Duncan jones first made a name for himself as a director by delivering wellreceived scifi offerings moon and source code. Mute official trailer 2018 duncan jones netflix sci fi movie hd one media. How a beaten and bruised duncan jones found himself. Duncan jones original version of mute was very different. Watching the noirish scifi movie mute, from english filmmaker duncan jones source code, warcraft, i couldnt help wondering about the intended audience the director made the film for, and whether id spent the last few years awaiting its 16yearsinthemaking release in vain. Watch the first trailer for duncan jones new film mute. An oslo detective with a painful past returns to his native iceland to help a hot. Duncan jones 2009 film moon heralded the arrival of fresh and exciting voice in the science fiction genre. He is best known for directing the films moon 2009, for which he won the bafta award for outstanding debut by a british writer, director or producer, source code 2011, warcraft 2016 and mute 2018. Alexander skarsgard, paul rudd, justin theroux, seyneb saleh en nikki lamborn. The moon and warcraft director has revealed that his longinthemaking scifi film noire, mute, will. Leo beiler, a mute bartender, searches for his missing girlfriend, naadirah, in the rolling city of immigrants where two american surgeons are the only recurring clues.
Jan 30, 2018 duncan jones new movie arrives on netflix in february. One thing i like about duncan joness scifi mystery mute which is now streaming on netflix is that it approaches the future in the way a movie. Duncan jones tells rian johnson why he wont work exclusively with netflix on future projects. When his girlfriend vanishes, a mute man ventures into a nearfuture berlins seamy underworld. But he also held it up as a potential virtue when it comes to one of the companys releases this year. Duncan jones latest film, mute, looks like a colorful. Duncan jones wrote the beginnings of mute fourteen years ago, and initially planned to make it before moon, but only worked out a distribution deal with netflix for this year. The last jedis rian johnson interviewed director duncan jones about the filmmakers process. Duncan jones hopes netflix project mute will play in. Duncan jones can rebound from mute by finding another. Crime movies, gangster movies, thriller movies, crime thrillers, mysteries, scifi thrillers, scifi. The film follows a mute bartender who goes up against his citys gangsters in an effort to find out what happened.
Mute is out now on netflix and the duncan jones scifi epic has been slammed by critics, following. Mute director duncan jones set to direct his first tv series with killer intent. Mute is a 2018 neonoir science fiction film directed by duncan jones, who cowrote the script. Why duncan jones mute fails in a postblade runner world. It stars alexander skarsgard, paul rudd, justin theroux, robert sheehan, noel clarke, florence kasumba, and dominic monaghan, revolving around a mute bartender skarsgard searching for the love of his life seyneb saleh who has. Feb 23, 2018 screen rant was able to sit down with duncan jones ahead of netflixs release of his new film mute, starring alexander skargard, paul rudd, and justin theroux. Duncan jones was born on may 30, 1971 in bromley, kent, england as duncan zowie haywood jones. Duncan jones, the director behind moon, warcraft, and mute, is set to direct his first tv series, which will be an adaptation of the novel thriller killer intent. Sep 21, 2016 duncan jones is heading to berlin to begin shooting his dream project, the scifi mute starring alexander skarsgard and paul rudd. Netflix has unveiled its first trailer for mute, the latest film from warcraft director duncan jones, who confirmed earlier this month that it would begin streaming on february 23rd. Duncan jones recently talked to metro about mutes 16year journey to release, netflix, and the death of original hollywood cinema. Things i likefans of duncan jones moon will enjoy seeing the news clips in the background of scenes. Jan 06, 2017 the first batch of images from mute, duncan jones directorial followup to warcraft, have arrived online. Mute is the second of what jones hopes will be a trilogy of anthological films set in the same universe.
Duncan jones mute is an interesting film, its just not a. Mar 05, 2018 the recentlyreleased netflix film mute, directed by duncan jones, is a modernday frankenstein of outsourced scifi ideas i. When his girlfriend vanishes, a mute man ventures into a nearfuture berlins seamy underworld, where his actions speak louder than words. Feb 25, 2018 duncan jones had previous scifi hits with source code and moon, but his latest for netflix, mute, is an unequivocal, unwatchable disaster. Why duncan joness mute represents a crossroads for netflix. Moon, amazing movie that set in motion a promising rising star source code, an ok movie with a strange plot that didnt live up to his previous expectations warcraft, a pretty disjointed and puzzling movie that couldnt get it together that is failing to reach even the previous work mute, an apparent disaster neill blomkamp. Critics have had a lot to say about mute, the new film from writerdirector duncan jones, which has just launched on netflix. Us movies, crime movies, gangster movies, thriller movies, crime thrillers, mysteries, scifi thrillers. Support the guardian available for everyone, funded by readers.
