AFM 2016: Al Pacino and More Play Hangman
Steve Barton
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A new thriller is on the way starring Al Pacino that sounds right in our wheelhouse. Variety is reporting that Pacino, Karl Urban, and Brittany Snow are starring in the upcoming flick Hangman, with shooting set to start November 17th in Atlanta.
Patriot Pictures and Union Patriot Capital Management’s CEO Michael Mendelsohn and Arnold Rifkin of Cheyenne Enterprises are producing. The film will be financed by Union Patriot Capital Management.
Patriot is collaborating on a series of films with Etchie Stroh (The Promise, Afterglow), who is the film’s executive producer and will represent the film for international sales in a new venture at the American Film Market.
Hangman will be directed by Johnny Martin, who helmed Vengeance: A Love Story starring Nicolas Cage and Don Johnson. Michael Caissie and Charles Huttinger co-wrote the screenplay, with revisions by Martin and Mendelsohn’s Patriot Pictures.
Pacino will portray a decorated homicide detective, and Urban will play a criminal profiler who collaborate to catch a serial killer who’s terrorizing a city with a macabre version of the children’s game Hangman. Snow will play a crime journalist shadowing the detectives.
“It’s every director’s dream to work with Al Pacino,” Martin said. “Brittany Snow brings a fresh, instinctual presence to the production, while Karl Urban’s strength, instinct, and versatility heighten the action and this genre. This film is amazing and will appeal to a wide audience.”
Let’s hope Martin has nerve enough to actually direct Pacino instead of just letting him play Al Pacino.
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