ABC is developing a sequel series to the 1998 Will Smith big-screen thriller “Enemy of the State,” TheWrap has learned. The movie starred Smith as a lawyer targeted by a corrupt politician and the Nsa after accidentally receiving evidence exposing a politically motivated crime. Smith is not attached to the TV project, but producer Jerry Bruckheimer is. ABC Studios is teaming up with Jerry Bruckheimer Television to produce the series that has landed a pilot commitment, so far. Bruckheimer is executive producing along with Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed and Morgan Foehl, who is writing the script. Also Read: Will Smith 'Furious' Over Donald.
- 10/20/2016
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Add one more to the reboot pile: The 1998 spy thriller Enemy of the State is getting the small-screen treatment at ABC, our sister site Variety reports.
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Starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman, Enemy followed a crew of Nsa agents who came together to murder a U.S. Congressman — though things became a little more complicated when a video recording of the murder mysteriously surfaced.
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Starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman, Enemy followed a crew of Nsa agents who came together to murder a U.S. Congressman — though things became a little more complicated when a video recording of the murder mysteriously surfaced.
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- 10/20/2016
- TVLine.com
ABC has given a put pilot commitment to drama Enemy of The State, a sequel to the 1998 Tony Scott movie, which starred Will Smith and Gene Hackman. The project hails from the film’s producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, and ABC Studios. Written by Blackhat scribe Morgan Davis Foehl, the drama is set two decades after the original film, when an elusive Nsa spy is charged with leaking classified intelligence, an idealistic female attorney must partner with a hawkish FBI agent to…...
- 10/20/2016
- Deadline TV
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Leehom Wang, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany | Written by Morgan Davis Foehl | Directed by Michael Mann
About an hour into my viewing of Blackhat I was struggling to remain conscious from boredom. About an hour later I was glued to my seat, my eyes and ears on full alert for whatever the film was going to throw at me next. So you’ll understand when I say I have considerably mixed feelings about crime maestro Michael Mann’s latest film. It’s his first since 2009′s Public Enemies, a film the subject of which (John Dillinger’s battle against the authorities in the 1920s) I was intrigued by but was severely ill-served by its amateurish and distracting digital handicam cinematography.
While that film disappointed after the electric promise of Collateral (I didn’t catch Miami Vice, perhaps luckily), my expectations were set lower for Blackhat, a...
About an hour into my viewing of Blackhat I was struggling to remain conscious from boredom. About an hour later I was glued to my seat, my eyes and ears on full alert for whatever the film was going to throw at me next. So you’ll understand when I say I have considerably mixed feelings about crime maestro Michael Mann’s latest film. It’s his first since 2009′s Public Enemies, a film the subject of which (John Dillinger’s battle against the authorities in the 1920s) I was intrigued by but was severely ill-served by its amateurish and distracting digital handicam cinematography.
While that film disappointed after the electric promise of Collateral (I didn’t catch Miami Vice, perhaps luckily), my expectations were set lower for Blackhat, a...
- 6/19/2015
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
This mysteriously misbegotten flick should be a gritty 10-hour miniseries so it would have time to explore its ideas and potentially fascinating characters. I’m “biast” (pro): love Michael Mann and Chris Hemsworth
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I usually love Michael Mann’s movies. They tend to feel like they were made by a grownup for a grownup audience: they’re usually pretty nuanced about people’s motives, for instance — there’s little room for black-and-white in Mann’s films — and they don’t trade in the usual Hollywood clichés about anything, even when they fall solidly into a particular genre. They tend to look like no one else’s movies in a way that I have yet to be able to pinpoint how, except that they are smooth and cool without fetishizing the visuals or being self-consciously showy.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I usually love Michael Mann’s movies. They tend to feel like they were made by a grownup for a grownup audience: they’re usually pretty nuanced about people’s motives, for instance — there’s little room for black-and-white in Mann’s films — and they don’t trade in the usual Hollywood clichés about anything, even when they fall solidly into a particular genre. They tend to look like no one else’s movies in a way that I have yet to be able to pinpoint how, except that they are smooth and cool without fetishizing the visuals or being self-consciously showy.
- 2/20/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Director: Michael Mann; Screenwriter: Morgan Davis Foehl; Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei Tang, Wang Leehom; Running time: 133 mins; Certificate: 15
If you think a film about computer hackers furiously tapping their keyboards sounds a bit dull, Blackhat proves you right. Even action maestro Michael Mann fails to inject any urgency and the glare of the PC monitor flatters Chris Hemsworth who is, ostensibly, the brains as well as the brawn behind a potentially earth-shattering security breach.
Mann does tap a nerve in a world increasingly reliant on digital technology, but translating those fears into workable on-screen thrills and spills is awkward. His opening gambit is crash-zooming into a circuit board, the stuff of Tron movies and Citroën ads (créative technologie) except it's no fun without cool bikes, or cars zooming around.
Mann is on safer ground at a penitentiary where Nicholas Hathaway (Hemsworth) flexes muscle in more ways than one.
