From Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures comes the
action adventure “The Legend of Tarzan,” starring Alexander Skarsgård
(HBO’s “True Blood”) as the legendary character created by Edgar Rice
Burroughs.
The film also stars Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson
(“Pulp Fiction,” the “Captain America” films), Margot Robbie (“The Wolf
of Wall Street”), Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou (“Blood Diamond,”
“Gladiator”), Oscar nominee John Hurt (“The Elephant Man,” the “Harry
Potter” films), with Oscar winner Jim Broadbent (“Iris”), and two-time
Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Django
Unchained”).
It has been years since the man once known as
Tarzan (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified
life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane
(Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to
serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a
deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian,
Captain Leon Rom (Waltz). But those behind the murderous plot have no
idea what they are about to unleash.
David Yates (the final four
“Harry Potter” films, upcoming “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them”) directed “The Legend of Tarzan” from a screenplay by Adam Cozad
and Craig Brewer, story by Brewer and Cozad based on the Tarzan stories
created by Burroughs. Legendary producer Jerry Weintraub (“Behind the
Candelabra,” the “Ocean’s” trilogy) produced the film, together with
David Barron (the “Harry Potter” films, “Cinderella”), Alan Riche
(“Southpaw”) and Tony Ludwig (“Starsky & Hutch”). Susan Ekins,
Nikolas Korda, Keith Goldberg, David Yates, Mike Richardson and Bruce
Berman served as executive producers.
The behind-the-scenes
creative team included director of photography Henry Braham (“The Golden
Compass”), Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig (“Dangerous
Liaisons,” “The English Patient,” the “Harry Potter” films), editor Mark
Day (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 & 2”), and
Oscar-nominated costume designer Ruth Myers (“Emma,” “Unknown”). “The Legend of Tarzan” was shot at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, as well as on location around the UK.
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Jerry Weintraub production, “The Legend of Tarzan” is slated for
release on July 1, 2016. The film will be distributed in 2D and 3D in
select theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros.
Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow
Pictures.
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