Rated: PG-13 for some intense violence, perilous action, sexual content and language
U.S. Release Date:
March 20, 2015 (In Theaters and On Demand)
Run time: 93 minutes
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After he crashes his bike into a super-sexy stranger named Nikki (Marie Avgeropoulos), Cam
(Taylor Lautner) is introduced to her crew -- a team that uses parkour to pull off heists. Hoping
to alleviate his deepening debt to a violent crime gang, Cam quickly joins the group. As the
stakes get higher with more dangerous side ventures, the payouts get bigger. Cam must use
every ounce of his skill to stay alive as the crew’s heists grow more daring with each job, and
gang enforcers breathe relentlessly down his neck.
Saban Films in association with Cowtown Cinema Ventures presents a Temple Hill production.
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ABOUT THE FILM
Tracers is, on the surface, very simple. It’s about a guy – ‘Cam’ – who runs into a girl –
‘Nikki’ on a city street. Nikki helps Cam to reclaim a part of his life. At the exact moment that
happens, outside forces are closing in on him. And that’s where Tracers takes off.
“I love action drama. I like movies that have real cool but motivated action sequences.
I’ve always found the world of parkour – free-runners – and the philosophy behind it reminiscent
of the philosophy behind surfing or mountain climbing and any extreme sport,” says producer
Marty Bowen. “Wouldn’t it be interesting to find a way to organically get into that world with a
cool action thriller!”
Bowen also knows undertaking a project like this requires complete
authenticity on the part of the cast. “I think an audience subconsciously will know if an actor can
pull off a stunt or you know it’s not him,” says Bowen. For Tracers, it was critical that our cast be
as believable as possible. “So for this film,” says Bowen, “the real challenge was finding actors
that we could believe could do this work. The honest truth was there was no other actor that
could pull off the leading role of Cam better than Taylor Lautner. And frankly, there are things
that even his stuntman – his stunt double who taught him to do parkour – cannot do as well as
Taylor can. He’s just a truly gifted athlete.” So Tracers is that perfect marriage of a great action
drama that utilizes these highly tuned physical skills as a means through which things get done
quickly, efficiently, and definitely differently than we’ve ever seen before in a film. The other
extremely critical thing to note here is that Lautner is not only physically up to the challenges of
the film, but concurrently he’s grown as an actor, and this role demanded real acting chops.”
“Our story begins with Cam, a young bicycle messenger who owes the wrong people
money. He is trying desperately to figure out how to get them the money quickly so that he can
get his father’s car fixed and just leave town to start a new life. Along the way, Cam meets Nikki
and becomes besotted with her, which changes his plans completely when she introduces him
to a world that he didn’t know existed – the world of free-running and parkour. Nikki and her
street criminal friends quickly become his new surrogate family. There’s also another side of this
family that Cam is not readily aware of that is a bit more complicated- and illegal. Before he
realizes it, he’s in far deeper than he expected and realizes that in order to get out of this world,
he’s got to do some drastic things,” says Bowen.
The film is directed by the incredibly talented and innovative Spaniard Daniel Benmayor.
Bowen reveals that he became aware of Benmayor through a film he had he made called Bruc.
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La Ilegenda.
“I saw this film,” says Bowen, “and thought it had a really incredible visual
sensibility. Then I saw a lot of his commercial work and was equally amazed. My partner at
Temple Hill, Wyck Godfrey, and I were trying to find something to do with Daniel.” So Bowen
showed Benmayor the script for Tracers to get his take on the material. “A couple of weeks
later something arrived in my office with a note attached: ‘I took the liberty, since I’m 3,000
miles away from you, of cutting together something that I thought spoke to my vision for the
film.’ Normally when someone does that they use elements of different films and they cut them
together and they put their music on it and that’s what they present to you. Daniel,” continues
Bowen, “took it a step further and went out and shot a scene that wasn’t even in the original
script – and we immediately hired him to direct Tracers!”
Adding to the sense of reality in Tracers is the way in which New York ‘plays’ a character
in the movie. The City is our set! It’s our backdrop! It’s the things we’re running on and
jumping off of, so it made no sense to shoot this film anywhere other than New York.
Aside from the authenticity of New York City, “our stunt coordinator and second unit
director, Gary Powell,” says Bowen, “is the other ambassador of authenticity. Gary, assistant
stunt coordinator Lee Morrison and their team are the very best at what they do. If you are
going to do an action movie that you want to feel real, they’re the first go-to team on your list.
They did the last three Bond movies and the Bourne movies, and that’s just for openers. They’re
incredibly passionate about their work and have grown up around it and live and breathe stunt
work. So they are as important a piece of this project as anybody else. In fact, after Taylor,
they were the first people I approached,” reveals Bowen.
Producer Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen’s Temple Hill partner, is very modest about his
part in Tracers. “Honestly, it was Marty’s idea. A few years ago he read an article about the
aesthetic of free-running and parkour and had the idea to try to create an action film set in that
world amongst people that sort of did it for fun, but were also engaged in a side business, if you
will. After having the script written and developed, we put it together independently. For me,
the exciting thing about the film is the action, the characters and their world of parkour and freerunning. I’ve always been fascinated with just the basic concept of an urban athletic activity
that’s all about efficiency in getting from one place to the next in the most efficient manner.
Watching the videos of the people that did it in France first and brought it to the United States, it
can’t help but inspire you. You immediately realize that if anybody could shoot that in a way
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where you were really traveling with the actors, with the camera, it’d be awesome…and you
can’t fake it. That’s really exciting for us!”
Films sometimes take what seems like forever to get made. “Years ago when Marty first
had the idea, we were making a film with Channing Tatum and we thought Channing would be
ideal and at that time he would have been. We pitched it to him and he liked it,” said Godfrey.
“By the time we got the script in shape, Channing had gone on and had done a bunch of other
things, and it felt a little small for him. Marty and I always thought the value of the movie was to
put someone who was young, was trying to get on his feet and sort of make it in New York City,
so it always felt like it should be a little younger,” continues Godfrey, “Taylor Lautner is part of
our family and we’d been looking for a way to get back into business with him since the Twilight
franchise wrapped up. We sent him the script, and lo and behold, he loved it. Just from
experience, I knew that Taylor could do nine out of the ten things that any stunt man throws at
him. He’s such an amazing athlete. He’s game for anything and will take the time to learn how
to do it and execute it beautifully. It made a lot of sense to put him in the movie. He’s gone
above and beyond what any of us expected he’d be able to do…and I think it’s been a blast for
him too!”
Godfrey loves the way director Daniel Benmayor approached the style of the film.
“Daniel is capturing the gritty aesthetic of our story on film. Our intention was to not have the
film feel slick but rather to feel very real. Daniel has captured that with the way he’s shooting
the film. There’s very rarely any kind of visual effect needed to augment what we’re shooting. I
think young audiences today want to feel the movie’s authenticity and not feel tricked by the
filmmakers; so you feel like you’re immersing yourself into the film in a way that you don’t feel
when something is overproduced. I know audiences are going to see something they’ve never
seen in Taylor before; a real grounded, gritty character. I think they’re going to see the action of
parkour shot in a way that they’ve never seen before where really, truly the camera is traveling
with our actors and they’re doing all of these intricate and challenging moves in real time, and
for real.”
For Taylor Lautner, Tracers provided an opportunity for him to show the world that he’s
an actor to be taken seriously. He’s emerged into a talented force on screen that not only can
pull off the amazing demands of a fast-paced action thriller but is equally facile at the more
character-driven connective threads that keep Tracers as a whole a fast-paced, heart-stopping
drama too.
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“I had worked with Marty and Wyck before and we wanted to find something else to do
together. When Tracers came along I was really excited about the project because it was
completely different than anything I’ve ever done before. It’s extremely character-driven and I
was instantly drawn to the characters in the script and their relationships together,” says Lautner
adding, “I loved how raw and gritty the characters in the story are and the real issues that they
deal with. I knew that would allow me to dive into the role of ‘Cam’ and challenge myself and
grow as an actor.”
In addition, the story is refreshingly new. “It’s a very unique story,” says Lautner. “I
haven’t seen anything like it in that I’ve never seen a movie rooted in the world of parkour – the
art of movement and the movement of art combined – rooted in an intense connection between
the mind and the body. Also the issues that our characters are dealing with throughout the
narrative and their complex relationships with one another are extremely original ideas which is
something I really love about it.”
The stunts were intense and very exciting for Lautner. “When I met with Daniel for the
first time he said, ‘I want you to do as much of these stunts as possible. I want this movie to feel
as real as possible. I don’t want special effects. I don’t want wires attached to you. I want you
doing it.
I want everybody doing it because the audience definitely knows the difference.
Audiences aren’t stupid and it really allows them to connect to the story in the movie when it’s
real.’ And it’s pretty much what I did. In fact, there were a few things I was surprised they
allowed me to do. Thankfully I’m still here!” says Lautner, adding, “We’ve also taken real people
from the world of parkour and put them in our movie. So we have great actors plus ‘real’ people
and two of the main cast – Luciano Acuna, Jr. and Josh Yadon – are making their acting debuts
in Tracers. They got their roles because of their parkour skills, and both have done a terrific job
with the acting as well. That combination makes the film feel incredibly authentic!”
Lautner has nothing but high praise for his other cast members. “We have a terrific cast
in this movie. Everyone did amazing jobs. We have Marie Avgeropoulos playing Nikki, an
extremely crucial role in our story. She’s the one who introduces Cam to parkour and her
surrogate family. Not only is she gorgeous, but she also knocked the work out of the park,
blowing the socks off of everybody. We’re so lucky to have had her with us. Adam Rayner as
Miller is an absolute stud. He’s a Brit and brought his British comedy to the set all the time. We
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loved having him around, but when it came time to begin filming, he played an awesome
good/bad guy brilliantly,” says Lautner. “Miller is a very interesting character because in the
beginning of the movie we don’t know exactly where he stands. He’s got that gift of being able
to play that fine line of being an extremely likeable guy who you can also hate at the same time.
