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Three years ago, the world first responded to The Purge, a provocative concept where for one night each year all crimes are not only legal, but encouraged by the government. The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy, released in 2013 and 2014, respectively, electrified the culture and earned $200 million at the worldwide box office.

The Purge: Election Year reveals the next terrifying chapter that occurs during these 12 hours of annual lawlessness. A speculative thriller, the film returns us to a dystopian future…this time on the eve of a heated presidential election with the nation deeply divided between those who are pro- and anti-Purge.

Now run by the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA), our government has sanctioned its annual Purge to ensure that the crime rate stays below one percent for the rest of the year. But a revolution is brewing among protestors who believe The Purge is the leadership’s covert way of eliminating the poor and vulnerable to allow only the elites to thrive.

Over the course of night fraught with mayhem and chaos, we follow an unlikely group of allies who find themselves in the shadows of Washington, D.C., during The Purge. Now, as they uncover the explosive conspiracy behind the NFFA—one that is coming from the very elected leaders who promised to make their lives better—five heroes will find out how far they’ll go to protect what they believe in and who they love.

It’s time to take to the streets of our nation’s capital, and this Purge Night, the soul of the country is at stake.

It has been two years since Leo Barnes (FRANK GRILLO of The Purge: Anarchy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Zero Dark Thirty) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night in the gripping conclusion of The Purge: Anarchy. Now, Leo serves as head of security for Sen. Charlie Roan (ELIZABETH MITCHELL of TV’s Lost, Once Upon a Time); his mission is to protect her during her controversial and contested run for president.

Like Leo, senator Roan has suffered tremendous loss. As the only member of her family to survive a Purge Night many years ago, she has dedicated her life and her presidential campaign to abolishing the ritual she knows targets the poor and innocent. And this is the one move that has both made her increasingly popular with the public and placed a target on her back.

In the area of D.C. few politicians care about—unless there are photo-ops to be had—Joe (MYKELTI WILLIAMSON of Forrest Gump, TV’s Justified) owns a deli that is a cornerstone of the neighborhood. On the eve of this year’s Purge Night, he learns that his Purge insurance rates have skyrocketed and he can no longer pay for the protection afforded the wealthy. With no money or means, Joe must brave the harsh streets of D.C., risking his life to defend his livelihood and his adopted family.

After escaping a war-torn country of his own, Joe’s longtime employee, Marcos (JOSEPH JULIAN SORIA of Crank: High Voltage, TV’s Army Wives), managed to achieve a piece of the American dream, thanks to Joe. Marcos stands by his boss to protect their business, and as the night of mayhem unfolds, the crimes Marcos was forced to commit for survival in his homeland prove critical to their survival.

A tough woman with an even tougher past, Laney’s (BETTY GABRIEL of Experimenter) violent exploits as a teen have given her celebrity status among Purgers. She’s turned her life around with the help of Joe—who like Marcos, she sees as a father figure—and atones for her sins by driving a triage van on Purge Night to save victims of violence. All she cares about is safety and redemption.

When a betrayal in Sen. Roan’s security forces her onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, Joe, Laney and Marcos join forces with Leo to save her from an assassination attempt by the NFFA. These unlikely allies must team up to fight—and even kill—for their lives as they are hunted across the city by the darkest of forces. If they can keep the senator alive until dawn, they save the country’s only hope at eliminating The Purge...and found the peace for which they’ve so long prayed.

Once again returning to collaborate with franchise creator JAMES DEMONACO (writer/director of The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy) on The Purge: Election Year are the franchise’s producers: Blumhouse Productions’ JASON BLUM (Insidious and Ouija series, The Visit), Platinum Dunes partners MICHAEL BAY, BRAD FULLER and ANDREW FORM (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ouija series, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and writer/director DeMonaco’s longtime production partner, SÉBASTIEN K. LEMERCIER (Assault on Precinct 13, Four Lovers).

