German filmmaker Uwe Boll has modified the title of his upcoming Armie Hammer crime thriller “The Darkish Knight” to “Citizen Vigilante” after listening to from each Warner Bros. and Batman followers alike.

Based mostly on an unique script by Boll, the movie stars Hammer as Sanders, a person who takes justice into his personal palms and units out to search out criminals. His vigilante campaign turns him right into a social media sensation and a hero within the eyes of the general public. Selection has reached out to Warner Bros. for remark concerning the title change.

“We had a really pleasant dialog with Warner Bros. and determined to vary our title to ‘Citizen Vigilante’ to keep away from any confusion with Warners’ well-known character,” Boll advised Selection.

“We additionally bought a whole lot of suggestions from followers, who requested us to vary the title due to its similarity with Chris Nolan’s film, so this was one other think about altering the title,” added govt producer Michael Roesch.

Warner Bros. “contacted us and requested us to vary the title,” Roesch defined. “It was a really amicable dialogue.”

The workforce additionally obtained “a whole lot of suggestions via social media, emails and feedback to articles within the media,” Roesch famous.

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Shot solely in and round Zagreb, Croatia, the movie additionally stars Costas Mandylor stars as Interpol officer Henry, who goals to carry Sanders down.

“It’s set in an Japanese European metropolis, and whereas we don’t point out the title of town within the film, individuals who know town will acknowledge it’s Zagreb, so it’s set in Croatia,” Roesch mentioned. “However it’s a common story and will play in each larger European metropolis.”

“Citizen Vigilante” marks a comeback for Hammer, whose profession took a significant hit in 2021 following allegations of sexual misconduct. Whereas Los Angeles prosecutors finally declined to cost the actor with any crime within the wake of a prolonged probe, job presents remained scarce, till current months.

The “Name Me by Your Identify” star returned to work late final 12 months in Travis Mills’ forthcoming western “Frontier Crucible,” which additionally options Thomas Jane and William H. Macy. Hammer’s earlier credit embody such high-profile works as Gore Verbinski’s “The Lone Ranger” alongside Johnny Depp and Man Ritchie’s “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” with Henry Cavill.

“Citizen Vigilante” has wrapped and is at the moment being edited by Ethan Maniquis, with Tunnel in Santa Monica dealing with put up manufacturing. Roesch mentioned he’s anticipating the image to be “locked in just a few weeks.”

The manufacturing has additionally signed composer Rodolfo Matulich to attain the pic.

The workforce will current “Citizen Vigilante” at this 12 months’s Cannes Movie Market with a minimum of a promo reel. “Though we’re forward of schedule, the complete film will most probably not be completed by then,” Roesch famous.

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