My Name Is Tiger

My Name Is Tiger is an upcoming 2017 American science fiction drama film directed by Niell Blomkamp and written by Blomkamp and Terri Tachell. It stars Gage Romero, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Shannon, Isabela Moner, and Sigourney Weaver.

The film is set in a dystopian future where bacteria and radiation can cause people and animals to mutate into a combined form. Because of this they are discriminated and sent into the Wild to survive on their own. A young boy named Zane is attacked by a Tiger and they both fall into radiation, causing him to become Tiger-like creature. He is immediately sent out to the Wild and forced to survive on his own. When he discovers the impending doom of civilization, he teams up with his family, love interest, and new friend to help save them.

My Name Is Tiger was produced and distributed by US companies and is classified as an American film. It will premier in New York City on October 25th, 2017, and will be released in US cinemas on October 28th, 2017.

Plot
Set in 2035, over the course of 15 years radiation and bacteria have been corrupting the world. Causing mutants in animals and humans globally. Due to their differences in appearances, the mutated civilians are sent into the vast wild where they are forced to survive. 16 year old Zane (Gage Romero) lives with his father Allan (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his grandmother Laura (Sigourney Weaver), and has a crush on his frenemy Kat Schneider (Isabela Moner). They reside in a strict district runed by Charles Goodman (Michael Shannon), the district is harsh against mutants and treats them like pests. On his way to school Zane encounters a deer, he decides to follow it into the districts woods, but along the way he is attacked my a massive Tiger. After a terrifying struggle, Zane and the tiger fall into a bacteria infested lake.

Production
My Name Is Tiger is Blomkamp'S fourth feature-length film as director. He decided to write the screenplay with his wife Terri Tatchell, who also co-wrote District 9 and Chappie. My Name Is Tiger was written over a period of three months. Principle Photography began on March 8th, 2017 in the Knolls area of Simi Valley, California. They shot there until March 15th and then located to Alaska. Filming took place in Alaska all the way to May 12th, then relocating to Chicago, where filming was completed on June 9th, 2017, after filming for 93 days. The Film was shot with Red Epic cameras, using Panavasion anamorphic primes, the same kind of camera's that were used to film Chappie. Gage Romero used motion capture to bring the character to life, he also had to stand on stilts to increase his height to 6'1. The visual effects company was Imagine Engine, which was located in Vancouver, the same visual effects company used on Chappie.

Box Office
My Name Is Tiger grossed $265.2 million in North America and $223.3 million in other territories for a total gross of $488.5 million, against a budget of $185 million.

The Film earned $46 million in its opening day, $33.3 million on its second day, and $35 million on its third day, totaling $114.3 million in its opening weekend, while playing in 3,248 theaters.