Triple Frontier is a new Netflix movie that have many movie stars and a well known director behind it.
After one week in theaters it will finally make its debut on the streaming platform! So let’s find out some trivia about this film!
- Triple Frontier is a 2019 American action thriller film
- It is directed by J. C. Chandor
- With a screenplay by Chandor and Mark Boal
- From a story by Boal
- Mark Boal is a frequent collaborator of Kathryn Bigelow
- The film stars Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal
- The film was released by Netflix in select theaters on March 6, 2019
- It made its worldwide streaming release on March 13
- In October 2010, Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp entered talks to join the cast of the film
- It was to be directed by Kathryn Bigelow from a screenplay by Mark Boal
- With shooting set to commence in early 2011
- In November 2010, Hanks officially was cast
- Production lagged
- In June 2015, it was announced that J. C. Chandor was in talks to direct the film for Paramount Pictures
- While Bigelow left because she wanted to focus on her film about Bowe Bergdahl
- Both Hanks and Will Smith were in talks for the lead roles
- The film, alternately titled Sleeping Dogs
- It would be produced by Roven and Alex Gartner through Atlas Entertainment
- In September 2015, Chandor officially signed on to helm the film
- On January 20, 2016, it was reported that Depp was once again in early talks to star in the film
- While Hanks’ attachment was yet to be confirmed
- And Smith had left due to scheduling conflicts filming Collateral Beauty
- In January 2017, it was reported that Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy were in talks to join the film
- With Depp and Hanks no longer up for roles
- In February 2017, Mahershala Ali joined the cast
- With Tatum and Hardy also officially signed on
- On April 12, 2017, a month before shooting was set to commence, it was reported that Triple Frontier had been dropped by Paramount
- Tatum and Hardy no longer would be a part of the cast
- While Ali and Adria Arjona were still attached to star
- On May 1, 2017, it was reported that Netflix was in negotiations to acquire the rights to the film
- With Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck in negotiations for the roles Hardy and Tatum vacated
- With Ali and Arjona remaining on the project
- Ben Affleck exited the film in early July 2017, due to personal reasons
- On July 26, 2017, it was reported that Mark Wahlberg was in talks to join the film in the role Affleck vacated
- Along with Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal
- With Arjona still attached to the project
- Principal production was set to commence in August 2017, in Hawaii and Colombia
- On March 19, 2018, it was announced that Triple Frontier would commence principal production on March 26, 2018, in Oahu, Hawaii
- Ben Affleck had signed back on to star
- The cast was officially completed by Oscar Isaac, Hunnam, Hedlund, Pascal, and Arjona
- Ali had been forced to drop out of the project when production was delayed
- The film had its world premiere in New York City on March 3, 2019
- Triple Frontier received positive reviews from film critics
- It holds a 73% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 62 reviews, with a weighted average of 6.6/10
- On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 62 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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