Brightburn
Brightburn is a 2019 American superhero horror film directed by David Yarovesky, written by Brian and Mark Gunn, and produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones and Meredith Hagner, the plot follows Brandon Breyer, a young boy of extraterrestrial origin reared on Earth who discovers he has superpowers, using them with dark intentions. The film was produced and financed by Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, The H Collective and Troll Court Entertainment.
Plot
In 2006, a spaceship crashes in a forest in Brightburn, Kansas. Tori and Kyle Breyer, a couple who are trying but unable to conceive, see an explosion from their house and go out to the crash site. When they reach the crash they find a spaceship with a baby inside, whom they adopt and name Brandon. The spacecraft is then hidden in their barn, which Brandon's parents tell him to stay away from. Around Brandon's 12th birthday, he begins to discover he has exceptional strength, as well as the ability to fly. It is revealed that Brandon has never bled or received a bruise. His disposition also changes, from a sweet child to having anger and temper issues.
More details
author | Brian Gunn Mark Gunn |
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contentLocation | Kansas |
director | David Yarovesky |
editor | Andrew S. Eisen Peter Gvozdas |
genre | horror science fiction thriller |
keywords | build bully chant cryptids cut draw hunting rifle hunting trip kansa kill list of cryptids mid-credits scene middle school morning news report remember rule sneaking in socially awkward spaceship crash |
musicBy | Timothy Williams |
producer | James Gunn Kenneth Huang |
productionCompany | Screen Gems Stage 6 Films The H Collective Troll Court Entertainment |
publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
theme | coming-of-age extraterrestrial life science fiction horror science fiction thriller superhero |