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storyline starcast breitburn full movie actor performance and which character has played what role all of these have been discussed hope you will like our video and enjoy this video subscribe to our channel to watch more such interesting videos breitburn is a American superhero horror film directed by David yarov veski written by Brian and Mark gun and produced by James gun and Kenneth Wong starring Elizabeth Banks David Denman Jackson a Dun Matt Jones and Mer hagner the plot follows Brandon Brer a young boy of extraterrestrial origin reared on Earth who discovers he has superpowers using them with intentions the film was produced and financed by screen gems stage films the H Collective and troll Court entertainment breitburn was announced as Untitled James gun horror project in December gun produced the film while his brother Brian and cousin Mark pinned the screenplay which adapts the concept of Superman for explicit horror principal photography began in March and wrapped in May of that same year breitburn was released in the United States on May by Sony Pictures released ing the film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the horror elements Gore concept and Banks performance but criticized its writing and pacing and felt that the film did not deliver on the full potential of its premise the film gross dollar million against a production budget of million dollars clot in a spaceship crashes in a forest in breitburn Kansas Tori and Kyle Brier a couple who are unable to conceive see an explosion from their house and go to to the crash site there they find a spaceship with a baby inside whom they adopt and name Brandon they also hide the spaceship in their barn around Brandon's tea birthday he discovers he has exceptional strength and the ability to fly his disposition also changes from a Sweet Child to having anger issues in Middle School Brandon is an academically exceptional student but socially awkward and frequently bullied classmate Caitlyn Connor shows sympathy for him Brandon velops a crush and stalks Caitlyn in her room in the middle of the night scaring her one day during a trust exercise in physical education class Brandon Falls towards Caitlyn but she lets him drop to the ground and calls him a pervert angered by her accusation Brandon crushes her hand and is suspended from school after being accosted by Caitlyn's mother Erica that night Brandon sleepwalks to the spaceship and breaks into the barn where it is hidden cutting his hand on the ship Tori follows and sees him levitating chanting the ship's message take the world she reveals the truth of his origin and Brandon angrily trashes the house and later kills Erica police find symbols drawn on a window while investigating Erica's disappearance the same symbols that Brandon is seen drawing in his notebook the next day Brandon Dawns his costume and is caught sneaking into his aunt and uncle's house by his uncle Noah after Noah threatens to tell his father Brandon kills him the following morning Tori and Kyle informed Brandon of Noah's death which the police believe was an accident but Brandon shows no emotion suspecting him to be the killer Kyle finds Brandon's bloodstained shirt and shows it to Tori but she refuses to believe it Kyle takes Brandon on a Father's son hunting trip in the woods he attempts to shoot and kill Brandon with his hunting rifle but the bullet bounces off the back of Brandon's head Brandon then kills Kyle with heat vision a sheriff arrives at the Briar and shows Tori the symbol found at the of Erica's and Noah's deaths Tori finds Brandon's notebook with drawings of his murders the same symbol that the sheriff found at both murders and his message to take the world she calls Kyle but Brandon answers and implies he is coming for her Brandon returns and begins destroying the house Tori calls but Brandon kills the sheriff and his Deputy before backup can arrive remembering that the ship's Hull can cut him Tori runs to the barn and discovers Erica's eviscerated body as Brandon pursues her Tori tries to stab him with a piece of the ship but he grabs her and flies her into the sky to drop her from several thousand feet to her death after he watches her fall he looks up to see an oncoming airplane the following morning the airplane is revealed to have crashed into the Farmhouse destroying the evidence of the murders from the previous night Brandon's symbol is seen painted on a piece of the plane wreckage in a mid pcrs scene Brandon now identified as breitburn is seen from the perspective of of news reports and eyewitness footage over the locations of various disasters an online conspiracy theorist posts his own video analyzing the disasters and referencing attacks by other Cryptids elsewhere in the world urging the public to recognize the potential danger these beings pose and to take action before it's too late pass Elizabeth Banks as Tory Brier Brandon's adoptive mother and Kyle's wife David Denman as Kyle Brer Brandon's adoptive father and tor's husband Jackson a done as Brandon Brier breitburn a superpowered alien who is adopted by the Brier family may hagner as merily McNichol tor's sister Brandon's aunt and Noah's wife who works as Brandon school counselor Matt Jones is Noah McNichol Brandon's uncle and mily's husband Gregory Allen Williams as Sheriff Gerald dver a local sheriff of the small town Anne Humphrey as Deputy area's diver's partner Emmy Hunter as Caitlyn Connor a girl who is scared of Brandon Becky walstrom as Erica Connor Caitlyn's mother who believes Brandon is a menace Jennifer Holland as Ms ESP benhe Brandon school teacher Abraham clink scales as Roy a young boy who bullies Brandon chrisan finlon as Folk shock one of the kids who bullies Brandon Steve AG as EJ Steven blackart as Travis Elizabeth Becca as principal Elaine susco paren rosemore as PE teacher Mike Dunston as reporter Michael Rooker as the big tea a conspiracy theory blogger who reports on the superpowered beings rain Wilson cameos in a photograph during the CRS as his character Crimson Bolt from producer James gun super production G development the film was announced in December then Untitled with James Gunn as a producer his brother Brian and cousin Mark Writing the script and David yaresi directing in March Elizabeth Banks David Denman Jackson a done M hagner and Matt Jones were cast gun was set to appear on a panel to discuss the project at San Diego Comic Con in July but his appearance was canceled after news broke that Disney had fired gun as director of Guardians of the Galaxy V due to offensive tweets gun would later be reinstated by that October with his return publicly revealed in March filming ntion principal photography began in March and wrapped in May of that year in the US state of Georgia the building collapsed portion of the mid Siara scene uses footage taken from the real life demolition of the S John Carling building in Ottawa Ontario Canada on July the Middle School scenes were shot at the now defunct Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge Georgia the same location used for both Hawkins middle and Hawkins high schools in the Netflix series Stranger Things release marketing there were plans to promote the film at the San Diego ComicCon in July but it was P at the last minute in the wake of James gun's removal from the Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Studios only for Disney and Marvel to reconcile with gun 9 months later on December the first trailer for breitburn was released online critics viewed the trailer as an Ultraman horror movie due to the intentional similarities to Superman's origin story and as a deconstruction of the character Fast Company stated that although it's not officially a Superman movie it walks viewers through every step of Clark Kent's Origins story before taking a hard left turn on April an art contest was launched after the release of the trailer to promote the film and had concluded on May the winners of the contest had their artworks used in marketing for the film and received Dollar on May Egan promoted the film by uploading a prank of unsuspecting volunteers with the character Brandon Brier it was uploaded to their website and YouTube channel another art contest was launched on August to promote the home media release of of the film titled band with breitburn submissions had to depict other super villains in reference to the ending scene of the film hinting at other superpowered characters actor Jackson A Dunn was the judge of the contest and it was sponsored by collider theatrical breitburn was released in the United States on May it was originally scheduled for November the home media the film was released on digital HD on August and on DVD Blu-ray and and K Ultra HD on August in April Sony signed a deal with Disney giving them access to their legacy content including breitburn to stream on Disney and Hulu and appear on Disney's linear television networks Disney's access to Sony's titles would come following their availability on Netflix breitburn had previously been available on stars and FX merchandise in August it was announced a Halloween costume of Brandon Brier was going to be sold exclusively by Spirit Halloween in October reception box office breitburn gross dollar million in the United States and Canada and dollar million in other territories for a worldwide total of dollar million in the United States and Canada breitburn was released alongside Aladdin and booksmart and was projected to gross around million dollars from theaters in its 4-day opening weekend the film made million dollars on its first day including dollar from Thursday night previews it ended up underperforming grossing dollar million over three days in dollar million over the four finishing in fifth in its second weekend the film made dollar million dropping percent and finishing in ninth critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of percent based on reviews with an average rating of/ the website's critical consensus reads although breitburn doesn't fully deliver on the pitch black promise of its setup it's still enough to offer a ing subversion of the superhero genre on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of out of based on critics indicating mixed