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Brightburn is a 2019 American superhero horror film directed by David Yarovesky, written by Mark Gunn and Brian Gunn, and produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones and Meredith Hagner, the plot follows Brandon Breyer, a young boy of extraterrestrial origin reared on Earth who realizes he has superpowers. Upon learning of them and being activated by his spaceship, Brandon rejects his humanity and turns to evil, opting to terrorize his hometown, including his parents.

Brightburn
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Yarovesky
Written by	Brian Gunn Mark Gunn
Produced by	James Gunn Kenneth Huang
Starring	Elizabeth Banks David Denman Jackson A. Dunn Matt Jones Meredith Hagner
Cinematography	Michael Dallatorre
Edited by	Andrew S. Eisen Peter Gvozdas
Music by	Tim Williams
Production companies	Screen Gems Stage 6 Films The H Collective Troll Court Entertainment
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	May 24, 2019 (2019-05-24) (United States)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6–12 million[1]
Box office	$32.9 million[2]

The film was produced and financed by Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, The H Collective and Troll Court Entertainment.

Brightburn was announced as Untitled James Gunn Horror Project in December 2017. Aside from Gunn as a producer, his cousin Mark and brother Brian penned the screenplay, which adapts the concept of Superman for explicit horror. Principal photography began in March 2018 and wrapped in May of that same year.

Brightburn was released in the United States on May 24, 2019 by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the horror elements, concept, and Banks' performance, but criticized its writing, special effects, pacing, and felt that the film did not deliver on the full potential of its premise. The film earned $32 million against a budget of $6–12 million.

Plot

In 2006, a spaceship crashes in Brightburn, Kansas. Tori and Kyle Breyer, who are trying unable to conceive. Seek out the crash site, they find a baby, they lie to everyone, stating that they adopted the baby, now named Brandon Breyer. They've hidden the spacecraft in their barn and as Brandon grows he's told to stay away from the Barn.

One day during a trust exercise in PE, Brandon falls toward a girl in his class named Caitlyn Connor; she lets him drop to the ground and accuses him of being a pervert, having previously seen him in her room at night. Frustrated by her accusation, Brandon crushes her hand. That night, Brandon sleepwalks once again to the ship and breaks into the barn where it is hidden, cutting his hand on the ship. Tori follows and sees him levitating, chanting the ship's message: "Take the world." Tori reveals the truth of his origin, and Brandon goes on a rampage, killing Erika Connor, Caitlyn's mother, after Erika expressed displeasure towards him because he broke Caitlyn's hand. Police find a series of runes drawn on a window while investigating Erika's disappearance.

The next day, Brandon kills his uncle Noah by lifting and dropping his vehicle. The following morning, Tori and Kyle inform Brandon of Noah's death, but Brandon shows no emotion or empathy, angering them both. Kyle accuses Brandon of murder and grabs him, and Brandon retaliates by violently shoving him. Kyle finds Brandon's blood-stained shirt and shows it to Tori, but she refuses to believe it.

Kyle takes Brandon on a father-son hunting trip in the woods. Kyle attempts to shoot and kill Brandon with his hunting rifle, but the execution fails when the bullet bounces off the back of Brandon's head, causing Brandon to kill him with heat vision. A sheriff arrives at the Breyers' and asks to see Brandon. Tori tells the sheriff that Kyle and Brandon are not home, so he shows Tori the symbol found at the scenes of Erika's and Noah's deaths. Tori finds Brandon's notebook with drawings of his murders and his message to "take the world" and begins to believe Kyle. She tries calling Kyle, but Brandon answers and implies he is now coming for her.

Brandon returns and begins destroying the house. Remembering that the ships hull can cut Brandon, Tori runs to the barn and discovers Erika's eviscerated body. As Brandon pursues her, Tori tries to tell him about how much she loves him. She then tries to stab him with a piece of the ship, but Brandon sees it coming and grabs her arm, then tosses the shard to the floor. She pleads for mercy, but Brandon flies with Tori into the sky and drops her. He then sees an oncoming airplane and glares. The following morning, the airplane is revealed to have mysteriously crashed into the farmhouse (and the spaceship, Brandon's only known weakness, presumably destroyed),

Cast

Rainn Wilson cameos in a photograph during the credits as his character Crimson Bolt from James Gunn's Super. Mike Dunston, Terence Rosemore, and Elizabeth Becka appear as a gym teacher, a reporter, and Brandon's school principal.

Production

The film was announced in December 2017, then untitled, with James Gunn as a producer, his brother Brian and cousin Mark writing the script, and David Yarovesky directing.[3] In March 2018, Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Meredith Hagner and Matt Jones were cast.[4] Gunn was set to appear on a panel to discuss the project at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2018, but his appearance was canceled after news broke that Disney had fired Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 due to offensive tweets.[5]

Principal photography began in March 2018 and wrapped in May of the same year in the U.S. state of Georgia.[6] The building collapse was filmed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada during the real demolition of the Sir John Carling Building on July 13, 2014.^{[citation needed]} The middle school scenes were shot at the now-defunct Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge, Georgia. It is the same location used for both Hawkins Middle and Hawkins High Schools in seasons 1 and 2 of Stranger Things (2016).^{[citation needed]}

Timothy Williams composed the film score. The soundtrack is now released at Sony Classical.^{[citation needed]}

Release

Marketing

There were plans to promote the film at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con in July, but it was pulled at the last minute in the wake of James Gunn's removal from Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Studios,[7] only for Disney and Marvel to reconcile with Gunn nine months later.[8] On December 8, 2018, the first trailer for Brightburn was released online.

