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{{Quote|For every Monster, there is a Hero. An ordinary man in a dead end job discovers that he is actually the descendant of an ancient hero. He must travel to a mystical world to train to become a Monster Hunter, before the mythical creatures from that world destroy ours.<ref name="Deadline"/>}} | {{Quote|For every Monster, there is a Hero. An ordinary man in a dead end job discovers that he is actually the descendant of an ancient hero. He must travel to a mystical world to train to become a Monster Hunter, before the mythical creatures from that world destroy ours.<ref name="Deadline"/>}} | ||
A piece of concept art published with the article showed a Rathalos, the series' | A piece of concept art published with the article showed a Rathalos, the series' flagship monster, attacking the Los Angeles International Airport. In another version of the script, the protagonist was a "bullied, quite clumsy" 16-year-old boy chosen as the latest hero chosen to protect Earth from the Monster Hunter world's creatures, who inspired countless legends during previous invasions.<ref name="IGN"/> By the time Anderson's schedule allowed him to make the film, however, young adult fantasy had fallen out of fashion. In 2017, visual effects company Mr. X uploaded an effects reel which featured brief footage based on this version of the script, showing a Rathalos and Gore Magala battling inside a mall. Anderson cited ''Avatar'', the ''Indiana Jones'' films, and a 2010 collaboration between ''Monster Hunter'' and ''Metal Gear Solid'' as influences on the final draft.<ref name="IGN"/><ref name="Kotaku2">{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/the-monster-hunter-movie-was-inspired-by-a-metal-gear-s-1845806302|title=The Monster Hunter Movie Was Inspired By A Metal Gear Solid Collab|author=Ashcraft, Brian|date=4 December 2020|work=Kotaku}}</ref> Of the collaboration, he said, "[W]hat fun to kind of play with the hubris of the modern world in that we put our faith in technology so much — in fact, too much in my opinion."<ref name="Kotaku2"/> | ||
On May 11, 2018, ''Variety'' reported that Milla Jovovich, star of the ''Resident Evil'' films, was set to star in ''Monster Hunter'', which would begin filming in September.<ref name="Variety Jovovich">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2018-constantin-monster-hunter-1202807147/|title= Constantin Sets September Shoot for Paul W.S. Anderson’s ‘Monster Hunter’(EXCLUSIVE)|author=Hopewell, John|date=11 May 2018|work=Variety}}</ref> The casting of Tip "T.I." Harris, Ron Perlman, and Tony Jaa was announced that month, with filming postponed until October.<ref name="THR Perlman">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ti-harris-ron-perlman-joining-monster-hunter-movie-1146178|title=|author=Kit, Borys|date=25 September 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref name="THR Jaa">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tony-jaa-joins-milla-jovovich-ti-monster-hunter-movie-1147160|title=Tony Jaa Joins Milla Jovovich in 'Monster Hunter'|author=Kit, Borys|date=26 September 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> | On May 11, 2018, ''Variety'' reported that Milla Jovovich, star of the ''Resident Evil'' films, was set to star in ''Monster Hunter'', which would begin filming in September.<ref name="Variety Jovovich">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2018-constantin-monster-hunter-1202807147/|title= Constantin Sets September Shoot for Paul W.S. Anderson’s ‘Monster Hunter’(EXCLUSIVE)|author=Hopewell, John|date=11 May 2018|work=Variety}}</ref> The casting of Tip "T.I." Harris, Ron Perlman, and Tony Jaa was announced that month, with filming postponed until October.<ref name="THR Perlman">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ti-harris-ron-perlman-joining-monster-hunter-movie-1146178|title=|author=Kit, Borys|date=25 September 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref name="THR Jaa">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tony-jaa-joins-milla-jovovich-ti-monster-hunter-movie-1147160|title=Tony Jaa Joins Milla Jovovich in 'Monster Hunter'|author=Kit, Borys|date=26 September 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
==Marketing== | ==Marketing== | ||
