Reminiscence is a new science fiction movie, in which Hugh Jackman, the famous actor, is starring.
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- Reminiscence is a 2021 American neo-noir science fiction thriller film.
- It is written and directed by Lisa Joy.
- This is her feature directorial debut.
- The film stars Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Marina de Tavira, and Daniel Wu.
- The film follows a man who uses a machine that can see people’s memories to try and find his missing love.
- Joy also produces alongside her husband and creative partner Jonathan Nolan.
- Reminiscence was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on August 20, 2021.
- It also has a month-long simultaneous release in the country on the ad-free tier of the HBO Max streaming service.
- The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its narrative ambition but compared it unfavorably to similarly themed works like The Maltese Falcon and Westworld.
- It has grossed $10 million against a $110 million break-even point.
- It had the worst debut of all-time for a film playing in over 3,000 theaters.
- It was announced in January 2019 that Lisa Joy would be making her directorial debut with the film, and would star Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson.
- In March 2019, it was reported that Warner Bros. had bought distribution rights to the film.
- In August, Thandiwe Newton was added to the cast.
- Daniel Wu, Angela Sarafyan, Natalie Martinez, Marina de Tavira and Cliff Curtis joined in October.
- Filming began on October 21, 2019, in New Orleans and Miami.
- In August 2020, Newton’s daughter Nico Parker was also revealed to have been in the cast.
- Unlike in The Greatest Showman, Rebecca Ferguson gets to display her actual singing talents in this movie.
- This is the first movie in which Thandiwe Newton has adopted the original Zimbabwean spelling of her first name.
- Apparently, this was because the “w” was accidentally left out of her first movie titles, and she just ‘went with it’.
- Lisa Joy’s original script for Reminiscence was on the 2013 Black List of most liked unmade screenplays.
- Lisa Joy is the sister-in-law of Christopher Nolan.
- Hugh Jackman starred in The Prestige (2006), directed by Nolan and co-written by his brother and husband of Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan.
- Composer Ramin Djawadi previously collaborated with director/writer/producer Lisa Joy-Nolan on the successful HBO series “Westworld”.
- Jonathan Nolan, Lisa’s husband and producer of the film, also collaborated with him earlier on “Person of Interest”.
- Hugh Jackman & Rebecca Ferguson previously co-starred in The Greatest Showman (2017).
- Thandiwe Newton & Angela Sarafyan both star in HBO’s Westworld (2016), which was created by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan.
- In the United States and Canada, Reminiscence was released alongside PAW Patrol: The Movie, The Protégé, and The Night House, and was projected to gross around $3 million from 3,184 theaters in its opening weekend.
- The film made $675,000 on its first day and went on to debut to $2 million, finishing ninth at the box office
- Reminiscence was originally scheduled to be released on April 16, 2021, before the slot was replaced by Mortal Kombat and the film was left undated, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