If you think a film about computer hackers furiously tapping their keyboards sounds a bit dull, Blackhat proves you right. Even action maestro Michael Mann fails to inject any urgency and the glare of the PC monitor flatters Chris Hemsworth who is, ostensibly, the brains as well as the brawn behind a potentially earth-shattering security breach.
Mann does tap a nerve in a world increasingly reliant on digital technology, but translating those fears into workable on-screen thrills and spills is awkward. His opening gambit is crash-zooming into a circuit board, the stuff of Tron movies and Citroën ads (créative technologie) except it's no fun without cool bikes, or cars zooming around.
Mann is on safer ground at a penitentiary where Nicholas Hathaway (Hemsworth) flexes muscle in more ways than one.
- 2/16/2015
- Digital Spy
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Leehom Wang, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany | Written by Morgan Davis Foehl | Directed by Michael Mann
About an hour into my viewing of Blackhat I was struggling to remain conscious from boredom. About an hour later I was glued to my seat, my eyes and ears on full alert for whatever the film was going to throw at me next. So you’ll understand when I say I have considerably mixed feelings about crime maestro Michael Mann’s latest film. It’s his first since 2009′s Public Enemies, a film the subject of which (John Dillinger’s battle against the authorities in the 1920s) I was intrigued by but was severely ill-served by its amateurish and distracting digital handicam cinematography.
While that film disappointed after the electric promise of Collateral (I didn’t catch Miami Vice, perhaps luckily), my expectations were set lower for Blackhat, a...
About an hour into my viewing of Blackhat I was struggling to remain conscious from boredom. About an hour later I was glued to my seat, my eyes and ears on full alert for whatever the film was going to throw at me next. So you’ll understand when I say I have considerably mixed feelings about crime maestro Michael Mann’s latest film. It’s his first since 2009′s Public Enemies, a film the subject of which (John Dillinger’s battle against the authorities in the 1920s) I was intrigued by but was severely ill-served by its amateurish and distracting digital handicam cinematography.
While that film disappointed after the electric promise of Collateral (I didn’t catch Miami Vice, perhaps luckily), my expectations were set lower for Blackhat, a...
- 2/14/2015
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Last weekend saw shocking box office results for a film that paired an esteemed filmmaker with a fast-rising star, and fused them to a hot-button issue that couldn’t be more timely. No, I’m not talking about American Sniper, which posted a record $105.3M holiday weekend. I’m talking about the year’s first big flop, the $70 million Michael Mann-directed action drama Blackhat. The film that stars Chris Hemsworth in a strong lead performance, and deals with the global threat of cyber-hacking we saw play out with North Korea sabotaging Sony Pictures, and Isis infiltrating Defense Department computers. Blackhat landed in 11th place with an anemic $4.4M opening weekend.
How could a film that on paper had so much going for it — and which, by the way, is a Michael Mann-quality crime thriller with several shocking plot twists — fail so badly? I asked that question of everybody involved,...
How could a film that on paper had so much going for it — and which, by the way, is a Michael Mann-quality crime thriller with several shocking plot twists — fail so badly? I asked that question of everybody involved,...
- 1/20/2015
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline
Chicago – “Blackhat” is a hacker’s auctioneer of high-tech and low-tech genre jolts, but its construction provides a thrill of its own - that of witnessing the next era of the action movie. With “Blackhat,” director Michael Mann introduces the new standards for the everlasting genre as it continues to reflect modern anxieties, giving leading roles to two entities that Hollywood has previously treated as supporting acts, hackers and the nation of China. Incredibly on-the-moment, “Blackhat” recognizes that computer whizzes are becoming the physical heroes our connected world needs, and China is the partner that Hollywood will increasingly rely on for business, especially in selling films that look like “Blackhat.”
Mann’s film is the story of a co-investigation between the United States and China. A Hong Kong nuclear power plant and Chicago’s Mercantile Trade Exchange have been attacked, nonetheless by a no-name, no-motive menace who has hacked into their systems.
Mann’s film is the story of a co-investigation between the United States and China. A Hong Kong nuclear power plant and Chicago’s Mercantile Trade Exchange have been attacked, nonetheless by a no-name, no-motive menace who has hacked into their systems.
- 1/17/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – A speedy film project can take about a year from conception to final cut; director Michael Mann’s wired-in thriller “Blackhat” might as well have been written, shot, and cut last month. Not just because of its epilogue to the rise and defeat of the Guardians of Peace, but for its modernity.
This is a tale of headline action specifically for January 16, 2015 and onward, in our new period of cyber terror.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
A thoroughly international project that reckons China’s importance to the American industry, “Blackhat” is the story of a co-investigation between the United States and China. A Hong Kong nuclear power plant and Chicago’s Mercantile Trade Exchange have been attacked, nonetheless by a no-name, no-motive menace who has hacked into their systems. A Chinese official named Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang) works alongside cyberterrorism agents in the FBI (played by Viola Davis and John Ortiz) to track the menace’s previous coding.
