First Poster Unveiled for Gary Oldman’s ‘Hunter Killer’

Feb 17, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Films, HP Cast, Movies, News, Oldman

Gary Oldman, known to Harry Potter fans as Sirius Black, stars in the upcoming action thriller Hunter Killer, alongside Gerard Butler, Billy Bob Thornton, and Michael Trucco. The film went through a rocky development phase, followed by trouble when its company, Relativity Media, struggled financially, leaving it to be taken on by Nu Image/Millenium. Things now seem to be moving forward for Oldman’s film, however.

According to Inquisitr, the Chinese distributor-investor Hishow Entertainment recently acquired Hunter Killer, as well as the film Escobar, for over $10 million at the European Film Market. This gives them distribution rights throughout China, where Gerard Butler is extremely popular due to the success of his film London Has Fallen.

Variety via Yahoo! Movies gives the following brief synopsis:

“Directed by Donovan Marsh, ‘Hunter Killer’ features Gerard Butler as an untested American captain who teams with Navy Seals for a mission to rescue the Russian president.”

Imdb.com adds that Butler plays a character by the name of Captain Joe Glass and that his antagonist is a rogue general. Oldman and Thornton’s characters are unnamed on the site, but Oldman is featured on the first promotional poster for the film, recently unveiled on twitter.

The screenplay was adapted by writer Peter Craig from a novel by Don Keith. Keith has authored more than 23 books, including national bestseller “Final Bearing” and the sequel, “Firing Point,” which was optioned for this film. No release date has been set yet, but hopefully more information–and a trailer!–of Oldman’s new film will soon be forthcoming.

To read the Variety’s Yahoo! Movies coverage of the film’s latest developments, click here. For the Inquisitr article on Hunter Killer’s distribution news, read here.

 





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