Weapons
Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark ...and they never came back.
Country
Production
Budget
$38 000 000
Box office
$270 072 492
Director
Actors
Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Whitmer Thomas, Callie Schuttera
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Zach Cregger, Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, Richard Brener, Josh Brolin, Michelle Morrissey, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Tom Hammock, Justin Nathaniel Kistler
Audition
Editing
Joe Murphy
Whole Team (124)
Whole Team (124)
Short description
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
What's left behind the scenes
- Director, screenwriter, and producer Zach Kregger tasked artist Thomas Hammock with building the sets for a small town. Hammock specifically studied satellite towns near Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Kregger and Hammock wanted everything to be like everywhere else, and for viewers to perceive the town as something completely ordinary and unremarkable.
- While working on the film, Zach Kreger was inspired by Paul Thomas Anderson's drama "Magnolia".
- Zach Kreger said that the scene with the running children was inspired by the famous 1972 photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl.
- New Line Cinema acquired the script following a bidding war against Universal, Netflix, and Sony/TriStar. The deal included an eight-figure sum, production guarantees, Kreger's approval on editing, and a distribution guarantee.
- On some days, there were over 170 children on the set.
- Zach Kreger explained in one interview why he included words of gratitude to director David Fincher in the end credits. Throughout the film's production, Fincher was constantly nearby and available for consultation. Fincher always offered the most constructive and productive ideas, and his suggestions were especially valuable to the author during editing.
- Alex (Carey Christopher) had to care for completely helpless parents. This was inspired by Zach Kreger's own childhood, who lived with an alcoholic father.
- According to Zach Kreger, Amy Madigan (Gladys) could have chosen the past of her character – either a person who resorts to black magic to heal, or something else using makeup and a wig to resemble a human.
- While working on the film, Zach Krigger was inspired by Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama "Magnolia".
- According to Zach Krigger, Amy Madigan (Gladys) was able to choose her character’s backstory – whether she was someone who resorts to black magic to heal, or something else using makeup and a wig to appear human.
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