“Malignant” is a new James Wan film. It is his first original horror film since the first “Insidious”.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new horror film.
- Malignant is a 2021 American supernatural slasher film
- Directed by James Wan
- From a screenplay by Akela Cooper
- It is based on an original story by Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Cooper
- The film stars Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, and Michole Briana White
- Malignant was released theatrically and on HBO Max in the United States on September 10, 2021, by Warner Bros. Pictures under the New Line Cinema banner
- The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics
- In July 2019, it was announced that James Wan would direct the film at New Line Cinema from a screenplay by Akela Cooper and J.T. Petty
- Based on an original story he wrote alongside his wife Ingrid Bisu and serve as a producer alongside Michael Clear under his Atomic Monster banner
- That September, Wan officially revealed the title as Malignant, with Bloody Disgusting claiming the film would be more in line with a giallo film
- On October 24, 2019, Wan clarified that the film is not based on his graphic novel Malignant Man, stating, “It’s definitely not a superhero film. Malignant is an original thriller not based off any existing IP”
- In August 2019, Annabelle Wallis, George Young, and Jake Abel were cast in the film
- In September 2019, Maddie Hasson, Michole Briana White, and Jacqueline McKenzie joined the cast of the film
- Mckenna Grace was added to the cast in March 2020
- Production began on September 24, 2019, in Los Angeles
- It concluded on December 8, 2019
- Malignant was theatrically released in France on September 1, 2021
- It was released in the United States on September 10, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures under the New Line Cinema banner
- It was originally scheduled to be released on August 14, 2020
- But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was removed from the release schedule in March 2020
- As part of its plans for all of its 2021 films, Warner Bros. will also stream Malignant simultaneously on the HBO Max service for a period of one month, after which the film will be removed until the normal home media release schedule period
- In the United States and Canada, Malignant is projected to gross $5 – 9 million from 3,500 theaters in opening weekend
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75%
- Based on 56 reviews
- With an average rating of 6.10/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads: “Malignant isn’t particularly scary, director James Wan’s return to horror contains plenty of gory thrills — and a memorably bonkers twist”
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100
- Based on 14 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “C” on an A+ to F scale
