The Seventh Son

Also known as Seventh Son

2014 film by Sergei Bodrov

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5.5

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

Released: 2014-12-12102 minDir: Sergei BodrovAdventure, FantasyBudget: $95.0MBox office: $114M

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Cast

Jeff Bridges as Master John Gregory
Julianne Moore as Mother Malkin
Ben Barnes as Tom Ward
Alicia Vikander as Alice Deane
John DeSantis as Tusk - Zanna
Kit Harington as William "Billy" Bradley

Themes

based on novel or book
magic
chosen one
witch hunt
dark fantasy
evil witch
sword and sorcery
based on young adult novel

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Ratings

IMDb

5.5/10

84,853 votes

Year: 2014
Runtime: 102 min
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Key facts

Directed by: Sergei Bodrov
Screenplay by: Charles Leavitt Steven Knight
Story by: Matt Greenberg
Based on: The Spook's Apprentice , by Joseph Delaney
Produced by: Basil Iwanyk Thomas Tull Lionel Wigram
Starring: Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes Alicia Vikander Kit Harington Olivia Williams Antje Traue Djimon Hounsou Julianne Moore
Cinematography: Newton Thomas Sigel
Edited by: Paul Rubell Jim Page Michael Kahn
Music by: Marco Beltrami
Production companies: Legendary Pictures Moving Picture Company Outlaw Sinema Pendle Mountain Productions Thunder Road Pictures China Film Group Beijing Skywheel Entertainment Co.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release dates: December 17, 2014 ( 2014-12-17 ) (France) February 6, 2015 ( 2015-02-06 ) (United States)
Running time: 102 minutes
Countries: United States, Canada, China, United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: $95–110 million
Box office: $114 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 102
FilmAffinity ID: 784978
Official website: www.seventhsonmovie.com

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publication date: 2014-01-01
title: The Seventh Son
box office: 114178613
capital cost: 95000000
social media followers: 3374
review score: 12%
Commons category: Seventh Son (film)

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Article

Seventh Son is a 2014 action fantasy film directed by Sergei Bodrov, and starring Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue, Djimon Hounsou and Julianne Moore. It is loosely based on the 2004 novel The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney. The story centers on Thomas Ward, a seventh son of a seventh son, and his adventures as the apprentice of the Spook.

After having its release date shifted numerous times, the film was released in France on December 17, 2014, and in Canada and the United States on February 6, 2015, by Universal Pictures. The film was a box office failure, received generally negative reviews from film critics and earned $114 million against a production budget of $95 million.