Linkin Park is taking fans inside their comeback like never before.“Unshatter,”a documentary directed by band member Joe Hahn, arrives in theaters for a limited release on Sept. 30. The film follows the band’s 2024 reunion, six years after the death of Chester Bennington, and the addition of vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain. Subtitled“The Hardest Part of Ending Is Starting Again,”it pairs a massive Sao Paulo concert, nearly 97,000 fans per night, with intimate behind-the-scenes footage of the reunion process.
Hahn originally planned to build the film around just the Sao Paulo show, but he decided that wasn’t enough. Instead, he wove in the moments that show how the band rebuilt itself, and he describes the experience as a healing process.“The overall sentiment is a message of hope,”he says. That message lands at a good time:“From Zero,”released Nov. 15, 2024, delivered three No. 1 Mainstream Rock singles and two Grammy nominations.
The timing works out nicely for fans. The live album“Unshatter (Live in Sao Paulo)”drops Sept. 25, five days before the film’s theatrical run begins. Between the album, the documentary, and the chart success, this chapter of Linkin Park is fully in motion, and the cameras caught how it all came together. Will you be catching“Unshatter”in theaters?
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