"Hyperbright", director David Ayer's fantasy cop sequel to "Bright" (2017), starring Will Smith, has been canceled at Netflix:
"...in 'Bright', set in an alternate present, where humans live in uneasy peace with 'orcs', 'elves' and other races after fighting each other for thousands of years...
"...Los Angeles, veteran 'LAPD' police officer 'Daryl Ward' is involuntarily partnered with 'Nick Jakoby', the nation's first 'orkish' police officer.
"Jakoby is ostracized by humans and orcs alike—by humans for his race, and by orcs for being a cop. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is also personally ambivalent towards him...
"...following an incident where Ward was shot and Jakoby apparently let the assailant get away. Then during a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby both officers are involved in a prophecy and that Ward is blessed. While Jakoby is booking the prisoner,...
"...in 'Bright', set in an alternate present, where humans live in uneasy peace with 'orcs', 'elves' and other races after fighting each other for thousands of years...
"...Los Angeles, veteran 'LAPD' police officer 'Daryl Ward' is involuntarily partnered with 'Nick Jakoby', the nation's first 'orkish' police officer.
"Jakoby is ostracized by humans and orcs alike—by humans for his race, and by orcs for being a cop. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is also personally ambivalent towards him...
"...following an incident where Ward was shot and Jakoby apparently let the assailant get away. Then during a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby both officers are involved in a prophecy and that Ward is blessed. While Jakoby is booking the prisoner,...
- 10/28/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Hyperbright", director David Ayer's fantasy cop sequel to "Bright" (2017), is confirmed by Ayer to be in development for streaming on Netflix:
"...in 'Bright', set in an alternate present, where humans live in uneasy peace with 'orcs', 'elves' and other races after fighting each other for thousands of years...
"...Los Angeles, veteran 'LAPD' police officer 'Daryl Ward' is involuntarily partnered with 'Nick Jakoby', the nation's first 'orkish' police officer.
"Jakoby is ostracized by humans and orcs alike—by humans for his race, and by orcs for being a cop. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is also personally ambivalent towards him...
"...following an incident where Ward was shot and Jakoby apparently let the assailant get away. Then during a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby both officers are involved in a prophecy and that Ward is blessed.
"...in 'Bright', set in an alternate present, where humans live in uneasy peace with 'orcs', 'elves' and other races after fighting each other for thousands of years...
"...Los Angeles, veteran 'LAPD' police officer 'Daryl Ward' is involuntarily partnered with 'Nick Jakoby', the nation's first 'orkish' police officer.
"Jakoby is ostracized by humans and orcs alike—by humans for his race, and by orcs for being a cop. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is also personally ambivalent towards him...
"...following an incident where Ward was shot and Jakoby apparently let the assailant get away. Then during a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby both officers are involved in a prophecy and that Ward is blessed.
- 1/18/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Development continues on the greenlit Netflix sequel "Bright 2", directed by David Ayer ("Suicide Squad"), written by Ayer and Evan Spiliotopoulos, starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton:
"...in Bright', set in an alternate present, where humans live in uneasy peace with 'orcs', 'elves' and other races after fighting each other for thousands of years, Los Angeles, veteran 'Lapd' police officer 'Daryl Ward' is involuntarily partnered with 'Nick Jakoby', the nation's first 'orkish' police officer.
"Jakoby is ostracized by humans and orcs alike—by humans for his race, and by orcs for being a cop. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is also personally ambivalent towards him...
"...following an incident where Ward was shot and Jakoby apparently let the assailant get away. Then during a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby both officers are involved in a prophecy and that Ward is blessed.
"...in Bright', set in an alternate present, where humans live in uneasy peace with 'orcs', 'elves' and other races after fighting each other for thousands of years, Los Angeles, veteran 'Lapd' police officer 'Daryl Ward' is involuntarily partnered with 'Nick Jakoby', the nation's first 'orkish' police officer.
"Jakoby is ostracized by humans and orcs alike—by humans for his race, and by orcs for being a cop. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is also personally ambivalent towards him...
"...following an incident where Ward was shot and Jakoby apparently let the assailant get away. Then during a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby both officers are involved in a prophecy and that Ward is blessed.
- 1/21/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Following news of the greenlit sequel "Bright 2: Hyperbright", Sneak Peek footage from Netflix' "Bright", directed by David Ayer ("Suicide Squad"), starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Édgar Ramírez and Ike Barinholtz:
"...in an alternate present, where humans live in uneasy peace with 'orcs', 'elves' and other races after fighting each other for thousands of years, Los Angeles, veteran 'Lapd' police officer 'Daryl Ward' is involuntarily partnered with 'Nick Jakoby', the nation's first 'orkish' police officer.
