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*deactivated* The Last Unicorn

Synopsis

Based upon Peter S. Beagle’s classic fantasy novel, the magnificent unicorn was the last one in the enchanted forest when the other unicorns were captured by the monstrous and fiery Red Bull. She teams up with the independent magician Schmendrick and his fiesty partner Molly Grue to find them and defeat the Red Bull and its true master, the evil King Haggard.

Details

Year
2021
Type of film
Features
Running time
108 min
Format
70mm
Director
Ron Howard
Producer
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, David Spence, David Heyman
Executive Producer
Tim Lewis, Rosie Alison
Editor
Bob Ducsay
Screenwriter
Jack Thorne (script), Tom Stoppard (script), Richard LaGravanese (script), Peter S. Beagle (novel)
Director of Photography
Salvatore Totino
Production Designer
Dennis Gassner
Music
Hans Zimmer, Thomas Newman
Principal cast
Saoirse Ronan, David Spence, Halle Berry, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Julie Walters, Peter Dinklage, Warwick Davis, Brendan Gleeson
Costume Designer
Colleen Atwood, Joanna Johnston

Genre

Horror Children’s Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

UK, US co-production

Lionsgate Films (US/UK), Imagine Entertainment (US), Walden Media (US), Heyday Films (UK)

Imagine Entertainment

150 South El Camino Drive
Beverly Hills
California
CA 90212
USA

Heyday Films

5 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LP

Sales Company

Lionsgate Films

Santa Monica
California
USA

Lionsgate UK

45 Mortimer Street
5th Floor
Fitzrovia
London
W1W 8HJ

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