The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD Trailer: Reynolds, Jackson And Hayek Go Full Throttle For The Sequel

Patrick Hughes’ The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard may not be rated yet, but that’s likely to change given the violent, off-the-wall action comedy morsels we get to peep in the newest trailer. What’s more is the film is set for June 16 in theaters and IMAX, an opportune moment at that as the CDC lifts restrictions for fully vaccinated moviegoers. The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) and hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius’s even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek). As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful […]

THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD Hires Frank Grillo To Save Europe

Lee B. Golden III

For all your current theatrical Frank Grillo-related needs, he can currently be seen starring in the new fight drama, Donnybrook, from IFC opposite Jamie Bell. With other productions and releases in tow along with Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level and Joe Lynch’s Netflix hustle with the Point Blank redo, fans can feel free to add another with this month’s filming of The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard from Lionsgate. With a script by returning writer Tom O’Connor, Grillo joins the Samuel L. Jackson/Ryan Reynolds two hander that features title actress Salma Hayek all from Patrick Hughes’s 2017 hit movie about a down-and-out bodyguard reluctantly partnered with his rival – an internationally wanted assassin, to take down a notorious dictator for heinous war crimes; Hayek plays wife to Reynolds’s hitman rival, played by Jackson. The Lionsgate sequel follows bodyguard Michael Bryce (Reynolds), who’s enlisted by Jackson and Hayek’s characters to join them on a […]

AFM 2018: Lionsgate Nabs THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, Starts Filming In Spring 2019

Lee B. Golden III

Millenium was already turning the gears at Cannes this past summer for newly announced sequel, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, following Patrick Hughes’ inaugural hit last year starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson. Going forward, production is expected to commence in March with Hughes back in the director’s chair and U.S. release plans now in the hands of Lionsgate according to Scott Roxborough’s update at The Hollywood Reporter. Hughes directed The Hitman’s Bodyguard which centered on a disgraced bodyguard whose troubled past with a hitman sees the two on a raucous journey of survival while a mad dictator – the subject of a war crimes investigation by the Hague – sends for their deaths. The film earned more than $180 million dollars globally while the sequel will also reunite Reynolds and Jackson once more with actress Salma Hayek back in the role of wife to Jackson’s character. Brandon and Phillip […]

THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD Announced At Cannes

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Lionsgate Things are already stirring at Cannes with deals and announcements readying from now through next week. Millenium is on hand as well and with a revealing photo gone viral in its wake, we now have some context regarding a second title per Alex Ritman’s exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter. A script remains yet to be written whilst both Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson are expected to reprise their roles for The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, according to the report which also cites the tagline: “The Good. The Bad. And the Batshit cray.” The film follows last summer’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard from director Patrick Hughes, telling of a disgraced bodyguard whose troubled past with a hitman sees the two on a raucous journey of survival while a mad dictator – the subject of a war crimes investigation by the Hague – sends for their deaths. Millenium’s package also includes director […]