or average reviews audiences pulled by Cinema score gave the film an average grade of C on an average grade of C on an a to f scale while those at post track gave it out of stars and a definite recommend of percent Frank check of The Hollywood Reporter wrote while not exactly original the premise is certainly effective enough but breitburn lacks the visual stylization or wit to elevate it from the realm of the crudely effective be movie James White from Empire wrote crossbreeding superhero tropes with horror Staples was an idea laid in with promise breitburn is enlivened by trademark James gun black comedy but hamstrung by sketchy writing and a botched sense of dread Alex Arabian from the playlist wrote the film is a gem especially for anyone yearning for a superhero film that gleefully torches The Familiar good versus evil formula and introduces far more Sinister sens abilities Ed Gonzalez from slant also gave it a negative review the way the film shuttles through its minutes it's as if it's been stripped of its most crucial narrative Parts future in May director David joveski stated that upon the film potentially being a success the universe of breitburn would be expanded upon in a later interview with collider yaresi confirmed that the film CRS making reference to a halfman half sea creature terrorizing the Seas rain Wilson's character Frank dar the Crimson Bolt from Super and a powerful witch who chokes her victims with a rope was intended to set up a sequel in addition noting that an alternate ending to the film featured Emmy Hunter's Caitlyn ending with her in a lab fastening a robot arm on her broken arm and her just pissed off as well as mentioning tons of other such endings as having been discussed as well as stating that if we were to expand the brightburn universe in other installments and in other ways we would probably be doing it in the exact same way in total secrecy and then drop a cinematic trailer at some point that kind of teases what that new Direction may be in June producer James gun stated that discussion of a potential sequel was happening but he was busy writing and directing The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy V in August Jackson A Dunn stated in an interview with Screen Rant that he would be interested in reprising his role as Brandon Brier in addition Dunn said he would like to see up and coming actors being cast in lead roles in potential future films films in April gun expressed doubt that a sequel would happen due to rights issues Elizabeth Banks born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell February is an American actress producer and director she is known for playing chaperon Effy Trinket in the Hunger Dames film series and an ICA commentator in the Pitch Perfect film series she made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect whose million-dollars opening weekend gross set a record for a firsttime director she has since directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels and the horror comedy film cocaine bear Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in with her husband Max Handelman Banks made her film debut in the lowbudget independent film surrender Dorothy she has appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer Sam Ry Spider-Man trilogy C Biscuit the year-old virgin Slither Invincible Zach and Mary Make a Porno Role Models the next 3 days and on a Ledge What to Expect When You're Expecting movie The Lego Movie film series love Mercy Walk of Shame Magic Mike XXL Power Rangers breitburn call Jane and skincare on television Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom Rock which earned her two prime time Emmy Award nominations she also had recurring roles on the comedy series scrubs and Modern Family the latter of which earned her a third prime time Emmy Award nomination she starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer first day of camp and wet Hot American Summer 10 years later since Banks has hosted the ABC Revival of the game show Press Your Luck early life e says Banks was born and raised in Pittsfield Massachusetts the eldest of four children of an NE Wallace and Mark P Mitchell her father a Vietnam War veteran was a factory worker for General Electric and her mother worked in a bank she described her family as very meat and potatoes old school Irish Catholic growing up she played baseball and rode horses she was in Little League when she broke her leg sliding into third base she then tried out for the school play which was her start in acting she graduated from pitsfield high school in and is a member of the Massachusetts Junior classical League she attended the University of Pennsylvania where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and was elected to the frier senior Society she graduated magnet come LOD in with a major in Communications and a minor in Theater Arts in she completed schooling at the American Conservatory theater in San Francisco California where she earned an MFA degree career early career and breakthrough Banks upper at the Sea Biscuit screening at the White House Inn Banks changed her name upon joining The Screen Actors Guild as actress Elizabeth Mitchell was already registered in the union under that name after auditioning in New York she was offered a role on the soap opera s Santa Barbara taking the role would have required her to quit her education at the American Conservatory theater and as she had taken out student loans to complete her degree she declined the offer she made her acting debut in the independent film surrender Dorothy as Elizabeth Casey and appeared in various films over the next seven years including Wet Hot American Summer swept away and Sea Biscuit her most notable role up to that point was Betty Brandt in Sam ry's Spider-Man trilogy in Bank set up her own production company Brownstone Productions with her future husband Max handlan Banks gained more prominent widespread exposure with her role in the comedy film The year-old virgin in August at the Williamstown theater Festival she starred in William in's bus stop as cheeri the aspiring nightclub singer Jeffrey borak wrote that Banks portrayal was acted with poise Clarity and a shrewd feel for Cherry's complexities her performance is all of a peace and in harmony stylistically with the performances around her in she appeared on the series Stella and in May she had a role in the season 5 finale of the NBC sitcom scrubs as Dr Kim Briggs the love interest of JD Zack bra Banks appeared throughout season 6 7 and eight as a recurring guest star further success and recognition banks at the Spider-Man Premiere in in Banks appeared in the American Football drama film Invincible in which she played Mark walberg's love interest later she and co-star Wahlberg were nominated for the best kiss award at the MTV movie awards that same year she landed the starring role in the comedy horror film Slither in Banks played the female lead in the comedy film meet Bill alongside Aaron eart and Jessica Alba that same year she had a small role as Santa's Little Helper Charlene in the Christmas comedy film Fred Claus co-starring Vince vaugh and Paul jamat in she played the wife of Ryan Reynolds character and mother to his daughter in the comedy film Definitely Maybe alongside Isa fiser and Rachel Weise starred with Seth Rogan as the aonomus female lead in the Kevin Smith comedies Z and Marie Make a Porno and played United States first lady Laura Bush in W Oliver Stone's biopic of George W bush in Banks appeared in the horror film The Uninvited a remake of the South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters the film was about an intrusive stepmother who makes life miserable for the teen Daughters of her new husband Banks based her character Rachel on Rebecca De morning's character in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle it was very important to me that every line reading I gave could be interpreted two ways says Banks of her role so that when you go back through the movie you can see that Banks is a frequent co-star of actor Paul Rudd the two having appeared in five films together to date Wet Hot American Summer the backer the year-old virgin role models and Our Idiot Brother she is also Al a frequent co-star of actor Toby Maguire the two having also appeared in five films together Spider-Man seab biscuit Spider-Man Spiderman Spider-Man and the details Banks was cast as a love interest for Jack donie Alec Baldwin in the fourth season of the Emy award-winning sitcom Rock intended to appear in four episodes in Banks went on to become a recurring character with appearances by the end of the fifth season including her marriage in the episode Mrs donie her performance in season five earned her a nomination for prime time Emmy Award for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for the road prime time Emmy Awards banks at the premiere of What to Expect When You're Expecting in in Banks starred in the romantic comedy film What to Expect When You're Expecting and the action film man on a ledge she also starred as Gail abery mcaden in the musical comedy film Pitch Perfect which became a critical and Commercial Success the next year she directed and starred in separate segments of movie a critically panned comedy Anthology film Banks starred in the science fiction Adventure film The Hunger Games playing Fe trinket a woman from the capital who escorts the district tributes to the annual Hunger Games she went on to reprise the role in the sequel films The Hunger Games Catching Fire The Hunger Games Mocking jart and The Hunger Games Mocking J part banks co-starred in the movie every secret thing playing detective Nancy Porter investigating The Disappearance of a young child with similarities to to a case she had previously been involved with the same year she provided the voice of the masterbuilder wild style in the Warner Bros animated film The Lego Movie in Banks was recognized by El magazine during the women in Hollywood Awards honoring women for their outstanding achievements in film spanning all aspects of the motion picture industry including acting directing and producing present directorial debut after producing and starring in the film Pitch Perfect Banks directed its sequel p PCH perfect making