The Invisible Man, originally penned by H.G. Wells and was first brought to the big screen in 1933, starring Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart. This latest re-imagination has this invisible man less verbal than its predecessor and much more sinister. It is brought to you by three co-production companies Blumhouse belonging to producer Jason Blum whose well known for creating a successful business model by having a film with a very modest budget paired with an established distribution. His films tend to make much less than most tent pole blockbuster films, but consistently turn a profit of making more than double its initial budget on its opening day weekend. The second set of producers are an Australian based company called Goalpost Pictures, they're comprised of the remaining names listed as producers on this film, minus Leigh Whannell the Director and executive producer, the two line producers, and 2 executives Beatriz Sequeira and Jeanette Volturno who represent Nervous Tick Production; an extension of Universal Pictures who oversee the films distribution.
The Director Leigh Whannell is primarily known as writer, who makes small appearances or a recurring lower tier characters in some of the films he has written. He is the writer of the original trilogy of Saw movies and their respective shorts, and all Insidious films; Whannell only tried his hand recently in directing starting with Insidious 3. The Invisible man marks his 4th time to the helm the director's chair, while his last film a movie called Upgrade found both critical and financial success at the box office, and was also a distribution of universal pictures and nervous tick productions along with Blumhouse.
The Premise - Cecilla Kass played by Elizabeth Moss carefully plans her escape from a violent controlling relationship with a scientist who specializes in optics. With the help of her sister played by Harriet Dyer, Cecilla takes refuge with a childhood friend police detective James Lanier and his daughter played by Storm Reid (known for her role in 'A wrinkle in time). Constantly in a state of fear from her abusive ex' Adrian played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen. Cecilla receives word that he has committed suicide and leaves her a significant portion of his earnings. Cecilla suspects his death was a hoax when a string of coincidences turn lethal and Cecilla's sanity begins to call into question. As the trailer suggest she is being hunted by someone that nobody can see.
With a budget of $7 Million Dollars, the Invisible Man has taken in a worldwide gross of over $60 million dollars, summarizing the film has made back 8.5 times its initial budget.
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