Wanted (2008)

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Writers (WGA):

Michael Brandt (screenplay) &
Derek Haas (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

27 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Choose your destiny.

Plot:

A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.

Plot Keywords:

Missing Father | Knife In Chest | Silver Bullet | Bulletproof Glass | Keyboard

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Cast

James McAvoy	...	Wesley Gibson
Morgan Freeman	...	Sloan
Angelina Jolie	...	Fox
Terence Stamp	...	Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Cross
Common	...	Gunsmith
Kristen Hager	...	Cathy
Marc Warren	...	The Repairman
David O'Hara	...	Mr. X
Konstantin Khabensky	...	The Exterminator
Dato Bakhtadze	...	The Butcher
Chris Pratt	...	Barry
Lorna Scott	...	Janice
Sophiya Haque	...	Puja
Brad Calcaterra	...	Assassin Max Petridge
Brian Caspe	...	The Pharmacist
Mark O'Neal	...	Co-Worker
Bridget McManus	...	Check-Out Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Scarlett Sperduto	...	Young Fox
Bob Ari	...	Man in the Limo (uncredited)

Directed by
Timur Bekmambetov

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Brandt		(screenplay) &
Derek Haas		(screenplay) and
Chris Morgan		(screenplay)
Michael Brandt		(story) &
Derek Haas		(story)
Mark Millar		(comic book series) and
J.G. Jones		(comic book series)

Produced by
Gary Barber	....	executive producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	executive producer
Sally French	....	co-producer
Geyer Kosinski	....	executive producer
Jared LeBoff	....	co-producer
Jim Lemley	....	producer
David Minkowski	....	co-producer
Jason Netter	....	producer
Marc E. Platt	....	producer
Adam Siegel	....	executive producer
Marc Silvestri	....	executive producer
Iain Smith	....	producer
Matthew Stillman	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Danny Elfman

Cinematography by
Mitchell Amundsen		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Brenner

Casting by
Mindy Marin

Production Design by
John Myhre

Art Direction by
David Baxa
Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
Martin Vackar
Tomas Voth		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Richard Roberts

Costume Design by
Varvara Avdyushko

Makeup Department
Rose Chatterton	....	key hair stylist: New York
Frances Hannon	....	hair designer
Frances Hannon	....	makeup designer
Maya Hardinge	....	key makeup artist: New York
Kristyan Mallett	....	prosthetic technician: UK
Dominic Mango	....	key hair stylist
Suzi Ostos	....	makeup artist: Chicago
Stephanie Pasicov	....	makeup artist: New York
Ailie Smith	....	makeup artist
Bobo Sobotka	....	makeup artist
Rene Stejskal	....	prosthetics supervisor
Rene Stejskal	....	special makeup effects artist
Rene Stejskal	....	special makeup effects designer

Production Management
Tina Anderson	....	post-production supervisor
Simon Crook	....	location unit manager
Demetra Diamantopoulos	....	production supervisor
Mark Kamine	....	unit production manager
Angus More Gordon	....	production manager: second unit
Vaclav Mottl	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kwame Amoaku	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Roman Bartos	....	second assistant director: second unit
Veronika Brtova	....	third assistant director
Michael Espinosa	....	second second assistant director: New York
Luc Etienne	....	first assistant director
Vojta Hlavicka	....	second second assistant director
Andy Howard	....	key second assistant director
Aiman A. Humaideh	....	key second assistant director
Gary Hymes	....	second unit director: driving sequence
Marissa Kaplan	....	second assistant director: New York second unit
Dmitri Kiselev	....	second unit director
Joel Kramer	....	second unit director: Car chase sequence
Olda Mach	....	first assistant director: CZ
Jan Mensik	....	first assistant director: second unit
Darin Rivetti	....	first assistant director: Chicago car chase unit
Matthew Sirianni	....	second assistant director: New York
Vincent Terrazzino	....	additional second second assistant director: Chicago
Robert Tierney	....	second second assistant director
Frank Tignini	....	second second assistant director
Marketa Tomanova	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Martin Asbury	....	storyboard artist
Ray Barrett	....	construction manager
Tom Castronovo	....	art department assistant
David J. Chamerski	....	property master
Temple Clark	....	concept illustrator
Frank Coronado	....	storyboard artist
Elan Dassani	....	computer graphic designer
Dean DeMatteis	....	graphic designer: Chicago
Jack Dyer	....	construction buyer
Kevin Harris	....	assistant construction manager
Toby Hawkes	....	supervising propmaker
Roman Illovsky	....	stand-by art director
Lisa Kent	....	assistant set decorator
Laurel Kolsby	....	graphic designer: New York
Stephen McGregor	....	chargehand carpenter
James McKeown	....	propmaker
Petra Meisnerova	....	art department coordinator
Tyler Osman	....	construction coordinator
Eric Pastore	....	props: New York
Eric Rosenberg	....	graphic designer
Steven M. Saylor	....	lead set designer
Steven M. Saylor	....	virtual set designer
Jan Soufek	....	art director: second unit
Stanislav Suva	....	scenic painter
Larry Szymanowski	....	on-set scenic artist
Pavel Tatar	....	set designer
Robert Topol	....	master scenic artist
Sara Emily Tremblay	....	art department intern
Kurt Van Der Basch	....	storyboard artist
Cliff Zimowski	....	art department coordinator: Chicago
Josh Zylstra	....	buyer: Chicago

