Sandra Bullock has long been drawn to the idea of making an action-adventure film seasoned with comedy, like the classic sweeping adventures she has enjoyed as a moviegoer. So, she decided to produce one, through her production company Fortis Films. And with that,Ā The Lost CityĀ is born!
Sandra Bullock as Producer
As expected, the Academy Award-winning actor and respected filmmaker aimed high. Bullock recalls, āWe knew we were ambitious in what we were trying to pull offā¦ but we also knew we HAD to pull it off. This film wouldnāt work if all the tones in it didnāt intersect seamlessly. The central characters are a shut-in author and a model, neither of whom should be in a jungle or even out in nature. Jungles eat people like them. They should remain in a hermetically sealed building with air conditioning.ā
In the film, brilliant but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, āDash.ā While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost cityās treasure from her latest story.
Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before itās lost forever.
Sandra Bullock as Loretta Sage
Loretta is really a historian disguised as a best-selling author of romantic historical fiction. āNo one would buy her history books,ā Bullock explains, āso Loretta added some sex to sell them and found great success with that.ā
A widow whose beloved husband was an archaeologist, Loretta is now a recluse. She hides in a comfortable house, surrounded by artifacts and memories, finding adventure in the stories she concocts while pining for a life that has long since passed. āLoretta finds comfort in her home, books, words, and in her brain,ā says Bullock. āShe finds adventure in her imagination and has no need to go out there and look for it.ā
Instead, Loretta seems more than satisfied to send her heroine, Dr. Angela Lovemore, into the wild in such floridly titled books as āA Year in the Bushā and, her latest release, āThe Lost City of D.ā
When Loretta comes down with writerās block, her best friend and publisher/marketing guru, Beth, insists that she attend a book convention to get the ideas flowing and spice up sales. But Beth knows success at the convention will take more than a personal appearance by the author; it requires a secret weapon ā Dash, the strikingly handsome model who graces the covers of Lorettaās romance novels. Then, the shenanigans begin.
Sandra Bullock closes with her hopes and thoughts for a big-scale entertainment in which she served in two key roles. āYou could make a ride out of this film at Disneyland, with its scope and scale. It transports you, makes you feel like you’re flying, and makes you feel like youāre there with Loretta and Dash in the vastness of this jungle. So, if we canāt go on vacation just yet, hopefully youāll be able to go into the movie theaters and feel like youāve been on a vacation with us.ā
In Philippine cinemas on April 20,Ā The Lost CityĀ is distributed by Paramount Pictures through Columbia Pictures.Ā Follow on Ā Twitter atĀ www.twitter.com/paramountpicsph/; Instagram atĀ www.instagram.com/paramountpicsph/Ā Ā and YouTube at Ā https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZ7igjHZB-5k8DDM7ilVJwĀ Connect withĀ #TheLostCityĀ and tag @paramountpicsph