For the third film in the series, DeMonaco has assembled an accomplished behind-the-scenes crew that includes director of photography JACQUES JOUFFRET (Lone Survivor, The Purge series), production designer SHARON LOMOFSKY (Man on Wire, Bring It On) and costume designer ELISABETH VASTOLA (Stake Land, Cold in July). Composer NATHAN WHITEHEAD (The Purge series, TV’s The Last Ship) returns to score the third installment.

The Purge: Election Year is executive produced by series collaborators LUC ETIENNE, JEANETTE VOLTURNO and COUPER SAMUELSON.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Keep America Great:

The Purge: Election Year Begins

In The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy, moviegoers were shocked by the deceptively simple premise brought to life by writer/director James DeMonaco, who drew his inspiration from classic works such as Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.”

The films of The Purge series explore how society crumbles when a corrupt government encourages people to take the law into their own hands and prey upon the poorest of our society, and what happens to citizens encouraged to share in that vigilante mentality.

Following the first two films’ success, he returned to this explosive universe to create the third chapter in the hit franchise—this time, on a much grander scale. DeMonaco created this series as an allegory, asking questions such as: “What if people in our government were trying to force us to tear each other apart and destroy those within the most vulnerable strata of society?  Would I fall victim to this, or would I fight the machine itself?”

Quite the rare occurrence in the world of genre film, The Purge: Election Year marks the return of the same writer/director in the same duty for all three chapters of this trilogy. “The idea with The Purge series was always to combine various genres; in fact, you go into the films with a potpourri of them,” explains DeMonaco of his passion for the series. “You have action. You have horror. You have some sci-fi, dystopian and utopian future elements in them. There’s also an underlying political message here.”

Still, for the writer/director the timing of this chapter of the thriller was not intentional. “It turned out to be in our favor, but I wrote the script in 2014 so it was sheer luck,” he shares. “The film doesn’t draw on any particular candidate, but with the wildness of this election cycle, it’s understandable to draw that conclusion.”

For DeMonaco and his frequent collaborator, Sébastien Lemercier, The Purge: Election Year was a natural evolution in a franchise that just kept growing in size and in scope. The Purge took place in an upper-class family’s home and immediate neighborhood. The Purge: Anarchy uncovered government conspiracy by taking the premise into the streets and showing the horrific evening from the viewpoint of average citizens.

“The Purge: Election Year goes even bigger in scope, taking us straight to the heart of the corruption and into the minds and the homes of the political leaders who rule this universe we’ve created,” Lemercier explains. “The results of their decisions are coming straight to their doorsteps.”

For the third episode in the series, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions would lead the production team. The film’s behind-the-scenes crew knew that their writer/director’s instincts were responsible for the success of the first two thrillers and had faith that he would go even bigger with his next offering.

As the producer of such enormous hits as the films in the Paranormal Activity and Insidious series, as well as The Visit, last year’s collaboration with M. Night Shyamalan, Blum understands how to parlay successful smaller-budget films into a blockbuster franchise. This fact is quite evident through the success of the first two films in The Purge series, which are part of Blumhouse’s first-look deal with Universal Pictures.

“As a writer and director, James is a master at building suspense and creating thrilling, thought-provoking movies,” says Blum. “With the third installment, James just went for it. It was important for him to widen further the scope and explore a massive conspiracy in the films—one that’s coming from the very top of the elected leaders of the world that he’s created.”

Blum prefers working with experienced filmmakers like DeMonaco and allowing them the creative freedom to pursue their visions while ensuring the film stays on schedule and on budget. “What has long appealed to me about lower-budget productions is the nonstop creativity and energy they infuse throughout a production,” Blum offers. “As the writer/director of this entire series, James understands not only every single element of the unique story he’s telling, but just how all the parts move on a production of this size. He does a great job of allowing each movie to stand on its own while weaving central themes and characters to bridge a narrative between the films.”

