PREVIEW: Chaos Walking (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale), Demián Bichir (The Hateful Eight), Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), Nick Jonas (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), David Oyelowo (Come Away), Kurt Sutter (film debut), Ray McKinnon (News of the World)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow), director; Christopher Ford (Robot & Frank) and Patrick Ness (A Monster Calls), writers; Doug Davison (The Strangers), Allison Shearmur (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Erwin Stoff (Sweet November) and Alison Winter (Red Heart), producers; Marco Beltrami (Le Mans ’66) and Brandon Roberts (Sea of Fear), composers; Ben Seresin (World War Z), cinematographer; Doc Crotzer (Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the future, where women have mysteriously vanished and men have been afflicted with “the Curse” – a strange force that projects their thoughts for everyone to see – a young man named Todd Hewitt (Holland) discovers a young woman named Violet (Ridley) has crash-landed nearby. As the only woman apparently in existence, Violet’s life and safety is in danger, so it is up to Todd to protect her while discovering how to harness his own power…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley co-star in director Doug Liman’s exciting adaptation of writer Patrick Ness’s dystopian YA trilogy, which finally comes to the (small) screen after a difficult post-production phase.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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