He suggests that perhaps the beach was the result of a cosmetics company trying to create an anti-ageing "fountain of youth," or that it could be some kind of social experiment. At one point the group sees José, the son of the hotelier, running towards the beach only to be gunned down by unseen shooters before he can reach them. In the graphic novel, one of the unlucky beachgoers is a science fiction writer who proposes a few different theories for what could be happening to them. Old's story about the vacation resort being a cover for a pharmaceutical company that uses the beach to experiment on people with particular diseases was built out of some smaller moments in Sandcastle. In Sandcastle, however, the baby lives and is ultimately the last person in the group who is left alive at the end of the story. For the baby, a minute without food was the physical equivalent of weeks, and it was too delicate to survive the beach's rapid ageing effects. In Shyamalan's movie, the baby dies from starvation after less than a minute, since it's established that children on the beach need large amounts of food to sustain their rapid accumulation of mass. SelfMadeHero have reprinted Sandcastle in 2021 with a new introduction by Pierre Oscar Lévy.It's here that Old's story diverges from Sandcastle's in a major way. SelfMadeHero first bought the English-language rights for Sandcastle from French-Swiss publishers Atrabile in 2011, releasing it in the UK in 2011 and in the US in 2013. But this utopia keeps a dark secret.Ī woman’s body is found floating in the waters, which brings these thirteen strangers together to try and unravel the riddle of the sands and escape the beach alive in this tense, fantastical mystery. The beach is sheltered from prying eyes by green-fringed cliffs that soar around the cove. Its fine white sand is fringed with rock pools filled with crystal clear water. Among their number, a family, a young couple, a refugee and some American tourists. But this utopia holds a dark secret: everyone present begins to age rapidly… and there doesn’t seem to be any way for them to leave.Įarly morning on a perfect summer’s day, people begin to descend on an idyllic, secluded beach. On a perfect summer’s day, people head to an idyllic, secluded beach, sheltered from prying eyes by green-fringed cliffs that soar around the cove. The graphic novel is a fantastical mystery written by award-winning French writer and filmmaker Pierre Oscar Lévy and illustrated by award-winning Swiss comic book artist Frederik Peeters. From the moment I read this, I was changed. Its theme of ageing had me thinking about my parents and children, and how quickly it all goes by. It is a profound mystery sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so beautifully and with such humanity. He said: “ Sandcastle truly inspired my film Old. SelfMadeHero, one of the UK’s leading independent graphic novel publisher, have revealed that Sandcastle is the inspiration for a major new feature film, Old, which is directed and produced by visionary filmmaker M. With the popularity in adapting comics/graphic novels into films many film studios are looking towards the independent comics and graphic novels for inspiration. When it comes to many films these days, many of the big blockbusters come from the pages of Marvel and DC Comics. Starring Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, Embeth Davidtz, Eliza Scanlen, Emun Elliott, Kathleen Chalfant and Thomasin McKenzie, the film is expected to be released this July (US), August (UK). We’ve heard very little about it since that trailer ( watch it here), hopefully we’ll be hearing more about it soon. We were introduced to the film when Universal Pictures released a TV Spot back in February at the Superbowl. Night Shyamalan‘s mysterious thriller Old. One of those films we’ll be looking at to watch is M. 0 Shares With cinemas slowly re-opening in many parts of the UK, many cinephiles will be looking at what they can see in the coming months.
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