The Hunt (2020)
Set against a politically strained backdrop, The Hunt is a horror-action film that follows a group of captured Americans who are set loose in a booby-trapped ground where wealthy elite citizens hunt them for sport. As the game progresses, the elites notice something is off – and they’re right. One of the unwilling participants knows the game better than they do, and she aims to turn the tables on them.
The Hunt
- Director
- Craig Zobel
- Release Date
- March 13, 2020
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Hilary Swank , Ike Barinholtz , Emma Roberts , Amy Madigan , Betty Gilpin , Justin Hartley , Glenn Howerton
- Writers
- Nick Cuse , Damon Lindelof
- Runtime
- 90minutes
- Budget
- $15 million
Summary
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose … The Hunt. Universal Pictures acquired the right to the film in March 2018. Filming got underway in February 2019, about a month before most of the cast were announced.
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