Major Grom: The Game

Major Grom: The Game (2024)

Майор Гром: Игра

Police Major Igor Grom is known throughout St. Petersburg for his punchy character and uncompromising attitude towards criminals of all stripes. Incredible strength, analytical mindset and integrity — all this makes Major Thunder a real superhero. His life is perfect: during the day he catches criminals with his partner Dima Dubin, and spends the evenings in the company of journalist Yulia Pchelkina. The complete idyll is interrupted by the appearance in the city of a mysterious villain calling himself a Ghost. He offers Thunder to play a dangerous game, the stake in which is the lives of ordinary people.

Date of release
2024-05-23
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (39)
Runtime
2h 46m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Mystery
Director
Oleg Trofim
Collection
Major Grom Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Major Grom

Major Grom: The Game is a 2024 Russian superhero film based on the comic book series Major Grom by the Russian publisher Bubble Comics, in particular on the story arc The Game. Created by Bubble Studios in collaboration with Plus Studio and distributed by the Central Partnership film distribution company, the project is a direct sequel to the film Major Grom: Plague Doctor (2021) and the third motion picture in the Bubble Cinematic Universe (BCU) media franchise.

Production

The first reports about the development of a sequel to the film Major Grom: Plague Doctor (2021) appeared back in November 2022. Then a number of insiders announced that an adaptation of the story arc called The Game was planned. The work began at the same time that the prequel film Grom: Boyhood (2023) was being completed. Artyom Gabrelyanov (also the film's producer), Nikolay Shishkin and Yekaterina Krasner worked on the continuation script.

The film, titled Major Grom: The Game, was officially announced on 28 January 2023 at Bubble Comics Con. The premiere was set for 2024, Trofim again became the director, Tikhon Zhiznevsky, Lyubov Aksyonova, Aleksandr Seteykin and other actors from the first film returned to their roles; It also announced the appearance of some characters from the comics and a completely new character called the Phantom.

According to Gabrelyanov, producer and one of the screenwriters of The Game, the project will show how Igor Grom will be influenced by the popularity that fell on him after the events of The Plague Doctor. In February 2023, Zhiznevsky began working out at the gym in preparation for filming, given criticism of his physique in the first film.

In the same month, Gabrelyanov announced that the plot of the original comic book had been completely rewritten, and also announced his imminent arrival in St. Petersburg for filming and called Grom: Boyhood a "bridge" between The Plague Doctor and The Game.

Trofim was normal about the possible indignation of the audience due to the change in the plot compared to the original and believed that "For some, certain of our decisions may become a tragedy, but for others they will allow us to take a fresh look at our favorite material. It all depends personally on each viewer and reader. And yet, it won't be boring. We always have something to surprise us with.

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