Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

Credits
Title:	Fantasy Island
Directed by:	Jeff Wadlow
Written by:	Jillian Jacobs; Christopher Roach; Jeff Wadlow
Produced by:	Couper Samuelson; Jeanette Volturno; Jason Blum; James Moran; Robin Mulcahy Fisichella; Jennifer Scudder Trent; Marc Toberoff; Ryan Turek; Jeff Wadlow; Sean Albertson
Music by:	Bear McCreary
Cinematography:	Toby Oliver
Edited by:	Sean Albertson
Production
Distributors:	Blumhouse Productions Columbia Pictures
Released:	February 14th, 2020
Rating:	PG-13
Running time:	109 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Fantasy Island is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller genre. It was directed by Jeff Wadlow with a screenplay written by Wadlow, Jillian Jacobs, and Christopher Roach. It was produced by Blumhouse Productions and released theatrically in the United States on February 14th, 2020.

Plot[]

Welcome to Fantasy Island - where all of your fantasies come true! Managed by the polite, yet enigmatically omniscient Mister Roarke, this mysterious tropical paradise has the power to grant one their fondest desires. There are only two rules on Fantasy Island. 1: Only one fantasy per guest. 2: You must see the fantasy through to the end. Fantasies don't always turn out the way one expects them, but they always turn out they way they are supposed to.

Several seemingly unrelated individuals arrive by plane on Fantasy Island - each one harboring a distinctive fantasy they wish to see fulfilled. Gwen Olsen is filled with regret and wants a "do-over" concerning as past event. J.D. Weaver and his Asian brother Brax are two literally dude-bros who "want it all". Patrick Sullivan wants to become a soldier to honor the memory of his dead father who died heroically when he was a child. Melanie Cole wants revenge against a girl who made her a social pariah in high school.

There are others on the island in addition to Mister Roarke and his guests however. There is Julia, who is Mister Roarke's assistant, who appears to harbor some health issues. There is Damon, who is a private investigator who came to the island to expose Roarke and the twisted nature of the island's supernatural powers. Lastly, there is Sloane Maddison, who was abducted from her home and brought to the island where she is being tortured by a sadistic surgeon appropriately named "Dr. Torture".

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Michael Peña

Mister Roarke

Maggie Q

Gwen Olsen

Lucy Hale

Melanie Cole

Austin Stowell

Patrick Sullivan

Jimmy O. Yang

Brax Weaver

Portia Doubleday

Sloane Maddison

Ryan Hansen

J.D. Weaver

Michael Rooker

Damon

Parisa Fitz-Henley

Julia

Mike Vogel

Lieutenant Sullivan

Kim Coates

Devil Face

Robbie Jones

Allen Chambers

Jeriya Benn

Lila

Charlotte McKinney

Chastity

Josh McConville

Sarge

Tane Williams-Accra

Fischer

Edmund Lembke-Hogan

Himoff

Ian Roberts

Doctor Torture

Evan Evagora

Nick Taylor

Goran D. Kleut

Valet Milton

Josh Diaz

Alejandro

Joshua Randall

Valet Chester

Andrew Lees

Will

Nick Slater

Greg

Notes & Trivia[]

Fantasy Island is a dark interpretation of the 1977 television series Fantasy Island, which aired on ABC for seven seasons from 1977 to 1984. The television series was remade in 1998, and aired for one season consisting of thirteen episodes on ABC. The remake series had a darker undercurrent than the original series, and is more in-line with the tone of the feature film than the original show. Actor Malcolm McDowell played the role of Mister Roarke on the remake series.

The tagline for this film is "Anything you desire. Everything you fear".

There are a total of twenty-four credited cast members in this film.

Production on Fantasy Island began in July, 2018.

Scenes of the island were filmed in Tavenui, Fiji.

Pre-screenings for Fantasy Island took place on February 12th, 2020, and opened in five markets.

Fantasy Island was originally scheduled for a February 28th, 2020 theatrical release, but was moved head two weeks so as to not conflict with another Blumhouse Productions remake, The Invisible Man.

Fantasy Island grossed $26,441,782 in the domestic U.S. market and $20,874,177 internationally for a combined worldwide gross of $47,315,959.

The unrated version of this film contains female topless nudity that would have been considered too excessive for a PG-13 movie.

Actor Joshua Diaz is credited as Josh Diaz in this film.

Actor Josh Randall is credited as Joshua Randall in this film.

Fantasy Island was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on May 12th, 2020. This is the Unrated version, which also includes the theatrical release. The home video and digital download releases include audio commentary by director Jeff Wadlow and the main cast of the film.

Former professional wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista was originally cast to play a role in the film, but dropped out of production. Had he remained, this would have been his third feature film co-starring with actor Michael Rooker. Rooker and Bautista both appeared in the superhero sci-fi film Guardians of the Galaxy, and its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

Actress Lucy Hale is also known for playing the lead role of Olivia Baron in the 2018 version of Truth Or Dare, which was also produced by Blumhouse Productions.

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