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DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE: Mel Gibson Intends To Collect In The Official Trailer!

Director S. Craig Zahler is exactly the kind of director you’re looking for if you want a film that leaves a lasting impact. Last year’s head-stomping hit with Brawl In Cell Block 99 proved to be an entertainingly violent allegory on redemption from the Bone Tomahawk director and apart from any of the reviews stemming from its screening last year at Venice, his newest entry, Dragged Across Concrete, seemingly teases something that could almost be just as brutal and chilling, and just as soulful by way of its soundtrack.

Johnson, Carpenter, White, Others Join DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE, Vancouver Shoot Underway

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Director S. Craig Zahler isn’t too far off from the forthcoming TIFF Midnight Madness premiere of his recently-completed prison actioner, Brawl In Cell Block 99. In the meantime, you can expect to catch that film’s star, next to actor Mel Gibson in the new police brutality pic, Dragged Across Concrete, which is also conveniently being filmed in Vancouver as we speak.

Zahler’s script is one with a pair of stories told with characters on opposite sides of the law; Gibson and Vaughn star on one half of that end in the respective roles of old guard policeman, Ridgeman, and volatile younger partner, Anthony, who find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arming tactics becomes the media’s special du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due.

Details remain pending on the crux of the story while the two will also be joined by Don Johnson (Vengeance: A Love Story) and Jennifer Carpenter (Limitless TV series), along with Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight, upcoming Triple Threat) and Tattiawna Jones (The Handmaid‘s Tale TV series), Tory Skittles and actress Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead TV series). Lionsgate is releasing the film in the U.S. after acquiring the rights at the top of the summer.

Unified Pictures’s Keith Kjarval is producing along with Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier, Look to the Sky’s Sefton Fincham and Assemble Media’s Jack Heller. Executive producing are Fyzz Facility’s Wayne Godfrey and Robert Jones as are Fantasy 6 and Victory Square Labs’s own Shafin Diamond. (Variety)

S. Craig Zahler’s DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE Lands At Lionsgate Ahead Of July Shoot

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Bloom has been on hand at the Marché du Film selling its slate, including Bone Tomahawk helmer S. Craig Zahler’s new crime thriller, Dragged Across Concrete. The film is reportedly slated to start production on July 17 in Vancouver and the word now is that Lionsgate has nabbed U.S. distribution rights with Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn starring.

What bad things will good men do for their families?

A stolid, old guard policeman, Ridgeman (Gibson) and his volatile younger partner, Anthony ( Vaughn), find themselves suspended when a video of them strong-arming a suspect becomes the media’s special du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due.

On the other side of the law, Henry Jones comes home from years in prison to find his mother and disabled brother living in squalor. The ex-convict needs a way to help and to this end, his childhood friend Biscuit introduces him to a ruthless crime boss whose ambitious plans put him and his pal in direct conflict with the two renegade officers.

In the hardboiled world of DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE, who lives, who dies, and who gets rich is a fate written in bullets.

Zahler will direct from his own script and with Unified Pictures’s Keith Kjarval, Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier, Assemble Media’s Jack Heller and Look To The Sky’s Sefton Finchan producing. The Fyzz Facility’s Wayne Marc Godfrey and Robert Jones along with Fantasy 6 and Victory Square Labs’ Shafin Diamond will serve as executive producers.

via THR:

“We are delighted to be working again with Mel Gibson who helmed our double Oscar winnerHacksaw Ridge along with Vince Vaughn and the great production team behind this film,” said Lionsgate president of acquisitions and co-productions Jason Constantine. “It’s a double treat to have screenwriter S. Craig Zahler also direct what will be an intense film for audiences.”