'Wanted' Moves To Summer Release
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Universal Pictures has moved "Wanted" from a spring to summer berth. Angelina Jolie starrer will now bow June 27 instead of March 28. Adaptation of Mark Millar graphic novel will go head to head with UA's "Valkyrie" and Pixar robot toon "Wall-E" the frame before Independence Day.
Pic, first English-language film by Russian helmer Timur Bekmambetov, also stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, and Common. It revolves around an apathetic 25-year-old (McAvoy) who discovers that his murdered father was a member of the Fraternity, a society of assassins with special powers. A woman named Fox (Jolie) lures him in to the Fraternity, which trains him how to use his formerly dormant powers to avenge his father's death.
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