“The Lost City” is a new action-adventure comedy film starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new film.
- The Lost City is a 2022 American action-adventure comedy film
- The film is directed by Aaron and Adam Nee
- Both of whom co-wrote the screenplay with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox
- It is based on a story conceived by Seth Gordon
- It stars Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum
- With Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Brad Pitt in supporting roles
- The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12, 2022
- It was theatrically released in the United States on March 25, 2022, by Paramount Pictures
- It received generally positive reviews from critics
- With praise aimed towards the chemistry between Bullock and Tatum
- Loretta Sage is a depressed middle-aged author who writes romance-adventure novels centered around a fictional hero named Dash, who is portrayed by dimwitted cover model Alan Caprison
- While on tour with Alan to promote her new book, Loretta is kidnapped by Abigail Fairfax, an eccentric billionaire who believes that the lost city in Loretta’s new book is real and that she knows where it is
- Alan, despite having no survival skills, goes off to rescue her
- In October 2020, it was announced that Sandra Bullock would star in the film The Lost City of D
- With Aaron and Adam Nee directing from a screenplay by Seth Gordon and Dana Fox
- With Bullock serving as a producer under her Fortis Films banner
- And Paramount Pictures to distribute
- In December 2020, Channing Tatum joined the cast of the film
- In March 2021, Patti Harrison, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Daniel Radcliffe joined the cast of the film
- In April 2021, Brad Pitt and Oscar Nunez joined the cast of the film
- With Pitt appearing in a cameo role
- Principal photography began in May 2021
- It took place in the Dominican Republic, including Samaná, Santo Domingo, Casa de Campo, Monte Plata Province and Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios
- Filming wrapped on August 16, 2021
- The Lost City had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on March 12, 2022
- In October 2021, it was announced that The Lost City of D had been retitled The Lost City
- And that the film would be theatrically released on March 25, 2022
- After previously having been set for an April 15, 2022 release
- On March 1, 2022, the film’s release in Russia was cancelled
- The cancellation was in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 76% rating
- Based on 130 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 6.3/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “The Lost City doesn’t sparkle quite as brightly as some classic treasure-hunting capers, but its stars’ screwball chemistry make this movie well worth romancing”
- On metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 60 out of 100
- Based on 38 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
- While those at PostTrak gave it an 80% positive score
- With 61% saying they would definitely recommend it