War On Everyone

Award-winning British writer-director John Michael McDonagh crosses the globe for his muchanticipated third film, War on Everyone, a jet-black action comedy starring Michael Peña, Alexander Skarsgård, and Theo James. The buddy crime caper was filmed on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a final week in Reykjavik, Iceland. The film is produced by Chris Clark (Legend, Calvary, The Guard), Flora Fernandez Marengo (Calvary, The Guard, The Betrayal), and co-produced by Elizabeth Eves (Calvary) for Reprisal Films. Phil Hunt (Belle) and Compton Ross (Trishna) also produce for Head Gear Films, with the support of the BFI Film Fund. War on Everyone is about two corrupt cops in New Mexico who set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he? Known for his distinctively witty sensibility and confrontational humor, McDonagh previously wrote and directed the acclaimed drama Calvary, starring Brendan Gleeson, and the offbeat comedy The Guard, also starring Gleeson, with Don Cheadle, which became a worldwide sleeper hit. War on Everyone stars Michael Peña (Ant-Man, Fury, End of Watch), Alexander Skarsgård (Tarzan, Melancholia, True Blood), and Theo James (Insurgent, Divergent). Joining in supporting roles are Tessa Thompson (Selma, Dear White People), Malcolm Barrett (The Hurt Locker, My Best Friend’s Girl), Caleb Landry Jones (X Men: First Class, God’s Pocket), Paul Reiser (Concussion, Whiplash), Stephanie Sigman (Spectre, Miss Bala) and David Wilmot (The Guard, Calvary, ‘71). McDonagh commented upon the start of production: “It gives me great pleasure to declare War on Everyone with my fellow combatants, Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård. We look forward to the battles ahead, and we will go on with a spirit that fears nothing. That’s Homer, by the way.”

Classification 15