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"Of Course He's Dead"
Two and a Half Men episode
Episode no.
Season 12
Episode 15/16
Directed by
James Widdoes[1]
Written by
Chuck Lorre
Lee Aronsohn
Don Reo
Jim Patterson
Original air date
February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19)
Guest appearance(s)
Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper
Melanie Lynskey as Rose
April Bowlby as Kandi
Jennifer Taylor as Chelsea Melni
Courtney Thorne-Smith as Lyndsey McElroy
Maggie Lawson as Ms. McMartin
Emmanuelle Vaugier as Mia
Missi Pyle as Dolores Pasternak
Judy Greer as Bridget Schmidt
Sophie Winkleman as Zoey Hyde-Tottingham Pierce
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Lt. Wagner
John Stamos as himself
Christian Slater as himself
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"Of Course He's Dead" is the series finale of the long-running sitcom Two and a Half Men. The series ran for twelve seasons, and the final episode aired on February 19, 2015. The hour-long program marks the 261st and 262nd half-hour episodes of the series.[2]
The episode brought in the show's highest audience since April 2013, with 13.52 million viewers tuning in to the finale.[3][4][5][5][6]
Former cast members Angus T. Jones, April Bowlby, and Jennifer Taylor all made cameo appearances in the episode.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Production
3 Vanity card
4 Reception
4.1 Ratings
4.2 Critical reception
4.3 Charlie Sheen's reaction
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
Alan (Jon Cryer) receives a letter that Charlie has $2.5 million in unclaimed royalties. He needs Charlie's death certificate to claim the money, but cannot find one and realizes his only proof is Rose's (Melanie Lynskey) word. Evidence that Charlie may be alive mounts after the royalty money is claimed by an unknown party, and Alan and Evelyn (Holland Taylor) receive threatening messages. Meanwhile, Jenny (Amber Tamblyn) receives a check for $100,000 along with an apology note, and a package addressed to Charlie arrives at the house, containing his whiskey, cigars, and a knife he used when he chased Alan around the house. Several women from Charlie's past, including Mia (Emmanuelle Vaugier), Chelsea (Jennifer Taylor) and Dolores Pasternak (Missi Pyle), are shown receiving checks and personalized apology letters.
Meanwhile, Rose is shown holding a captive in her basement. After the unknown captive escapes, Rose returns to the beach house to inform Alan and Walden (Ashton Kutcher) that Charlie is alive and to explain the entire story. While in Paris, Rose caught Charlie in bed with a hooker, a mime, and a goat. When Charlie caught up with her at the train station, she tried to avenge his infidelity by pushing him into the path of an oncoming train, but the goat ended up taking the fall instead. Rose returned to the United States, taking with her a bound and gagged Charlie, and she kept him captive inside her basement until he escaped. After hearing this, Evelyn and Rose go into hiding, while Walden, who also receives a threatening message, decides to go to the police with Alan, where they talk to Lieutenant Wagner (Arnold Schwarzenegger). They later return to the house and find life-size cardboard cutouts of themselves wearing nooses. Fearing for his life, Alan calls Judith (Marin Hinkle), Kandi (April Bowlby) and Lyndsey (Courtney Thorne-Smith) to tell each how much they have meant to him. Similarly, Walden calls Bridget (Judy Greer) and Zoey (Sophie Winkleman) to apologize for how he behaved with each of them. All the women feign emotion while being generally dismissive, and Lyndsey is shown in a pawn shop selling Alan's engagement ring behind his back.
Jake Harper (Angus T. Jones) drops by and informs Alan and Walden that he left the Army and is now married and living in Japan. He mentions having received a $250,000 check and a note saying "I'm alive", but did not figure out who sent the letter. Jake then gambled with the money in Las Vegas, yielding $2.5 million in winnings. After Jake leaves, Alan and Walden are contacted by Wagner, who informs them that he has captured Charlie, but the camera reveals that the man is actually Christian Slater, dressed in clothing similar to Charlie's. Alan, Walden, and Berta (Conchata Ferrell), now believing that Charlie is in jail, celebrate by relaxing in lounge chairs while smoking Charlie's cigars and drinking his whiskey, when they see a helicopter carrying a grand piano, similar to the one Charlie used to play, approaching the house. The three ponder if Wagner caught the right man, but quickly brush it off. Charlie, shown only from the back, approaches the beach house and rings the bell, but before anyone answers the door he is killed when the helicopter drops the piano on him. The camera then pulls back to reveal the series' set and Chuck Lorre, sitting in the director's chair. He says "Winning!", just before a second grand piano falls on him.