Once again Blumhouse partnered with Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes on this chapter. Continuing the subversive tale of the NFFA’s annual Purge and those fighting against it was important to Brad Fuller, who knew that moviegoers would respond to expanding the world DeMonaco imagined. “As James mentions, this film encompasses several genres: It’s a mix of horror, action and thriller with an underlying political message,” he says. “There’s also much more at stake with this installment: It’s more than a group of people surviving one grisly night; it’s about if The Purge will survive and ultimately, if the morality of a country can be saved.”

Andrew Form, Fuller’s production partner at Platinum Dunes, shares that DeMonaco, first and foremost, focuses on engaging moviegoers through compelling storytelling. “There’s a lot of humanity in the way that James writes,” the producer offers. “He writes about ordinary people under extraordinary circumstances, and it’s relatable and believable; that’s what makes it so intriguing.”

The thriller’s portrayal of what it means to be a family in the terrifying times explored in the series gives The Purge even more depth and a sense of humanity. “There are these terrific character arcs and family dynamics between Joe, Laney and Marcos,” says Form. “It’s this whole other element that you wouldn’t expect to see in a Purge movie.”

DeMonaco relies upon two principal characters to provide continuity and take us through the trilogy. The Stranger from the first film, who seeks safety inside the Sandin family’s home and reappears as a revolutionary in Anarchy, has a key role in the new film. DeMonaco explains that audiences see the evolution of The Purge through the eyes of Dante Bishop (EDWIN HODGE of The Purge: Anarchy, The Purge). “In the first film he’s hunted, and by the third film he’s a revolutionary leader hunting the NFFA’s presidential candidate,” DeMonaco says of the mysterious rebel leader. “Essentially, he has become just like his captors.”

Also returning in the third film is Leo, a former cop who is determined to take vengeance into his own hands in the second chapter of the franchise. “As someone who almost purged, Leo has seen the belly of the beast and how The Purge is destroying lives and the country,” advises DeMonaco. “He will do whatever it takes to get the senator into the White House, where she can abolish The Purge for good.”

Who Will You Become?

Casting the Thriller

With The Purge: Election Year, DeMonaco wanted to give audiences a bold thriller that didn’t sacrifice character development. To do this, he dedicated much of the first part of the film to the cast and each character’s unique situation as Purge Night approaches. “I want audiences to get to know the characters and care about them,” says DeMonaco. “I also wanted to create strong male and female leads who are not only fighting for survival, but fighting to take the power back from those who have abused it.”

Back in the role of our haunted hero, Leo, is Frank Grillo, who rocketed to stardom in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and has been a standout in The Purge universe. “Unlike a lot of actors I’ve worked with, Frank’s a tough guy in real life and that comes across on screen,” offers DeMonaco. “I grew up with actors like Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen, who were also real-life tough guys. Frank is an accomplished martial artist and embodies those great actors of the ’70s. He’s not pretending, and I think that’s why audiences like him as the hero.”

Grillo, who also starred in Anarchy, was excited to join DeMonaco in his latest installment, particularly with its political undertones. “James wrote and directed all three films so he truly understands this world he’s created,” says Grillo. “He has a really clear vision of what he wants and that’s such a benefit as an actor.”

The film’s many fight sequences also appealed to Grillo, who performed many of his own stunts including hand-to-hand combat scenes. “There were twice as many stunts in this Purge than the last, and I have the bruises to prove it,” says Grillo.

To eliminate the senator and win the election, the NFFA has changed the rules of The Purge and for the first time elected officials are no longer safe. While under the veil of equality that everyone—rich or poor—is now susceptible to The Purge, the NFFA’s true agenda is to murder the senator.

The NFFA infiltrates the senator’s security and when Leo and Roan narrowly escape, they’re hunted by mercenaries hired by the NFFA, including EARL (TERRY SERPICO of TV’s The Inspectors), the head gun for hire who won’t stop until he takes the senator out.

“It took five hours to shoot a massively choreographed minute-and-a-half-long brutal knife fight between Leo and Earl that we spent probably 10 hours rehearsing,” says DeMonaco. “Frank is a talented fighter with very fast hands. There were stunt doubles, but for the majority of that fight, it was the two actors trading blows.”

