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The 3D concert film Hit Me Hard and Soft, which captures superstar Billie Eilish’s astir caller circuit for her 3rd workplace album, landed astatine CinemaCon Thursday arsenic Paramount rolled retired its upcoming slate.
The value of performance films to nan wide container agency successful caller years can’t beryllium overstated and this is simply a existent prima machine, co-directed by Eilish and Avatar helmer James Cameron. It debuts May 8. The duo unveiled footage for nan room only. The duo were connected nan Vegas shape sharing thoughts connected nan performance and nan film, which Cameron produced pinch exertion that’s ne'er been utilized before, “No 1 has changeable a performance movie connected this scale.”
Eilish said “my fans are everything and they each thing very special, a VIP experience, whether they tin make it to my concerts aliases not. The footage cuts from nan vocalist mostly connected stage, besides backstage and pressing nan flesh. With nan 3D glasses,”feel for illustration you are correct there.”
Captured during her sold-out world tour, BILLIE EILISH – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D) brings an innovative caller performance acquisition to nan large surface from 1 of nan astir celebrated and successful artists of her generation.
Companies: Paramount Pictures, Lightstorm Earth, Darkroom Records, Interscope Films Production Directed by: James Cameron and Billie Eilish Cast: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
The collaboration was first announced successful nan summertime of 2025 by Eilish’s astatine her sold-out Co-op Live show successful Manchester Saturday, July 19. She joked that she would apt beryllium wearing nan aforesaid outfit for nan pursuing 3 shows for nan film’s continuity. Cameron was said to beryllium successful nan assemblage that night, and nan “Birds of a Feather” vocalist acknowledged nan beingness of much cameras than accustomed adjacent nan stage.
Hit Me Hard And Soft was nominated for Grammys successful 2025, adding to nan singer’s full 34 nominations. She has 9 Grammys to her sanction arsenic good arsenic 2 Best Original Song Oscars: 1 for “What Was I Made For?” from Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar grossing Barbie and nan different for “No Time to Die” from nan 2021 James Bond film. Both are shared pinch her brother, Finneas O’Connell.
R.J. Cutler made a documentary astir Eilish titled The World’s A Little Blurry, which came retired successful 2021 for Apple.
