The Seventh Son actor’s last two wide releases, R.I.P.D. and The Giver, both bombed at the box office. It has long been believed in Europe and the United States that a seventh son is especially lucky or gifted with occult powers, and that the seventh son of a seventh son has healing powers.
Jeff Bridges, meanwhile, is experiencing his own financial folly of late. Torn from his quiet life as a farmhand, the unlikely young hero embarks on a daring adventure with his battle-hardened mentor to. The sci-fi space opera, which was originally supposed to open last summer, earned a B-Cinemascore from moviegoers and a not-so-fresh 22% rating on RottenTomatoes. In a time of enchantments when legends and magic collide, the sole remaining warrior of a mystical order (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) travels to find a prophesized hero born with incredible powers, the last Seventh Son (Ben Barnes of The Chronicles of Narnia).
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But Tatum is barely recognizable in Jupiter Ascending, looking more like an elf than a sexy bounty hunter. Action Adventure Fantasy When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him. The stylish filmmakers were hoping that heartthrob Channing Tatum, whose found box office success with pics like 22 Jump Street and Magic Mike, could attract more younger viewers. Their previous two films, Cloud Atlas and Speed Racer, made a combined $67 million domestically. It is loosely based on the 2004 novel The Spooks Apprentice (titled The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch in the United States) by Joseph Delaney.
Still, the lousy performances are a black eye for investors and filmmakers.Īndy and Lana Wachowski, masterminds of The Matrix, have yet to find commercial or critical success since their Keanu Reeves trilogy. Seventh Son is a 2014 American fantasy film directed by Sergei Bodrov and starring Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander, and Julianne Moore. calamities are entirely surprising-both big-budget movies were long-delayed due to poor tracking and Paramount’s The Spongebob Movie, which is soaking up $53 million this weekend, was originally projected to win the weekend. It’s on track for only $6.6 million in its U.S. It is loosely based on the novel The Spooks Apprentice (titled The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch in the United States) by Joseph Delaney. The medieval fantasy tentpole has already projected a loss of $85 million, as Variety exclusively reported this week, despite earning $82 million at the international box office. Seventh Son is a 2014 American fantasy film directed by Sergei Bodrov and starring Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander, and Julianne Moore. The forecast for Universal and Legendary’s long-delayed Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, is just as gloomy. With a budget north of $175 million, the Wachowskis’ sci-fi fantasy tentpole could lose tens of millions barring a dramatic turnaround overseas. Warner Bros.’ Jupiter Ascending, starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, is quickly dropping in estimates to a thin $18 million weekend at the box office. But that’s what happened when Jupiter Ascending and Seventh Son both crashed and burned in U.S. It all leads up to the final battle between Malkin and her monsters versus the Spook and Ward.It’s not very often that Hollywood unleashes two major theatrical bombs over the same weekend. Initially bumbling, Ward gradually finds his depth, along with a love interest in Alice (Vikander) who is the daughter of a witch named Lizzie (Traue). The latter often has visions that are meant to convey that he can look into the future, and is according to Gregory, the one who can stop Malkin before the Blood Moon rises in the near future. The Seventh Son on DVD starring Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Ben Barnes. Gregory later turns up at Ward’s country home.
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While Gregory (whose warbling speech sounds like he has a mouth full of marbles) manages to survive various battles, his apprentices aren’t that fortunate. Gregory is approached by his apprentice for a mission – recapturing Malkin, who has escaped her remote confinement from what looks like the medieval version of the Grand Canyon. As the last man standing – or in his case, hunched over a bar stool in a tavern and nursing a pint of ale – he is now grizzled and old. Review: John Gregory is the last survivor of a group of knights who used to, in days of old, battle all manner of evil, be it from this world or the next. Before Ward can even hope to have a chance, he must be trained in the art of battling the supernatural by the Spook, John Gregory (Bridges). Story: Only the ‘seventh son’, Tom Ward (Barnes), has the power to help stop an evil, shape-shifting witch named Malkin (Moore), who having escaped from imprisonment, will come to power during a Blood Moon night.