This is a tale of headline action specifically for January 16, 2015 and onward, in our new period of cyber terror.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
A thoroughly international project that reckons China’s importance to the American industry, “Blackhat” is the story of a co-investigation between the United States and China. A Hong Kong nuclear power plant and Chicago’s Mercantile Trade Exchange have been attacked, nonetheless by a no-name, no-motive menace who has hacked into their systems. A Chinese official named Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang) works alongside cyberterrorism agents in the FBI (played by Viola Davis and John Ortiz) to track the menace’s previous coding.
- 1/17/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
If moviegoers were hoping thriller “Blackhat” and comedy “The Wedding Ringer” could be alternatives from all of the serious awards contenders that have been flooding theaters for the last two months, critics have some bad news. The two movies have been panned in the majority of reviews as stinkers.
The wide releases — one a Michael Mann hacker thriller from Universal and the other a Kevin Hart comedy from Sony — are currently tied on Rotten Tomatoes for an equally “rotten” 31 percent approval ratings from critics.
Also Read: Why Chris Hemsworth’s ‘Blackhat’ May Not Break Out Despite Timely Cyber-Terror Plot
“Blackhat...
The wide releases — one a Michael Mann hacker thriller from Universal and the other a Kevin Hart comedy from Sony — are currently tied on Rotten Tomatoes for an equally “rotten” 31 percent approval ratings from critics.
Also Read: Why Chris Hemsworth’s ‘Blackhat’ May Not Break Out Despite Timely Cyber-Terror Plot
“Blackhat...
- 1/16/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
James Bond grows a brain but the audience is not buying it.Although “Blackhat” is a fun romp into a fantasy world of explicitly bloody, violent international espionage, director Michael Mann (written by Morgan Davis Foehl) has created a work of sound and fury that signifies nothing.The film gets off to a good start with Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) being rousted out of his high security prison cell to answer a charge of hacking into the prison’s accounting system to add $900 to each prisoner’s bank account. He may be a punk but he is certainly a popular punk. Not only […]...
- 1/16/2015
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
As someone whose alter-ego has a career in It, I approach a film about hackers with lowered expectations. I don't want to dislike it, but I certainly have a heightened expectation that I will dislike it due to glaringly inaccurate portrayals of people doing things that to a trained eye are utterly ridiculous. What I never expected was that Blackhat would maintain an above-average level of accuracy in its portrayal and that my problems would mostly be the more mundane complaints a critic might have for any film that is just not very good.
My largest complaint is a technical problem that has little enough to do with computers. The film is, even to a lay person, unfinished. A subpar audio mix makes dialogue at times difficult to understand. Poor or incomplete color correction results in inconsistency in the picture, which in the final action scenes looks exactly as if...
My largest complaint is a technical problem that has little enough to do with computers. The film is, even to a lay person, unfinished. A subpar audio mix makes dialogue at times difficult to understand. Poor or incomplete color correction results in inconsistency in the picture, which in the final action scenes looks exactly as if...
- 1/16/2015
- by Mike Saulters
- Slackerwood
Even just an average Michael Mann film is still a Michael Mann film – which isn’t a bad thing in my book. The man has a unique style that has developed over his career that’s often described as gritty, in your face, and just plain cool. This is mainly in part due to his more recent use of digital photography that he embraced starting with the movie Collateral. It’s a storytelling choice that has produced a mixed bag of films but nevertheless feel like Mann films (though “man films” would be appropriate as well due to his knack for tough guy stories). Blackhat gives fans of Mann’s macho style what they have come to expect: a cold but mainly likable anti-hero, a world of elite cops and criminals, intense shoot-outs, and skylines lit with neon lights at night. All of this mind you, filmed with shaky camera...
- 1/16/2015
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Blackhat is a film about computer hacker, a “black hat” in It parlance, causing mayhem and destruction. In light of the recent world events, what more timely a topic could Hollywood possibly tackle? The film is directed by Michael Mann, who is known for films like Thief (1981), Heat (1995), and Miami Vice (2006) to name only a few. Mann is all about a gritty approach and hitting action beats aggressively while at the same time embracing the visual beauty of a scene. The script for this film was written by a first-timer, Morgan Davis Foehl, who is making the leap from editor to writer here, which is a bit ironic (more on that later).
The story follows Nick Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) who is in prison for hacking and has now been provisionally released in order to pursue a menacing hacker – the aforementioned blackhat. The plan is not a new one. The send...
The story follows Nick Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) who is in prison for hacking and has now been provisionally released in order to pursue a menacing hacker – the aforementioned blackhat. The plan is not a new one. The send...