When seeking who to play the unwavering Sen. Roan, a woman determined to not see another Purge in her lifetime, filmmakers sought out actress Elizabeth Mitchell. In addition to playing a powerful female role, Mitchell was excited to serve as the film’s strong moral compass.

“James and I tossed this idea around that you can’t be righteous only when it suits you,” says Mitchell. “The senator is good all the time; that’s the reason I wanted to take this role. She doesn’t want anyone to be killed in her name because then she starts her presidency with blood on her hands instead of starting it pure.”

A loose cannon, Sen. Roan fearlessly walks into crowds without warning on the campaign trail, despite Leo’s appeals to her safety. On Purge Night she chooses to not lock herself away like society’s elite but instead stay at home like her constituents, which makes a strong political statement, but in a terrifying turn of events, puts her in the line of fire.

“She’s so willing to give absolutely everything to win,” Mitchell says. “Leo and Roan are both truly driven by loss. Her entire existence has been dedicated to getting rid of this one thing. That’s what she’s based her life on, and that’s what makes her so brave.”

Like Grillo, Mitchell was eager to perform the film’s many action scenes. “I love doing stunts. I’ll do everything that they’ll let me do,” says Mitchell. “The stuff that might break me, they tend to frown on letting me try, but if I’m just going to get banged up a little, I’m game.”

Next up, filmmakers went in search of actor to play Joe (MYKELTI WILLIAMSON) the film’s father figure. “Marcos is the son he never had and Laney is like his adoptive daughter,” says Williamson.

When murder tourists—The Purge has become a popular and lucrative tourist attraction—have Leo and the senator trapped, Joe and MARCOS (JOSEPH JULIAN SORIA) come to their aid. Initially, Joe is reluctant to help the senator or trust Leo. “Joe is not really for any politician. He actually tells the senator that he gave up his faith in politics a long time ago,” says Williamson. “He does decide to help her and Leo because they’re human beings and that’s the only reason.”

To play Marcos, filmmakers looked no further than television actor Joseph Julian Soria, who was drawn to the character’s complexity. Every day in Juarez was like The Purge for Marcos; he had to fight to survive and he’s willing to use those skills to defend those he cares about, particularly Joe. “Marcos has a good heart but has done bad things in the past to survive,” says Soria. “We all have someone we would take a bullet for, and for Marcos, that person is Joe.”

To capture Laney’s tough persona, filmmakers turned to newcomer Betty Gabriel. A fighter, Laney survived a dangerous past and has the scars to prove it, and now protests The Purge by driving a triage van to save victims of violence. “She recognizes her past sins and is atoning for them. She’s purging but in a different way,” says Gabriel. “She’s such a great character to embody because she has no fear.”

The actress also appreciated that the script explored humanity’s darker side. “It’s already within us to commit violent acts and The Purge gives us permission. That’s what makes it so scary,” says Gabriel. “These crimes are premeditated so they can be carried out within this window. People are harboring this hatred and just waiting for the moment to act.”

Laney fends off Purgers and takes Joe, Marcos and the senator to an underground triage center that houses medical staff that protest The Purge by hiding the poor and vulnerable and treating anyone left bloody and battered. Much like medics during war, there’s an unwritten rule among Purgers to leave these volunteers alone.

For the featured villain in this chapter, DeMonaco envisioned creating a candidate to represent the NFFA on a public platform. MINISTER OWENS (KYLE SECOR of TV’s Resurrection) believes The Purge is what makes America great, and advocates purging in the name of God and country. “I channeled old televangelists like Kenneth Hagin who spoke in tongues to create this character,” reveals DeMonaco. “He preaches that murder is the new religion and purging purifies the soul. The minister represents the dark side of religion and how our beliefs can push us into dangerous places.”

