The Spierig Brothers have a distinctly skewed take on genre film – take their ‘vampires won’ film Daybreakers – and they make smart, unique entertainments.
It is only natural, then, that they’d adapt the ultimate time travel short story – Robert A. Heinlein’s All You Zombies – for film. It’s one of the trickiest time travel/paradox stories ever written and they persuaded Ethan Hawke (who also starred in Daybreakers) to take the lead role, a Temporal Agent who seems more suited to his job than anyone else.
Predestination comes to home video on February 10th. Extras include a ten-part making of documentary and a blooper reel. For further details – and a look at the trailer – follow the jump.
Written & Directed by the Spierig Brothers
Starring Academy Award® Nominee Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook & Noah Taylor
PREDESTINATION
The Acclaimed Time-Travel Mind-Bender Coming to Blu-ray™ & DVD Feb. 10
Bonus Materials Include a 10-Part Making-Of Documentary & Blooper Reel
TORONTO, ON. (Jan. 22, 2015) – Two-time Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke (Best Supporting Actor: Training Day, 2001; Boyhood, 2014) reunites with the Spierig Brothers directing team (Daybreakers) for the ingeniously constructed time-travel thriller PREDESTINATION, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD Feb. 10 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Canada. Based on the mind-bending short story “All You Zombies” by Robert A. Heinlein, the film also stars Sarah Snook (Jessabelle) and Noah Taylor (“Game of Thrones”). PREDESTINATION chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
Bonus materials include a blooper reel and “A Journey Through Time,” a behind-the-scenes featurette with star Ethan Hawke. Audiences can also take an in-depth exploration of the making of the film in “All You Zombies: Bringing Predestination to Life,” including a week-by-week look at filming.
Synopsis:
Based on the short story “All You Zombies” by Robert A. Heinlein, PREDESTINATION chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must recruit his younger self while pursuing the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.
Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and based on the short story “All You Zombies” by Robert A. Heinlein. PREDESTINATION is produced by Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig, Tim McGahan and Paddy McDonald, with Matt Kennedy, James M. Vernon, Michael Burton and Gary Hamilton serving as executive producers.
Bonus Materials Include:
- Outtakes
- “A Journey Through Time” Featurette – A behind-the-scenes look with star Ethan Hawke
- Ten-Part Documentary: “All You Zombies: Bringing Predestination to Life”
- Introduction
- Casting
- Pre-Production
- Photography: Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
- Post Production
PREDESTINATION has a run time of about 98 minutes, & is rated 14A.
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