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Directed by | Martin Campbell |
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Screenplay by | David Marconi |
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The Chinaman by Stephen Leather |
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Music by | Cliff Martinez |
Cinematography | David Tattersall |
Edited by | Angela M. Catanzaro |
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Distributed by | STX Entertainment |
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Country | United Kingdom China |
Language | English |
Budget | $35 million |
The Foreigner is an upcoming English-language spy thriller directed by Martin Campbell and written by David Marconi, based on the 1992 novel The Chinaman by Stephen Leather. The British-Chinese co-production stars Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Charlie Murphy, Orla Brady, Liu Tao and Katie Leung. It is scheduled for release in China on 30 September 2017 and in the United States on 13 October 2017.
Quan (Jackie Chan) is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when his teenage daughter dies in a senseless act of politically motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official Hennessy (Pierce Brosnan), whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
On 5 June 2015 it was announced that Jackie Chan would next star in the action thriller film The Foreigner, another project by STX Entertainment, based on the Stephen Leather's novel The Chinaman.Nick Cassavetes was one of the many directors to sign for the film, which was scripted by David Marconi. The film would set in London's Chinatown. On 15 July 2015, Deadline reported that Martin Campbell was in talks to direct the untitled film, previously known as The Foreigner, while Relativity Media was going to finance the film. David Marconi adapted the book, which Wayne Marc Godfrey would produce.Pierce Brosnan joined the cast alongside Jackie Chan in November. Liu Tao and Jackie Chan attended the Shanghai Film Festival on 11 June 2016 to promote the film.