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Hancock

2008 American film directed by Peter Berg

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Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

Released: 2008-07-0192 minDir: Peter BergFantasy, Action

Cast

Will Smith as John Hancock
Charlize Theron as Mary
Jason Bateman as Ray
Jae Head as Aaron
Eddie Marsan as Red
David Mattey as Man Mountain

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Key facts

Directed by: Peter Berg
Written by: Vy Vincent Ngo Vince Gilligan
Produced by: Akiva Goldsman James Lassiter Michael Mann Will Smith
Starring: Will Smith Charlize Theron Jason Bateman Eddie Marsan
Cinematography: Tobias Schliessler
Edited by: Colby Parker Jr. Paul Rubell
Music by: John Powell
Production companies: Columbia Pictures Relativity Media Overbrook Entertainment Weed Road Pictures Blue Light
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date: July 2, 2008 ( 2008-07-02 ) (United States)
Running time: 92 minutes
Country: United States

Key dates

Published: 19 June 2008

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Main subject: alcoholism
Director: Peter Berg
Screenwriter: Vince Gilligan
Cast member: Elizabeth Dennehy
Composer: John Powell
Producer: Jonathan Mostow

Article

Hancock is a 2008 American superhero film starring Will Smith as the titular character John Hancock, an amnesiac, alcoholic, reckless superhuman trying to remember his past. The film is directed by Peter Berg and written by Vince Gilligan and Vy Vincent Ngo. The film also stars Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and Eddie Marsan.

The story was originally written by Vy Vincent Ngo in 1996. It languished in development hell for years with various directors attached, including Tony Scott, Michael Mann (who would later co-produce the film), Jonathan Mostow, and Gabriele Muccino, before being filmed in mid-2007 in Los Angeles with a production budget of $150 million.