--- title: 'Brightburn (2019)' type: 'film' director: 'David Yarovesky' released: '2019-05-09' runtime_minutes: 90 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Horror' - 'Action' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/brightburn-2019' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7752126/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Brightburn (2019) 2019 · R · 90 min · Horror, Action · United States ## Synopsis Brightburn is a 2019 American superhero horror film directed by David Yarovesky, written by Brian and Mark Gunn, and produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang, starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, and Meredith Hagner. It is a dark re-telling of the Superman origin story, in which Brandon Breyer, a young boy of extraterrestrial origin reared on Earth who discovers he has superpowers, uses them to abuse and murder, rather than to save lives. The film was financed by The H Collective, who produced with Troll Court Entertainment. ## Credits - **Director:** [David Yarovesky](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-yarovesky) - **Screenplay:** [Brian Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-gunn), [Mark Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-gunn) - **Producer:** [Brian Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-gunn), [Mark Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-gunn), [James Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gunn-2), [Kenneth Huang](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-huang), [Dan Clifton](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-clifton) - **Director of Photography:** [Michael Dallatorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-dallatorre) - **Editor:** [Andrew S. Eisen](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-s-eisen) ## Cast - [Matt Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-jones) as Noah McNichol - [Elizabeth Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-banks) as Tori Breyer - [Meredith Hagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/meredith-hagner) as Merilee McNichol - [Jennifer Holland](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-holland) - [David Denman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-denman) as Kyle Breyer ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: https://www.brightburn.movie/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/brightburn-2019 Film facts: Wikidata (Q59600666); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.