With the success of THE MAZE RUNNER movies, and now the upcoming release of AMERICAN ASSASSIN, Dylan O’Brien is very quickly transcending his Teen Wolf image and becoming a bankable movie star. The new movie is based on Vince Flynn’s novel which follows “Mitch Rapp”, an expert in counter-terrorism who wants revenge for the death of his girlfriend. Michael Keaton plays Stan Hurley, who must train Rapp to face ultimate danger. Sanaa Lathan and Taylor Kitsch co-star, and the film is directed by Michael Cuesta, who helmed the criminally under-seen KILL THE MESSENGER. Check out the new 60-second red band trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
American Assassin, directed by Michael Cuesta (‘Kill the Messenger’) follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien), a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.
AMERICAN ASSASSIN opens September 15, 2017
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