Production[edit]
Prior to the finale, there was much speculation over whether former star Charlie Sheen would reprise his role as Charlie Harper. CBS had not announced who would guest star on the episode.[1][7] At the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour on January 15, 2015, Chuck Lorre spoke about the show and had nothing but praise for Sheen, saying, “It would be inappropriate to not acknowledge the extraordinary success we had with Charlie and how grateful I am, we all are, to his contributions. And there’s nothing but great feelings for the eight-and-a-half years we worked together. But how to wrap the show up, it's tricky. It's a tricky - it's a sticky wicket. Because, in a way, the show morphed into something else entirely for the last four years, and it's something we love, and we want to honor both. So, how to honor both has been the challenge of this finale. The other challenge is how to get people watching it without telling them what it is," he explained. He said he wanted the finale to honor both eras of the show, and that there were "no wounds,” following what happened with Sheen, saying "What happened, happened. And I’m grateful for the time we enjoyed working together and I’m very grateful Ashton came along and kept the lights on. What do I got to complain about? I’m so blessed.”[8][9] When asked about the finale and the possibility of Sheen's return, creator Chuck Lorre responded "I think viewers will be very, very satisfied with the finale. That's all I'm going to say."[10] Further teasing as to Sheen's return was given with the reveal of the episode's title, "Of Course He's Dead".[11][12]
CBS President Nina Tassler said that Lorre had planned a "mystery sandwich" for the final episode.[13] The episode was taped on February 6, 2015[14] and aired on February 19, 2015.[2][15] It took two weeks to film.[16] Lorre approached the finale with the intention of doing "everything we could to make a finale worth watching."[17]
Jon Cryer revealed that while shooting for the finale, "there was a shoot day when they conspicuously called me and said, 'You're not in it.' I was like, What? What's happening that day?"[18] Cast members were not even allowed to read the whole script and did not see the episode in its entirety until its airdate.[19] According to Cryer, filming for the episode was very emotional, and the finale is unlike any finale he's ever seen before.[20] The animated flashback sequence that filled in the gaps between season 8 and season 9 was created by an outside company from Warner Bros.[16] Unusually for sitcoms shot in front of a live studio audience, the episode was shot out of sequence, it was just a couple of scenes, rather than the usual full episode, in order to shield surprises. Chuck Lorre told the audience members that, "You probably won't know what we're doing." Even Lorre got emotional when introducing the episode to the audience, "It's been an unbelievable experience. I'm getting a little … So, I'm going to stop." Each scene was clapped with the slate by former and current executive producers, including Lorre and Lee Aronsohn. Ashton Kutcher said that the episode felt more like an early episode of the show from its first two or three seasons, pointing to the involvement of Lorre and Aronsohn with Don Reo and Jim Patterson saying, "I felt their presence in the writing, there was a little different bite to it." More than 100 people who work on the show crowded onto its living room set for a group photo.[21]
Lorre said that everybody "had a blast making it", and that the finale was "an attempt to acknowledge everything that we've been through and everything that people have come to expect from the show". He said that no expense was spared for the finale as they didn't need to worry about the budget as they were ending the show anyway and so producers just went "for it".[17] In order to prevent plot details and secrets from being leaked, guest actors were only given the pages they were involved in and certain lines were watermarked.[17] Before 2011, the idea of how the show might end was envisioned as a teary sendoff of Jake to college.[16]
The show was shot on Warner Brothers Stage 26, which was renamed "The Two and a Half Men Stage".[9]
Lorre subsequently revealed in his vanity card that Sheen had been offered a cameo where he would walk up to the door of the beach house, give a rant about the dangers of drug use (for ordinary people) and his own invincibility, at which point his character would be killed by a falling piano. Sheen declined and the scene was filmed with a stand-in, shot from behind, and without dialogue.[22] When discussing the infamous last scene, Lorre said that deciding to put himself in the final shot "felt like comedically the right thing to do. It's like 'Nobody gets out of here alive' may be the theme of this series. The proposition that anybody wins in something like this is ridiculous. That would have felt uncomfortable to me. So the second piano felt like the right thing to do".[16][23]
Vanity card[edit]
Chuck Lorre's signature vanity card, shown at the end of the episode, was as follows:[22]
I know a lot of you might be disappointed that you didn't get to see Charlie Sheen in tonight's finale. For the record, he was offered a role. Our idea was to have him walk up to the front door in the last scene, ring the doorbell, then turn, look directly into the camera and go off on a maniacal rant about the dangers of drug abuse. He would then explain that these dangers only applied to average people. That he was far from average. He was a ninja warrior from Mars. He was invincible.
