Jack the Giant Slayer

. Jack and the Giants (AKA Jack the Giant Slayer, originally Jack the Giant Killer ) is an American fantasy adventure film from 2013 directed by Bryan Singer; the screenplay is Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney. The film, which tells the story of the servant Jack, who has accidentally opened a portal to the giant world and must now rescue the princess, shows starring Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy, John Kassir and Ewan McGregor.

The film was launched on March 1, 2013 in the U.S. and on March 14, 2013 in the German cinemas. It has been identified in 2D and 3D.

Production

The development of the feature film began in January 2009 when DJ Caruso was hired as director of the film. In August Caruso was replaced by Singer, who in turn McQuarrie commissioned in April 2010 to revise the script. The main roles were cast in February and March 2011. Shooting began was in April 2011 in the United Kingdom with locations in Somerset England, Gloucestershire and Norfolk. Since the post-production special effects and marketing needed more time, the release date was pushed back. In October 2012, Warner Bros. put the final launch date for the United States firmly on March 1, 2013, and named the film at the same time of Jack the Giant Killer Jack the Giant Slayer in order.

Box office and reception

Jack and the Giants could occupy the top spot of the U.S. box office on its opening weekend. With nearly 28 million U.S. dollar -grossing opening weekend of the commercial success of nearly $ 195 million (about 150 million euros ) expensive production, however, was rather disappointing. The production costs are still more than 100 million U.S. dollars for marketing (about 75 million euros ).

On April 12, 2013, that is, four weeks after the theatrical release, the magazine reported The Hollywood Reporter that the film is 125-140 million U.S. dollars ( 93.7 to 105 million euros ) could cause loss versus taken together film production and marketing costs. It was predicted that the film after completing the Cinema phase will have recorded about 200 million U.S. dollars (about 150 million euros ). On 9 June 2013, the worldwide box office earnings totaled 197 671 860 U.S. dollars (about 148.2 million EUR ).

The film was received by critics ambivalent. Currently (June 5, 2013), the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes from a 52 percent rating at 182 book reviews.

Wrote Todd McCarthy from The Hollywood Reporter: " If one considers simply the efficient narrative style, the clear processes and the consistent involvement of the audience, so Jack is clearly superior to the recently overflowed Hobbit. " Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun- Times newspaper wrote: " Jack and the Giants is an exciting, original and entertaining through and through adventure. "

In contrast, ruled Justin Chang from the magazine Variety: " Breastfeeding the renewed appetite for revisionist canvas fantasies (...), Jack and the Giants feels - not surprisingly - to be like trying to capitalize on the trend of capital, re- excavated fairy tale characters, to show situations and fight scenes with a mechanical and tiring predictable effect. " Manohla Dargis of The New York Times assessed the similar: "In the end, these are just a digitally inflated one-dimensional version of Jack and the Beanstalk. " Wrote Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times that " Bryan Singer's version of the old fairy tale has everything you can buy for money - except a good script ."

The German Film Magazine cinema ruled cautiously optimistic: " Opulent and action-packed fantasy tale in a traditional style "

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