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The Lost City (2022 film)

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The Lost City is a 2022 American action-adventure comedy film directed by the Nee brothers, who co-wrote the screenplay with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox, from a story conceived by Seth Gordon.[3] It stars Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum as a romance novelist and her cover model, who must escape a billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) and find the lost ancient city described in one of her books. The film co-stars Da'Vine Joy Randolph, with cameo appearances by Brad Pitt and Stephen Lang.

The project was announced in October 2020, with Bullock joining as producer and star and Tatum joining that December; the rest of the cast was announced the following year. Filming took place in the Dominican Republic from May to August 2021. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2022, and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on March 25, 2022. It has grossed over $185 million worldwide against a $68 million budget.

Plot[]

Loretta Sage writes romance-adventure novels centered around a fictional heroine, Dr. Angela Lovemore, and her romantic interest, Dash McMahon. To promote the latest book on Lovemore, her publisher, Beth Hatten, insists that Loretta embark on a book tour with Alan Caprison, the book's cover model for Dash, despite her reclusiveness since the death of her husband.

After a disastrous start, mostly due to the popularity of Alan's Dash persona, Loretta is kidnapped by Abigail Fairfax, a billionaire who realizes that Loretta based her books on actual historic research she did with her late archaeologist husband. He discovered a lost city on a remote Atlantic island and is convinced the "Crown of Fire", a priceless treasure, is located there. When she declines to help decipher an ancient map to the treasure, Fairfax, fearing an active volcano will destroy the site, chloroforms and takes Loretta to the island.

Alan, who is secretly enamored with Loretta, witnesses her kidnapping. He recruits Jack Trainer, a former Navy SEAL turned CIA operative, to meet him on the island and coordinate a rescue. Jack, with no assistance from Alan, breaches Fairfax's compound and frees Loretta, but is shot in the head before they can make it to the airport, forcing Loretta and Alan to escape into the jungle.

Loretta and Alan spend a day fighting off Fairfax's henchmen before reaching a nearby village, where upon hearing a folk song from a local, Loretta deduces that the crown is hidden in a cenote in the jungle. Before they can leave however, Fairfax captures her again, so a chase by Alan to save Loretta ensues. The two are then forced to share the treasure's location with Fairfax.

Upon reaching the location, they discover the tomb is not a monument to Taha and Calaman's power, but a hiding place for the queen to grieve for her husband. Her Crown of Fire was made of red seashells gathered by him as a sign of his love for her. The actual treasure of the legend was not a priceless jewel but the inseparable love between the king and queen.

Infuriated, Fairfax forces Loretta and Alan into the tomb as the volcano erupts, but Rafi, one of the henchmen, has a change of heart and leaves a crowbar to help them escape before abandoning Fairfax on the island. Beth arrives with the local coast guard and Fairfax is arrested. Loretta's next book, based on her adventure with Alan, is a hit, and they share a kiss at the end of their next book tour.

In a mid-credits scene, Jack, having survived the bullet in his head, attends a yoga class alongside Loretta and Alan, surprising them.

Cast[]

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum star as Loretta Sage and Alan Caprison, respectively

  • Sandra Bullock as Loretta Sage, a successful yet depressed best-selling romance novelist. Bullock also plays Dr. Angela Lovemore, the heroine in her book series.
  • Channing Tatum as Alan Caprison, a dimwitted cover model for Loretta's novel The Lost City of D. Tatum also plays Dash McMahon, the hero in her book series.[4]
  • Daniel Radcliffe as Abigail Fairfax, an eccentric billionaire and wanted thief who captures Loretta in hopes that she will lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure featured in one of her books.
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Beth Hatten, Loretta's publisher.
  • Héctor Aníbal as Rafi, one of Fairfax's henchmen who is native to the island.
  • Thomas Forbes-Johnson as Julian, Fairfax's brutish henchman.
  • Oscar Nunez as Oscar, an eccentric cargo plane pilot.
  • Patti Harrison as Allison, Loretta's social media manager.
  • Brad Pitt as Jack Trainer, human tracker and action man.
  • Bowen Yang as Ray, the moderator for the book conference.
  • Joan Pringle as Nana, Beth's grandmother.

Additionally, Raymond Lee appears as Officer Gomez, Adam Nee appears as Officer Sawyer, and Stephen Lang (credited as Slang) appears as the fantasy villain imagined by Loretta.