IGN revealed the first two ''Monster Hunter'' posters on February 28, 2020, which spotlighted Lieutenant Natalie Artemis and the Hunter.<ref name="IGN posters">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/monster-hunter-movie-two-exclusive-new-posters|title=Monster Hunter Movie: Two Exclusive New Posters|author=Skrebels, Joe|date=28 February 2020|work=IGN}}</ref> Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [[Sony]] halted the film's marketing campaign for months and moved its U.S. release date from September 4, 2020, to April 23, 2021.<ref name="THR April 23">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/monster-hunter-movie-delays-release-spring-2021-1302838|title='Monster Hunter' Movie Delays September Release to Spring 2021|author=McClintock, Pamela|date=10 July 2020|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> From there, its release date moved up three consecutive times, from December 30 to December 25 to December 18.<ref name="Deadline December 30">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/monster-hunter-release-date-change-milla-jovovich-1234591362/|title= |author=Nancy Tartaglione and Anthony D'Alessandro|date=19 November 2020|work=Deadline}}</ref><ref name="ComingSoon December 25">{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1155623-monster-hunter-release-date-moves-up-to-christmas-day|title=Monster Hunter Release Date Moves Up to Christmas Day|author=Dela Paz, Maggie|date=20 November 2020|work=ComingSoon.net}}</ref><ref name="IGN December 18">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/monster-hunter-movie-delayed|title=Monster Hunter Movie Now Opening December 18|author=LeBlanc, Wesley|date=8 December 2020|work=IGN}}</ref> | |||
On November 20, 2018, IGN released a first look featuring stills of Milla Jovovich and Tony Jaa running through a desert while wielding a Great Sword and Hunter's Bow. Jovovich can be seen armed with a slinger, a device first introduced in Monster Hunter: World. During the Shanghai International Film Festival, a teaser was shown alongside an announcement that Toho and Tencent would distribute the film in Asian territories. The footage was leaked on June 17, 2019 through the Monster Hunter Asia Facebook Fan page, showing glimpses of Diablos and Rathalos. On October 3, 2020, IGN and Sony Pictures' respective YouTube channels uploaded a 16-second teaser featuring Black Diablos. Later on October 8, the official Twitter account for PlayStation would tweet another teaser featuring more footage of the Black Diablos as well as Tony Jaa’s character firing at it with a bow. | On November 20, 2018, IGN released a first look featuring stills of Milla Jovovich and Tony Jaa running through a desert while wielding a Great Sword and Hunter's Bow. Jovovich can be seen armed with a slinger, a device first introduced in Monster Hunter: World. During the Shanghai International Film Festival, a teaser was shown alongside an announcement that Toho and Tencent would distribute the film in Asian territories. The footage was leaked on June 17, 2019 through the Monster Hunter Asia Facebook Fan page, showing glimpses of Diablos and Rathalos. On October 3, 2020, IGN and Sony Pictures' respective YouTube channels uploaded a 16-second teaser featuring Black Diablos. Later on October 8, the official Twitter account for PlayStation would tweet another teaser featuring more footage of the Black Diablos as well as Tony Jaa’s character firing at it with a bow. | ||
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On October 14, 2020, the first full length trailer is released alongside an alternate international trailer with the former revealing the appearance of Nerscylla and Gore Magala. | On October 14, 2020, the first full length trailer is released alongside an alternate international trailer with the former revealing the appearance of Nerscylla and Gore Magala. | ||
On November 19, 2020, the official IGN YouTube channel released a Chinese trailer featuring the first glimpse of the film's Meowscular Chef | On November 19, 2020, the official IGN YouTube channel released a Chinese trailer featuring the first glimpse of the film's Meowscular Chef. | ||