Sound Department
Tomas Cervenka	....	boom operator
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Karl Dondlinger	....	additional boom operator
Petr Forejt	....	production sound mixer
Rick Gould	....	adr recordist
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Paul Koronkiewicz	....	boom operator: New York
David Matusek	....	sound utility
Jane McKeever	....	assistant sound editor
Brian Miksis	....	sound mixer: New York
Margit Pfeiffer	....	sound effects editor
Blair Scheller	....	boom operator
Ann Scibelli	....	sound designer
Branden Spencer	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor
Hugh Waddell	....	adr & dialogue supervisor
Karl Wasserman	....	sound utility: New York
David Young	....	post sound engineer (as David M. Young)
Mark Sheffield	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jonathan Barrass	....	special effects technician
Robert Brown	....	special effects technician
Michael Durkan	....	special effects senior technician
Garth Gutteridge	....	special effects technician
Jan Holub	....	special effects crew
Jeremy Lovett	....	special effects workshop supervisor
Barry McQueary	....	special effects: second unit
Ben Philips	....	special effects technician
Dominic Tuohy	....	special effects supervisor
David Weller	....	special effects rigger
Chip Williams	....	special effects technician
Daniel Williams	....	special effects technician
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by
Nikita Abramov	....	computer graphics artist: Bazelevs
Gennady Afonin	....	computer graphics artist: Bazelevs
Ben Aickin	....	digital compositor
Maksim Aksenov	....	rendering & texturing artist: Bazelevs
Denis Alymov	....	animation supervisor: Ulitka
Kris Anderson	....	digital compositor
Georgy Arevshatov	....	shading artist: Ulitka
Karen Asatryan	....	character animator: Ulitka
Georgiy Asriyants	....	digital artist: Main Road Post
David Aulds	....	digital compositor
Cheryl Bainum	....	executive producer: HATCH
Andrey Bakulin	....	computer graphics artist: Bazelevs
Evgeny Barulin	....	visual effects supervisor: Ulitka
Richard A.M. Bell	....	technical director: Framestore CFC
John Berri	....	visual effects editor
Thomas Biller	....	lighting technical director: Framestore-CFC
Ales Blabolil	....	visual effects
Zachary Bloom	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Turea Blyth	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore
Roman Bobrov	....	digital artist: Main Road Post
Peter Bowmar	....	effects technical director
Erik Bruhwiler	....	compositing coordinator: Hydraulx
Gregory Chalenko	....	lead compositor
Gregory Chalenko	....	sequence supervisor
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Andrew M. Collins	....	matchmove artist
Cameron Coombs	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Chase Cooper	....	character technical director
Graham Cristie	....	lighting technical director: Framestore-CFC
Nick D'Aguiar	....	digital artist
Dominic Daigle	....	senior digital artist: HATCH
Alexandra Daunt Watney	....	visual effects coordinator: Framestore CFC
Arkadiy Demchenko	....	digital artist
Max Dennison	....	matte artist: Matte Painting UK Ltd
Andrey Deych	....	sequence supervisor: Ulitka
Michael Dillon	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Yaroslav Dyachenko	....	digital compositor
Sam Edwards	....	digital compositor
Andrey Emelyanov	....	sequence supervisor: Ulitka
Selcuk Ergen	....	visual effects technical director: Framestore-CFC
Stefen Fangmeier	....	visual effects supervisor
Jon Farhat	....	visual effects supervisor
Roman Fedotov	....	research and development: Bazelevs
Deak Ferrand	....	concept artist/matte painter: prologue, HATCH
Airat Gabbasov	....	modeling & texturing artist: Bazelevs
Robb Gardner	....	lighting technical director: Framestore-CFC
Lynn M. Gephart	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead
Matthew Gilson	....	digital matte painter: Hydraulx
Eugene Gittsigrat	....	lighting artist: Ulitka
Viktor Glukhushin	....	character animator: Bazelevs
Tyler Gooden	....	set matchmove technician
Jon Grinberg	....	visual effects editor
Dean Grubb	....	effects artist
Marc Hankel	....	digital paint & roto artist: Framestore CFC
Daniel Harkness	....	prep artist
Karsten Hecker	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
Mark Hodgkins	....	senior effects artist: Framestore
Charles Howell	....	visual effects producer: Framestore CFC
Laurent Hugueniot	....	CG supervisor
Georg Kaltenbrunner	....	digital effects artist
Kelly Rae Kenan	....	visual effects coordinator
Vladimir Kesl	....	computer graphics playback
Timur Khairulin	....	CG supervisor: Main Road Post
