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Eye in the Sky
UK release banner
Directed byGavin Hood
Written byGuy Hibbert
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHaris Zambarloukos
Edited byMegan Gill
Music by
Distributed byEntertainment One
Release date
  • 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Eye in the Sky is a 2015 British thriller film starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, and Barkhad Abdi.[2] The film, directed by Gavin Hood based on a screenplay by Guy Hibbert, features drone warfare. Filming began in South Africa in September 2014.

The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2015. Bleecker Street plans to distribute the film in theaters in the United States, commencing with a limited release on 11 March 2016. Entertainment One plans to distribute the film in theaters in United Kingdom on 8 April 2016. It will also release the film in Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. It will be one of two national posthumous releases starring Rickman, who died of pancreatic cancer in January 2016.

Synopsis

Colonel Katherine Powell leads a secret drone mission to capture a terrorist group living in a safehouse in Nairobi, Kenya. When Powell learns that the group plans to carry out a suicide attack, her objective is changed to kill the terrorists. Drone pilot Steve Watts targets the safehouse for destruction but reports a nine-year-old girl entering the kill zone. Powell contacts politicians and lawyers to determine whether to take action.[3]

Cast

Production

  • Gavin Hood – director
  • Ged Doherty – producer
  • Colin Firth – producer
  • David Lancaster – producer
  • Guy Hibbert – writer
  • Megan Gill – editor
  • Johnny Breedt – production designer
  • Nico Louw – sound recordist
  • Paul Hepker – composer
  • Mark Kilian – composer

Eye in the Sky is directed by Gavin Hood based on a screenplay by Guy Hibbert. The screenplay was a project initially being developed at BBC Films, and FilmNation Entertainment acquired Hibbert's screenplay from BBC in September 2011 for Oliver Hirschbiegel to direct.[8] Production did not happen as anticipated, and director Gavin Hood sent the screenplay to Xavier Marchand, president of Entertainment One. Marchand decided to develop it to produce a film with Hood directing.[9] Entertainment One partnered with Raindog Films in April 2014 to produce Eye in the Sky with Colin Firth as one of the producers.[10] Actors Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul joined the cast the following month.[11] Stunt performer Fleur van Eeden was hired to be Mirren's body double despite an age difference of 39 years.[12]

Hood, who was born in South Africa, chose to film Eye in the Sky in his home country.[13] Filming began in South Africa in September 2014.[9][12] Since the South African Civil Aviation Authority did not grant filmmakers permission to fly real drones in the country's airspace for the production, they used visual effects to display the drones.[14] Hood found practical locations throughout South Africa that substituted for settings in the film: an area that looked like Surrey for Mirren's character, clubs that looked located in Las Vegas, and Beaufort West which was a backdrop for the state of Nevada in the United States. Filming concluded on 4 November 2014.[15] None of the four lead actors—Mirren, Rickman, Paul, and Abdi—met each other during production, instead filming alone with Hood due to their characters' separate locations in the film.[16]

Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker, who scored Hood's films Tsotsi (2005) and Rendition (2007), reteamed to score Eye in the Sky.[17]

Release

Eye in the Sky premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2015.[18] The film had its United States premiere on 7 January 2016 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.[19]

Bleecker Street will distribute the film in the United States.[20][21] It plans to release the film in New York City and Los Angeles on 11 March 2016 and gradually expand to additional markets on the following two weekends. On 1 April 2016, Bleecker plans to expand the film's distribution to a wide release. Deadline said this release was positioned to take place after the 2015–2016 awards season.[16]

Entertainment One plans to distribute the film in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2016.[2] It will also distribute the film in Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eye in the Sky (15)". bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b Staff (9 December 2015). "Eye in the Sky: watch the UK trailer for the drone warfare drama starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman – video". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c White, James (22 October 2014). "Exclusive First Look At Helen Mirren In Eye In The Sky". Empire. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Reilly, Travis (28 October 2014). "'Breaking Bad' Star Aaron Paul Is a Conflicted Drone Pilot in 'Eye in the Sky'". TheWrap. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e Grierson, Tim (11 September 2015). "'Eye In The Sky': Review". Screen International. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. ^ Thangevelo, Debashine (2 February 2015). "SA's Beukes to raise hell in Hollywood". Independent Online. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. ^ Thangevelo, Debashine (2 February 2015). "Kim's kick-a** roles in US productions". Independent Online. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  8. ^ McNary, Dave (12 September 2011). "FilmNation flies high with 'Sky'". Variety. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b McClintock, Pamela; Anderson, Ariston (5 September 2014). "Toronto: First Controversial Drone Movie Strikes, Questions U.S. Policy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  10. ^ Barraclough, Leo (30 April 2014). "Cannes: eOne Partners with Colin Firth, Ged Doherty on 'Eye in the Sky'". Variety. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  11. ^ a b Sneider, Jeff (16 May 2014). "Aaron Paul, Helen Mirren Join Colin Firth in Thriller 'Eye in the Sky'". The Wrap. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  12. ^ a b Bryant, Tom (25 September 2014). "Mirren image: Helen Mirren's body double is 39 years younger than her". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  13. ^ Staff (16 January 2015). "Hood tackles Eye in the Sky By". Screen Africa. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  14. ^ Staff (4 June 2014). "Drag on drone movie". The Times. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  15. ^ Cornelius, Jerome (5 November 2014). "Gavin Hood ready to go to war". The Times. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  16. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (7 October 2015). "Aaron Paul-Helen Mirren Drone Thriller 'Eye In The Sky' Spies March 2016 Release Date". Deadline. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  17. ^ Staff (29 January 2015). "Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker to Score Gavin Hood's 'Eye in the Sky'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  18. ^ Punter, Jennie (28 July 2015). "Toronto Fest to Open With Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Demolition'; 'Danish Girl,' 'Martian' in Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  19. ^ Fessier, Bruce (18 December 2015). "Complete Palm Springs film festival lineup announced". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  20. ^ Setoodeh, Ramin; Lang, Brent (14 September 2015). "Toronto: Bleecker Street Acquires 'Eye in the Sky' Starring Helen Mirren". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  21. ^ Fleming, Mike (14 September 2015). "'Eye In The Sky' Deal Done, With Bleecker Street Inching Over Fox Searchlight & Roadside – Toronto". Deadline. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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