Midway is the latest World War II epic from Roland Emmerich, and features a series of complex scenes portraying the infamous battle that occurred in the Pacific Theater between the U.S. Navy and the Japanese fleet in June 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Patrick Wilson, who plays Lieutenant Commander Edwin Layton in the film, explained […]
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- 11/21/2019
- by Pablo Mena
- Uinterview
Rarely do you find a war film that's invigorating. These films, however artistically presented, often recall painful memories. It's like rubbing salt to raw wounds. Director Roland Emmerich's "Midway", is no different. It is an old-fashioned war film about America's victory over Japan in the Battle of Midway.
The film claims to be a true account of the war that changed the course of American History. It is dedicated to the American and Japanese soldiers who fought at Midway during the World War II.
The film follows the story of Us Navy Sailors and aviators who persevered through the tragedy of Pearl Harbour and were charged in a daring combat against the Japanese at Midway, which was the turning point of the war.
The narrative begins in December 1937 in Tokyo, with a meeting between Us intelligence officer Edwin Layton (Patrick Wilson) and Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Toyokawa Etsushi), in...
The film claims to be a true account of the war that changed the course of American History. It is dedicated to the American and Japanese soldiers who fought at Midway during the World War II.
The film follows the story of Us Navy Sailors and aviators who persevered through the tragedy of Pearl Harbour and were charged in a daring combat against the Japanese at Midway, which was the turning point of the war.
The narrative begins in December 1937 in Tokyo, with a meeting between Us intelligence officer Edwin Layton (Patrick Wilson) and Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Toyokawa Etsushi), in...
- 11/8/2019
- GlamSham
While the studios generally key lots of releases (mainly horror flicks and thrillers) for the Halloween holiday, the next major one, Veterans’ Day, rarely gets a true-life military battle docudrama. But that’s just what’s “heading ashore” at the multiplex this three day weekend. Following on the heels of 2017’s acclaimed box office hit, Dunkirk, this new film chronicles an epic World War II battle, this time in the Pacific rather than the Atlantic (and much of Europe). And there’s no “jumping around the timeline” though the new film does begin several years prior. Oh, it should be noted that Hollywood has been there before, way back in 1976 as a showcase for the glorious cinema experience of Sensurround (bet it blew out some of those special speakers). And who’s directed this new take but a man who has orchestrated two different attacks on this planet by invaders from another galaxy.
- 11/7/2019
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
World War II epics used to be a dime a dozen. Reliving the United States’ finest hours on the battlefield, filmmakers flocked to the conflict in order to tell tales of heroism. More recently, movies have largely eschewed this topic, unless a director had a more daring take to contribute. Ever since Saving Private Ryan nearly won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, the field of war movies have been shrinking. Now, it’s more the territory of a Dunkirk, where Christopher Nolan could experiment while in a familiar genre. Today brings us Midway, a Roland Emmerich production that is hardly revelatory and offers plenty of action, but little else. This flick is an old fashioned war epic, as mentioned above. For those who don’t know, this is centered on the Battle of Midway, which was the decisive skirmish in the Pacific Theater during World War II. In the...
- 11/7/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The director of Independence Day crashes and burns with his wannabe World War II epic.
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There’s a scene early in Midway, the latest misfire from director Roland Emmerich, in which we watch terrified sailors aboard the USS Arizona flee from the flames as the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Everything in the scene--right down to the flames themselves, which seem to hover in front of the men--is so transparently fake, so obviously computer generated, that there is absolutely no sense of the horror, shock, or gravity that a recreation of one of the darkest days in U.S. history should summon up.
Even though his movies are live-action cartoons at best, Emmerich is usually on surer ground when he’s doing alien invasions (Independence Day) or the end of the world (2012). Those kind of scenarios allow for a certain amount of unreality in the vast vistas of...
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There’s a scene early in Midway, the latest misfire from director Roland Emmerich, in which we watch terrified sailors aboard the USS Arizona flee from the flames as the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Everything in the scene--right down to the flames themselves, which seem to hover in front of the men--is so transparently fake, so obviously computer generated, that there is absolutely no sense of the horror, shock, or gravity that a recreation of one of the darkest days in U.S. history should summon up.
