Donald Glover’s career thrives on mystery. He loves engaged on initiatives in secret after which dropping them on an unsuspecting public to incur maximum shock and awe. He’s accomplished it with TV, he’s accomplished it with music, and now he’s doing it along with his very personal IMAX sci-fi film that appears like what may occur if Lando Calrissian ended up on the island from Misplaced.
However no, the film is just not known as “Lando the Misplaced.” It’s Bando Stone & The New World, starring and directed by Glover, by which he performs a well-liked musician attempting to outlive on the finish of the world. The trailer debuted this weekend in entrance of IMAX screenings of A Quiet Place: Day One and appears correct wild: killer animals, laser grids, vomit, and many others. The very best half, although? Glover additionally wrote a whole soundtrack for the film. Test it out.
So what the heck is that this film? Actually, we don’t know however the trailer appears like lots of enjoyable. It has a really Eighties journey film vibe, proper right down to the title font. However is there something extra to it? With Glover, something is feasible. It may very well be a secret Star Wars film for all we all know. Past that, we’re curious the place it got here from. Did the concept come from Glover eager to do a film soundtrack as Infantile Gambino? Was it a strategy to showcase his directing chops with a giant, thrilling motion film to assist additional his profession? And most significantly when the heck can we get these solutions and a lot extra?
That final query, a minimum of, type of has a solution. As you may see on the finish of the trailer, it says the movie is an unique IMAX launch someday in 2024. It additionally directs to a website that claims the identical factor. We’ve contacted IMAX for any sort of replace or clarification and can replace the story if or once we hear again.
Co-starring Jessica Allain (The Continental), Bando Stone & The New World opens, presumably solely in IMAX, someday later this yr.
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