Sandra Bullock, star action adventure romantic comedy feature The Lost City by Paramount Pictures crosses $100M domestically, these days. The film, directed by the Nee Brothers, who co-wrote the screenplay with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox, from a story conceived by Seth Gordon. It stars Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum as a romance novelist and her cover model, who must escape a billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) and find the lost ancient city described in one of her books. The film co-stars D’Vine Joy Randolph, with cameo appearance by Brad Pitt and Stephen Lang.
Sandra Bullock, when first approached by Paramount about producing and starring in the The Lost City, she said thanks, but no thanks, that’s an ode to disappearing genre. However, the actress couldn’t stop thinking about the feature project and went back to the studio with a fix: Reverse the roles and make the leading lady more heroic and bold, and infuse the leading man’s character with feminine sensitivities. It was a move Channing Tatum would welcome when joining the movie about a romance author and her cover model who set out on an adventure.
Sandra told The Hollywood Reporter, “There weren’t any obstacles for the female character. And the male character we’ve seen before,” “I like that I’m not 25,” Bullock, 57, continues. “And I love that there’s a man in it willing to be many aspects of himself that weren’t traditionally shown in films like this because they had to be the action hero. And Chan was so game. Let’s just do it.”
Sandra and fellow producer Liza Chasin along with the rest of the The Lost City team are celebrating the movie crossing $100 million domestically in a major feat after becoming the first film of the pandemic era to lure females back to theaters en masse, especially older females.
Sandra says producing The Lost City with Chasin was a fabulous experience, as was working with Paramount, which allowed her the kind of creative freedom and respect she hasn’t always experienced. “I love working with artists, and that’s why Liza and I were very well-matched,” Bullock says. “If I’m going out with a bang, I want to go out with the right person.”
Adds Chasin of their future, “Sandy and I are going to do something together. It might just be baking cookies. We don’t know what it is yet — it might be a movie — but it is going to be great.”
So where does that leave the possibility of a Lost City sequel? Paramount sources say they’d love to find more treasure with Bullock and Chasin.