her feature directorial debut she also co-produced and starred in both Pitch Perfect and the next sequel Pitch Perfect Banks portrayed Melinda Leed better Wilson the wife of Brian Wilson in The biopic love Mercy which is based on the life of the musician and founding member of The Beach Boys as portrayed by John cusac in she was named as a member of the jury for the main competition at the Venice Film Festival the festival was chaired by Alfonso Kieran also in Banks became a spokeswoman for realtor.com in a series of television commercials in mid-February Banks appeared in advertisements for clothing company Old Navy she also played space alien Rita repulsa in the Power Rangers reboot film Bank speaking at the Sand Diego ComicCon in Banks co-starred as Jenny in the comedy film The Happy Time murders alongside Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph in she reprised her starring role as Lucy wild style in the animated comedy film The Lego Movie the second part she then starred as Tory Brer in the superhero horror film breitburn Banks was a speaker at the San Diego Comic conon where she promoted The Lego Movie the second part it was there where along with co-stars Chris Pratt and Stephanie berres Banks and the filming team released the film's trailer on May ABC announced Banks as the host of The Summer Revival of the game show Press Your Luck which she also executive produces Banks directed produced wrote and starred as Bosley in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels which was released in November in she starred as feminist Jill ruckles in the FX miniseries Mrs America in November it was announced that Banks was set to star in direct and produce a new adaptation of the Invisible Woman based on her own original story pitch Aaron cresa Wilson will write the script for the reboot of the female monster while Max handleman and Allison small will serve as producer and executive producer respectively in February Banks was allowed to pitch for a project by Universal pictures from the roster of universal monsters ultimately pitching The Invisible Woman in June it was announced Banks would Star as Ms Frizzle in a liveaction animated hybrid of the Magic School Bus which she will also produce through her company Brownstone Productions in March it was announced that Banks would direct the Thriller film cocaine bear which she produced alongside Max handleman for Brownstone Productions and Phil Lord and CHR Christopher Miller in May peacock announced that Banks would direct and star in the upcoming television series Red Queen based on the dystopian novel of the same name in January Banks was cast in the film the beanie bubble co-directed by Kristen Gore and Damen kulash in March it was announced that Banks would executive produce and voice the character Pebbles Flintstone in the upcoming Fox animated Prime Time series Bedrock which will be a reboot of the original series The Flintstones and will take place two decades after that series. n July it was announced that plans for Bedrock was cancelled by Fox and was no longer happening personal life Banks during a Uso visit at Bagram Airbase Afghanistan in Banks met her husband Max Handelman a sports writer and producer from Portland Oregon on her first day of college on September they were married in and have two sons born via surrogacy Banks said that people have criticized her for using a surrogate mother even though she was unable to carry her own children due to infertility issues I don't feel I owe anybody an explanation dot dot do if my story helps people feel less alone on their Journey then I'm grateful for that Banks said in an interview with Porters Banks went through parts of conversion to Judaism her husband's faith and studied with rabbis in speaking of her religion she stated that she practices Judaism though I did not have my mikve so technically I'm not converted but that she has been essentially a Jew for like years adding frankly because I'm already doing everything practicing religious rituals I feel like I'm as Jewish as I'm ever going to be political views Bank supports gun control and abortion rights Banks was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and was involved in a rendition of Rachel platon's single fight song with other celebrities at the Democratic National Convention she has stated she is a feminist in September Banks urged her Instagram followers to contact voter writers to get information and assistance with voter ID requirements for the presidential election David Denman born July is an American actor he made his film debut in The Replacements his other featur CRS include Big Fish fair game The Nines When a Stranger Calls shudder smart people Fanboys let go out cold after Earth jobs Beneath the Harvest Sky men women children the gift hours Power Rangers Logan lucky puzzle breitburn and the equalizer on television Denman is most widely known for the role of Roy Anderson the ex- fiance of Pam Beasley on the NBC sitcom the office for which he earned a sag award as a member of the ensemble cast he also started as Frank shien in the HBO limited series drama mayor of East town early life and education Denman was born in Newport Beach California he attended eight schools while growing up all over Southern California his family moved to squim Washington when he was 9 years old living on a farm which lasted 2 years before they returned to Orange County California he graduated from Fountain Valley High School where classmates included actor Omar medly and writer director Craig Brewer he later attended the spring training Congress at American Conservatory theater in San Francisco he spent two years at Orange Coast College where he performed in and directed over 20 Productions he went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the juliard school's drama division group where his classmates included Sara Ramirez and Alan tudk career dead men made his film debut with Keanu Reeves and Jee Hackman as the de tight end in the Warner Bros football comedy The Replacements his other featur CRS include fair game Fanboys the nines shudder smart people let go out cold and big fish his films include After Earth jobs and blue potato in Denman starred in the Michael film hours about the Benghazi attack in addition to the office denman's other television roles include Mike Riley on the critically acclaimed and short-lived Fox comedy traffic light and in Robert kirkman's short-lived horror series Outcast he has recurred as Ed Brooks on Parenthood as Tony on dropped dead diva and as skipped the demon on Angel he has appeared on such TV shows as ear the xfiles Mad Men and True Detective personal life Denman was married to Nikki Boer from two in September Denman married actress and former model Mercedes Mason the couple had their first child Ka in January and their second child Sean in May Denman is also an avid triathlete Matthew Lee Jones born November is an American actor voice artist comedian rapper and singer known for his portrayals of Brandon Badger Mayu on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad Baxter on the CBS sitcom mom and Ned dornet in NCIS he stars as Douglas wheeler on the CBS sitcom Bob hars abisola and is also known for his voice roles as Gunther Magnuson in Kick Basi Suburban Daredevil Hector Flanigan in Sanjay and Craig nuber in F is for family Pig and pig goat banana cricket and wedge in the video game Final Fantasy VII remake early life A Jones was born in Sacramento California and grew up in Pomona one of 10 children between his mother and stepfather he eventually moved to Claremont and graduated from Claremont High School in during this time he started ultimate improv in Westwood before auditioning for boom Chicago in Amsterdam where he performed for 3 years due to boom's rigorous touring schedule he frequently lost his voice which eventually became permanently raspy career Jones was the singer main songwriter of the Christian SCA band faculty 4 before leaving for boom Chicago Jones appeared in commercials in 2 years including a spot for Midas and has appeared in more than commercials overall after returning his first theatrical audition was for the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad from two Jones appeared in a recurring role as Brandon Badger Mayhew on Breaking Bad he appeared as a pizza delivery boy on How I Met Your Mother and has appeared on comedy Central's Reno and the NBC comedy series Community he appeared in the pilot episode of The Comedy Central sketch series ke Peele he is also a regular performer at the Upright Citizens theater and IO West in Jones was cast in the lead role in the TBS pilot Uncle Nigel written and produced by Andy breckman he has provided voices on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time in he was also cast as one of the lead roles in the Disney XD Series kick batowski Suburban Daredevil as the title character's best friend Gunther Magnuson he appeared in the film Red State and voiced minor characters in the video game rage Jones also appeared as Pro aary agent Ned dornet in the CBS series NCI CIS between and in early Jones was cast in Steven leviton's new pilot rebounding for Fox but the series was not picked up Jones appeared in four episodes of The Office Junior salesman the farm and the two-part series finale he was cast as a series regular in the farm a failed spin-off of the office while in the UK to direct borderline in Jones appeared in two episodes of character comedy podcast facted up he portrayed Baxter in the CBS sitcom mom in he starred in the pop television series Let's Get Physical as Joe force in he became a cast member on the sitcom Bob Hearts abisola he is the voice of the boo Kyle in the Dreamworks Animation film home and its spin-off series home adventures with tip oh he is the voice of the character wedge in Final Fantasy VII remake personal life Jones married actress Kelly daen they have one son together Jasper B they divorced and Dot citation needed he later married actress Christen Hagar on December they have one daughter together Jalene B breitburn was announced as Untitled James gun horror project in December gun produced the film while his brother Brian and cousin Mark Pinn the screenplay which adapts the concept of Superman for explicit horror