Interview: 'Wanted' Director Timur Bekmambetov

by James Rocchi Jun 26th 2008 // 4:02PM

Filed under: Action, New Releases, Universal, Podcasts, Fandom, Angelina Jolie, Interviews, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Los Angeles Film Festival

After the record-breaking success of Night Watch and Day Watch (and an early film for B-movie maven Roger Corman, Arena), Khazakstan-born, Russia-based director Timur Bekmambetov makes his English-language big-studio debut with Wanted, a bruising, brawny action film starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie. Bekmambetov spoke with Cinematical in Los Angeles about making the jump to big-money moviemaking, the hidden world of secrets behind Wanted's look, the action-film apprenticeship of James McAvoy, working with Angelina Jolie and how " .... we (film makers) are all vampires. ..."

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-26-2008 @ 7:56PM

Jerry Lentz said...

I wonder if he knows Borat?

11-30-2008 @ 6:23AM

Tamara said...

all the moveis are fantastic.

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