- 1/16/2015
- by Steven Gahm
- CinemaNerdz
Blackhat
Written by Morgan Davis Foehl
Directed by Michael Mann
USA, 2015
Blackhat is a cyber-thriller that starts out boring and ends dumb. It’s almost unimaginable that a gifted director like Michael Mann, responsible for, arguably, the best crime-thriller of the last 30 years in Heat, could helm a film so utterly bereft of tension or drama. Not even his signature hyper-stylized aesthetic can disguise what a lackluster film this is. From the unimaginative script to the indifferent editing, Blackhat needs a complete overhaul to escape the basement of Mann’s distinguished filmography.
Watching people play on the computer is like being the designated driver at a bachelor party. That this genre peaked with WarGames over 40 years ago is a clear indication that cyber-thrillers are anything but thrilling. Mann uses every trick in the book to make the Internet wankery interesting—including a rollercoaster ride inside the circuitry itself—but he...
Written by Morgan Davis Foehl
Directed by Michael Mann
USA, 2015
Blackhat is a cyber-thriller that starts out boring and ends dumb. It’s almost unimaginable that a gifted director like Michael Mann, responsible for, arguably, the best crime-thriller of the last 30 years in Heat, could helm a film so utterly bereft of tension or drama. Not even his signature hyper-stylized aesthetic can disguise what a lackluster film this is. From the unimaginative script to the indifferent editing, Blackhat needs a complete overhaul to escape the basement of Mann’s distinguished filmography.
Watching people play on the computer is like being the designated driver at a bachelor party. That this genre peaked with WarGames over 40 years ago is a clear indication that cyber-thrillers are anything but thrilling. Mann uses every trick in the book to make the Internet wankery interesting—including a rollercoaster ride inside the circuitry itself—but he...
- 1/16/2015
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
Black in the Saddle: Mann’s Cyber Thriller Forgets Thrills
Though clearly uninterested in providing conventional thrills with his first theatrical release in six years, director Michael Mann’s Blackhat unfortunately forgets to be as uniquely innovative and engaging with its narrative as it is with its showy feats. A return to visual form for the aesthetically inclined auteur, sporting perhaps the best digital photography from the director’s latter filmography to date, the film is littered with schlocky convenience, instances of miscasting despite committed performances, and, worst of all, it’s uniformly dull. A high minded tech thriller, one wonders how the It inclined could pick apart the film’s sometimes rudimentary logic. Mann and first time screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl would seem to sidestep formula, but they simply replace structure with narrative sprawl and credibility stretching conveniences. One only has to point to the tired clichés of the...
Though clearly uninterested in providing conventional thrills with his first theatrical release in six years, director Michael Mann’s Blackhat unfortunately forgets to be as uniquely innovative and engaging with its narrative as it is with its showy feats. A return to visual form for the aesthetically inclined auteur, sporting perhaps the best digital photography from the director’s latter filmography to date, the film is littered with schlocky convenience, instances of miscasting despite committed performances, and, worst of all, it’s uniformly dull. A high minded tech thriller, one wonders how the It inclined could pick apart the film’s sometimes rudimentary logic. Mann and first time screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl would seem to sidestep formula, but they simply replace structure with narrative sprawl and credibility stretching conveniences. One only has to point to the tired clichés of the...
- 1/15/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Blackhat isn’t a failure because it’s a January release, it’s a January release because of a miscast hacker hero who’s an unbelievable super-spy battling a nasty “buttoned-shirt” allergy. Liam Hemsworth tried his hand at the cyber-thriller genre with 2013’s atrocious Paranoia, and this year sees his brother Chris attempting his own brand of ass-kicking techno-intensity under the guidance of director Michael Mann (Public Enemies) – short circuiting thanks to its own unique backlog of bugs. Be it Mann’s constantly out-of-focus vision, Hemsworth’s lame Rocky Balboa accent (listen for it), or writer Morgan Davis Foehl’s nauseatingly formulaic screenplay, Blackhat is nothing but awkward product placement and safely coded criminal dramatics. An actual Y2K bug would have been a more welcoming start to 2015 – yikes.
Chris Hemsworth stars as Nicholas Hathaway, an incarcerated computer wiz who is selected to join a team of American and Chinese...
Chris Hemsworth stars as Nicholas Hathaway, an incarcerated computer wiz who is selected to join a team of American and Chinese...
- 1/14/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Blackhat is awful. As a director, Michael Mann's visual flair, intimate camerawork and explicit violence is all here, but in terms of the film he's delivered I'm not sure it could be any less entertaining or narratively flat. To call it dull wouldn't be a stretch and in fact might be an understatement as the opening minutes deliver not one, but two sequences where we spend time watching (yes, watching) the camera navigate the inner-workings of a computer system as they are hacked and a not-so-ominous figure on the other end hits "Enter". Oh no! Don't hit Enter!!!! What you have to look forward to is plenty of typing, noisy computer screens and erratic and nonsensical behavior, all leading up to a conclusion that is so unsatisfying it makes the tedious wait getting there all the worse. As a nuclear explosion in China clumsily sets off the events that...
