It seems like it happened yesterday, but Robert Zemeckis’s “Forrest Gump” was massive hit in 1994. That was (sorry) thirty years ago.
Now we’re about to get a new movie from Zemeckis, along with “Gump” stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. It’s called “Here.” But in the press, it’s also known as “Where?”
“Here” is supposed to arrive on 2,500 screens in one week. Yet no one’s seen it, there’s no buzz, and you can’t figure out from the trailer what it’s even about.
The few who have seen it have posted some reaction to Twitter X. Their comments are mostly about the technology — like Martin Scorsese used in “The Irishman” — so that Hanks and Wright can age and de-age as married couple going through a lifetime together.
Sony is depending on “Gump” nostalgia, almost making “Here” — which hasn’t been shown at a single film festival this fall — seem like the sequel to the Oscar winning film. Even the ads are similar. But that maybe where the similarities end. Will “Here” be a box of chocolates? Or something less tasty?
Stay tuned….
