The first trailer for Kill The Messenger, a dramatic thriller based on the true story of a journalist who was the target of a smear campaign by the CIA, has been released today and we have it for you right here!
The movie is directed by Michael Cuesta (Dexter), and focuses on Gary Webb (played by Avengers Assemble and American Hustle’s Jeremy Renner), a news reporter who linked the CIA to a scheme to arm Contra rebels in Nicaragua and import cocaine into California in a 1996 series called “Dark Alliance”.
That led to some serious repercussions for the journalist, with the CIA going out of their way to discredit him. Peter Landesman (Parkland) penned the screenplay, and the trailer paints the picture of a thrilling movie which will serve as yet another great starring vehicle for Renner.
Also below is the first poster for Kill The Messenger, and we would love to hear your thoughts on this first look at the movie in the comments section below!
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Bourne Legacy”) leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets…and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. – and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life.
Also starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Barry Pepper, Michael Sheen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Platt, Andy Garcia, Tim Blake Nelson, Robert Patrick, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Paz Vega, Kill The Messenger is set to be released on October 14th, 2014.