He can turn that switch and it’s extremely impressive. And then there’s Rafi Gavron playing the
key role of Nikki’s brother, Dylan. He has a very specific relationship with Cam that builds and
changes throughout the movie.”
And of director Daniel Benmayor, Taylor says, “Everybody loves him. He’s a great guy
and provides such warmth on set. He makes everyone feel incredibly comfortable.
He’s
completely in control and knows exactly what he wants and he has an amazing mind that sees
everything. Add to that, he’s a great storyteller. I loved working with him, and I know the rest of
the cast and crew feel the same way. Daniel is killing it and I’m very thankful to have had the
opportunity to work with him.”
Benmayor is completely mindful that action movies are basically character-driven. “If
there’s no emotion, if there’s no feeling in the eyes of the characters, the action is useless. To
me the best approach is to blend the emotion with the action.” Benmayor couldn’t be more
impressed with Taylor Lautner. “He’s given a great performance and audiences will be moved
by the evolution of his craft and the depth of his character. Plus, and this can’t be understated,
we were very lucky because he is the best athlete you can find.
He did better than the
stuntmen. He’s also more visually beautiful than his own stuntman so that’s another strength
we had going for us.” adds Benmayor, “Also, the movie is a love triangle in that it has the scope
and the mesh of parkour because they use parkour as a tool for their business, but I wouldn’t
say it’s a parkour-driven movie, but rather it’s a love story which has great action that involves
parkour in it, which in essence makes parkour a device.”
Benmayor has an interesting take on the relationship between the three main characters
in Tracers. “It’s a movie about people that have lost the family unit in their lives and they’re
trying to re-group and find something to grab onto. Cam and Nikki have grown up without any
parenting and that kind of makes them street-born kids. In that way, they are similar to each
other. Their two worlds collide and they ultimately try to put the pieces of their lives together.
With Miller (Rayner), on the other side, because I think the better the antagonist is in terms of
the human side the better it works. We created a role with him that is not the cliché villain so he
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has emotion and he takes care of people, which I think this was a good approach to his
character. It is not something that you’re going to see many times.”
Marie Avgeropoulos plays Nikki, the girl that lures Cam into her world and becomes his
love interest in Tracers. “The appeal of Tracers was being part of a high impact thrilling action
movie that’s just nonstop,” said Avgeropoulos, “I hadn’t had the pleasure of working on a project
like that yet and playing a character like Nikki who is sort of a guarded tomboy who’s one of the
guys – tough on the outside but very vulnerable on the inside to those who are lucky enough to
meet that side of her.”
We also get to discover how Nikki became a part of this odd world and gang of orphans
ruled by Miller (Rayner). “Nikki had a pretty rough childhood and she and her brother Dylan
(Gavron) didn’t really have anywhere to go until Miller scooped them up.” Complicating things
even further is the fact that Nikki is Miller’s girlfriend, and she and Cam grow increasingly
romantically attached. “Nikki is sleeping with Miller because he’s somehow made the whole cop
thing go away and he’s kept she and Dylan off the streets,” says Avgeropoulos, “Despite the
fact that they’ve done numerous illegal things...and it’s her athleticism and parkour skills – she
can pretty much outrun any cop to basically just get the job done – that make her invaluable to
the gang.”
Avgeropoulos loved working with her fellow cast-mates. “One of the fondest memories
I’m going to leave this movie with is the prep and training with the guys; learning how to do
parkour and literally just trying to keep up with them and their amazing skill-set. Taylor is a
remarkably capable and accomplished natural athlete. Working with Rafi and Adam has been
great. I’m always blown away by their British accents that just magically disappear. I have a
hard enough time getting rid of my Canadian accent. Not fair! These guys have great athletic
skills and I admire the fact that they’re willing to try anything once. And Luciano Acuna, Jr. and
Josh Yadon – they’re the real deal. Their parkour comes first and this is their first big gig as
actors, which I’m applauding them for because this is a pretty big leap. I’m like, ‘WOW, good for
you guys.’ They’re stud athletes and it’s really amazing to watch them go – I mean no wires, no
nothing – balls to the wall, go get ‘em tigers. Really cool stuff. They’re great.”
“Working with Taylor has been fantastic. What I love about him the most is what you
see is what you get. He couldn’t be more down to earth and real. I didn’t realize he was like a
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black belt since he was in the womb. He’s like a loaded weapon and the guy’s amazing. He can
run and back-flip 20 times off the wall, say the alphabet backwards in another language in two
seconds or something. It’s pretty amazing to see. Also,” adds Avgeropoulos, “he’s super-easy
to have chemistry with and I think that’s what got me the job. It’s been awesome and he’s going
to be the next big action star, in my opinion.”
In the end, it’s the dangerous romance between Cam and Nikki that ultimately saves her.
“She literally gets knocked off her bike by Cam,” says Avgeropoulos. “She’s completely shut
down her sexual and feminine side because she’s in a relationship with Miller that’s not real, so
she initially resisted Cam’s advances because she’s never had that experience of really being
wanted by somebody in that way. But that quickly changes as she begins to find Cam hard to
resist and realizes her heart belongs to him. Of course, it’s fun to see her walls come down and
get to know Nikki when she’s around Cam because they have such amazing chemistry. She
now needs to figure out how to get out of the dangerous gang world of parkour under Miller’s
thumb, and doing that without letting her brother down. ”
Of director Daniel Benmayor, Avgeropoulos say, “He’s just awesome. I love the way he
directs things. He’s very visual and his shots are very beautiful. His shooting style is amazing
as he’s capturing the world of parkour and the essence of the nitty-gritty streets of New York
and the expansive rooftops of this amazing city. The way everything is kind of falling apart
around us is really shown through the way the camera moves and the way everything is set up
for the viewers.”
Adam Rayner, hailing from the UK, was a real pragmatist about taking the role in
Tracers. “It was a movie of some scale which was good for me having mostly done TV before.
And also, the part was very strong – sort of the alpha male leader – the kind of guy we’d all like
to be but aren’t. It was also a very good script for the action/thriller genre. The story zings
around in a very satisfying way. It’s very snappy, and all together, a good package.”
Miller is a very interesting character. “He’s the leader of this gang of parkourists – the
same gang that Cam and Nikki are a part of – who have something else going on. He’s actually
organized this gang to carry out criminal activities. Cam gets drawn into that murky world –
deeper and deeper until the truth about my character is revealed,” says Rayner.
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Rayner was thrilled with the cast surrounding him. “Taylor Lautner was a revelation
really. He’s an absolute joy to work with; a true gentleman and incredibly mature and down to
earth. You know, he’s only 23-years-old, and he’s had a lot of fame and all of the rest of it very
early on. He handles it with incredible grace, a lovely human being and lovely to work with. He
doesn’t bring any of that ‘stuff’ to set and I have the utmost regard and respect for him. Marie
Avgeropoulos,” adds Rayner, “is beautiful and talented and lovely and funny; something
characteristic of so many Canadian women. Rafi Gavron, playing Marie’s brother Dylan in the
film is a force of nature; he’s unpredictable, dangerous and all that entails. He brings that
fantastic energy to the set. He’s 24 years old, and going to be a big movie star.” Concludes
Rayner, “I’m surrounded by these youthful talents. It’s rather depressing, you know, but they’re
great kids!”
Last but not least are Josh Yadon and Luciano Acuna, Jr. “Josh and Luciano make up
the rest of the gang. They’re terrific actors – and this is their first acting gig – and of course the
real deal when it comes to parkour, so having them around is fantastic because they’re pretty
much as good as it gets in the world of parkour so lending their skills to the film has been really
important in terms of making it look like we’re doing this for real,” affirms Rayner.
Of director Daniel Benmayor, Rayner has nothing but the highest of praise. “It was a joy
working with Daniel. He’s a tremendous talent, he’s got wonderful instincts for what he wants to
see and he’s got a huge sort of kinetic, dynamic visual style. There’s not going to be a boring
shot in this film because he has such a great eye that make every single shot visually
interesting. And he’s also great with character and definitely helped me find something much
more interesting in ‘Miller’ than I originally brought to the table,” concluded Rayner.
Rayner has high hopes for Tracers. “It a real grown-up, kinetic and fast-paced action
thriller with very well-developed and interesting characters with a relatively simple but exciting
storyline. I think most of the best films are those with relatively straightforward premises that
bring in interesting elements. It’s not only going to be great for Taylor’s wonderful hordes of
teenage fans which we love, but I think that adults will enjoy it equally as much because the
story is great and it has been shot in a very compelling and inviting way. I know it will have
elements of sophistication that perhaps people aren’t expecting and will find refreshing and
inviting.”
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Rafi Gavron plays Dylan, Nikki’s brother. “It’s wonderful to have a role in a script that
simply beautifully written, and along with that, a role that required so much authentic
physicality,” says Gavron in speaking of the appeal of Tracers and the role he plays in the film.
“I do parkour and it’s a really important release of pent up energy, so to incorporate that with
acting it gave me a nice break from the emotional stuff, and to be able to jump around and
express yourself that way is very important.
When I was about 10 years old, I started
rollerblading and doing flips on ramps. My father said to me ‘You’re going to break your neck.
