Back Lot Music has released the soundtrack.īeast was released on August 19, 2022, by Universal Pictures. Shooting occurred in the rural provinces of Limpopo and Northern Cape, as well as in Cape Town. įilming commenced on June 1, 2021, in South Africa and lasted for ten weeks. In June 2021, Sharlto Copley, Iyana Halley and Leah Sava Jeffries joined the cast. In September 2020, it was announced that Idris Elba would star in a new Universal Pictures film titled Beast, based on an original idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan and directed by Baltasar Kormákur.
Sharlto Copley as Martin Battles, a wildlife biologist who is Nate's old friend. Leah Sava Jeffries as Norah Samuels, the younger daughter of Nate, who is more sensitive. Iyana Halley as Meredith "Mare" Samuels, the elder daughter of Nate, who is rebellious and argumentative. Sometime later, the three return to the preserve, this time as a united family, and recreate the photo Nate's late wife took of herself next to her favorite tree. A Mopani worker arrives and saves Nate as he falls unconscious.Īwakening in a hospital, a recovering Nate tells his daughters he loves them. In the ensuing struggle, the lion mauls Nate, nearly killing him, until the pride patriarchs intervene and kill the rogue lion. Luring it into an opening, Nate attracts the local lion pride which Martin helped raise. Locking his daughters inside a room, Nate promises to return after subduing the lion. The lion appears and stalks the girls, but Nate returns and scares it off. They leave the car and start walking to find an abandoned schoolhouse nearby.Īt an abandoned schoolhouse the poachers used as their base, Nate treats Meredith's wound, then forages for water. Nate starts the truck and races away with Meredith and Norah but has to stop the car before they run out of fuel. The car falls into a ravine and Martin sacrifices himself by setting off an explosion from the leaking gasoline, severely burning the lion. Back at the car, Martin holds the lion off long enough to allow the sisters to escape, though Meredith sustains a deep laceration to her side. Nate maneuvers his way past the lion and finds the poachers' truck keys. The lion attacks and scatters the poachers, killing most of them. Tensions rise after the poachers spot Martin, an avid anti-poacher, inside the car. Soon after, the poachers arrive and initially agree to transport the group to the village in exchange for payment. Meredith brings Martin back to the car and Nate treats his wound.Īs night falls, the now-recovering Martin speculates the lion went rogue after poachers killed its pride. Norah stabs the lion with a tranquilizer dart after it knocks the gun from Nate’s hands, causing the lion to retreat. The lion attacks and Meredith takes advantage of the distraction to save Martin. He confronts the lion, hoping to subdue it long enough to recover Martin and trek back to civilization. As the radio is out of range to contact help, Nate assembles a tranquilizer rifle. Martin radios Nate on a walkie-talkie, warning him to stay away, saying the lion is using Martin as bait to lure the others out. 
Meredith speeds away, but crashes into a tree, stranding them. It then ambushes Nate, who takes cover in the car. Nate encounters an injured Tsonga man on the road but is unable to save him. Suspecting a rogue lion is responsible, Martin rushes back to report the finding. At a nearby Tsonga community, Martin discovers most of the population is dead.
Martin shows them a local lion pride and notices that one is injured. The next day, Martin and the family tour the reserve's restricted areas. The trip is to reconnect with his daughters. Nate confides to Martin his guilt over being distant following his and his wife's separation, after which she developed terminal cancer. Martin takes Nate and the girls to the village where Nate’s wife grew up. Nate reunites with his old friend, Martin Battles, a biologist and Mopani manager, who introduced Nate and his wife.
Nate Samuels and his teenage daughters, Meredith and Norah, arrive at the Mopani Reserve in South Africa for a vacation.
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