Vertigo Releasing Unveil The Trailer, Poster And Photo Set For Gonzalo López-Gallego’s Thriller AMERICAN STAR Featuring Ian McShane
Vertigo Releasing is delighted to share the new trailer and artwork for thriller American Star, which is coming to UK Cinemas & Digital Platforms (Curzon Home Cinema, Apple TV, Amazon, Sky Store, Virgin, YouTube, Rakuten, Microsoft) on 23rd February.
Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego (Apollo 18, The Hollow Point), the film, as its name suggests, boasts an all-star cast of Golden Globe Award-Winning actor Ian McShane (Deadwood, American Gods, John Wick franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean:On Stranger Tides), Fanny Ardent (The Woman Next Door, Elizabeth), Nora Arnezeder (Faubourg 36, Safe House) and Thomas Kretschmann (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, King Kong II).
American Star is written by Nacho Faerna (The Mother, Summer in the University) who wrote the screen play for The Ugliest Woman in the World (Méliès d’Argent 2000 at Fantasporto Festival, "Best Film" at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2000). The film is produced by Michael Elliott, known for Catch Me Daddy (2014) and BAFTA-nominated Jawbone (2017).
An assassin on final assignment arrives in Fuerteventura to kill a man he has never met. But the target is delayed. Instead of following protocol he stays, drawn to the island, the people, and a ghostly shipwreck. When the target returns, the world has shifted. Before everything was simple, now nothing is...
Q & A Details
To celebrate the release, of American Star, there will be two Q&A screenings with Ian McShane and director Gonzalo López-Gallego next week in London. Details of both below
Date: Wednesday 21st February
Location: Fulham Picturehouse
Starts: 8pm
HAMPSTEAD Q&A
Date: Friday 23rd February
Location: Everyman Hampstead
Starts: 7.30pm
AMERICAN STAR IS IN CINEMAS AND DIGITAL ON FEBRUARY 23
Distributor: Vertigo Releasing
UK Theatrical & Digital Release Date: 23rd February 2024
Digital Download Platforms: Curzon Home Cinema, Apple TV, Amazon, Sky Store, Virgin, YouTube, Rakuten, Microsoft
Synopsis: An assassin on final assignment arrives in Fuerteventura to kill a man he has never met. But the target is delayed. Instead of following protocol he stays, drawn to the island, the people, and a ghostly shipwreck. When the target returns, the world has shifted. Before everything was simple, now nothing is...
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Writer: Nacho Faerna
Producer: Michael Elliott
Cast: Ian McShane, Fanny Ardant, Nora Arnezeder, Thomas Kretschmann
Run Time: 107 minutes
Rating: 15
Gonzalo López-Gallego Biography
In 2000, he made his first feature film, Nómadas ("Best Foreign Film at the New York Independent Film Festival", "Special Jury Prize" at the Malaga Film Festival).
In 2003, he directed Sobre el Arcoiris, an experimental film shot in English and Spanish in the city of Berlin (considered by the magazine Nuebo nº 10 February 2023, one of the 50 cult films of Spanish cinema).
His next feature film, El Rey de la Montaña, starring Leonardo Sbaraglia and María Valverde ("Grand Méliès European Fantastic Film Silver Award" in Amsterdam, "Best Actor", "Best Actress" and "Best Cinematography" at the Scream Fest in Los Angeles).
In 2010 he received the "Eloy de la Iglesia" Award at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival which recognizes the work of young artists whose career deviates from the established norms.
In 2011, produced by Weinstein Company, he directed Apollo 18, a found-footage science fiction film with a budget of $5 million about a secret NASA mission to the Moon, which grossed over $26 million worldwide at the box office.
In 2013, he finished Open Grave, starring Sharlto Copley, Thomas Kretschmann and Joseph Morgan and produced by Atlas Independent. In 2016, he directed The Hollow Point, a powerful modern western starring Ian McShane, Patrick Wilson, James Belushi, Lynn Collins and John Leguizamo. Three years later, he directed Backdraft 2, produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis, and some TV productions, such as Néboa, for Spanish television.
In 2022, Gonzalo partnered again with Ian McShane in the neo-noir character-driven thriller American Star, starring McShane, Fanny Ardant, Nora Arnezeder and Adam Nagaitis, produced by EMU Films and McShane’s producing entity Tamariska. The film is released by IFC in the US and Vertigo in the UK in 2024 and sold internationally by Altitude Film Entertainment.
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