You need to learn some aerial awareness.’ So,” adds Gavron, “I started trampoline lessons. A
few years into trampoline, I saw guys doing these flips on the floor and I wanted to be able to do
that too. I loved being able to impress the ladies with a back flip off a tree or whatever. So I just
started doing them. And then, when I was 16 years old, I did my first movie, Breaking and
Entering, playing a thief doing parkour.” Needless to say, Gavron did as many of his own stunts
as possible and as many as the stunt coordinators would allow him to do.
“Dylan is a street urchin and in many ways, a child of the streets,” says Gavron, adding,
“and I didn’t have a family, so I found my family with Miller and his gang of thieves. I became
Miller’s number one go-to guy. It was the only family that my sister Nikki and I have ever known,
and where we really fit in. That’s why everyone was so accepting of Cam, because he had no
family of his own, and we all wanted him to be able to have what we had. They all have to resort
to doing these criminal acts for acquiring money rather than going to school and getting jobs.
The world of parkour open things up and gives you an ability to express yourself as well as use
the city as your playground which gives you an amazing sense of physical freedom when you’re
running across rooftops. Parkour turns you into an incredibly agile monkey that allows you to be
a burglar – almost like a cat burglar – where you’re unstoppable. So Cam gets into it just
wanting to do parkour, but ends up being a fantastic burglar.”
Gavron has nothing but the highest of praise for each and every cast member. “Taylor,
who not only can act and who did his own stunts, but he’s also this kind of worldwide
phenomenon. There’s Marie Avgeropoulos, who is gorgeous and gifted; Adam Rayner, a
fantastic actor and presence and me – surrounded by Luciano Acuna, Jr. playing Tate and Josh
Yadon playing Jax – they’re what we referred to as ‘core guys’ – and they are parkourists and
this is their first acting gig. This mix within the gang gives us a very strong sense of reality and
authenticity. The combination of acting, star power and the ability to do some fantastic stunts –
which Luciano and Josh clearly do – is what is going to make for a really amazing movie.”
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For Gavron, director Daniel Benmayor was an absolute joy to work with. “I watch him
and he has this amazing balance between knowing exactly what he wants but also allowing us
to do our thing, play with the script, play with the dialogue. He’s very clear on what he wants,
but he’s also open to leaving his ego on the side and gets into a complete collaboration, as long
as we get to the place he’s trying for. I think it will make for a pretty great movie,” said Gavron.
“Audiences can expect some serious twists and turns, some amazing stunts, some incredibly
exciting heists – and under all of that, the capacity to relate to all of these characters in real-life
struggles in the form of a wonderful action movie,” concludes Gavron.
Luciano Acuna, Jr. as Tate and Josh Yadon as Jax complete Miller’s core gang
consisting of Cam, Nikki and Dylan, Tate and Jax.
Both Acuna, Jr., and Yadon say
concurrently, “Tracers was right up our alley. It’s something that we do all the time. It’s a
lifestyle type of movement for us. It just comes naturally to us and we’re glad we could be a part
of it. It’s an honor, honestly, to be in a parkour movie especially since we train like this all the
time, and then to be featured in a movie that’s going to have all this stuff at its core is pretty
cool.” Says Yadon, “I’ve been training in parkour for six and a half years but this is my first time
doing any acting.” Acuna, Jr. says, “I’ve been doing parkour for just about eight years. I didn’t
start off acting. I started off with stunts and stuff like that and slowly but surely I started building
up to acting. This is the first time I’m being featured in a big movie.”
Both Tate and Jax get picked up by Miller because of their skill in pulling off little heists –
shoplifting and vandalism were Jax’ specialty. Tate was somehow caught up with the Chinese
mafia. Miller saved them, takes care of them and puts them to his own use. They owe him in a
big way because of that.
Acuna, Jr. and Yadon have nothing but the most laudatory things to say of our three
stars. “Taylor is skilled and catches on very quickly,” says Yadon. “Whenever we’re trying to
rehearse a different stunt or a different movement we’ll show him once and we’ll kind of explain
it to him and he’ll usually get it his first or second try. It’ll look pretty clean most of the time.
He’s very skilled, and a lot of that comes from his own background with a lot of physical activity,”
adds Yadon.
Acuna, Jr. was “very impressed with Marie right from the very beginning. When we had
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the first rehearsal I was surprised on how she was handling those dash vaults and all of the
other different vaults because – and it’s nothing against females – it’s a little harder for them to
be like explosive and get certain movements. But she had them pretty much on lock and this
was on a hardwood floor, so it was pretty impressive.”
Yadon said that, “Dylan is supposed to be one of the best in the group. That’s one of the
reasons why Miller took him under his wings. Rafi was doing pretty good. He was doing
excellent strides and vaults; some high drops too. We were impressed with his skills equally.”
Director Daniel Benmayor was truly a gift for Acuna, Jr. and Yadon. “He was wonderful
and awesome to work with. And, he’s a really cool guy,” agree the young men. Yadon says,
“Daniel helped me out a lot. He’s been really supportive and didn’t pressure me whatsoever,
but did what he had to do to get the best performance out of me being that this is my first time
really acting and it’s a bigger role.” Acuna, Jr. adds, “He was great in getting us into character
and making sure that we were comfortable in making it our own thing and gave us tips to make
the acting easy.”
ABOUT THE STUNTS
Normally stunts are the silent heroes of movies. You know they’re there because you
can’t believe your eyes. But they are supposed to take you seamlessly into the action and have
you believe that James Bond or Jason Bourne are those daredevils flying through the air, racing
across roof-tops, skiing down impossible and impassable slopes…and on and on and on. But in
Tracers our stunt coordinator/second unit director Gary Powell and our assistant stunt
coordinator Lee Morrison were the men deserving of the highest praise and are really and truly
the un-sung heroes of our film.
“We’re here in New York and taken on-board a very popular sport called parkour,” says
stunt coordinator/second unit director Gary Powell, “which kids all over the world are now doing
because it’s actually a very cheap but very good exercise where it’s all natural stuff so pretty
much everyone can do it. So for Tracers we embraced that with our lead character Cam,
played expertly by Taylor Lautner, a bike messenger riding throughout New York City with ease
and speed. He meets up with a group of kids that are using parkour as a way of getting around
New York without being seen by the authorities…and he takes to their modus operandi and
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quickly becomes part of their gang.”
“When I go onto a new film and especially with an actor or actress that I’ve not met
before, I always try to do a physical activity very early on with them because it tells me how
much rehearsal time I need with them,” says Powell. “So very early on, back in Los Angeles, we
had a session down at Tempest Free-Running where we had an hour session booked. I turned
up with Taylor and introduced him to the folks there and I was probably there for not more than
ten minutes and I walked up to Taylor and said, ‘Well, I’m probably gonna go ‘cause I’m more
than happy with what I’m seeing’ and I sort of left because he was just freakin’ brilliant! You
know, the spring in his foot and his athleticism is freakin’ amazing. I knew this job was gonna
be so much easier because you always get directors and actors saying they want to do all the
‘stuff’, and in the case of Taylor I knew he was more than physically capable of doing his own
stuff and there wasn’t a worry about it at all. He’s more than capable of doing everything,” says
Powell.
“We had a fantastic stunt guy for Taylor, but he had it really easy on this film. What he
does is he works out a lot of the moves for Taylor and we make sure that it’s as safe as
possible. Then Taylor comes in, and normally you have to choreograph things you want the
actor to do, and make it a bit easier. But with Taylor that was NOT the case. There was no
holding back. We were able to go full speed or 100% and we knew he was more than capable
of doing it, which was great,” says Powell.
Very much the look and the story of Tracers take place on New York rooftops. “We
spent a lot of time looking around for these rooftops so,” said Powell, “what makes it look so
good is that the parkour is done for real; there’s no cheating. If we’re high up, we’re high up; if
we jump in gaps we jump in gaps. There’s no computer graphic enhancement. We had a
rooftop for one scene where there was a wall that was eighteen feet high. Taylor ran toward it,
hit a plank, and ran up the wall. That’s pretty impressive. And it is stuff like that that’s going to
make the difference when you see the film.” We were fortunate with the rest of the cast as well.
“Rafi Gavron had previously done a film that involved free-running parkour, so he came with a
great deal of experience,” explains Powell. “Marie was new at this so it took some training. But,
Marie’s very athletic and took very well to it, and this allowed us to do some authentic bits with
her. And then we have Luciano and Josh who are our real deal free-runners playing featured
roles in the film. They’re fantastic at what they do so it’s easier for me because we could put the
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real faces in front of the camera.”
For Powell, if it’s easy it’s no fun. “I’ve always liked the
challenge of someone telling me it’s impossible, then me proving them wrong.”
Powell has nothing but high praise for his collaboration with director Daniel Benmayor.
“You always want to get in their head,” says Powell,” to see what they’re thinking because it
help you do the stuff that you’re doing.
You can shadow them and talk a lot to get an
understanding of what they’re looking for. I looked at Daniel’s previous work and I’m sure he did
the same with me. But when we got to a specific action scene, we talked with one another and
bounced ideas off of each other because you want to understand what he’s going for and you
want to deliver for him. For me, Daniel was very accommodating in the ideas I came up with.
So it went very well as a working team,” concludes Powell, “He’s got a nice vision where a lot of
the shots are sort of big, long shots rather than cut, cut, cut, cut. I quite like the idea of filming
and editing like that because you get a bit bored with the quick editing sort of stuff. He did some
long, tracking shots like one of Taylor running to the back of a construction yard, up a truck,
across a roof, onto another roof, into a back door, around some corridors, down some stairs and
into a big hallway. The climaxes were all in sequence. Normally that would have been cut to
pieces but Daniel is brave enough to let him try it, because a lot of people wouldn’t.”
