With American Assassin's home release on the horizon, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Michael Keaton have opened up to explain why the former Batman was the right actor to play a badass like Stan Hurley.
American Assassin SynopsisAmerican Assassin follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien) a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East. American Assassin Release Date
In Theaters September 15, 2017
American Assassin Credits
Starring:
Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Shiva Negar, and Taylor Kitsch
Written By:
Stephen Schiff
Directed By:
Michael Cuesta
Produced By:
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Nick Wechsler
MPAA Rating:
[ R ]
Distributor:
CBS Films
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