Steven Moussa Khoury	....	lighting technical director
Sergey Klimov	....	computer graphics artist: Bazelevs
Dmitry Korshunov	....	computer graphics artist
Sergey Kosarev	....	computer graphics artist: Bazelevs
Maria Kosheleva	....	digital compositor
Sergey Krivopliasov	....	character modeling & texturing artist: Bazelevs
Daniel Kruse	....	digital lighter: Hydraulx
Steve Kullback	....	visual effects producer
Pavan Kumar	....	digital artist
Tatyana Kuznetsova	....	character animator: Ulitka
Evgeniy Kyaburu	....	digital artist: Main Road Post
Enrico Lambiase	....	roto artist: Framestore CFC
Evgeniya Lavrenko	....	vfx coordinator: main road post
Ilya Lebedev	....	visual effects editor
Pavel Ledin	....	lighting technical director
Didier Levy	....	senior lighter
Dmitry Loktev	....	character animator: Bazelevs
Dmitry Loktev	....	texturing artist: Bazelevs
Boris Lutsyuk	....	visual effects compositor
Boris Lutsyuk	....	visual effects supervisor
Craig Lyn	....	visual effects supervisor
Mikhail Lyossin	....	systems support: Main Road Post
Andreas Maaninka	....	digital artist: Framestore-CFC
Hugh Macdonald	....	digital compositor
Matt Magnolia	....	visual effects coordinator: Universal
Andrey Maksimov	....	computer graphics artist: Bazelevs
Julian Mann	....	digital effects artist
Paul Maples	....	cablecam operator
Richard Matsushita	....	digital artist: Hammerhead Production
Evgeniy Melkov	....	character set up: Ulitka
Christophe Meslin	....	head of systems
Zuzana Mesticova	....	visual effects coordinator
Brad Minnich	....	assistant visual effects editor
Ekaterina Mironova	....	digital artist: Main Road Post
Dele Momoh	....	technical director: Framestore-CFC
Paolo Moscatelli	....	visual effects
Josh Mossotti	....	visual effects
Roza Mukhamedova	....	digital compositor
Ryan Mullany	....	digital artist
Hiroaki Muramoto	....	environment effects
Patrick Nagle	....	compositor
Bruce Nelson	....	digital compositor: Framestore CFC
Chun Seong Ng	....	modeler: Hydraulx
Olga Novikova	....	character animator: Ulitka
Sam Osborne	....	digital artist
Aleksey Osipenkov	....	digital compositor
Oleksandr Panaskevych	....	lead effects technical director: Framestore CFC
Donald Pan	....	digital modeller: Framestore CFC
Havel Parkán	....	match mover
Mitch Paulson	....	digital colorist assist
Dan Pearce	....	digital compositor
John Peck	....	digital compositor
Talli Peled	....	effects technical director: Framestore CFC
Angela Petrosyan	....	visual effects producer: Ulitka
Ryan Pilcher	....	matchmove artist
Tim Potter	....	matchmover
Cristina Puente	....	digital compositor: Framestore
Alexander Pustika	....	computer graphics artist: Bazelevs
Lee Rankin	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Ryan Reeb	....	digital artist
Dmitry Robustov	....	senior software developer: Ulitka
Karl Rogovin	....	3D coordinator: Hydraulx
Karl Rogovin	....	digital artist: Hydraulx
Andrew Rowan-Robinson	....	pipeline technical director: Framestore CFC
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist: EFILM
Amir Shachar	....	senior look development technical director: Framestore CFC
Dmitry Shumilin	....	software developer: Ulitka
Dmitry Shumkin	....	digital compositor: Ulitka
Dmitry Slepichev	....	research and development: Bazelevs
Anthony Smith	....	senior compositor
Vladimir Sofronov	....	digital compositor: Ulitka
Nic Spier	....	digital effects artist
Andrey Stremousov	....	lead digital artist: Main Road Post
David Swift	....	digital matte painter: Framestore CFC
Vladimir Tkachenko	....	character technical director: Bazelevs
Dmitry Tokoyakov	....	visual effects supervisor: Bazelevs
Kristi Valk	....	digital matte painter
Vsevolod Verbitsky	....	modeling artist: Ulitka
Giuliano Dionisio Vigano'	....	digital compositor
Igor Vlasov	....	computer graphics artist: Bazelevs
Ilya Vostrov	....	modeling artist: Ulitka
Maggie Walby	....	digital paint & roto artist: Framestore CFC
Tara Walker	....	compositor
Ian Ward	....	visual effects
Kyle Ware	....	visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
Andrew C. Whitelaw	....	digital artist: HATCH
Toby Winder	....	matchmover
Juliette Yager	....	visual effects producer
Arman Yahin	....	visual effects supervisor: Main Road Post
Sergei Zadorozhny	....	digital artist: Ulitka
Luca Zappala	....	senior technical director: Framestore
Alexey Zaytsev	....	digital artist: Main Road Post
Matthias Zeller	....	senior character technical director
Ilona Blyth	....	visual effects editor: Framestore (uncredited)
David Emeny	....	roto artist: Escape Studios (uncredited)
Mikhail Pustovalov	....	matchmover: main road post (uncredited )

