- The Tournament (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Tournament
caption = Theatrical poster
director =Scott Mann
producer = Keith Bell
writer = Jonathan Frank Nick RowntreeGary Young
narrator =
starring =Robert Carlyle Ving Rhames Kelly Hu Ian Somerhalder
music =
cinematography = Emil Topuzov
editing =
distributor = AV Pictures (worldwide)Entertainment Film Distributors (UK)
released = TBA
runtime =
country = UK
language = English
budget =
gross =
website =
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imdb_id = 0471041"The Tournament" is an upcoming action film starring
Robert Carlyle asCatholic priest Father Joseph Macavoy,Ving Rhames ,Kelly Hu andIan Somerhalder . The film is being directed by first-timerScott Mann inBulgaria andTyneside in theUK . A release date has yet to be determined. The film was created by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at theUniversity of Teesside , and is directed byScott Mann ofNewton Aycliffe .Premise
Every ten years, a group of assassins descends on an unsuspecting town to carry out a battle royale tournament.
Cast
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Robert Carlyle
*Ving Rhames
*Kelly Hu
*Ian Somerhalder
*Scott Adkins
*Sebastien Foucan
*Craig Conway
*J.J. Perry Production
In July 2007,
Entertainment Film Distributors acquired UK rights to distribute "The Tournament" by first-time directorScott Mann . Filming began inBulgaria onJuly 11 2007 .cite news | author=Ali Jaafar | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968128.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | title=Entertainment grabs 'Tournament' | publisher=Variety | date=2007-07-06 | accessdate=2007-07-18 ] The Tournament is also being filmed in theUK onTyneside in the city ofGateshead and the surrounding area, includingBillingham .cite news | author=BBC | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7050403.stm | title=Tyneside backdrop for new movie | publisher=BBC News | date=2007-10-18 | accessdate=2007-10-18 ]References
External links
*imdb title|id=0471041|title=The Tournament
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