Bullet Train, an action thriller starring Brad Pitt as a deadly assassin, has been released.Directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde), Bullet Train stars Pitt as Lady Bug, an experienced assassin who boards a Japanese bullet train filled with other professional killers who have been sent to fulfil their own assignments.Based on the novel Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka, the film also stars Joey King, Andrew Koji, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, Masi Oka, Michael Shannon, Logan Lerman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Karen Fukuhara, Benito A Martinez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny, and Sandra Bullock.In the trailer shared by Sony Pictures, Pitt is shown encountering another assassin played by Bad Bunny, soundtracked by Bee Gees track ‘Stayin’ Alive’.Lady Gaga was originally cast for Bullock’s role but she was forced to exit the project over scheduling conflicts with Ridley Scott film House Of Gucci.Along with Bullet Train, Pitt is set to make an appearance in upcoming film The Lost City alongside Bullock and Channing Tatum. He’s also been cast in Babylon from director Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash), set to be released in December.
Oliver Trevena Joins Renny Harlin’s Action-Thriller ‘The Bricklayer’; Robert John Burke Boards 20th Century Studios’ ‘Boston Strangler’
11.02.2022 - 01:55 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Oliver Trevena (Wire Room, The Plane) has signed on to star alongside Aaron Eckhart and Nina Dobrev in the action-thriller, The Bricklayer, which is heading into production in Europe next month.
In the film from director Renny Harlin, based on the novel by Noah Boyd, someone is blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the U.S., the CIA must lure its most brilliant – and rebellious – operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.
Hanna Weg and Matt Johnson penned the script. G-Base’s Alan Siegel, Butler and Danielle Robinson are producing with Eclectic Pictures’ Heidi Jo Markel, and Millennium Media’s Jeffrey Greenstein, Les Weldon, Jonathan Yunger, Yariv Lerner and Rob Van Norden. Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and Tanner Mobley from Millennium are serving as exec producers.
Millenium’s partnership with Butler on the film comes on the heels of their collaboration with Eckhart on the Has Fallen franchise, with Millennium also looking to sell the film at this year’s virtual EFM. Pic is set to shoot at Millennium’s Nu Boyana studios in Greece and Bulgaria.
Trevena just wrapped a role opposite Bruce Willis and Kevin Dillon in the action-thriller Wire Room, which he also produced. Also on the horizon is the Gerard Butler thriller, The Plane, for Lionsgate.
He is represented by Innovative Artists.
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EXCLUSIVE: Robert John Burke (BlacKkKlansman, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) has joined Kiera Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola and Chris Cooper in the cast of 20th Century Studios’ film Boston Stranger for release on Hulu.
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Cara Delevingne is taking on a new role!
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