Lee Morrison is the other integral part of the stunt team. “Lee’s been with the team since
2006,” said Powell. “I first worked with him on Casino Royale. He’s got a bike specialist’s
background and he’s amazing at that sort of stuff. I just like his work ethic and he’s my right
hand man wherever we go. He has great ideas and understands what I want. So when we go
to new places and we’re using new people, if I’m not there, he can translate what I want to see
and how I want to see it. So it makes my job easier.”
ABOUT THE WORLD OF PARKOUR
Parkour has hit big in some of America’s urban areas. The prestigious New York Times
ran an article in its Sports Section: “Parkour, a Pastime Born on the Streets, Moves Indoors and
Uptown.” Parkour’s popularity has boomed in the YouTube era. The article notes, “They are
skateboarders without skateboards, urban acrobats who scale walls, hurdle mailboxes and leap
between buildings in stunts that might give ‘Spider-Man’ pause.” The article goes on to note
that, “Practitioners of parkour, a daring pastime born in the streets, have long seen public
spaces as their playground, and parkour as the ultimate rebel’s game; one with no rules,
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league, equipment or winners. It started in France and has spread around the world: Gaza,
Tokyo, Rome and Miami are parkour towns.”
Parkour is a physical discipline of French origin, derived from the term “parcours du
combattant,” a type of military obstacle course training. At its core, parkour is the art of quick
and efficient movement, utilizing techniques such as vaults, jumps and climbs. However, as the
discipline has developed, parkour (often used interchangeably with the term free-running) has
become associated with many aspects of movement and is considered by most practitioners to
simply describe movement through an environment. Regardless of the definition used,
practitioners (known as traceurs for males and traceuses for females) strive to express
themselves through the creativity, fluidity and physical beauty of their movement.
In the past decade, parkour has seen enormous worldwide growth, with communities
forming in all parts of the globe. From parkour-specific classes and gym facilities to exposure in
film and television, the discipline has captured the attention of audiences everywhere. Despite
its common portrayal as a dangerous and extreme activity, the discipline puts strong emphasis
on safety, conditioning and gradual progression. Practitioners are always encouraged to start
with strength training and practicing the basics in a safe environment. Only when they have
strengthened their body and mastered basic movements should practitioners continue to learn
more advanced techniques.
Parkour’s physical demand is matched only by its mental involvement. It is commonly
said that training is “20% physical and 80% mental,” and that oftentimes the most difficult
obstacles to overcome are the ones in our own minds. Self-doubt and fear of commitment are
the first hurdles a traceur faces, and only when these are overcome can they reach their full
physical potential. Just as the physical training and conditioning involved in parkour will
strengthen the practitioner’s body, the mental training is sure to transform them into a more
confident, creative and adaptable person in all aspects of life. For many people, parkour
training is a way to reach a zen-like state where all external distractions can be blocked out and
mental calm can be attained.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION DESIGN, THE (MOSTLY) PRACTICAL SETS & THE
WARDROBE
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For production designer Dan Leigh, his challenge was about assembling existing places,
existing rooftops, finding interesting large industrial areas to make the world of Tracers. “We
didn’t do a lot of construction. Mostly it’s assembling the real world and making it into the world
of the film. I feel like we’re idealizing it because we are looking at New York, the cityscape and
the rooftops in a very different way that does not feel like a documentary at all.
Leigh definitely had two specific sets that remain his favorites, each very different. “You
have Cam who ends up losing the place he lives in and who ends up kind of making something
out of nothing on a rooftop in midtown Manhattan, with the cityscape all around day and night.
But he’s living in basically a plastic hovel. That was very interesting. There was the nightclub
sequence that we placed in an unusual way kind of open air on the East River.”
Leigh is always talking to his team about “visual storytelling and trying to make sure that
anything that I’m placing in front of the camera or any location that I’m helping to choose
actually applies to the story and helps bring the story forward. We have to make sure that we
understand what a particular design element is and what it means to the story.”
Should a living environment reveal something about the character? “This was kind of an
odd script,” say Leigh, “because Cam kind of lives in a garage and then moves out. The only
person living anywhere is Miller, so that was the only living environment where you would
develop any kind of character. But in the case of Miller, our director felt he should have nothing.
That didn’t make it easy. He’s living in an apartment that completely hides who he is. So there
are no trappings of the things he likes. That’s just not a part of who he is – which is revealing in
and of itself. So we actually went as far as having a location that had nothing much in it. But
the way we overcame that was by placing it in one of the most spectacular views of Manhattan
that I’ve ever seen, so that’s how that was handled.”
Leigh is hopeful that the most eye-catching aspect of the visual element of the film “is a
collaboration between myself and the cinematographer, Nelson Cragg.
Darkness is very
important to both of us in Tracers and the characters exist the way they exist in darkness. We
set out in the beginning of the film placing Cam in a very sort of natural light where he works at
the bike messenger shop. But as he gets involved with these other people, the film gets darker
and darker and darker until you get into the Russian penthouse, which sort of conveys the
darkest hour and the place that has the most conflict.” So it’s not so much about objects, but
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about light and dark.”
“Director Daniel Benmayor came very prepared,” offered Leigh.
“He brought a
tremendous amount of pictorial research material of images that he liked very much so we knew
the kinds of things that he personally liked and what he felt was right for the film. It did become
quite a task to figure out how to glue all of those individual moments together.”
For cinematographer Nelson Cragg, lighting was a constant challenge. “When you look
at the film you’ll see strong light at the beginning of our story, and there’s more front light. And
as our story develops and gets darker, the lighting sources start to kind of come around with a
little more sidelight. Eventually it’s almost only backlight with very few light sources.”
“Not much was built for Tracers,” said Leigh. “It’s very much a practical location movie.
We built the nightclub, the rooftop and the interrogation room. And we made some significant
alternations on locations to make them user-friendly as well as support the tone of the film. This
is definitely an evocative piece. I was never concerned about correct geography or worried
about a scene cutting from uptown to downtown. That became less important on this particular
project because it’s really more about mood and tone and where the character Cam is
personally at any given moment in the story.”
For Jenny Gering, the costume designer for Tracers, “It was such a fun challenge
because we were in so many different environments and subcultures. We had the parkour
world that took place all over the city – but mostly in parks, uptown and downtown. So it was
more about the subculture of these kids who will practice anywhere they can outdoors. It was
fun to get to know how they dressed, why they wore the things they wore. Everything had a
purpose and everything was about movement. It has a very strong dance base that is very
definitely its own thing. It’s not skater punks; it’s not hip-hop; it’s not sports. It’s really its own
world. So that was great and a fun learning curve for me.” Add to this, there were specific
cultures to costume.
“We had Vietnamese and Chinese, and all that required.
And that
research was the best challenge and a real fun part of my work. There’s always something to
learn; there’s always something new…and it became very important to me – especially as this
story was placed and was being filmed in my home town – to get it all absolutely right and
authentic, while never forgetting that it’s a movie and we want it to look beautiful.”
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For Gering, it wasn’t a matter of making the clothing but rather a process of shopping.
“There wasn’t really enough time to build costumes, but the truth is it wasn’t really necessary.
Based on my research and fact that there are so many parkour practitioners in the cast, it wasn’t
that difficult to locate clothing – you just go where they shop.”
One of the most challenging aspects of the wardrobe design was the fact that the film
was so stunt-heavy. “So,” said Gering, “you’re pleasing many cooks. You have to take into
account that it’s summer in New York City, and we had a very warm summer. You need to be
mindful that actors will be doing a lot of physical stuff in hoodies and sweatpants and all that
goes with it, so that presented its own challenge. Then you have to meet the needs of the stunt
coordinator and make sure that the shoes they’re wearing are safe for all of the jumping, and
there are just so many variables. Also, you have to have multiple upon multiples of each
costume for the stunt people and the cast, especially because the weather was so oppressive.”
And the other thing about Benmayor is that he understood that “wardrobe definitely
reveals the nature of the character,” said Gering. “It’s quiet and almost subliminal but a way to
help the audience figure out what they’re watching. Cam is someone who has been out on his
own most of his life. He’s a tough guy, definitely independent and can take care of himself.
He’s great at whatever he chooses to do. If he’s the bike messenger, he’s the best one out
there. When he decides to parkour, he just kills it. I love to see that type of confidence playing
in a character. What he wears is almost immaterial. The important thing for me was to make
sure that the clothes looked properly aged. He’s struggling; he owes money to a lot of bad
guys; so he’s certainly not shopping for clothing. But I always pictured him as being sort of
together, and sort of clean and neat and pretty much making the best of what he had. That kind
of followed through with all of the characters. As Nikki’s such a tomboy, I pictured her as
someone who, if she needed a t-shirt she’d reach over to one of the guys’ bags of stuff. She’s
sexy and she’s cool, but she doesn’t really have to try to be, it just happens. So there was no
character that really had to say a lot with wardrobe, it was more what you don’t say, and that
can be really interesting and challenging.”
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ABOUT THE CAST
TAYLOR LAUTNER (Cam), with natural talent and roles in a range of feature films, has
quickly established himself as a sought-after leading man.
Taylor is currently in production on the Happy Madison production The Ridiculous Six opposite
Adam Sandler. A release date has yet to be set.
Lautner is best known for playing Jacob Black in the record breaking, global phenomenon The
Twilight Saga franchise based on the novels of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. After
captivating fans in Twilight, he reprised the role in the subsequent Twilight installments, The
Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn –
Parts 1 & 2 to unprecedented success.
In 2011, Lautner starred in John Singleton’s thriller Abduction for Lionsgate opposite Lily Collins,
Sigourney Weaver and Alfred Molina. The story centered on a young man who sets out to
uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing person’s website. His
company, Quick Six Entertainment, co-produced the film.
Under the direction of Garry Marshall, Lautner appeared in Valentine’s Day in 2010 for Warner
Brothers opposite Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher and Julia Roberts.
