Players can help Fezzik, Inigo, Buttercup, and Westley against Count Rugen, Prince Humperdink, and the treacherous journey going through the Fire Swamp or maneuvering the Cliffs of Insanity. All rights reserved. “If you already know the movie, that’s what makes it fun. Serialized remake of 'The Princess Bride' told in short chapters featuring celebrities at home during quarantine. “I go through the original scene and get a frame of each still that they need to do, and I send them those to create a version of storyboards. ), Jennifer Garner emerges as Buttercup when Humperdinck introduces her to the rabble, and she plays opposite herself as the old crone who boos the young princess mercilessly for turning her back on true love. The Princess Bride Figures Coming From McFarlane Toys. A lot of the playfulness comes from how obvious it is that the actors are not in the same room as one another, evident in the next clip—in which Jack Black’s Dread Pirate Roberts (aka the Man in Black, aka Westley) clings to a cliffside while Diego Luna’s Inigo Montoya (the swordsman originally played by Mandy Patinkin) tries to rescue him so they can fight to the death. That’s Josh Gad playing the little boy with a cold who is reluctantly told the swashbuckling story by his grandfather. Sign up for our daily Hollywood newsletter and never miss a story. Filmmaker Jason Reitman devised the idea back in March, seeing it as a way to stay busy during the lockdown while raising funds for the World Central Kitchen charity, which has been helping thousands of restaurants stay afloat during the quarantine by paying them to provide millions of meals to the needy. BIFF 2020 – Now in our fifteenth year BIFF is a ten-day tribute to the power of film and the excitement of some of the very best in ... Film Trailer. Ad Choices. The director was in the midst of postproduction on his movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife when the quarantine hit; when the movie was pushed from July 10 to next March due to the shuttered theaters, that meant his team suddenly had more time for a side project. See more from the A-list fan-film version of #ThePrincessBride: https://t.co/GByWWGMBHM pic.twitter.com/CipZmhPODE, — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 26, 2020. If you’re wondering what the director of the original movie, Rob Reiner, thinks of this riff on his work—that’s him playing the grandfather in this sequence. The creators hope the footage can also provide some laughter to viewers in a time of hardship. He also had to get the blessing of three other stakeholders: producer Norman Lear, who controls the rights to The Princess Bride; the estate of William Goldman, who wrote the novel that inspired it along with the screenplay; and musician and composer Mark Knopfler, whose score is recreated in the new footage by other artists. A post shared by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair) on Jun 26, 2020 at 2:42pm PDT. The stars who’ve signed on so far include Josh Gad, Common, Tiffany Haddish, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner, Sam Rockwell, Leslie Bibb, Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka, Chris Pine, Annabelle Wallis, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Lucas Hedges, Jenna Ortega, David Oyelowo, Jack Black, Diego Luna, J.K. Simmons, Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Beanie Feldstein, Dave Bautista, Dennis Haysbert, Taika Waititi, David Spade, Jon Hamm, Stephen Merchant, Mackenzie Davis, Nicholas Braun, Robert Wuhl, Don Johnson, Ari Graynor, Thomas Lennon, Brandon Routh, Courtney Ford, Zoey Deutch, Zazie Beetz, Patton Oswalt, Alice Oswalt, Rainn Wilson, Pedro Pascal, Jason Segel, Keegan Michael Key, Retta, Fred Savage, Catherine Reitman, and many more, including an as-yet-unrevealed Oscar winner who will deliver the infamous “My name is Inigo Montoya. From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter. Jeffrey Katzenberg loved the concept and was moved by the charitable effort, so Quibi made a $1 million donation to World Central Kitchen, which equates to approximately 100,000 meals, in order to distribute the handmade project. “The audience already knows every line. Looking for more? Garner also assembled stuffed animals for the onlookers surrounding the old woman; at other points in the various clips, Reitman uses Lego figures to simulate crowds or stunts like dangerous climbing scenes. Retta plays the mom, who urges her son to tolerate grandpa’s ramblings. Variety “The week that the stay-at-home order came through in California, I just woke up one of the first mornings, I think like most people did, feeling as though, All right, I need to be able to do something of value,” Reitman told Vanity Fair. While stuck in quarantine over the past few months, some of the most famous performers in the world worked in secret to shoot a homemade fan-film version of the classic on their phones—which will be shown on Quibi chapter by chapter, day by day, for two weeks starting this Monday. #ThePrincessBride: @JackBlack as Westley (a.k.a The Man in Black) and @diegoluna_ as Inigo Montoya. 10-16-2020, 10:16 AM. And I had seen that a fan-made Star Wars had been done,” director Jason Reitman (Juno, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) told Vanity Fair. The audience already knows every line. “That’s the most fun, when you get to go full tilt.”