September isn’t often a month that hosts too many box office blockbusters, with the summer movie season already come and gone, but that might be different this year with Sony’s highly-anticipated remake ofThe Magnificent Seven.Denzel Washingtonleads an all-star cast in this new version of the 1960 classic, reuniting with directorAntoine Fuquaafter another successful remake, 2014’sThe Equalizer. To get fans ready for this release we have a new poster that brings theseunruly outlawstogether, along with seven character vignettes that offer new details about each character.
These vignettes fromSony Picturesfeature all seven of the main characters, Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). We learn inDenzel Washington’s video that he is a bounty hunter and sworn warrant officer in the Indian Territories, Arkansas and seven other states. We also see new footage that shows Sam’s mastery with firearms in several thrilling gunfight scenes.
We also learn much Pratt’s Farraday, the group’s gambler,Ethan Hawke’s Goodnight, who is battling his own demons from the war,Vincent D’Onofrio’s Jack Horne, a “bear” of a man who has lost it all andByung-Hun Lee’s knife-wielding assassin Billy Rocks, who doesn’t even need a gun to win in a gunfight. The last two featurettes reveal thatMartin Sensmeier’s Red Harvest is a Commanche warrior who is actually tracking the other six outlaws before revealing himself and joining their team, whileManuel Garcia-Rulfo’s Vasquez has always been an outlaw who loves gunfighting and being a criminal, who has been on the run for several months, before Sam Chisolm approaches him to be a part ofThe Magnificent Seven.
With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money in this remake ofThe Magnificent Seven.Haley Bennett,Luke Grimes,Wagner MouraandMatthew Bomerround out thesupporting castof this remake.
Antoine Fuquadirects from a screenplay byNic Pizzolatto(True Detective) andRichard Wenk. The producers areRoger BirnbaumandTodd Black. The movie unites directorAntoine FuquaandDenzel Washingtonfor a third time following the critically-acclaimedTraining DayandThe Equalizer. This remake is truly going to beOne Wild Ride! This action-packed Western will go up against Warner Bros.‘Storksin theaters on September 23. Take a look at the new poster and these character vignettes to learn Magnificent Seven.