Stunts
Laura Albert	....	stunts
Dean Bailey	....	stunts
Chris Barnes	....	stunt double
Tim Buchanan	....	stunt performer
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunts
Aaron Crippen	....	precision driver
Tobiasz Daszkiewicz	....	stunt driver
Debbie Evans	....	stunt driving double: Angelina Jolie
Roy Farfel	....	stunt driver
Frank Ferrara	....	stunt driver
James Fierro	....	stunts
Nick Gillard	....	stunt coordinator
Sean Graham	....	stunts
Tad Griffith	....	stunt driver
Mark Harper	....	stunt driver: second unit
Riley Harper	....	stunt double
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	stunts
Tom Harper	....	stunts
Cort Hessler	....	stunt driver
Freddie Hice	....	stunts
Eunice Huthart	....	stunt double: Angelina Jolie
Gary Hymes	....	stunt arranger: driving sequence second unit
Jindrich Klaus	....	stunts
Maurice Lee	....	stunt double: Morgan Freeman
Tom Lowell	....	stunt driver: second unit
Samantha MacIvor	....	stunts
Daniel Maldonado	....	stunt driver
Natalie M. Meyer	....	stunt driver: second unit
Chris Nolte	....	stunt driver: second unit
Carl Paoli	....	stunt driver
Linda Perlin	....	stunt driver: second unit
Jaroslav Peterka	....	stunts
Brian Peters	....	stunt double: James McAvoy
Scott Philyaw	....	stunt driver: second unit
Jason Rodriguez	....	stunts
Jason Rodriguez	....	utility stunts
Kyle Rowling	....	stunts
Matthew Sampson	....	stunt department coordinator
Jeff Shannon	....	stunt double
Alicia Skirball	....	stunt double: Angelina Jolie
C.C. Smiff	....	fight coordinator
Roman Spacil	....	stunts
Richard C. Taylor	....	utility stunts
Keith Tellez	....	stunts
Todd Rogers Terry	....	stunts
William Towler	....	stunt driver: second unit
Greg Tracy	....	stunts
Rudolf Vrba	....	stunt double: James McAvoy
Peter White	....	stunt performer
Katie B. Williams	....	stunt double: Angelina Jolie
Len Woodcock	....	stunt performer
Scott Workman	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Arasheben	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Tim Armstrong	....	video assist operator
Andrej Arnautov Jr.	....	lighting console programmer: Czech unit
Eli Aronoff	....	first assistant camera: second unit, New York City
Brad Baker	....	additional second assistant camera: second unit
Greg Baldi	....	camera operator
Josh Bleibtreu	....	director of photography: second unit
Kelly R. Borisy	....	key grip: Chicago
Kevin Boyd	....	key video assist operator
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Jaap Buitendijk	....	still photographer
Andrew Cavagnet	....	additional video assist: New York
Michal Chadima	....	video assist operator
Joseph Czerw	....	grip
Jaime Dawkins	....	crane technician: Technocrane
Jaime Dawkins	....	grip
Stephanie Dufford	....	second assistant camera: second unit
David Emmerichs	....	camera operator: Chicago
Alex Esber	....	first assistant camera: visual effects unit, Chicago
Michael James Fahey	....	rigging grip
Michael FitzMaurice	....	first camera operator: second unit
Fred Folmer	....	rigging key grip
Max Frankston	....	video assist: second unit
Miro Gábor	....	camera operator
Jiri Gazda	....	key grip
Bob Gomez	....	rigging electrician: Chicago
Dylan Goss	....	aerial director of photography: second unit
Andrew B. Hansen	....	rigging best boy electric: New York
Simon Heck	....	camera operator: second unit
Simon Heck	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Charles S. Hodes	....	still photographer
Joel Holland	....	key video assist operator: New York
Rick James	....	camera trainee
Matt Johnson	....	electrician: second unit
Wayne King	....	gaffer: second unit
Oliver Larry	....	rigging electrician
Matthew LeCrone	....	electrician
Mitchell Andrew Lillian	....	key grip
Colleen Lindl	....	camera production assistant
Jeremy Long	....	grip
Patrick Lowry	....	grip
Jay Maidment	....	additional still photographer
Blake E. Matthys	....	rigging electrician: Chicago
Bill McConnell Jr.	....	second assistant camera
Michael A. McFadden	....	rigging grip best boy: New York
Donna McLain	....	best boy electric: second unit
Darryl Miller	....	grip
Elizabeth Miller	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Daniel Nichols	....	camera operator: second unit
Keith Pokorski	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Zdenek Pozar	....	rigging electrician
James H Razo	....	technician: dual camera gyro-stabilized
George Richmond	....	camera operator: "a" camera
George Richmond	....	steadicam operator
Jonathan 'Chunky' Richmond	....	first assistant camera
Spencer M. Rohan	....	grip: Chicago
Andy Ryan	....	gaffer
Tim Ryan	....	grip
Todd Schlopy	....	first assistant camera
Jaromir Simek	....	rigging gaffer
Marcin Studniarek	....	second assistant camera
Petr Svoboda	....	rigging electrician
Seth Thomas	....	grip
Brian Tilden	....	gaffer: second unit
John Toll	....	director of photography: New York
Jeff Tomcho	....	camera loader
Les T. Tomita	....	key grip
Michael T. Travers	....	best boy grip: Chicago
Alexis van Kersen Li	....	second assistant camera: New York
Miroslav Vojkuvka	....	best boy grip
Justin Whitacre	....	camera loader: insert unit
Joe 'Jody' Williams	....	additional camera operator
Steven R. Wojcik	....	additional camera operator
Mark N. Woods	....	technocrane operator
Tim Wooster	....	director of photography: second unit
Cameron Zetty	....	lighting console programmer: Chicago (uncredited)

