Cube (film series)
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Cube theatrical release poster
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Vincenzo Natali Andrzej Sekuła Ernie Barbarash |
| Written by | André Bijelic Graeme Manson Vincenzo Natali Sean Hood Ernie Barbarash |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Cube is a Canadian psychological thriller horror film series. The three films were directed by Vincenzo Natali,Andrzej Sekuła, and Ernie Barbarash respectively.
All three films are centered, with slight variations, on the same science-fictional setting: a gigantic, mechanized cubical structure of unknown purpose and origin, made up of numerous smaller cubical rooms, in which most or all of the principal characters inexplicably awaken in the opening scenes. Each of these rooms has six heavy vault doors, one on each face of the cube, which lead into adjacent, largely identical rooms, differing occasionally by colour of lighting. Some of these rooms are "safe", while others are equipped with deadly booby traps such as flamethrowers and razorwire. In some cases it is possible to detect a trap by throwing an object into the room first, although this method is not always reliable due to the trigger mechanism of certain traps.
In each case, a group of strangers awakens in this mysterious structure, without any knowledge of how or why they are there. In order to escape from the prison, they must band together and use their combined skills and talents to avoid the traps and navigate out of the maze, while also trying to solve the mystery of what the cube is and why they are in it. However, the pressure of being in the Cube generally turns one of the prisoners into a homicidal maniac who preys on the others.
Cube Zero was slightly different from the first two films in that it also dealt with the people on the outside of the Cube whose job it was to control the cube and oversee those within.
A fourth film was rumored in March 2011, and a remake of the first film was announced in April 2015.
In March 2011, it was rumored that Lionsgate Films was considering an additional film in the series, tentatively titled Cube 3D.
In April 2015, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Lionsgate Films plans to remake the original film under the title Cubed, with Saman Kesh as director.
The world in which the Cube series is set is kept secret from the viewer of the films throughout. The first Cube, in particular, portrays nothing of the world in which the film is set, who is responsible for the Cube, or why the prisoners are there. Hints are, however, given throughout the second and third films. The film's writer, Vincenzo Natali, apparently wrote a script detailing the world outside the Cube, but destroyed it after deciding not to create a movie about it. The plot devices used in Hypercube and Cube Zero (IZON and the government) are likely not (or only very loosely) related to Natali's original idea.
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