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| Directed by | Jon Avnet |
| Written by | Russell Gewirtz |
| Produced by | Avi Lerner Boaz Davidson Daniel M. Rosenberg Lati Grobman Randall Emmett |
| Starring | Robert De Niro Al Pacino Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson |
| Distributed by | Overture Films (USA) Lions Gate Entertainment (UK) |
| Release dates | September 12, 2008 (USA) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000,000 |
Righteous Kill is an upcoming action and crime film that will star Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Donnie Wahlberg, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The film will be released on September 12 2008.
Plot
Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Robert De Niro | Turk |
| Al Pacino | Rooster |
| Carla Gugino | Karen Kleisner |
| Donnie Wahlberg | Detective Riley |
| Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | Spider |
| Brian Dennehy | Lieutenant Hingus |
| Frank John Hughes | Randall |
| Rob Dyrdek | Robert Milton Bradley |
| John Leguizamo | Detective Perez |
Production
Righteous Kill was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Russell Gewirtz and will be produced by Avi Lerner, Daniel M. Rosenberg, Boaz Davidson, Lati Grobman and Randall Emmett. The plot will revolve around police investigators hunting a vigilante killer. Righteous Kill will have a budget of $60,000,000 and be an independent production put together by Nu Image's Millennium Films and Emmett/Furla. The film began shooting September 2007 in New York and Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford and New Haven, Connecticut & Lawrence. It was announced that Brian Dennehy will also appear in the film, as well as Darren O (Band of Brothers), Dan Futterman, Trilby G Manda, professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek. This will be Pacino and DeNiro's first film together since the 1995 crime drama Heat and the second since the 1974 drama The Godfather Part II.
The script originally called for a old cop and young cop dynamic, but Robert De Niro, the first lead actor to sign on for the film, suggested Al Pacino for the part after reading the screenplay. Pacino liked the script and said he felt a connection with the troubled detective: "It's not in my guy's DNA (to retire). ... Probably, his ambition is to die on the job. Sort of like an actor." De Niro said he had wished to perform alongside Pacino in such an expanded role for some time, but said "it's easier said than done" to make it happen. He added, "I wish at times we had been more proactive, but we weren't. Life, you know?"
References
- ^ "De Niro and Pacino pair up again". BBC. 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
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- Hayes, Dade (2007-05-17). "De Niro, Pacino reunite for 'Kill'". Variety. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
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- ^ Labrecque, Jeff. "Fall Movie Summer Preview, September: Righteous Kill." Entertainment Weekly, Iss. #1007/1008, August 22/29, 2008, pg.50.