Critics viewed the trailer as an "Ultraman horror movie" due to the intentional similarities to Superman's origin story and as a deconstruction of the character.[9][10] Fast Company stated that "although it's not officially a Superman movie, it walks viewers through every step of Clark Kent's origin story before taking a hard left turn".[11][12]

On April 3, 2019, an art contest was launched after the release of the trailer to promote the film, and had concluded on May 20. The winners of the contest had their artworks used in marketing for the film, and received $2,000.[13] On May 21, 2019, IGN promoted the film by uploading a prank of unsuspecting volunteers with the character Brandon Breyer. It was uploaded to their website and YouTube channel.[14][15]

Another art contest was launched on August 5 to promote the home media release of the film titled "Band with Brightburn". Submissions had to depict other supervillains in reference to the ending scene of the film hinting at other superpowered characters. Actor Jackson A. Dunn was the judge of the contest, and it was sponsored by Collider.[16]

Theatrical

Brightburn was released in the United States on May 24, 2019.[5][17] It was originally scheduled for November 30, 2018.[18]

Home media

The film was released on Digital HD on August 6, 2019 and on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD on August 20, 2019.[19]

Merchandise

In August 2019, it was announced a Halloween costume of Brandon Breyer was going to be sold exclusively by Spirit Halloween in October.[20]

Reception

Box office

Brightburn grossed $17.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $15.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $32.8 million.[2]

In the United States and Canada, Brightburn was released alongside Aladdin and Booksmart, and was projected to gross around $12–16 million from 2,607 theaters in its four-day opening weekend.[21] The film made $3 million on its first day, including $950,000 from Thursday night previews.[22] It ended up underperforming, grossing $7.8 million over three days (and $9.6 million over the four), finishing in fifth.[1] In its second weekend the film made $2.3 million, dropping 70.5% and finishing in ninth.[23]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 57% based on 206 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads "Although Brightburn doesn't fully deliver on the pitch-black promise of its setup, it's still enough to offer a diverting subversion of the superhero genre."[24] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[25] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars and a "definite recommend" of 39%.[1][22]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "While not exactly original, the premise is certainly effective enough. But Brightburn lacks the visual stylization or wit to elevate it from the realm of the crudely effective B-movie."[26] James White from Empire wrote "Crossbreeding superhero tropes with horror staples was an idea laden with promise. Brightburn is enlivened by trademark James Gunn black comedy, but hamstrung by sketchy writing and a botched sense of dread."[27]

Alex Arabian from The Playlist wrote "The film is a gem, especially for anyone yearning for a superhero film that gleefully torches the familiar 'good versus evil' formula and introduces far more sinister sensibilities."[28]

Ed Gonzalez from Slant also gave a negative review: "The way the film shuttles through its 90 minutes, it’s as if it’s been stripped of its most crucial narrative parts."[29]

Sequel

In May 2019, director David Yarovesky stated that upon the film potentially being a success, the universe of Brightburn would be expanded upon.[30]

In a later interview with Collider, Yarovesky confirmed that the film's credits making reference to a half-man/half-sea creature terrorizing the seas, Rainn Wilson's character Frank Darbo / The Crimson Bolt from Super, and a powerful witch who chokes her victims with a rope was intended to set up a sequel, in addition noting that an alternate ending to the film featured Emmie Hunter's "Caitlyn—[ending] with her in a lab fastening a robot arm on her broken arm, and her just pissed off", as well as mentioning "tons" of other such endings as having been discussed, as well as stating that "[i]f we were to expand the Brightburn universe in other installments and in other ways, we would probably be doing it in the exact same way, in total secrecy and then drop a cinematic trailer at some point that kind of teases what that new direction may be".[31]

In June 2019, producer James Gunn stated that discussion of the sequel was happening, but he was busy writing and directing The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.[32]

In August 2019, actor Jackson A. Dunn stated in an interview with Screen Rant that he would be interested in reprising his role as Brandon Breyer.[33] In addition, Dunn said that he would like that future films cast up-and-coming actors in the lead roles.[34]

References

External links

• Official website
• Brightburn at IMDb
• Brightburn at Box Office Mojo

На других языках

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[es] Brightburn

Brightburn (conocida como El hijo en España y Brightburn: Hijo de la oscuridad en Hispanoamérica) es una película estadounidense de acción y terror de 2019, producida por Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, Troll Court Entertainment y The H Collective, y distribuida por Sony Pictures Releasing. Es dirigida por David Yarovesky y está protagonizada por Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt L. Jones y Meredith Hagner.

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[ru] Гори, гори ясно

«Гори, гори ясно» (англ. Brightburn) — американский супергеройский фильм ужасов 2019 года режиссёра Дэвида Яровески по сценарию Марка и Брайна Ганнов. Продюсерами фильма выступили Джеймс Ганн и Кеннет Хуан. Главные роли исполнили Элизабет Бэнкс, Дэвид Денман и Джексон А. Данн.

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