Wanted is a
action film which is loosely based on the
comic book miniseries of the same name by
Mark Millar. The film is directed by
Timur Bekmambetov and stars
James McAvoy,
Angelina Jolie,
Morgan Freeman,
Thomas Kretschmann,
Terence Stamp, and
Konstantin Khabensky. The storyline follows Wesley Gibson, a frustrated office worker who discovers that he is the son of a professional
assassin and decides to join the entity in which his father used to work, a
secret guild called
The Fraternity.
Production began in April 2007, with filming in the
Czech Republic to later superimpose the sets on images of
Chicago.
Wanted was released on June 25, 2008 in the United Kingdom and June 27, 2008 in the United States, to both critical and commercial success. On January 22, 2009, it was nominated for two
Academy Awards:
Best Sound Editing and
Best Sound Mixing. A sequel is in the works.
