After Robin Williams and Will Smith, Idris Elba will be the next genie of the lamp on the big screen in Three Thousand Years of Longinga modern version of Aladdin based on the classic tale The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eyeby AS Byatt.
Directed by Oscar winner George Miller. Three Thousand Years of Longing is the filmmaker’s first film since the box office success Mad Max: Fury Road. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and, finally, the first preview of Miller’s new fantasy and adventure bet has arrived.
Starring the star of The Chronicles of Narnia, Tilda Swinton, Three Thousand Years of Longing will tell the story of a genie awakened after the discovery of an ancient bottle by Alithea Binnie, a sad and lonely Englishwoman, during a visit to an antique bazaar in Istanbul.
When the genie offers to grant her three wishes in exchange for her release, Alithea’s skepticism puts her in serious trouble, as the genie begins to tell her stories of his life and earlier times with other people’s wishes to convince her. In the stories, imagination and reality, the past and the present, are mixed, causing the exchange to have unexpected consequences for both.
Elba and Swinton’s talent is joined by Sarah Houbolt, Kaan Güldür and Alyla Browne. The soundtrack is in charge of Tom Holkenborg, who made us vibrate in Mad Max. Three Thousand Years of Longing It will hit theaters on August 31, 2022. Check out the trailer to see for yourself just how amazing and promising the movie is.
Source: Okchicas
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