Upgrade (film) facts for kids
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| Directed by | Leigh Whannell |
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| Written by | Leigh Whannell |
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| Music by | Jed Palmer |
| Cinematography | Stefan Duscio |
| Editing by | Andy Canny |
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| Release date(s) | 10 March 2018 (SXSW) 1 June 2018 (United States) 14 June 2018 (Australia) |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Money made | million |
Upgrade is an exciting 2018 action movie. It was written and directed by Leigh Whannell. The main actors are Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, and Harrison Gilbertson. This film is a cyberpunk story. This means it shows a future world where technology is very advanced but society might be falling apart.
The movie is about a man named Grey Trace. He doesn't like technology very much, which is called being a technophobe. After a terrible event, he becomes paralyzed, meaning he cannot move his arms or legs. But then, he gets a special computer chip put into his body. This chip helps him control his body again. The movie was made by Jason Blum and his company, Blumhouse Productions.
Upgrade first showed at a festival called South by Southwest on March 10, 2018. It was released in the United States on June 1, 2018. People who watched it really liked it. They said it had cool action scenes and a funny, dark sense of humor.
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Meet the Cast of Upgrade
The movie Upgrade features a talented group of actors. They bring the characters to life in this futuristic story.
- Logan Marshall-Green plays Grey Trace, the main character.
- Betty Gabriel is Detective Cortez.
- Harrison Gilbertson plays Eron Keen.
- Melanie Vallejo acts as Asha Trace.
- Benedict Hardie is Fisk.
- Linda Cropper plays Pamela.
- Simon Maiden is the voice of STEM.
- Richard Cawthorne plays Serk.
- Christopher Kirby is Tolan.
- Kai Bradley plays Jamie.
Making the Movie: Upgrade Production
The movie Upgrade was first going to be called STEM. The writer and director, Leigh Whannell, started writing the story many years before the movie was made.
Filming for Upgrade began in March 2017. It took place in Melbourne, Australia, which is Leigh Whannell's hometown. One car chase scene was filmed in a special way. Cars drove in the opposite direction of normal traffic. This made it look like the scene was happening in a country where people drive on the right side of the road. The final editing of the movie happened in Sydney.
Logan Marshall-Green, who plays Grey Trace, got ideas for his character's movements. When Grey is controlled by the STEM chip, his movements are very unique. Logan based these movements on a character named Zenyatta from the video game Overwatch.
The person in charge of how the movie looked, called the Cinematographer, was Stefan Duscio. He used special cameras called Arri Alexa XT and Alexa Mini. These cameras helped create the movie's unique visual style. For the fight scenes, the camera work was very unusual. They attached a phone to Logan Marshall-Green. Then, the Alexa Mini camera followed the phone's movements. This made the action look very dynamic and exciting.
Release and Home Video
Upgrade first premiered at the South by Southwest festival on March 10, 2018. It even won an award there called the Midnighters Award. The movie was then released in the United States on June 1, 2018. It came out in Australia on June 14, 2018.
If you wanted to watch Upgrade at home, it became available on Blu-ray and DVD on August 28, 2018.
Future Plans: Upgrade Television Series
When Upgrade was first made, the director Leigh Whannell thought it would be a single movie. He didn't expect there to be a sequel, which is a second movie that continues the story.
However, in August 2018, the producer Jason Blum said he had ideas for a possible sequel. In February 2020, Leigh Whannell also said he would love to make another Upgrade story. He thought it would be great to do it with a bigger budget. Jason Blum agreed that an Upgrade sequel was something they both thought about.
In May 2020, news came out that the sequel might become a TV series instead. Leigh Whannell would help create and direct the series. The show would take place a few years after the movie ends. In the series, the STEM chip would have evolved. It would have a new host, and the government would be using STEM to help stop crime.
See also
- List of body horror media
