{"id":8977,"date":"2019-09-13T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T12:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=8977"},"modified":"2019-09-13T14:52:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T12:52:47","slug":"gemini-man-in-cinemas-11-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/09\/13\/gemini-man-in-cinemas-11-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemini Man – In Cinemas 11 October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Synopsis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gemini Man is an innovative action-thriller starring Will Smith as Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, who is suddenly targeted and pursued by a mysterious young operative that seemingly can predict his every move. The film is directed by Academy Award\u00ae-winning filmmaker Ang Lee and produced by renown producers Jerry Bruckheimer, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger. Also starring are Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen and Benedict Wong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five Things You Need To Know Now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Will Smith like you\u2019ve never seen him. Twice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gemini Man features two Will Smiths, him playing both a 51-year-old assassin and the 23-year-old assassin out to kill him. Smith\u2019s younger self is a fully realized digital human so sophisticated the pair are able to do hand to hand combat seamlessly on screen, in an astonishing double-performance. \u201cYou\u2019re looking at Will looking at himself, 30 years younger,\u201d says producer Jerry Bruckheimer. \u201cThat\u2019s a phenomenal experience for an audience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Junior cries, its Will Smith\u2019s tears<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not de-ageing, this is not face replacement \u2013 Junior is a completely digital creation, 100% driven by Will Smith\u2019s performance capture,\u201d says VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer. Every tear he cries, every punch he throws, everything you see is all pure Smith. \u201cWhen I first saw it,\u201d says the actor of his game-changing dual performance, \u201cit was freaky. It was me. I was looking at the perfect 23-year-old version of me, like somebody took all the flaws out. It\u2019s cinematically astounding. This is going to change how movies are made, and how movies are seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get ready for \u2018Bike-Fu\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is another dimension, something we\u2019ve never experienced before,\u201d says Ang Lee of this all-new, immersive audience experience. The director has fully embraced the unparalleled action possibilities, using the term \u2018Bike-Fu\u2019 to describe a spectacular bike chase in Cartagena in which we witness duelling Will Smiths use motorbikes as weapons against each other. \u201cAng is making a leap forward that no other director has even tried to do,\u201d says Jerry Bruckheimer of the Oscar-winning pioneer. \u201cIt\u2019s exquisite,\u201d adds Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel like a part of the action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GEMINI MAN is also a next-level 3D HD viewing experience beyond what audiences have seen before on the big screen. The ultimate action movie, from two names synonymous with event-movie spectacle \u2013 Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Pirates Of The Caribbean) and David Ellison\u2019s Skydance (Mission: Impossible, The Terminator Dark Fate) \u2013 it has been shot at a ground-breaking 120 frames per second, in 4K 3D. \u201cWhich sounds complicated,\u201d says VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer. \u201cBut what it means is simple: the audience is [put] right in the middle of the action, with the actors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting without artifice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using traditional make-up on set was impossible, with the cameras so powerful they could pick up how the blood vessels in the actors\u2019 faces reacted. So, the make-up department developed a new translucence, to capture the subtleties in performance. For Lee and Smith, partnering to push themselves and each other to new heights, the results were astonishing. \u201cI couldn\u2019t have played Junior at 23 years old,\u201d says Smith, \u201cbut now I\u2019m able to because of the amount of experience I\u2019ve had.\u201d Or, as Lee marvels, \u201cI found a new Will Smith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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