And then we would drop a piano on him. We thought it was funny. He didn't. Instead, he wanted us to write a heart-warming scene that would set up his return to primetime TV in a new sitcom called The Harpers starring him and Jon Cryer.
We thought that was funny too.
Reception[edit]
Ratings[edit]
"Of Course He's Dead" was a 60-minute episode that originally aired on February 19, 2015 on CBS. The finale was viewed by 13.52 million viewers and received a 3.2 rating/9% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.[24] This means that it was seen by 3.2 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 9 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. This marked a significant increase, of over four million viewers, in the ratings from the previous episode, "Don't Give a Monkey a Gun". It also ranks as the highest rated episode of the season, as well as the highest-rated episode for the series since the tenth season entry "Bazinga! That's from a TV Show", which was viewed by 13.71 million viewers and received a 3.9/12% share.[25] The episode ranked second in its timeslot, being beaten by the ABC drama series Scandal.
Critical reception[edit]
"Of Course He's Dead" received mixed reviews, with praise for the premise, cameo cast and meta-humor, but had criticism for the rushed season finale and anti-climax. Entertainment Weekly found it to be a good piece of television, "some of the unrelenting boldness inherent in the self-referential nature has to be applauded". They praised its unapologetic overtly self-referential meta approach: "Two and a Half Men never beat around the bush with its humor, with its awareness of what the audience thought of its actors. The finale celebrates that with being one of the most meta episodes of television ever devised; like it or not, Two and a Half Men won't apologize for ending that way". Overall they thought "'Of Course He's Dead' is certainly one of the most fascinating finales to air."[26]
IGN gave it a 3.5 out of 10, saying: "I don't think I could come up with a worse ending than a faceless Charlie Harper walking up to the front doorstep of Alan's home, a grand piano falling on his head, and then a pull-out to Chuck Lorre sitting in his director's chair and turning around to say, 'Winning!' — and then a grand piano falling on his head...". They did however praise the clever meta-humor.[27]
Time, on the other hand, gave a positive review of the finale, saying: "Its bawdy, sentimentality-free goodbye was a funny and deeply weird hour of score-setlling, fourth-wall-breaking, hugs-and-tears-denying TV". Overall they felt "the show went out not with a 'Farewell, old friend' but with a 'See you in hell!'. Was it appropriate? Classy? I just know I laughed".[28]
Corey Barker of TV.Com gave the episode a positive review. He thought "it was a legitimately funny episode of television that toyed with viewers' expectations all the way up until the last millisecond", as to whether or not Charlie Sheen would appear, which is what the episode was teasingly building up to. He argued that "it sure was fascinating. And for Two and a Half Men, that's a very fitting way to go out". He believed "Of Course He's Dead" to be more creative and clever than the show ever was: "For a sitcom that I never found to be creative or even clever, Two and a Half Men peppered its final hour with some really amusing — if obvious — moments". He also thought that the fact Sheen never showed up "made the finale's self-aware trolling even more successful."[29]
HollywoodLife gave a positive review, saying they "were still laughing through the entire hour finale of the sitcom". They also enjoyed the self-referential jokes at the expense of the actors and show itself.[30]
Daniel Fienberg of HitFix gave a mixed review, saying: "The only people who lost were fans who watched an hour of the Two and a Half Men finale waiting for Charlie Sheen only to see a body double get flattened by a baby grand." However, he did "chuckle a couple times."[31]
Variety gave a negative review of the episode, saying: "Diving into the business side of the show so relentlessly felt seriously misguided — and more than a little defensive", and that "while the sendoff addressed a certain kind of 'Winning', in the grand pantheon of series finales this wasn't even close to serving up a winner.[32]
Zap2it.com felt that it was "a funny series finale", but was disappointed that Sheen didn't appear.[33]
