credits include Free Fire, A Field In England and High-rise.
Tomb Raider amassed $274,650,803 in the box office worldwide when it was released in 2018, according to Box Office Mojo.
Vikander starred opposite Dominic West, Walton Goggins, and Daniel Wu in the reboot, which was released 17 years after Angelina Jolie played the heroine in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In the reboot, Lara...
- 4/13/2019
- GlamSham
MGM and Warner Bros. are moving forward with a sequel to director Roar Uthaug’s Tomb Raider and Alicia Vikander is set to reprise her role. The news comes from Deadline, who also reports that Amy Jump is writing the script and apparently Vikander likes what she is doing with her character.
Jump is best known for her work on the action film Free Fire, Kill List, A Field In England, Sightseers, and High-Rise. Yes, she works a lot with director Ben Wheatley.
There are no story details regarding the sequel, but I personally really enjoyed the first Tomb Raider movie that Vikander starred in. I thought it was an incredibly fun adventure film and I hoped that we would get to see a sequel, so that fact that it’s happening is great!
What are you thoughts on Vikander’s Tomb Raider franchise and the fact that it’s getting a sequel?...
Jump is best known for her work on the action film Free Fire, Kill List, A Field In England, Sightseers, and High-Rise. Yes, she works a lot with director Ben Wheatley.
There are no story details regarding the sequel, but I personally really enjoyed the first Tomb Raider movie that Vikander starred in. I thought it was an incredibly fun adventure film and I hoped that we would get to see a sequel, so that fact that it’s happening is great!
What are you thoughts on Vikander’s Tomb Raider franchise and the fact that it’s getting a sequel?...
- 4/12/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
While the Tomb Raider reboot with Alicia Vikander didn’t generate much buzz, it did well-enough at the box office worldwide for MGM and Warner Bros. to go ahead with a sequel. And they’ve hired a new writer to get the job done. Amy Jump, who co-wrote Kill List, A Field in England, High-Rise, and more, will handle the script. Plot […]
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- 4/12/2019
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
MGM has hired Amy Jump, the screenwriter on Ben Wheatley’s “Free Fire” and “High-Rise,” to write the screenplay for “Tomb Raider 2” starring Alicia Vikander, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Jump is also writing “Freak Shift” with Wheatley, which is currently in preproduction with Film4. Some of her other writing credits include “A Field in England,” “Kill List” and “Sightseers.” She’s also served as an editor on all of Wheatley’s films, and she was an executive producer on “The Duke of Burgundy.”
The rebooted “Tomb Raider” starring Vikander arrived last March and grossed $274.6 million worldwide on a $94 million budget.
Also Read: Camilla Luddington Explains How She Does Lara Croft's Death Screams in 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider'
Roar Uthaug directed the film based on the iconic video game series in which Vikander plays Lara Croft, the daughter of a missing adventurer who must travel...
Jump is also writing “Freak Shift” with Wheatley, which is currently in preproduction with Film4. Some of her other writing credits include “A Field in England,” “Kill List” and “Sightseers.” She’s also served as an editor on all of Wheatley’s films, and she was an executive producer on “The Duke of Burgundy.”
The rebooted “Tomb Raider” starring Vikander arrived last March and grossed $274.6 million worldwide on a $94 million budget.
Also Read: Camilla Luddington Explains How She Does Lara Croft's Death Screams in 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider'
Roar Uthaug directed the film based on the iconic video game series in which Vikander plays Lara Croft, the daughter of a missing adventurer who must travel...
- 4/12/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Get ready for another Tomb Raider with Alicia Vikander. MGM and Warner Bros have hired Amy Jump to write the script for the sequel. Sources said Vikander liked what she was in Jump’s scripting.
She is best known for her collaborations with director and partner Ben Wheatley, who co-wrote several of them. That includes Free Fire, the action drama that starred Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy and Armie Hammer. Her other credits include the Wheatley-directed Kill List, A Field In England, Sightseers, and High-Rise. The films are cult favorites in the UK. She broadens the pool of female action writers, who are now in high demand. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons wrote the first installment. Warner Bros released the first film.
Directed by Roar Uthaug, Tomb Raider grossed $274 million worldwide, turning the Oscar-winning Swedish actress Vikander into an action heroine after a string of prestige pics and sci-fi like Ex Machina.
