‘Lost City’ review: Hollywood makes another adventure film for idiots

Channing Tatum is ready for ! On Thursday, ET spoke to the 41-year-old actor at a London screening of his latest flick, , and he promised fans that the upcoming third installment in the will be «wild.»«We’re gonna go big. I mean truly, we're not gonna leave anything on the bench. We're taking it out, we're putting it on stage, it's gonna be wild,» he teased.

While the romcom adventure film starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum has some work to do to turn a profit with its reported $68-70 million budget, it still stands as the third Paramount film to open to No. 1 at the box office. After having a very limited presence in theaters last year, Paramount found some theatrical success in the early stages of 2022 with low-budget offerings “Scream” and “Jackass Forever” and is now hoping to find more with this pricier mid-budget film catering to a different demographic than the mostly 18-35 male crowd that has defined the theatrical market.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe rom-com may be showing signs of life.After being written off as a theatrical proposition, Paramount’s “The Lost City” appears to be scoring with audiences. The film, which puts a fresh coat of varnish on “Romancing the Stone” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” earned $2.5 million in Thursday previews.

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for “The Lost City”“The Lost City,” now in theaters and soon to be streaming on Paramount+, may be based on a fictional romance novel but, like any good adventure, it leaves room for a sequel.In fact, as the film suggests, the story of Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) and Alan (Channing Tatum) could be the beginning of a brand new franchise. Together they end up on a massive treasure hunt — albeit somewhat begrudgingly in Bullock’s character’s case — across the world. It’s filled with romance, comedy, and of course, a semi-twist ending.But we won’t spoil that part.

Brad Pitt. ‘Could you please just make me that? Make me as close to that as you can possibly make me,'” he said. Tatum’s character Dash, who he compares to Fabio, models for covers of romance novels written by Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock). In the film, Dash rescues Loretta after eccentric billionaire Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe) kidnaps her.Pitt also appears in “The Lost City” as Jack Trainer.

Channing Tatum makes an appearance on The Ellen Show to promote his new movie The Lost City.

Brad Pitt was literally an inspiration for Channing Tatum.

“The Lost City” is the kind of charming, star-driven, action-adventure that makes moviemaking look easy and effortless from the outside. It’s hard to imagine a world in which you pair Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum as a romance novelist and her himbo cover model on a “Romancing the Stone”-esque journey not being enjoyable.

While the female demographic has shown to be one of the more reluctant to return to cinemas during the pandemic, that is set to change this weekend with Paramount’s The Lost City which is eyeing a mid $20M start, possible $30M+ take at 4,228 theaters.

Sandra Bullock is celebrating the release of her new movie!

Sandra Bullock's forthcoming action-adventure rom-com The Lost City has some spectacular stunts and even more exciting cameos — and the actress is opening up about how some of the movie's most memorable moments came to be.Bullock and co-star Daniel Radcliffe recently sat down with ET's Cassie DiLaura, and they reflected on some of the movie's most exciting scenes — including a daring rescue by Brad Pitt that featured an enormous explosion.«We only did that shot in one take!» Bullock revealed. «We didn't know how big the explosion was gonna be. It's all about preparation, preparation, preparation and then a whole lot of luck.»Bullock stars in the film as Loretta Sage, a reclusive romance-adventure author who's spent her career writing about exotic places.

Sandra Bullock looks stunning on the red carpet!

Sandra Bullock's forthcoming action-adventure rom-com The Lost City has some spectacular stunts and even more exciting cameos — and the actress is opening up about how some of the movie's most memorable moments came to be.Bullock and co-star Daniel Radcliffe recently sat down with ET's Cassie DiLaura, and they reflected on some of the movie's most exciting scenes — including a daring rescue by Brad Pitt that featured an enormous explosion.«We only did that shot in one take!» Bullock revealed. «We didn't know how big the explosion was gonna be. It's all about preparation, preparation, preparation and then a whole lot of luck.»Bullock stars in the film as Loretta Sage, a reclusive romance-adventure author who's spent her career writing about exotic places.

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are currently co-starring in “The Lost City”, and while this is their first project together the actors actually have some history pre-dating the movie, involving their children.

 has a star-studded cast, and its cameos aren't too shabby either. ET's Rachel Smith spoke with Sandra Bullock at a special screening of the film in New York City on Monday, where she shared how Brad Pitt's part in the film came to be.«I honestly don't know Brad that well, we just keep doing each other favors.