"Jakoby is ostracized by humans and orcs alike—by humans for his race, and by orcs for being a cop. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is also personally ambivalent towards him...
"...following an incident where Ward was shot and Jakoby apparently let the assailant get away.
"During a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby both officers are...
"...in an alternate present, where humans live in uneasy peace with 'orcs', 'elves' and other races after fighting each other for thousands of years, Los Angeles, veteran 'Lapd' police officer 'Daryl Ward' is involuntarily partnered with 'Nick Jakoby', the nation's first 'orkish' police officer.
"Jakoby is ostracized by humans and orcs alike—by humans for his race, and by orcs for being a cop. In addition to the pushback from other officers, Ward is also personally ambivalent towards him...
"...following an incident where Ward was shot and Jakoby apparently let the assailant get away.
"During a trip back to the station, an arrested man tells Jakoby both officers are...
- 1/4/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Throughout the holiday season, there had been speculations that Netflix was interested in making a sequel to its new aaction fantasy film Bright, and now, in a new video featuring the movie's impressive orc makeup effects, the streaming service has confirmed that a second film is indeed moving forward.
In addition to the sequel confirmation video (see below), numerous sources, including Variety, report that David Ayer is set to direct the second Bright film, with Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless also returning as producers. Max Landis, who wrote the screenplay for Bright, will reportedly not be involved with the sequel, and Ayer is expected to write the new movie as well, something he has done for previous directorial projects such as Suicide Squad, Fury, and End of Watch.
Released on Netflix beginning December 22nd, Bright was watched by 11 million people in its first three days online, with Netflix reporting that...
In addition to the sequel confirmation video (see below), numerous sources, including Variety, report that David Ayer is set to direct the second Bright film, with Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless also returning as producers. Max Landis, who wrote the screenplay for Bright, will reportedly not be involved with the sequel, and Ayer is expected to write the new movie as well, something he has done for previous directorial projects such as Suicide Squad, Fury, and End of Watch.
Released on Netflix beginning December 22nd, Bright was watched by 11 million people in its first three days online, with Netflix reporting that...
- 1/3/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
With Bright, director David Ayer and writer Max Landis paint a grim picture. Orcs are a disgraced race carrying stigmas and shame wherever they walk. Fairies, the most delicate denizens of any fantasy world, are smacked out of the air like flies and left to die in the dirt in rundown neighborhoods. Elves sit at the tip-top of the social hierarchy, and magic-wielding beings known as “Brights” are lost to legend. It’s all compelling and exciting to think about—until the story kicks itself into gear and Landis’s script devolves into a chaotic action-adventure devoid of emotion and excitement.
Landis’s patchwork of half-realized characters and haphazard concepts pushes the film closer to American Ultra and farther from more inspired efforts such as Chronicle, which is disappointing considering how much potential Bright boasts. Touted as Netflix’s first blockbuster, the film feels like a script that was three...
Landis’s patchwork of half-realized characters and haphazard concepts pushes the film closer to American Ultra and farther from more inspired efforts such as Chronicle, which is disappointing considering how much potential Bright boasts. Touted as Netflix’s first blockbuster, the film feels like a script that was three...
- 12/23/2017
- by Hayden Mears
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramirez, Lucy Fry | Written by Max Landis | Directed by David Ayer
Max Landis (Chronicle, Victor Frankenstein) is now as synonymous with writing pop genre mashups as director David Ayer (Harsh Times, End of Watch) is with brutal La-based cops ‘n’ robbers pictures. Bright offers a combo that has the air of a panicked producer meeting about it – ‘How about… Lord of the Rings meets Training Day!?’ – but ultimately it serves neither genre very well. Eschewing the world-building politics of Tolkien in favour of the bridge-building racial politics of today’s America, this is allegory drawn in thick crayon, and any meaningful social commentary is basically forgotten by the end.
The setting is a parallel-universe Los Angeles, where humans live tensely alongside downtrodden, ghettoised orcs and privileged, self-segregated elves. There are also mischievous fairies and (in a neat visual joke) the odd centaur roaming about.
Max Landis (Chronicle, Victor Frankenstein) is now as synonymous with writing pop genre mashups as director David Ayer (Harsh Times, End of Watch) is with brutal La-based cops ‘n’ robbers pictures. Bright offers a combo that has the air of a panicked producer meeting about it – ‘How about… Lord of the Rings meets Training Day!?’ – but ultimately it serves neither genre very well. Eschewing the world-building politics of Tolkien in favour of the bridge-building racial politics of today’s America, this is allegory drawn in thick crayon, and any meaningful social commentary is basically forgotten by the end.
The setting is a parallel-universe Los Angeles, where humans live tensely alongside downtrodden, ghettoised orcs and privileged, self-segregated elves. There are also mischievous fairies and (in a neat visual joke) the odd centaur roaming about.
