Filming is set to begin next week on "The Hurt Locker," a Hollywood
drama about the travails of a US Army unit beset by bombers and snipers
in Iraq, entertainment media reported Tuesday. The movie, starring
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty and directed by Kathryn
Bigelow, follows an elite army explosive-ordnance-disposal team in
present-day Baghdad. Actors Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pierce are also
reportedly signed on to star in the film. Bigelow is perhaps best known
for her critically acclaimed 1995 science fiction film "Strange Days,"
which starred Fiennes and Angela Bassett.
Filming will take place in Jordan and Kuwait for "The Hurt Locker,"
which is inspired by actual events as well as recently declassified
information, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"It's the first movie about the Iraq war that purports to show the
experience of the soldiers," said screenwriter Mark Boal.
"We wanted to show the kinds of things that soldiers go through that you
can't see on CNN, and I don't mean that in a censorship-conspiracy way.
I just mean the news doesn't actually put photographers in with units
that are this elite ... Most war movies don't come out until the war was
over," he added.
"It's really exciting for me, coming out of the world of journalism, to
have a movie come out about a conflict while the conflict is still going
on."
July 17, 2007 (from ComingSoon.net)
Renner, Mackie & Geraghty Join Hurt Locker
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty are toplining The
Hurt Locker, an Iraq War drama from director Kathryn Bigelow. Ralph
Fiennes and Guy Pearce also have cameos in the film, says The Hollywood
Reporter.
Written by Mark Boal and inspired by true events and recently
declassified information, "Locker" follows an elite Army Explosive
Ordinance Disposal team in present-day Baghdad that fights an onslaught
of bombs and snipers.
Renner will play the leader of the team, while Mackie and Geraghty are
members of it. Fiennes is a mercenary; Pearce is another member.
Bigelow, Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro are producing. The film
is a Voltage Pictures/First Light/Kingsgate Films production.
Filming is scheduled to begin next week in Jordan and Kuwait.
March 13, 2007 (from Production Weekly)
Perfect combination for ‘Locker’
Charlize Theron, Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes and Willem Dafoe are
attached to topline the Iraq-set action drama “The Hurt Locker”. Kathryn
Bigelow is directing from a screenplay she co-wrote with war reporter
Mark Boal, who recently co-wrote the story for Paul Haggis’ “In The
Valley Of Elah,” starring Theron. “Hurt Locker,” follows the exploits of
an elite bomb disposal unit. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse
in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in
a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a
deadly bomb. Principal photography is scheduled for later this spring.
Farrell and Fiennes are co-staring in Martin McDonagh’s “In Bruges,”
currently filming in Belgium.
Iraq-set action drama The Hurt Locker follows the exploits of an elite bomb disposal unit. Forced to play a dangerous game
of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential
enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Cast & Crew
Mercenary Team Leader: Ralph Fiennes
?: Guy Pearce
Col. Reed: David Morse
Eldridge: Brian Geraghty
James: Jeremy Renner
Sanborn: Anthony Mackie
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Writing Credits: Kathryn Bigelow (story), Mark Boal (written by)
Produced by Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Tony Mark, Donall McCusker, Greg Shapiro
