Flatliners ( 2017 film ) - wikipedia Flatliners ( 2017 film ) For the 1990 film of the same name, see Flatliners. Flatliners Theatrical release poster Directed by Niels Arden Oplev Produced by Laurence Mark Michael Douglas Peter Safran Written by Ben Ripley Based on Flatliners by Peter Filardi Starring Ellen Page Diego Luna Nina Dobrev James Norton Kiersey Clemons Kiefer Sutherland Music by Nathan Barr Cinematography Eric Kress Edited by Tom Elkins Production company Columbia Pictures Cross Creek Pictures Further Films Laurence Mark Productions Distributed by Sony Pictures Release date September 29, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 29 ) ( United States ) Running time 110 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $19 million Box office $33.5 million Flatliners is a 2017 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Ben Ripley. The film is a remake of the 1990 film of the same name, and stars Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons, and Kiefer Sutherland. It follows five medical students who attempt to conduct experiments that produce near - death experiences. Sony Pictures released the film in the United States on September 29, 2017. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4.1 Box office 4.2 Critical response 5 References 6 External links Plot A medical student, Courtney ( Ellen Page ), is obsessed with the idea of the afterlife, wanting to find out what happens after death. She invites fellow students Jamie ( James Norton ) and Sophia ( Kiersey Clemons ) to join her in an experiment, in an unused hospital room : using defibrillation to stop her heart for sixty seconds whilst recording her brain, and then reviving her. She assures them they would not be held responsible for any accidents. Sophia is against this, but Jamie does it anyway. After sixty seconds, they panic as they are unable to revive her, but eventually manage to with the help of Ray ( Diego Luna ). Later, Marlo ( Nina Dobrev ) arrives and learns of the experiment. Initially Courtney begins to recall memories of past events such as her grandmother 's recipe for bread. Courtney experiences increased intelligence and euphoria, being suddenly able to play the piano after 12 years and answer questions in class perfectly. Envious, Jamie flatlines, but has a disturbing near death experience as he meets his ex-girlfriend. Courtney and Jamie start seeing visions, but do not tell the others. Marlo and Sophia follow suit and flatline, for an increasing number of minutes. They experience similar positive results as Courtney. It soon turns into a living horror as those who flatlined find themselves haunted by visions : Courtney is haunted by her dead sister Tessa from a car crash she caused because she was using her phone. Jamie is haunted by the baby of his ex-girlfriend he got pregnant and begged into getting an abortion. Marlo is haunted by a man named Cyrus ( who was stung by jellyfish ) whom she killed when she unintentionally mixed up his medication, and Sophia is haunted by a girl named Irina whose life she ruined out of jealousy by hacking her phone and sending out her nudes to make sure she was valedictorian. They realise there is a downside to flatlining. Ray, the only one who did n't flatline, initially disbelieves what 's happening. He tells everyone to stop the experiment immediately. The hauntings get more and more intense. Courtney, traumatised by her visions, records a message apologising for the consequences and admitting that her interest in flatlining was due to the death of her sister, not for scientific discovery. Shortly after, she is chased by visions of her dead sister and pushed to her death from the roof of her house. Marlo is suffocated while driving and crashes her car. Jamie is stabbed in the hand by his vision. Marlo retrieves Courtney 's phone that was found at the scene of her death. They emotionally watch Courtney 's recording and find out that she had encountered similar hauntings. They come clean to the mistakes that they made and soon come to a conclusion that the hauntings they 're experiencing are their hallucinations because of their guilt from their past sins, not paranormal beings. The group takes action to stop the hallucinations by fixing their past mistakes. Sophia visits Irina to apologize to which Irina accepts. Jamie visits his ex-girlfriend and discovers she did n't get an abortion, but kept the baby, to whom he apologizes and promises to provide for his son. Later, Ray and Marlo get into a fight when Ray finds out Marlo covered up the real reason how Cyrus died. Tired of being haunted by her hallucinations, Marlo flatlines on her own in the hope of killing herself because she can not fix her mistake. Ray, Sophia, and Jamie rush to stop her and are successful. In the end, Marlo, Ray, Sophia, and Jamie reminisce about Courtney and celebrate their friendships in the little restaurant they hang out at, where there is a performance of the piano piece that Courtney played. Cast Ellen Page as Courtney Holmes Diego Luna as Ray Nina Dobrev as Marlo James Norton as Jamie Kiersey Clemons as Sophia Kiefer Sutherland as Dr. Barry Wolfson Beau Mirchoff as Brad Madison Brydges as Tessa Holmes Miguel Anthony as Cyrus Gudgeon Jenny Raven as Irina Wong Charlotte McKinney as Girl on Bicycle Sutherland also starred in the original film. Sutherland was initially announced to be reprising his role as Dr. Nelson Wright from the original. Production In October 2015, Ellen Page was cast in the film, and in February 2016, Diego Luna was added as well, with Nina Dobrev joining in April. In May 2016, Kiersey Clemons and James Norton signed on for the film. In July 2016, it was announced that Kiefer Sutherland, who starred in the original, would return in the new film. Sutherland later disclosed that he was reprising his role from the original film, adding that the new film is actually a sequel rather than a remake. Despite the announcement, Sutherland played a character with a different name than in the original, with no reference to the specific events of the previous film. In July 2016, Charlotte McKinney also joined the cast. Principal photography began in early July 2016 in Toronto, and concluded on September 7. The film went into post-production on October 4. Release Sony Pictures released the film on September 29, 2017. Box office As of October 24, 2017, Flatliners has grossed $16.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $11.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $28.3 million, against a production budget of $19 million. In North America, the film was released alongside American Made and ' Til Death Do Us Part, as well as the wide expansion of Battle of the Sexes, and was projected to gross $8 -- 12 million from 2,552 theaters in its opening weekend. It ended up debuting to $6.6 million, finishing 5th at the box office ; even before factoring in inflation, the number was lower than the $10 million opening of the original film in 1990. In its second weekend the film dropped 42 %, grossing $3.6 million. Critical response On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 5 % based on 57 reviews and an average rating of 3.6 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Flatliners falls flat as a horror movie and fails to improve upon its source material, rendering this reboot dead on arrival. '' On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 27 out of 100 based 20 critics, indicating `` generally unfavorable reviews ''. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` B -- '' on an A+ to F scale. References ^ Jump up to : McNary, Dave ( June 13, 2017 ). `` Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev Experiment With Death in ' Flatliners ' Trailer ''. Variety. Retrieved June 13, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nathan Barr to Score ' Flatliners ''. Film Music Reporter. August 8, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Film releases ''. Variety Insight. Retrieved December 27, 2016. Jump up ^ `` FLATLINERS ( 15 ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 20, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Flatliners ( 2017 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 24, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Instagram post by Nina Dobrev Aug 11, 2016 at 10 : 40pm UTC ''. Instagram. Jump up ^ Gallupo, Mia ( 27 July 2016 ). `` ' Awkward ' Actor Beau Mirchoff Joining Sony 's ' Flatliners ' Reboot ( Exclusive ) ''. The Hollywood Reporter. 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Question: when does the movie flat liners come out
Answer: September 29, 2017