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 2015.

Plot
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Cast

 * Charlize Theron as Samus Aran, an intergalactic bounty hunter.
 * 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 Malvovich (voice)
 * Josh Brolin (voice and motion-capture) as Sylux, a bounty hunter that is in an enemy relation with the Galactic Federation.
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Spire, the only survivor of the Diamont race. He is searching for the truth of what happened to his race.
 * Harrison Ford as Trace, a bounty hunter originating from the Kriken race.
 * Eric Bana (motion-capture) as Noxus, a bounty hunter originating from Vhozon he believes in and fights for justice.
 * Jason Biggs as Noxus (voice)
 * Keanu Reeves as Kanden, a result of a failed experiment to create a super-soldier. He is insane and unpredictable, first encountered on Celestial Archives.
 * Mark Hamill (voice and motion-capture) as Weavel, a Space Pirate. He is able to split into two halves because his bottom half is a cyberkinetic life support unit, which was caused by his body being destroyed by Samus in the past.

Sequels
Main article: Metroid film series

Transcripts
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