But when youre watching it, you might notice something weird. Starring tarzans alexander skarsgard and paul rudd, mute is set in berlin in the year 2052. Netflixs mute by duncan jones is more warcraft than moon. Its a movie with its own characters, setting, and story.
After 16 years in development, duncan jones mute arrives on netflix tomorrow. Sep 29, 2016 duncan joness mute to be netflix release. The director duncan joness 2009 debut, moon, was that rare beast. Alexander skarsgard as leo beiler, a mute man with a violent past. Mute is the title of a movie director duncan jones has been talking about for some time. Duncan jones can rebound from mute by finding another source code by marshall shaffer. Who fell off worse since their 2009 scifi debut, duncan jones or neil blomkept jones for sure. Duncan jones to begin shooting his longawaited scifi. To be clear, i kind of liked warcraft, and it made a lot of. Mute also known as moon ii in some countries is a 2018 neonoir science fiction film directed by duncan jones, who cowrote the script with michael robert johnson. Feb 21, 2018 duncan jones latest is stuffed with detail and some lovely callbacks to his previous work.
Screen rant was able to sit down with duncan jones ahead of netflixs release of his new film mute, starring alexander skargard, paul rudd, and justin theroux. This soulful scifi journey from filmmaker duncan jones moon. How a beaten and bruised duncan jones found himself again. Mute is a science fiction movie that has some good parts, but when all those good parts come together the movie does not work. Sam rockwell played a miner on the far side of the moon, with only a robot for company, slowly. Empire has debuted a brand new image from duncan jones upcoming netflix movie mute. When duncan jones announced that he was finally making mute, a scifi mystery thriller that was intended to be his first feature, but had long wallowed in development hell owing to a lack of. Duncan jones on mutes connection to moon and what comes next. Duncan jones impressive 2009 feature, moon, feels more like a fluke with every subsequent entry into his filmography. Three of the films main cast members, alexander skarsgard, paul rudd and justin theroux. Mute official trailer 2018 duncan jones netflix sci fi. It is the fourth film for jones, who made an outstanding debut in 2009 with moon, starring sam rockwell, and fol. In his interview with the magazine, jones, who is known for. Netflixs confidence in filmmakers vision and willingness to take huge leaps just because an idea sounds cool and original is quite admirable and has led to the bigbudget realisation of some.
Its not just a movie, but in many ways the culmination of his life and career to this point, a synthesis of experiences and thesis project about everything hes learned, developed and redeveloped over time to match a rollercoaster decade and a half. Duncan jones on mute and where to go next after a couple of crappy years. Duncan jones dedicates netflix movie mute to late father david bowie by zack sharf, indiewire feb 20, 2018 an awful lot of the story revolves around the nature of parenthood, said jones. Duncan joness mute to be netflix release screen rant. He has been married to rodene ronquillo since november 6. Mute, from duncan jones, which landed on netflix today. It follows the story of a bartender skarsgard looking for his missing girlfriend. Jones spent 16 years trying to get the film made, during which time he shot awardwinning debut moon, scifi thriller source code and fantasy warcraft, before finally shooting mute in. Warcraft director duncan jones has said that he hopes his next project the futuristic scifi mute pictured which has been produced and financed by netflix will get a theatrical run, but has. After a bit of a misstep with warcraft, director duncan jones has a new movie that hes describing as a successor to his debut moon. If anything, in his illustrious yet short career, id say moon is his greatest piece of work. A mute bartender goes up against his citys gangsters in an. With alexander skarsgard, paul rudd, justin theroux, levi eisenblatter.
