Brendan Fraser’s highly anticipated and much talked-about comeback movie, The Whale, is now showing in 56 cinemas nationwide.
The actor, who’s known for his leading man roles in films like “Bedazzled,” “George of the Jungle,” and the mega blockbuster franchise “The Mummy,” was in a decade long hiatus when Academy Award-winning director, Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan,” “Mother!”) offered him the role of Charlie, a reclusive and unhealthy English teacher who hides out in his flat and eats his way to death. He is desperate to reconnect with his teenage daughter for a last chance at redemption.
The film premiered in the 79th Venice Film Festival and immediately captured the attention of fans and critics alike for Fraser’s outstanding performance. Since then, the film has earned multiple nominations from all the major award-giving bodies and critics circles, including in the 95th Academy Awards, where Brendan is in the running in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role category. His co-star Hong Chau is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. The movie also is nominated in the Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling category.
Continuing with TBA Studios’ string of successful acquisitions that showcase Filipino artists in front or behind the camera (“Triangle of Sadness,” “Plan 75,” and “Nocebo”), “The Whale” also features another Filipino talent, Matthew Libatique. Libatique is a Filipino-American cinematographer, a two-time Academy Award nominee, and a longtime collaborator of Aronofsky. He’s known for his work on films like “Black Swan,” “Mother!,” and “Requiem for a Dream” among many others.
“The Whale” is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by TBA Studios. It is showing in thirty-two theaters in Metro Manila, including Cinema ’76, Ayala Feliz, Shangri-la Plaza, Fishermall QC and Malabon, SM Manila, SM Aura, Greenhills, Greenbelt 3, Glorietta 4, and Gateway. It is also in ten theaters in Luzon, six in Visayas and eight in Mindanao.
