American Assassin Movie

Assassins aren't born, they're made.

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Who's Involved:

Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch, Stephen Schiff, Dylan O'Brien, Sanaa Lathan, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Nick Wechsler, Michael Cuesta, Marshall Herskovitz, Shiva Negar

Release Date:

Friday, September 15, 2017 Nationwide

R   RESTRICTED MPA
Strong violence throughout, some torture, language and brief nudity
Runtime: N/A
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

Follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien) a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.

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Who stars in American Assassin: Cast List

... Stan Hurley

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... Mitch Rapp

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Who's making American Assassin: Crew List

A look at the American Assassin behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Michael Cuesta last directed Kill the Messenger and Roadie. The film's writer Stephen Schiff last wrote Andor (Series) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Screenwriters

Stephen Schiff

Producers

Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Marshall Herskovitz
Nick Wechsler

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Production: What we know about American Assassin?

Key Facts

  1. Based on the 11th book in the Mitch Rapp book series by Vince Flynn.

Filming Timeline

  1. 2017 - October: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2017 - June: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2016 - August: The film was set to Pre-Production  status.

    The movie is targeting a September start with shooting to take place in London and Budapest.

  4. 2016 - March: The film was set to Development  status.

    Michael Keaton has signed on to co-star.

  5. 2012 - October: The film was set to Development  status.

    CBS Films has offered Chris Hemsworth $10 million to star in the film.

  6. 2011 - June: The film was set to Announced  status.

American Assassin Release Date: When was the film released?


American Assassin was a Nationwide release in 2017 on Friday, September 15, 2017. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including mother!, Infinity Chamber and Brad's Status.

American Assassin DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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American Assassin was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 .

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