Gerard Butler (Greenland) si Frank Grillo (Captain America) vor fi protagonistii noului thriller plin de actiune Copshop, regizat de Joe Carnahan (The Grey).

Filmul spune povestea unei sectii de politie dintr-un orasel american, care devine un camp de lupta neasteptat intre un asasin platit (Butler), o tanara politista inteligenta si un infractor periculos (Grillo) care se simte cal mai in siguranta in spatele gratiilor.

Filmarile vor incepe in octombrie si vor avea loc in Georgia si New Mexico. Open Road Films va lansa filmul in cinematografele din S.U.A., in timp ce STX International se va ocupa de distribuirea sa internationala.

Kurt McLeod a scris scenariul original, bazat pe o poveste creata de acesta alaturi de Mark Williams; Carnahan a scris cel mai recent draft al scenariului.

WarParty is beyond excited to be teaming with Raven, Open Road, STX and G-BASE on Copshop. We feel that this is a movie that can play big globally but be made sensibly and we are always looking for this type of ‘elevated genre’ where the writing really drives the action and the drama. We also couldn’t be happier to have someone with the box-office power of Gerard Butler as our partner in crime on this film,” au declarat Grillo si Carnahan.