Lautner got his break in 2005 when, at the age of 13, he won the role of Shark Boy in Robert
Rodriguez’s The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D. Within months, he had successfully
auditioned to play Eliot, the son of Steve Martin’s rival Jimmy Murtaugh, in the family hit
Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
Lautner’s television credits include: My Wife and Kids, Summerland, The Bernie Mac Show, and
The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour.
At the age of six, Lautner began studying karate and was winning tournaments by age
seven. He was soon invited to train with seven-time world karate champion Mike Chat and by
age eight, Lautner was asked to represent his country at the World Karate Association
championships. He proved himself by becoming the Junior World Forms and Weapons
champion, winning three gold medals. He continued to flourish on the martial arts circuit. In
2003, at age 11, Lautner was ranked No. 1 in the world in several categories and over the next
year tucked three Junior World Championships under his black belt.
MARIE AVGEROPOULOS (Nikki) currently stars as Octavia Blake in the CW’s postapocalyptic drama series THE 100. The Emmy nominated series chronicles the surviving
population living on a space station called the ARK who send a group of 100 delinquents down
to earth. THE 100 set out to see if earth might still be inhabitable as supplies are running low on
the ARK.
In her first feature film role, she starred opposite Hayden Panettiere in the 2009 comedy I LOVE
YOU BETH COOPER. Marie followed up this performance with numerous guest appearances
on SUPERNATURAL, FRINGE, EUREKA and HUMAN TARGET. In 2011 she landed a role
alongside Seth Rogan & Joseph Gordan-Levitt in the Golden Globe nominated film 50/50. In
2013 Marie made her break-out in television in The CW’s CULT opposite Matthew Davis and
Robert Knepper.
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Marie can next be seen in the Liongate thriller TRACERS with Taylor Lautner, as a Parkour
master who uses the art to pull off heists.
Born and raised on the shores of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay, Ortario, Canada Marie grew up
fishing, hunting and camping spending most of her free time outdoors. She learned to play the
drums at a young age, which has helped land her roles in various national commercials.
Marie currently resides in Los Angeles.
British actor, ADAM RAYNER (Miller) has been involved in a diverse range of critically
acclaimed productions spanning television, film and theater.
Adam is currently starring as Barry Al-Fayeed in the hit FX/FOX TV Drama TYRANT as the title
character. Filing for Season 2 of TYRANT is currently underway in Budapest and Morocco. The
show will premiere in the US on June 26, 2015.
In 2013, Rayner moved to New York to shoot the feature film Tracers, in which he plays “Miller”
in a story that follows “Cam” (Taylor Lautner) a New York City bike messenger who is wanted by
the mafia.
Rayner was last seen on television screens in the BBC/Discovery Channel co-production The
Whale. Shot in Malta, Rayner plays “Captain George Pollard,” a man helming his first voyage as
captain of the 18th-century whaler ‘The Essex.’ Also starring Jonas Armstrong and David Gyasi,
The Whale was broadcast on BBC1 in December 2013. Also in 2013, Rayner starred as “Simon
Templar” in the pilot remake of the popular TV series, The Saint.
In 2012, Rayner took on the male lead role of “Aidan Marsh” in the BBC1/HBO co-production
Hunted, starring opposite Melissa George. Written by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), the eightpart spy drama series was produced by the creators of Spooks, and followed highly skilled
operatives working for a private intelligence firm who don’t know who they can trust. The series
premiered in October on BBC1 in the UK and on Cinemax in the US.
In 2010, Rayner appeared in the popular TNT series, Hawthorne, as “Dr. Steve Shaw” for two
seasons opposite Jada Pinkett-Smith. He previously starred as the male lead in the primetime
BBC1 drama series Mistresses as lawyer “Dominic Montgomery.” Rayner has also appeared in
a number of popular television series including: At Home with the Braithwaites, Vincent, The
Line of Beauty, Doctor Who, Waking the Dead, Sensitive Skin and the BAFTA Award-winning
comedy Miranda as “Dr. Gail,” Miranda Hart’s love interest.
Rayner’s notable feature film credits include: Alek Keshishian’s Love and Other Disasters in
2006 with Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys and Catherine Tate and Dan Reed’s revenge thriller
Closure in 2007.
Rayner has also appeared on stage: This is Our Youth at the Garrick Theatre, where he played
drug dealer “Dennis Ziegler,” originally played by Matt Damon on Broadway. Rayner has
worked numerous times with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Marianne Elliott’s
2006 Much Ado About Nothing in which he played “Claudio,” and Nancy Meckler’s 2006 Romeo
and Juliet in which he played “Tybalt.” Additionally, in 2004, he appeared on stage as “Jack
Absolute” in The Rivals at the Bristol Old Vic, directed Rachel Kavanagh.
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Rayner studied English at Durham University before securing a place at the London Academy of
Music and Dramatic Art.
RAFI GAVRON (Dylan) is an immensely talented British actor who gained considerable
attention for his breakout performance as the lead role of “Miro” in the Weinstein
Company/Miramax film Breaking and Entering. Rafi’s performance earned him a 2006 British
Independent Film Award nomination for “Most Promising Newcomer On Screen” as well as a
2006 Times South Bank Breakthrough Award nomination for “Most Exciting New Face of 2006.”
Directed by Anthony Minghella, Breaking and Entering also stars Jude Law, Juliette Binoche
and Robin Wright Penn.
Rafi played opposite Michael Cera in the Sony/Screen Gems comedy Nick and Norah’s Infinite
Playlist. He also starred as one of the leads in New Line’s family fantasy Inkheart, directed by
Iain Softley and co-starring Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany and Helen Mirren. He went on to star
in the Summit Feature The Cold Light of Day opposite Henry Cavill and Bruce Willis and the
Summit/Lionsgate Feature Snitch opposite Dwayne Johnson for director Ric Roman Wagh.
Other credits include a cameo in the Sony Pictures Classic film Celeste and Jesse Forever
opposite Rashida Jones and the upcoming independent feature Love Is All You Need.
Rafi’s television credits include a three-episode arc on the critically acclaimed HBO series Rome
as well as another three episode arc on Fox networks 24 opposite Kiefer Sutherland. He had a
major recurring role on the CW series Life Unexpected opposite Britt Robertson and a guest
star role on the critically acclaimed NBC series Parenthood.
He will next be seen in Tracers opposite Taylor Lautner and Adam Raynerfor director Daniel
Benmayor.
JOSH YADON (Jax) was born and raised in California. He spent 5 years with the Marine
Corp as a Corpsman (Combat Medic). When he isn't being awesome, he is skydiving, free
diving, climbing or rappelling off something stupid.
Yadon’s creative with everything he does from movement to photography making it his own.
One of his accomplishments in the free-running world is taking 3rd place in the Red Bull Art of
Motion that took place in Switzerland in 2012.
Yadon strives to set a great example for others and inspire them to get out there and do what
they’re dreams are or what they’re passionate about.
LUCIANO ACUNA, JR. (Tate) began his athletic journey much earlier than most. As a
kid he ran, climbed, and jumped off of furniture around the house. In Junior High he joined the
gymnastics program amongst several other recreational activities under the guidance of Dennis
Kasten. In high school Acuna joined the Grand Street Campus Wolves Wrestling team coached
by the revered John Zarcone, also known as Coach Z, and his assisting coaches Coach
Lightfoot and Coach K. With their leadership, the team became the undefeated city champions.
Never forgetting his roots in tumbling and acrobatics, Acuna returned to gymnastics with great
enthusiasm after graduating, and was introduced to the newly renowned sport of parkour and
freerunning by his childhood friend Angel Biez. Since that time, he has been expanding on
everything the discipline has to offer.
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Acuna was invited to tumble as one of the NBA Knicks Acroback Tumblers by the team captain
Rayshine Harris, USA’s 12 time Power Tumbling Champion. According to the fans The Acrobak
Tumblers are said to be the best entertainment at the Knicks games, executing electrifying
tumbling routines and high-flying mini trampoline dunk routines. It’s now his third year
performing at The Garden.
After countless hours of extensive training, in conjunction with Shem and Masi, Acuna began
the process of educating hundreds of the parkour hopefuls from the NYC area and beyond at
Chelsea Piers. Looking to further his knowledge and that of others, Acuna will use Brooklyn
Beast to continue to inspire and live by the lifestyle he did as child, forever testing and
experimenting all junctions of movement.
Acuna, a professional model, stunt man and a world-class free-runner, he’s been featured in
several films and projects. When it comes down to sports he wrestles, does gymnastics, plays
volleyball, handball, dives, bowls and swims.
ABOUT THE CREW
DANIEL BENMAYOR (Director) grew up in Barcelona and attended university for film,
screenwriting and advertising. Later he moved to New York and received a Master’s Degree in
Directing from NYU.
His commercials convey a mischievous joie de vivre. Whether you are watching a pack of
greyhounds race optimistically through a city in VW Golf’s Rabbit, racecars navigate a track with
the studied movements of a waltz in Pirelli’s Let’s Dance, or a come-undone bride chasing an
elusive interloper in Converse’s Boda, you experience a contagious momentum. “I really enjoy
energy,” explains Benmayor. “Energy can come from a look in your eyes, not only action and
adventure. I gravitate toward visually-oriented storytelling.”
Thus far, that orientation has served him well. He has also directed acclaimed spots for Sony
PlayStation, Vodafone and Mercedes, and worked with top agencies including Anomaly New
York, DDB Barcelona and TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles, among others.
Benmayor has directed the feature films Paintball and Bruc, The Manhunt, a thriller and
historical action-adventure, respectively.
