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Aug 21, 2018 · 24 min read. John Cho plays a father looking for his missing 16-year-old daughter Margot in “Searching,” a must-see thriller from director Aneesh Chaganty and co-writer Sev Ohanian. It’s a tightly-plotted, unpredictable mystery that starts with a Pixar-grade emotional whammy, and becomes bigger and more tense as the film goes from one ...
Chaganty, a first-time filmmaker, and his co-writer and producer, Sev Ohanian, have crafted an emotionally resonant and thoroughly gripping thriller set entirely on a computer screen. Searching stars John Cho as a father who, after his daughter goes missing, desperately tries to find her by turning over every stone imaginable—and previously ...
Sep 14, 2018 · Sev and co-writer, director Aneesh Chaganty. And then one day he called me and said ‘Sev, I have the perfect idea for an opening scene.’
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David Kim lives in San Jose, California with his daughter Margot. His wife Pamela was diagnosed with lymphoma and died before Margot entered high school. One night, Margot attempts to call David, but he is asleep. The following day, David is unable to contact Margot. Believing she is attending her piano lesson, David calls the instructor but is inf...
The original conception was an 8-minute short film. When Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian pitched the concept to The Bazelevs Company, the latter suggested it could be expanded into a feature film. While Ohanian was open to the offer and saw its potential, Chaganty was hesitant, since he believed a feature film would stretch the concept and feel too...
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2018, under the title Search. Shortly after, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired distribution rights to the film for $5 million.It was initially scheduled to be released on August 3, 2018, but was pushed back to a limited release on August 24, 2018, before openin...
Box office
Searchinggrossed $26 million in the United States and Canada, and $49.4 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $75.5 million. Searching debuted to $388,769 from nine theaters in its limited opening weekend, for a per-venue average of $43,197. It expanded to 1,207 theaters on August 31, and was projected to gross $3 million over the weekend. It ended up making $6.1 million (including $7.6 million over the four-day Labor Day frame), finishing fourth at the box office. In i...
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 263 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Searching's timely premise and original execution are further bolstered by well-rounded characters brought to life by a talented cast." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an aver...
On August 14, 2019, a sequel was announced to be in development. Chaganty clarified that the story will not "follow the same characters or plot line as the original."On January 13, 2021, it was announced that the first film's editors, Will Merrick and Nick Johnson, would write the screenplay for and direct the sequel, based on a treatment by Chagan...
2018: Alfred P. Sloan Prize at 2018 Sundance Film Festival2018: NEXT Audience Award at 2018 Sundance Film Festival2018: Sundance Institute / Amazon Studios Narrative Producer Award to producer Sev Ohanian at 2018 Sundance Film Festival2019: Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead nomination (John Cho; lost to Ethan Hawke for First Reformed)Searching at IMDbSearching at AllMovieNov 16, 2020 · Directed by Aneesh Chaganty and co-written by Sev Ohanian, Run introduces us to Chloe Sherman, a homeschooled 17-year-old who is wheelchair-bound and is said to suffer a string of illnesses ...
Mar 9, 2023 · He explained: "In Searching, there was an email from a guy named Sev Ohanian who emailed David Kim saying, ‘Look, I know what's happened to your daughter.’. And in that movie he said,...
Sevak "Sev" Ohanian (Armenian: Սեւակ Օհանյան, born June 2, 1987) is an American film producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-writer and producer of the films Searching and Run, as well as executive producer on the film Judas and the Black Messiah.