- 1/14/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
There are moments where a talented director makes a film so bad that you feel like you might need to go back to watch their earlier films just to make sure you weren't wrong when you liked them. "Blackhat" is the worst film Michael Mann has made since "The Keep," and I think given the choice between the two, I would happily watch "The Keep" again first. I am baffled by almost every moment of "Blackhat," and I'm struggling to make sense of where something goes this wrong. I haven't read the spec that Morgan Davis Foehl sold to the studio, but I know that Mann felt strongly that he deserved a co-writing credit on the film, one that the WGAw denied him after an arbitration. I'm not sure who to blame for the truly unfathomable narrative choices throughout, but I have to give Mann the final credit for creating...
- 1/14/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
“Blackhat” is such a massive fiasco that it’s hard to know where to begin analyzing it: There’s the screenplay by Morgan Davis Foehl, which alternates between dull, rushed exposition and an utter disregard for logic and narrative.
One might also catalog the terrible acting of everyone on screen not named Viola Davis, or the eye-scorching cinematography by Stuart Dryburgh (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”), which follows in the footsteps of director Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” by making expensive digital camerawork look like a cross between Dogme 95 smudge and footage from an iPhone that fell in a toilet.
One might also catalog the terrible acting of everyone on screen not named Viola Davis, or the eye-scorching cinematography by Stuart Dryburgh (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”), which follows in the footsteps of director Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” by making expensive digital camerawork look like a cross between Dogme 95 smudge and footage from an iPhone that fell in a toilet.
- 1/14/2015
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
After a case of high-level computer hacking arises, American and Chinese military forces work together to stop it. The film’s lead, Chris Hemsworth, described it as a “sort of cat-and-mouse international heist-thriller.” It stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany, Tang Wei, and Leehom Wang. Written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Michael Mann. Directed by Michael Mann. “Blackhat” hits theaters everywhere on January 16, 2015.
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- 1/13/2015
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
There are moments where a talented director makes a film so bad that you feel like you might need to go back to watch their earlier films just to make sure you weren't wrong when you liked them. "Blackhat" is the worst film Michael Mann has made since "The Keep," and I think given the choice between the two, I would happily watch "The Keep" again first. I am baffled by almost every moment of "Blackhat," and I'm struggling to make sense of where something goes this wrong. I haven't read the spec that Morgan Davis Foehl sold to the studio, but I know that Mann felt strongly that he deserved a co-writing credit on the film, one that the WGAw denied him after an arbitration. I'm not sure who to blame for the truly unfathomable narrative choices throughout, but I have to give Mann the final credit for creating...
- 1/13/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Before you see Blackhat in theaters on January 16, delve deeper into the world of cyber-crime as Chris Hemsworth and Michael Mann take you behind the scenes in this new Blackhat featurette.
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers.
Wamg invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of Blackhat on January 13th at 7Pm. We will contact the winners by email.
To Enter,...
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers.
Wamg invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of Blackhat on January 13th at 7Pm. We will contact the winners by email.
To Enter,...
- 1/7/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For anyone who just doesn't get what Michael Mann's latest cyber thriller Blackhat is all about, an extensive seven minute featurette has arrived to lay out the plot, all the characters, go behind the scenes of the film, chat with the cast, and even give you some insight into cyber-hacking itself. Chris Hemsworth stars in the film as a cyber criminal teamed up with American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. The featurette doesn't do much to make this look any less formulaic, but maybe with Mann at the helm this could be something good still. Here's the featurette for Michael Mann's Blackhat from Legendary Pictures: You can still watch the second theatrical trailer for Blackhat right here. Blackhat is directed by Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, Public Enemies, Miami Vice, The Insider) who co-wrote...
- 1/6/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
With the New Year just days away, Universal Pictures has released brand new photos, storylines and dates for some of the most anticipated movies in 2015.
First up is Ted 2.
Hitting theaters on June 26, 2015, Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital’s follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time.
Joined once again by star Mark Wahlberg and fellow “Ted” writers Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, MacFarlane produces the live action/CG-animated comedy alongside Bluegrass Films’ Scott Stuber, as well as John Jacobs and Jason Clark.
http://www.tedisreal.com
Photo Credit: Tippett Studios/Universal Pictures © 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
(L to R) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunite for Sisters
Sisters – December 18, 2015
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, John Leguizamo, Dianne Wiest, John Cena and James Brolin
Directed by: Jason Moore
Writer:...
First up is Ted 2.
Hitting theaters on June 26, 2015, Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital’s follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time.
Joined once again by star Mark Wahlberg and fellow “Ted” writers Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, MacFarlane produces the live action/CG-animated comedy alongside Bluegrass Films’ Scott Stuber, as well as John Jacobs and Jason Clark.
http://www.tedisreal.com
Photo Credit: Tippett Studios/Universal Pictures © 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
(L to R) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunite for Sisters
Sisters – December 18, 2015
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, John Leguizamo, Dianne Wiest, John Cena and James Brolin
Directed by: Jason Moore
Writer:...
