Watch the first official trailer for Sony Pictures“ BLOODSHOT ”“ the much-anticipated feature film adaptation of the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated comic book series starring international superstar Vin Diesel (The Fast & The Furious franchise) with Guy Pearce (The Hurt Locker), Eiza Gonzalez (Baby Driver), Sam Heughan (Outlander), Lamorne Morris (New Girl), Toby Kebbell (Kong: Skull Island), and Talulah Riley (Westworld).
Brought back from the dead by Rising Spirit Technologies through the use of nanotechnology and suffering total memory loss, Ray Garrison ”“ aka Bloodshot ”“ struggles to reconnect with who he was while learning what sort of weapon he has become with the help of a group of other augmented combatants.
An elevated sci-fi/action film based on the blockbuster series of comic books, BLOODSHOT was written by Academy Award nominee Eric Heisserer (Arrival) and Jeff Wadlow (Kick Ass 2) and directed by Dave Wilson (Love Death + Robots) ”“ the longtime collaborator of Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate helmer Tim Miller and the former Creative Director at the duo“s award-winning Blur Studio. The film reunites Diesel with his The Fast & The Furious producer Neal Moritz, who is producing alongside Toby Jaffe for Original Film, and Dinesh Shamdasani for Hivemind ”“ the production company behind Netflix“s upcoming adaptation of The Witcher, Amazon“s The Expanse, and the summer“s highest grossing horror film, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Originally created in 1992 by Bob Layton, Kevin VanHook, and Don Perlin for Valiant Comics, BLOODSHOT has sold more than 8 million comic books worldwide and stands alongside Marvel“s Deadpool and Venom and DC“s Harley Quinn as one of the most popular and enduring comics creations of the past 25 years. Returned to the fore in 2012 as one of the flagship titles of Valiant“s best-selling relaunch, the character“s modern incarnation both inspired Sony“s feature film adaptation and spawned dozens of awards and nominations, including the prestigious Eisner and Harvey Awards, with contributions from leading talents such as New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Gideon Falls), Edgar Award nominee Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey), Eisner Award nominee Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier), New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), Harvey Award nominee Lewis LaRosa (The Punisher), Harvey Award nominee Mico Suayan (Joker/Harley Quinn), and many more.
Diesel ”“ who already leads several action franchises from The Fast & The Furious and xXx to Riddick and Guardians of the Galaxy ”“ is represented by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Wilson is represented by ICM Partners and 3 Arts Entertainment, Heisserer by WME, and Hivemind by UTA.
BLOODSHOT will arrive in theaters worldwide on February 21st, 2020.
Want to read the comic that inspired the movie? Check out the BLOODSHOT DEFINITIVE EDITION! This explosive collection features BLOODSHOT (2012) #0-13.
Follow BLOODSHOT at www.Bloodshot.Movie and on Twitter with the #Bloodshot hashtag.
Check out our interview with Executive Producer, Dinesh Shamdasani, from NYCC 2019 as he discusses the first major movie from Valiant Entertainment!
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