PREVIEW: Spirit Untamed (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Marsai Martin (Little), Mckenna Grace (Gifted), Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Walton Goggins (Django Unchained), Eiza González (I Care A Lot), Andre Braugher (The Gambler), Lucian Perez (Wonder Woman 1984), Joe Hart (Timeless), Lew Temple (The Lone Ranger), Gary Anthony Williams (Soul Plane)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Elaine Bogan (film debut) and Ennio Torresan (film debut), directors; Kristin Hahn (Dumplin’), Katherine Nolfi (Upstate) and Aury Wallington (film debut), writers; Karen Foster (How to Train Your Dragon), producer; Amie Doherty (Happiest Season), composer; Robert Edward Crawford (Abominable), cinematographer; R. Orlando Duenas (The Polar Express), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lucky (Merced), a free-spirited young girl, moves away from the big city with her aunt Cora (Moore) to a small frontier town, where Lucky’s father Jim (Gyllenhaal) also lives. After coming across a wild stallion named Spirit, and befriending local girls Pru (Martin) and Abigail (Grace), Lucky becomes more accepting of her new surroundings, but when horse wrangler Hendricks (Goggins) tries to capture Spirit and his herd of horses, she and her new friends must set out to save them…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Both a standalone sequel to the underrated DreamWorks animated movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and a feature spin-off of the hit Netflix children’s show based on said film, this is an expansive and emotional family film for horse lovers of all ages.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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