Not a first look, per se, but a whole ton of imagery from Anton Corbijn’s “The American” has surfaced online via Moviefone.
We already get that the film is both a thriller about an assassin trying to do one last job in Italy and a romance. These photos certainly demonstrate both (here’s the ’70s-styled poster, two slightly different trailers and some previous photos). Corbijn’s dad was a vicar and his music videos have had a lot of religious iconography in them and since it’s set in Italy, we’re sure that kind of imagery will certainly pop up.
The film is Corbijn’s follow-up to “Control” (the Ian Curtis biopic), and it co-stars Thekla Reuten (the blonde in the photos here) — who appeared “In Bruges” as the pregnant, Belgian hotel owner caught in the middle of a gunfight — with Bruce Altman, Paolo Bonacelli, Irina Björklund and Violante Placido (the love interest in Clooney’s arms).
“The American” hits theaters on September 3 which means it won’t be at TIFF or Telluride and maybe will appear slightly early in Venice (which starts Sept 1).
