Although he’ll be seen this week chasing down aliens in Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, Colman Domingo has more on the way this year. He also stars in Chapter 51, a Hollywood crime thriller from renowned photographer/filmmaker Tyler Shields that boasts some ambitious technical prowess.
Shields, who broke out with 2015’s impressive horror Final Girl, used all major motion picture film formats to shoot Chapter 51. Insane, right? We’re talking 8mm, 16mm, IMAX, Ultra Panavision, VistaVision, and a new IMAX lens created specifically for this project. It makes a lot of sense, as Chapter 51 is a film that is heavily steeped in Hollywood lore and myth, so Shields is honoring movie history in the way he chose to shoot it. Pretty cool.
The story revolves around the murders of three actresses on the set of a $500M production, by a mysterious figure known as the Hollywood Killer. But the show must go on, and a new director weaves the killings into the fabric of the filmmaking process. Years later, a former FBI agent played by Domingo reopens the case, exposing the dark cost to keeping the cameras rolling.
Also in the cast are Emily Alyn Lind, Connor Paolo, Charlotte Lawrence, and Abigail Breslin who reunites with Shields after Final Girl.
Cineverse will release Chapter 51 in select theaters and digitally on June 23rd.
