“Missing” is a standalone sequel to the film “Searching”, a screenlife mystery thriller, starring Storm Reid.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- Missing is a 2023 American screenlife mystery thriller film
- It is written and directed by Nick Johnson and Will Merrick
- It is their directorial debuts
- From a story by Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty
- It is a standalone sequel to the 2018 film Searching
- The film stars Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, and Nia Long
- Its plot follows June Allen, a teenager who tries to find her missing mother after she disappears on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend
- Missing had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023
- It was released in the United States on January 20, 2023, by Sony Pictures Releasing
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics
- A sequel is in developent
- In August 2019, a standalone sequel to Searching (2018) was announced to be in development
- With the original film’s director, Aneesh Chaganty, clarifying that the story would not “follow the same characters or plot line as the original”
- Thus making the series an anthology
- In November 2020, producer Natalie Qasabian said the COVID-19 pandemic had postponed production on the film, simply going under the title Searching 2
- In January 2021, it was announced that Will Merrick and Nick Johnson, the editors on the first film and Chaganty’s Run (2020), would write and direct the film in their directorial debuts
- With additional literary material by Micah Ariel Watson, and producer of Unfriended and Searching Timur Bekmambetov to executive produce the sequel with Ohanian, Chaganty and Qasabian
- In the following months, Storm Reid and Nia Long joined the cast
- Principal photography took place from March 30 to May 30, 2021, in Los Angeles, California
- In September 2022, the film’s title was revealed to be Missing, with the film set for a 2023 release date
- In November 2022, producer and co-story writer Sev Ohanian revealed on Reddit that the film would also be set after Run
- Serving as an epilogue to the events of that film as well as a continuation of Searching
- Missing made $760,000 from Thursday night previews
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 82% rating
- Based on 72 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 6.6/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “Missing can strain credulity in its efforts to keep the audience guessing, but a fast pace and relatable fears keep this twisty techno-thriller from completely losing its way”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100
- Based on 24 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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