James Hawes’ “The Amateur,” shot in early 2023, has a talented ensemble that includes Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, and Julianne Nicholson.
One look at its WGA credits and you notice how a shocking number of writers worked on the script, a whopping ten in total, including Scott Z Burns, Patrick Ness and Scott Frank. Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli are the only two who get credited, per WGA ruling, but man, this one had a lot of revisions.
The film is an adaptation of Robert Littell's 1981 novel of the same name and stars Malek as Charles Heller, a CIA cryptographer whose life is upended when his wife is killed in a terrorist attack in London. That’s when the film seemingly turns into a revenge flick.
A trailer for “The Amateur” was released in November, it also had a 30-second “big game spot” during the Super Bowl. 20th Century Studios is releasing the film in theatres on April 11, 2025.
Marvel's "Ghost Rider" just hired one of the best cinematographers working today. Linus Sandgren will serve as DP on Shawn Levy's MCU flick, and, most notably, the project will be shot on film.