She is best known for her collaborations with director and partner Ben Wheatley, who co-wrote several of them. That includes Free Fire, the action drama that starred Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy and Armie Hammer. Her other credits include the Wheatley-directed Kill List, A Field In England, Sightseers, and High-Rise. The films are cult favorites in the UK. She broadens the pool of female action writers, who are now in high demand. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons wrote the first installment. Warner Bros released the first film.
Directed by Roar Uthaug, Tomb Raider grossed $274 million worldwide, turning the Oscar-winning Swedish actress Vikander into an action heroine after a string of prestige pics and sci-fi like Ex Machina.
- 4/12/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Lara Croft is gearing up for a second round.
Free Fire writer Amy Jump has been tapped to pen a sequel to 2018's Tomb Raider.
The MGM franchise reboot starring Alicia Vikander, which was directed by Roar Uthaug and penned by Captain Marvel's Geneva Robertson-Dworet, earned over $270 million at the global box office.
Gk Films will return to produce.
Jump often works with longtime collaborator, director Ben Wheatley. Along with the Armie Hammer-fronted shoot-'em-up, she's also penned High-Rise, Kill List and Sightseers.
She is repped by Wme and the U.K.'s Independent. ...
Free Fire writer Amy Jump has been tapped to pen a sequel to 2018's Tomb Raider.
The MGM franchise reboot starring Alicia Vikander, which was directed by Roar Uthaug and penned by Captain Marvel's Geneva Robertson-Dworet, earned over $270 million at the global box office.
Gk Films will return to produce.
Jump often works with longtime collaborator, director Ben Wheatley. Along with the Armie Hammer-fronted shoot-'em-up, she's also penned High-Rise, Kill List and Sightseers.
She is repped by Wme and the U.K.'s Independent. ...
- 4/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Lara Croft is gearing up for a second round.
Free Fire writer Amy Jump has been tapped to pen a sequel to 2018's Tomb Raider.
The MGM franchise reboot starring Alicia Vikander, which was directed by Roar Uthaug and penned by Captain Marvel's Geneva Robertson-Dworet, earned over $270 million at the global box office.
Gk Films will return to produce.
Jump often works with longtime collaborator, director Ben Wheatley. Along with the Armie Hammer-fronted shoot-'em-up, she's also penned High-Rise, Kill List and Sightseers.
She is repped by Wme and the U.K.'s Independent. ...
Free Fire writer Amy Jump has been tapped to pen a sequel to 2018's Tomb Raider.
The MGM franchise reboot starring Alicia Vikander, which was directed by Roar Uthaug and penned by Captain Marvel's Geneva Robertson-Dworet, earned over $270 million at the global box office.
Gk Films will return to produce.
Jump often works with longtime collaborator, director Ben Wheatley. Along with the Armie Hammer-fronted shoot-'em-up, she's also penned High-Rise, Kill List and Sightseers.
She is repped by Wme and the U.K.'s Independent. ...
- 4/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Neil Maskell, Sura Dohnke, Marvin Maskell, Nicole Nettleingham, Doon Mackichan, Bill Paterson, Hayley Squires, Mark Monero, Richard Glover, Sudha Bhuchar, Vincent Ebrahim, Sinead Matthews, Sarah Baxendale, Charles Dance, Joe Cole, Peter Ferdinando | Written and Directed by Ben Wheatley
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead follows in the stead of Ben Wheatley’s previous directing efforts, in particular his 2013 black and white acid trip exploit A Field in England, in the case of releasing his picture simultaneously on both demand and a limited cinematic release. However this may alos just be his unsung masterpiece in a filmography that continues to evoke a grand sense of evolution with each entry and distinctive palette, which reinforces Wheatley’s stunning artistic ability with every and any angle.
Wheatley’s latest is a somewhat ironic variation of his first cinematic feature in Down Terrace and his breakout action hit of 2016, Free Fire - with the...
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead follows in the stead of Ben Wheatley’s previous directing efforts, in particular his 2013 black and white acid trip exploit A Field in England, in the case of releasing his picture simultaneously on both demand and a limited cinematic release. However this may alos just be his unsung masterpiece in a filmography that continues to evoke a grand sense of evolution with each entry and distinctive palette, which reinforces Wheatley’s stunning artistic ability with every and any angle.
