Wanted
Choose your destiny.
Country
Production
Budget
$75 000 000
Box office
$341 432 090
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Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Iain Smith, Jim Lemley, Marc Platt, Jason Netter, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Geyer Kosinski, Adam Siegel, Marc Silvestri
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
John Myhre, Chris Cleek
Audition
Mindy Marin
Editing
Short description
Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father - who Wesley never knew - belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.
What's left behind the scenes
- In one of the final scenes, when we see the back of a guy sitting at a computer who looks very much like Wesley (which is why he became a lure for Sloane), the name 'G. J. Millar' is briefly visible on a plaque to the left. Mark Millar is the author of the 'Wanted' comic, and G. J. are the initials of the comic's artist, J.G. Jones.
- The visual effects for the film were created at Timur Bekmambetov's Moscow post-production studio using equipment from the Russian computer hardware manufacturer Kraftway.
- On the Blu-ray and DVD editions of the film, an alternative opening can be found in the "Bonus Features" section. In it, a member of the Brotherhood fires a crossbow, spinning the bolt.
- In the first scene with the wax bath, while Habensky's character was running after some vodka, he sang the song "Spyat ustalye igrushki" (Tired Toys Are Sleeping) from the program "Good Night, Little Ones."
- Before the moment when Fox drops Wesley onto the train, Fox’s hair is down, but in the next shot it is tied back in a ponytail.
- Jessica Biel, Halle Berry, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Beyoncé Knowles were considered for the role of Fox.
- In the Russian dub, James McAvoy pronounces the last word of the film (“hit”) himself in Russian.
- In one of the last scenes, when we see the back of a guy sitting at a computer who strongly resembles Wesley (which is why he became bait for Sloan), the name 'G. J. Millar' can be briefly seen on a sign to the left. Mark Millar is the author of the comic book “Wanted,” and G. J. are the initials of the comic artist J.G. Jones.
- According to Timur Bekmambetov, the film contains more than 1,000 special effects scenes.
- In the Russian dubbed version, James McAvoy speaks the final word of the film ("попал") in Russian himself.
- Filming began in April 2007 in Chicago. In May, filming moved to Prague. The interiors of the weaving factory were filmed on the grounds of a former sugar factory. Some scenes were also filmed at Křivoklát Castle in the Rakonice region near Prague.
- After the "Weavers' Brotherhood" transferred all of Wesley's father's savings, Wesley checks the account balance at an ATM – it shows $3,647,035.59. He then withdraws a substantial amount and checks the account balance again through a computer in the office – it again shows $3,647,035.59.
- The visual effects for the film were created at Timur Bekmambetov's post-production studio in Moscow, using equipment from the Russian computer hardware manufacturer, "Kraftway".
- The cat Annabel, whom Katy asks to feed at the beginning of the film, is a British Silver Shinx.
- According to Timur Bekmambetov, the film features over 1000 scenes with special effects.
- The film utilizes certain plot elements from the comic; among the characters, only Wesley and Fox remain, although Mark Millar indicated in the comic's supplemental materials that the main character was based on Eminem and Fox on Halle Berry. In the film, their roles are played by James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie, respectively. The appearance of the main characters also changed significantly: Fox is supposed to be a Black girl in a fox suit, and in the comic, Wesley wears a futuristic protective suit that grants him the ability to fly.
- The names of the supposed victims are encoded in ASCII by the loom of fate of the Brotherhood of Weavers.
- In the first scene with the wax bath, when Khabensky's character ran for vodka, he sang the song “Sleep, Tired Toys” from the “Good Night, Kids” program.
- The film uses individual elements of the comic book's plot, and only Wesley and Fox remain of the characters, although Mark Millar indicated in supplementary materials to the comic book that the main character was based on Eminem, and Fox on Halle Berry. In the film, their roles are played by James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie, respectively, and the appearance of the main characters has also changed significantly: Fox is supposed to be a black woman in a fox costume, and Wesley in the comic book wears a futuristic protective suit that gives him the ability to fly.
- The organization of supervillains from the comic book, which destroyed all superheroes, seized power worldwide, and altered reality to erase any mention of them, was transformed in the film into the Weaver Brotherhood, a community of assassins carrying out the orders of the Fate Weaver, who encodes the names of victims in binary code on fabric.
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