You’d probably be forgiven if you thought it was a mistake to see producer Will Packer’s name in the upcoming survival movie Monster. After making a name for himself, he created comedies like ride alongAnd the girls trip, And the Think like a manin addition to famous dramas such as straight from ComptonLooks out of the ordinary, but that was by design. Speaking in an exclusive interview with ComicBook.com about the new thriller starring Idris Elba, Packer revealed that he wanted to make the movie because it was a genre he’d never come across, as well as the idea of seeing Elba challenge the king of the jungle with his bare hands seems like something everyone wants to see.
“I haven’t done a survival thriller. I like it jaws and the cogosAnd those kinds of projects, and I haven’t done one. And I thought that concept was clean enough. Felt like a great late summer theatrical movie, you know? You can come and eat popcorn, have a moment of escape and watch Idris Elba hit the lions in the face. I mean, I’m here for it.”
When we followed that up and asked why watching a movie like this in a theater with the audience was so important to him, Packer added, “I think it’s important to have the same opportunities and choices as moviegoers. I guess, I’ve never run into anything against such a big support pillar, comic book stuff. , big brands, intellectual property, but an original movie like this, let’s see if the audience responds because I like that there are a lot of choices when you go to the movies. And I like people to go to the movies. I produce for all media, so I haven’t I’m having trouble streaming, but for me it was about how to make a movie that looks like a theatrical movie, but is very different from the other stuff in the store.”
Elba leads the cast in the new movie Universal, which also stars Sharlto Copley (District 9), Ianna Haley (Hate U Give, That’s Usand Leah Sava Jeffriesempire). In the film, Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a newly widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve run by Martin Battles (Copley), an elderly man. Family friend and wildlife biologist. But what begins as a journey of healing turns into a frightening battle for survival when a lion, a survivor of bloodthirsty hunters who now sees all humans as enemies, begins their hunt.
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