MUMBAI: After helming films like Resident Evil, Alien vs. Predator and Death Race, Paul W S Anderson‘s next will be Pompeii a 3-D action-adventure film that will recount one of history‘s greatest disaster stories.
Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii stars Kit Harington as Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Flavia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman General. As Mt. Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
Starring alongside are Emily Browning as Flavia and Jared Harris as Lucretius, her father. This period film commenced shooting on 13 March in Pompeii, Italy and will later shift to Toronto, Canada on 28 March.
The film will be released by PVR Pictures in India.
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Paul W.S. Anderson’s next to be Pompeii
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Resident Evil…tops b-o market globally
MUMBAI: Paul W.S. Anderson‘s Resident Evil Retribution starring Milla Jovovich that opened in 65 markets at as many as 8,110 venues, grossed $50 million finishing at the numero uno spot in some 30 territories and easily taking the top spot internationally.
The action/sci-fi sequel opened in Asia particularly well in Japan (with a gross of $10.3 million drawn from 780 locations) and in Taiwan ($4.4 million from 226 spots). Russia drew in $8.6 million drawn from 3,300 sites while the film grossed $3.5 million Brazil from 396 locales.
Imax reported a $3.1 million weekend tally for Retribution at its 93 offshore locations.
Anderson‘s four previous Resident Evil titles have fared extremely well at the foreign box office with 2010‘s Resident Evil: Afterlife grossing $236.1 million, nearly four times the offshore total of the 2002 franchise original Resident Evil ($63.8 million). 2004‘s Resident Evil: Apocalypse drew $78.2 million overseas while 2007‘s Resident Evil: Extinction grossed $95.5 million.
Disney reported that its 3D converted animation film Finding Nemo drew a total of $5.1 million in seven offshore markets of which $1.3 million was registered on the weekend. (Original Nemo release racked up $527.9 million overseas.) Updated worldwide gross total for the title stands at $890.2 million.