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Sandcastle ( French: Château de sable) is a 2011 French-language graphic novel published by Atrabile [ fr], written by Pierre Oscar Lévy [ fr] from France and drawn by Frederik Peeters from Switzerland. Nora Mahony translated the work into English, with that version released in 2013. [1] SelfMadeHero published the English version.
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Guy and Prisca Cappa are going through a separation. To avoid saddening their young children, Maddox and Trent, the couple take them to a tropical resort as a final family vacation. At their hotel, Guy and Prisca are given complimentary drinks, and the children befriend Idlib, the resort manager's nephew. At night, Maddox and Trent overhear their p...
When NME's Beth Webb asked about the different themes tackled in Old, Shyamalan responded, "It's definitely about our relationship to time and, in my opinion, our dysfunctional relationship to time that we all have. Until we're forced to examine it, whether it's a pandemic or the factors that are in this situation for these characters, they're trap...
Development, pre-production and casting
In September 2019, Universal Picturesannounced its plans to distribute two then-untitled independently-financed thriller films written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. In a statement, Universal Pictures President Peter Cramer said that these projects contained "highly original stories," while Shymalan added, "There are wonderful studios out there, but Universal has made it a mandate to release original films. They are the best at finding an audience for new stories with unexpected tones. I...
Filming and post-production
On September 26, 2020, principal photography began in the Dominican Republic, and to celebrate, Shyamalan revealed the film's title and published its first promotional release poster. That same day, Collider reported that the film was an adaptation of Sandcastle, the French graphic novel by Swiss authors Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters, which Shyamalan had received as a collective Father's Day gift from his three daughters in 2017. Old marks the first film of Shyamalan's career to have...
Old was originally going to be released by Universal Pictures on February 26, 2021, but in April 2020, the film was removed from the studio's release schedule after its film Nobody was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, Universal Pictures announced that Old would be theatrically released on July 23, 2021. A premiere for the film wa...
Box office
Oldgrossed $48.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $41.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $90.2 million. A week before its release, Variety and Deadline Hollywood reported that film analytics had predicted the film would make $12–15 million in its opening weekend, with some noting that its competition, which had the same target audience, could impact box office revenues. Released alongside Snake Eyes and Joe Bell on July 23, 2021, in 3,355 theaters, Old made $...
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 50% of 343 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.50/10. The website's consensus reads: "Old has no shortage of interesting ideas -- and writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's uneven execution will intrigue or annoy viewers, with little middle ground between." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 53 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by C...
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- M. Night Shyamalan, Marc Bienstock, Ashwin Rajan
Jul 23, 2021 · This post contains spoilers for Old and Sandcastle.. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest feature, Old, is inspired by the 2011 graphic novel Sandcastle.Written by award-winning French documentarian ...
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Feb 19, 2021 · 7 The Artwork Is By Frederik Peeters. It’s not unusual for a comic or graphic novel to have one individual that’s both the writer and the artist, which is often how Frédérik Peeters operates. However, in the case of Sandcastle, Peeters chooses to pool his talents together with Pierre Oscar Lévy to create a powerful story that plays into ...
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It Mixes Science Fiction With Murder Mystery- The Creative Team Has Won Several Awards
- It Wasn't Originally Written In English
Sandcastle. Sandcastle is a French-language Swiss mystery/ Body Horror graphic novel written by Pierre Oscar Lévy and illustrated by Frederik Peeters. It was initially published in France, before being translated into English by Nora Mahony and released in the United States in 2013. It's a perfect beach day, or so thought a family, a young ...
Jul 23, 2021 · Here’s the twist: M. Night Shyamalan did things his way.Old, the horror storyteller’s twisted, zany new film, is based on the 2013 graphic novel Sandcastle.Both stories revolve around a group ...
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