The official trailer and release date for Guy Ritchie’s next project, "Fountain of Youth", starring Natalie Portman and John Krasinski, have been unveiled.
The movie is penned by James Vanderbilt and follows two estranged siblings who partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. They must use their knowledge of history to follow clues on an epic adventure set to change their lives and possibly lead to immortality.
In the trailer, Krasinski’s character, Luke, hesitantly calls up his sister Charlotte to enlist her help to find the long sought-after, once thought to be mythological Fountain of Youth. “Are you in trouble?” During a phone call with Luke, Portman’s character asks before stating, “You only call when you’re in trouble.”
Skydance Media produced the pic for Apple in a first-look deal alongside Vinson Films and Project X Entertainment. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Tripp Vinson, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson and Jake Myers produce, while Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella serve as executive producers.
"Fountain of Youth" features Egypt's rich history, culture, and must-see locations, with the Giza Plateau turned into a high-verve playground for the pic.
In July 2024, the Great Pyramid and taciturn Sphinx shared their home for two weeks with modern equipment and military helicopters lent out by the local Ministry of Defense for the first time.
“A friend of mine was on the Guy Richie project,” Location Managers Guild International president John Rakich said at the time. “And they couldn’t stop talking about how seamless it was to shoot for two weeks in front of the pyramids. [They were orchestrating] gunfire, helicopters, all big stuff that usually doesn’t get done here.”
“For the longest time, people were going to Morocco to shoot fake pyramids,” Rakich added. “Now, there’s a big push to get people to come back to Egypt. So we’re here to take a look, to see what’s around to and see how we can help.”
“This is the real Egypt,” he noted. “Productions can now can shoot antiquity with a friendly partner without having to go out and fake it. We’re not talking about moving a whole show here, but if you have to do a scene, you can come here. You don’t have to be ‘Transformers,’ and you don’t need a massive budget. You can still be medium size and shoot what’s real.”
“We’re joking about their ad campaign,” Rakich joked. “It should just be a picture of the pyramids under a tagline that says, ‘Yeah, we got this.’ I told them to play to their strengths. Hollywood will go if the right thing is there.”
"Fountain of Youth" debuts via Apple TV+ on May 23, arriving on the heels of Apple and Sykdance joining forces for the action-horror hybrid "The Gorge", which starred Miles Teller and Anya-Taylor Joy; the horror film "Mayday" with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh; and "The Family Plan", led by Mark Wahlberg.
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