MATT JOHNSON (Screenwriter) lives in Los Angeles with his two daughters. He has
written screenplays and television pilots for everybody in town. He is currently developing
another feature project with Temple Hill.
Johnson’s feature credits include the MGM/Sony release Into the Blue. When he is not writing
he can be found on his road bike somewhere along the Pacific Coast Highway.
T.J. SCOTT (Co-Screenwriter) - Forthcoming
KEVIN LUND (Co-Screenwriter) - Forthcoming
MATT JOHNSON (Co-Screenwriter) - Forthcoming
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MARTY BOWEN (Producer) left his post as UTA partner and agent to pursue a career
in producing in the spring of 2006. Bowen partnered with veteran producers Wyck Godfrey, to
create their own production company, Temple Hill Entertainment. They secured a deal with New
Line Cinema and immediately entered into production on their first film, The Nativity Story, from
director Catherine Hardwicke. They also went on to produce the Sydney Kimmel Entertainmentfinanced, romantic comedy Management, starring Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn, which
premiered at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival and was released theatrically in May 2009.
Most notably, Temple Hill Entertainment produced the Catherine Hardwicke-directed fantasy
love story Twilight, based on the best-selling series of books by Stephanie Meyer. This film,
which would be the first in a wildly successful franchise, was an enormous hit, grossing almost
$400 million worldwide. This was followed by Chris Weitz's The Twilight Saga: New Moon,
which went on to gross over $700 million
worldwide. The third installment to the franchise,
David Slade's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, had similar financial success. Bill Condon’s The
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 opened in November, 2011 and grossed $700 million,
while the final film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, opened in November, 2012 and
reached over $700 million internationally in just three weeks.
In addition to The Twilight Saga, Temple Hill Entertainment has produced Everything Must Go,
starring Will Ferrell; Lasse Hallstrom's Dear John, starring Channing Tatum and Amanda
Seyfried, which is based on the best-selling novel from Nicholas Sparks; Ten Year, written and
directed by Dear John writer Jamie Linden, and starring Channing Tatum and Justin Long; and
Safe Haven, directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough.
In 2011, Temple Hill Entertainment expanded into television with their first show, Revenge,
created by Mike Kelly and starring Emily Van Camp and Madeleine Stowe.
WYCK GODFREY (Producer) began his career as a creative executive at New Line
Cinema after graduating from Princeton University in 1990 with a B.A. in English Literature.
While there, he worked on such hits as The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and various films in the
popular House Party and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises. In 1995, he switched to Paul
Schiff and Michael London's production company, Horizon Pictures, as senior vice president of
production, where he oversaw their development slate and staff at 20th Century Fox.
He joined John Davis at Davis Entertainment two years later as an executive vice president,
overseeing the action hit Behind Enemy Lines, directed by John Moore and starring Owen
Wilson and Gene Hackman. He was promoted to president in 2001 and later that year
developed and produced the family comedy Daddy Day Care, directed by Steve Carr and
starring Eddie Murphy. In 2003, he produced the summer blockbuster I, Robot, starring Will
Smith and directed by Alex Proyas, and the adventure Flight of the Phoenix, his second film with
director John Moore. He also developed and served as an executive producer on Alien vs.
Predator, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Godfrey was a producer on When A Stranger Calls
for Screen Gems, and also the 20th Century Christmas 2006 tent-pole Eragon, based on the
bestselling novel. In all, he produced or executive produced eight films between 2002 and
2006.
In February of 2006, Godfrey left Davis Entertainment and partnered with his friend, former
United Talent Agency partner Marty Bowen, to create their own production company - Temple
Hill Entertainment. They secured a deal with New Line Cinema and immediately entered into
production on their first film, The Nativity Story from director Catherine Hardwicke. The modestly
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budgeted Christmas-themed movie went on to gross almost $40 million domestically in
December of 2006.
Next, the two went on to produce the romantic comedy Management, starring Jennifer Aniston
and Steve Zahn, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival.
The company’s big break came in 2008 when they embarked with Summit Entertainment on the
production of the first film in The Twilight Saga, based on the wildly popular book series by
Stephenie Meyer. The Catherine Hardwicke-directed Twilight introduced a new pop culture
sensation, opening on November 21st, 2008 to a record-breaking $69.6 million opening
weekend. The $40 million film went on to gross almost $400 million worldwide and create a
franchise. Chris Weitz's The Twilight Saga: New Moon had a similarly explosive opening when
it hit theaters in November 2009 and went on to gross over $700 million worldwide. David
Slade's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, opened June 30, 2010, making over $300 million in the U.S.
alone and almost $700 million worldwide. Bill Condon’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn –
Part 1 opened on Friday, November 18, 2011 and grossed $705 million worldwide. The final
film in the franchise The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, opened on November 16,
2012. After only its third weekend in release, it had already grossed over $700 million
internationally.
In addition to The Twilight Saga, Temple Hill Entertainment produced the Lasse Hallstrom
directed adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel Dear John, starring Channing Tatum
and Amanda Seyfried, which was released theatrically on February 5, 2010; Everything Must
Go, written and directed by Dan Rush and starring Will Ferrell, was released by Roadside
Attractions in May to critical acclaim; and the Channing Tatum starrer 10 Years, written and
directed by Dear John writer Jamie Linden; the Lasse Hallstrom directed Safe Haven starring
Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough for Relativity Media; John Moore's A Good Day to Die Hard
starring Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney for Fox; and The Maze Runner based off the James
Dashner bestselling YA novel starring Dylan O'Brien and directed by Wes Ball.
In 2011, Temple Hill Entertainment's first television show Revenge, created by Mike Kelly and
starring Emily Van Camp and Madeleine Stowe, debuted.
D. SCOTT LUMPKIN (Producer) was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and raised on
the Gulf Coast. Lumpkin made summer spending money as a kid mowing lawns and loading
box cameras for numerous catalog and print photographers.
Lumpkin received his B.A. from Troy University, graduating number one in his class. From
there, Scott worked his way through the film industry from a film loader to a producer. By the
age of twenty, Scott received his first producer credit.
A few of Lumpkin’s recent projects include: Mike Flanagan's Oculus starring James Lafferty and
Rory Cochrane, Lasse Hallstrom’s Safe Haven starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel,
Casa De Mi Padre starring Will Ferrell and Diego Luna, and Everything Must Go starring Will
Ferrell and Rebecca Hall.
ADAM LONDY (Co-Producer) started his career as an assistant at Creative Artists
Agency in their Television department helping to package both scripted and non-scripted
projects. He also worked as a development assistant for director/producer Luke Greenfield
(Role Models, The Girl Next Door, and Let's Be Cops). For the past six years, Londy has been
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working at Temple Hill Entertainment, the production company responsible for Revenge on ABC
and the hugely successful Twilight franchise.
He started at Temple Hill as an assistant to Marty Bowen and has worked his way up to
development/production executive. Londy recently produced and oversaw all aspects of
development and production for the films 10 Years, starring Channing Tatum, and Tracers.
NELSON CRAGG, ASC (Director of Photography) shot the first two seasons of the
Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award winning series Homeland (2012 & 2013 Best Dramatic
Television Series). He shot several noteworthy episodes of AMC’s acclaimed series Breaking
Bad for showrunner Vince Gilligan and worked in Australia on the Fox pilot Terra Nova
produced by Steven Spielberg. In 2012 he shot the CBS pilot Elementary and most recently he
shot the AMC pilot Halt & Catch Fire for award-winning director Juan Jose Campanella.
Feature film work includes Arena, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kellen Lutz, and Nina Dobrev.
Cragg holds a Master’s Degree in Film Production from the University of Southern California. He
has been honored with two American Society of Cinematographer awards for his work and is
the only person to have won the Student ASC Award (2003) and the ASC Award in the
professional category (CSI, 2009).
DAN LEIGH (Production Designer) completed Amy Heckerling‘s Vamps, starring Alicia
Silverstone, Krysten Ritter and Sigourney Weaver. He also designed Kenneth Lonergan’s
Margaret, starring Anna Paquin and Mark Ruffalo, as well as Gavin O‘Connor‘s mixed martial
arts feature Warrior, with Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, and Tom Hardy. Leigh‘s other film with
O‘Connor, was Pride & Glory.
Leigh received an Emmy® nomination for his work on Taking Chance for HBO directed by Ross
Katz. Among his other credits are: the Kate Hudson starrer Bride Wars; both Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind for Michel Gondry; and three films for director Tony
Goldwyn: The Last Kiss, Someone Like You and Walk on the Moon, starring Diane Lane and
Viggo Mortensen.
Other credits include: Moisés Kaufman‘s The Laramie Project for HBO; Julian Schnabel‘s
Basquiat; two films for Boaz Yakin: A Price Above Rubies, starring Renée Zellweger, and Fresh,
starring Samuel L. Jackson; two films for Joan Micklin Silver: Loverboy, with Patrick Dempsey
and Crossing Delancey, with Amy Irving and Peter Reigert. Leigh has also designed for network
television, including the pilot episode of ABC‘s Dirty Sexy Money.
Leigh began his design career working on and off Broadway, in regional theatre, the Lincoln
Center, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
PETER AMUNDSON (Editor) worked with Guillermo del Toro as the editor on Pacific
Rim, Hellboy and Blade II. Amundson more recently edited Mike Mitchell’s family hit Alvin and
the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked and previously teamed with Mitchell on the adventure Sky High,
starring Kurt Russell.
He has edited four films for director Rob Cohen: The Skulls, Daylight, DragonHeart and Dragon:
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The Bruce Lee Story. His other film credits include Ironclad, Gamer, Shoot ‘Em Up, The
Butterfly Effect, and Roland Emmerich’s Godzilla.