Production[]

In October 2020, it was announced Sandra Bullock would star in the film The Lost City of D, with Aaron and Adam Nee directing from a screenplay by Seth Gordon and Dana Fox, with Bullock serving as a producer under her Fortis Films banner, and Paramount Pictures to distribute.[5] Bullock originally passed on the project because she felt the story was "outdated" due to it being in development for seven years.[6] That December, Channing Tatum was cast as the male lead.[7] Between March and April 2021, Patti Harrison, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Daniel Radcliffe, Brad Pitt, and Oscar Nunez joined the cast, with Pitt and Lang appearing in cameo roles.[8][9][10][11][12]

Principal photography began in May 2021[13] in the Dominican Republic, including Samaná, Santo Domingo, Casa de Campo, Monte Plata Province and Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios.[14] It wrapped on August 16, 2021.[15]

Release[]

Theatrical and home media[]

The Lost City premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 12, 2022.[16][17] In October 2021, it was announced that The Lost City of D had been retitled The Lost City, and that it would be theatrically released on March 25, 2022, after previously having been set for April 15, 2022.[18] On March 1, 2022, the film's release in Russia was canceled due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[19] The film became available to stream on Paramount+ on May 10, 2022.[20] It was also released on EPIX on the same day as part of Paramount's pay-one window deal with the company. It also was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Ultra HD Blu-ray on July 26 by Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment.[21] The media's bonus content will include deleted scenes, bloopers, a "Dynamic Duo" behind-the-scenes featurette, Location Profile, Jungle Rescue, The Jumpsuit, Charcuterie, The Villains of The Lost City and Building The Lost City.

Reception[]

Box office[]

The Lost City grossed $105.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $85.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $190.8 million.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag[22][23] According to data from Samba TV, 1.5 million US households watched The Lost City in its first 6 days of streaming.[24] The film grossed $11.5 million on its first day, including $2.5 million from Thursday preview screenings.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag[25] Its debut was the second-largest for Paramount during the COVID-19 pandemic, behind A Quiet Place Part II. It also posted the highest opening weekend for an original film since the pandemic.[26] In its second weekend, the film made $14.7 million for a fall of 52%, and was placed second at the box office behind Morbius.[27] It then made $9 million in its third weekend, finishing third.[28] In the film's tenth weekend of release it made $2.3 million, crossing the $100 million domestic mark in the process.[29]

Outside the US and Canada, the film grossed $3.7 million from sixteen international markets in its opening weekend.[30]

Critical response[]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 250 reviews, with an average rating of Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 136: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Lost City doesn't sparkle quite as brightly as some classic treasure-hunting capers, but its stars' screwball chemistry make this movie well worth romancing."[31] At Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film received a score of 60 out of 100 based on 52 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[32] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an 81% positive score, with 61% saying they would definitely recommend it.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Siddhant Adlakha of IGN giving film a 6/10, saying "The Lost City is a decent action-comedy that coasts on the presence of its stars."[33]

Peter Debruge of Variety said, "The result can feel a little rickety in places, but the Nee brothers — who share screenplay credit with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox — have punched it up with off-color jokes, looped over moments when the characters' mouths are off-camera. In this and myriad other ways, The Lost City proves they do in fact make 'em like they used to."[34] Writing for Rolling Stone, David Fear said "The movie itself is trying to excavate a long-lost genre: the big-budget action-adventure movie-star rom-com. It wants to be a modern Romancing the Stone so badly you can almost see the flop-sweat dripping down the screen."[35]

The Week UK called it "silly but enjoyable adventure".[36]

See also[]

  • Romancing the Stone, 1984 film with a similar premise
  • The Lost City of Z

References[]

