Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Polar (2019) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, Inga Cadranel, Fei Ren, Ruby O. Fee DIRECTOR: Jonas Åkerlund CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pär M. Ekberg MUSIC: deadmau5 PRODUCTION: Dark Horse Entertainment, Constantin Film, JB Pictures

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Polar (2019). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

The film was first announced in October 2014 as a live action adaptation of Dark Horse Comics' Polar, developed by Dark Horse Entertainment and Constantin Film. A spec script for the film by Jayson Rothwell was purchased. In October 2017, Mads Mikkelsen signed on to star in the film. In February 2018, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick and Matt Lucas joined the cast with Netflix onboard to distribute the film.

Filming began early February 2018 in Orono, Ontario, Canada, and continued around February 23 in Toronto, Ontario, with Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund at the helm. Among various filming locations used was the residence of musician Deadmau5, for the opening scene.

In September 2018, Deadmau5 announced that he was in the process of producing the film's original score.

Netflix started streaming the film on January 25, 2019, with Deadmau5 releasing the soundtrack on the same day.

▸ Music & Score

The film's soundtrack album was released by Deadmau5 on January 25, 2019, through his record label Mau5trap. The soundtrack's release details were announced on January 8, 2019, along with the film's initial trailer. A single from the soundtrack album, "Midas Heel" was released on January 11, 2019, followed by the vocal version called "Drama Free" featuring Lights which was previously released on Mau5ville: Level 2. Several tracks of the score (such as "Somb", "Wilhelm" and "End") feature elements from Deadmau5's previous tracks from his seventh studio album While(1<2), as well as two new tracks named "Nosedive" and "Camilla", the former being a remake of his unreleased track "Rio", the latter being known previously as "Suite 02".