Den of Thieves

Den of Thieves (2018)

Timing: 2:20 (140 min)

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Release date

2018-01-18

Country

United States

Production

STX Films, G-BASE, Atmosphere Entertainment MM, Diamond Film Productions, Tucker Tooley Entertainment, Mark Canton Productions

Genre

Action, Thriller, Crime

Budget

$30 000 000

Revenue

$80 509 622

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Director

Christian Gudegast

Actors

Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., 50 Cent, Meadow Williams, Maurice Compte, Brian Van Holt, Evan Jones, Mo McRae, Kaiwi Lyman
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Scenario

Producer

Gerard Butler, Mark Canton, Tucker Tooley, Alan Siegel, Tony Grazia, Oren Aviv, Robert Simonds, Christian Gudegast, D. Scott Lumpkin, Jamie Marshall

Operator

Terry Stacey

Composer

Cliff Martinez

Artist

Audition

John Papsidera

Editing

Joel Cox, David S. Cox, Nathan Godley
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• To enhance realism during filming, two training camps were created – one for the actors playing police officers and one for those portraying criminals. The creators aimed to foster a spirit of competition within the film crew. Furthermore, military consultant Paul Morris developed an individual training program for each group.
• The film is set in Los Angeles, however, due to an ice storm, filming had to be moved to Atlanta.
• Most of the characters in the film turned out as envisioned in the script. Except for the character of O'Shea Jackson Jr. – due to the actor's age (born in 1991), some changes were made to his character's personality.
• Six years before filming started, the action script fell into the hands of 50 Cent. The musician was impressed by the story, especially its characters. At the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, 50 Cent personally approached one of the film's producers with a request to participate in the project.
• For the role of Big Nick, Gerard Butler gained almost 15 kilograms.
• The prototype for Big Nick (Gerard Butler) was Jerry, a film consultant who had spent years moving in criminal circles.
• Work on the film began in 2003, when director Christian Gudegast and the screenwriter received a carte blanche from New Line Cinema, and continued for almost 14 years. At one point, the now-defunct Relativity Media was considered as the film's distributor.
• To enhance realism, two training camps were created during filming – one for the actors playing police officers and one for those portraying criminals. The creators aimed to foster a spirit of competition within the cast and crew. Furthermore, military consultant Paul Morris developed an individual training program for each group.
• Most of the characters in the film turned out as envisioned in the script. The exception is the character played by O’Shea Jackson Jr. – due to the actor’s age (he was born in 1991), some changes were made to his character’s personality.
• Six years before filming began, the action movie script fell into the hands of 50 Cent. The musician was impressed with the story, especially its characters. At the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, 50 Cent personally approached one of the film's producers with a request to participate in the project.