Open Road's picked up Killer Elite, based on the non-fiction book The Feather Men by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and will release the action thriller this fall in 2,000+ theaters. Killer Elite stars Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert DeNiro and was directed by Gary McKendry, and will mark the first release from the new distribution company, Open Road Films.
Commenting on the acquisition, Open Road Films CEO Tom Ortenberg stated, "Killer Elite is a fantastic, adrenaline-rush movie with a stellar cast. As one of the highest profile, big budget independent films available for the US, I am thrilled to have Killer Elite as Open Road's premiere release and to extend my long-standing relationship with the team at Omnilab."
Killer Elite Official Synopsis:
"Inspired by true events, Killer Elite is an action adventure spy film following Danny (Jason Statham), one of the world's most skilled special-ops agents. Lured out of self-imposed exile to execute a near-impossible feat of retribution and personal salvation, Danny reassembles his old team of operatives to help rescue his former mentor (Robert DeNiro), and to penetrate the highly feared and respected military unit, the British Special Air Service (SAS). Facing off against a covert group of ex-SAS soldiers known as 'The Feather Men,' who, under their leader Spike (Clive Owen), provide a deadly cloak of security around all SAS members, Danny and his team must take down a rogue cell of solider assassins before their actions result in a global political meltdown."
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