Legion (2010 film)

Legion
Theatrical release poster
Directed byScott Stewart
Written by
  • Peter Schink
  • Scott Stewart
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Lindley
Edited bySteven Kemper
Music byJohn Frizzell
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing[1]
Release date
  • January 22, 2010 (2010-01-22) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$26 million[3]
Box office$67.9 million[3]

Legion is a 2010 American action horror film directed by Scott Stewart and co-written by Stewart and Peter Schink. The film stars Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Kate Walsh, and Dennis Quaid. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired most of the film's worldwide distribution rights, releasing the film theatrically in North America on January 22, 2010 through Screen Gems.[4] A story of the Second Coming, Legion follows a group of people as they attempt to protect an infant savior from angels and the possessed in an apocalypse.

Legion was released to negative critical reception, but was a success at the box office, earning over $67 million on a $26 million budget. A television series titled Dominion, set 25 years after the film, premiered on the American cable television network Syfy on June 19, 2014.[5]

  1. ^ "Legion (2010)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "LEGION (15)". British Board of Film Classification. January 13, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Legion (2010)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
  4. ^ "Sony Pics unit ups Shooman". Login.vnuemedia.com. March 27, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  5. ^ "Syfy Announces Premiere Dates for 'Defiance' and 'Dominion'". TV By the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.

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