Wheatley’s latest is a somewhat ironic variation of his first cinematic feature in Down Terrace and his breakout action hit of 2016, Free Fire - with the...
- 1/9/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
“Reboot” is a word bandied about so much in the film industry these days that its meaning has become entirely elastic, referring to anything from a sequel to a remake to a mildly delayed franchise chapter. A lo-fi, high-volume original character piece from Ben Wheatley, “Happy New Year, Colin Burstead” is none of these things — and yet, in the sense that a reboot describes a freshly started system following technical complications, it feels like one for this genre-roaming writer-director. After mixed returns for the dizzy formal chaos of his J.G. Ballard adaptation “High-Rise” and the vapid shoot-’em-up varnish of “Free Fire,” Wheatley’s restless study of a dysfunctional family reunited for a prickly New Year’s Eve party is a back-to-basics affair that rewardingly sets him back in the seasick domestic space of his debut “Down Terrace,” albeit with words as its only weapons this time.
Working without his usual writing partner Amy Jump,...
Working without his usual writing partner Amy Jump,...
- 10/14/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Kayti Burt Joseph Baxter Sep 4, 2019
A sequel to the Alicia Vikander-starring Tomb Raider movie reboot is officially set to arrive in 2021.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the ending of 2018’s Tomb Raider.
We liked 2018’s Tomb Raider more than most, especially its promising ending, which saw Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) figuring out that her late father's business partner, Ana Miller (Kristin Scott Thomas), is behind the mysterious Trinity organization that is looking to take over the world and is responsible for Richard Croft's death; a game-changing tidbit that opens several sequel possibilities. However, the film didn’t exactly wreak havoc on its box office competition, leaving fans to wonder if such a sequel would ever get made.
In the latest news, the Tomb Raider reboot movie sequel now has a director and a release date!
Tomb Raider 2 Director
Ben Wheatley is set as Tomb Raider 2's director,...
A sequel to the Alicia Vikander-starring Tomb Raider movie reboot is officially set to arrive in 2021.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the ending of 2018’s Tomb Raider.
We liked 2018’s Tomb Raider more than most, especially its promising ending, which saw Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) figuring out that her late father's business partner, Ana Miller (Kristin Scott Thomas), is behind the mysterious Trinity organization that is looking to take over the world and is responsible for Richard Croft's death; a game-changing tidbit that opens several sequel possibilities. However, the film didn’t exactly wreak havoc on its box office competition, leaving fans to wonder if such a sequel would ever get made.
In the latest news, the Tomb Raider reboot movie sequel now has a director and a release date!
Tomb Raider 2 Director
Ben Wheatley is set as Tomb Raider 2's director,...
- 3/19/2018
- Den of Geek
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Michael Smiley, Sam Riley, Jack Reynor | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
From A Field in England to a High-Rise in London to a warehouse in a Us dockland, you cannot say writer-director Ben Wheatley is predictable. Except Free Fire does feel distinctly familiar – comfortingly and enjoyably so, perhaps, but do not expect the unexpected. The heightened ‘70s aesthetic is retained from Wheatley’s previous film, instantly eliminating the issue of mobile phones, while also feeling like a throwback to a simpler cinematic time.
In what is more premise than plot, a bunch of idiotic guys and a slightly less idiotic woman (Brie Larson) descend upon a warehouse to complete a weapons deal. Frank (Wheatley regular Michael Smiley) leads the buyers; Vernon (Sharlto Copley) is the unhinged dealer. Mediating the deal is Ord (Armie Hammer) – but despite...
From A Field in England to a High-Rise in London to a warehouse in a Us dockland, you cannot say writer-director Ben Wheatley is predictable. Except Free Fire does feel distinctly familiar – comfortingly and enjoyably so, perhaps, but do not expect the unexpected. The heightened ‘70s aesthetic is retained from Wheatley’s previous film, instantly eliminating the issue of mobile phones, while also feeling like a throwback to a simpler cinematic time.
