Like many coming-of-age directorial feature debuts, Dìdi (弟弟) is semiautobiographical, but Sean Wang’s personal background played as much of a role in literally making the movie as it did in inspiring its narrative.
The film, which was acquired by Focus after winning the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance in January, is the opening night feature tonight at Sffilm, Wang’s hometown festival. Both fests played a role in the development of the movie, with Wang having picked up multiple grants and fellowship awards, including a 2022 Sffilm Rainin Grant, in his journey to the screen. His tenure at the Google Creative Lab before becoming a professional filmmaker also equipped him with a unique cinematic toolkit for telling a hyper-specific story about being an adolescent during social media’s adolescence.
And finally, Wang not only depicts a fictionalized version of his family unit in the movie, with Joan Chen...
The film, which was acquired by Focus after winning the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance in January, is the opening night feature tonight at Sffilm, Wang’s hometown festival. Both fests played a role in the development of the movie, with Wang having picked up multiple grants and fellowship awards, including a 2022 Sffilm Rainin Grant, in his journey to the screen. His tenure at the Google Creative Lab before becoming a professional filmmaker also equipped him with a unique cinematic toolkit for telling a hyper-specific story about being an adolescent during social media’s adolescence.
And finally, Wang not only depicts a fictionalized version of his family unit in the movie, with Joan Chen...
- 4/25/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In 2018, Aneesh Chaganty's "Searching" changed the mystery movie game by popularizing the "screen life" thriller, framing its action and ample surprises squarely within the confines of a computer screen. The film followed David (John Cho), a widower on the hunt for his missing teen daughter Margot (Michelle La), and it proved to be a surprise box office hit thanks to its novel concept and a great performance by Cho. With a $75 million box office haul against a shoestring budget, a follow-up film seemed like a no-brainer. That's where "Missing" comes in.
Released in spring 2023, "Missing" doesn't actually have much in common with "Searching" aside from an excellent lead actor, some producers and crew members, and a story about a missing family member. The movie is a standalone sequel, meaning it makes total sense even if you never saw "Searching." But "Missing" is anything but simple; with countless twists and...
Released in spring 2023, "Missing" doesn't actually have much in common with "Searching" aside from an excellent lead actor, some producers and crew members, and a story about a missing family member. The movie is a standalone sequel, meaning it makes total sense even if you never saw "Searching." But "Missing" is anything but simple; with countless twists and...
- 10/8/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The festival will open with ‘Because I Hate Korea’ and close with ‘The Movie Emperor’.
The Busan International Film Festival has revealed the full line-up for its 2023 edition and announced that Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat will receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
The festival in South Korea will open with the world premiere of Jang Kun-jae’s Because I Hate Korea and close with Ning Hao’s Chinese film industry satire The Movie Emperor, starring Andy Lau, following its debut at Toronto.
At an online press conference today, organisers also revealed that Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat...
The Busan International Film Festival has revealed the full line-up for its 2023 edition and announced that Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat will receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
The festival in South Korea will open with the world premiere of Jang Kun-jae’s Because I Hate Korea and close with Ning Hao’s Chinese film industry satire The Movie Emperor, starring Andy Lau, following its debut at Toronto.
At an online press conference today, organisers also revealed that Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat...
- 9/5/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The excruciatingly familiar application of screenlife in Eva Strelnikova's "Stay Online" summons organic devastation as a livestream-esque replication of wartime atrocities. The first Ukrainian feature film shot since the beginning of Russia's ongoing invasion is an unmissable international thriller. At times, a moving protest against ruling tyrants. At others, a plea for mainstream news cycles not to forget Ukraine in favor of "catchier" headlines. Strelnikova and co-writer Anton Skrypets deliver an emotional haymaker demonizing the senseless bloodshed in their home country that forces you to reckon with Ukraine's ruthless reality wherever you are, shattering the protection we feel from our cozy domestic bubbles.
Katya (Liza Zaitseva) is a volunteer from Kyiv attempting to save lives amidst Russia's Ukrainian attacks. We watch Katya surf applications installed on a donated laptop — video calls, instant messengers, Gps locators — hoping to make a difference. The original user seems to be a husband with...
Katya (Liza Zaitseva) is a volunteer from Kyiv attempting to save lives amidst Russia's Ukrainian attacks. We watch Katya surf applications installed on a donated laptop — video calls, instant messengers, Gps locators — hoping to make a difference. The original user seems to be a husband with...
- 8/10/2023
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
Stars: Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Nia Long | Written and Directed by Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers.
The concept of movies told entirely through a computer or phone screen isn’t new, as we’ve been graced with films such as Unfriended and Host, but the best of the bunch easily has to be Aneesh Chaganty‘s Searching, which told the story of a father who must do everything he can to search for clues as to...
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers.
The concept of movies told entirely through a computer or phone screen isn’t new, as we’ve been graced with films such as Unfriended and Host, but the best of the bunch easily has to be Aneesh Chaganty‘s Searching, which told the story of a father who must do everything he can to search for clues as to...
- 6/19/2023
- by Guest
- Nerdly
A follow-up film from the same team behind 2018’s Searching, Missing is one of this year’s best thrillers, the “Screenlife” film scaring up $48.6 million at the worldwide box office.
Missing was released on Digital and Blu-ray back in March by Sony, and the film also made its way onto Netflix last week. Now streaming, it’s become a top title for the service.
For the week running May 15 – May 21, Missing was the #6 most streamed title on Netflix, behind films including Synchronic, A Man Called Otto, Ted, and The Mother.
Missing was watched for 5.2 million hours during that first week on the platform. You can stream Missing on Netflix now – and we highly recommend you do. The film unfolds a mystery that’s as compelling as any true crime docuseries, loaded with twists and cleverly constructed and conveyed through modern technology. It’s one of this year’s must-see genre gems.
Missing was released on Digital and Blu-ray back in March by Sony, and the film also made its way onto Netflix last week. Now streaming, it’s become a top title for the service.
For the week running May 15 – May 21, Missing was the #6 most streamed title on Netflix, behind films including Synchronic, A Man Called Otto, Ted, and The Mother.
Missing was watched for 5.2 million hours during that first week on the platform. You can stream Missing on Netflix now – and we highly recommend you do. The film unfolds a mystery that’s as compelling as any true crime docuseries, loaded with twists and cleverly constructed and conveyed through modern technology. It’s one of this year’s must-see genre gems.
- 5/23/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Aneesh Chaganty, Will Merrick, and Nick Johnson have spent the last few years slowly building an anthology of films that deal with missing people and the growing sophistication of technology in our lives. They arrived on the scene with Searching in 2018, told entirely through computer screens. Then came Run in 2020, and now, after a Covid-19 delay, Missing. Chaganty directed the first two with Merrick and Johnson as editors; but now the editors have become screenwriters and make their directorial debut with the new film.