Michael Hewitt gave the episodes a positive review saying, "Now, that’s how you do a finale." He believed the show closed 'in style'.[34]
Todd VanDerWerff of Vox gave a positive review: "You almost had to admire its sheer willingness to follow its vision off the cliff... it's an utterly bonkers episode of television". In the end he had much respect for the episode, saying: "I was never a huge fan of Two and a Half Men, but I am struck with a weird respect for this episode, which realized it was in a hole and just kept digging. Most American sitcoms end with big group hugs and couples reuniting. But the Two and a Half Men finale is an utterly whacked-out tribute to the series it caps. It gives absolutely no shits, and it's kind of glorious."[35]
Charlie Sheen's reaction[edit]
Charlie Sheen, former star of Two and a Half Men, did not enjoy the episode and launched yet another attack on Lorre, going so far as to threaten him saying, "That's just him. I don't care anymore. I don't care if he lives or dies. Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. Seriously, it doesn't even matter. To go that low and be that immature and that completely unevolved and that stupid? In my face, Really? You must feel safe, motherfucker. You must feel safe where you live. Damn!".[36][37][38]
References[edit]
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"Slave to the Rhythm"
Song by Michael Jackson
from the album Xscape
Released
May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08)
Format
CD
digital download
Recorded
1989–1991 (original)
2013–2014 (reworked)
Genre
R&B
synthpop
electropop
new jack swing
Length
4:15 (album version)
4:35 (original version)
3:30 (radio edit)
Label
MJJ
Epic
Songwriter(s)
L.A. Reid
Babyface
Daryl Simmons
Kevin Roberson
Producer(s)
L.A. Reid
Babyface
Timbaland (album version)
Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon (album version)
Xscape track listing
"A Place with No Name"
(4) "Slave to the Rhythm"
(5) "Do You Know Where Your Children Are"
(6)
Music video
"Slave To The Rhythm" on YouTube
"Slave to the Rhythm" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The song is the 5th track of Jackson's second posthumous album Xscape.[1] Despite not being released as a single, the song appeared on several notable music charts due to digital downloads and streaming. Sony Mobile used a snippet of "Slave to the Rhythm" in their advertising campaign for the Xperia Z2 mobile phone. It was performed live at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards with a "Pepper's ghost" of Michael Jackson.[2] Due to streaming of the "hologram" performance on Billboard, the song debuted at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Jackson a posthumous 50th entry on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]
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2 Release
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6 References
Background and leak[edit]
The song was written and recorded in 1991, with L.A. Reid and Babyface during sessions for the Dangerous album,[4] but didn't make the final cut. In 2010, a version of the song remixed by Tricky Stewart was leaked. This remix remains unreleased officially, but a snippet was played on the Ellen DeGeneres Show in the weeks before the release of Xscape. In 2013, another version of the song leaked (produced by Max Methods the Michael Jackson Estate had not authorized release of this recording, and has since made attempts to remove the song from as many sites and YouTube channels as possible.
Release[edit]
In February 2014, Sony and Jackson's estate announced a partnership with Sony Mobile that saw the release of an ad incorporating a new version of the track "Slave to the Rhythm", which had been confirmed as one of the album tracks. The Re-tooled Version is produced by Timbaland and J-Roc.[5] The commercial advertisement was for Sony Mobile's Xperia Z2 mobile phone.[6] Both Xperia Z2 and M2 come with "Slave to the Rhythm" while users can download the rest of the album [7] The original version is found in the deluxe edition of the Xscape album.
Live performance[edit]
On May 18, 2014, a Pepper's ghost (incorrectly referred to as a hologram[8]) illusion of Michael Jackson performed "Slave to the Rhythm", for the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The selection of the song "Slave to the Rhythm" for the performance was made in late 2013.