In what is more premise than plot, a bunch of idiotic guys and a slightly less idiotic woman (Brie Larson) descend upon a warehouse to complete a weapons deal. Frank (Wheatley regular Michael Smiley) leads the buyers; Vernon (Sharlto Copley) is the unhinged dealer. Mediating the deal is Ord (Armie Hammer) – but despite...
- 8/7/2017
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Ben Wheatley is fast becoming a director whose work is simply a must see occasion. Whether it is a haunting success (The Kill List – this writer’s personal favourite Wheatley offering so far) or a far reaching stumble (the sadly pretentious High Rise), you feel compelled to see what Wheatley has come up with next on the big screen. In the case of his latest (Martin Scorsese exec produced) film, Free Fire, Wheatley strips down the plot to one basic – but no less ambitious – idea. A movie that consists almost entirely of a shootout! It sounds crazy, it sounds unattainable, it sounds frantic, in a way it is all three of those things but my goodness is it a sight to see.
The simplistic plot is of course the gateway to an array of themes in which retro male machismo clashes and results in pure chaos. Free Fire is a...
The simplistic plot is of course the gateway to an array of themes in which retro male machismo clashes and results in pure chaos. Free Fire is a...
- 8/5/2017
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
Christopher Guest has had an exceptionally strong ’00s with A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration, and it remains to be seen how his upcoming Mascots will be received, but his arguable peak is still the gloriously funny mockumentary Best in Show. Guest’s other films have lovingly skewered egotistical oddballs and the insanity of subjective or objective criticism, so Best in Show is...
Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
Christopher Guest has had an exceptionally strong ’00s with A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration, and it remains to be seen how his upcoming Mascots will be received, but his arguable peak is still the gloriously funny mockumentary Best in Show. Guest’s other films have lovingly skewered egotistical oddballs and the insanity of subjective or objective criticism, so Best in Show is...
- 7/7/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Have an itch to see a movie about a gunfight, the whole gunfight and nothing but the gunfight? Search no more, for Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump have the movie for you: twenty minutes of angry crooks in conference, and then seventy minutes of non-stop shootin,’ with no annoying plot context or character depth to get in the way. Just say ‘Bang Bang I shot you down,’ and then play it in a loop, ad infinitum.
Free Fire
Blu-ray
Lionsgate
2017 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 90 min. / Street Date July 18, 2017 / 24.99
Starring: Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Babou Ceesay, Noah Taylor, Jack Reynor, Mark Monero, Patrick Bergin, Enzo Cilenti, Tom Davis.
Cinematography: Laurie Rose
Film Editors: Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley
Original Music: Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury
Written by Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley
Produced by Andy Starke
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Many critics fairly well loved Ben Wheatley...
Free Fire
Blu-ray
Lionsgate
2017 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 90 min. / Street Date July 18, 2017 / 24.99
Starring: Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Babou Ceesay, Noah Taylor, Jack Reynor, Mark Monero, Patrick Bergin, Enzo Cilenti, Tom Davis.
Cinematography: Laurie Rose
Film Editors: Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley
Original Music: Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury
Written by Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley
Produced by Andy Starke
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Many critics fairly well loved Ben Wheatley...
- 7/4/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The following is excerpted from a chapter in film critic Adam Nayman’s new book “Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage,” which is now available.
“Nobody fucks with you like [Ben] Wheatley,” wrote Cinema Scope’s Robert Koehler in a dispatch filed from Cannes in 2012, the year that “Sightseers” premiered in the Director’s Fortnight and shifted the critical perception of its director to a global figure. If Cannes is historically the proving ground for auteur directors, then the presence of “Sightseers” on the Croisette suggested that Wheatley was emerging from his niche as a UK genre specialist. For Koehler, “Sightseers” was one of the titles at Cannes that seemed “eager to play outside boundaries within which most of the other films were all too willing to contain themselves.”
Trying to break away from the everyday—or, put another way, the search for transcendence—is the secret theme of “Sightseers,” a film that,...
“Nobody fucks with you like [Ben] Wheatley,” wrote Cinema Scope’s Robert Koehler in a dispatch filed from Cannes in 2012, the year that “Sightseers” premiered in the Director’s Fortnight and shifted the critical perception of its director to a global figure. If Cannes is historically the proving ground for auteur directors, then the presence of “Sightseers” on the Croisette suggested that Wheatley was emerging from his niche as a UK genre specialist. For Koehler, “Sightseers” was one of the titles at Cannes that seemed “eager to play outside boundaries within which most of the other films were all too willing to contain themselves.”
