Another thriller filmed in New Jersey just got its release date.
The formerly untitled Kathryn Bigelow Netflix movie that filmed here last fall also now has a title.
Read on for the logline, cast and more.
“A House of Dynamite” will be streaming Oct. 24 on Netflix after running in select theaters.
What’s it about?
“When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.”
The film announcement — which arrives at a fraught time in global politics, with multiple ongoing wars — is in line with the type of movies Bigelow has made and drawn acclaim for over the years.
In 2010, the director made history as the first woman to win the Oscar for best director for “The Hurt Locker,” a thriller set during the Iraq War. The movie, which has a cast led by Jeremy Renner, won the Academy Award for best picture.
Jeremy Renner in Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker," which won the 2010 Oscar for best picture. Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for best director. Summit Entertainment
Bigelow followed up that film with best picture nominee "Zero Dark Thirty” (2012), which stars Jessica Chastain and follows the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
“A House of Dynamite,” written by Noah Oppenheim (Netflix’s “Zero Day” and the 2016 film “Jackie”), was filmed in Jersey locations not limited to but including Newark.
Last summer, the production put out casting calls for local extras and background actors, asking for military veterans and people to play golfers, government workers and spectators at a basketball game.
The stars of the movie include Idris Elba (“Luther,” “Beasts of No Nation,” “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”), Rebecca Ferguson (the “Dune” and “Mission: Impossible” movies), Jared Harris (“Chernobyl”), Gabriel Basso (“Juror #2″), Renée Elise Goldsberry (“Hamilton”), Tracy Letts (“The Post”) and Kaitlyn Dever (“The Last of Us”).
Also in the ensemble cast: Anthony Ramos (“Twisters,” “In the Heights”), Moses Ingram (“Lady in the Lake,” “The Queen’s Gambit”), Greta Lee (“Past Lives”), Jason Clarke (“Zero Dark Thirty”), Jonah Hauer-King (“The Little Mermaid”), Brian Tee (“Jurassic World”) and Kyle Allen (“West Side Story”).
Stories by Amy Kuperinsky
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