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Directed by | Jeff Wadlow |
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Based on | Fantasy Island by Gene Levitt |
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Cinematography | Toby Oliver |
Edited by | Sean Albertson |
Music by | Bear McCreary |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $7 million[1] |
Box office | $49 million[1] |
Fantasy Island, also known as Blumhouse's Fantasy Island,[2] is a 2020 American supernatural horror film directed and co-written by Jeff Wadlow. Serving both as a horror reimagining and a prequel to ABC's 1977 television series of the same name, it stars Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Hansen, Portia Doubleday, and Michael Rooker and follows a group of people who, while visiting the eponymous island, discover that their dream-like fantasies brought to life begin to turn into horrific living nightmares and they must try to survive.[3]
Fantasy Island was theatrically released in the United States on February 14, 2020 by Sony Pictures Releasing to heavily negative reviews from critics. The film was a box office success, grossing $49 million worldwide against its $7 million production budget.