  1. ↑ Classification, Australian (March 12, 2022). [TBA THE LOST CITY].
  2. ↑ Rubin, Rebecca (March 22, 2022). [TBA Will Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum's The Lost City Dethrone The Batman at the Box Office?].
  3. ↑ [TBA The Lost City]. Writers Guild of America West (October 13, 2021).
  4. ↑ Sims, David (2022-03-26). [TBA Channing Tatum Reaches Peak Himbo in 'The Lost City'] (en).
  5. ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kit, Borys; Galuppo, Mia (October 12, 2020). [TBA "Sandra Bullock to Star in, Produce Romantic Adventure 'The Lost City of D'"] Check |url= value (help). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 12, 2020. Check |archive-url= value (help)
  6. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 27, 2022). [TBA The Lost City Seeing Record Pandemic Opening For Female Driven Comedy With $31M – Sunday Update].
  7. ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lang, Brent; Donnelly, Matt (December 28, 2020). [TBA "Channing Tatum in Final Talks to Join Sandra Bullock in 'The Lost City of D' (EXCLUSIVE)"] Check |url= value (help). Variety. Retrieved December 28, 2020. Check |archive-url= value (help)
  8. ↑ Donnelly, Matt (March 11, 2021). [TBA Patti Harrison Joins Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum in Paramount's 'Lost City of D' (EXCLUSIVE)]. Variety.
  9. ↑ Kroll, Justin (March 17, 2021). [TBA 'Dolemite' Breakout Da'Vine Joy Randolph Joins Sandra Bullock In Paramount's 'Lost City Of D']. Deadline Hollywood.
  10. ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kroll, Justin (March 19, 2021). [TBA "Daniel Radcliffe Joins Sandra Bullock In Paramount's 'Lost City Of D'"] Check |url= value (help). Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 19, 2021. Check |archive-url= value (help)
  11. ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kit, Borys (April 15, 2021). [TBA "Brad Pitt Joins Sandra Bullock in Paramount's 'Lost City of D' in Cameo Role (Exclusive)"] Check |url= value (help). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 15, 2021. Check |archive-url= value (help)
  12. ↑ Rubin, Rebecca (April 22, 2021). [TBA Oscar Nunez Joins Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum in 'Lost City of D' (EXCLUSIVE)]. Variety.
  13. ↑ Longmire, Becca (May 27, 2021). [TBA Channing Tatum Poses With Sandra Bullock On Set Of 'Lost City Of D' In First Look Photo].
  14. ↑ [TBA Lights, Camara, Action! Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum have begun filming "The Lost City of D" in the Dominican Republic]. Casa de Campo Living (May 27, 2021).
  15. ↑ Santer, Kristen (August 16, 2021). [TBA 'The Lost City of D' Wraps Filming, According to Channing Tatum's Sweet and Wet Set Video]. Collider.
  16. ↑ [TBA SXSW 2022 Schedule - The Lost City]. South by Southwest.
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  19. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 1, 2022). [TBA Paramount Halts Release Of The Lost City & Sonic The Hedgehog 2 In Russia].
  20. ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cordero, Rosy (May 9, 2022). [TBA "'The Lost City' Gets Premiere Date At Paramount+"] Check |url= value (help). Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 9, 2022. Check |archive-url= value (help)
  21. ↑ Major, Michael (May 9, 2022). [TBA THE LOST CITY Sets DVD & Blu-Ray Release Date].
  22. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 22, 2022). [TBA The Lost City Set To Hook Women & Fire Up Spring Box Office Streak – Preview].
  23. ↑ Robbins, Shawn (March 23, 2022). [TBA Weekend Box Office Forecast: The Lost City Hopes to Continue a Moviegoing Rebound for Mid-Tier Films].
  24. ↑ [TBA The Lost City was watched by 1.5 million U.S. households during its first six days of streaming] (en-US) (2022-05-17).
  25. ↑ Konrad, Jeremy (March 27, 2022). [TBA The Lost City Dethrones The Batman At The Weekend Box Office].
  26. ↑ [TBA 'Nope' To Score Biggest Original Opening Since Start Of The Pandemic].
  27. ↑ [TBA Domestic 2022 Weekend 13].
  28. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 10, 2022). [TBA Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Goes Faster To $71M; What Ambulance's Misfire Means For Action Movies Today — Sunday Box Office Update].
  29. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 30, 2022). [TBA Top Gun: Maverick Deep-Sixes Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End For Memorial Day Opening Record With $156M – Monday AM Update].
  30. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (March 29, 2022). [TBA RRR Roars With $60M+ WW Debut; The Batman Rises To $673M Global; Lost City Finds Strong Early Start – International Box Office Update].
  31. ↑ Template:Cite Rotten Tomatoes
  32. ↑ Template:Cite Metacritic
  33. ↑ [TBA The Lost City [Reviews]].
  34. ↑ [TBA 'The Lost City' Review: Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum Are Cute Together in Guilty-Pleasure Treasure Movie] (March 13, 2022).
  35. ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[TBA "'The Lost City' Goes in Search of a Lost Genre: The Action-Adventure Movie Star Rom-Com"] Check |url= value (help). Rolling Stone. March 24, 2022.
  36. ↑ [TBA Film review: The Lost City] (en).

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