- 12/29/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Hack" has been a keyword in many Hollywood headlines these days due to the recent attack on Sony Pictures, but for right now we're going to take a look at another angle on cyber terrorism. The latest trailer for Michael Mann's Blackhat has arrived online, and you can watch it below. The first film that Michael Mann has made since 2009's Public Enemies, and based on a script the filmmaker co-wrote with newcomer Morgan Davis Foehl, Blackhat centers around the search for a mysterious but incredibly powerful cyber criminal who has been incredibly destructive and able to evade both the American and Chinese authorities. The sound logic is applied that in order to catch a hacker you need a hacker, so to help them out they make a deal with Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth), an incarcerated genius who helps trace the antagonist from Chicago to Hong Kong. While its...
- 12/15/2014
- cinemablend.com
Opening in theaters on January 16, catch the new trailer for Blackhat.
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers.
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Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers.
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- 12/13/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers. Blackhat hits theaters January 16, 2015 Follow @KingPatel7...
- 12/12/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
With the recent hacking of Sony Pictures, cybercrime has been a hot topic. There's a new movie coming out called Blackhat that puts the focus on how crazy cybercrime can get. The movie was directed by Michael Mann (Public Enemies, Collateral), and it stars Chris Hemsworth in the lead role. This looks like a really great thriller! Mann is good at telling these kinds of stories. As a fan of most of his work, I'm looking forward to seeing this.
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
This makes me wonder if Sony has hired a guy like Hemsworth's character to track down and stop the people that put them in this crazy situation. The movie also stars Viola Davis,...
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
This makes me wonder if Sony has hired a guy like Hemsworth's character to track down and stop the people that put them in this crazy situation. The movie also stars Viola Davis,...
- 12/12/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The January season for movies has been long since considered a dumping ground for studios to plonk titles that aren’t… contenders. Often full of lo-fi genre fare, the first month of the year rarely produces quality cinema. That all may change in 2015, however, as one of the most promising films – and the year is packed with ‘em – is set to debut in less than a month. So, to herald the imminent arrival of Michael Mann’s hacker pic, Blackhat, a brand new trailer has landed online to remind folks that the winter ain’t always so dreary.
Mann’s first movie in nearly five years is an action thriller centred around Chris Hemsworth’s hacker, Nicholas Hathaway. Through his illegal antics, he lands himself in the slammer for a fifteen-year sentence, until he’s offered a reprieve if he’ll help track down a notorious crime network.
Much like the first trailer,...
Mann’s first movie in nearly five years is an action thriller centred around Chris Hemsworth’s hacker, Nicholas Hathaway. Through his illegal antics, he lands himself in the slammer for a fifteen-year sentence, until he’s offered a reprieve if he’ll help track down a notorious crime network.
Much like the first trailer,...
- 12/12/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Film Picks: Chris Hemsworth plays a genius hacker released from prison to take down a high-tech terrorist wreaking havoc on banks, power grids, and other systems around the globe in his latest film “Blackhat.”Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann.Legendary’s Thomas Tull and […]...
- 12/12/2014
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Check out the new full trailer for Legendary and Universal Pictures techno thriller Blackhat.
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann.
Blackhat will hit theaters January 16, 2015.
Source: Yahoo! Movies...
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann.
Blackhat will hit theaters January 16, 2015.
Source: Yahoo! Movies...
- 12/12/2014
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
"The moment you connect, you lose control." The latest film from Michael Mann, a cyber thriller called Blackhat, is getting released in the dumping ground of early January. However, we're starting to think perhaps that's only because it's not a big blockbusters, and it's not an awards contender, but that doesn't mean it's bad. This actually looks like a solid thriller from the director of Heat in this second trailer, but my only concern is that the fears inspired by real-life technological threats are much scarier and thrilling in theory (as they would be in real-life) than they are realized on the big screen with Chris Hemsworth. Here's the second trailer for Michael Mann's Blackhat originally from Yahoo: You can still watch the first trailer for Michael Mann's Blackhat right here. Blackhat is directed by Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, Public Enemies, Miami Vice, The Insider) who co-wrote the...
- 12/12/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
American and Chinese agencies work together to stop a conspiracy involving a cyber criminal. With the help of Nicholas Hathaway, the authorities pursue the mysterious suspect as the dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong. The new movie stars Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany, and Leehom Wang. Written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Michael Mann. Directed by Michael Mann. “Black Hat” hits theaters everywhere on January 16, 2015.
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- 12/12/2014
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Hitting theaters at the beginning of 2015, here’s a look at the brand new trailer for Blackhat, starring Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis.
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider), the film also stars Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann.
Blackhat will be in theaters January 16, 2015.
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Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider), the film also stars Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann.
Blackhat will be in theaters January 16, 2015.
