‘Lionsgate has bought the action-thriller “Hunter Killer,” starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Michael Nyqvist, and Common, and given it an Oct. 26 release date.
The film has had a quirky journey to the big screen. “Hunter Killer,” produced by Neal Moritz, was originally developed at Relativity Media in 2015 with CEO Ryan Kavanaugh on board to produce and the company’s then-president Tucker Tooley executive producing — before Relativity filed for bankruptcy protection.
“Hunter Killer” became the object of a fierce dispute during Relativity’s bankruptcy. Moritz and others associated with the film sued, saying that Relativity had fraudulently induced them into a deal to distribute the film, though they knew their financially fragile company was “nothing more than a house of cards.” Relativity rejected the allegations as “baseless and patently false” but the two sides eventually settled.
Millennium subsequently took the project over from Relativity and the film was shot in London during the summer of 2016. Millennium sold off the North American rights to Lionsgate, which made the dating announcement on Friday.’
Via Variety
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