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The Purge
''The Purge'' is an American anthology media franchise centered on a series of dystopian action horror films distributed by Universal Pictures and produced by Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes, which are written and in some cases also directed by James DeMonaco, who was inspired by a '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' episode, " The Return of the Archons". The films present a seemingly normal, crime-free America in the near future. However, the country is a dystopia which observes an annual event known as "the Purge", in which all crime, including murder, is legal for a 12-hour period. The franchise began in 2013 with '' The Purge'', directed by creator DeMonaco, who also directed two of the sequels and wrote the screenplays for all films in the series. A fifth installment, '' The Forever Purge'', was released on July 2, 2021. In addition to the films, the franchise has spawned an eponymous television series created by DeMonaco, who also wrote its pilot episode; mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Purge (2013 Film)
''The Purge'' is a 2013 American dystopian action horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, and Max Burkholder as members of a wealthy family who find themselves endangered by a gang of murderers during the annual Purge, a night during which all crime, including murder, is temporarily legal. ''The Purge'' premiered at the Stanley Film Festival on May 2, 2013, and Universal Pictures theatrically released it in the United States on June 7, 2013. The film grossed $91 million against a $3 million budget. It is the first installment in the ''Purge'' franchise. A sequel, subtitled ''Anarchy'', was released worldwide on July 18, 2014. A third film, '' Election Year'', was released July 1, 2016, and a prequel, '' The First Purge'', was released on July 4, 2018, and a television series, set between the second and third films, aired for two seasons from September 4, 2018, to December 17, 2019. A fifth film, '' The For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James DeMonaco
James DeMonaco (born October 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for creating the The Purge, ''Purge'' franchise, writing all five films in the series and directing the first three, ''The Purge (2013 film), The Purge'' (2013), ''The Purge: Anarchy, Anarchy'' (2014), and ''The Purge: Election Year, Election Year'' (2016). DeMonaco's first produced screenplay was the Robin Williams comedy ''Jack (1996 film), Jack'' (1996), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Personal life DeMonaco grew up in Staten Island, New York. He spent eight years in Paris, France, that led him to "put a microscope" on his life after seeing the difference in the relationship toward guns and violence in Paris compared to New York. DeMonaco is of Italian descent. He and his wife, a doctor, were almost killed by a drunk driver in Brooklyn. In anger, his wife said "I wish we could all have one free one [a murder] a year", something which helped inspire the ''Purge'' series. Filmography Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Oller
Anthony Michael Oller (born February 25, 1991) is an American actor and singer. He had roles as Walt Moore on the TeenNick TV show '' Gigantic'', and as Danny on Disney Channel's '' As the Bell Rings''. He appeared in the films '' Beneath the Darkness'' and '' The Purge''. He was also half of the group MKTO with his co-star Malcolm David Kelley, before leaving the group in 2021. Early life Oller was raised in Houston, Texas, the son of Mary Anne (née Brown) and Jeff Oller. He began acting in elementary school, having been cast as a lead role in a school Christmas play. He graduated with honors in Debate from Cy-Fair High School in 2009. Career Acting career Oller appeared in both seasons of the Disney Channel short comedy series '' As the Bell Rings'' as Danny. The show consisted of short episodes that showed during commercial breaks and took place in a single high school hallway where the character hang out between classes, and the show was originally based on Italy's sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Wakefield
Rhys Wakefield is an Australian actor and director, known for his roles in Australian TV series ''Home and Away'', the feature film ''The Black Balloon'' (2008) and in season 3 of HBO's ''True Detective'' in 2019. Wakefield's debut feature film as director, ''Berserk'', was released in American cinemas on 5 April 2019. He is also the director and co-creator of sci-fi podcast series, From Now, which is being developed into a TV Series with Amazon Studios. Early life and education Wakefield was born in Cairns, Queensland, to a medical standards officer mother and a father who serves in the navy. Before appearing as Lucas in ''Home and Away'', Wakefield had been acting for more than six years. He attended classes at McDonald College of Performing Arts where he won the acting scholarship in 2003, during which time he performed in numerous Shakespeare festivals, working with both Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet. Wakefield graduated in 2006. Career His first professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Hodge
Edwin Martel Basil Hodge (born January 26, 1985) is an American actor. He is recognized for portraying Dante Bishop in ''The Purge'' film series, and is the only actor to appear in all of the first three films. Early life Hodge was born on January 26, 1985, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson, but he was raised in New York. Hodge's mother is from Florida and his father from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Both of his parents served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is the older brother of actor Aldis Hodge. Career Hodge guest starred on an episode of the TNT series '' Leverage'' which stars his younger brother. He guest starred on an episode of '' One Tree Hill''. Hodge played the role of "the Bloody Stranger" in the horror film ''The Purge'' (2013) and its sequels '' The Purge: Anarchy'' (2014) and '' The Purge: Election Year'' (2016); "the Bloody Stranger" was revealed to be named Dante Bishop in the third film. He also appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Kane
