'Wanted' flaunted at L.A. fest
Bekmambetov film opens festival with a bang
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'Wanted' star James McAvoy with director Timur Bekmambetov. |
For its part, Universal knows it's holding aces. At the after-party, home entertainment prexy Craig Kornblau said: "What 'The Matrix' did for DVD, this could do for Blu-ray."
U topper Marc Shmuger praised Russian-Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov as "one of the world's great stylists. He's a real visionary who's totally in love with the action genre." Co-topper David Linde said, "You're finally seeing an action film with a fresh perspective."
Producer Marc Platt, who was wandering the party with Bekmambetov, said the pic is "like a good Russian film: Everybody dies and the idea survives."
As for other Russians who may work in mainstream Hollywood, Bekmambetov said: "I'm the first. We will come."