principal photography began in March and wrapped in May of that same year breitburn was released in the United States on May by Sony Pictures releasing the film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the horror elements Gore concept and Banks performance but criticized its writing and pacing and felt that the film did not deliver on the full potential of its premise the film gross dollar million against a production budget of million dollars clot in a spaceship crashes in a forest in breitburn Kansas Tori and Kyle Brier a couple who are unable to conceive see an explosion from their house and go to the crash site there they find a spaceship with a baby inside whom they adopt and name Brandon they also hide the spaceship in their barn around Brandon's tea birthday he discovers he has exceptional strength and the ability to fly his disposition also changes from a Sweet Child to having anger issues in Middle School Brandon is an academically exceptional student but socially awkward and frequently bullied classmate Caitlyn Connor shows sympathy for him Brandon develops a crush and stalks Caitlyn in her room in the middle of the night scaring her one day during a trust exercise in physical education class Brandon Falls towards Caitlyn but she lets him drop to the ground and calls him a pervert angered by her accusation Brandon crushes her hand and is suspended from school after being accosted by Caitlyn's mother Erica that night Brandon sleepwalks to the spaceship and breaks into the barn where it is hidden cutting his hand on the ship Tori follows and sees him levitating chant the ship's message take the world she reveals the truth of his origin and Brandon angrily trashes the house and later kills Erica police find symbols drawn on a window while investigating Erica's disappearance the same symbols that Brandon is seen drawing in his notebook the next day Brandon Don his costume and is caught sneaking into his aunt and uncle's house by his uncle Noah after Noah threatens to tell his father Brandon kills him the following morning Tori and Kyle informed Brandon of Noah's death which the police believe was an accident but Brandon shows no emotion suspecting him to be the killer Kyle finds Brandon's bloodstained shirt and shows it to Tori but she refuses to believe it Kyle takes Brandon on a father-son hunting trip in the woods he attempts to shoot and kill Brandon with his hunting rifle but the bullet bounces off the back of Brandon's head Brandon then kills Kyle with heat vision a sheriff arrives at the Briar and shows Tori the symbol found at the scenes of amica's and Noah's deaths Tori finds Brandon's notebook with drawings of his murders the same symbol that the sheriff found at both murders and his message to take the world she calls Kyle but Brandon answers and implies he is coming for her Brandon returns and begins destroying the house Tori calls but Brandon kills the sheriff and his Deputy before backup can arrive remembering that the ship's Hull can cut him Tori runs to the barn and discovers Erica's eviscerated body as Brandon pursues her Tori tries to stab him with a piece of the ship but he grabs her and flies her into the sky to drop her from several thousand feet to her death after he watches her fall he looks up to see an oncoming airplane the following morning the airplane is revealed to have crashed into the Farmhouse destroying the evidence of the murders from the previous night Brandon's symbol is seen painted on a piece of the plane wreckage in a mid kecs scene Brandon now identified as breitburn is seen from the perspective of news reports and eyewitness footage over the locations of various disasters an online conspiracy theorist posts his own video analyzing the disasters and referencing attacks by other Cryptids elsewhere in the world urging the public to recognize the potential danger these beings pose and to take action before it's too late cast Elizabeth Banks as Tory Brier Brandon's adoptive mother and Kyle's wife David Denman as Kyle Brier Brandon's adoptive father and tor's husband Jackson a done as Brandon Brier breitburn a superpowered alien who is adopted by the Brier family Mar hagner as merily McNichol tor's sister Brandon's aunt and Noah's wife who works as Brandon's school counselor Matt Jones is Noah McNichol Brandon's uncle and meril's husband Gregory Ellen Williams as Sheriff Gerald dver a local sheriff of the small town an Humphrey as Deputy area's diver's partner Emmy Hunter as Caitlyn Connor a girl who is scared of Brandon Becky walstrom as Erica Connor Caitlyn's mother who believes Brandon is a menace Jennifer Holland as Ms ESP bened Brandon school teacher Abraham clink scales as Roy a young boy who bullies Brandon Christian finlon as Folk shock one of the kids who bullies Brandon Steve AG as EJ Steven blackart as Travis Elizabeth Becca as principal Elaine susco paren rosemore as PE teacher Mike Dunston as reporter Michael Rooker as the big te a conspiracy theory blogger who reports on the superpowered beings rain Wilson cameos in a photograph during the CRS as his character Crimson Bolt from producer James gun super production G development the film was announced in December then Untitled with James gun as a producer his brother Brian and cousin Mark Writing the script and David yarovesky directing in March Elizabeth Banks David Denman Jackson a done M hagner and Matt Jones were cast gun was set to appear on a panel to discuss the project at San Diego Comic conon in July but his appearance was canceled after news broke that Disney had fired gun as director of Guardians of the Galaxy V due to offensive tweets gun would later be reinstated by that October with his return publicly revealed in March filming ntion principal photography began in March and wrapped in May of that year in the US state of Georgia the building collapsed portion of the mid Siara scene uses footage taken from the real life demolition of the Sir John Carling building in Ottawa Ontario Canada on July the Middle School scenes were shot at the now defunct Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge Georgia the same location used for both Hawkins middle and Hawkins high schools in the Netflix series stranger things oreas pering there were plans to promote the film at the San Diego ComicCon in July but it was pulled at the last minute in the wake of James gun's removal from the Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Studios only for Disney and Marvel to reconcile with gun 9 months later on December the first trailer for breitburn was released online critics viewed the trailer as an Ultram man horror movie due to the intentional similarities to Superman's origin story and as a deconstruction of the character Fast Company stated that although it's not officially a Superman movie it walks viewers through every step of Clark Kent's origin story before taking a hard left turn on April an art contest was launched after the release of the trailer to promote the film and had concluded on May the winners of the contest had their artworks used in marketing for the film and received Dollar on May Ean promoted the film by uploading a prank of unsuspecting volunteers with the character Brandon Brier it was uploaded to their website and YouTube channel another art contest was launched on August to promote the home media release of the film titled band with breitburn submissions had to depict other super villains in reference to the ending scene of the film hinting at other superpowered characters actor Jackson A Dunn was the judge of the contest and it was sponsored by collider theatrical breitburn was released in the United States on May it was originally scheduled for November the home media the film was released on digital HD on August and on DVD Blu-ray and K Ultra HD on August in April Sony signed a deal with Disney giving them access to their legacy content including breitburn to stream on Disney and Hulu and appear on Disney's linear television networks Disney's access to Sony's titles would come following their availability on Netflix breitburn had previously been available on stars and FX merchandise in August it was announced a Halloween costume of Brandon Brier was going to be sold exclusively by Spirit Halloween in October reception box office breitburn gross dollar million in the United States and Canada and dollar million in other territories for a worldwide total of dollar million in the United States and Canada breitburn was released alongside Aladdin and books smart and was projected to gross around million dollars from theaters in its 4-day opening weekend the film made million dollars on its first day including dollar from Thursday night previews it ended up underperforming gross in dollar million over three days in dollar million over the four finishing in fifth in its second weekend the film made dollar million dropping percent and finishing in ninth critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of percent based on reviews with an average rating of/ the website's critical consensus reads although breitburn doesn't fully deliver on the pitch black promise of its setup it's still enough to offer a diverting sub version of the superhero genre on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of out of based on critics indicating mixed or average reviews audiences pulled by Cinema score gave the film an average grade of C on an average grade of C on an a to f scale while those at post track gave it out of stars and a definite recommend of percent Frank Che of The Hollywood Reporter wrote while not exactly original the premise is certainly effective enough but breitburn lacks the visual stylization or wit to elevate it from the realm of the crudely effective be movie James White from Empire wrote crossbreeding superhero tropes with horror Staples was an idea laid in with promise breitburn is enlivened by trademark James gun black comedy but hamstrung by sketchy writing and a botched sense of dread Alex Arabian from the playlist wrote the film is a gem especially for anyone yearning for a superhero film that gleefully torches The Familiar good versus evil formula and introduces far more Sinister sensibilities Ed Gonzalez from slant also gave it a negative review the way the film shuttles through its minutes