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- 9/27/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Universal and Legendary have unveiled a new trailer for Michael Mann’s cybercrime thriller Blackhat. Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth stars as a furloughed convict helping a team of U.S. and Chinese forces hunt a network of high level hackers across the globe. Viola Davis, Tang Wei, and Wang Leehom also star in the actioner which Mann and Morgan Davis Foehl scripted. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producers alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod are executive producers. Mann and Hemsworth unveiled a first look in July at Comic-Con to the action-friendly geek crowd and Universal will release Blackhat on January 16, 2015. Check it out:...
- 9/25/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
With a filmography that includes Manhunter, Heat, and Collateral, filmmaker Michael Mann is well known among film fans. Despite his success, however, Mann has not been sing on the big screen since 2009′s Public Enemies, although he has been busy in the interim with the short-lived HBO show Luck. That’s set to change with his upcoming feature, however. Titled Blackhat, Mann directs from a script co-wrriten by him and Morgan Davis Foehl, and works with a cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, and William Mapother. The story revolves around an imprisoned hacker who is temporarily freed to help government forces track down the source of a number of cyber-terrorist attacks, and the film is set to open in American theatres on January 16th, 2015. The first trailer for the feature has now been released, and can be seen below.
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- 9/25/2014
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Check out the New trailer for Legendary and Universal Pictures’ Blackhat.
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers.
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers.
- 9/25/2014
- by El Mayimbe
- LRMonline.com
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s "Blackhat" follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers. "Blackhat" arrives in theaters on . January 16, 2015 Its first trailer has surfaced and is embedded below:...
- 9/25/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
After a case of high-level computer hacking arises, American and Chinese military forces work together to stop it. The film’s lead, Chris Hemsworth, described it as a “sort of cat-and-mouse international heist-thriller.” It stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany, Tang Wei, and Leehom Wang. Written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Michael Mann. Directed by Michael Mann. “Blackhat” hits theaters everywhere on January 16, 2015.
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- 9/25/2014
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Michael Mann’s hacker heist, Blackhat, already looks set to be a serious Oscar contender. In its very essence, it’s true Academy bait. From its casting choices, to the edgy plot, right down to Mann himself leading the charge on this globe-trotting techno-thriller – it could definitely be a contender.
If you’re wondering precisely what a Blackhat is, this ain’t no haberdashery lesson. Blackhat is a catchy phrase used to identify hackers who choose to write what Mann terms “malicious code,” in order to isolate vulnerabilities in stable systems. Think of them as reverse engineers, one of which will be played by Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, who leads the movie as MIT student and convicted hacker Nicholas Hathaway.
In an international heist premise, Hathaway cavorts from Chicago to Kuala Lumpur, as he winds up employed by American and Chinese federal agents. Tasked with utilising his considerable hacking skill set,...
If you’re wondering precisely what a Blackhat is, this ain’t no haberdashery lesson. Blackhat is a catchy phrase used to identify hackers who choose to write what Mann terms “malicious code,” in order to isolate vulnerabilities in stable systems. Think of them as reverse engineers, one of which will be played by Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, who leads the movie as MIT student and convicted hacker Nicholas Hathaway.
In an international heist premise, Hathaway cavorts from Chicago to Kuala Lumpur, as he winds up employed by American and Chinese federal agents. Tasked with utilising his considerable hacking skill set,...
- 9/25/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
"This isn't about money, this isn't about politics." It's been five years since we've gotten a film from Michael Mann, and that was the somewhat disappointing gangster thriller Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp. But now Mann is back with the contemporary thriller Blackhat, set in the timely and relevant world of cybercrime. Chris Hemsworth leads the film as a brilliant convict brought out of prison to help track down a vicious hacker with seemingly no political or financial agenda, who is just willing to completely cripple the world's banking system. There's pretty some cool shots, and it definitely looks like a Michael Mann film, but I'm not entirely sold on the story just yet. Seems a little too familiar. Watch now! Here's the first trailer for Michael Mann's Blackhat, originally from Apple: Blackhat is directed by Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, Public Enemies, Miami Vice, The Insider) who co-wrote the...
- 9/25/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Alien Sleeper Cell emerges from development hell, as James McTeigue signs up to direct a sci-fi mix of Bourne and The Americans...
This one's been in gestation for a while. But now, James McTeigue, the director of the likes of V For Vendetta, The Raven and Ninja Assassin, has signed on to direct the science fiction thriller Alien Sleeper Cell. A project that was talked about nearly five years ago before things went quiet, it's described as a story that contains elements from The Bourne Identity and the TV show The Americans.
It's an alien invasion movie from writer Morgan Davis Foehl (who's penned Michael Mann's upcoming cyberthriller, Blackhat), and McTeigue is likely to tackle Alien Sleeper Cell as his next project. More as we hear it, because there's not much more information than that around at the moment...
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This one's been in gestation for a while. But now, James McTeigue, the director of the likes of V For Vendetta, The Raven and Ninja Assassin, has signed on to direct the science fiction thriller Alien Sleeper Cell. A project that was talked about nearly five years ago before things went quiet, it's described as a story that contains elements from The Bourne Identity and the TV show The Americans.
