- Wild Target
Infobox Film
name = Wild Target
imdb_id = 1235189
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producer = Martin Pope
Michael Rose
director =Jonathan Lynn
writer =Lucinda Coxon
starring =Bill Nighy Emily Blunt Rupert Grint Eileen Atkins
distributor = CinemaNX
released = March 2009
language = English
country =United Kingdom
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budget = $8 million
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followed_by ="Wild Target" is an upcoming 2009
comedy film, directed byJonathan Lynn . [http://www.jonathanlynn.com/home.htm Jonathan Lynn's official website] Retrieved on Spetember 4, 2008.] It is based on the1993 French film "Cible Emouvante".Lucinda Coxon wrote the screenplay, and Martin Pope and Michael Rose is producing it. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986003.html?categoryId=19&cs=1 CinemaNX boards trio] Variety.com. Retrieved on Spetember 4, 2008.]Production is in the
filming stage as it began shooting inLondon onSeptember 16 ,2008 , withBill Nighy ,Emily Blunt ,Rupert Grint andEileen Atkins heading the cast. Filming will also take place on theIsle of Man later this year.Premise
Wild Target is a comedy about uptight Victor Maynard (
Bill Nighy ), a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother Louisa (Eileen Atkins ), despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose (Emily Blunt ).He spares her life, unexpectedly acquiring a young apprentice in the process, Tony (
Rupert Grint ). Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client (Rupert Everett ).Cast
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Bill Nighy as Victor Maynard: A middle aged hit man who tries to go on his last job before he retires. He attempts to kill both Tony and Rose, but doesn't succeed doing either. He adopts Tony as his apprentice and they eventually decide to help Rose. However Victor falls in love with the bold brunette, but after she discovers his vocation she fears he may kill her. And that's when it all unravels.
*Emily Blunt as Rose: A bold con artist who Victor was hired to kill because she cheated a mobster. When Victor fails to kill her, more people are sent to do the job, however Victor decides to help Rose and they end up falling in love. She discovers his vocation and fears he's going to kill her, and an ultimate showdown with their hunters is inevitable.
*Rupert Grint as Tony: A delivery boy who was nearly killed by Victor Maynard. When he wasn't killed, he was taken under Victor's wing and became his apprentice.
*Eileen Atkins as Louisa: Victor's formidable mother who is never pleased by her son.
*Gregor Fisher as MikeReferences
External links
*Imdb title|id=1235189|title=Wild Target
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