The Talauega brothers, Rich and Tone, were brought on right after New Year's Day, and they started to draw up dance moves for Jackson and for the other dancers in the film. The brothers' involvement with Jackson dates back to the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards; they also were backup dancers for the HIStory World Tour in 1997. Jamie King was brought in to direct the video, which was produced by Pulse Evolution and Tricycle Logic.[9]
A day after the coverage, the live performance of "Slave to the Rhythm" was uploaded to Michael Jackson's VEVO YouTube Channel.[10] Among Jackson's fans, reception of the performance has been mixed; some fans believe that an impersonator was used.[11]
Charts[edit]
Chart (2014)
Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12]
91
France (SNEP)[13]
119
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14]
48
South Korea International Songs (Gaon)[15]
4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16]
98
US Billboard Hot 100[17]
45
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[18]
12
See also[edit]
List of unreleased Michael Jackson material
Death of Michael Jackson
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Opam, Kwame (March 31, 2014). "New Michael Jackson album 'XSCAPE' will be released May 13th". The Verge. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ Phil Gallo (18 May 2014). "Michael Jackson Hologram Rocks Billboard Music Awards: Go Behind the Scenes". Billboard. Billboard.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Michael Jackson's Billie Jean Returns To Hot 100; Legend Lands 50th Hit". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tkym9cZuLE
Jump up ^ "New Michael Jackson Album 'Xscape' to Be Released in May". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
Jump up ^ "THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL JACKSON ENTERS PARTNERSHIP WITH SONY MOBILE". Sony Entertainment. michaeljackson.com.
Jump up ^ http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/04/01/michael-jacksons-new-album-xscape-will-be-free-for-2014-xperia-owners/
Jump up ^ "Why Billboard Music Awards' Michael Jackson Can't Be Called a 'Hologram'". hollywoodreporter.com.
Jump up ^ "Michael Jackson Hologram at Billboard Music Awards: How It Came Together (Video)". billboard.com.
Jump up ^ "Michael Jackson - Slave To The Rhythm". youtube.com.
Jump up ^ Wain, Natalie. "Michael Jackson hologram leaves fans disappointed at the Billboard Music Awards". Metro. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Michael Jackson Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Michael Jackson – Slave to the Rhythm" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Michael Jackson – Slave to the Rhythm" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Michael Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Michael Jackson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
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Fallen (2016 film)
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Fallen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Scott Hicks
Produced by
Mark Ciardi
Gordon Gray
Bill Johnson
Jim Seibel
Written by
Nichole Millard
Kathryn Price
Michael Ross
Based on
Fallen
by Lauren Kate
Starring
Addison Timlin
Jeremy Irvine
Harrison Gilbertson
Joely Richardson
Juliet Aubrey
David Schaal
Hermione Corfield
Daisy Head
Malachi Kirby
Lola Kirke
Leo Suter
Music by
Mark Isham
Cinematography
Alar Kivilo
Edited by
Scott Gray
Production
company
Mayhem Pictures
Distributed by
Destination Films
Release date
November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10) (Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia)
March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10) (United Kingdom)[1]
September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Hungary[2]
Language
English
Budget
$40 million[3]
Box office
$41 million[4]
Fallen is an American romantic fantasy film directed by Scott Hicks, based on the novel of same name by Lauren Kate. The film stars Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine, Harrison Gilbertson, and Joely Richardson.[5]
The film was originally set to be released in fall 2015, but it was confirmed by author Lauren Kate that it would be released in 2016 for countries including Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore. Lotus Entertainment will distribute the film,[6] the release was on November 10 in the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia, confirmed by Kate. It is still unknown when Fallen will be released in Australia. The film saw a theatrical release in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2017.[1] On August 2, 2017 Lauren Kate confirmed that Fallen is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 8, 2017, by Vertical Entertainment. It is also set for release on August 8, 2017 on-demand and October 10, 2017 on DVD/Blu-ray.
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Pre-production
3.3 Casting
3.4 Filming
4 Marketing
5 Reception
5.1 Critical reception
6 Sequels
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
Lucinda "Luce" Price is sent to "Sword and Cross", a reform/college prep school for young adults, after she is blamed for the death of Trevor, a boy who Luce once had a crush on. After they kissed, Trevor was killed in a fire shortly after Luce saw the "shadows"; paranormal, ink-like smudges that Luce has been seeing since childhood.
Upon arriving at her new school, Luce meets various students, including Cameron "Cam", who has taken an interest in her; Arriane Alter, who takes Luce under her wing; Molly Zane, who harasses Luce; Pennyweather "Penn", whom Luce befriends; and Daniel. She also meets Miss Sophia, a religious scholar teacher.
During detention (picking up trash), Luce is almost crushed by an avenging angel statue. Later, Cam flirts with Luce and almost kisses her before inviting her to a party. At the party, Luce begins to develops a crush on Cam, but this is hindered by her constant feeling of an unusual connection with Daniel. Molly then shows up, then proceeds to harass and almost kill Luce before Arriane intervenes. As Luce leaves, she sees the "shadows" again.