it's as if it's been stripped of its most crucial narrative Parts future in May director David joveski stated that upon the film potentially being a success the universe of breitburn would be expanded upon in a later interview with collider yaresi confirmed that the film CRS making reference to a halfman half sea creature terrorizing the Seas rain Wilson's character Frank Darbo the crimson Bolt from Super and a powerful witch who chokes her victims with a rope was intended to set up a sequel in addition noting that an alternate ending to the film featured Emmy Hunter's Caitlyn ending with her in a lab fastening a robot arm on her broken arm and her just pissed off as well as mentioning tons of other such endings as having been discussed as well as stating that if we were to expand the brightburn universe and other installments and in other ways we would probably be doing it in the exact same way in total secrecy and then drop a cinematic trailer at some point that kind of teases what that new Direction may be in June producer James gun stated that discussion of a potential sequel was happening but he was busy writing and directing The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy V in August Jackson A Dunn stated in an interview with Screen Rant that he would be interested in reprising his role as Brandon Brier in addition dun said he would like to see up and coming actors being cast in lead roles in potential future films in April gun expressed doubt that a sequel would happen due to rights issues Elizabeth Banks born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell February is an American actress producer and director she is known for playing chaperon Effy Trinket in The Hunger Games film series and an icaa commentator in the Pitch Perfect film series she made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect whose million dollars opening weekend gross set a record for a firsttime director she has since directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels and the horror comedy film cocaine bear Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in with her husband Max handlan Banks made her film debut in the lowbudget independent film surrender Dorothy she has appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer Sam Ramy Spider-Man trilogy SE Biscuit the year-old virgin slyther Invincible Zach and Mary Make a Porno Role Models the next 3 days man on a ledge What to Expect When You're Expecting movie The Lego Movie film series love Mercy Walk of Shame Magic Mike XXL Power Rangers breitburn call Jane and skincare on television Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom Rock which earned her two prime time Emmy Award nominations she also had recurring roles on the comedy series scrubs and Modern Family the latter of which earned her a third prime time Emmy Award nomination she starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer first day of camp and wet Hot American Summer 10 years later since Banks has hosted the ABC Revival of the game show Press Your Luck early life e say Banks was born and raised in Pittsfield Massachusetts the eldest of four children of an me Wallace and Mark P Mitchell her father a Vietnam War veteran was a factory worker for General Electric and her mother worked in a bank she described her family as very meat and potatoes old school Irish Catholic growing up she played baseball and rode horses she was in Little League when she broke her leg sliding into third base she then tried out for the school play which was her start in acting she graduated from Pittsfield High School in and is a member of the Massachusetts Junior classical League she attended the University of Pennsylvania where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and was elected to the frier senior Society she graduated Magna come in with a major in Communications and a minor in Theater Arts in she completed schooling at the American Conservatory theater in San Francisco California where she earned an MFA degree career early career and breakthrough Banks upper at the Sea Biscuit screening at the White House in Banks changed her name upon joining The Screen Actors Guild as actress Elizabeth Mitchell was already registered in the union under that name after auditioning in New York she was offered a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara taking the role would have required her to quit her education at the American Conservatory theater and as she had taken out student loans to complete her degree she declined the offer she made her acting debut in the independent film surrender Dorothy as Elizabeth Casey and appeared in various films over the next seven years including Wet Hot American Summer swept away and Sea Biscuit her most notable role up to that point was Betty Brandt in Sam ry's Spider-Man trilogy in Bank set up her own production company Brownstone Productions with her future husband Max handlan Banks gained more prominent widespread exposure with her role in the comedy film The year-old virgin in August at the Williamstown theater Festival she starred in William in's bus stop as cheeri the aspiring nightclub singer Jeffrey borak wrote that Banks portrayal was acted with poise Clarity and a shrewd feel for Cherry's complexities her performance is all of a peace and in harmony stylist Ally with the performances around her in she appeared on the series Stella and in May she had a role in the season 5 finale of the NBC sitcom scrubs as Dr Kim Briggs the love interest of JD Zack Brath Banks appeared throughout season 6 seven and eight as a recurring guest star further success and recognition banks at the Spider-Man Premiere in in Banks appeared in the American Football drama film Invincible in which she played Mark walberg's love interest later she and co-star Walberg were nominated for the best kiss award at the MTV movie awards that same year she landed the starring role in the comedy horror film Slither in Banks played the female lead in the comedy film meet Bill alongside Aaron eart and Jessica Alba that same year she had a small role as Santa's Little Helper Charlene in the Christmas comedy film Fred Claus co-starring Vince vaugh and Paul jamat in she played the ex-wife of Ryan Reynolds character and mother to his daughter in the comedy film Definitely Maybe alongside Isa fiser and Rachel Weise starred with Seth Rogan as the aonomus female lead in the Kevin Smith comedies Zack and Mari makea porno and played United States first lady Laura Bush in W Oliver Stone's biopic of George W bush in Banks appeared in the horror film The Uninvited a remake of the South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters the film was about an intrusive stepmother who makes life miserable for the teen Daughters of her new husband Banks based her character Rachel on Rebecca De morning's character in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle it was very important to me that every line reading I gave could be interpreted two ways says Banks of her role so that when you go back through the movie you can see that Banks is a frequent co-star of actor Paul Rudd the two having appeared in five films together to date Wet Hot American Summer the backer the year-old virgin role models and Our Idiot Brother she is also a frequent co-star of actor Toby Maguire the two having also appeared in five films together Spider-Man seab biscuit Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man and the details Banks was cast as a love interest for Jack donie Alec Baldwin in the fourth season of the Emmy awardwinning sitcom Rock intended to appear in four episodes in Banks went on to become a recurring character with appearances by the end of the fifth season including her marriage in the episode Mrs donagi her performance in season 5 earned her a nomination for prime time Emmy Award for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for the road prime time Emmy Awards banks at the premiere of What to Expect When You're Expecting in in Banks starred in the romantic comedy film What to Expect When You're Expecting and the action film man on a ledge she also starred as Gail abery mcaden in the musical comedy film Pitch Perfect which became a critical and Commercial Success the next year she directed and starred in separate segments of movie A critically panned comedy Anthology film Banks starred in the science fiction Adventure film The Hunger Games playing Fey trinket a woman from the capital who escorts the district tributes to the annual Hunger Games she went on to reprise the role in the sequel films The Hunger Games Catching Fire The Hunger Games Mocking J part and The Hunger Games Mocking J part banks co-starred in the movie every secret thing playing detective Nancy Porter investigating The Disappearance of a young child with similarities to a cas she had previously been involved with the same year she provided the voice of the masterbuilder wild style in the Warner Bros animated film The Lego Movie in Banks was recognized by L magazine during the women in Hollywood Awards honoring women for their outstanding achievements in film spanning all aspects of the motion picture industry including acting directing and producing present directorial debut after producing and starring in the film Pitch Perfect Banks directed its sequel Pitch Perfect making her feature directorial debut she also co-produced and starred in both Pitch Perfect and the next sequel Pitch Perfect Banks portrayed Melinda Leed better Wilson the wife of Brian Wilson in The biopic love Mercy which is based on the life of the musician and founding member of The Beach Boys as portrayed by John cusac in she was named as a member of the jury for the main competition at the Venice Film Festival the festival was chaired by Alfonso Kieran also in Banks became a spokeswoman for realtor.com in a series of television commercials in mid-February Banks appeared in advertisements for clothing company Old Navy she also played space alien Rita repulsa in the Power Rangers reboot film Banks speaking at the San Diego Comic conon in Banks co-starred as Jenny in the comedy film The Happy Time murders alongside Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph in she reprised her starring role as Lucy wild style in the animated comedy film