They have intertwined the characters from the three films so you actually get some closure for Run with dialogue in Missing.
The new film swaps the father seeking his daughter from the first film as this time, teenager June (Storm Reid) uses her laptop and computer skills to track the whereabouts of her mother, Grace (Nia Long), who has disappeared in Colombia with her new boyfriend...
They have intertwined the characters from the three films so you actually get some closure for Run with dialogue in Missing.
The new film swaps the father seeking his daughter from the first film as this time, teenager June (Storm Reid) uses her laptop and computer skills to track the whereabouts of her mother, Grace (Nia Long), who has disappeared in Colombia with her new boyfriend...
- 5/2/2023
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Aneesh Chaganty's "Searching," was a truly inventive thriller, depicting a father's search for his missing daughter as played out entirely in the digital space. In the 2018 film, John Cho's David Kim doggedly tracks down his missing daughter Margot (Michelle La) in an intense scramble across websites, phone videos, security cameras, and virtual desktops. The Chaganty-helmed project was a minor hit, and a messier but just as thrilling anthology sequel, "Missing," arrived earlier this year.
Directed by "Searching" editors Will Merrick and Nick Johnson, "Missing," carries on the central conceit of someone desperately looking for a lost relative via digital means. In the film, Storm Reid's June searches for her missing mother (Nia Long) who disappears on a trip to Colombia. And just as some viewers noticed a whole alien invasion narrative playing out as an easter egg in "Searching," "Missing" appears to be telling a whole superhero origin story in secret.
Directed by "Searching" editors Will Merrick and Nick Johnson, "Missing," carries on the central conceit of someone desperately looking for a lost relative via digital means. In the film, Storm Reid's June searches for her missing mother (Nia Long) who disappears on a trip to Colombia. And just as some viewers noticed a whole alien invasion narrative playing out as an easter egg in "Searching," "Missing" appears to be telling a whole superhero origin story in secret.
- 3/26/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Proximity Media has debuted In Proximity. The show features conversations between key Proximity executives and collaborators, providing listeners with a deep dive into the creative process of making movies, television, music, podcasts, and more, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the multimedia company’s highly acclaimed projects and future titles. Proximity’s Head of Audio Paola Mardo serves as producer. Mardo executive produces alongside Proximity’s founders Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian.
The show’s first episode is between Proximity founder and writer/director Ryan Coogler and Creed collaborator, actor, producer, and first-time director Michael B. Jordan - and is available now.
The two take it back to their first meeting over ten years ago before collaborating on Fruitvale Station, and revitalizing a beloved franchise working on Creed, all the way through the decisions and journey of heading their own production companies today.
“We...
The show’s first episode is between Proximity founder and writer/director Ryan Coogler and Creed collaborator, actor, producer, and first-time director Michael B. Jordan - and is available now.
The two take it back to their first meeting over ten years ago before collaborating on Fruitvale Station, and revitalizing a beloved franchise working on Creed, all the way through the decisions and journey of heading their own production companies today.
“We...
- 3/13/2023
- Podnews.net
This week is one of the biggest weeks for horror in the entirety of 2023, as it brings the release of one of the biggest horror movies of 2023. I’m of course talking about Scream VI, which will be slashing its way into theaters nationwide beginning on Thursday night.
The even better news? Scream VI is only one of several new horror movies out this week.
Here’s all the new horror releasing March 7 – March 12, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
A follow-up film from the same team behind 2018’s “Screenlife” thriller Searching, this year’s Missing was released in theaters back in January, pulling in $42.4 million at the worldwide box office. When will you be able to watch Missing at home, you ask? Today!
Missing is now available on Digital outlets.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida,...
The even better news? Scream VI is only one of several new horror movies out this week.
Here’s all the new horror releasing March 7 – March 12, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
A follow-up film from the same team behind 2018’s “Screenlife” thriller Searching, this year’s Missing was released in theaters back in January, pulling in $42.4 million at the worldwide box office. When will you be able to watch Missing at home, you ask? Today!
Missing is now available on Digital outlets.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida,...
- 3/7/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A follow-up film from the same team behind 2018’s “Screenlife” thriller Searching, this year’s Missing was released in theaters back in January, pulling in $36.6 million at the worldwide box office. When will you be able to watch Missing at home, you ask? Next week!
Sony will release Missing on Digital on March 7 and on Blu-ray & DVD on March 28.
Special Features include…
Audio commentary by writers-directors Will Merrick and Nick Johnson Storm Reid and the Challenge of Missing featurette Misdirects, Online Crimes and the Social Media Mystery featurette The Screens that Rule Our Lives featurette Hunting for the Missing Easter Eggs Deleted scenes
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
In the brand new Searching sequel Missing, said to be a “thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well...
Sony will release Missing on Digital on March 7 and on Blu-ray & DVD on March 28.
Special Features include…
Audio commentary by writers-directors Will Merrick and Nick Johnson Storm Reid and the Challenge of Missing featurette Misdirects, Online Crimes and the Social Media Mystery featurette The Screens that Rule Our Lives featurette Hunting for the Missing Easter Eggs Deleted scenes
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
In the brand new Searching sequel Missing, said to be a “thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well...
- 3/2/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Synopsis
From the minds behind Searching comes Missing, a thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well you know those closest to you. When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers…and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.
Bonus Materials
Blu-ray™ And Digital
Deleted Scenes Hunting for the Missing Easter Eggs Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes: Storm Reid and the Challenge of Missing Misdirects, Online Crimes and the Social Media Mystery The Screens that Rule Our Lives Filmmaker Commentary
DVD...
From the minds behind Searching comes Missing, a thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well you know those closest to you. When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers…and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.
Bonus Materials
Blu-ray™ And Digital
Deleted Scenes Hunting for the Missing Easter Eggs Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes: Storm Reid and the Challenge of Missing Misdirects, Online Crimes and the Social Media Mystery The Screens that Rule Our Lives Filmmaker Commentary
DVD...
- 3/2/2023
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media is launching a podcast featuring one-on-one conversations between the production company’s execs and key creative partners — with Coogler sitting down with longtime partner Michael B. Jordan for the first episode.
The “In Proximity” podcast promises listeners a deep dive into the creative process of making movies, TV, music and podcasts, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at Proximity’s projects and future titles. The show premieres with Coogler and Jordan’s episode on Sunday, March 12, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms as well as proximitymedia.com, with new episodes to be released weekly.
Coogler and Jordan recorded the podcast in an L.A. screening room for “Creed III,” which stars Jordan and marks his directorial debut. The film, which opens nationwide March 3, was co-produced by Proximity and Amazon’s MGM Studios. “We’ve been talking about how we’ve been in proximity...