Amundson began his career at Industrial Light & Magic where he worked on Star Wars: Episode
VI – Return of the Jedi, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn and Poltergeist as visual effects editor.
He also served as visual effects editor on the acclaimed true-life drama The Right Stuff.
JENNY GERING (Costume Designer) is currently the costume designer for the new FX
hit show The Americans about Russian spies living in the United States in the 1990’s starring
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. She designed Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper and Robert
DeNiro. She also collaborated on Neil Burger’s Interview with the Assassin and The Lucky
Ones. Additionally, she served as costumer designer on Brian Koppelman and David Levien’s
Solitary Man among other feature films.
Gering began her career as a designer and stylist, lending her talents to numerous music video
and commercial productions. Some of her career achievements include commercials for
Smirnoff, Coca Cola, McDonalds and IBM. She has worked extensively for Imaginary Forces,
Public Domain and Digital Domain, lending her skills to the commercial work of directors
including Tony Kaye and Bill D’Elia.
Her path led Gering to the unlikely but rewarding endeavor when she founded Go Lightly, a
wardrobe consultancy service that was wildly popular with New Yorkers in the early 2000’s, and
which loaned professional advice to celebrities and executives alike, and which evolved into a
full-fledged business as a fashion consultant. She has had a hand in numerous professional
wardrobes, advising clients on what to keep, what to toss and how to make it all work. She has
a particular affinity for the research aspect of period work; the fact the form follow function, and
is then morphed into fashion keeps her passionate about her work. Costume design is Gering’s
dream job, collaborating with other creative minds and telling a story through wardrobe.
Gering has appeared on countless television programs as a guest expert, lending her style and
makeover advice. She has contributed her talents to the looks of Angelina Jolie, Susan
Sarandon, Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, and John Corbett, among many others.
C.J. SIMPSON’s (Art Director) earliest work as an art director included the Julian
Schnabel's film Basquiat on which she worked with production designer Dan Leigh. Shortly
after this she joined the long running series Law & Order, as art director for over 200 episodes,
working with production designers, Robert Thayer followed by Gary Weist. She also was
production designer for nine episodes.
Since that lengthy commitment she was art director for 37 episodes of the hit series Person of
Interest with designers Dan Leigh followed by Rick Butler; the TV movie Murder in Manhattan
with designer Loren Weeks.
Her career to date demonstrates the continuing value of her work for both production companies
and production designers.
GARY POWELL (Stunt Coordinator/Second Unit Director), with the mega-hit Skyfall,
returned for his third James Bond films in the role as Stunt Coordinator. On Casino Royale the
stunt team broke a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Cannon Rolls In a Car’, won the World
Stunt Award for Best Stunt At Height and Powell himself won the World Stunt Award for Best
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Stunt Coordinator. Previously, Powell worked as a stuntman on the 007 films GoldenEye,
Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough.
Powell was born into a family of stuntmen and performed his first stunt at the age of 11 in one of
the Carry On films. Working his way through the ranks to Stunt Coordinator, his other credits
include: Titanic, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, Terminator 3, Alexander, The Legend of
Zorro, Bourne Ultimatum, Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and
most recently, Unstoppable and 47 Ronin.
CREDITS
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TEMPLE HILL PRESENTS
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IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FILMNATION ENTERTAINMENT
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AND COWTOWN CINEMA VENTURES
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“TRACERS”
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DIRECTED BY
DANIEL BENMAYOR
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SCREENPLAY BY
MATT JOHNSON
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STORY BY
T.J. SCOTT &
KEVIN LUND AND
MATT JOHNSON
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PRODUCED BY
MARTY BOWEN
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WYCK GODFREY
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PRODUCER
D. SCOTT LUMPKIN
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
ROBERT COTHAM
DOUGLAS K. BRATTON
JON BRUMLEY
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CO-PRODUCERS
ADAM LONDY
ALEXIS ALEXANIAN
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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NELSON CRAGG, ASC
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PRODUCTION DESIGNER
DAN LEIGH
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EDITED BY
PETER AMUNDSON
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COSTUME DESIGNER
JENNY GERING
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MUSIC BY
LUCAS VIDAL
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MUSIC SUPERVISOR
LAURA KATZ
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CASTING BY
RICHARD MENTO, CSA
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TAYLOR LAUTNER
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“TRACERS”
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MARIE AVGEROPOULOS
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ADAM RAYNER
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RAFI GAVRON
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UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER
D. SCOTT LUMPKIN
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
DAVID WECHSLER
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
LOGAN WOLFE EDLER
SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR
GARY POWELL
CAST
Cam
Nikki
Taylor Lautner
Marie Avgeropoulos
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Miller
Dylan
Tate
Jax
Jerry
Hu
Angie
Joey
Chen
Lonnie
Messenger #1
Messenger #2
Skinny Jeans
Bald Detective
Tough Detective
Chinese Man
Carhartt Man
Security Guard #1
Security Guard #2
Rough Man
Waitress
Chinese Man #2
Cop #1
Ticket Cop
Adam Rayner
Rafi Gavron
Luciano Acuna, Jr.
Josh Yadon
Johnny Wu
Sam Medina
Amirah Vann
Christian Steele
Wai Ching Ho
Chris Jackson
Sean Rahill
Andrew Elvis Miller
Doua Moua
Scott Johnson
Teddy Canez
Henry Yuk
John Centatiempo
Brian Michael
Joseph Harrell
Doug Drucker
Angela Pietropinto
Glen Lee
Carla Occhogrosso
Dennis Lauricella
BTK Thug #1
BTK Thug #2
BTK Thug #3
BTK Badass
Young Girl #1
Young Girl #2
Russian Gangster #1
Russian Gangster #2
Russian Gangster #3
Russian Gangster #4
Russian Gangster #5
Russian Businessman #1
Russian Businessman #2
Russian Bear
Russian Bodyguard
Richard Nunez
Kenny Wong
Alvin Chon
Myles Humphus
Kachina Dechert
Samantha Macivor
Douglas Crosby
Dan Miraglotta
Erik Martin
Scott Siegal
Mariusz Kubicki
Blaise Corrigan
Keil Zeppernik
Tim Lajcik
Brian Burick
Parkour Kids
Hannah Scott
Jesse Danger
DJ Nino Cartel
Lukas Sharp
Kelly Southerland
Richard M. Maguire
Stunt Coordinator
Assistant Stunt Coordinator
“Cam” Stunt Double
Gary Powell
Lee Morrison
Gabriel Nunez
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“Nikki” Stunt Double
Ultimate Arm Stunt Driver
Ultimate Arm Crane Operator
Safety Diver
Boat Driver
Monia Moula
Owen Holland
Michael Nelson
Terence Lorino
Chad Hessler
STUNTS
Tom LaMarche
Arfel Villanueva
Richard Rodriguez
Jose Jimenez
Max Henry
Alistair Whitton
Rockey Dickey
Caroline Vexler
Jodi Pynn
Bradford Bahr
Jeremy Sample
Chris Centiempo
“Frosty” Craig Silva
Scott Burik
Anthony Vincent
Peter Epstein
Ian McGlochlin
George Colucci
Josh Lakatos
Natasha Bhambree
John Centiempo
Billy Anagos
Ed Gamree
Chris Place
William Cote Krushchwitz
Doug O’Dell
2nd UNIT PRODUCER
Richard Baratta
Associate Producer
Mitchell Smith
Post Production Producer
Nancy Kirhoffer
Production Supervisor
Teddy Au
Supervising Sound Editor & Designer
Matt Vowles
Production Coordinator
Assistant Production Coordinator
Production Secretary
Office Production Assistants
Philip A. Ramos
Devin Ershow
Christopher Dimitrov
Ethan Mermelstein
Sofia Due Rosenzweig
Corey Cohen
2nd 2nd AD
Derek Peterson
Art Director
Art Director
Assistant Art Directors
CJ Simpson
Fredda Slavin
Joel Reynolds
Raul Abrego
Randall Richards
Anna Weber
Amy Dholakia-Jorand
Chelsea Moore
Art Department Coordinator
Graphic Designer
Art Department PA
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Set Decorator
Susan Raney
Assistant Set Decorator
Lead Man
Katie Tharp
Joseph “Pepe” Bird
Mike Bird
Bonnie Thompson
Heidi Stenzel
James McBratney
2nd Foreman
On Set Dresser
“A”Camera Operator
“B” Camera Operator
“A” Camera 1st Assistant
“B” Camera 1st Assistant
“C” Camera 1st Assistant
“A Camera 2nd Assistant
“B” Camera 2nd Assistant
“C” Camera 2nd Assistant
Saade Mustafa
Peter Vietro-Hannum
Edgar Colon
Mike O’Shea
Lee Vickery
Jerome Williams
John Romer
Marcos Rodriguez
Sebastian Slayter
Mike Swearingen
Aleksander Allen
Camilo Mendoza
Digital Imaging Technician
Outpost Operator
Loader
Still Photographer
Keith Putnam
Matthew Krant
Bryant Bailey
David Dougan
Video Assist
Artie Herman
Artie Cipollone
Sound Mixer
Jan McLaughlin, CAS
Boom Operator
Seth Tallman
Gregg Harris
David C. Manahan
2nd Boom/Utility
Script Supervisor
Erin Feeley
Alexandra Torterotot
Casting Assistant
Extras Casting
Extras Casting Assistant
Betsy Fippinger
Lee Genick/Sylvia Fay and Associates
Ronen Gevint
Assistant Costume Designer
Wardrobe Supervisor
Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor
Key Costumer
Set Costumer
Wardrobe PAs
Katie Irish
Arlynn Abseck
Adrienne Abseck
Adrian Garber
Dan Hicks
Jonathan Richards
Dominic Murphy
Chantel Chance
Wardrobe Intern
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Hair Department Head
Key Hair
Clariss Morgan
Michael Anthony Sampson
Makeup Department Head
Key Makeup Artist
Stacey Panepinto
Nicole Wodowski
Gaffer
Best Boy
Rigging Gaffer
Lamp Operators
Jack Coffen
Jerad Molkenthin
Michael Gallart
Craig Addonizio
Robert Ansbro
Jonathan Coffen
Matt Naughton
Robert Riccubono
Jorge P. Burgos
Maria Luisa Ramirez
Andrew Holliday
Shop Electric
Basecamp
Key Grip
Best Boy Grip
“A” Dolly Grip
Company Grip
Brent Poleski
Chris Keenan
Jasper Johnson
Glen Engels
Ethan Wilhelm
Location Managers
Locations Unit Van Driver
Parking Coordinator
Assistant Parking Coordinator
David Velasco
Nathan Gendzier
Rob Coleman
Victoria Swanson
Dexter Wiseman
Jay Abbondanza
Cian Smith
Anthony Mandello
Cole McClendon
Dena Ghieth
Amaury L. Castellanos
Drew Facompre
David Driggins
Cisco Marciel
Jorge Fuentes
Production Accountant
1st Assistant Accountant
2nd Assistant Accountant
Payroll Accountant
Clerk
Derek Yip
Bonnie Munoz
Cait Wessely
Ashley Buonanno
Shawn Li
Prop Master
Assistant Prop Master
Prop Assistant
Jill Alexander
Tonero Williams
Mariah Mills
Travis Quegan
Assistant Location Manager
Location Office Coordinator
Assistant Location Coordinator
Location Assistants
Location Scouts
Locations PA
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Special Effects Supervisor
Special Effects Foreman
Connie Brink, Jr.