The Lego Movie the second part she then starred as Tory Brier in the superhero horror film breitburn Banks was a speaker at the San Diego ComicCon where she promoted The Lego Movie the second part it was there where along with co-stars Chris Pratt and Stephanie beis Banks and the filming team released the film's trailer on May ABC announced Banks as the host of The Summer Revival of the game show Press Your Luck which she also executive produces Banks directed produced wrote and stared as Bosley in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels which was released in November in she starred as feminist Jill ruckles in the FX miniseries Mrs America in November it was announced that Banks was set to star in direct and produce a new adaptation of the Invisible Woman based on her own original story pitch Aaron cresa Wilson will write the script for the reboot of the female monster while Max handlan and Allison small will serve as producer and executive producer respectively in February Banks was allowed to pitch for a project by Universal pictures from the roster of universal monsters ultimately pitching The Invisible Woman in June it was announced Banks would Star as Ms Frizzle in a liveaction animated hybrid of the Magic School Bus which she will also produce through her company Brownstone Productions in March it was announced that Banks would direct the Thriller film cocaine bear which she produced alongside Max handlan for Brownstone Productions and Phil Lord and Christopher ER in May peacock announced that Banks would direct and star in the upcoming television series Red Queen based on the dystopian novel of the same name in January Banks was cast in the film the beanie bubble co-directed by Kristen Gore and Damien kulash in March it was announced that Banks would executive produce and voice the character Pebbles Flintstone in the upcoming Fox animated Prime Time series Bedrock which will be a reboot of the original series The Flintstones and will take place two decades after that series. n July it was announced that plans for Bedrock was canceled by Fox and was no longer happening personal life Banks during a Uso visit at Bagram Airbase Afghanistan in Banks met her husband Max handlan a sports writer and producer from Portland Oregon on her first day of college on September they were married in and have two sons born via surrogacy Banks said that people have criticized her for using a surrogate mother even though she was unable to carry her own children due to infertility issues I don't feel I owe anybody an explanation do do do if my story helps people feel less alone on their Journey then I'm grateful for that Banks said in an interview with Porters Banks went through parts of conversion to Judaism her husband's faith and studied with rabbis in speaking of her religion she stated that she practices Judaism though I did not have my mikve so technically I'm not converted but that she has been essentially a Jew for like years adding frankly because I'm already doing everything practicing religious rituals I feel like I'm as Jewish as I'm ever going to be political views Banks supports gun control and abortion rights Banks was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and was involved in a rendition of Rachel platon's single fight song with other celebrities at the Democratic National Convention she has stated she is a feminist in September Banks urged her Instagram followers to contact voter riters to get information and assistance with voter ID requirements for the presidential election David Denman born July is an American actor he made his film debut in The Replacements his other feature CRS include Big Fish fair game The Nines When a Stranger Calls shudder smart people Fanboys let go out cold after Earth jobs Beneath the Harvest Sky men women children the gift hours Power Rangers Logan puzzle breitburn and the equalizer on television Denman is most widely known for the role of Roy Anderson the ex fiance of Pam Beasley on the NBC sitcom the office for which he earned a sag award as a member of the ensemble cast he also starred as Frank shien in the HBO limited series drama mayor of Easttown early life and education Denman was born in Newport Beach California he attended eight schools while growing up all over Southern California his family moved to squim Washington when he was 9 years old living on a farm which lasted 2 years before they returned to Orange County California he graduated from Fountain Valley High School where classmates included actor Omar mety and writer director Craig Brewer he later attended the spring training Congress at American Conservatory theater in San Francisco he spent two years at Orange Coast College where he performed in and directed over 20 Productions he went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the juliard school's drama division group where his classmates included Sara Ramirez and Alan tudk career Denman made his film debut with Keanu Reeves and Jean Hackman as the de tight end in the Warner Bros football comedy The Replacements his other featur CRS include fair game Fanboys the nines shudder smart people let go out cold and big fish his films include After Earth jobs and blue potato in Denman starred in the Michael Bay film hours about the Benghazi attack in addition to the office denman's other television roles include Mike Riley on the critically acclaimed and short-lived Fox comedy traffic light and in Robert kirkman's short-lived horror series Outcast he has recurred as Ed Brooks on Parenthood as Tony on dropped dead diva and has skipped the demon on Angel he has appeared on such TV shows as ear the xfiles madman and True Detective personal life Denman was married to Nikki Boer from in September Denman married actress and former model Mercedes Mason the couple had their first child Ka in January and their second child Sean in May Denman is also an avid triathlete Matthew Lee Jones born November is an American actor voice artist comedian rapper and singer known for his portrayals of Brandon Badger Mayu on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad Baxter on the CBS sitcom mom and Ned dornet in NCIS he he stars as Douglas wheeler on the CBS sitcom Bob Harts abisola and is also known for his voice roles as Gunther Magnuson in Kick Bowski Suburban Daredevil Hector Flanigan in Sanjay and Craig nuber in F is for family Pig and pig goat banana cricket and wedge in the video game Final Fantasy VII remake early life A Jones was born in Sacramento California and grew up in Pomona one of 10 children between his mother and stepfather he eventually moved to Claremont and graduated from Claremont High School in during this time he started ultimate improv in Westwood before auditioning for boom Chicago in Amsterdam where he performed for 3 years due to boom's rigorous touring schedule he frequently lost his voice which eventually became permanently raspy career Jones was the singer main songwriter of the Christian SCA band faculty 4 before leaving for boom Chicago Jones appeared in commercials in 2 years including a spot for Midas and has appeared in more than commercials overall after returning his first theatrical audition was for the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad from two Jones appeared in a recurring role as Brandon Badger Mayhew on Breaking Bad he appeared as a pizza delivery boy on How I Met Your Mother and has appeared on Comedy centrals Reno and the NBC comedy series Community he appeared in the pilot episode of The Comedy Central sketch series ke Peele he is also a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater and iio West in Jones was cast in the lead role in the TBS pilot Uncle Nigel written and produced by Andy breckman he has provided voices on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time in he was also cast as one of the lead roles in the Disney XD Series kick batowski Suburban Daredevil as the title character's best friend Gunther Magnuson he appeared in the film Red State and voiced minor characters in the video game rage Jones also appeared as probationary agent meded dornet in the CBS series NC CIS between and in early Jones was cast in Steven leviton's new pilot rebounding for Fox but the series was not picked up Jones appeared in four episodes of The Office Junior salesman the farm and the two-part series finale he was cast as a series regular in the farm a failed spin-off of the office while in the UK to direct borderline in Jones appeared in two episodes of character comedy podcast facted up he portrayed AER in the CBS sitcom mom in he starred in the pop television series Let's Get Physical as Joe force in he became a cast member on the sitcom Bob hars abisola he is the voice of the boo Kyle in the Dreamworks Animation film home and it's spin-off series home adventures with tip oh he is the voice of the character wedge in Final Fantasy VII remake personal life Jones married actress Kelly daen they have one son together Jasper B they divorced in dot citation needed he later married actress Christen Hager on December they have one daughter together Jalene B breitburn was announced as Untitled James gun horror project in December gun produced the film while his brother Brian and cousin Mark Pinn the screenplay which adapts the concept of Superman for explicit horror principal photography began in March and wrapped in May of that same year breitburn was released in the United States on May by Sony Pictures releasing the film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the horror elements Gore concept and Banks performance but criticized its writing and pacing and felt that the film did not deliver on the full potential of its premise the film gross dollar million against a production budget of million dollars clot in a spaceship crashes in a forest in breitburn Kansas Tori and Kyle Brier a couple who are unable to conceive see an explosion from their house and go to the crash site there they find a spaceship with a baby inside whom they adopt and name Brandon they also hide the spaceship in their barn around Brandon's tea birthday he discovers he has exceptional strength and the ability to fly his disposition also changes from a Sweet Child to having anger issues in Middle School Brandon is an academically exceptional