The “In Proximity” podcast promises listeners a deep dive into the creative process of making movies, TV, music and podcasts, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at Proximity’s projects and future titles. The show premieres with Coogler and Jordan’s episode on Sunday, March 12, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms as well as proximitymedia.com, with new episodes to be released weekly.
Coogler and Jordan recorded the podcast in an L.A. screening room for “Creed III,” which stars Jordan and marks his directorial debut. The film, which opens nationwide March 3, was co-produced by Proximity and Amazon’s MGM Studios. “We’ve been talking about how we’ve been in proximity...
- 3/2/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Earlier this year, the screen life subgenre got a shiny new addition in the form of Nick Johnson and Will Merrick's "Missing," a pulpy thriller that sees a teenager using technology to locate her missing parent. If that sounds familiar, sans the role reversal, then you're on the right track: "Missing" is a spiritual successor to "Searching," the innovative 2018 thriller from Aneesh Chaganty.
Given the success of the original film — which managed to subvert audience expectations despite treading very familiar ground — the sequel had a lot to live up to. And even though it may evoke a sense of déjà vu, it definitely succeeds. As /Film's Jeremy Mathai wrote in his review, "Just when you thought 'Searching' had wrung everything it possibly could out of this concept, 'Missing' shows just how much potential remains. What viewers are left with is a bold, twisting, and audacious thriller that will leave you breathless.
Given the success of the original film — which managed to subvert audience expectations despite treading very familiar ground — the sequel had a lot to live up to. And even though it may evoke a sense of déjà vu, it definitely succeeds. As /Film's Jeremy Mathai wrote in his review, "Just when you thought 'Searching' had wrung everything it possibly could out of this concept, 'Missing' shows just how much potential remains. What viewers are left with is a bold, twisting, and audacious thriller that will leave you breathless.
- 3/1/2023
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
The title of "Missing" pretty much sums it up: this is the story of a missing person, and the family member who puts her all into finding out what happened. The thriller follows Storm Reid's June, a high schooler whose mother goes missing during a Colombian vacation with her boyfriend. Once June realizes that something has gone terribly wrong, she does as any screen-obsessed, digital-age dweller would: harnesses the power of the Internet to track her mother down. And almost entirely through the lens of her various devices, the audience watches it happen.
"Missing" is the latest in a growing collection of screenlife movies, and the second from this particular filmmaking team headed up by Aneesh Chaganty. The John Cho thriller "Searching" came first, following a father's twisty tale of solving his daughter's murder. This time around, Chaganty and co decided to flip the script by focusing on a...
"Missing" is the latest in a growing collection of screenlife movies, and the second from this particular filmmaking team headed up by Aneesh Chaganty. The John Cho thriller "Searching" came first, following a father's twisty tale of solving his daughter's murder. This time around, Chaganty and co decided to flip the script by focusing on a...
- 2/1/2023
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
[The following story contains mild spoilers for Missing.]
Missing directors Nick Johnson and Will Merrick are wunderkinds in the truest sense of the word.
The duo began their careers as co-editors on director Aneesh Chaganty and screenwriter Sev Ohanian’s Searching (2018) and Run (2020), before making the improbable leap to feature film directors on Missing, the spiritual follow-up to the aforementioned films. With screenlife films like Searching and Missing, post-production requires significantly more time than principal photography does, so as editors, Johnson and Merrick already knew the ins and outs of making such unique tech-based thrillers.
All three films have formed a shared cinematic universe of sorts as Missing subtly references the fictional true crimes of the prior films, and in Run’s case, the plot was moved forward courtesy of a news ticker that alluded to Sarah Paulson’s character escaping the Corrections Center that she wound up in at the end of Run.
“We found interesting places to hide [references] in the movie,...
Missing directors Nick Johnson and Will Merrick are wunderkinds in the truest sense of the word.
The duo began their careers as co-editors on director Aneesh Chaganty and screenwriter Sev Ohanian’s Searching (2018) and Run (2020), before making the improbable leap to feature film directors on Missing, the spiritual follow-up to the aforementioned films. With screenlife films like Searching and Missing, post-production requires significantly more time than principal photography does, so as editors, Johnson and Merrick already knew the ins and outs of making such unique tech-based thrillers.
All three films have formed a shared cinematic universe of sorts as Missing subtly references the fictional true crimes of the prior films, and in Run’s case, the plot was moved forward courtesy of a news ticker that alluded to Sarah Paulson’s character escaping the Corrections Center that she wound up in at the end of Run.
“We found interesting places to hide [references] in the movie,...
- 1/28/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Nia Long | Written and Directed by Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers.
The concept of movies told entirely through a computer or phone screen isn’t new, as we’ve been graced with films such as Unfriended and Host, but the best of the bunch easily has to be Aneesh Chaganty‘s Searching, which told the story of a father who must do everything he can to search for clues as to...
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers.
The concept of movies told entirely through a computer or phone screen isn’t new, as we’ve been graced with films such as Unfriended and Host, but the best of the bunch easily has to be Aneesh Chaganty‘s Searching, which told the story of a father who must do everything he can to search for clues as to...
- 1/27/2023
- by Caillou Pettis
- Nerdly
Where found footage was once a revolutionary format for the digital age, our constantly rotating world is now looking to the internet for its innovation. The "screenlife" subgenre has mostly been seen through the lens of horror movies like "Unfriended," "Host," and "The Den." But it was director Aneesh Chaganty's "Searching" where it felt like I was watching something new being born. In screenlife, computers are not only used for the narrative sake of an investigative thriller, but to tell us more about the characters within. An invisible camera guides the eyes of an audience to where it needs them to be, utilizing the conventional methods of filmmaking for a new kind of cinematic language.
"Searching" feels extra special when the people watching it within its specific era are able to understand the intricacies of going onto a certain website, or opening up an app. I've really started to...
"Searching" feels extra special when the people watching it within its specific era are able to understand the intricacies of going onto a certain website, or opening up an app. I've really started to...
- 1/23/2023
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Missing."
"Missing," the sequel to 2018's Screenlife movie "Searching," is in theaters now, and while this follow-up is perhaps not quite as electrifying as the first movie since the format has become a bit more familiar to audiences, it's still a wildly entertaining and twisty thrill ride that keeps the audience guessing and expands the scope of this franchise in fascinating ways. The filmmaking team behind the first movie have all returned for "Missing," albeit in a shuffled capacity. On "Searching," Aneesh Chaganty served as co-writer and director; Sev Ohanian was a co-writer and producer; Natalie Qasabian was a producer, and Will Merrick and Nick Johnson served as editors and "directors of screen photography," having generated every digital asset in the movie from scratch.
For "Missing," Chaganty and Ohanian have "story by" credit, Ohanian and Qasabian returned as producers, and Merrick and Johnson wrote the...
