The Critically acclaimed film Wonder is making history!

Julia Roberts & Jacob Tremblay in Wonder.  Photo Courtesy of Lionsgate

Wonder is one of our favorite films (and we absolutely adore the book!)  We are excited to hear that Wonder is becoming the first live action US film to have an American Sign Language interpretation available for viewing along with the film!

To make this possible, Lionsgate has teamed up with Actiview and celebrity activist Nyle Di Marco.  Actiview is a mobile application company that provides film accessibility solutions for blind, deaf, and foreign language speaking audiences.

Photo: Nyle Di Marco Twitter Profile 

Lionsgate is also making the four film Hunger Games series accessible.  Actiview will provide audio description, multi-language dubs, subtitles, captions, and amplified audio to all app users.

How it works:

The Actiview app is designed as a “second-screen” experience, to be used through headphones or on the user’s phone screen.  Users can watch Wonder (and The Hunger Games) on any available platform. The app will automatically synchronize with their TV.  The app “listens” to the movie (like Shazam listens to songs.) Actiview figures out where in the movie the viewer is, matching the playback from their device. Users can playback audio descriptions, captions, multi-language dubs, and sign language interpretations of films and shows while they watch on a TV, laptop, or in a theater.

You can download the app (iOS only) at http://activiewapp.com/download or by searching “Actiview” in the App Store.  

If you have the opportunity to use the Actiview app we’d love to hear what you think of it.

About Wonder:

Wonder follows the inspiring story of the Pullman family, whose youngest son, Auggie, was born with facial differences. When Auggie enters mainstream elementary school for the first time, his extraordinary journey unites his family, school, and community. Auggie proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.

About Lionsgate:

The first major new studio in decades, Lionsgate is a global content leader whose films, television series, digital products and linear and over-the-top platforms reach next generation audiences around the world. In addition to its filmed entertainment leadership, Lionsgate content drives a growing presence in interactive and location-based entertainment, video games, esports and other new entertainment technologies. Lionsgate has a nearly 17,000-title film and television library.