student but socially awkward and frequently bullied classmate Caitlyn Connor shows sympathy for him Brandon develops a crush and stalks Caitlyn in her room in the middle of the night scaring her one day during a trust exercise in physical education class Brandon Falls towards Caitlyn but she lets him drop to the ground and calls him a pervert angered by her accusation Brandon crushes her hand and is suspended from school after being accosted by Caitlyn's mother Erica that night Brandon sleepwalks to the spaceship and breaks into the barn where it is hidden cutting his hand on the ship Tori follows and sees him levitating chanting the ship message take the world she reveals the truth of his origin and Brandon angrily trashes the house and later kills Erica police find symbols drawn on a window while investigating Erica's disappearance the same symbols that Brandon is seen drawing in his notebook the next day Brandon Dawns his costume and is caught sneaking into his aunt and uncle's house by his uncle Noah after Noah threatens to tell his father Brandon kills him the following morning Tori and Kyle informed Brandon of Noah's death which the police believe was an accident but Brandon shows no emotion suspecting him to be the killer Kyle finds Brandon's bloodstained shirt and shows it to Tori but she refuses to believe it Kyle takes Brandon on a father-son hunting trip in the woods he attempts to shoot and kill Brandon with his hunting rifle but the bullet bounces off the back of Brandon's head Brandon then kills Kyle with heat vision a sheriff arrives at the Briar and shows Tori the symbol found at the scenes of Erica's and and Noah's deaths Tori finds Brandon's notebook with drawings of his murders the same symbol that the sheriff found at both murders and his message to take the world she calls Kyle but Brandon answers and implies he is coming for her Brandon returns and begins destroying the house Tori calls but Brandon kills the sheriff and his Deputy before backup can arrive remembering that the ship's Hull can cut him Tori runs to the barn and discovers Erica's eviscerated body as Brandon pursues her Tori tries to stab him with a piece of the ship but he grabs her and flies her into the sky to drop her from several thousand feet to her death after he watches her fall he looks up to see an oncoming airplane the following morning the airplane is revealed to have crashed into the Farmhouse destroying the evidence of the murders from the previous night Brandon's symbol is seen painted on a piece of the plane wreckage in a mid pcrs scene Brandon now identified as breitburn is seen from the perspective of news reports and eyewitness footage over the locations of various disasters an online conspiracy theorist posts his own video analyzing the disasters and referencing attacks by other Cryptids elsewhere in the world urging the public to recognize the potential danger these beings pose and to take action before it's too late pass Elizabeth Banks as Tory Brier Brandon's adoptive mother and Kyle's wife David Denman as Kyle Brer Brandon's adoptive father and tor's husband Jackson a d n as Brandon Brier breitburn a superpowered alien who is adopted by the Brier family Mar hagner as merily mcnicholl Tor sister Brandon's aunt and Noah's wife who works as Brandon school counselor Matt Jones is Noah McNichol Brandon's uncle and mily's husband Gregory Ellen Williams as Sheriff Gerald diver a local sheriff of the small town Anne Humphrey as Deputy area's dver partner Emmy Hunter as Caitlyn Connor a girl who is scared of Brandon Becky walstrom as Erica Connor Caitlyn's mother who believes Brandon is a menace Jennifer Holland as Ms esped Brandon school teacher Abraham clink scales as Royce a young boy who bullies Brandon Christian finlon as Folk shock one of the kids who bullies Brandon Steve AG as EJ Steven blackart as Travis Elizabeth Becca as principal Elaine susco paren rosemore as PE teacher Mike Dunston as reporter Michael Rooker as the big ta a conspiracy theory blogger who reports on the superpowered beings rain Wilson cameos in a photograph during the CRS as his character Crimson Bolt from producer James gun super production D development the film was announced in December then Untitled with James Gunn as a producer his brother Brian and cousin Mark Writing the script and David yarovesky directing in March Elizabeth Banks David Denman Jackson a done M hagner and Matt Jones were cast gun was set to appear on a panel to discuss the project at San Diego ComicCon in July but his appearance was canceled after news broke that Disney had fired gun as director of Guardians of the Galaxy V due to offensive tweets gun would later be reinstated by that October with his return publicly revealed in March filming ntion principal photography began in March and wrapped in May of that year in the US state of Georgia the building collapsed portion of the mid Siara scene uses footage taken from the real life demolition of the Sir John Carling building in Ottawa Ontario Canada on July the Middle School scenes were shot at the now defunct Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge Georgia the same location used for both Hawkins middle and Hawkins high schools in the Netflix series stranger things releas Bing there were plans to promote the film at the San Diego ComicCon in July but it was pulled at the last minute it in the wake of James gun's removal from the Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Studios only for Disney and Marvel to reconcile with gun 9 months later on December the first trailer for breitburn was released online critics viewed the trailer as an Ultram man horror movie due to the intentional similarities to Superman's origin story and as a deconstruction of the character Fast Company stated that although it's not officially a Superman movie it walks viewers through every step of Clark Kent's origin story before taking taking a hard left turn on April an art contest was launched after the release of the trailer to promote the film and had concluded on May the winners of the contest had their artworks used in marketing for the film and received Dollar on May Egan promoted the film by uploading a prank of unsuspecting volunteers with the character Brandon Brier it was uploaded to their website and YouTube channel another art contest was launched on August to promote the home media release of the film titled banned with breitburn submissions had to depict other super villains in reference to the ending scene of the film hinting at other superpowered characters actor Jackson A Dunn was the judge of the contest and it was sponsored by collider theatrical breitburn was released in the United States on May it was originally scheduled for November the home media the film was released on digital HD on August and on DVD Blu-ray and K Ultra h d on August in April Sony signed a deal with Disney giving them access to their legacy content including breitburn to stream on Disney and Hulu and appear on Disney's linear television networks Disney's access to Sony's titles would come following their availability on Netflix breitburn had previously been available on stars and FX merchandise in August it was announced a Halloween costume of Brandon Brier was going to be sold exclusively by Spirit Halloween in October for reception box office breitburn gross dollar million in the United States and Canada and dollar million in other territories for a worldwide total of dollar million in the United States and Canada breitburn was released alongside Aladdin and books smart and was projected to gross around million dollars from theaters in its 4-day opening weekend the film made million dollars on its first day including dollar from Thursday night previews it ended up underperforming grossing dollar million over three days in dollar million over the four finishing in fifth in its second weekend the film made dollar million dropping percent and finishing in ninth critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of percent based on reviews with an average rating of for/ the website's critical consensus reads although bright burn doesn't fully deliver on the pitch black promise of its setup it's still enough to offer a diverting subversion of the superhero genre on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of out of based on critics indicating mixed or average reviews audiences pulled by Cinema score gave the film an average grade of C on an average grade of C on an a to f scale while those at post track gave it out of stars and a definite recommend of percent Frank's check of The Hollywood Reporter wrote while not exactly original the premise is certainly effective enough but breitburn lacks the visual stylization or wit to elevated it from the realm of the crudely effective be movie James White from Empire wrote crossbreeding superhero tropes with horror Staples was an idea laid in with promise breitburn is enlivened by trademark James gun black comedy but hamstrung by sketchy writing and a botched sense of dread Alex Arabian from the playlist wrote the film is a gem especially for anyone yearning for a superhero film that gleefully torches The Familiar good versus evil formula and introduces far more Sinister sensibilities Ed Gonzalez from slant also gave it a negative review the way the film shuttles through its minutes it's as if it's been stripped of its most crucial narrative Parts future in May director David joveski stated that upon the film potentially being a success the universe of breitburn would be expanded upon in a later interview with collider yaresi confirmed that the film CRS making reference to a halfman half sea creature terrorizing the Seas rain Wilson's character Frank Darbo the Crimson Bolt from Super and a powerful witch who chokes her victims with a rope was intended to set up a sequel in addition noting that an alternate ending to the film featured Emmy Hunters Caitlyn ending with her in a lab fastening a robot arm on her broken arm and her just pissed off as well as mentioning tons of other such endings as having been discussed as well as stating that if we were to expand the brightburn universe in other installments and in other ways we would probably be doing it in the exact same way in total secrecy and then drop a cinematic