- 12/23/2017
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
MaryAnn’s quick take… Trolls the viewer and condescends to genre fans. A smirking, tone-deaf parable about racism that is itself racist, including about its made-up orcs and elves. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m a big genre dork
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There are so many appalling things about Bright that it’s hard to know where to start. Netflix’s most expensive original movie yet is a big ball of knotted-up awful, so many threads of insult and injury that finding a way into it is giving me a headache, much as the movie itself did. Just when I think I’ve pinned down the right example of idiocy to use as a launchpad for diving into the deep end of the dumb, I realize how I can’t even begin to explain that one nasty...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There are so many appalling things about Bright that it’s hard to know where to start. Netflix’s most expensive original movie yet is a big ball of knotted-up awful, so many threads of insult and injury that finding a way into it is giving me a headache, much as the movie itself did. Just when I think I’ve pinned down the right example of idiocy to use as a launchpad for diving into the deep end of the dumb, I realize how I can’t even begin to explain that one nasty...
- 12/22/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Tolkien meets La cop thriller in Netflix’s Bright. Blockbuster or Christmas turkey? Here’s our review...
Back in the 1980s, when the buddy-cop thriller was all the rage, Alien Nation took the genre’s staples and threw a bit of sci-fi into the mix. In a future Los Angeles where extraterrestrials live among humans, an Earth-born cop (James Caan) is reluctantly partnered with an alien law enforcer (Mandy Potenkin); as they solve a case involving murder and narcotics, their antipathy eventually gives way to friendship and respect. It was familiar stuff, even back then, but the sci-fi angle gave it a certain freshness, not to mention a neat (if less than subtle) allegory for racial intolerance and hatred.
See related Inside No. 9 series 3: “We’re not sadists!” Rory Kinnear interview: Guerrilla, Bond, Penny Dreadful, Count Arthur Strong Russell T Davies' A Midsummer Night’s Dream review
Nearly 30 years later,...
Back in the 1980s, when the buddy-cop thriller was all the rage, Alien Nation took the genre’s staples and threw a bit of sci-fi into the mix. In a future Los Angeles where extraterrestrials live among humans, an Earth-born cop (James Caan) is reluctantly partnered with an alien law enforcer (Mandy Potenkin); as they solve a case involving murder and narcotics, their antipathy eventually gives way to friendship and respect. It was familiar stuff, even back then, but the sci-fi angle gave it a certain freshness, not to mention a neat (if less than subtle) allegory for racial intolerance and hatred.
See related Inside No. 9 series 3: “We’re not sadists!” Rory Kinnear interview: Guerrilla, Bond, Penny Dreadful, Count Arthur Strong Russell T Davies' A Midsummer Night’s Dream review
Nearly 30 years later,...
- 12/22/2017
- Den of Geek
Just call David Ayer Mr. Brightside. Netflix's Bright reteams the director with actor Will Smith, who worked together last year on Suicide Squad. Smith plays Daryl Ward, a Los Angeles police officer who teams up with Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton), a rookie Orc officer, in a world of both human and mythical creatures. The movie, out Friday, also stars Ike Barinholtz, Lucy Fry, Noomi Rapace and Édgar Ramírez. In spite of its $90 million budget and massive marketing campaign, the future of Bright looks dark. The Wrap's Todd Gilchrist called Bright "astoundingly bad in every way," while Indiewire's David Ehrlich slammed the crime movie as "profoundly awful," "dull" and...
- 12/21/2017
- E! Online
The Netflix Original film Bright is all set to premiere on the streaming service December 22nd and, even better, there will be a Pop! series of figures hitting stores in February. This series features characters from the urban fantasy crime film, including partners Daryl Ward and Nick Jakoby, and the young elf Tikka featured with a […]
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- 12/21/2017
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
There’s boring, there’s bad, and then there’s “Bright,” a movie so profoundly awful that Republicans will probably try to pass it into law over Christmas break. From the director of “Suicide Squad” and the writer of “Victor Frankenstein” comes a fresh slice of hell that somehow represents new lows for them both — a dull and painfully derivative ordeal that often feels like it was made just to put those earlier misfires into perspective. The only thing more predictable than this high-concept police story is the idea that a year as punishing as 2017 would save the worst for last. At least “The Emoji Movie” owned up to the fact that it was just putting shit on screen; at least “The Emoji Movie” had the courtesy to dress it up in a bowtie.
A $90 million blockbuster that boasts all the production value of an episode of “Charmed,” Netflix’s...
A $90 million blockbuster that boasts all the production value of an episode of “Charmed,” Netflix’s...
