Blood Ties (2013 film)

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Blood Ties
Directed by Guillaume Canet
Produced by Alain Attal
Hugo Sélignac
John Lesher
Screenplay by Guillaume Canet
James Gray
Starring Clive Owen
Billy Crudup
Marion Cotillard
Mila Kunis
Matthias Schoenaerts
Zoe Saldana
Music by Emmanuel Ferrier
Raphaël Hamburger
Cinematography Christophe Offenstein
Distributed by StudioCanal (FRN)
Rogue Pictures (USA)
Release date(s)
  • May 2013 (2013-05) (Cannes)
  • US (US)
Country France, United States
Language English

Blood Ties is an upcoming thriller film by French director Guillaume Canet. It is a remake of 2008 French thriller Les liens du sang by Jacques Maillot, adaptation of the French novel of the same name by Bruno and Michel Papet. It will star Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, and Matthias Schoenaerts. It has been selected to be screened Out of Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

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Cast [edit]

Production [edit]

Filming started on May 3, 2012 in New York.[2] The first pictures of the set surfaced on May 12, 2012.[3][4] Lionsgate UK acquired the UK rights.[5]

The release date is scheduled for June 13, 2013.[6]

Casting [edit]

On March 15, 2012, it was announced that Clive Owen and Billy Crudup would star in Blood Ties playing two brothers with Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana as love interests and Marion Cotillard as an antagonist.[7] Austin Williams will play a younger version of Owen's character.[8]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013. 
  2. ^ "First NYC filming location for ‘Blood Ties’, starring Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana". On Location Vacations. May 3, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012. 
  3. ^ Merriam, Allie (May 12, 2012). "Mila Kunis and Clive Owen Kiss For the Cameras". PopSugar. Retrieved May 25, 2012. 
  4. ^ "Clive Owen and Mila Kunis in BLOOD TIES Set Photos". Film Filia. May 16, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012. 
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (May 17, 2012). "Lionsgate U.K. Snaps Up Guillaume Canet’s Starry ‘Blood Ties’: Cannes". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 25, 2012. 
  6. ^ Release date for Blood Ties is June 13, Twitter.com, September 7, 2012 
  7. ^ Kit, Borys (March 15, 2012). "Clive Owen, Billy Crudup to Star in Crime Thriller 'Blood Ties' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 25, 2012. 
  8. ^ Kilday, Gregg (May 8, 2012). "Austin Williams Cast in Guillaume Canet's Crime Thriller 'Blood Ties'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 25, 2012. 

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