Episode 13 of Season 2! Host, Gratton Conwill and special guest, Matt Fields discuss The Invisible Man (2020).
Day 13
The Invisible Man 2h 4m
Released on February 28th of 2020, The Invisible Man was written and directed by Australian filmmaker Leigh Whannell. This film is the most recent reboot in a series of films based on the Invisible Man Novel by H.G. Wells.
This film had a particularly long development dating all the way back to 2006. Originally David S. Goyer was set to write the script for Universal, but by 2011, after no real progress, he was out of the picture. In 2016, the idea was revived as part of a new cinematic universe featuring several classic universal monsters. Ed Solomon was brought on board to write the new script, and Johnny Depp was cast as the titular invisible man. After the financial and critical failure of 2017’s The Mummy, the first film in the aforementioned cinematic universe, Universal pictures trashed all plans for subsequent films, opting to release stand alone reboot films for each character with no connected universe. By this point, Jason Blum came on board as producer, and Leigh Whannell was hired to write and direct. This team would finally see the film release 14 years after the reboot was initially proposed.
Upon release, The Invisible Man made its money back in just one day, and would gross over 20 times its budget at the box office during its theatrical run. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive, among the movie’s fans was respected film critic Manohla Dargis. The film may have enjoyed even more success had it not been moved to streaming services three weeks after its theatrical debut as a result of Covid-19 theater closures.
Director Whannell has stated that the film was created as a standalone film with a definitive ending, however due to the unprecedented success of The Invisible Man, more follow up movies are not out of the question.
Today The Invisible Man has:
3.6/5 on Letterboxd
7.1/10 on IMDb
91% on rotten tomatoes
84% on google
72% on Metacritic
7.8 average CTS score
From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville season 2: Escape from Amityville!
Escape from Amityville is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2021! Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Each movie will be a lesser known or appreciated, but culturally significant, horror movie made within the past 100 years. None of these movies have anything to do with the original tale of America's most haunted house, but in the spirit of the Amityville story, we promise to review chilling and horrifying movies featuring demons, monsters, and various ghouls! 15 episodes in total! The series finale takes place on Halloween night with a special mystery review. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or Horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Escape from Amityville time Baby!
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