. View production, box office, & company info, ‘Superbad’ Cast Reunites for Democratic Party Fundraiser, Recasting The Characters Of The Princess Bride (If It Was Made Today), ‘Hamilton’ Cast to Host Virtual Fundraiser for Joe Biden Campaign. The rest of the cast is an IMDB-busting litany of who’s who: Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Beanie Feldstein, Dave Bautista, Dennis Haysbert, Taika Waititi, David Spade, Jon Hamm, Stephen Merchant, Mackenzie Davis, Nicholas Braun, Robert Wuhl, Don Johnson, Ari Graynor, Thomas Lennon, Brandon Routh, Courtney Ford, Zoey Deutch, and Zazie Beetz—among many others still under wraps and some TBD. It was like, ‘Oh—that sounds like fun.’”. Short, Comedy, Fantasy. BIFF 2020 Classic Film. Now it’s over 33 years. Keegan Michael Key plays swordmaster Montoya in yet another sequence. Date: Sunday Mar. Screen Rant “I wouldn’t think this is the best way to introduce someone to the film,” Reiner joked—but he isn’t worried about the handmade version overshadowing the original. I had no reservations. “Chris Pine and Annabelle Wallis are the first Buttercup and Westley,” Reitman said. For even more, visit our Family Entertainment Guide. Reitman shot a proof of concept by performing the grandfather scene with his own daughter. In recreating it you get to feel a little bit of what it was like to make the original.”, Reitman never watched or actively directed the shoots, but occasionally answered last-minute questions by email. The Princess Bride (TV Mini-Series 2020– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Yay, it holds a sacred post in the inner pantheon. And the biggest kick I get out of it is that kids who saw it when they were eight or nine years old have kids that age now, and they’re seeing it and liking it. Many performers also brought their pets into the action. “Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, his husband, went as Westley and Inigo Montoya for Halloween one year, so they have an incredible Man in Black costume that they looked for in storage.” When the time came to shoot, Burtka decided to play Buttercup opposite Harris’s Westley instead. “Sometimes if two people did their scene on the same side, we’ll have to [reverse] a shot,” he explained. It's not like Princess Bride figures are going to fly off the retail shelves with casual consumers. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), © 2020 Macmillan | All stories, art, and posts are the copyright of their respective authors, Add Some Romance to the Spooky Season With, Join Us For Trivia Night! It seems to have stood the test of time,” Reiner said. I was like, ‘Nah, let’s do it!’”. 1, 2020, 2:30 p.m. A-list actors worked secretly in quarantine to create a rough-hewn, homemade version of the classic film and raise $1 million for charity. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) and Your California Privacy Rights. #bestmemescollections 88 Actor Princess Bride Supercut to benefit World Central Kitchen. “I just thought, Can we remake an entire movie at home? Their scrappy version of The Princess Bride leans into its continuity lapses, utilizes absurd household props and back-of-the-closet costumes, and deploys multiple castings of the same roles to show that in a true fantasy, anyone can play anything. TV Series In this case, Lucas Hedges steps in as Westley, while Jenna Ortega takes over the Buttercup role. The series begins Monday with the opening of the movie—the little boy, wrapped in an oversized Bears football jersey, starting to listen to a story. “I just thought, Can we remake an entire movie at home? Calling all #ThePrincessBride fans: Hollywood A-listers—including Sophie Turner, Hugh Jackman, Tiffany Haddish, Joe Jonas, Jennifer Garner, and (many) more—have spent quarantine secretly making a homemade version of the classic film to benefit the World Central Kitchen. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. ‘Superbad’ Cast Reunites for Democratic Party Fundraiser, 17 October 2020 “Literally never,” Reitman said. Other times, as with big-budget productions, reshoots were necessary. “They’ve been working tirelessly for the last two to three months to create an entire movie from scratch, just because. David Oyelowo stampedes into the moment as Humperdinck, riding a golf cart as his “horse,” augmented by some audio hoofbeats. Newlyweds Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner gender-swapped their characters, with him sporting a gown and blonde wig as the princess and her wearing the mask as Westley’s disguised Man in Black as they struggle to escape the Fire Swamp and its infestation of ROUSes (Rodents of Unusual Size). That clip shows how one chapter leads to another, swapping the characters with new actors at the very end. This *is* a kissing story. In The Princess Bride, a little boy played by Fred Savage asks this question when his grandfather, portrayed by Peter Falk, starts reading him the offbeat fairy tale. Our Privacy Notice has been updated to explain how we use cookies, which you accept by continuing to use this website. The original, with all its imperfections, is the only movie I consider perfect.