Metroid Prime – Hunters (film)

Metroid Prime - Hunters is a 2015 computer-animated science fiction action-adventure film co-written and directed by Oliver Megaton, produced by Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke, and Nintendo and written by Steven Zaillian, Cameron Crowne, and Christopher McQuarrie. It was the sequel to Metroid (2008) and Metroid Prime (2011), the twelfth film in the Nintendo Cinematic Multiverse (NCM), and stars the voices of an ensemble cast including Charlize Theron, Anthony Mackie, Mark Wahlberg, Pierce Brosnan, Bryce Dallas Howard, Edward Norton, Vin Diesel, Josh Brolin, Willem Dafoe, and Sigourney Weaver. The film follows Samus Aran investigating a mysterious message that originated from the Alimbic Cluster and comes into contact with a legion of bounty hunters.

Development of Metroid Prime began after the success of The Amazing Spider-Man. DeHaan, Giamatti, Felicity Jones, and Chris Cooper were cast between December 2012 and February 2013. Filming took place in New York City from February to June 2013. The film was released in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on May 2, 2014, in the United States with two international premieres being held between March 31 and April 10 of that year. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the chemistry between Stone and Garfield, action sequences, visual effects, direction, and Hans Zimmer's musical score, but criticized the screenplay and overabundance of plotlines. while Foxx's portrayal of Electro was met with mixed responses. Principal photography of the motion-capture sequences took place in Studio 21 of the Universal Studios backlot from July 2009 to until June 2010, which the film had wrapped. The live-action humans and bounty hunters were created using extensive visual effects and performance capture commissioned by Weta Digital. During post-production, Sony Pictures Imageworks created over 1,230 visual effects shots while Digital Domain also took on 900.

Metroid Prime premiered in Tokyo on July 9, 2011, and was released in the United States on July 22, 2011 and in Japan on August 10, as part of Phase Two in the NCM. The film received praise for its acting and Megaton's direction, as well as the action sequences, visual effects, musical score, and humor, with many critics considering it to be the best installment of the Metroid films. It grossed $578 million, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2011.

Plot
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Cast

 * Charlize Theron as Samus Aran, an intergalactic bounty hunter.
 * Angelina Jolie (voice) as Dark Samus, Samus' evil doppelgänger.
 * Anthony Mackie as Anthony Higgs, an old acquaintance of Samus' and a member of her crew of bounty hunters.
 * Mark Wahlberg (motion-capture) as Adam Malkovich
 * Christoph Waltz as Adam Malkovich (voice)


 * Pierce Brosnan as Fleet Admiral Castor Dane, a high-ranking member of the Galactic Federation and the commander of the G.F.S. Olympus who recruits Samus and her crew.
 * Bryce Dallas Howard as Gandrayda, a member of Samus' crew of bounty hunters, and an alien of unknown origin who is capable of highly advanced shapeshifting and electrokinesis. Howard played the character's native alien form through voice and motion capture.
 * Edward Norton (motion-capture) as Ghor, a member of Samus' crew of bounty hunters, and a cybernetic alien capable of merging his body with a large armorsuit.
 * Jacob Tomuri as Ghor (voice)


 * Vin Diesel (voice and motion-capture) as Rundas, a member of Samus' crew of bounty hunters, and a Phrygisian, an alien capable of cryokinesis.
 * Willem Dafoe as Ridley, the leader of the Space Pirates and a fearsome dragon-like alien.
 * Sigourney Weaver as Mother Brain

Sequels
Main article: Metroid film series

Transcripts
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