Even though his movies are live-action cartoons at best, Emmerich is usually on surer ground when he’s doing alien invasions (Independence Day) or the end of the world (2012). Those kind of scenarios allow for a certain amount of unreality in the vast vistas of...
- 11/6/2019
- Den of Geek
Roland Emmerich is exactly the right and exactly the wrong filmmaker to make a movie about the Battle of Midway, one of the great turning points in World War II. Few filmmakers can match Emmerich’s eye for excess, and there’s no denying that he fills his film with breathtaking images of aerial action and naval warfare.
But like many of Emmerich’s movies, even the better ones, “Midway” loses sight of the humanity inside its vast vistas of devastation. It’s a giant film with a very small impact.
“Midway” opens with a few brief moments of quiet before, with an undeniably appropriate suddenness, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Emmerich coats the screen in detailed destruction and sudden heroism, but he races through the day that lives in infamy in record time, with all the pomp of Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” and slightly less of the schmaltz.
But like many of Emmerich’s movies, even the better ones, “Midway” loses sight of the humanity inside its vast vistas of devastation. It’s a giant film with a very small impact.
“Midway” opens with a few brief moments of quiet before, with an undeniably appropriate suddenness, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Emmerich coats the screen in detailed destruction and sudden heroism, but he races through the day that lives in infamy in record time, with all the pomp of Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” and slightly less of the schmaltz.
- 11/6/2019
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
The image of “dive-bombing” is an easy one to conjure in your mind’s eye. Yet I can’t say I ever thought seriously about what the experience of dive-bombing might be like — you know, for the one doing the dive-bombing — until I saw “Midway.” In Roland Emmerich’s convulsive, more-authentic-than-not historical combat movie about the battle that took place between American and Japanese Naval forces from June 4 to 7, 1942, near the Midway atoll in the Pacific theater of World War II, we see U.S. bomber pilots, like the fearless flyboy Lt. Dick Best (Ed Skrein), approach a Japanese aircraft carrier from what must be a mile up in the sky. The U.S bombers zoom down at a nearly vertical angle, like guided missiles hurtling toward the ocean, so that as they approach their target they can blow it up with pinpoint accuracy.
We see all this from the pilot’s vertiginous point-of-view,...
We see all this from the pilot’s vertiginous point-of-view,...
- 11/6/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
At least “Pearl Harbor” had panache. The best thing you can say about Roland Emmerich’s “Midway” — — is that it doesn’t completely dehumanize the Japanese characters. In fact, Admiral Yamamoto and his men are almost (but not quite) three-dimensional compared to the human cartoons on the American side, a bunch of generic lugs who talk like they’re from Brooklyn, act like they want just wandered off the set of “Anchors Aweigh,” and feel like real people in name only.
It’s a shame, because this movie sometimes evinces a genuine respect for men on both sides of the fight, and for the courage required to die for a country whose faraway leaders will never make that sacrifice; “Midway” is nothing if not an aggressively basic reminder that America is only as strong as the people who are willing to protect it with their lives. Alas, those people deserve...
It’s a shame, because this movie sometimes evinces a genuine respect for men on both sides of the fight, and for the courage required to die for a country whose faraway leaders will never make that sacrifice; “Midway” is nothing if not an aggressively basic reminder that America is only as strong as the people who are willing to protect it with their lives. Alas, those people deserve...
- 11/6/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Roland Emmerich, the director of films such as Stargate and Independence Day, got a hell of a great cast of actors together for his upcoming action film which tells the epic World War II story of the battle of Midway. The film is called Midway, we’ve got a new trailer for it for you to watch today, and it’s filled with exciting action-packed footage!
The movie recounts the clash between “the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome the odds.” These soldiers and aviators “pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.”
I love watching films that are set during the big historical wars,...
The movie recounts the clash between “the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome the odds.” These soldiers and aviators “pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.”
I love watching films that are set during the big historical wars,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Nick Jonas stars as ‘Bruno Gaido’ in Midway.
Midway opens in theaters on Veteran’s Day Weekend, November 8, 2019. Here’s a first look at the epic new trailer from director Roland Emmerich.
The huge cast includes Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Jun Kunimura, Darren Criss, Keean Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, with Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson.
Midway centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome the odds.
I can’t wait for this – the visual effects look massive and the A-list cast is impressive, like old Hollywood. The carrier...
