Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal and Tang Wei to Star in Park Chan-wook's THE BRIGANDS OF RATTLECREEK

Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey, Oscar nominee Austin Butler, Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal and BAFTA nominee Tang Wei ("Lust, Caution", "Blackhat") have joined the cast of the latest film from acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook ("Oldboy", "No Other Choice"). Titled "The Brigands of Rattlecreek", the film is a Western thriller based on a screenplay by S. Craig Zahler ("Bone Tomahawk", "Dragged Across Concrete"), which Park will also adapt.

The film has been described as a passion project for the filmmaker, an iconic tale of vengeance and retribution set in the American West. Here is the official synopsis: "A capstone of the themes Park Chan-wook has plumbed across his entire body of work to date, the film is an emotionally explosive and visually stunning meditation on the consequences of violence, the value of family, the power of memory, and the true cost of life."

"The Brigands of Rattlecreek" will hit the market at the Cannes Film Festival, where Park is set to preside over the competition jury. Patrick Wachsberger's 193, a Legendary company, will represent international sales for the film. Park will also produce for Moho Film, alongside Bradley Fischer ("Zodiac"). Back Jisun for Moho Film, Mike Medavoy and Georgia Kacandes are executive producers.

McConaughey was previously attached to the project in 2019 when Amazon acquired the rights to the script after it had been featured on the Black List of best unproduced screenplays since 2006.

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Omari Hardwick Joins Gerard Butler & Hayley Atwell In Hostage Thriller EMPIRE CITY

Omari Hardwick ("Power", "Army of the Dead") is set to join the cast of the upcoming action thriller "Empire City". Filming is currrently underway in Melbourne, Australia. Directed by Michael Matthews ("Love and Monsters") from a script by Brian Tucker ("Secret Invasion") and S. Craig Zahler ("Bone Tomahawk"), the film stars Gerard Butler and Hayley Atwell.

The film focuses on a hostage crisis that erupts inside New York's Clybourn Building, and it follows Rhett (Butler), a firefighter who, alongside his squad and his NYPD wife Dani (Atwell), must fight and navigate his way through the building to rescue captives trapped inside. Hardwick will play Hawkins, the film's antagonist.

The cast also includes Mel Jarnson ("Mortal Kombat") as Hawkins' right-hand operative, Leda, as well as Tre Hale ("Platonic"), Michael Beach ("Mayor of Kingstown"), Dominic Bogart ("American Primeval"), Stephen Murphy ("The Odyssey"), and Jack DiFalco ("Daredevil") as Rhett's squad members. Kaiwi Lyman ("Den Of Thieves") also stars in a supporting role.

"Empire City" is produced by Marc Butan ("Plane"), Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel ("Paris Has Fallen"), and Paul Currie ("Hacksaw Ridge").

Hardwick can next be seen in Prime Video's limited series "The Greatest" that chronicles Muhammad Ali's life and career. He is also set to star in the "Bosch" prequel series "Start Of Watch" for MGM+.

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FRONTIER CRUCIBLE (2025) - Trailer, Clips, Images and Posters

"Frontier Crucible" is a western thriller directed by Travis Mills from a script by S. Craig Zahler ("Bone Tomahawk") based on the novel "Desert Stake-Out" by Harry Whittington. The cast includes Armie Hammer, Myles Clohessy, Thomas Jane, William H. Macy, Mary Stickley and Eli Brown. It was released in select theaters and via streaming on December 5, 2025.

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DVD & Blu-ray: DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (2018)

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Product Description: Dragged Across Concrete follows two police detectives who find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics is leaked to the media. With little money and no options, the embittered policemen descend into the criminal underworld and find more than they wanted waiting in the shadows.

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New Soundtracks: DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (Various Artists)

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Composer:
Various Artists
Jeff Herriott
S. Craig Zahler

Total Time:
34:55

Label:
Lakeshore Records

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Release Date
March 22, 2019

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DVD & Blu-Ray: BONE TOMAHAWK (2015)

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Product Description: When a group of cannibal savages kidnaps settlers from the small town of Bright Hope, an unlikely team of gunslingers, led by Sheriff Franklin Hunt (Kurt Russell), sets out to bring them home. But their enemy is more ruthless than anyone could have imagined, putting their mission – and survival itself – in serious jeopardy. Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight, Tombstone) leads an all-star cast, including Patrick Wilson (Insidious), Matthew Fox (“Lost”) and Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) in this gritty, action-packed thriller chronicling a terrifying rescue mission in the Old West.

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BONE TOMAHAWK Soundtrack (Jeff Herriott, S.Craig Zahler)

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Jeff Herriott
S.Craig Zahler

Total Time:
20:10

Label:
Lakeshore Records

Format:
MP3

Release Date
October 23, 2015

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Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox and More Join BONE TOMAHAWK

The cast of writer/director S. Craig Zahler's western horror "Bone Tomahawk" is getting some awesome additions. Apart from previously announced Kurt Russell, who is also set to star in Quentin Tarantino's own western "The Hateful Eight", Zahler's film has also signed on Patrick Wilson ("The Conjuring"), Matthew Fox ("Lost"), Sean Young ("Blade Runner"), Richard Jenkins ("The Cabin in the Woods"), Lili Simmons ("Banshee"), David Arquette ("Scream"), Sid Haig ("The Lords of Salem "), Evan Jonigkeit ("Girls") and Kathryn Morris ("Cold Case"). The film follows the adventures of four men who attempt to rescue a group of captives from a band of cannibalistic troglodytes that live beyond the edge of civilization.

Patrick Wilson will play Arhur O'Dwyer, "a driven and thoughtful cowboy whose rise to the foreman position of a cattle outfit is interrupted by an unfortunate accident that reshapes his life in unforeseen ways". Lili Simmons will star as Samantha O'Dwyer, Arthur's wife and town doctor.

Matthew Fox will portray John Brooder, "the eloquent, albeit inscrutable gentleman whose dark inclinations have put him and his polished weapons at the very edge of the western frontier."

Kurt Russell will play Sheriff Hunt and Kathryn Morris will star as Hunt's wife. Jonigkeit will step into the shoes of the sheriff's young deputy.

Arquette and Haig will play a couple of brigands who set off a series of violent events.

"Bone Tomahawk" is expected to be ready for release next year.

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