It's an alien invasion movie from writer Morgan Davis Foehl (who's penned Michael Mann's upcoming cyberthriller, Blackhat), and McTeigue is likely to tackle Alien Sleeper Cell as his next project. More as we hear it, because there's not much more information than that around at the moment...
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- 9/8/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
He’s dabbled in comic book conspiracies, martial arts action and historical fiction suspense, but now V For Vendetta director James McTeigue is looking to tackle science fiction, signing on to make Alien Splinter Cell for ScanBox Studios.Morgan Davis Foehl, who worked on cyber thriller Blackhat for Michael Mann, has written the script for this one, which has locked most of its plot details away for now. But The Hollywood Reporter has heard that it’ll mash up a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity with a story that finds aliens living amongst humans as their race builds up to a big invasion plan. Think Us drama The Americans, but with aliens instead of Russians.McTeigue, who last released Edgar Allen Poe detective pic The Raven, is juggling several potential projects, including a Bloodsport remake and a drama about Elliot Ness and Al Capone. He’s currently finishing up work on action thriller Survivor,...
- 9/7/2014
- EmpireOnline
The Wachowski’s golden boy, James McTeigue, has joined a new project from a new studio – Alien Sleeper Cell. Doesn’t that title give you the most delightful chills? Alas, it’s got nothing to do with xenomorph Alien franchise.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will capture the same tone as The Bourne Identity and TV show The Americans. But in an alien invasion-style set-up. Consider us intrigued!
While there’s scant details about Alien Sleeper Cell, it’s known that McTeigue will direct the flick from a script by up-and-comer Morgan Davis Foehl. Foehl just completed work on Michael Mann’s Cyber script. As it stands now, new production outfit Scanbox Studios are currently putting together financing and brokering international deals for the pic. Prime Universe Films’ Adrian Askarich who recently finished work on Fox’s Hitman: Agent 47 will co-produce, and Felipe Linz will join as executive producer.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will capture the same tone as The Bourne Identity and TV show The Americans. But in an alien invasion-style set-up. Consider us intrigued!
While there’s scant details about Alien Sleeper Cell, it’s known that McTeigue will direct the flick from a script by up-and-comer Morgan Davis Foehl. Foehl just completed work on Michael Mann’s Cyber script. As it stands now, new production outfit Scanbox Studios are currently putting together financing and brokering international deals for the pic. Prime Universe Films’ Adrian Askarich who recently finished work on Fox’s Hitman: Agent 47 will co-produce, and Felipe Linz will join as executive producer.
- 9/5/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
James McTeigue ("V for Vendetta," "The Raven") is set to direct the sci-fi thriller "Alien Sleeper Cell" at ScanBox Studios.
The story is said to be akin to a melding of "The Bourne Identity" and TV's "The Americans" with that of an alien invasion scenario. Morgan Davis Foehl ("Blackhat") penned the script.
Joe Gatta and Jovi Sighvatsson are producing alongside Adrian Askarieh's Prime Universe Films.
Source: Heat Vision...
The story is said to be akin to a melding of "The Bourne Identity" and TV's "The Americans" with that of an alien invasion scenario. Morgan Davis Foehl ("Blackhat") penned the script.
Joe Gatta and Jovi Sighvatsson are producing alongside Adrian Askarieh's Prime Universe Films.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 9/5/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Yesterday at Comic Con, Universal and Legendary revealed Michael Mann's next movie will indeed be titled Blackhat (previously known as Cyber) as was previously rumored while also premiering the logo for the film (see above) as well as a new look at Mann on set with the film's star Chris Hemsworth (see below). Set for a January 16 release, the film follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. Alongside Hemsworth, the film co-stars Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom. Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann co-wrote the screenplay. Now when it comes to that January release date, it sounds like Universal may be planning a small Oscar qualifying run and hoping for Lone Survivor-style results. Lone Survivor opened in two theaters on Christmas Day before going wide on January...
- 7/27/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Chris Hemsworth‘s “Untitled Michael Mann Project” has mercifully been given a catchier name. Legendary Pictures announced its upcoming hacker movie will be titled “Blackhat.” Directed and produced by Michael Mann and written by him and Morgan Davis Foehl, the Chris Hemsworth cyber-thriller will follow a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cyber-crime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. See photo: Chris Hemsworth Looks Haggard in First Look From “In the Heart of the Sea” Legendary Pictures teased a picture of Mann directing Hemsworth on set Saturday during...
- 7/26/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Just a few moments ago at its Comic-Con panel, Legendary Pictures provided a first look at “Black Hat,” formerly known as "Cyber." A footage report will be coming later this weekend, but we can tell you now that the screening was well received. A new logo and photo, a behind-the-scenes still of director/producer Michael Man and star Chris Hemsworth, has also been released. ”Black Hat” follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. The film stars Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. There's good news and bad news on the release date. The bad news is opening the film in January, traditionally an inopportune month to do so, has not changed: one would think a Michael Mann movie would be released during the fall.
- 7/26/2014
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
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