STXfilms has released a new action-filled trailer for the thriller, Den of Thieves. The action drama marks the feature film directorial debut of Christian Gudegast. Gudegast also wrote the script for the thriller that stars Gerard Butler (London Has Fallen, Machine Gun Preacher, 300), Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson (Power, War Dogs), Pablo Schreiber (American Gods, Orange is the New Black), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton, Ingrid Goes West), Evan Jones (A Million Ways to Die in the West), Cooper Anderson (I Hate My Neighbor!), Maurice Compte (A Walk Among Tombstones, End of Watch), Kaiwai Lyman-Mersereau (American Violence, Westworld), Mo McRae (Wild, Thirteen), Meadow Williams (Apollo 13), and Brian Van Holt (S.W.A.T.).
STXfilms is targeting a January 19, 2018 theatrical release. Also opening on January 19th are Warner Bros Pictures’ war drama, 12 Strong, starring Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, and Michael Pena, as well as the romantic film, Forever My Girl, with Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe.
Den of Thieves was financed by STX Entertainment and Diamond Film Productions. Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Canton, and Tucker Tooley produced the 2018 theatrical release. Scott Lumpkin, Jamie Marshall, and Glenn D. Feig served as executive producers. Den of Thieves director Christian Gudegast previously wrote London Has Fallen, Pink Panther Mafia, and A Man Apart. Gudegast also executive produced the 2009 documentary, Sequestro, directed by Jorge W. Atalla.
The Plot: A Los Angeles crime saga in the vein of Heat, Den of Thieves follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles.
