Metallica Sign-Up Award-Winning Director Nimród Antal To Direct 3D-Feature Film
Thursday, 08 March 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Metallica announced today they have signed-up award-winning director Nimród Antal to direct their upcoming 3D feature film project. Charlotte Huggins, who's previous credits included Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, will produce.
The film will be a marriage of narrative and concert and will star the five members of Metallica: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, and the fans. Shooting will begin later this year in August, with a release date expected in Summer 2013.
"I've been a fan of Nimróds since his first Hungarian film, Kontroll, showed up at Cannes in 2004 and blew everybody away, said Metallica's Lars Ulrich. "I've watched with excitement his career in Hollywood blossom over the last few years. Within five minutes of meeting him I was addicted to his enthusiasm, his take on the creative process and his "thinking outside of the box" personality. Let's get on with it!!!"
"Metallica has always been a huge part of my life, and it's an incredible opportunity when we get to work with our heroes," said Antal. "We are going to harness the powerful and almighty energy of Metallica's live shows, inject a narrative into it, and shoot it in 3D to elevate the entire experience."
Nimród Antal is best known for writing and directing the 2003 Hungarian-language film 'Kontroll' that won several awards, including the Award of Youth at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and the Gold Hugo prize at the Chicago International Film Festival. He also received a European Film Award Nomination for Best Director. His credits include 'Vacancy' starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson, and 'Armored' starring Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne. In 2010 he was hired by Robert Rodriguez to direct 'Predators' featuring Adrien Brody.
Formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica have become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 100 million albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over. They have scored almost a dozen multi-platinum albums, including 1991's Metallica (commonly referred to as 'The Black Album'), which is the best selling album in history of Soundscan scanning almost 15.7 million albums in the United States alone, and over 28 million worldwide. Metallica will be performing the album in it's entirety at this Summer's UK Download Festival in June.
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