"Missing," the sequel to 2018's Screenlife movie "Searching," is in theaters now, and while this follow-up is perhaps not quite as electrifying as the first movie since the format has become a bit more familiar to audiences, it's still a wildly entertaining and twisty thrill ride that keeps the audience guessing and expands the scope of this franchise in fascinating ways. The filmmaking team behind the first movie have all returned for "Missing," albeit in a shuffled capacity. On "Searching," Aneesh Chaganty served as co-writer and director; Sev Ohanian was a co-writer and producer; Natalie Qasabian was a producer, and Will Merrick and Nick Johnson served as editors and "directors of screen photography," having generated every digital asset in the movie from scratch.
For "Missing," Chaganty and Ohanian have "story by" credit, Ohanian and Qasabian returned as producers, and Merrick and Johnson wrote the...
- 1/23/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Back in 2018, Aneesh Chaganty’s “Screenlife” thriller Searching was a huge hit at the box office, grossing over 75 million worldwide against a reported 880,000 budget. This past weekend brought the theatrical release of Missing, a follow-up film from the same team.
Opening in 3,025 theaters across the United States over the weekend, Missing just scared up 9.3 million at the domestic box office, and it’s likely to have legs in the coming weeks.
The catch here is that Missing cost a lot more to make than Searching – the reported production budget is 7 million – but it’s well on its way to being profitable in theaters.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
In the brand new Searching sequel Missing, said to be a “thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well...
Opening in 3,025 theaters across the United States over the weekend, Missing just scared up 9.3 million at the domestic box office, and it’s likely to have legs in the coming weeks.
The catch here is that Missing cost a lot more to make than Searching – the reported production budget is 7 million – but it’s well on its way to being profitable in theaters.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
In the brand new Searching sequel Missing, said to be a “thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well...
- 1/23/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The only new wide studio release this weekend is the Stage 6 and Screen Gems thriller Missing which collected 760K yesterday off of showtimes that began at 4Pm at 2,650 locations. The movie, which is from the creatives behind Sony’s micro-hit, Searching, is expected to do in the mid single digits off 3,000 theaters.
Similar to Searching, Missing was made off a very thrifty budget of 7M before P&a.
Missing is executive produced by Searching‘s Timur Bekmambetov, produced by Sev Ohanian and Natalie Qasabian, and storied by that previous title’s Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty, the latter who helmed the first title. Missing is directed by Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick. The pic follows a young woman who tries to find her missing mother using tools available to her online. Storm Reid and Nia Long star.
20th Century Studios/Disney/Lightstorm’s Avatar: The Way of Water is expected...
Similar to Searching, Missing was made off a very thrifty budget of 7M before P&a.
Missing is executive produced by Searching‘s Timur Bekmambetov, produced by Sev Ohanian and Natalie Qasabian, and storied by that previous title’s Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty, the latter who helmed the first title. Missing is directed by Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick. The pic follows a young woman who tries to find her missing mother using tools available to her online. Storm Reid and Nia Long star.
20th Century Studios/Disney/Lightstorm’s Avatar: The Way of Water is expected...
- 1/20/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
2018’s sleeper hit, Searching, showed you could create an effective edge-of-your-seat mystery thriller told exclusively through the use of the screens that dominate our daily lives in this century. It starred John Cho as a father whose 16-year-old daughter disappears, leading him to use all the tools of the internet to try and trace her steps in order to find her. Its follow-up, Missing, actually improves on that idea with a different story and set of characters, taking it several leaps further in creating a corker of a suspense picture that looks like what a filmmaking master such as Hitchcock might have made had he been an It genius too.
Watching Searching, which was directed and cowritten (with Sev Ohanian) by Aneesh Chaganty, I kept thinking how the real stars of the piece were the film editors who had to put together a puzzle of images in order to create a coherent story.
Watching Searching, which was directed and cowritten (with Sev Ohanian) by Aneesh Chaganty, I kept thinking how the real stars of the piece were the film editors who had to put together a puzzle of images in order to create a coherent story.
- 1/20/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Storm Reid and Megan Sure in Screen Gems Missing
So do you have lots of friends, or more likely older relatives, that are leery of the new online technology? Of course, you’re not otherwise you wouldn’t be here, but many folks are still skittish. Well here’s a new flick that shows how the worldwide web (and its hardware and software) can be useful, even life-saving. Hold on you Luddites, it’s not propaganda or an “infomercial” popping up on the TV in the “wee hours”. No this is an “in theatres” feature film, and a thriller/mystery to boot. Oh, and it’s all told on different “monitor screens”, with the “big projection screen” becoming your “portal’ into the ongoing events. It’s as though you’re sitting right next to the story’s heroine as she desperately scrolls and clicks in order to locate a parent who’s gone Missing.
So do you have lots of friends, or more likely older relatives, that are leery of the new online technology? Of course, you’re not otherwise you wouldn’t be here, but many folks are still skittish. Well here’s a new flick that shows how the worldwide web (and its hardware and software) can be useful, even life-saving. Hold on you Luddites, it’s not propaganda or an “infomercial” popping up on the TV in the “wee hours”. No this is an “in theatres” feature film, and a thriller/mystery to boot. Oh, and it’s all told on different “monitor screens”, with the “big projection screen” becoming your “portal’ into the ongoing events. It’s as though you’re sitting right next to the story’s heroine as she desperately scrolls and clicks in order to locate a parent who’s gone Missing.
- 1/20/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When the computer-screen thriller “Searching” came out in 2018, starring John Cho as a widower dad navigating an unfamiliar online world to find his vanished daughter, you could sense a gimmick had matured from the novelty silliness of the 2014 movie that kicked it all off, the chatroom freakout “Unfriended.”
“Searching” director–co-writer Aneesh Chaganty understood that the freshness of a screens-only visual language would quickly wear out its welcome without a well-plotted script and solid performances to anchor it. (Cho even landed a Spirit Awards nomination for his finely turned portrayal.)
Now the genre’s so-far gold standard has a worthy sequel, which is more stand-alone follow-up than continuation. You don’t need to have seen “Searching” to enjoy “Missing” — and enjoyable it is, serpentine, sly and nail-biting in equal measures — but the earlier movie’s fanbase will certainly recognize what online-savvy Los Angeles high-schooler June (Storm Reid) is watching on...
“Searching” director–co-writer Aneesh Chaganty understood that the freshness of a screens-only visual language would quickly wear out its welcome without a well-plotted script and solid performances to anchor it. (Cho even landed a Spirit Awards nomination for his finely turned portrayal.)