The ''[[wikipedia:Monster Hunter World: Iceborne|Monster Hunter World: Iceborne]]'' expansion pack debuted two single-player event quests tying into the film, "The New World" and "To Our World", on December 3.<ref name="MH">{{cite web|url=https://www.monsterhunter.com/world-iceborne/us/topics/collabo-movie/|title=Artemis "Monster Hunter" Movie Quest Special Collaboration|work=monsterhunter.com|accessdate=7 March 2021}}</ref> Artemis, voiced by Milla Jovovich, is a playable character in these quests, and faces her two primary opponents from the film. In "The New World," the player is rewarded with an Artemis α+ Armor Set for slaying a Black Diablos, while "To Our World" tasks them with killing an enlarged Rathalos, with the Artemis Layered Armor Set as a reward. Availability for the quests will end on December 2, 2021. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{Main|Monster Hunter/Gallery}} | {{Main|Monster Hunter/Gallery}} | ||
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*'''''Monster Hunter the Movie''''' {{Nihongo|映画 モンスターハンター|Eiga Monsutā Hantā|alternate Japanese title}} | *'''''Monster Hunter the Movie''''' {{Nihongo|映画 モンスターハンター|Eiga Monsutā Hantā|alternate Japanese title}} | ||
*'''''MonHun''''' {{Nihongo|モンハン|Monhan|Japanese abbreviated title}} | *'''''MonHun''''' {{Nihongo|モンハン|Monhan|Japanese abbreviated title}} | ||
==Box office== | |||
At a time when other studios were delaying their most expensive films or making them available to stream in viewers' homes, [[Sony]] opted to give ''Monster Hunter'' a traditional theatrical release. Opening during the third and deadliest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, it grossed only $2.2 million domestically in its opening weekend, well below expectations.<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/monster-hunter-wonder-woman-1984-croods-2-weekend-box-office-1234659802/|title=‘Monster Hunter’ Takes In $2.2M Over Poor Pre-Christmas Pandemic Weekend Before ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Shakes Up Theatrical Window – Sunday Final|author=D'Alessandro, Anthony|date=20 December 2020|work=Deadline}}</ref> However, with many theaters closed and others operating under capacity restrictions, it was still the highest-grossing film that weekend. Limited competition in the weeks that followed allowed it to reach a domestic gross of over $14 million by March 2021.<ref name="The Numbers"/> | |||
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''Monster Hunter'' will open in Japan, another key market, on March 26. | |||
==Reception== | |||
==Video releases== | ==Video releases== | ||
'''[[Sony]]''' 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + HD / Blu-ray + Digital HD / DVD (2021) | '''[[Sony]]''' 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + HD / Blu-ray + Digital HD / DVD (2021) | ||
*'''Region''': {{tt|Various (Blu-ray | *'''Region''': {{tt|Various (Blu-ray and DVD)|The 4K Ultra HD format does not have region codes.}} | ||
*'''Discs''': 2 (4K Ultra HD combo pack) or 1 (Blu-ray and DVD) | *'''Discs''': 2 (4K Ultra HD combo pack) or 1 (Blu-ray and DVD) | ||
*'''Audio''': English (Dolby Atmos and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 for 4K Ultra HD, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 for Blu-ray, and Dolby Digital 5.1 for DVD), French, Spanish, English audio description | *'''Audio''': English (Dolby Atmos and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 for 4K Ultra HD, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 for Blu-ray, and Dolby Digital 5.1 for DVD), French, Spanish, English audio description | ||
*'''Subtitles''': English, Spanish, French [U.S. release - will vary depending on country] | *'''Subtitles''': English, Spanish, French [U.S. release - will vary depending on country] | ||
*'''Special features''': "The Monster Hunters - Cast & Characters" (8 minutes), "Monstrous Arsenal - Weaponry in the Film" (5 minutes), "For the Players - From Game to Screen" (7 minutes), deleted scenes | *'''Special features''': "The Monster Hunters - Cast & Characters" (8 minutes), "Monstrous Arsenal - Weaponry in the Film" (5 minutes), "For the Players - From Game to Screen" (7 minutes), deleted scenes | ||
==Videos== | ==Videos== | ||
===Trailers=== | ===Trailers=== | ||
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Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター Monsutā Hantā) is a 2020 Japanese-American giant monster film produced by Screen Gems, Impact Pictures, Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures and Toho. It is based on Capcom's video game franchise of the same name. The film was released to American theaters on December 18, 2020 and will be released in Japan by Towa Pictures, a subsidiary of Toho, on March 26, 2021.