Midway opens in theaters on Veteran’s Day Weekend, November 8, 2019. Here’s a first look at the epic new trailer from director Roland Emmerich.
The huge cast includes Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Jun Kunimura, Darren Criss, Keean Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, with Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson.
Midway centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome the odds.
I can’t wait for this – the visual effects look massive and the A-list cast is impressive, like old Hollywood. The carrier...
- 6/27/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lionsgate has released the first trailer for director Roland Emmerich’s upcoming World War II action movie Midway. The film “is an epic telling of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. The story follows the real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.”
I’m a sucker for war movies and this actually looks better than I thought it would. I’m not a fan of Emmerich’s recent work, but I’ll give this movie a shot. Mostly because of the impressive cast that it has.
The cast of Midway includes Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) as Admiral Edwin Layton, Luke Evans as Commander Wade McClusky, Woody Harrelson (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as Admiral Chester Nimitz, Mandy Moore (This Is Us) and Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American...
I’m a sucker for war movies and this actually looks better than I thought it would. I’m not a fan of Emmerich’s recent work, but I’ll give this movie a shot. Mostly because of the impressive cast that it has.
The cast of Midway includes Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) as Admiral Edwin Layton, Luke Evans as Commander Wade McClusky, Woody Harrelson (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as Admiral Chester Nimitz, Mandy Moore (This Is Us) and Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American...
- 6/27/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
It’s been a while since we’ve had any kind of update on director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day)’s World War II film Midway. But today we have a poster to share with you, which comes with the tagline, "One Battle Turned The Tide of War".
The film “is an epic telling of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. The story follows the real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.”
The cast for the movie includes Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) as Admiral Edwin Layton, "the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a key intelligence officer during WWII." Woody Harrelson is playing Admiral Chester Nimitz, "one of the leaders who lead the American naval fleet to victory in a foray that involved aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers." Luke Evans...
The film “is an epic telling of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. The story follows the real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.”
The cast for the movie includes Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) as Admiral Edwin Layton, "the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a key intelligence officer during WWII." Woody Harrelson is playing Admiral Chester Nimitz, "one of the leaders who lead the American naval fleet to victory in a foray that involved aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers." Luke Evans...
- 6/4/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Lionsgate has set a Veterans Day weekend release date of Nov. 8, 2019, for Roland Emmerich’s World War II action movie “Midway,” opening on the same date as the 25th James Bond film.
The slot is also already occupied by Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” in addition to MGM’s Bond movie. MGM is expected to vacate the date since the project currently doesn’t have a director following Danny Boyle’s recent departure.
Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, and Mandy Moore are starring in “Midway.” Wilson will play Edwin Layton, the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was part of the intelligence team that correctly pinpointed the location of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s attacking fleet near Midway Atoll in 1942. The damage to the Japanese fleet was so extensive that it never recovered and military historians regard the battle as a turning point in the war.
Harrelson is portraying Admiral Chester Nimitz,...
The slot is also already occupied by Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” in addition to MGM’s Bond movie. MGM is expected to vacate the date since the project currently doesn’t have a director following Danny Boyle’s recent departure.
Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, and Mandy Moore are starring in “Midway.” Wilson will play Edwin Layton, the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was part of the intelligence team that correctly pinpointed the location of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s attacking fleet near Midway Atoll in 1942. The damage to the Japanese fleet was so extensive that it never recovered and military historians regard the battle as a turning point in the war.
Harrelson is portraying Admiral Chester Nimitz,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Patrick Wilson is the latest actor to join director Roland Emmerich's World War II action thriller Midway. He will join the previously cast Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore, and Luke Evans.
The film is an epic telling of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. The story follows the real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.
Wilson will play Edwin Layton, "the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a key intelligence officer during WWII." Harrelson is playing Admiral Chester Nimitz, "one of the leaders who lead the American naval fleet to victory in a foray that involved aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers." Evans will play Commander Wade McClusky, "who would go on to win a Naval Cross for his role in Midway."
This film has put together such a great cast,...
The film is an epic telling of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. The story follows the real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.
Wilson will play Edwin Layton, "the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a key intelligence officer during WWII." Harrelson is playing Admiral Chester Nimitz, "one of the leaders who lead the American naval fleet to victory in a foray that involved aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers." Evans will play Commander Wade McClusky, "who would go on to win a Naval Cross for his role in Midway."
