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Bright 2017
Action thrillerFantasy actionScience fiction action
Bright is a 2017 American urban fantasy action film directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. The movie takes place in an alternate present where humans live alongside mythical beings. It follows an LAPD officer played by Will Smith and his orc partner Joel Edgerton as they deal with racism and police corruption. They protect a magic wand and the elf girl Lucy Fry who controls it. Supporting actors Noomi Rapace, Édgar Ramírez, and Ike Barinholtz also appear in the film. Principal photography started in November 2016 in Los Angeles. The film premiered globally on Netflix in December 22, 2017. Critics gave it poor reviews but audiences responded positively. Netflix stated it became one of their most successful original productions by January 2018. A spin-off anime movie, Bright: Samurai Soul, was released in 2021.
Cast
- Will SmithDaryl Ward
- Joel EdgertonNick Jakoby
- Noomi RapaceLeilah
- Lucy FryTikka
- Édgar RamírezKandomere
- Ike BarinholtzPollard
- Happy AndersonHildebrandt Ulysses Montehugh
- Dawn OlivieriSherri Ward
- Matt GeraldHicks
- Margaret ChoChing
- Brad William HenkeDorghu
- Jay HernandezRodriguez
- Ngô Thanh VânTien
- Alex MerazSerafin
- Nadia GrayLarika
- Joseph PiccuirroBrown
- Enrique Murciano"Poison"
- Scarlet SpencerSophia Ward
- Andrea NavedoPerez
- Kenneth ChoiYamahara
- Bobby NaderiArkashian
- Cle Shaheed SloanMike "O.G
- Chris BrowningSerling
- Joe RoganHimself
Crew
- Director
- David Ayer
- Writer
- Max Landis
- Producer
- Eric Newman, David Ayer, Bryan Unkeless, Ted Sarandos
- Cinematography
- Roman Vasyanov
- Editing
- Michael Tronick, Geoffrey O'Brien
- Music
- Dave Sardy
Details
- Production
- Grand Electric, Netflix, Trigger Warning Entertainment
- Distributor
- Netflix
- Budget
- $90–106.2 million
