A former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
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Release Date:
Friday, July 13, 2018 Nationwide
sequences of gun violence and action, and for brief strong language
Plot: What's the story about?
Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary’s Skyscraper as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in China he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he’s been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family who is trapped inside the building...above the fire line.
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Who stars in Skyscraper: Cast List
Moana 2, Red One
Scream 4, Scream
Mortal Kombat, Contagion
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Den of Thieves
Medieval, Papillon
Who's making Skyscraper: Crew List
A look at the Skyscraper behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Rawson Marshall Thurber last directed Red Notice and Central Intelligence. The film's writer Rawson Marshall Thurber last wrote Central Intelligence and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.
Director
Screenwriter
Producers
Beau FlynnDany Garcia
Dwayne Johnson
Rawson Marshall Thurber
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Production: What we know about Skyscraper?
Key Facts
- The project is said to have shades of Die Hard and Towering Inferno, the 1974 disaster movie (Hollywood Reporter, 5/26/16).
- Part of a bidding war.
Filming Timeline
- 2018 - May: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2018 - February: The film was set to Post-Production status.
- 2017 - April: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
The film will shoot in China in late summer and fall 2017.
- 2017 - March: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
- 2016 - May: The film was set to Announced status.
Legendary has won a bidding war for the China-set action movie with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson attached to star.
Skyscraper Release Date: When was the film released?
Skyscraper was a Nationwide release in 2018 on Friday, July 13, 2018. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Siberia and Sorry To Bother You. Additional information: 2D/3D.