Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose … The Hunt.
In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, a group of globalist elites gathers for the very first time at a remote Manor House to hunt humans for sport. But the elites’ master plan is about to be derailed because one of the hunted, Crystal (Betty Gilpin), knows the game better than they do.
The Hunt is an action horror film directed by Craig Zobel written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof, based on the 1924 short story, The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell. Jason Blum is serving as a producer under his Blumhouse Productions banner.
- Starring : Betty Gilpin/ Emma Roberts / Hilary Swank
- Genre : Action / Horror / Thriller
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : Craig Zobel
- Production : Blumhouse Productions / White Rabbit
- Distributor : Universal Pictures International (UPI) / Universal Pictures
The Hunt movie
The Hunt release date
- March 13, 2020 : USA
The Hunt cast
- Betty Gilpin as Crystal
- Emma Roberts
- Hilary Swank
- Ike Barinholtz
- Justin Hartley
- Amy Madigan
- Glenn Howerton
- Macon Blair as Envoy
- Teri Wyble as Liberty
- Alexander Babara as Bojan
- Steve Coulter as Doctor Ted
- Wayne Duvall as Don
- Sturgill Simpson as Kid Rock
- J.C. MacKenzie as Paul
- Reed Birney as Pop
The Hunt was originally scheduled for release on September 27, 2019. However, following the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings in early August 2019, Universal Pictures decided to shelve the release of the film. The decision came a day after criticism regarding the film came from no less than US President Donald Trump. It has since been rescheduled for a theatrical release on March 13, 2020.
In March 2018, Universal Pictures acquired the rights to the film, which would be directed by Craig Zobel with a script from Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof.
In March 2019, Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Glenn Howerton, Ike Barinholtz and Betty Gilpin were announced as being cast in the film. In April 2019, Amy Madigan, Jim Klock, Charli Slaughter, Steve Mokate and Dean West joined the cast of the film. Hilary Swank was announced as being cast in July.
Filming for The Hunt began on February 20, 2019, in New Orleans and finished first week of April.
On August 7, 2019, Universal announced that in the wake of the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings, they would be suspending the film’s promotional campaign. Several days later, The Hunt was pulled from the studio’s release schedule.
In a statement to Variety, Universal pushed back on a report that test audiences had been uncomfortable with The Hunt’s political slant, and also countered claims that the script had originally had a politically explosive title. “While some outlets have indicated that test screenings for ‘The Hunt’ resulted in negative audience feedback; in fact, the film was very well-received and tallied one of the highest test scores for an original Blumhouse film,” a Universal spokesperson said. “Additionally, no audience members in attendance at the test screening expressed discomfort with any political discussion in the film.”
Prior to the film’s shelving, The Hunt attracted criticism from some of the media as an alleged portrayal of liberal elitists hunting supporters of Donald Trump. Trump issued a tweet on August 9, 2019, calling “Liberal Hollywood” “racist at the highest level” and saying that, “The movie coming out is made in order to inflame and cause chaos.” Although Trump did not specify the name of the film, news vehicles believed that was most likely a reference to The Hunt.
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