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John Krasinski, Natalie Portman Hop On Guy Ritchie's New Apple Film

Natalie Portman and John Krasinski are joining Guy Ritchie of adventure film Fountain Of Youth for Apple and Skydance.

Published Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:47:08 -0600

Article Summary

John Krasinski and Natalie Portman join Guy Ritchie's Fountain of Youth film for Apple.
The adventure film concept mixes National Treasure and Indiana Jones vibes.
Krasinski has progressed from The Office to directing, producing, and starring in IF.
Portman stars in Netflix's drama May December, following her Oscar-winning career.

John Krasinski and Natalie Portman are teaming up with Guy Ritchie in a new film for Apple and Skydance. Titled Fountain of Youth, the film will follow a pair of siblings on an adventure around the world to find, you guessed it, the fountain of youth. It sounds like a mix of National Treasure and Indiana Jones to me; at least, that is what I am getting from the Deadline announcement. Apple and Skydance seem to have clicked, and they already had a massive hit last month with Mark Wahlberg's film The Family Plan, which became the most successful film launch on Apple TV+ ever.

John Krasinski, Natalie Portman Hop On Guy Ritchie's New Apple Film — Natalie Portman attends the 'A Tale Of Love And Darkness' photocall during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2015 in Cannes, France. Image via Shutterstock/Denis Makarenko. John Krasinski attends the Season Two Premiere of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan at Metrograph on October 29, 2019 in New York City. Image via Shutterstock/Ron Adar

John Krasinski & Natalie Portman Can Pull Off Brother And Sister

The film's script is written by James Vanderbilt. John Krasinski has been a busy man, but mainly behind the camera. After directing two A Quiet Place films, his next film is Paramount's IF, which he wrote, directed, produced, and stars in. He has come a long way since starring for nine seasons on The Office for NBC/Universal. Natalie Portman is an Academy Award-winning actress who has been busy herself after sporadically appearing in projects for a bit. She can currently be seen in Todd Haynes's new drama for Netflix, May December.

I can see John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as siblings, so this has a real shot at working. It's a shame it won't go to theaters, as I bet this one will scream to be seen on a big screen, but that we will get it at all feels like a win—more on this one as we learn it.

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