Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired worldwide rights to
LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD, a playful and intellectually searching new documentary by legendary filmmaker
Werner Herzog (
GRIZZLY MAN,
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS) that offers a bold exploration of the past, present and constantly evolving future of the Internet. Praised by critics after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this week, the film features interviews (conducted by
Herzog) with a diverse array of tech pioneers including PayPal and Tesla co-founder
Elon Musk, Internet protocol inventor
Bob Kahn, and famed hacker
Kevin Mitnick. Magnolia is targeting a 2016 theatrical release.
In
LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD, the Oscar-nominated
Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches, exploring the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he previously trained on earthly destinations as disparate as the Amazon, the Sahara, the South Pole and the Australian outback.
Working with NetScout, a world leader in real time service assurance and cybersecurity,
Herzog leads viewers on a journey through a series of provocative conversations that reveal the ways in which the online world has transformed how virtually everything in the real world works - from business to education, space travel to healthcare, and the very heart of how we conduct our personal relationships.
“As only he can do,
Werner Herzog has crafted an endlessly entertaining and thought-provoking analysis of modern technology,” said Magnolia President
Eamonn Bowles. “Through his unique and inquisitive vision,
LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD allows audiences to experience the Internet in new ways.”
“My dream at Sundance to take off from the Olympic ramp on skis remains unfulfilled, but I am even more exhilarated by the fact that my film now is taking flight through Magnolia,” said
Herzog.
"Our vision for this project has always been to inform as many people as possible about the perils and the possibilities of the connected world,” said Executive Producer Jim McNiel. “We could not have chosen a more capable partner than Magnolia to get the story out."
Written and directed by
Werner Herzog and presented by NetScout in association with Saville Productions, Pereira & O’Dell Entertainment and Skellig Rock,
LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD was produced by
Rupert Maconick and
Herzog. Executive Producers are
Jim McNiel of NetScout,
Dave Arnold,
Tennille Teague and
David Moore.
After Movie Diner Editor's comments:
If the trailer below is anything to go by this is going to be another engaging, humourous, sweet and weird
Herzog film that I, for one, can't wait to see. I am a huge fan of
Herzog's stuff and his documentaries remain the films of his I can watch over and over. I don't see this one being any different.
Teaser Trailer:
