Wanted
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Timur Bekmambetov
Angelina Jolie
James Mcavoy
Morgan Freeman
Marc Warren
Mark O'neal
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
25-year-old Wes is a slacker who hates his life--with good reason, because it sucks. At work, his ballbuster of a boss lives to torment him in front of his fellow cubedwelling drones. Back home, his skeezy girlfriend is a sexual magnet for everyone except him, including Wes' supposed best friend. No wonder this loser is on his tenth prescription for panic attack pills, which he downs like candy between cardboard meals of vegan tofu wraps. Wes' pathetic excuse for an existence might just as well come to an end and save him a lifetime of prolonged misery. Fortunately for Wes, his life is over--his old one, anyway--and all because of a girl. Enter hot Fox, who crashes into Wes on the business end of a smoking gun. Seems Wes' long-lost and mostly forgotten dad was killed while working for the Fraternity--a centuries-old league of supersensory trained assassins pledged to carry out the unbreakable orders of fate. Their motto: Kill one, save a thousand. Now it's Wes' turn to follow in his father's footsteps and release the caged wolf that's always lurked inside of him. Killing is in Wes' blood, and he trains under Fox and a motley-but-lethal crew that includes the Fraternity's enigmatic leader, Sloan. The neophyte is forcefully pummeled into developing lightning-quick reflexes and superhuman agility. No one said becoming an assassin would be easy. The former slacker is reborn as the golden boy of the Fraternity and Wes starts to relish his new life, even exacting some best-served-cold revenge on tormentors past. But soon, the sweet taste of power sours when he realizes that the intentions of his deadly associates aren't as noble as first presented. As he wavers between newfound heroism and soul-killing vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one--neither cold-blooded father nor steaming-hot assassin--could ever teach him: He alone controls his destiny.
Director
Timur Bekmambetov
Cast
Angelina Jolie
James Mcavoy
Morgan Freeman
Marc Warren
Mark O'neal
Terence Stamp
Konstantin Khabensky
Chris Pratt
Bridget Mcmanus
Kristen Hager
Sophiya Haque
David O'hara
Scott Troha
Lorna Scott
Thomas Kretschmann
Brian Caspe
Dato Bakhtadze
Crew
Bill Abbott
Nikina Abramov
Deena Adair
Keith Adams
Michael Ahasay
Ben Aickin
Maxim Alaev
Laura Albert
Adam Aldridge
Kenny Alexander
Denis Alymov
Kwame Amoaku
Mitchell Amundsen
Travis Andersen
Tina Anderson
Jay Appleberry
Georgy Arevshatov
Timothy Armstrong
Karen Asatryan
Martin Asbury
Carol Ashley
Georgiy Asriyants
David Aulds
Varya Avdyushko
Rocky Babcock
Ian Backer
Dean Bailey
Sergei Bajanov
Jason Baker
Jan Balan
Lukas Balek
Noah Banks
Gary Barber
Craig Bardsley
Bridgett Baron
Jonathon Barrass
Matthew Barrett
Ray Barrett
Steve Bartek
Roman Bartos
Evgeny Barulin
Petr Baster
David Baxa
Gary Baxley
Gregg Baxter
Jeremy Beiermann
Matthew Bell
Richard Bell
Tomas Belohradsky
Sheryl Benko
Paul Bentman
Dave Bergstrom
John Berri
Pavel Bezborodov
Ian Biggs
Senica Billingsley
Roger Birnbaum
Nancy Bishop
Olga Blagova
Jiri Blesk
Roman Bobrov
Andrea Bocelli
Marketa Bockova
Ekkehard Boehnel
Egor Borisko
Kelly Borisy
Scott Borisy
Michael Brandt
Michael Brandt
Julian Bratolyubov
Blair Breard
Blair Breard
Patrick Brady Breen
David Brenner
Terry Bridle
Fernando Briones
Dick Brown
Jophery Brown
Veronika Brtova
Martin Brych
Bara Bucharova
Jaap Buitendijk
Klara Bukovska
Maxim Bulanov
Ross Burgess
Marina Burkova
Gary Burritt
Kim Buttlar
Eddie Bydalek
Joseph Calomino
Chris Carlisle
Gianni Casalnuovo
Jonelle Castillo
Denis Cebulkin
Jana Cepelakova
Ales Cepelka
David Cerny
Tomas Cervenka
Michal Chadima
Grigory Chalenko
Aliza Corson Chameides
David J Chamerski
Evgeny Chmil
Daniel Chuba
Patrick Clancey
Temple Clark
Cam Clarke
Christopher Cleek
John Cloke
Thomas Coe
Harry Cohen
Karen Cohen
Karen Cohen
Gil Combs
John Cramman
Samuel Craven
Gino Crededio
Graham Cristie
Simon Crook
Mark Cueto
Petr Cupanek
Miroslav Cyprian
Thomas Dadras
Frank D Dambra
Julie Dartnell
Julie Dartnell
Sophie Dasic
Tobiasz Daszkiewicz
Steve Davies
Jimmie Davis
Linda De Vetta
Dean Dematteis
Arkadiy Demchenko
Brandon Dennehy
Andrey Deych
Demetra Diamantopoulos
Cassie Dixon
Jamie Dixon
Pavel Dobs
Michal Dolezal
Sergey Drozhzhin
Luke Drummond
Roman Dryagalin
Mike Durkan
Yaroslav Dyachenko
Jack Dyer
Danny Elfman
Tom Elkins
Sara Ellingen
David Elmar
Andrey Emelyanov
David Emmerichs
David Emmerichs
Selcuk Ergen
Stanislav Ermakov
Leonid Ermoshin
Michael Espinosa
Karen E. Etcoff
Luc Etienne
Dave Evans
Debbie Evans
Jana Alice Fabry
Stefen Fangmeier
Jon Farhat
Pavlina Farkasova
Ricky Farns
Lauren Fash
James Fierro
Maria Filatova
Geoffrey Fingerhut
Jonathan Flack
Allan M Fleischman
Paul Flinchbaugh
Fred Folmer
George A Folmer
David Ford
Petr Forejt
Bruce L. Fowler
Michael Franck
Sally French
Sally French
Chris Freres
Milan Fridrich
Marek Fritsch
Tonda Frohlich
Adam Fuchs
Drew Fulton
Renat Gabdrakhmanov
Miro Gabor
Ladislav Gallus
Pablo Gambetta
Zachary Gannaway
Robb Gardner
Jeffery Garland
Jim Gaudio
Jiri Gazda
Bill Geddes
Dean Georgaris
Sotos Georghiou
Lynn M Gephart
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 27, 2008
Released in United States on Video December 2, 2008
Released in United States June 2008
Shown at Los Angeles Film Festival (Opening Night) June 19-29, 2008.
Based on the comic book series "Wanted" created by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, published by Millarworld imprint and distributed by Top Cow.
Platinum Studios signed an exclusive deal with Top Cow to acquire and develop comic properties for film and television. As part of the deal, Top Cow's label Image Comics will distribute most of Platinum's comics and graphic novels. The deal also gives Platinum the largest independently controlled catalog of characters. Top Cow will dissolve its film and television production division.
Literary Sale Date: 03/04/2004
Project was included on the 2005 Black List.
Released in United States Summer June 27, 2008
Released in United States on Video December 2, 2008
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at Los Angeles Film Festival (Opening Night) June 19-29, 2008.)
Nominated for the 2008 award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
