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| Title: | The Boy |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Directed by: | William Brent Bell |
| Written by: | Stacey Menear |
| Music by: | Bear McCreary |
| Cinematography: | Daniel Pearl |
| Edited by: | Brian Berdan |
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| Distributed by: | STX Entertainment Lakeshore Entertainment |
| Released: | January 22nd, 2016 |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running time: | 97 min. |
| Country: | USA China |
| Language: | English |
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The Boy is an American and Chinese independent feature film of the psychological thriller genre. It was directed by William Brent Bell with a screenplay written by Stacey Menear. It was produced by STX Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment and premiered in the United States on January 22nd, 2016. The film plays on the "stranger in a strange land" trope as Lauren Cohan plays a Montana woman named Greta Evans, who travels to the United Kingdom to become a nanny for Brahms Heelshire. She comes to discover that Brahms is just a porcelain doll that the Heelshires treat as a living person. Nothing awkward about that arrangement, now is there?
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lauren Cohan | Greta Evans |
| Rupert Evans | Malcolm |
| James Russell | Brahms Heelshire |
| Jim Norton | Mister Heelshire |
| Diana Hardcastle | Mrs. Heelshire |
| Ben Robson | Cole |
| Jett Klyne | Brahms (Child) |
| Lily Pater | Emily Cribbs |
| Matthew Walker | Taxi driver |
| Stephanie Lemelin | Sandy |
Notes[]
- Copyright holder: © 2015, Lakeshore Entertain Group, LLC and STX Productions, LLC.
- The Boy, The Boy (2016), and Boy, The (2016) all redirect to this page.
- The tagline for this film is "Every child needs to feel loved".
- Production on The Boy began on March 10th, 2015.
- This film was shot in British Columbia, Canada.
- The Boy closed out of theaters on March 31st, 2016. It had been in release for a total of ten weeks (70 days).
- At its widest release, The Boy was screened in 2,671 movie theaters.
- The Boy was released on Blu-ray by Universal Home Entertainment on May 10th, 2016. This included an UltraViolet digital download copy of the film.
- There are a total of only ten credited cast members in this film.
- Director William Brent Bell is also known for directing The Devil Inside.
- Actress Lauren Cohan is best known for her portrayal of zombie apocalypse survivor Maggie Greene on the AMC television series The Walking Dead. She also played Martha Wayne in a flashback scene in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was released this same year.
- Composer Bear McCreary is also known for his work on AMC's The Walking Dead.
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