Lionsgate: The Protege Detailed for 4K Blu-ray
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Posted September 14, 2021 04:38 PM by Webmaster
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed its upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Martin Campbell's thriller The Protege (2021), starring Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, Ori Pfeffer, and Robert Patrick. The release will be available for purchase on October 19.
Studio description: Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and trained in the family business, Anna (Maggie Q) is the world's most skilled contract killer. But when Moody – the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival – is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer (Michael Keaton) whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves even tighter.
The film is produced by Arthur Sarkissian, Moshe Diamant, Rob Van Norden, Yariv Lerner, and Chris Milburn.
While second unit crews captured The Protégé's far-flung locations, most of the film's principal shooting took place in and around Bucharest, Romania--a grand and energetic city once dubbed "the Paris of the East." Full of both classic and modern architecture, and lined with lush parks, the city offered a surprising array of environments that could be transformed into settings thousands of miles away. It also offered the opportunity to shoot in some rather unusual spots—including the wildly over-the-top country estate and city villa of the high-living former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
"Bucharest is a beautiful city that lent itself to all the story's locations and it was very easy to work there," says Sarkissian. Production designer Wolf Kroeger, who has designed films ranging from The Last of the Mohicans to Love In The Time Of Cholera, took advantage of Bucharest's elegant buildings and wide-ranging landscapes, but also crafted many key sets entirely from scratch. Since the film was unable to shoot in Vietnam, a Bucharest backlot provided the space for Kroeger to completely recreate Vietnamese street scenes from scratch. On that same backlot, he also built the well-fortified bunker where Anna is held prisoner.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Studio description: Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and trained in the family business, Anna (Maggie Q) is the world's most skilled contract killer. But when Moody – the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival – is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer (Michael Keaton) whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves even tighter.
The film is produced by Arthur Sarkissian, Moshe Diamant, Rob Van Norden, Yariv Lerner, and Chris Milburn.
While second unit crews captured The Protégé's far-flung locations, most of the film's principal shooting took place in and around Bucharest, Romania--a grand and energetic city once dubbed "the Paris of the East." Full of both classic and modern architecture, and lined with lush parks, the city offered a surprising array of environments that could be transformed into settings thousands of miles away. It also offered the opportunity to shoot in some rather unusual spots—including the wildly over-the-top country estate and city villa of the high-living former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
"Bucharest is a beautiful city that lent itself to all the story's locations and it was very easy to work there," says Sarkissian. Production designer Wolf Kroeger, who has designed films ranging from The Last of the Mohicans to Love In The Time Of Cholera, took advantage of Bucharest's elegant buildings and wide-ranging landscapes, but also crafted many key sets entirely from scratch. Since the film was unable to shoot in Vietnam, a Bucharest backlot provided the space for Kroeger to completely recreate Vietnamese street scenes from scratch. On that same backlot, he also built the well-fortified bunker where Anna is held prisoner.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK
- "Scars of the Past: Making The Protégé" Featurette
- "Anna vs Rembrandt" Featurette
- Deleted Scene
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH, Spanish, and French subtitles for the main feature
