Hayley Atwell Joins Gerard Butler in High-Stakes Action Thriller EMPIRE CITY

Hayley Atwell joins Gerard Butler in hostage crisis action-thriller 'Empire City'

‘Mission: Impossible’ and ‘Captain America’ star Hayley Atwell has officially joined Gerard Butler in the upcoming action-thriller ‘Empire City,’ which is set to begin filming later this month. The film, directed by Michael Matthews (Love & Monsters), is based on a screenplay by Brian Tucker and S. Craig Zahler and has undergone some story refinements since it was first announced at last year’s Cannes market. In ‘Empire City,’ a hostage crisis b…

Hayley Atwell Joins Gerard Butler in High-Stakes Action Thriller EMPIRE CITY

Hayley Atwell is teaming up with Gerard Butler for an intense new action-thriller titled Empire City, and it sounds like a wild ride. The film is set to kick off production this month, with Michael Matthews, best known for Love & Monsters, stepping in to direct from a script by Brian Tucker and S. Craig Zahler.In Empire City, a hostage situation breaks out inside one of New York’s most iconic skyscrapers, the Clybourn Building. Butler stars as R…

Casting: Atwell, Kidman, Garcia, Johnson, Olsen

Empire City Hayley Atwell (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning,” “Agent Carter”) will join Gerard Butler in hostage crisis action-thriller “Empire City” which will film this month. Michael Matthews (“Love & Monsters”) will direct the film being penned by Brian Tucker and S. Craig Zahler When a hostage crisis erupts inside New York’s landmark Clybourn Building, firefighter Rhett (Butler), his squad, and his NYPD wife Dani (Atwell) must fight an…