Control (2023 film)
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| Directed by | Gene Fallaize |
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| Written by | Gene Fallaize |
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| Music by | Joseph Bennie |
| Cinematography | Jamie Walker |
| Edited by | Joseph Bennie |
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Release date | 2023 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | TBC |
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Control is a 2023 thriller film written and directed by Gene Fallaize. It depicts a fictional British Home Secretary who is having a secret love affair with the Prime Minister, and who offers to drive his daughter home one night. While driving, her self-driving car gets hacked via her mobile phone by an unseen hacker who calls the Home Secretary and threatens to use her car as a weapon and kill her and the Prime Minister’s daughter.
Principal photography began in January 2023 and was completed in March, with the release scheduled for December. In November 2022 Variety revealed that Kevin Spacey had been cast in the film as The Voice.[1]
The film is due to be released theatrically in December 2023.[2]
Plot[edit]
The film follows follows the British home secretary (Lauren Metcalfe) as she drives home one night while engaging in a secret love affair with the prime minister (Mark Hampton). Meanwhile, another man (Spacey) knows her secret and has been badly affected by it and seeks revenge, plotting to remotely hijack her fully self-driving car and forcing her on a rampage through the streets of London using the car she’s trapped in as a deadly weapon.[3]
Cast[edit]
- Kevin Spacey as The Voice, the unseen antagonist of the film who hacks Stella’s car.
- Lauren Metcalfe as Stella Simmons, the Home Secretary having an affair with the Prime Minister.
- Mark Hampton as Prime Minister David Addams
- Natasha Kemball as Sarah Addams, the Prime Minister’s wife.
- Eire Farrell as Evie Addams, the daughter of David and Sarah, who is trapped and drugged in Stella’s car.
Production[edit]
Development and pre-production[edit]
On November 28, 2022, it was reported by Variety that Kevin Spacey had been cast in the film as The Voice[4] in the film, which was written by Gene Fallaize. [5]
On casting Spacey, Fallaize stated: "When I made the decision to write a role specifically for Kevin Spacey with the hope of being able to cast him in ‘Control’ it was not a decision I came to lightly. After discussions with my producers and our investors, in which I insisted that we cast him as he had never been found guilty of anything in his life, it was agreed to by all that we did not want to be part of those judging unfairly, and without the facts."[6]
Production[edit]
It was reported on June 14, 2023, that the film had completed principal photography.[7] Kevin Spacey recorded his performance separately in London in December 2022. [8]
Kevin Spacey's Acquittal[edit]
Following Kevin Spacey's acquittal on July 26, 2023, Fallaize was featured in interviews worldwide regarding his decision to cast Kevin Spacey. He told Variety "I Would Do It All Over Again"[9], and the New York Times that the filmmakers' "Gamble had paid off" [10]. He also told Sky News during a television interview that Spacey was "fantastic" to work with and "everything I wanted him to be", and said he would work with him again "in a heartbeat". [11]
Release[edit]
The film was first screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023 ahead of it's general release.[12]
The theatrical trailer for the film was released on August 2, 2024.[13]
The film is due to be released theatrically in December 2023.[14]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Yossman, KJ (November 28, 2022). "Kevin Spacey Books First Movie After Winning $40 Million Sexual Battery Lawsuit". Variety.com. Variety.
- ↑ "Kevin Spacey Feature 'Control' Eyeing Theatrical Release in December (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ritman, Alex (July 31, 2023). "Kevin Spacey Feature 'Control' Eyeing Theatrical Release in December". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo.
- ↑ Yossman, KJ (November 28, 2022). "Kevin Spacey Books First Movie After Winning $40 Million Sexual Battery Lawsuit". Variety.com. Variety.
- ↑ "Statement Issued By Gene Fallaize For The Forthcoming Thriller CONTROL Starring Kevin Spacey and Lauren Metcalfe". thefancarpet.com. July 27, 2023.
- ↑ "Statement Issued By Gene Fallaize For The Forthcoming Thriller CONTROL Starring Kevin Spacey and Lauren Metcalfe". thefancarpet.com. July 27, 2023.
- ↑ Pham, Khue (June 14, 2023). "Kevin Spacey: The Accused". Die Zeit. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Yeomans, Emma (November 30, 2022). "Kevin Spacey gets role in UK film despite sexual assault charges" Check
|url=value (help). The Times. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Yossman, KJ (July 27, 2023). "Director of Kevin Spacey's New Film Has 'No Regrets' Casting the Actor: 'I Would Do It All Over Again' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Marshall, Alex (July 28, 2023). "Despite Acquittal, Kevin Spacey Faces Uphill Battle for Hollywood Roles". New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Austin, Mark (July 26, 2023). "Kevin Spacey has 'very good chance' at rebuilding career - director of 'Control'". YouTube. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Lauren Metcalfe Instagram post". Instagram. February 13, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "WATCH: Fallaize-Spacey trailer released". gsy.bailiwickexpress.com. Bailiwick Publishing. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Kevin Spacey Feature 'Control' Eyeing Theatrical Release in December (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Unknown parameter
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