Now the genre’s so-far gold standard has a worthy sequel, which is more stand-alone follow-up than continuation. You don’t need to have seen “Searching” to enjoy “Missing” — and enjoyable it is, serpentine, sly and nail-biting in equal measures — but the earlier movie’s fanbase will certainly recognize what online-savvy Los Angeles high-schooler June (Storm Reid) is watching on...
- 1/19/2023
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
One of the more interesting things about "Cloverfield" is how the speculation and discussion leading up to the movie hardly waned after its release. The mystery of the movie's premise had finally been revealed, but audiences still had more questions than answers. The found footage monster movie puts audiences into the perspective of ordinary people unaware of the circumstances leading to a kaiju attack in New York, allowing "Cloverfield" to lean more into the thriller genre, never short on suspense or scares. The uncertainty of it all is a big reason why the film is so appealing. By the time the credits rolled on that ominous ending, discussion and theorizing were inevitable.
There was always speculation about another story following the events of "Cloverfield," although a direct sequel never came to fruition. Anthology films "10 Cloverfield Lane" and "The Cloverfield Paradox" were released and had Twilight-Zone-like approaches to their stories.
There was always speculation about another story following the events of "Cloverfield," although a direct sequel never came to fruition. Anthology films "10 Cloverfield Lane" and "The Cloverfield Paradox" were released and had Twilight-Zone-like approaches to their stories.
- 1/19/2023
- by Ernesto Valenzuela
- Slash Film
Under Aneesh Chaganty's supervision, the term "doomscrolling" takes on new life. Scrolling through Twitter is bad enough all on its own, but imagine slogging through social media in the hopes of uncovering clues that unlock the mysterious disappearance of your missing loved one. Unfortunately for them, that's the stressful situation that two of Chaganty's protagonists find themselves in.
First came "Searching," the taut 2018 thriller that marked Chaganty's directorial feature debut. Told entirely through the computer screens and smartphones used to investigate, the film tells the gripping story of a father searching for his missing daughter. Not only did it deliver as a solid, blood-pumping, and extremely twisty thriller, but also as an innovative spin on the screen life sub-genre. So naturally, a sequel was next up on the docket, and filmmakers Chaganty and Sev Ohanian landed on a familiar premise that flips the script: This time around, it's a...
First came "Searching," the taut 2018 thriller that marked Chaganty's directorial feature debut. Told entirely through the computer screens and smartphones used to investigate, the film tells the gripping story of a father searching for his missing daughter. Not only did it deliver as a solid, blood-pumping, and extremely twisty thriller, but also as an innovative spin on the screen life sub-genre. So naturally, a sequel was next up on the docket, and filmmakers Chaganty and Sev Ohanian landed on a familiar premise that flips the script: This time around, it's a...
- 1/19/2023
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
Five years ago, Searching, an ingeniously shot, choreographed, and edited mystery-thriller, co-written by first-time filmmaker Aneesh Chaganty and starring John Cho, premiered at a yearly film festival in Park City, Utah. The definition of “crowd-pleaser,” Searching kept audiences rapt with its twisty plot, screens-within-screens narrative device, and one of Cho’s strongest lead turns as a widowed father desperately searching for his missing teenage daughter. It impressed general audiences too, turning a sizable profit as a result, opening studio doors for Chaganty and co-writer Sev Ohanian in the process. A direct sequel, though, to a one-and-done story seemed improbable. Instead, Chaganty and Ohanian, serving as story writers and producers only, turned over full screenwriting and directorial duties to former editors Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick...
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- 1/19/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Euphoria’s Storm Reid makes for a compelling detective in an inventive, if increasingly far-fetched and overly sentimental, follow-up to the 2018 mystery
It seemed, for a brief moment, that film-makers had crafted an entirely new way of watching a thriller back in the mid-2010s. After the found footage boom had started to lose audiences and all sense of logic (if you didn’t scream “why the hell are you still filming?” at a screen in that era then you really didn’t live), an even cheaper-to-produce subgenre emerged, replacing a shaky cam with one that never even moves at all. Films such as Unfriended, Open Windows and The Den took place entirely on someone’s laptop screen, a cyber-horror update that was supposed to resonate with an audience whose lives also did the same.
But it wasn’t until a few years later, in 2018, when Aneesh Chaganty’s nifty...
It seemed, for a brief moment, that film-makers had crafted an entirely new way of watching a thriller back in the mid-2010s. After the found footage boom had started to lose audiences and all sense of logic (if you didn’t scream “why the hell are you still filming?” at a screen in that era then you really didn’t live), an even cheaper-to-produce subgenre emerged, replacing a shaky cam with one that never even moves at all. Films such as Unfriended, Open Windows and The Den took place entirely on someone’s laptop screen, a cyber-horror update that was supposed to resonate with an audience whose lives also did the same.
But it wasn’t until a few years later, in 2018, when Aneesh Chaganty’s nifty...
- 1/19/2023
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
2018's "Searching" was not the first desktop film to grace cinemas, but it was arguably the most innovative. Directed by Aneesh Chaganty, the film fully realized the new role of modern technology and the internet within modern mystery narratives, and it also stumbled upon unique ways to characterize and tap into the internality of its characters through their screen usage and interactions with their phones and laptops.
Nearly five years later, a spiritual successor to "Searching" arrives in the form of Nick Johnson and Will Merrick's "Missing," another thrilling continuation of the screen life subgenre with even more tricks up its sleeve. Featuring strong performances from Storm Reid and Nia Long, "Missing" will not only scratch the itch for a twisty, suspenseful mystery, but will also present it in a way that is wholly fresh, original, and evocative of the digital age.
/Film's Ben Pearson spoke with the filmmakers behind the new "Searching" successor,...
Nearly five years later, a spiritual successor to "Searching" arrives in the form of Nick Johnson and Will Merrick's "Missing," another thrilling continuation of the screen life subgenre with even more tricks up its sleeve. Featuring strong performances from Storm Reid and Nia Long, "Missing" will not only scratch the itch for a twisty, suspenseful mystery, but will also present it in a way that is wholly fresh, original, and evocative of the digital age.
/Film's Ben Pearson spoke with the filmmakers behind the new "Searching" successor,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Tyler Llewyn Taing
- Slash Film
There’s not much missing from Storm Reid’s resume. The star of “Missing” is celebrating 11 years since her Hollywood debut, a decade since starring in Oscar winner “12 Years a Slave” and founding her own production company A Seed & Wings with her mother Robyn Simpson, and is marking another season on HBO’s Emmy-winning series “Euphoria.” On top of all that, Reid is finishing up her sophomore year at the University of Southern California. She is, after all, just 19.
So chalk up the rising star’s busy schedule for keeping her from seeing “Searching,” which starred John Cho as a father trying to find his missing daughter (Michelle La) with the help of a detective (Debra Messing), before she took on lead the role in its standalone sequel, “Missing.”
