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Wanted
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Wanted is a 2008 action film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan, Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Mark Millar. The cast includes James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, and Terence Stamp. Mark Millar, Marc Platt, Iain Smith, and Jim Lemley served as producers. The film was produced by Spyglass Media Group, Relativity Media, Top Cow Productions, and Bazelevs Company. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
The movie has a runtime of 110 minutes and is in the English language. It was filmed in the Czech Republic, Chicago, Prague, and Křivoklát Castle, with narrative locations set in Chicago and Moravia. Danny Elfman composed the music, while David Brenner edited the film. John Myhre was the production designer. The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing and the Academy Award for Best Sound.
Wanted has a box office revenue of 342463063 against a budget of 75000000. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.7 based on 429004 votes. The film received a Metascore of 64 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 71%. It is rated R.
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Film · TMDB
6.5Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins which takes its orders from Fate itself. Fox and Sloan, the Fraternity's leader, teach Wesley, through intense training, to tap into dormant powers and hone his innate killing skills. Though he enjoys his newfound abilities, he begins to suspect that there is more to the Fraternity than meets the eye.
Cast
- James McAvoy as Wesley Gibson
- Angelina Jolie as Fox
- Morgan Freeman as Sloan
- Terence Stamp as Pekwarsky
- Thomas Kretschmann as Cross
- Common as The Gunsmith
Themes
- mission of murder
- secret base
- secret organization
- instinct
- train crash
- revenge
- betrayal
- fate
- based on graphic novel
- healing process
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
425,023 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
64/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 28 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Screenplay by
- Michael Brandt Derek Haas Chris Morgan
- Story by
- Michael Brandt Derek Haas
- Based on
- Wanted , by Mark Millar J. G. Jones
- Produced by
- Marc Platt Jim Lemley Jason Netter Iain Smith
- Starring
- James McAvoy Morgan Freeman Terence Stamp Thomas Kretschmann Common Angelina Jolie
- Cinematography
- Mitchell Amundsen
- Edited by
- David Brenner
- Music by
- Danny Elfman
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures Spyglass Entertainment Relativity Media Marc Platt Productions Kickstart Entertainment Top Cow Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- June 18, 2008 ( 2008-06-18 ) (London) June 27, 2008 ( 2008-06-27 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $75 million
- Box office
- $342.5 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Wanted | Universal Pictures At Home
Wesley is recruited by Fox to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins led by the enigmatic Sloan. It seems Wes' long-lost father was killed while working for the Fraternity…and Wes has been selected to target the rogue member who murdered him. But before he can complete his assignment, Wes must first uncover the dark secrets behind the Fraternity in order to determine his own destiny. © 2008 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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Encyclopedic overview
Wanted is a 2008 American action thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, and Chris Morgan, loosely based on the 2003–05 comic book miniseries by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones. The film stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, and Angelina Jolie. The film revolves around Wesley Allan Gibson, who decides to join the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins, after learning that his father was a member of the Fraternity.
Universal Pictures acquired the adaptation rights from Millar in 2004, and while the eventual script drifted from the comic book superhero mythos in the original miniseries, he was content to see most of the comic's darker content retained. Production began in April 2007, with filming in the Czech Republic, Budapest, and the story's main setting, Chicago. Bekmambetov's production company, Bazelevs Production, provided the majority of the film's visual effects. Danny Elfman scored the film, employing a guitar-based musical score.
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