Trying to break away from the everyday—or, put another way, the search for transcendence—is the secret theme of “Sightseers,” a film that,...
- 6/14/2017
- by Adam Nayman
- Indiewire
A year after her breakout turn in American Honey, which debuted at Cannes, Sasha Lane has lined up another high-profile project.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the star has boarded Freak Shift, the upcoming project from hot Brit director Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, High-Rise).
Lane joins an A-list cast that includes Alicia Vikander and Armie Hammer in a sci-fi thriller in which squads of lawbreakers and misfits go on the hunt for lethal nocturnal monsters.
Wheatley, whose all-star actioner Free Fire was recently released by A24, co-wrote the script with partner Amy Jump, while his longtime collaborator Andrew Starke produced...
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the star has boarded Freak Shift, the upcoming project from hot Brit director Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, High-Rise).
Lane joins an A-list cast that includes Alicia Vikander and Armie Hammer in a sci-fi thriller in which squads of lawbreakers and misfits go on the hunt for lethal nocturnal monsters.
Wheatley, whose all-star actioner Free Fire was recently released by A24, co-wrote the script with partner Amy Jump, while his longtime collaborator Andrew Starke produced...
- 5/16/2017
- by Alex Ritman,Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s probably fitting that Free Fire didn’t get a fair shake at the box office, if only because it seems destined, if not conceived outright, for a spot in the “underappreciated cult classic canon.” While the film, boasting an A-list cast led by Brie Larson, would appear to be co-writer/director Ben Wheatley’s most commercial film to date, Free Fire winds up shooting its way so far through the mainstream action genre that it winds up back in arthouse territory. The ‘70s-set plot involves an arms deal in an abandoned warehouse gone horribly wrong, but the particulars aren’t especially important. What is important is that Wheatley takes just about every Die Hard-style action movie trope to its furthest limit. Remember the scenes of John McClane dragging his bloodied torso around the Nakatomi Plaza? Well, pretty much every character spends most of the movie doing that, except in far more excruciating detail.
- 5/15/2017
- MUBI
Chicago – In a film that had a sassy, arbitrary perspective on its own flipped-out story, “Free Fire” sought to out-Quentin Tarantino in freaky funny characters and ammo-splurging gun battles. Director Ben Wheatley (“High-Rise”) took an ensemble cast to rarified heights of insult comedy, revenge dynamics and bullets that hit the bone.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
It’s basically an arms sale that goes bad, and it’s set in 1978. The rogue cast of characters include stand-outs Sharito Copley (the South African actor from “District 9”), Armie Hammer and Brie Larson. The film is shot in straightforward real time, and the gun battle that takes place after the deal falls apart was a relentless point-of-view survival story that devolved into an unrelenting necessity for humans to wreak havoc on each other. Under director Wheatley, there is a bit of winking at the camera, symbolic statements on the futility of battle, and film class...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
It’s basically an arms sale that goes bad, and it’s set in 1978. The rogue cast of characters include stand-outs Sharito Copley (the South African actor from “District 9”), Armie Hammer and Brie Larson. The film is shot in straightforward real time, and the gun battle that takes place after the deal falls apart was a relentless point-of-view survival story that devolved into an unrelenting necessity for humans to wreak havoc on each other. Under director Wheatley, there is a bit of winking at the camera, symbolic statements on the futility of battle, and film class...
- 4/26/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Stop us if you've heard this one before: A group of criminals meet up for a gun deal. It goes bad – very bad. And the rest of the story, you ask? "Doesn't matter!" Martin Scorsese exclaims, laughing. "You don't need it. We're beyond that now." The burly, bearded man sitting next to him – British director Ben Wheatley – wholeheartedly agrees. "There's only, like, 12 characters in this movie anyway," he adds. "There are no twists, because it's either going to be that one or that one or that one. So what's the point?...
- 4/24/2017
- Rollingstone.com
How do you make a charming movie star out of a Winklevoss?