“I actually had no idea about ‘Searching’ before ‘Missing’ came to my plate, but I fell in love with the script while reading it.
So chalk up the rising star’s busy schedule for keeping her from seeing “Searching,” which starred John Cho as a father trying to find his missing daughter (Michelle La) with the help of a detective (Debra Messing), before she took on lead the role in its standalone sequel, “Missing.”
“I actually had no idea about ‘Searching’ before ‘Missing’ came to my plate, but I fell in love with the script while reading it.
- 1/18/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
After a couple decent weekends at the box office, we’re getting two weekends with a mixed bag of releases, this one offering two new semi-thrillers in wide release and a few others, but nothing too exciting. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
In 2018, Aneesh Chaganty’s “Searching” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and it was released by Sony/Screen Gems later that year to make 26 million. Now, Screen Gems is releasing “Missing,” the thematic sequel starring Nia Long and Stormy Reid. It was not directed by Chaganty, who is a producer on this one, but rather, two of his editors from “Searching,” Nick Johnson and Will Merrick.
“Missing” has received decent early reviews, but it’s also been fairly low-key compared to some of the month’s other releases even if it will be released in 3,000 theaters, which is a thousand more theaters than “Searching” ever got.
In 2018, Aneesh Chaganty’s “Searching” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and it was released by Sony/Screen Gems later that year to make 26 million. Now, Screen Gems is releasing “Missing,” the thematic sequel starring Nia Long and Stormy Reid. It was not directed by Chaganty, who is a producer on this one, but rather, two of his editors from “Searching,” Nick Johnson and Will Merrick.
“Missing” has received decent early reviews, but it’s also been fairly low-key compared to some of the month’s other releases even if it will be released in 3,000 theaters, which is a thousand more theaters than “Searching” ever got.
- 1/18/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Aneesh Chaganty's "Searching," the John Cho-led thriller which played out entirely across screens and devices, was an inventive, edge-of-your-seat experience that ended up being one of the best films of 2018. A father's search for his missing daughter was the driving force behind the film's plot, but eagle-eyed viewers quickly noticed an entirely different story playing out in the corners of the frame: an alien invasion. The film's main characters never personally engage with this storyline (they're a little preoccupied), but if you look closely, you'll see news articles, YouTube videos, and Facebook trending topics about green atmospheric anomalies appearing in the sky, culminating with NASA calling a meeting at the White House to address the invasion.
This week, the sequel to "Searching," titled "Missing," hits theaters. The film focuses on a young girl named June (Storm Reid) whose mother (Nia Long) goes missing, and the story is larger...
This week, the sequel to "Searching," titled "Missing," hits theaters. The film focuses on a young girl named June (Storm Reid) whose mother (Nia Long) goes missing, and the story is larger...
- 1/18/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
‘Missing’ Review: Screenlife Sequel To The Thriller ‘Searching’ With Storm Reid Never Quite Connects
Like “Searching” back in 2018, the standalone sequel “Missing” has again embattled another only child with one dead parent. Only this time, it’s the alive parent who finds themselves at the center of a viral, true crime mystery. Killed by the same illness of lymphoma as Margot Kim’s mother Pam – whose story in director Aneesh Chaganty’s previous film is touched upon in a brief excerpt from a fictional true crime series: “Unfiction” – June Allen’s (Storm Reid), father left her and her mother’s lives at a young age.
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- 1/15/2023
- by Brianna Zigler
- The Playlist
“Searching” wasn’t the first “screenlife” film, a term coined by director and producer Timur Bekmambetov to describe the cinematic gambit of displaying all action on various computer or smartphone screens, but it was the most commercially successful. The 2018 mystery thriller directed by Aneesh Chaganty about a desperate father, played by the perma-underrated John Cho, searching for his missing daughter grossed over 75 million and pushed the style of visual storytelling quite far, moving between simulated screencasts and surveillance footage.
As much as the film’s commitment to verisimilitude occasionally impressed, its reliance on montages of news footage and edited vlogs to compress time or convey exposition grated, as well as its frustrating shifts between first-person and omniscient third-person POVs to get around setting changes. However, Cho’s performance kept “Searching” ground in just enough emotional reality to paper over the film’s logical leaps and groan-worthy twists.
“Missing,” the stand-alone sequel to “Searching,...
As much as the film’s commitment to verisimilitude occasionally impressed, its reliance on montages of news footage and edited vlogs to compress time or convey exposition grated, as well as its frustrating shifts between first-person and omniscient third-person POVs to get around setting changes. However, Cho’s performance kept “Searching” ground in just enough emotional reality to paper over the film’s logical leaps and groan-worthy twists.
“Missing,” the stand-alone sequel to “Searching,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
When Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian's "Searching" debuted in 2018, the form-breaking and narratively inventive picture taking place entirely within the digital world served notice of a new and very different kind of movie. Although maybe not as unprecedented a phenomenon as when audiences first saw that train headed right for them (allegedly), "Searching" sent shockwaves through the industry and proved that "Millennial-minded" movies could be so much more than a pejorative. The novelty of the experience, combined with a razor-sharp script and a sizzling lead performance by John Cho, immediately set itself apart from the rest of its peers — especially those (think "Unfriended" or "Cam") that similarly grappled with the idea of putting the "modern" in "modern art" through a freshly 21st-century lens.
Five years later, Chaganty and Ohanian have stepped back from the director's chair, ceding the reins over to "Searching" editors and first-time directors Nick Johnson and Will Merrick...
Five years later, Chaganty and Ohanian have stepped back from the director's chair, ceding the reins over to "Searching" editors and first-time directors Nick Johnson and Will Merrick...
- 1/13/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Missing, the follow-up to Aneesh Chaganty’s inventive 2018 debut Searching, is not for the surveillance-state-anxious. Adopting its predecessor’s template, the film mines and manipulates the tools on a computer desktop to tell a pulsating and alarming story.
Directed by Searching editors Will Merrick and Nicholas D. Johnson, Missing opens with video footage of a happy family swiftly hit by tragedy. Fans of the previous film will be pleased with the opening sequence, which creates a conspiratorial thread between the directors and established viewers. A home video shows a young June (Ava Zaria Lee) attempting to record her father, James, (Tim Griffin), on an old camcorder before her mother, Grace, (Nia Long), steps into the frame and gingerly confiscates the device. The intimate moment leads into a more dolorous one: Medical records, Google searches and emails show that James died from cancer. Bereft and overcome with grief, Grace moves from...
Directed by Searching editors Will Merrick and Nicholas D. Johnson, Missing opens with video footage of a happy family swiftly hit by tragedy. Fans of the previous film will be pleased with the opening sequence, which creates a conspiratorial thread between the directors and established viewers. A home video shows a young June (Ava Zaria Lee) attempting to record her father, James, (Tim Griffin), on an old camcorder before her mother, Grace, (Nia Long), steps into the frame and gingerly confiscates the device. The intimate moment leads into a more dolorous one: Medical records, Google searches and emails show that James died from cancer. Bereft and overcome with grief, Grace moves from...
