The real hotel on which screenwriter Drew Goddard based his script is the Cal Neva Lodge & Casino, which was It's the kind of movie where several characters are by chance present in the same place, right when something happens that entails all of them. 339 of 565 people found this review helpful. Miller admits having withheld one incriminating film of a deceased public figure who had been kind to him. The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to the "Bad Times ___ the El Royale"; 2018 film crossword clue. It stars Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Chris Hemsworth. [101], 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment released Bad Times at the El Royale on Digital HD via digital distribution on December 18, 2018, before giving the film a physical release on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD the following year on January 1. So it's all on one stage so it could just sort of exist. This is a film where people expecting an action blockbuster will be disappointed at first, but will return to it later with a renewed appreciation. View production, box office, & company info, Rated R for strong violence, language, some drug content and brief nudity, Jon Hamm Just Turned 50 and Mad Men Fans Are Celebrating His Milestone Birthday, Cynthia Erivo to Play Blue Fairy in Robert Zemeckis Pinocchio (Exclusive), Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever, Alison Brie to Star in Apple Series From Glow Creators, Upcoming Movies Guide: October and Beyond. Set in California during the late 1960s, it follows seven strangers who meet at the hotel/motel El Royale, each with their own agenda.They include a priest (Jeff Bridges), a lounge singer (Cynthia Erivo), a vacuum salesman (), two sisters (Dakota Johnson and Cailee Spaeny), the hotel's sole employee (Lewis HD. Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. Modern Times. [107], Weeks before its release, Variety reported that film analytics had predicted the film would make $812 million in its opening weekend, with some "ambitious estimates" going as high as $17 million. Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Drew Goddard, who produced the project with Jeremy Latcham through TSG Entertainment and Goddard Textiles. 2015 134m Movie. Characters enter the ominous digs in Bad Times at the El Royale, but they dont always exit. [45][46] Shot under the working title Purple Harvest,[47] the project was filmed in chronological order, due to most of the story taking place in the same location, to improve continuity. It centers on a man who, after his girlfriend Sabrina goes missing, moves in with his old friend - an Air Force surveillance expert agent who is dealing with a failed marriage. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. "[5], A major aspect of Bad Times at the El Royale was its visualization of each character's morality and if their actions were justified. "[6], Furthermore, a journalist named Jasmine from SSZee Media studied the film and wrote that it was "a study of religion" as every character was having a "crisis of faith". [93][94][95], Following negative test screening scores when audiences were given a viewing of the film with a low runtime,[21] 20th Century Fox decided to theatrically release Bad Times at the El Royale with a 141-minute runtime on October 5, 2018. "[80] That same year, on August 13, seven additional character posters along with an official theatrical poster were released featuring "closeups of the brooding main characters lit by the title's neon glow".