The Last Warrior: Root of Evil

The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (Russian: Последний богатырь: Корень зла, lit. 'The Last Bogatyr: Root of Evil') is a 2021 Russian fantasy comedy film, a sequel to the 2017's The Last Warrior (The Last Knight). The film is directed by Dmitry Dyachenko, and produced in collaboration with The Walt Disney Company - a member of the CIS (Representative of The Walt Disney Company in Russia) in collaboration with the Russian production company Yellow, Black & White.[4][5][6]

The Last Warrior: Root of Evil
Directed byDmitriy Dyachenko
Produced by
  • Kakhaber Abashidze
  • Eduard Iloyan
  • Anton Zlatopolskiy (ru)
  • Vitaliy Shlyappo (ru)
  • Denis Zhalinskiy
Written by
  • Vitaliy Shlyappo
  • Dimitriy Yan
  • Vasiliy Kutsenko
  • Pavel Danilov
  • Igor Tudvasev
Based onRussian: Bogatyr
English: Hero or Warrior
Starring
Music byGeorge Kallis
CinematographyPavel Kapinos
Production
company
Distributed byDisney Studios
Release date
  • January 1, 2021 (2021-01-01) (Russia)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget₽650 million
Box office
  • ₽1.977 billion[1]
  • $26.2 million (Worldwide)[2]
  • $26.9 million (Russia/CIS)[3]

A new story about the meeting of two worlds - modern Moscow, Russia and the fabulous Belogorie in Ancient Rus'. The Rus' people where the heroes of Russian fairy tales, epics and legends live. Ivan Naydenov, having tried on the role of Bogatyr, discovers the origins of the ancient evil that threatens Belogorie and participates in an epic battle shoulder to shoulder with folk heroes.

The film stars Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Elena Yakovleva, Sergey Burunov, Elena Valyushkina, Kirill Zaitsev, and Konstantin Lavronenko, the voices of Garik Kharlamov as the fairy tale Kolobok. Principal photography began in June 2019, took place in the Krasnodar Krai.

The film was theatrically released in the Russian Federation by Disney Studios on January 1, 2021. It is currently the third highest-grossing film of 2021.

Plot

In the second part, viewers will learn about the origins of the ancient evil that the heroes had to face in the first film, see new corners of the fabulous Belogorie, Ancient Russia and witness exciting battles with the participation of epic Bogatyrs.[7]

Cast

Voice cast
Garik Kharlamov the voice of Kolobok.

Production

Development

The writers of the film The Last Warrior: Root of Evil continued to follow the canon begun in the first film: they did not only invite evil spirits (Koschei, Baba Yaga, Vodyanoy) to their fairy tale, but also added new magical assistants - and above all, a stunning, dashing Kolobok.

Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan, Disney Studios in Russia and the CIS, added.

Filming

Principal photography of the film was shot on Krestovaya Hill near the city of Gubakha in the Urals, Krasnodar Krai and Republic of Karelia, and the main, where the whole city was, took place in the Moscow Oblast suburbs, where a special city was constructed for the film.

Filming began in June 2020. In the photographs from the set, various decorations were seen: huts, ice warriors. At the same time, it is known that the events of the film will take place both in winter and in summer.

Release

The film was scheduled for release on December 24, 2020, but following the outbreak, it was decided to move the premiere date to January 1, 2021.

Marketing

On December 5, 2019, the first teaser trailer for the film was posted on the Odnoklassniki website.[8]

Sequels

Filming for a sequel known as The Last Warrior 3 was held in the suburbs of Moscow and in the town of Barvikha. Filming for the film took place in the fall of 2019 and the film is scheduled for release in 2022. The film is directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko (director of previous films) produced by Eduard Iloyan, Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan and Vitaliy Shlyappo, according to a script written by Dimitriy Yan and Pavel Danilov, starring Viktor Khorinyak.

See also

References
  1. Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)
  2. "The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  3. "Последний богатырь: Корень зла (2021) - кассовые сборы" [The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021) - Box Office Gross]. KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  4. "Минкульт разрешил прокат одного из главных новогодних блокбастеров" [The Ministry of Culture allowed the rental of one of the main New Year's blockbusters]. RBK Group (in Russian). December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  5. Lisitsa, Aleksandra (December 17, 2020). "Минкульт одобрил новогодний прокат сиквела «Последнего богатыря»" [The Ministry of Culture approved the New Year rental of the sequel to The Last Warrior]. Gazeta.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  6. "Картину «Последний богатырь: Корень зла» представили зрителям в Москве" [The picture The Last Warrior: Root of Evil was presented to the audience in Moscow]. TASS (in Russian). December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  7. "Последний богатырь: Корень зла / The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021)". KinoAfisha.info.
  8. Nelipa, Svetlana (December 5, 2019). "Первый трейлер сказки «Последний богатырь: Корень зла» опубликовали в «Одноклассниках»" [The first trailer for the tale The Last Warrior: Root of Evil was published in Odnoklassniki]. Igromania (in Russian). Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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