- 1/13/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Missing Trailer — Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick‘s Missing (2023) movie trailer has been released by Sony Pictures. The Missing trailer stars Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, and Nia Long. Crew Will Merrick and Nick Johnson wrote the screenplay for Missing. “Produced by Natalie Qasabian, Sev Ohanian, Aneesh Chaganty.” Plot [...]
Continue reading: Missing (2023) Movie Trailer: Storm Reid stars in the Sequel to Thriller Searching...
Continue reading: Missing (2023) Movie Trailer: Storm Reid stars in the Sequel to Thriller Searching...
- 11/24/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
From the minds behind Searching comes Missing, a brand new “Screenlife” thriller that’s coming to theaters on January 20, 2023. This week, Sony has released the official trailer.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
In next year’s Missing, said to be a “thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well you know those closest to you”…
“When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late.
“But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers…and when June unravels secrets about her mom,...
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
In next year’s Missing, said to be a “thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well you know those closest to you”…
“When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late.
“But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers…and when June unravels secrets about her mom,...
- 11/17/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In 2018, director Aneesh Chaganty brought us Searching, a missing persons thriller starring John Cho as a father desperately looking for his daughter. The gimmick was that it took place almost entirely on computer and phone screens, in calls and through messages. And it was a success… Now a follow-up, Missing, is on the way, albeit with a whole new set of characters in a fresh story. See the first trailer…
The plot this time is similar, but switches up the genders and situation. When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape.
Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions...
The plot this time is similar, but switches up the genders and situation. When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape.
Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions...
- 11/16/2022
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Just last week, Sony announced that they would be giving the “Searching sequel” Missing a theatrical release on January 20, 2023 – and now they have unveiled the trailer for the film! You can check it out in the embed above.
Made on a budget of less than 1 million, the mystery thriller Searching (read our review Here), which played out entirely on computer and smartphone screens, earned over 75 million at the global box office when it was released back in 2018. So the creative team behind that film have gotten back together to bring us the mystery thriller Missing, which will be presented in the same way as Searching was.
Details on the plot of Missing have been kept under wraps up to this point, but now we have a synopsis:
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape.
Made on a budget of less than 1 million, the mystery thriller Searching (read our review Here), which played out entirely on computer and smartphone screens, earned over 75 million at the global box office when it was released back in 2018. So the creative team behind that film have gotten back together to bring us the mystery thriller Missing, which will be presented in the same way as Searching was.
Details on the plot of Missing have been kept under wraps up to this point, but now we have a synopsis:
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape.
- 11/16/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
"I'm not giving up on my Mom." Sony Pictures has unveiled the trailer for Missing, the highly anticipated sequel to the screenlife thriller Searching from 2018. Searching premiered at Sundance but was snatched up by Sony Pictures because it's one of the best told entirely through screens films ever made. This one picks up where that one left off, with Searching filmmakers Sev Ohanian & Aneesh Chaganty writing the story and producing. When her mom disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June's search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Still stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it's too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers. The story promises twists and turns and shocking discoveries about those the hero thought she knew best.
- 11/16/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In 2018, John Cho played a father who went to great lengths to find his missing daughter, Margot (Michelle La) in the sleeper hit film "Searching." Now, a new screenlife thriller is set to unfold, as the second film in the franchise, "Missing," has just dropped its first trailer.
Aneesh Chaganty made "Searching" in his feature film debut, and he's handing the reins over to another pair of first-time filmmakers, Nick Johnson and Will Merrick, for a sequel that will feature an all-new cast of characters. Chaganty teased the teaser on Instagram yesterday, posting an Instagram story that included a series of search engine entries including "Find missing person," "#FindGraceAllen," and "FBI Colombia???" You can start guessing where Grace Allen went now with the first trailer linked below:
A Brand New Screenlife Thriller
Storm Reid, Nia Long, and Joaquim de Almeida are set to star in "Missing," a thriller that is...
Aneesh Chaganty made "Searching" in his feature film debut, and he's handing the reins over to another pair of first-time filmmakers, Nick Johnson and Will Merrick, for a sequel that will feature an all-new cast of characters. Chaganty teased the teaser on Instagram yesterday, posting an Instagram story that included a series of search engine entries including "Find missing person," "#FindGraceAllen," and "FBI Colombia???" You can start guessing where Grace Allen went now with the first trailer linked below:
A Brand New Screenlife Thriller
Storm Reid, Nia Long, and Joaquim de Almeida are set to star in "Missing," a thriller that is...
- 11/16/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
After Aneesh Chaganty’s computer screen thriller, “Searching,” accrued a healthy 71 on Metacritic and saw box office takings of around 75 million, the urge to make a follow-up became a question of when not if. And sure enough, in 2019, Chaganty announced his intention to anthologize the series with a standalone sequel before the Covid-19 pandemic suddenly put the entire movie industry on hold.
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- 11/16/2022
- by Oliver Weir
- The Playlist
Made on a budget of less than 1 million, the mystery thriller Searching (read our review Here), which played out entirely on computer and smartphone screens, earned over 75 million at the global box office. So it’s no wonder a sequel was given the greenlight… but since this was going to be a sequel in name only, it’s also not very surprising that it received a title change along the way. The “Searching sequel” is called Missing, and it was set to reach theatres on February 24, 2023. Deadline reports that it has now been moved forward to the new release date of January 20, 2023.
Details on the plot of Missing are being kept under wraps. We do know the film stars Storm Reid (The Invisible Man) and Nia Long (NCIS: Los Angeles).
Missing was directed by Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick, the editors of Searching, from a screenplay they wrote,...
Details on the plot of Missing are being kept under wraps. We do know the film stars Storm Reid (The Invisible Man) and Nia Long (NCIS: Los Angeles).
Missing was directed by Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick, the editors of Searching, from a screenplay they wrote,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Sony’s follow-up to the “Screenlife” thriller Searching, which is titled Missing, has received another new release date, now set to arrive in theaters on January 20, 2023.
Most recently, Sony had the film dated for February 24, 2023.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
Will Merrick & Nick Johnson will direct for Sony’s Stage 6 Films.
The film will “tell a different story from the original,” with Merrick and Johnson also writing the script based on a story by Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty.
Deadline had reported, “Searching 2‘s plot is still under wraps, but it will feature a new set of characters and an evolved Screenlife thriller format where the story plays out on the screens of the characters’ devices. The original starred John Cho as a dad who breaks into his...
Most recently, Sony had the film dated for February 24, 2023.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
Will Merrick & Nick Johnson will direct for Sony’s Stage 6 Films.
