CHAOS WALKING has suffered its fair share of delays since production wrapped way back in November of 2017. It almost felt like we would never get to the science-fiction film starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley but it looks like the wait is finally over. Lionsgate has unveiled the first trailer for the film which is expected to arrive in early 2021.
Directed by Doug Liman, CHAOS WALKING is based on the 2008 novel "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Ford. In the film, on a colony called the New World, Todd Hewitt (Holland) has been brought up to believe that a pathogen has killed all women and unleashed the Noise, the ability to hear people's and animals' minds. Later, he comes upon a patch of silence and soon discovers the source of the silence: a mysterious woman named Viola Eade (Ridley) – the first he has ever met. As he is hunted down by the fanatical Mayor Prentiss (Mads Mikkelsen), the pair discover the secret history of their world. The film also stars Demian Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick. Jonas, and David Oyelowo.
After CHAOS WALKING wrapped shooting in 2017, it was reported that the film was scheduled to have several weeks of reshoots in late 2018 or early 2019 due to poor test screenings. Ridley's commitment to STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER and Holland's to SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME didn't allow those reshoots to actually happen until April 2019. The reshoots, which were actually directed by Fede Alvarez, took place in Atlanta and lasted through May. They also added another $15 million to the film's budget, bringing it to $100 million. CHAOS WALKING is now scheduled for release on January 22, 2021, after a previously scheduled release date of March 1, 2019, which was scrapped due to the necessary reshoots.
Sounds like this film has had its fair share of problems. Do YOU think the movie will overcome them? CHAOS WALKING hits screens on January 22, 2021.