Luce overhears Sophia telling Daniel that Cam may have been behind the angel statue almost falling on Luce. The two then realize that Luce is listening to them, and Daniel goes after Luce. After he finds her, he reveals that, during class, he was working on a graphic novel. In this novel, a boy and a girl are in love with each other, but are cursed such that every time they kiss, the girl dies; the girl then reincarnates, meets the boy (who never ages or changes) 17 years later, and they kiss again, only for the cycle to repeat.
Cam lures Luce to a club, where he tries to kiss her, only to be violently interrupted by Daniel, who yells that he had told Cam to stay away from Luce; Luce, fleeing the scene, then tells Penn what happened. Penn and another boy, Todd, help Luce sneak into the school and discover a photo from 1854 of Daniel and Luce. As Penn wanders off to retrieve the photo from the printer, Luce goes to the library, where she sees the "shadows" again. Another mysterious fire then occurs that ends up engulfing the library and killing Todd. Daniel rescues an unconscious Luce from the fire.
Luce finds Daniel on a roof top, where it is revealed that Luce and Daniel are the boy and girl from Daniel's graphic novel, and that Daniel is a fallen angel, which explains his immortality. The two kiss, but Cam arrives, telling Luce that she has not been baptized, meaning that Lucifer will come for her. He tries to convince Luce to pick him instead of Daniel, but Daniel whisks Luce away and drops her off with Sophia, leaving to fight Cam and keep Lucifer from coming for Luce.
As the two fight, Cam reveals that he was not the one behind Luce's murder; meanwhile, Sophia kills Penn. Luce screams, causing Daniel to come to Luce's aid and protect Sophia, who was actually the one trying to kill Luce. Sophia justifies her murders by explaining that, with Luce gone, Daniel would have been forced to choose a side and order would have been restored. The shadows show up behind Sophia as she is talking and consume her.
Daniel explains to a visibly shaken Luce that Luce's lack of a baptism would cause her next death to be permanent; Sophia thought that this would cause Daniel to choose Heaven. He also tells her that Lucifer will indeed come for her due to her lack of a baptism. He tells her that he must take her somewhere safe, which he proceeds to do as the two declare their love for each other.
Cast[edit]
Addison Timlin as Lucinda "Luce" Price
Jeremy Irvine as Daniel Grigori
Harrison Gilbertson as Cameron "Cam" Briel
Daisy Head as Arriane Alter
Lola Kirke as Pennyweather "Penn" Van Syckle-Lockwood
Sianoa Smit-McPhee as Molly Zane
Hermione Corfield as Gabrielle "Gabbe" Givens
Malachi Kirby as Roland Sparks
Joely Richardson as Sophia Bliss
Juliet Aubrey as Doreen Price
Paul Slack as Harry Price
Leo Suter as Trevor Beckman
Chris Ashby as Todd Hammond
Auguszta Tóth as Todd Hammond's Mother
David Schaal as Randy
Norma Kuhling as Rachel
Richard Ryan as Coach
Rick Lipton as Detectives
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Lotus Entertainment[7] is the producer in charge of taking the adaptation to the cinema, initially when the novel was bought in December 2009, the producing company Walt Disney Pictures was the first to buy the whole saga since Fallen ones consists of 5 books and an annex, In total 6, but by the middle of 2013, Disney declined and withdrew from the project, leaving all production to Lotus Entertainment.[8] The post-production began in May 2014 after the recordings were finished in Budapest, Hungary.[9]
Pre-production[edit]
Pre-production started from September 2013, while recordings began in February 2014 in Budapest, Hungary, recordings were spread over 7 months of recordings, 5 months of tape recordings and 3 months of voice recordings, later the film had been finished in April 2016, the film was two years in pre-production.[2] Origo Film Group studios in Budapest were chosen for the film's production, work on the "angels" flight scenes and the construction of some planes of exterior areas, in the studios, could be analyzed and viewed detail the elaboration and the final work before the introduction of the special effects.[10]
Casting[edit]
On August 16, 2013, two main characters were announced, Addison Timlin[11] would play Lucinda "Luce" Price and Jeremy Irvine[12] would play Daniel Grigori, both were released by writer Lauren Kate on their website. Later on September 25, 2013 it was officially announced that the Australian Harrison Gilbertson[13][14] would play Cameron "Cam" Briel, the third main character. On January 19, 2014 it was officially confirmed in Australia "IF" magazine on its website that Australia's Sianoa Smit-McPhee would play "Molly", the antagonistic character.[15]
