Movies - Timur Bekmambetov Talks "Wanted"

"MTV News spoke to Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, the man behind the "Night Watch"/"Day Watch" films, who revealed a few details about his upcoming American film, "Wanted."

Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Common and James McAvoy are just a few of the high-powered stars who hunted down Bekmambetov when they heard he was making "Wanted," a slick comic book thriller that's been called a "Watchmen" for supervillains.

"'Wanted' is the story of a young boy who discovers that his father is a member of an evil organization that controls the world — when he gets killed, the boy wants revenge," said the director. "It's a comic book movie, but it looks real."

"Young people will like [McAvoy's Wesley Gibson] because he is very sarcastic, very smart, very provocative and very solid as a character," the filmmaker continued. "Angelina has a lot of interesting dramatic moments with James. They will love each other, and they will hate each other. She's a teacher who will bring James into this world and teach him how to be different, be a killer."

Along the way, Wesley will also encounter the Gunsmith, a tough-guy character played by actor/rapper Common. "We shot him today, in a scene with a gun," Bekmambetov said excitedly. "He teaches people how to use guns. He's a professional gunman."

Finally, Bekmambetov added that the film is on track to meet its release date of March 28th, 2008."

I haven't read "Wanted", but if it's being compared to "Watchmen", only with supervillains, I definitely think I'll be giving it a read. Bekmambetov was the man behind "Night Watch", and if you haven't seen it yet, I definitely would recommended it; just make sure you watch the Russian audio version that has the 'animated' subtitles. Saying that the subtitles are the coolest, most creative, awesome, amazing subtitles I have ever seen is an understatement; they fucking make the film, and if you watch the movie without those subtitles you're missing out big time. I haven't seen "Day Watch" yet, but I've been pumped for it ever since I saw "Night Watch" and saw the sick trailer for "Day Watch". With the Director of the fantastic 'Russian Night Watch trilogy' doing a film based on the 'Watchmen for supervillains' comic book AND having an incredible cast to go along with it, I can't help but be a bit excited for this movie.

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