A space odyssey and solaris without being too derivative. The director duncan jones moon, source code returns to the genre that launched him, but this netflix futurenoir is a. And for duncan jones, one of these revelations was that it was finally time to make the movie hes been trying to get made for the last 16 years. Mute, a netflix original film from filmmaker duncan jones. Mute closes with a dedication to director duncan jones childhood nanny, and to his father, david jones, aka david bowie. He is best known for directing the films moon 2009, for which he won the bafta award for outstanding debut by a british writer, director or producer, source code 2011, warcraft 2016 and mute 2018 he is the son of the late english singersongwriter david bowie. Even before that blatant acknowledgement, mute has obvious.
Director duncan jones has been blowing us away ever since moon was released in 2009. Mute, duncan jones latest scifi epic, fails in large part because it focuses on presenting blade runneresque style over actual substance. Duncan zowie haywood jones born 30 may 1971 is a british film director, producer and screenwriter. Following moon s success, the buzz surrounding jones passion project began. The discussion ranged from his thoughts on smaller, more independent films finding a home on streaming services like netflix and amazon to the possibility of making a film based on the world of the comic 2000 ad. All the updates, trailers, and commentary for mute, duncan jones long awaited film watch the first trailer for duncan jones new film mute duncan jones mute will be distributed by netflix. On the surface, duncan jones new movie mute is a singular thing.
Duncan jones celebrity profile check out the latest duncan jones photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Mute director duncan jones offers his take on netflix vs. Oct 12, 2016 mute, a netflix original film from filmmaker duncan jones, commences principal photography alexander skarsgard, paul rudd and justin theroux topline the futuristic thriller shooting in berlin beverly hills, ca october 12, 2016 netflix announced that principal photography commenced this week on filmmaker duncan joness warcraft. Feb 23, 2018 at the grove netflix screened mute and star wars. Venom movie download amazon prime now tv netflix stream online. A mute bartender goes up against his citys gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner.
New image from duncan jones netflix movie mute debuts. Paul rudd and justin theroux are playing weird versions of the mash original movie doctors. Prepare yourself for mute, a new netflix original film by visionary director duncan jones, starring alexander skarsgard, paul rudd and justin. Dedicated to both bowie and skene, mute is the second of what jones hopes will be a trilogy of anthological films set in the same universe, which began with his first feature, 2009s moon.
But then chappie was a real mess compared to warcraft. Duncan jones on mute and where to go next after a few. How a beaten and bruised duncan jones found himself again through mute. The duncan jonesdirected film dropped on february 23. Feb 27, 2018 duncan jones mute couldnt work in a postblade runner world. Mute is riddled with unoriginal elements, from the blade runner inspired visuals to the generic missing persons story, to the underdeveloped characters. According to the director duncan jones, mute, his new film debuting friday on netflix, was not originally intended as a work of scifi. Paul rudd and justin theroux star in this futuristic thriller from director duncan jones moon. Why duncan jones mute fails in a postblade runner world cbr. Duncan jones first burst onto the scene in 2009 with the acclaimed moon, a clever film that featured a brilliant central performance by sam rockwell, and proved that you didnt need a big budget to make engaging, cerebral scifi. But for almost a decade prior to moon, jones had been working on a film called mute. A mute bartender goes up against his citys gangsters in an effort to find out what. Well, it turns out hes finally going to start shooting the film next weekand. Jan 19, 2018 duncan jones next movie wont be coming to theaters its going straight to streaming.
Duncan jones mute will be distributed by netflix the verge. Get the latest indiewire alerts and newsletters delivered directly to your inbox. He is a director and writer, known for moon 2009, source code 2011 and mute 2018. Let be start by explaining that for those that dont know, duncan jones is a director. Mute director duncan jones visits the collider studio to talk about the 16year journey to complete the film, share his thoughts on netflix versus theatrical distribution, and more. The film was smart, thoughtprovoking, and paid homage to its cinematic forefathers most notably 2001.
Duncan jones netflix release arrives on the streaming platform. Thriller movies, crime thrillers, film noir, gangster movies, mysteries, scifi thrillers, scifi. Clearly expecting a mixed response to mute ahead of its release on netflix last night, jones tweeted a picture of a jar of marmite, which, with its loveitorhateit analogy, if anything does a. The acting is absolutely appalling, whey did they get the girl with the blue hair from. Netflixs mute comes alive in vibrant, hypnotizing first trailer.