We are very proud to present the trailer for the Warner Bros. film "The Legend of Tarzan", in which the Muto was used for 3 months to shoot numerous indoor and outdoor aerial tracking shots (InDoor/OutDoor). Many thanks to the technical team and in particular to pilot Mike for his professionalism.
The teaser contains several cablecam shots, including a chase shot with the Muto indoors in a recreated jungle.
From July to November 2014 we let the Muto on hire to the technical crew of the film Tarzan, which was being shot in Leavesden at Warner Studios just outside London.
We trained a Muto pilot (Mike Rich) who used the Muto autonomously during the 3 months of filming.
In this teaser, we can see cablecam shots made with the Muto in InDoor (Tarzan's close pursuit) and in OutDoor with a special effects shot when the pontoon collapses.
Thanks to its rapid installation capabilities, low weight and high travel speeds, the Muto made it possible to achieve very fast travel speeds in very short installation times for InDoor applications, or very long travel speeds with a small chassis footprint for OutDoor applications: we crossed the inside of a structure along its length, then exited it to finish with an explosion of the pontoon. The anchor points were located outside the structure and the cables + the Muto passed inside the structure.
The reconstituted forest indoors was also an ideal environment in which to exploit the Muto's capabilities to the full, since the dense jungle left only a few spaces in which the Muto could fly at high speed.
The cast :
The film also stars Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson ("Pulp Fiction," the "Captain America" films), Margot Robbie ("The Wolf of Wall Street"), Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou ("Blood Diamond," "Gladiator"), Oscar nominee John Hurt ("The Elephant Man," the "Harry Potter" films), with Oscar winner Jim Broadbent ("Iris"), and two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds," "Django Unchained").
Direction and Production :
David Yates (the final four "Harry Potter" films, upcoming "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them") directed "The Legend of Tarzan" from a screenplay by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer, story by Brewer and Cozad based on the Tarzan stories created by Burroughs. Legendary producer Jerry Weintraub ("Behind the Candelabra," the "Ocean's" trilogy) produced the film, together with David Barron (the "Harry Potter" films, "Cinderella"), Alan Riche ("Southpaw") and Tony Ludwig ("Starsky & Hutch"). Susan Ekins, Nikolas Korda, Keith Goldberg, David Yates, Mike Richardson and Bruce Berman served as executive producers.
The behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Henry Braham ("The Golden Compass"), Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig ("Dangerous Liaisons," "The English Patient," the "Harry Potter" films), editor Mark Day ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 & 2"), and Oscar-nominated costume designer Ruth Myers ("Emma," "Unknown").
"The Legend of Tarzan" was shot at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, as well as on location around the UK.
A Jerry Weintraub production, "The Legend of Tarzan" is slated for release on July 1, 2016. The film will be distributed in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