Midway through Ben Wheatley’s new one-long-gunfight movie Free Fire, Armie Hammer’s character picks up a machine gun. This escalation will perhaps elicit an exhale and a “finally” from the audience. Hammer plays a deal broker called Ord in a gun-buy gone south, and to this point every shooter in the ensemble cast has ironically been limited to revolvers. But Hammer’s increased firepower at this moment is as fitting as his tailored wool blazer. In a movie where each crook is initially unleashed with quick and clever characterization, Hammer’s shtick — the fashion-conscious criminal liaison surrounded by goons — has legs and teeth. He’s firing on more cylinders than anyone in this action-comedy, which stars dramatic heavy hitters Brie Larson and Cillian Murphy and UK genre-flick staples Michael Smiley and Noah Taylor. For as long as any of them are allowed to stay...
Midway through Ben Wheatley’s new one-long-gunfight movie Free Fire, Armie Hammer’s character picks up a machine gun. This escalation will perhaps elicit an exhale and a “finally” from the audience. Hammer plays a deal broker called Ord in a gun-buy gone south, and to this point every shooter in the ensemble cast has ironically been limited to revolvers. But Hammer’s increased firepower at this moment is as fitting as his tailored wool blazer. In a movie where each crook is initially unleashed with quick and clever characterization, Hammer’s shtick — the fashion-conscious criminal liaison surrounded by goons — has legs and teeth. He’s firing on more cylinders than anyone in this action-comedy, which stars dramatic heavy hitters Brie Larson and Cillian Murphy and UK genre-flick staples Michael Smiley and Noah Taylor. For as long as any of them are allowed to stay...
- 4/23/2017
- by Chance Solem-Pfeifer
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The distinction between heroes and villains isn’t as clear in Free Fire as most action movies. And it’s partly because co-writer/director Ben Wheatley and co-writer Amy Jump give all their characters lives outside of the shootout – lives you want to see them find a way to escape back to. Out of the ensemble, some eggs are more rotten than others, but […]
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- 4/21/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
If there’s one character who stays calm in most of Free Fire, it’s Ord. The American criminal is as well-composed as his swanky gray jacket and black turtleneck. Rarely is Ord the character shouting and screaming in director Ben Wheatley‘s (High-Rise) new, 85-minute-long shoot ’em up.. Wheatley and co-writer Amy Jump don’t waste a second of Free Fire‘s […]
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- 4/21/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
It’s very easy to have doubts going into a film like Free Fire. As portrayed in the trailers, it’s a film that chronicles a weapons deal gone wrong — and the resulting conflict is one long, extended firefight sequence between ten or so characters. It seems great in concept, but maybe for a short film. Could a full feature actually keep the attention of audiences for the duration of its runtime?
The answer is a definite yes, though it’s not a perfect experience.
Free Fire comes from the minds of Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley, and is also directed by the latter of the two. If you’re unfamiliar, Ben Wheatley is the man behind such films as Kill List and High-Rise, and his style tends to be dark, nihilistic, and violent. The same is true of Free Fire. If you’re a fan of dark humor and painful-looking violence,...
The answer is a definite yes, though it’s not a perfect experience.
Free Fire comes from the minds of Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley, and is also directed by the latter of the two. If you’re unfamiliar, Ben Wheatley is the man behind such films as Kill List and High-Rise, and his style tends to be dark, nihilistic, and violent. The same is true of Free Fire. If you’re a fan of dark humor and painful-looking violence,...
- 4/21/2017
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
It’s a little bit of an understatement to say that filmmaker Ben Wheatley has not made mainstream movies so far. His films are niche items, albeit sometimes incredibly compelling ones. This week, he makes what might be his most mainstream flick possibly, an action comedy of sorts in Free Fire. Although still decidedly independent, this is like the Mexican standoff sequence in Reservoir Dogs, but if that was an entire 90 minute movie. It’s a riot of a film. A literal blast, if you will. Helping to lead the charge is Brie Larson, who seems incapable of not turning in very solid work when the camera starts rolling. She’s just dynamite. The movie centers around an arms deal gone bad. Taking place in Boston in 1978, two gangs meet in an abandoned warehouse, ostensibly to buy/sell some guns. Set in motion by middle man Ord (Armie Hammer) one...
