Anne Hathaway Talks Colossal

 

Buoyed by stellar reviews Colossal was at the center of a frenzied bidding war coming out of the annual Toronto International Film Festival, and it was confirmed that an unspecified Chinese-based media company had landed international rights after tabling a seven-figure deal. That puts Vigalondo’s feature on course for a 2017 theatrical release, and the company reportedly has big distribution plans in place, even establishing a U.S. studio with Colossal being the marquee launch title.

No word yet on exactly when Nacho Vigalondo’s creature feature will be stomping into theaters across the globe, but Collider did quiz the film’s leading stars, Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis, about how they came attached to such an unusual project, along with the small matter of imagining a giant monster rampaging around Seoul, South Korea.

At the heart of the story, though, is Hathaway’s Gloria, a New York woman on a downward spiral who uproots for South East Asia after losing her job and boyfriend within the space of a few days. To make matters worse, it appears her fractured emotional state is somehow projected onto that aforementioned kaiju, paving the way for a very peculiar, intimate setup.