Description
Plot
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Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
- Produced by Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson, Dennis Berardi, Robert Kulzer, Martin Moszkowicz
- Music by Paul Haslinger
- Cinematography by Glen MacPherson
- Edited by Doobie White
- Production design by Edward Thomas
- Assistant directors Peter Freeman, Simon Green, Cameron Hadlow
- Sound design by Brandon Kim
- Visual effects supervisor Dennis Berardi
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Milla Jovovich as Lieutenant Natalie Artemis
- Tony Jaa as The Hunter
- Ron Perlman as The Admiral
- Tip "T.I." Harris as Lincoln
- Diego Boneta as Sergeant Marshall
- Meagan Good as Sergeant Dash
- Josh Helman as Steeler
- Jin Au-Yeung as Axe
- Hirona Yamazaki as The Handler
- Jannik Schümann as Aiden
- Nanda Costa as Lea
- Nic Rasenti as Captain Roark
- Clyde Berning as JSO V22 Pilot #1
- Paul Hampshire as JSO Soldier #2
- Schelaine Bennett as Comms Officer E3 Sentry
- Pope Jerrod as E3 Sentry Pilot
- Aaron Beelner as Meowscular Chef
Appearances
Monsters
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Development
Director Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt began negotiations with Capcom to adapt the Monster Hunter series in 2009, one year after Anderson began playing the games.[2] Anderson publicized their plans in 2012, while doing press for another Capcom adaptation, Resident Evil: Retribution.[3] On September 15, 2016, during the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom producer Ryozo Tsujimoto announced that a live-action Hollywood adaption of Monster Hunter was in development, but provided no further details. Anderson and Bolt confirmed their involvement to Deadline that November, with Anderson describing the setting of the games as "a fresh, exciting world that we could expose and build a whole world around, like a Marvel or Star Wars universe."[4] By then, he had written the first iteration of the script, with the following logline:
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For every Monster, there is a Hero. An ordinary man in a dead end job discovers that he is actually the descendant of an ancient hero. He must travel to a mystical world to train to become a Monster Hunter, before the mythical creatures from that world destroy ours.[4]
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A piece of concept art published with the article showed a Rathalos, the series' flagship monster, attacking the Los Angeles International Airport. In another version of the script, the protagonist was a "bullied, quite clumsy" 16-year-old boy chosen as the latest hero chosen to protect Earth from the Monster Hunter world's creatures, who inspired countless legends during previous invasions.[2] By the time Anderson's schedule allowed him to make the film, however, young adult fantasy had fallen out of fashion. In 2017, visual effects company Mr. X uploaded an effects reel which featured brief footage based on this version of the script, showing a Rathalos and Gore Magala battling inside a mall. Anderson cited Avatar, the Indiana Jones films, and a 2010 collaboration between Monster Hunter and Metal Gear Solid as influences on the final draft.[2][5] Of the collaboration, he said, "[W]hat fun to kind of play with the hubris of the modern world in that we put our faith in technology so much — in fact, too much in my opinion."[5]
On May 11, 2018, Variety reported that Milla Jovovich, star of the Resident Evil films, was set to star in Monster Hunter, which would begin filming in September.[6] The casting of Tip "T.I." Harris, Ron Perlman, and Tony Jaa was announced that month, with filming postponed until October.[7][8]
Production
Marketing
IGN revealed the first two Monster Hunter posters on February 28, 2020, which spotlighted Lieutenant Natalie Artemis and the Hunter.[9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sony halted the film's marketing campaign for months and moved its U.S. release date from September 4, 2020, to April 23, 2021.[10] From there, its release date moved up three consecutive times, from December 30 to December 25 to December 18.[11][12][13]
On November 20, 2018, IGN released a first look featuring stills of Milla Jovovich and Tony Jaa running through a desert while wielding a Great Sword and Hunter's Bow. Jovovich can be seen armed with a slinger, a device first introduced in Monster Hunter: World. During the Shanghai International Film Festival, a teaser was shown alongside an announcement that Toho and Tencent would distribute the film in Asian territories. The footage was leaked on June 17, 2019 through the Monster Hunter Asia Facebook Fan page, showing glimpses of Diablos and Rathalos. On October 3, 2020, IGN and Sony Pictures' respective YouTube channels uploaded a 16-second teaser featuring Black Diablos. Later on October 8, the official Twitter account for PlayStation would tweet another teaser featuring more footage of the Black Diablos as well as Tony Jaa’s character firing at it with a bow.