Adelaide Victoria Kane (born 9 August 1990) is an Australian actress and model. She first gained recognition for her roles as Lolly Allen in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' and Tenaya 7 (later Tenaya 15) in the children's series ''Power Rangers RPM''. She went on to star as Mary, Queen of Scots, in the American The CW, CW period drama ''Reign (TV series), Reign''; as List of Teen Wolf characters, Cora Hale in the Teen Wolf (season 3), third season of the MTV series ''Teen Wolf (2011 TV series), Teen Wolf'' and Drizella in the ABC Studios, ABC series ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time''; and starred in the later seasons of the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy''. Early life Adelaide Victoria Kane was born on 9 August 1990 in Claremont, Western Australia, Claremont, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Her Scottish father (Kane (surname), Kane is a Sept of Clan Clan MacMillan, MacMillan) was originally from Glasgow, while her mother is an Australian of Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Burkholder
Maxwell Henry Wolf Burkholder (born November 1, 1997) is an American actor. He is most notable for his role as Max Braverman in the comedic television drama on NBC, '' Parenthood''. Prior to that, he became known as a voice actor for his roles as Chomper in ''The Land Before Time'', Roo on ''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'' and World in the television film ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', '' Destination: Imagination''. In 2013, Burkholder appeared in the film '' The Purge''. He is currently a member of the comedy account on Instagram, ''Max 'n' the Jakey Boys''. Life and career Burkholder's parents are former actors. Burkholder has a brother named James. He attended Campbell Hall School. Burkholder attended Harvard University as a member of the Class of 2021, studying biology, but dropped out after his freshman year to pursue acting full-time. Burkholder began his theatrical career at Harvard, appearing in a student production of ''columbinus'' at Harvard portraying Dyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Headey
Lena Kathren Headey ( ; born 3 October 1973) is an English actress. She gained international recognition and acclaim for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO fantasy drama series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Globe Award nomination. She was nominated for a Saturn Award for her portrayal of the Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Spartan queen in ''300 (film), 300'' (2006). Headey made her film debut in the mystery drama ''Waterland (film), Waterland'' (1992), and appeared in the British television series, ''Screen Two#Series Nine, The Clothes in the Wardrobe'' (US: ''The Summer House'') (1993). She continued to work steadily in British and American films and on television, before gaining further recognition with her lead performances in the films ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author, and film director. He made his film debut in ''Explorers (film), Explorers'' (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in ''Dead Poets Society'' (1989). Hawke starred alongside Julie Delpy in Richard Linklater's Before trilogy, ''Before'' trilogy from 1995 to 2013. Hawke received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Training Day'' (2001) and ''Boyhood (2014 film), Boyhood'' (2014) and two for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing ''Before Sunset'' (2004) and ''Before Midnight'' (2013). Other notable roles include in ''Reality Bites'' (1994), ''Gattaca'' (1997), ''Great Expectations (1998 film), Great Expectations'' (1998), ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' (2007), ''Maggie's Plan'' (2015), ''First Reformed'' (2017), ''The Black Phone'' (2021), and ''The Northman'' (2022). Hawke directed the narrative films ''Chelsea Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bay
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget high-concept action films with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include ''Bad Boys (1995 film), Bad Boys'' (1995) and its sequel ''Bad Boys II'' (2003), ''The Rock (film), The Rock'' (1996), ''Armageddon (1998 film), Armageddon'' (1998), ''Pearl Harbor (film), Pearl Harbor'' (2001), the first five films in the ''Transformers (film series), Transformers'' film series, ''13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'' (2016), ''6 Underground (film), 6 Underground'' (2019), and ''Ambulance (2022 film), Ambulance'' (2022). His films have grossed over worldwide, making him the List of highest-grossing directors, fourth-most commercially successful director in history. He is co-founder of the production house The Institute (company), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Form
Andrew Form (born February 3, 1969) is an American film producer known for producing the films '' Friday the 13th'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and '' The Purge''. He is the co-founder of company Platinum Dunes along with Michael Bay and Brad Fuller. Career Form began working in the film industry as a production assistant for producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Bruckheimer's late producing partner Don Simpson. Form founded the production company Platinum Dunes with filmmakers Michael Bay and Brad Fuller in 2001. Platinum Dunes is known for producing reboots of popular horror films such as ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003), ''The Amityville Horror'' (2005), ''Friday the 13th'' (2009) and ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2010). He is also known for producing original film series such as '' The Purge'', ''Ouija'' (2014), ''A Quiet Place'' (2018) and its 2020 sequel. He co-produced the television series ''Black Sails'' (2014–2017) and ''Jack Ryan'' (2018–present) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Fuller
Bradley Fuller (born November 5, 1965) is an American film and television producer. He co-owns Platinum Dunes, partnering with both Michael Bay and Andrew Form. Early life and education Bradley Fuller was born in 1965 into a family of theatre owners.Motion Picture Herald, 1966, Quigley Publishing Company, p. 27. His parents were Irving and Bonnie Fuller (née Corwin). The Corwin family have run a theatre in Los Angeles since 1923. His grandfather Sherrill C. CorwinStephen Galloway: Hollywood Reporter Reveals 2014 Producers of the Year'. In: hollywoodreporter.com, 17 December 2014. expanded the business and also produced movies in the 1970s. Fuller is a 1987 graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Michael Bay, another of the co-owners of Platinum Dunes, is also an alumnus of the school (Class of 1986). Directors Joss Whedon and Miguel Arteta were also Fuller's classmates at Wesleyan. Career Circa 2001/2002, Fuller, his childhood friend Michael Bay, and Andrew Form fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