The film will “tell a different story from the original,” with Merrick and Johnson also writing the script based on a story by Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty.
Deadline had reported, “Searching 2‘s plot is still under wraps, but it will feature a new set of characters and an evolved Screenlife thriller format where the story plays out on the screens of the characters’ devices. The original starred John Cho as a dad who breaks into his...
- 11/10/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Good news exhibition: Sony is moving up Missing from Feb. 24, 2023 to Jan. 20, 2023. That’s the weekend after the long MLK holiday frame and the only other wide release is an untitled Crunchy Roll film.
The movie is the next installment in the Searching franchise and stars Storm Reid and Nia Long.
Missing moves away from a weekend where Universal has Cocaine Bear and Lionsgate has Jesus Revolution. Over the MLK weekend there’s the wide expansion of Sony’s A Man Called Otto, and New Line’s House Party.
Will Merrick and Nick Johnson direct off a screenplay they wrote off a story by Sev Ohanian & Aneesh Chaganty. Natalie Qasabian, Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty are producers. EPs are Timur Bekmambetov, Adam Sidman and Jo Henriquez.
Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker and Daniel Henney round out the cast.
The first Searching in 2018 grossed over 75M worldwide off a...
The movie is the next installment in the Searching franchise and stars Storm Reid and Nia Long.
Missing moves away from a weekend where Universal has Cocaine Bear and Lionsgate has Jesus Revolution. Over the MLK weekend there’s the wide expansion of Sony’s A Man Called Otto, and New Line’s House Party.
Will Merrick and Nick Johnson direct off a screenplay they wrote off a story by Sev Ohanian & Aneesh Chaganty. Natalie Qasabian, Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty are producers. EPs are Timur Bekmambetov, Adam Sidman and Jo Henriquez.
Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker and Daniel Henney round out the cast.
The first Searching in 2018 grossed over 75M worldwide off a...
- 11/10/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Primetime Emmy and SAG winning actress Debra Messing is in advance talks to join Warner Bros mob drama Wise Guys in the role of Bobbie, the faithful wife of Robert De Niro kingpin Frank Costello, Deadline has learned.
Messing recently starred as herself in Billy Eichner’s critically acclaimed LGBTQ romantic comedy Bros which received an A CinemaScore.
Wise Guys is a period piece that follows the story of Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans running two separate crime families during the mid-20th century. Genovese tried and failed to assassinate Costello in 1957, though the latter wound up taking his leave from the mob after being injured during the attempt on his life. De Niro is reportedly playing both roles.
Messing played Grace Adler for 246 episodes on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning comedy series Will & Grace, which returned to the network in 2017 with the entire original...
Messing recently starred as herself in Billy Eichner’s critically acclaimed LGBTQ romantic comedy Bros which received an A CinemaScore.
Wise Guys is a period piece that follows the story of Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans running two separate crime families during the mid-20th century. Genovese tried and failed to assassinate Costello in 1957, though the latter wound up taking his leave from the mob after being injured during the attempt on his life. De Niro is reportedly playing both roles.
Messing played Grace Adler for 246 episodes on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning comedy series Will & Grace, which returned to the network in 2017 with the entire original...
- 10/12/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony has made a handful of release date changes and announcements tonight, one of which is for a mysterious horror movie that doesn’t yet have an official title announced.
“Untitled True Haunting Movie” will release from Sony’s Screen Gems on January 6, 2023, presumably a supernatural horror movie that’s based on true events.
Additionally, Sony’s follow-up to the “Screenlife” thriller Searching, which is titled Missing, has received a date. It’ll be released by Sony on February 24, 2023.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
Will Merrick & Nick Johnson will direct for Sony’s Stage 6 Films. Merrick and Johnson, the site’s report notes, were part of the editorial team on the first movie.
The film will “tell a different story from the original,” with Merrick and Johnson also...
“Untitled True Haunting Movie” will release from Sony’s Screen Gems on January 6, 2023, presumably a supernatural horror movie that’s based on true events.
Additionally, Sony’s follow-up to the “Screenlife” thriller Searching, which is titled Missing, has received a date. It’ll be released by Sony on February 24, 2023.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
Will Merrick & Nick Johnson will direct for Sony’s Stage 6 Films. Merrick and Johnson, the site’s report notes, were part of the editorial team on the first movie.
The film will “tell a different story from the original,” with Merrick and Johnson also...
- 9/16/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Epistolary storytelling has been immersing readers in fiction since the very dawn of literature. Using simulated letters, diaries and other documents to craft complex tales with shifting points of view, the format inevitably ended up attracting inventive filmmakers who realized that it could be adapted into a cinematic tool to instill terror. From The McPherson Tape to The Blair Witch Project, Found Footage movies have kept the epistolary tradition alive through their use of faux home video and other diegetic media.
However, with over four decades of Found Footage experiments out there, the genre has seen quite a bit of innovation. Personally, I think one of the most interesting off-shoots of Found Footage is the ongoing trend of Screenlife films, where the entire narrative is told within the confines of digital screens. While this curious format has only recently become popular in mainstream media, it’s actually older than most people seem to realize,...
However, with over four decades of Found Footage experiments out there, the genre has seen quite a bit of innovation. Personally, I think one of the most interesting off-shoots of Found Footage is the ongoing trend of Screenlife films, where the entire narrative is told within the confines of digital screens. While this curious format has only recently become popular in mainstream media, it’s actually older than most people seem to realize,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Dennis Quaid (Midway), Isabelle Fuhrman (The Novice), David Thewlis (Fargo), Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games franchise) and Kiera Allen (The Good Doctor) will star in the sci-fi mystery Littlemouth, which has entered production in the Cayman Islands. Jonathan Sobol (The Padre) wrote the script and is directing for Productivity Media and and Darius Films.
The film set in the present day follows a brilliant computer scientist (Fuhrman) who is recruited by a charismatic tech billionaire (Quaid) to work on a secret project that might just change humanity’s place in the universe forever, though it comes at great risk. Nicholas Tabarrok is producing alongside Productivity Media’s William G. Santor (Four Good Days) and Doug Murray (Unplugging), with Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films handling international distribution rights.
“This is a story I am passionate about telling and I’m thrilled and humbled with the cast that has...
The film set in the present day follows a brilliant computer scientist (Fuhrman) who is recruited by a charismatic tech billionaire (Quaid) to work on a secret project that might just change humanity’s place in the universe forever, though it comes at great risk. Nicholas Tabarrok is producing alongside Productivity Media’s William G. Santor (Four Good Days) and Doug Murray (Unplugging), with Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films handling international distribution rights.
“This is a story I am passionate about telling and I’m thrilled and humbled with the cast that has...
- 6/23/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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