Canary Black

Film
  • Sébastien Raybaud
  • John Zois
  • Carsten Lorenz
  • Renee Tab
  • Christopher Tuffin
  • Jeff Elliott
  • Marina Grasic
StarringKate Beckinsale
Rupert Friend
Production
companies
  • Anton
  • Sentient Entertainment
  • Brickell & Broadbridge International
  • Oakhurst Entertainment
Running time
161 minutesCountries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Croatia
LanguageEnglish

Canary Black is an upcoming action-thriller spy film directed by Pierre Morel and written by Matthew Kennedy. The film stars Kate Beckinsale as a CIA agent on the run. The film was shot in Croatia.

Premise

Avery Graves is a CIA agent whose husband has been kidnapped by terrorists. The kidnappers blackmail Graves for information that would betray her country.

Cast

  • Kate Beckinsale as Avery Graves
  • Rupert Friend
  • Saffron Burrows as Elizabeth Mills
  • Ben Miles as DCIA Nathan Evans
  • Goran Kostić as Breznov
  • Michael Brandon
  • Charles Nishikawa

Production

Canary Black was first introduced at the 2022 Cannes Film Market as a spy thriller directed by Pierre Morel, written by Matthew Kennedy, and starring Kate Beckinsale.[1] At the American Film Market later that year, the first images of the production were released as Anton put the film up for sale.[2]

Filming began in Croatia in October 2022,[3] and it would continue through January 2023.[4] Filming took place primarily in Zagreb, where shooting interrupted service for several trams in Zagreb to control the environment of the outdoor action sequences,[5][4] which included Beckinsale flying over the city from a drone and hanging from rooftops.[6] Filming in Zagreb utilized the Dinamo Zagreb's Stadion Maksimir as a movie set, and the city of Rovinj doubled for Tokyo.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (May 5, 2022). "Kate Beckinsale Set To Star In Spy Thriller Canary Black For Taken Director Pierre Morel & Anton — Cannes Market". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation.
  2. ^ Ntim, Zac (November 1, 2022). "Canary Black: First-Look Image From Action Thriller Starring Kate Beckinsale & Rupert Friend — AFM". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation.
  3. ^ Zajović, Milena (October 25, 2022). "Spy Thriller Canary Black Starring Kate Beckinsale Starts Shooting in Zagreb". Film New Europe Association.
  4. ^ a b c Sovar, Josip (December 19, 2022). "Canary Black: Filming Locations Revealed". Fiction Horizon.
  5. ^ Simmonds, Lauren (November 10, 2022). "Canary Black Filming to Disrupt Zagreb Trams for Several Days". Total Croatia News – via Poslovni dnevnik.
  6. ^ Cresswell, P. J. (November 10, 2022). "Kate Beckinsale hangs from a drone while filming in Zagreb". Time Out Croatia.

External links

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Films directed by Pierre Morel
  • District 13 (2004)
  • Taken (2008)
  • From Paris with Love (2010)
  • The Gunman (2015)
  • Peppermint (2018)
  • Al Kameen (2021)
  • Freelance (2023)
  • Canary Black (TBA)