This film has put together such a great cast,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In today’s film news roundup, Patrick Wilson has been cast in “Midway,” Art House Convergence announces its programming and fitness drama “Bigger” gets distribution.
Casting
Patrick Wilson has joined Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans and Mandy Moore in the World War II action movie “Midway,” directed by Roland Emmerich.
Wilson will play Edwin Layton, the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was part of the intelligence team that correctly pinpointed the location of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s attacking fleet near Midway Atoll in 1942. The damage to the Japanese fleet was so extensive that it never recovered and military historians regard the battle as a turning point in the war.
Harrelson is playing Admiral Chester Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific Fleet during the war. Emmerich is producing the movie with longtime partner Harald Kloser. Starlight Entertainment Group and Providence Entertainment are financing the film. Lionsgate is on board to distribute domestically,...
Casting
Patrick Wilson has joined Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans and Mandy Moore in the World War II action movie “Midway,” directed by Roland Emmerich.
Wilson will play Edwin Layton, the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was part of the intelligence team that correctly pinpointed the location of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s attacking fleet near Midway Atoll in 1942. The damage to the Japanese fleet was so extensive that it never recovered and military historians regard the battle as a turning point in the war.
Harrelson is playing Admiral Chester Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific Fleet during the war. Emmerich is producing the movie with longtime partner Harald Kloser. Starlight Entertainment Group and Providence Entertainment are financing the film. Lionsgate is on board to distribute domestically,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Patrick Wilson is coming aboard Midway, the WWII action film directed by Roland Emmerich. Wilson will play Edwin Layton, the rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a key intelligence officer during WWII. Woody Harrelson and Mandy Moore were already set at the time that Agc International, the international sales and distribution division of Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios, brokered most of the overseas territorial deals on the film.
Based on the true story of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II, the film chronicles the exploits of the soldiers and aviators involved in the battle. Producers are Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment, Harald Kloser, and Mark Gordon. Starlight Entertainment Group and Providence Entertainment Limited are financing the film. U.S. and China theatrical distribution is set with Lionsgate through its Summit Entertainment label stateside and Bona Film Group in Greater China.
Based on the true story of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II, the film chronicles the exploits of the soldiers and aviators involved in the battle. Producers are Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment, Harald Kloser, and Mark Gordon. Starlight Entertainment Group and Providence Entertainment Limited are financing the film. U.S. and China theatrical distribution is set with Lionsgate through its Summit Entertainment label stateside and Bona Film Group in Greater China.
- 8/8/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Sep 12, 2019
Midway has director Roland Emmerich putting the historic World War II battle through his disaster-movie lens.
Midway will provide yet another hub for ostentatious cinematic disaster sequences from director Roland Emmerich, the industry’s premiere weaver of wanton world-wrecking, though this time – akin to Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor – to the backdrop of World War II.
With the title’s obvious reference to the post-Pearl-Harbor bellwether battle of the war’s Pacific theater, the film will dramatize said event with quite the cast, including Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Jake Weber, Aaron Eckhart and Dennis Quaid – all of whom play fact-based figures in the monumental conflagration.
Midway Trailer
The full trailer for Midway has arrived, manifesting with every bit of elevated onscreen intensity that comes to mind when pitched the idea of a Roland Emmerich movie about the Battle of Midway.
Video of Midway (2019 Movie) New Trailer – Ed Skrein,...
Midway has director Roland Emmerich putting the historic World War II battle through his disaster-movie lens.
Midway will provide yet another hub for ostentatious cinematic disaster sequences from director Roland Emmerich, the industry’s premiere weaver of wanton world-wrecking, though this time – akin to Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor – to the backdrop of World War II.
With the title’s obvious reference to the post-Pearl-Harbor bellwether battle of the war’s Pacific theater, the film will dramatize said event with quite the cast, including Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Jake Weber, Aaron Eckhart and Dennis Quaid – all of whom play fact-based figures in the monumental conflagration.
Midway Trailer
The full trailer for Midway has arrived, manifesting with every bit of elevated onscreen intensity that comes to mind when pitched the idea of a Roland Emmerich movie about the Battle of Midway.
Video of Midway (2019 Movie) New Trailer – Ed Skrein,...
- 7/3/2018
- Den of Geek
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