Hounsou

Screenshot: Paramount PicturesWhen 2018's A Quiet Place begins, the occupation of Earth by noise-sensitive and very hostile alien creatures is already well underway; the characters we meet, including the family headed up by Emily Blunt and the film’s writer-director John Krasinski, are already living as perilously and silently as possible. But how did it all begin? A new spin-off film, A Quiet Place: Day One, will show us—and our first peek is here.A Quiet Place: Day One | Official Trailer (2024 Movie)A Quiet Place Part…

The trailer for A Quiet Place: Day One, due out June 28, features Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Djimon Hounsou, and an adorable white-and-black cat who are all fighting to survive a global catastrophe. Like the previous Quiet Place films, Day One presents a postapocalyptic world where making the slightest sound summons bloodthirsty alien creatures hellbent on destruction. The twist this time is that it focuses solely on “the day the world went silent,” as the movie’s official synopsis puts it, beginning with shots of a…

Few actors in the entire world are more qualified to talk about franchises than Djimon Hounsou. The man who most people first met when he did Steven Spielberg’s Amistad has since made an incredible career for himself jumping between fantastical film worlds. He’s worked with Marvel. He’s worked with DC. He’s been in the Fast and Furious, Quiet Place, and Kingsman. He’s also been in several films (Tarzan, King Arthur, Eragon) that had franchise aspirations but instead fell flat. His latest trip takes him to Rebel Moon, a…

Photo via Warner Bros. Two-time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou has appeared in some of the biggest blockbuster movies of all time, but the Beninese-American actor admits he still experiences discrimination in the film industry. Though he is the most-nominated African actor in the history of the Academy Awards, he recently revealed the economic gap between his salary and what other actors of his stature earn. “I still have to prove why I need to get paid. They always come at me with a complete lowball: ‘We only…

The actor was on a tour to promote his latest movie “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.” In an interview with The Guardian Djimon shared his experiences in the Hollywood industry and expressed that even though he has worked in a lot of hit movies he still does not get the respect he deserves and how difficult it is for him to get good roles and contracts.  Djimon talked about his past remembering how he would go on the hunt for empty Omo detergent packs with his friends. He said collecting five packs would get him a free ticket…

Actor Djimon Hounsou has definitely come a long way in his life. However, his journey has not been a bed of roses. While speaking to The Guardian, Djimon, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002 for `In America` and then again in 2006 for `Blood Diamond`, said he "felt seriously cheated," The Hollywood Reporter reported. "Today, we talk so much about the Oscars being so white, but I remember there was a time where I had no support at all: no support from my own people, no support from the media, from the industry…

The extraordinary story of Djimon Hounsou began in the 70s with a weekly hunt for five empty Omo detergent sacks. The prize on offer: one free ticket at the local cinema in Cotonou, Benin. The recycling scheme made the cinema the place to be every Wednesday, when Hounsou and his schoolmates had the afternoon off, so tracking down the packages was a priority: asking family, door-knocking neighbours and riffling through rubbish. Regardless, every Wednesday afternoon, the cinema was rammed.“You’d have the theatre packed all…