Metroid Prime (film)

Metroid Prime is a 2011 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 the twelfth film in the Nintendo Cinematic Multiverse (NCM). Starring 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.

After shooting the first film, Metroid Prime first entered development in early 2007 when Robert Richardson and Walter Murch wrote a screenplay and sold it to Universal Pictures. The film features homages and drew inspiration from previous entries, particularly the Metroid Prime trilogy. During pre-production, production struggled until Brosnan, Howard, Norton, Diesel, Brolin, and Megaton were hired by late 2008, and 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. It was followed by Metroid Prime - Hunters (2015).

Plot
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Cast

 * Charlize Theron as Samus Aran, an intergalactic bounty hunter.
 * Angelina Jolie (motion capture and 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.
 * Josh Brolin as Sylux, a bounty hunter that is in an enemy relation with the Galactic Federation.
 * 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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