On February 17, it was announced by a Twitter message in the official account of the actress Hermione Corfield her stay in Budapest, days later would confirm her participation in the adaptation of Fallen side in the role of "Gabbe."[16] On March 1, 2014 actress Juliet Aubrey confirmed her involvement in the adaptation as Luce's mother, Doreen Price.[17] On February 18, 2014 was officially announced that actress Daisy Head would play Arriane Alter, this was released by the father of the actress via Twitter.[18] On April 9, 2014, the remaining members of the rest of the cast were officially announced on the website of Fallen Writer, Lauren Kate. The actor Malachi Kirby will play Roland Sparks, the English actress Lola Kirke will be the one of life to Penn and Chris Ashby like Todd Hammond, the other actors that already had been confirmed like Hermione Corfield (Gabbe), Daisy Head (Arriane Alter) and Sianoa Smit-McPhee (Molly), have also been confirmed by the writer officially on their website, later the rest of the remaining characters were officially confirmed.[19]
Curiously, the actor Jeremy Irvine[20] who incarnated fallen angel (Daniel), was involved in the casting process for other young adult franchises that became adapted into films, such as, The Hunger Games for the role of Peeta Mellark and in Divergent for the role of Tobias 'Four' Eaton, both were rejected by him. Later in the auditions of Fallen, Irvine was fascinated by the script and chose to stay with the project.[21]
Filming[edit]
After the change of producers, the producers and the director Scott Hicks[22] began the search of the set, the chosen place was the European country of Hungary; Approximately 2 km from the capital of Hungary was the place chosen to begin the recordings, but were different places where Dark was recorded, the first was Tura Castle, would be the main enclosure that would conform to Sword & Cross, together with the castle Wenckheim-kastély (Szabadkígyós) also located in Hungary, the library would be another enclosure apart where they were filmed, the three buildings formed the reformatory.[23] Subsequently, filming date had been established at the beginning of September, but was delayed until February 9, 2014 in Budapest.[24] There were five months of recordings plus two extra weeks of voice recording between the end of July and August.[25][26]
The first building forms the classrooms, the reception and the bedrooms,[27] the second building houses the swimming pool and the third building houses the library; it is noteworthy that the cemetery that is narrated in the book was omitted.[28]
Marketing[edit]
Lauren Kate and Addison Timlin at the Comic Con Experience in Brazil promoting the film in December 2016.
By the end of 2016, the trailer for Fallen leaked in the Philippines, the first country to be chosen for the premiere of the film, with low resolution and poor quality of image and sound. Lotus Entertainment had to re-edit the trailer, modify small scenes and include credits at the end, once it had leaked.
The leak forced the company to set a release date. It started a speculation about the delay the film suffered for years, however it was known that Fallen did not have a distribution company. Later Relativity Media, directed by Ryan Kavanaugh was interested in distributing it, after several days of negotiation. In the end the release date was greenlit, with the premiere taking place at the Philippines.[29][30] The film is scheduled to be released on September 1, 2017, by Vertical Entertainment.[31]
In December 2016, the film was promoted at the Brazilian Comic-Con Experiencie, where Fallen had its own panel. A press conference took place with Lauren Kate (writer of Fallen) and Addison Timlin (Lucinda Price). During the event the Brazilian trailer was shown for the fans.[32]
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 7% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 3.2/10.[33]
Sequels[edit]
In December 2014, it was announced that Torment, the second installment in the Fallen book series, was in development.[3] It is unknown whether the last two novels, Passion and Rapture, and the spin-off novel, Unforgiven, will be adapted as well. In 2017, producer Kevan Van Thompson asked the fans if they want an adaptation of "Torment", showing that the sequel still could be made.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c "Fallen (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "'FALLEN' Movie Wraps Production in Hunfary". Your Entertainment Corner. May 15, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b McNary, Dave (December 18, 2014). "'Fallen' Sequel in Development at Aspire (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
Jump up ^ Web, Omelete (December 12, 2016). "Fallen taking in the world". Omelete.com.br. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ Fleming Jr, Mike (August 16, 2013). "Lotus, Mayhem Set Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine For Gothic YA Novel Pic 'Fallen'". Deadline. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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