The Killer's Game

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The Killer's Game
The Killer's Game.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by J. J. Perry
Screenplay by
Based onThe Killer's Game
by Jay Bonansinga
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Flavio Martínez Labiano
Edited byElísabet Ronaldsdóttir
Music by Roque Baños
Production
companies
  • Mad Chance Productions
  • Endurance Media
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date
  • September 13, 2024 (2024-09-13)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Killer's Game is an upcoming American action comedy film directed by J. J. Perry and written by Rand Ravich and James Coyne, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Jay Bonansinga. The film stars Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Pom Klementieff and Ben Kingsley.

Contents

The Killer's Game is scheduled to be released in the United States by Lionsgate on September 13, 2024.

Premise

A veteran assassin fends off a hit he placed on himself after learning the terminal medical diagnosis he received was incorrect.

Cast

Production

Originally titled Godforsaken, Rand Ravich wrote his adaptation of Jay Bonansinga's novel, The Killer's Game, on spec in the mid-1990s and sold his draft to New Line Cinema in December 1995. [1] [2] Intermedia would produce the film. [3] Rupert Wainwright was attached to direct, while Wesley Snipes was courted to star by July 2002. Production was expected to begin during the Fall. [4] A month later, talks began with Mike van Diem to direct. [5] New Line offered the film to a wide array of directors, including John Woo, Wolfgang Petersen, Alex Proyas, and Renny Harlin, but failed to attract any to sign on. In August 2004, the film transitioned to Paramount Pictures; Intermedia and Andrew Lazar were attached to produce while Simon Kinberg was handling rewrites. [6] Michael Keaton was at one point attached to star, while Simon Crane and Pitof were considered to direct. [7] Development on the project came to a standstill in 2006 when Intermedia closed down. [8]

By December 2015, Broad Green Pictures was in talks to acquire the rights to The Killer's Game. [9] Come February 2018, STX Films took over the film; hiring D.J. Caruso to direct and Jason Statham in the lead role. [7] By April of the next year, Statham exited the film and was replaced by Dave Bautista. [10] Ice Cube joined the cast in June 2019. [8] In September, Morena Baccarin and Kris Wu joined the cast. Caruso and Peter Landesman were rewriting the script ahead of a planned production start of December 2, 2019 in the Dominican Republic. [11] [12]

Development on the film quietly halted again until May 2023 when the distribution rights shifted to Lionsgate; J.J. Perry was to direct, and James Coyne was to rewrite the script. The cast retained Bautista and Ice Cube and added Sofia Boutella and Ben Kingsley. [13] [14] In July, Pom Klementieff, Scott Adkins, Drew McIntyre and Marko Zaror were among new additions to the cast. [15] [16] In March 2024, it was announced Terry Crews was to star, having replaced Cube. [17]

Production began in July 2023 in Budapest, [18] having been granted an interim agreement waiver to proceed with filming amid the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [19] Final writing credits were submitted in November 2023; screenplay credit was given to Ravich and Coyne and the offscreen additional literary material credit was attributed to Caruso, Nick Cassavetes, John Joseph Connolly, Michael Dowse, Cory Goodman, Kinberg, Landesman, Brian Rudnick, and Kurt Wimmer. [20]

Release

The Killer's Game is scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada on September 13, 2024. [21]

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