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The company acquires the rights before the action thriller is to premiere at SWSW.
The movie, which will screen as part of the festival’s Midnighter program, is described as being in the spirit of the 1980s canon and in the vein of A History of Violence but with the teens as the heroes, taking on four hitmen over $500,000 in stolen cash.
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The actor has inked a two-picture deal with Emmett/Furla/Oasis.
Hayden Christensen will join Bruce Willis in First Kill, the Steven C. Miller-directed action thriller that Emmett/Furla/Oasis will produce, finance and release through its deal with Lionsgate Premiere.
Nick Gordon wrote the script, which centers on a police chief (Willis) who tries to solve a case that involves a bank robber holding a young boy hostage. Christensen will play the man whose son is taken hostage after he accidentally witness a thug shooting a bank thief while on a hunting trip. He's racing against a ticking clock to rescue his son, while at the same time the police chief begins to wonder whether or not he played a role in the bank heist.
Deadline
Bruce Willis has been set to star in First Kill, a Steven C. Miller-directed action thriller that Emmett/Furla/Oasis will produce, finance and release through its U.S. deal with Lionsgate Premiere. It’s the 11th collaboration between EFO and Willis, and the producer/financier’s fourth film with Miller. Highland Film Group is handling international. The script was written by Nick Gordon with production slated to begin late August in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Adrian Grenier has become part of a different entourage. He’s been set to star with Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni and Guardians Of The Galaxy’s Dave Bautista in Marauders, a Steven C. Miller-directed action thriller that Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films will produce and finance and release through its U.S. deal with Lionsgate Premiere. Highland Film Group is handling international. The script was written by Michael Cody and Chris Sivertson, and production is getting underway in Ohio with Lydia Hull, Tyler Olson, Christopher Rob Bowen and Danny A. Abeckaser rounding out the cast.
I just want to see Bruce Willis in more great action movies. When I saw Olympus Has Fallen, I was thinking it could have easily been another Die Hard movie.
I loved him in GI Joe Retaliation. He always brings a little something extra to the movie.
So true! I wish Retaliation had even more Bruce Willis. I think he should headline the franchise or at least be a major part.
This is another one that is filled with drama, suspense, and you just don't know from one minute to the next what is happening. It looks interesting and depressing at the same time. I don't know that I would see this one but it's not completely out.