trailer at some point that kind of teases what that new Direction may be in June producer James gun stated that discussion of a potential sequel was happening but he was busy writing and directing The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy V in August Jackson A Dunn stated in an interview with Screen Rant that he would be interested in reprising his role as Brandon Brer in addition Dunn said he would like to see up and coming actors being cast in lead roles in potential future films in April gun expressed doubt that a sequel would happen due to rights issues Elizabeth Banks born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell February is an American actress producer and director she is known for playing chaperon Effy Trinket in the Hunger Dames film series and an ICA commentator in the Pitch Perfect film series she made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect whose million dooll opening weekend gross set a record for a firsttime director she has since directed the action comedy Charlie's angels and the horror comedy film cocaine bear Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in with her husband Max handleman Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film surrender Dorothy she has appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer Sam Ry Spider-Man trilogy SE Biscuit the year-old virgin Slither Invincible Zach and Mary Make a Porno Role Models the next three days Man on a Ledge What to Expect When You're Expecting movie The Lego Movie film series love Mercy Walk of Shame magic mik XXL Power Rangers breitburn call Jane and skincare on television Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom Rock which earned her two prime time Emmy Award nominations she also had recurring roles on the comedy series scrubs and Modern Family the latter of which earned her a third prime time Emmy Award nomination she starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer first day of camp and wet Hot American Summer 10 years later since Banks has hosted the ABC Revival of the game show Press Your Luck early life e says Banks was born and raised in Pittsfield Massachusetts the eldest of four children of an me Wallace and Mark P Mitchell her father a Vietnam War veteran was a factory worker for General Electric and her mother worked in a bank she described her family as very meat and potatoes old school Irish Catholic growing up she played baseball and rode horses she was in Little League when she broke her legs sliding into third base she then tried out for the school play which was her start in acting she graduated from Pittsfield High School in and is a member of the Massachusetts Junior classical League she attended the University of Pennsylvania where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and was elected to the frier senior Society she graduated Magna cumla in with a major in Communications and a minor in Theater Arts in she completed schooling at the American Conservatory theater in San Francisco California where she earned an MFA degree career early career and breakthrough Banks upper at the Sea Biscuit screening at the White House in Banks changed her name upon joining The Screen Actors Guild as actress Elizabeth Mitchell was already registered in the union under that name after auditioning in New York she was offered a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara taking the role would have required her to quit her education at the American Conservatory theater and as she had taken out student loans to complete her degree she declined the offer she made her acting debut in the independent film surrender Dorothy as Elizabeth Casey and appeared in various films over the next s years including Wet Hot American Summer swept away and Sea Biscuit her most notable role up to that point was Betty Brandt in Sam ry's Spider-Man trilogy in Bank set up her own production company Brownstone Productions with her future husband Max handlan Banks gained more prominent widespread exposure with her role in the comedy film The year-old virgin in August at the Williamstown theater Festival she starred in William in's bus stop as cheeri the aspiring nightclub singer Jeffrey borak wrote that Banks portrayal was acted with poise Clarity and a shrewd feel for Cherry's complexities her performance is all of a peace and in harmony stylistically with the performances around her in she appeared on the series Stella and in May she had a role in the season 5 finale of the NBC sitcom scrubs as Dr Kim Briggs the love interest of JD Zack Brath Banks appeared throughout season 6 7 and eight as a recurring guest star further success and recognition banks at the Spider-Man Premiere in in Banks appeared in the American Football drama film Invincible in which she played Mark walberg's love interest later she and co-star Wahlberg were nominated for the best kiss award at the MTV movie awards that same year she landed the starring role in the comedy horror film Slither in Banks played the female lead in the comedy film meet Bill alongside Aaron eart and Jessica Alba that same year she had a small role as Santa's Little Helper Charlene in the Christmas comedy film Fred Claus co-starring Vince vongh and Paul jamat in she played the ex-wife of Ryan 's character and mother to his daughter in the comedy film Definitely Maybe alongside Isa Fischer and Rachel Weise starred with Seth Rogan as the aous female lead in the Kevin Smith comedy act and Marie makea porno and played United States first lady Laura Bush in W Oliver Stone's biopic of George W bush in Banks appeared in the horror film The Uninvited a remake of the South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters the film was about an intrusive stepmother who makes life miserable for the te Daughters of her new husband Banks based her character Rachel on Rebecca De morning's character in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle it was very important to me that every line reading I gave could be interpreted two ways says Banks of her role so that when you go back through the movie you can see that Banks is a frequent co-star of actor Paul Rudd the two having appeared in five films together to date Wet Hot American Summer the backer the year-old virgin role models and Our Idiot Brother she is also a frequent co-star of actor Toby Maguire the two having also appeared in five films together Spider-Man seab biscuit Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man and the details Banks was cast as a love interest for Jack donie Alec Baldwin in the fourth season of the Emmy award-winning sitcom Rock intended to appear in four episodes in Banks went on to become a recurring character with appearances by the end of the fifth season including her marriage in the episode Mrs donagi her performance in season 5 earned her nomination for prime time Emmy Award for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for the road prime time Emmy Awards banks at the premiere of What to Expect When You're Expecting in in Banks starred in the romantic comedy film What to Expect When You're Expecting and the action film man on a ledge she also starred as Gail abery mcaden in the musical comedy film Pitch Perfect which became a critical and Commercial Success the next year she directed and starred in separate segments of movie A critically panned comedy Anthology film Banks starred in the science fiction Adventure film The Hunger Games playing Fe trinket a woman from the capital who escorts the district tributes to the annual Hunger Games she went on to reprise the role in the sequel films The Hunger Games Catching Fire The Hunger Games Mocking J part and The Hunger Games Mocking J part banks co-starred in the movie every secret thing playing detective Nancy Porter investigating The Disappearance of a young child with similarities to a case she had previously been involved with the same year she provided the voice of the masterbuilder wild style in the Warner Bros animated film The Lego Movie in Banks was recognized by El magazine during the women in Hollywood Awards honoring women for their outstanding achievements in film spanning all aspects of the motion picture industry including acting directing and producing present directorial debut after producing and starring in the film Pitch Perfect Banks directed its sequel Pitch Perfect making her feature directorial debut she also co-produced and starred in both Pitch Perfect and the next sequel Pitch Perfect Banks portrayed Melinda Leed better Wilson the wife of Brian Wilson in The biopic love Mercy which is based on the life of the musician and founding member of The Beach Boys as portrayed by John cusac in she was named as a member of the jury for the main competition at the Venice Film Festival the festival was chaired by Alfonso Kieran also in Banks became a spokeswoman for realtor.com in a series of television commercials in mid-February Banks appeared in advertisements for clothing company Old Navy she also played space alien Rita repulsa in the Power Rangers reboot film Bank speaking at the San Diego Comic conon in Banks co-starred as Jenny in the comedy film The Happy Time murders alongside Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph in she reprised her starring role as Lucy wild style in the animated comedy film the leg movie the second part she then starred as Tory Brier in the superhero horror film breitburn Banks was a speaker at the San Diego ComicCon where she promoted The Lego Movie the second part it was there where along with co-stars Chris Pratt and Stephanie bees Banks and the filming team released the film's trailer on May ABC announced Banks as the host of The Summer Revival of the game show Press Your Luck which she also executive produces Banks directed produced wrote and starred as BOS in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels which was released in November in she starred as feminist Jill ruckles in the FX miniseries Mrs America in November it was announced that Banks was set to star in direct and produce a new adaptation of the Invisible Woman based on her own original story pitch Aaron cresa Wilson will write the script for the reboot of the female monster while Max handleman and Allison small will serve as producer and executive producer respectively