On October 10, 2020, New York Comic-Con Online hosted a panel with director Paul W.S. Anderson and Interviewer Matt Patches, featuring the first look at the movie's Rathalos. Anderson elaborated that the Rathalos featured is, in fact, a Greater Rathalos which a much larger individual than those seen within the games. Further info hints that its large size is the result of its association with an ancient civilization that is an established part of Monster Hunter lore. Later the same day, Sony Pictures' YouTube account would upload a vignette featuring Anderson sitting down and speaking to Ryozo Tsujimoto and Kaname Fujioka, the respective Producer and Director of the Monster Hunter videogame franchise, as well as the reveal of the herbivorous monster Apceros's presence within the film. On October 14, 2020, the first full length trailer is released alongside an alternate international trailer with the former revealing the appearance of Nerscylla and Gore Magala.
On November 19, 2020, the official IGN YouTube channel released a Chinese trailer featuring the first glimpse of the film's Meowscular Chef.
The Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion pack debuted two single-player event quests tying into the film, "The New World" and "To Our World", on December 3.[14] Artemis, voiced by Milla Jovovich, is a playable character in these quests, and faces her two primary opponents from the film. In "The New World," the player is rewarded with an Artemis α+ Armor Set for slaying a Black Diablos, while "To Our World" tasks them with killing an enlarged Rathalos, with the Artemis Layered Armor Set as a reward. Availability for the quests will end on December 2, 2021.
Gallery
- Main article: Monster Hunter/Gallery.
Soundtrack
- Main article: Monster Hunter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Theatrical releases
- Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia - December 3, 2020
- China, Taiwan, United Kingdom - December 4, 2020
- United States - December 18, 2020
- Singapore - December 24, 2020
- Canada, Vietnam - December 30, 2020
- Hungary - December 2020
- Australia - January 1, 2021
- Russia - January 14, 2021
- Brazil, Ukraine - January 28, 2021[15]
- Estonia, India - February 5, 2021
- Mexico - February 18, 2021
- Iceland - February 19, 2021
- Portugal - February 25, 2021
- Bulgaria - February 26, 2021
- Lithuania - March 12, 2021
- Japan, Spain - March 26, 2021
- Italy - April 23, 2021
- France - April 28, 2021
Alternate titles
- Monster Hunter the Movie (映画 モンスターハンター Eiga Monsutā Hantā, alternate Japanese title)
- MonHun (モンハン Monhan, Japanese abbreviated title)
Box office
At a time when other studios were delaying their most expensive films or making them available to stream in viewers' homes, Sony opted to give Monster Hunter a traditional theatrical release. Opening during the third and deadliest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, it grossed only $2.2 million domestically in its opening weekend, well below expectations.[4] However, with many theaters closed and others operating under capacity restrictions, it was still the highest-grossing film that weekend. Limited competition in the weeks that followed allowed it to reach a domestic gross of over $14 million by March 2021.[1]
[China]
Monster Hunter will open in Japan, another key market, on March 26.
Reception
Video releases
Sony 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + HD / Blu-ray + Digital HD / DVD (2021)
- Region: Various (Blu-ray and DVD)
- Discs: 2 (4K Ultra HD combo pack) or 1 (Blu-ray and DVD)
- Audio: English (Dolby Atmos and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 for 4K Ultra HD, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 for Blu-ray, and Dolby Digital 5.1 for DVD), French, Spanish, English audio description
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French [U.S. release - will vary depending on country]
- Special features: "The Monster Hunters - Cast & Characters" (8 minutes), "Monstrous Arsenal - Weaponry in the Film" (5 minutes), "For the Players - From Game to Screen" (7 minutes), deleted scenes
Videos
Trailers
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External links
References
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