Icarus (2021)

Icarus is a 2021 American monster film directed by Christopher Nolan and was produced/co-written by by Steven Spielberg with a script written by Max Borenstien. The film stars Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Giamatti, Ziyi Zhang, Keenan Thompson, and Morgan Freeman. The first film in phase two of the cinematic Monster-verse.

Icarus was theatrically released on March 10, 2021 By Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures, The film was shown in IMAX, IMAX 3D, RealD 3D, and DOLBY CINEMA. The film earned praise for it's visual effects, action sequences, cinematography, characters, pacing, and the actor's performances (Especially, Ziyi, and Giamatti). The film cost $213 million dollars to make and earned a total of $852 million becoming a huge box office success.

10 Months later a sequel titled Icarus: Phantom Islands was set for a release date of April 15th, 2024

The film is Rated PG-13 for: monster action violence, intense scenes of destruction, and for some language

Synopsis
A ex-military soldier Graham Miller (Chris Pratt) is off discovering an ancient tomb in the coast side of Misty Meadows. When he is suddenly possessed by an ancient spirit named Icarus that rested for thirty years below the earth. But soon he realizes that another ancient spirit Hel (Angelina Jolie) has risen from the hollow grounds to take back what she claimed a long time ago. But with the help of Monarch (Sylvester Stallone, Paul Giamatti, Keenan Thompson, Morgan Freeman, Ziyi Zhang etc.) Graham will learn to unleash his inner God in order to save the world.

Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Graham Miller/ Icarus
 * Angelina Jolie as Anita Lisk /Hel
 * Scarlet Johanson as Dr. Alexa King
 * Sylvester Stallone as Angra Mainyu/ God of evil
 * Paul Giamatti as Dr. Todd Lee
 * Keenan Thompson as Dr. Frank Stone
 * Morgan Freeman as Daedalus
 * Ziyi Zhang as Dr. Ilene Chen/ Dr. Ling
 * Kyle Chandler as Dr. Mark Russel
 * Bradley Whitford as Dr. Rick Stanton

Music
On October 18th, 2020, Nolan revealed that Bear McCreary and Hildur Guðnadóttir would compose the film's score for Icarus

All tracks are written by Bear McCreary and Hildur Guðnadóttir except where noted. The score is also conducted by McCreary. Hildur Guðnadóttir was the one behind writing the composition and score for the film.

In July 15, 2020, a sample of the film's score was shown at Comic-con at the Icarus panel. In November 2020, the film's score was released on YouTube under the name "The Sun's Soldier"

An original song written by Eminem entitled "God Power" was released online on February 25, 2021 and was put into the end credits of the movie.

Marketing
The marketing for Icarus cost a total of $250-350 million. In March 2020, a panel for the film was held at San Diego comic con providing information on production and their thoughts on the film. The day after a teaser trailer for Icarus was shown at select screenings of The Way Back and later released online that same day. In October 2020, Legendary Comics held a panel titled Warriors Below Us at the L.A. Comic Con, which presented a sneak peek at the film.

On December 13, 2020, character posters for Daedalus, Icarus, Hel, and Angra Mainyu were released. The same day an official SPECIAL IMAX trailer was released on select IMAX screenings of Dune.

On January 19, 2021, A Oculus VR game entitled "Icarus: Journey of a fallen god" was released on the Oculus home store for the price of $39.99

Release
Icarus was released on March 10, 2021, in 2D, 3D, Dolby Cinema, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, 4DX and ScreenX Formats. by Warner Bros. Pictures,  The film was originally scheduled to be released on June 8, 2020.[38] However, due to production budgets, the film was pushed back to March 10, 2021. The film was released in ScreenX formats in some markets.

Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 5,177 reviews, with an average rating of 9.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads"Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of action and humor ensure that Christopher Nolan's Icarus has successfully resurrected the monster-verse back to life and paves the way for more mythological monster flicks." On Metacritic Icarus has weighed an average score of 82 out of 100 based on 515 reviews indicating "Universal Acclaim." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film and average "A-" on a A+ to F scale.