- 12/21/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Will Smith will enter the world of orcs, elves, and otherworldly organized crime on December 22nd in David Ayer's new movie Bright, and ahead of the film's December 22nd premiere on Netflix, Funko has pulled back the curtain on a new set of Pop! vinyl figures based on characters from the action fantasy film.
Due out in February of 2018, you can get a look at the Bright Pop! vinyl figures below. Will you be adding them to your shelf?
From Funko: "The Netflix Original film Bright is the latest to join Pop!
This series features characters from the urban fantasy crime film, including partners Daryl Ward and Nick Jakoby, and the young elf Tikka featured with wand.
Look for Leilah – a witch seeking control of the wand. Only at Target!
Don’t forget to watch Bright streaming December 22, 2017 only on Netflix! Pop! arriving in stores February."
Images from Funko:...
Due out in February of 2018, you can get a look at the Bright Pop! vinyl figures below. Will you be adding them to your shelf?
From Funko: "The Netflix Original film Bright is the latest to join Pop!
This series features characters from the urban fantasy crime film, including partners Daryl Ward and Nick Jakoby, and the young elf Tikka featured with wand.
Look for Leilah – a witch seeking control of the wand. Only at Target!
Don’t forget to watch Bright streaming December 22, 2017 only on Netflix! Pop! arriving in stores February."
Images from Funko:...
- 12/18/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Netflix’s upcoming urban fantasy pic Bright released a new one sheet that gives us a closer look at the film’s two action stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. The poster comes out shortly after the newest trailer for the David Ayer-directed movie. Giving a twist on the cop genre, the poster serves up some odd couple realness with Smith’s Human Lapd officer Daryl Ward and Edgerton’s Orc Deputy Nick Jakoby. The movie follows the duo as they embark on a routine patrol night…...
- 11/9/2017
- Deadline
"Listen - this is happening." Netflix has debuted an extended behind-the-scenes featurette for David Ayer's new film Bright, specifically focusing on the two main cops - Daryl Ward and Nick Jakoby, played by Will Smith and Joel Edgerton (respectively). Ward and Jakoby are very different cops who are put together as partners on the beat in Los Angeles. The film also stars Noomi Rapace, Kenneth Choi, Brad William Henke, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramírez, Ike Barinholtz, Brandon Larracuente, and Dawn Olivieri. This video plays like an extended trailer half the time, and has some behind-the-scenes glimpses at the end as well. So, this film continues to impress me, I'm looking forward to seeing this when it arrives on Netflix. Here's the extended behind-the-scenes featurette for David Ayer's Bright, direct from Netflix's YouTube: You can still watch the first teaser trailer for David Ayer's Bright here, or fire up the full-length trailer here.
- 10/19/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The upcoming movie Bright initially slipped past my nerd radar, I knew it was a Netflix film, but I didn’t know much more than that. I must say I am now quite excited for this film. To me, the film gives off an essence of the classic cop movie, Colors, starring Robert Duvall and Sean Penn, only in a much different setting. How race, bigotry and the supernatural world of orcs, fairies and elves meld together with us humans is something I am very interested in seeing.
Joel Edgerton plays Nick Jakoby, a cop, who is also an orc. Will Smith’s Daryl Ward is another officer that is forced to team up with Edgerton’s Jakoby on the hunt for a powerful weapon. The thing is Will Smith’s character doesn’t take too kindly to orcs, and certainly doesn’t want one for a partner. Both Smith...
Joel Edgerton plays Nick Jakoby, a cop, who is also an orc. Will Smith’s Daryl Ward is another officer that is forced to team up with Edgerton’s Jakoby on the hunt for a powerful weapon. The thing is Will Smith’s character doesn’t take too kindly to orcs, and certainly doesn’t want one for a partner. Both Smith...
- 8/10/2017
- by Seth McDonald
- LRMonline.com
Race issues in today’s society are at the forefront of controversial topics. As for Hollywood, the subject matter has been dealt with in the past, some good, and some not so good. In Netflix’s new and most expensive (estimated to be $90 million) film to date, Bright, director David Ayer and actor Will Smith embark on a journey to tell a story about race, that is presented in magical fashion as the story involves humans co-existing with elves, orcs and fairies. Smith says the film’s parallels are not meant to change anyone’s mind, but simply to get folks to think.
"Yeah for sure. You know David, David isn't... let's say he doesn't find a necessity to be delicate with those issues. This is a film that is is about enjoyment and entertainment. And those under currents and undertones of the film are you know specifically for people...
"Yeah for sure. You know David, David isn't... let's say he doesn't find a necessity to be delicate with those issues. This is a film that is is about enjoyment and entertainment. And those under currents and undertones of the film are you know specifically for people...
- 8/3/2017
- by Seth McDonald
- LRMonline.com
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