- 4/20/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
At about 15 minutes into Ben Wheatley’s sixth feature film Free Fire, it becomes pretty clear we're probably not leaving this room anytime soon. But that is totally cool. This bold storytelling gambit works because Wheatley and his collaborators (notably co-screenwriter/editor Amy Jump) have finely crafted the drama to continually up the ante, revealing just enough about who these characters are and what they're really up to. Oh and there are a shit ton of guns, too. It doesn’t take particularly long to figure out the plot. A wily cast of characters show up for an arms deal. They're led by Cillian Murphy on one side (the buyers) and Sharlto Copley on the other (the sellers). Brie Larson and Armie Hammer are there as well...
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- 4/20/2017
- Screen Anarchy
For many years, director Ben Wheatley has been one of Britain’s top genre exports from his early supernatural crime-thriller Kill List to the dark comedy Sightseers and the trippy war movie, A Field in England. Last year, he even took on the difficult task of adapting J.B. Ballard’s High-Rise, starring Tom Hiddleston, a crazy movie that also paid homage to another great British filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick. (All of these movies were either written, co-written and/or edited by Wheatley’s long-time silent partner, Amy Jump.)
Wheatley’s new movie Free Fire features an amazing ensemble cast that includes Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley, Michael Smiley and more, as it sets up a gun deal that goes wrong and turns into a violent shoot out inside an abandoned warehouse.
The movie shows the amazing skills of Wheatley and Jump with terrific dialogue and some of the most insane action scenes,...
Wheatley’s new movie Free Fire features an amazing ensemble cast that includes Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley, Michael Smiley and more, as it sets up a gun deal that goes wrong and turns into a violent shoot out inside an abandoned warehouse.
The movie shows the amazing skills of Wheatley and Jump with terrific dialogue and some of the most insane action scenes,...
- 4/19/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Chicago – One of the more lovely examples of pure cinema – if that description can be given to a film with nearly constant gunplay – is in the upcoming release of “Free Fire.” Director Ben Wheatley (“High-Rise”) constructs a dark and funny scenario within one room, and fills it with symbolism and homage to other movies.
Set in 1978, the story was based on an article that Ben Wheatley read about Irish gun runners during the Ira conflict. His writing partner Amy Jump, who is also his wife, concocted a narrative that had the gun deal go bad. What follows is a shoot out that lasts in real time over the 80 minutes it takes place. With outrageous asides, pitch black comedy and some of more creative violence this side of Quentin Tarantino, “Free Fire” takes its place as one of the best films, so far, in 2017.
Armie Hammer and Ben Wheatley On Set...
Set in 1978, the story was based on an article that Ben Wheatley read about Irish gun runners during the Ira conflict. His writing partner Amy Jump, who is also his wife, concocted a narrative that had the gun deal go bad. What follows is a shoot out that lasts in real time over the 80 minutes it takes place. With outrageous asides, pitch black comedy and some of more creative violence this side of Quentin Tarantino, “Free Fire” takes its place as one of the best films, so far, in 2017.
Armie Hammer and Ben Wheatley On Set...
- 4/18/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… A 90-minute shootout that never makes us care who lives and who dies. In attempting to send up a cinematic cliché, this only becomes a tedious example of same. I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast
I’m “biast” (con): increasingly not a fan of Ben Wheatley
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Eight people walk into an abandoned warehouse in Boston in 1978. There’s Chris (Cillian Murphy: Anthropoid, In the Heart of the Sea), whom we can presume is Ira because he has an Irish accent and he’s there to buy enough guns to supply a small army. There’s Justine (Brie Larson: Kong: Skull Island, Room), who has brokered the deal with Ord (Armie Hammer: The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Entourage)… or is it Ord who has brokered the deal with seller Vernon (Sharlto Copley: Chappie,...
I’m “biast” (con): increasingly not a fan of Ben Wheatley
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Eight people walk into an abandoned warehouse in Boston in 1978. There’s Chris (Cillian Murphy: Anthropoid, In the Heart of the Sea), whom we can presume is Ira because he has an Irish accent and he’s there to buy enough guns to supply a small army. There’s Justine (Brie Larson: Kong: Skull Island, Room), who has brokered the deal with Ord (Armie Hammer: The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Entourage)… or is it Ord who has brokered the deal with seller Vernon (Sharlto Copley: Chappie,...
- 4/17/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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