Sand Castle (film)

Sand Castle

Official poster
Directed by Fernando Coimbra
Produced by
Written by Chris Roessner
Starring
Music by Adam Peters
Cinematography Ben Richardson
Edited by Zach Staenberg
Production
company
  • 42
  • Treehouse Pictures
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • 21 April 2017 (2017-04-21)
Running time
 113 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Sand Castle is an American war drama film directed by Fernando Coimbra and written by Chris Roessner. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Henry Cavill, Logan Marshall-Green, Tommy Flanagan, Glen Powell, Beau Knapp, and Neil Brown Jr. The film centers on Matt Ocre, a young rifleman in the United States Army, who is tasked with restoring water to a village in Iraq. It is based on the true events and the experience of the film's writer Roessner during the Iraq War. It was released on 21 April 2017 on Netflix.

Premise

At the beginning of the 2003 Iraq War, a young infantryman, Matt Ocre (Nicholas Hoult), is part of a squad tasked with repairing a broken water system in the dangerous village of Baqubah.[1]

Cast

Production

Chris Roessner's script Sand Castle, based on his own experience as a machine gunner in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, appeared among the 2012 unproduced Black List screenplays.[1][8] On 13 March 2014 it was announced that Nicholas Hoult would lead the cast of the Iraq war drama to play the role of Matt Ocre, a young machine gunner.[2] The film would be produced by Mark Gordon through The Mark Gordon Company, who had bought the script.[1] Commercial director Seb Edwards was hired to direct the film centered on Sergeant Harper, the leader of a platoon, and one of his soldiers, Ocre.[2] On 9 May 2014 uMedia came on board to finance the film and handle the international sales. Additionally. Toby Kebbell was cast in the film to play Sergeant Harper.[9]

On 8 October 2015 Luke Evans and Henry Cavill joined the film with Evans playing Sergeant Harper and Cavill playing Captain Syverson from Special Forces who runs the operation in the dangerous village of Baqubah.[1] Fernando Coimbra, director of A Wolf at the Door, was now set to direct the film which Treehouse Pictures would fully finance and produce, while other producers would be Roessner, Gordon, Justin Nappi, and 42's Ben Pugh. Voltage Pictures took over handling the international sales.[1] On 9 October 2015 Beau Knapp joined the film to play a sergeant who has to repair a broken water system in village.[6] On 14 October 2015 Glen Powell was cast in the film to play Sergeant Falvy, a tough-minded soldier.[5] On 26 October 2015 The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Logan Marshall-Green had replaced Evans for his role of Sergeant Harper, the leader of a platoon.[3] On 29 October 2015 Neil Brown, Jr. joined the film to play the role of Enzo.[7] Tommy Flanagan was cast in the film for a lead role of Sgt. McGregor.[4]

Principal photography on the film began on 2 November 2015.[1][10]

Release

In May 2016, Netflix acquired the distribution rights to the film.[11] The film was released on 21 April 2017.[12]

Critical reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, Sand Castle has an approval rating of 47% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10.[13] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score 45 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tartaglione, Nancy (October 8, 2015). "Nicholas Hoult, Luke Evans & Henry Cavill Suit Up For War Drama ‘Sand Castle’; Mark Gordon Co, Treehouse Producing". deadline.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Siegel, Tatiana; Kit, Borys (March 13, 2014). "Nicholas Hoult to Star in Iraqi War Drama 'Sand Castle' (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Ford, Rebecca; Kit, Borys (October 26, 2015). "Logan Marshall-Green Joins Nicholas Hoult in War Drama 'Sand Castle' (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Fleming Jr, Mike (November 10, 2015). "‘SOA’s Tommy Flanagan Lands A Lead In Iraqi Drama ‘Sand Castle’". deadline.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  5. 1 2 N'Duka, Amanda (October 14, 2015). "Glen Powell Enlists In ‘Sand Castle’; Diane Guerrero Joins ‘The Godmother’". deadline.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Hipes, Patrick (October 9, 2015). "Wayne Bastrup Takes Flight In ‘Sully’; Beau Knapp Enlists In ‘Sand Castle’". deadline.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  7. 1 2 A. Lincoln, Ross (October 29, 2015). "‘Compton’s Neil Brown Jr. Signs On For ‘Sand Castle’; Pom Klementieff Joins ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’". deadline.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ Han, Angie (December 17, 2012). "The 2012 Black List: The Year’s Hottest Unproduced Screenplays". slashfilm.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (May 9, 2014). "Umedia, Toby Kebbell join Nicholas Hoult Iraq war film". screendaily.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ "On the Set for 11/6/15: Emily Blunt and Luke Evans Start ‘Girl on the Train’, Brad Pitt Wraps ‘Lost City of Z’". ssninsider.com. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (May 17, 2016). "Netflix In Talks For Iraqi War Drama ‘Sandcastle’ And Closes ‘Wheelman’ – Cannes". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ Jagernauth, Kevin (March 2, 2017). "Nicholas Hoult & Henry Cavill Go To War In New Trailer For Netflix’s ‘Sand Castle’". The Playlist. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Sand Castle (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Sand Castle reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
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