Hollywood Film Awards to Honor Producer Michael De Luca

Michael De Luca Producers Award
Michael De Luca (Photo Courtesy of Hollywood Film Awards)

Producer Michael De Luca has one of 2013’s potential awards-worthy films, Captain Phillips with Tom Hanks, heading to theaters on October 11th and the Hollywood Film Awards is getting a jump on the competition by honoring him at the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards. De Luca will be recognized with the Hollywood Producer Award at the gala event to be held on October 21, 2013 in Beverly Hills.

“Every year, we are very proud to honor excellence in the art of filmmaking in all its disciplines. Academy Award® nominated producer Michael De Luca is an exemplary representative of that excellence,” stated Carlos de Abreu, founder and executive producer of the Hollywood Film Awards.

In addition to Captain Phillips, De Luca’s producing credits include The Social Network, Moneyball, and the upcoming film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks stars in ‘Captain Phillips’ (Photo © 2013 Columbia Pictures)

The Plot of Captain Phillips:

Captain Phillips is director Paul Greengrass’s multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is – through Greengrass’ distinctive lens – simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (Hanks), and his Somali counterpart, Muse (Barkhad Abdi).

Set on an incontrovertible collision course off the coast of Somalia, both men will find themselves paying the human toll for economic forces outside of their control.