Casting Department
Nancy Bishop	....	location casting
Donna DeSeta	....	casting: New York
Elaine Grainger	....	casting: UK
Jirí Hrstka	....	extras casting
Terry L. Lamfers	....	casting executive
Kara Lipson	....	casting associate
Meagan Lopez	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rose Alexander	....	costumer
Giovanni Casalnuovo	....	costume supervisor
Rebecca Higginson	....	key costumer
Rachael Ohman	....	costumer: Ms. Jolie
Cathie Valdovino	....	costumer: Morgan Freeman
Dita Valentinova	....	costume coordinator
Adam Watt	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Travis John Andersen	....	post-production assistant (as Travis Andersen)
Sheryl Benko	....	post-production coordinator
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Samuel Craven	....	additional editor
Samuel Craven	....	first assistant editor
Cassie Dixon	....	post-production assistant
Tom Elkins	....	assistant editor
Olivia Giachino	....	editorial production assistant
Adam Kimmerlin	....	assistant editor
Attila Kovacs	....	assistant editor: avid
Magdalena Kovarova	....	editorial production assistant
Robert Malina	....	first assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Jakub Olexa	....	on-set editor
Dallas Puett	....	additional editor

Music Department
Bill Abbott	....	music editor
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Michael Atwell	....	digital score recordist
Steve Bartek	....