The film, which is based on Mark Greaney’s 10-book series, will hit theatres on July 14 and start streaming on Netflix a week later.
Netflix film The Gray Man, starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Indian actor Dhanush, will release in UAE cinemas on July 14, a week ahead of its July 22 release on the streaming platform.
Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, collectively known as the Russo brothers, the movie will also have a run in select theatres across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.
The films will be distributed by Middle East-based distribution company Italia Film, which also distributes Disney films.
Based on the book series ‘The Gray Man’ by Mark Greaney, the film’s official description describes the story of a CIA operative Court Gentry (Gosling), aka, Sierra Six who is plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handler, Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton). Gentry was once a highly-skilled, Agency-sanctioned killer, but Six is the target, hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Evans), a former cohort at the CIA, who will stop at nothing to take him out. On hand is Agent Dani Miranda (de Armas) for added support.
Other notable names starring in the film include Rege-Jean Page, Jessica Henwick, Wagner Moura, Alfre Woodard, Julia Butters, Eme Ikwuakor, Billy Bob Thornton and Scott Haze.