Gilbert Gertsen
Assistant to Wyck Godfrey
Assistant to Taylor Lautner
Assistant to Daniel Benmayor
Assistants to Producers
Jaclyn Huntling
George Booth
Jose M.Gonzalez
Bobby Pedalino
Bridget Burke
Key Production Assistant
Set Production Assistants
Rich Koski
Melissa Messick
Christian Vogeler
Aaron Winckler
Jacob “Kuba” Porembski
Marcus Bykowsky
Marissa Lynn Fiore
Eric Giarratano
Justin Hank
Marcus Castillo
Chad Werner
Nora Al Subai
Ali Al Thani
Sarah Sherman
Miranda Kahn
Katherine Lombardi
Interns
Scenic Charge
Camera Scenic
Scenic Industrial
Scenic Foreman
Scenic Artist
Jeffrey Glave
Janet Cleveland
Ryan Terry
Chris Doogan
James Geyer
Sarah Rosa
AnnMarie Auricchio
Construction Coordinator
Key Carpenter
Key Construction Grip
Construction PA
Richard Tenewitz
Robert Keller
Vinnie Guariello
Annie Kopicko
Transportation Captain
Transportation Co-Captains
Dennis Salomone
Brian Salamone
Dennis Salomone Jr.
Billy Curtin
Sean Tierney
Jeremiah LaRoche
Andrej Mioduszewski
Dusan Zachar
DRIVERS
Elan Berkovits
Donte Robinson
Wayne Jackson
Simone Barca
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Yevgeniy Kalyuzhny
George Nadramia
Christopher Lundgren
Noel Kelly
Alexander Desimone
Barry Treanor
Frank Lomuto
Gary Gennetti
James McCann
Brendan McGuinness
Stevie Leach
Thomas Piro
Michael Vullo
Ray Roy
Scott Tartaglia
George Grenier
Eion Hunte
Michael Kendrovic
Eric Wikstrom
Sean McSorley
Set Medic
Maggie Staiger
Brendan Mone
Don Medley
Bruce Bell
Devin Mone
Ambulance Services
Richard Fellegara -Martini Production Services LLC
Security
SSI Security
Spase Pejoski
Sheldon Munford
Unit Publicist
Peter J. Silbermann
Product Placement
Product Placement Coordinator
Stone Management, Inc.
Adam Stone
Cat Stone
Catering
Brian Anderson/Goat Feathers Catering
Craft Service
Veronica Rivas/VW Craft Service
SECOND UNIT
2nd Unit Cinematographer
1st AD
2nd AD
Gaffer
Location Manager
Assistant Location Manager
Location Assistants
Script Supervisor
Key Grip
Best Boy Grip
Assistant to Gary Powell
Pyare Fortunato
Chris Hayes
Dylan Hopkins
Maura Kelly
Philip Kathrens
Kat Donahue
Riley Malone
Julia Thompson
Spencer Reiss
Audra Duval
Veronica Mulero
Kurt Rimmel
Dylan Crawshay-Williams
Alex Bloch
POST PRODUCTION
Assistant Editors
Greg Thompson
Brett Schlaman
Mike Fay
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Post Production Coordinator
Post Production Accountant
David Townsend
Marilyn Penn
Sound Services & Re-Recording by
Re-Recording Mixers
Mix Technician / Recordist
Foley Artists
Foley Editor
1st Assistant Sound Editor
ADR Mixers
Voice Casting
Digital Intermediate By
DI Colorist
DI Executive Producer
DI Producer
DI Editor
DI Finishing Artist
DI Management
DI Assistants
Mobile dailies provided by
OUTPOST Engineers
Systems Administrator
Visual Effects and Titles By
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Compositors
Warner Bros. Sound
Matt Vowles
Myron Nettinga
Bradford Bell
Hilda Hodges
Catherine Harper
David Jobe
Jon Michaels
Deron Street
BillDevine
Eric Gotthelf
Barbara Harris
Light Iron
Ian Vertovec
Des Carey
Derek Eby
Matt Blackshear
Monique Eissing
Michael Cioni
Peter Cioni
Paul Geffre
Katie Fellion
Paul Rehder
Devon Meadows
Keenan Mock
OUTPOST® - a Light Iron service
Aaron Kroger
Chris Peariso
Nick Lareau
Kevin London
Comen VFX
Tim Carras
Josh Comen
Brian Cuartero
Darrell Claunch
Chelsea Goodchild
Anthony Mabin
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Derek Serra
Josh Shuman
Nicholas Sorenson
Brandon Criswell
Peter Allendale
Title Designer
Operations Manager
Visual Effects Coordinator
Visual Effects Accounting
Kenneth Armstrong
Matt Frank
Alesandrio Serradella
Katrina Motola
MUSIC
Music Editor
Pro Tools Engineer
Music Licensing
Executive Producer
Music Business & Legal Executive
Music Services provided by
Score Executive Producer
Music Consultant
Score Mixer
Additional Music
Music Technical Engineer
Pro Tools Operator
Assistant Recordist
Assistants
Guitar
Electric Cello
Brian Richards
Roger Kosteck
Meghan Kozlosky
James Gibb
Charles M. Barsamian
Cutting Edge
Steve Dzialowski
Nate Underkuffler
Casey Stone
Chris Lord
Costa Kotselas
Nicholas Fitzgerald
Kevin Smithers
Andrew Napier
Tomas Peire Serrate
Nikhil Koparkar
David Krystal
Joe Devenney
Tina Guo
“Backdraft”
Written by Gary James Robinson
Performed by The Death Beats
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation
“Sharpshooter”
Written by Misun Wojcik & Andrew Wallace
Performed by Misun
Courtesy of Bleed 101
“Whisperer”
Written by Danny Bobbe, Greg Katz, Jon Perry, & Harlow Rodriguez
Performed by LA Font
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“Hey Mister”
Written by A. Longlands
Performed by AKA
Courtesy of Cutting Edge Music (Holdings) Ltd.
“Truth Is”
Written by Scott Reinwald
Performed by Amphibious Zoo
Courtesy of Warner/Chappell Production Music
“Apple Pie”
Written by Cameron Rafati, Douglas Showalter, Tyler Johnson, David Radcliffe
Performed by Cameron The Public
Courtesy of Gravelpit Music
“Half Of A Century”
Written by Jamie Eaton & Harrison Colby
Performed by The Delphines
By arrangement with Rollo Grady Productions
“Angry Elephants”
Written by Antonius Holkenborg
Performed by Junkie XL
Courtesy of DMS.FM
“Brink”
Written by Chris Hall
Performed by Kilon Tek
Courtesy of Ninja Tune
By arrangement with Third Side Music Inc.
“Rekognize Real”
Written & Performed by T.H. White
Courtesy of Sky Council Recordings
By arrangement with Terrorbird Media
“Time”
Written by Ian King & Rachel Koeman
Performed by Young Wonder (featuring Sacred Animals)
Courtesy of Feel Good Lost Records
By arrangement with Lip Sync Music, Inc.
Completion Bond Guarantor FILM FINANCES
Vice President of Production Steve Berman
Film Finances Representative
Alexis Alexanian
Incentives Coordinator
Len Pendegrast/Global Incentives
Finance Legal
Barry Babok/Babok & Robinson, LLP
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Production Attorney
Glenn D. Feig, Chad Pauley/Reder & Feig LLP
Insurance
Dewitt Stern Group, Inc
Peter Marshall/Rona Lind
Clearance Services
Ashley Kravitz/Cleared By Ashley, Inc.
Cameras
Electric Package Provided by
Technological Cinevideo Services, Inc (TCS)
Paramount on Location
Payroll Services
Cast And Crew Entertainment Services
SPECIAL THANKS
NYC- Mayor’s Office Of Film, Theatre And Broadcasting
Hal Sadoff
Catherine Bowen
Lilah Bowen
Racer Rhett Bowen
Channing Tatum
Steve Berman
Megan Silverman
Eric Kranzler
Peter Kiernan
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Cutting Edge Music
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