Building a New America:

Behind the Scenes

Design and Locations

To evoke the feel of an NFFA-run country, production designer Sharon Lomofsky began creating a believable, dystopian America. She shares: “We shot in Providence, Rhode Island. The city itself is thriving, but the towns around Providence were perfect for our inner city neighborhoods,” she explains. “We found an area just outside this small, all-American town that didn’t have all the shine of Providence.”

Lomofsky and her team were tasked with designing and choosing environments the movie demanded: in addition to the senator’s warm abode, this including Joe’s deli, a struggling business among rows of abandoned shops, just across town.

“We wanted to create a warm, old-fashioned deli, a place where time has stood still and people gather to chat, like so many delis and bodegas around large, urban centers,” she says. “On the main street that we used for Joe’s location, many of the stores were empty. However, the town still continued to display beautiful hanging baskets of flowers that were watered every day.”

In a universe under fascist rule that abides by the law except Purge night, Lomofsky wanted to portray an absence of individual freedom and expression. “We kept the streets as clean, empty and expressionless as possible,” she says. “It felt eerie as we are so used to visual noise in our urban environments, particularly inner cities.”

For a key scene that shows Minister Owens and his followers celebrating The Purge with a human sacrifice, Lomofsky and DeMonaco searched the city for the perfect setting. “James wanted to create a utilitarian world, and when we looked at the cathedral, it spoke to us as being the right choice,” she says.

To set the scene of the elite members of the NFFA promoting killing as purification, Lomofsky and DeMonaco used colors from a provocative palette. “We wanted to show the juxtaposition of beauty and the horror added to the incomprehensible actions taking place on Purge night,” says the production designer. “The undertones of the theme of hypocrisy and violence, I am sure, will not be missed.”

Costumes of the Thriller

Seasoned costume designer Elisabeth Vastola was brought on to dress the cast, making sure their clothing matched their characters and circumstances.

Although the film is set in the future, Vastola and her team took great care to ensure the costumes for Laney, Marcos, Joe, Leo and the senator made them feel relatable. She shares: “Though each character is obviously very different from one another, it was important for me to visually set them up as a group that the audience could identify with, and believe in, over the course of the night’s journey into chaos,” she explains. “Grounding the characters in practical wardrobe choices and a muted color palette was an essential visual device, as the group takes us through the adventure of movie.”

For Marcos and Joe, Vastola chose looks that are more put together than their jobs would require. “Marcos’ button-down shirts under his apron show his aspirational side,” she explains. “Joe is also very composed, which we attribute to a sense of pride in his business, and his look also communicates his position as a father figure.”

Laney, a young professional, has office-appropriate style that still expresses her strength and intensity, including a posh pair of trousers with leather chucks. “Those types of dichotomies in her outfits speak to her complexity as a character,” Vastola says.

Vastola and her team dress the senator in designer pieces with clean lines. Vastola shares: “It’s easy to draw a parallel between her stately ensembles and the self-possession and control she exhibits as a government official amidst a chaotic situation.”

Leo wears a modern, slim-fitting suit that is slightly heightened and more stylish than would be expected. “Leo is confidant, intelligent and supremely loyal, and we knew outfitting the character in beautiful suiting would express how far he has come in stature since The Purge: Anarchy,” she explains. “Originally, we had thought about something more tactical for him, but we realized that perhaps the utmost expression of strength would be a silhouette without any fuss or extraneous layers or pockets. As long as he could move easily and stay relatively concealed, Leo’s actions and choices would communicate his intensity and heroism far better than a pair of cargo pants.”

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Universal Pictures presents A Platinum Dunes/Blumhouse/Man in a Tree Production: The Purge: Election Year, starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson. The thriller’s casting is by Terri Taylor, CSA, and its music is by Nathan Whitehead. The costume designer is Elisabeth Vastola, and it is edited by Todd E. Miller. The film’s production designer is Sharon Lomofsky, and its director of photography is Jacques Jouffret. The executive producers are Luc Etienne, Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson, and the producers are Jason Blum, p.g.a., Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Sébastien K. Lemercier, p.g.a. The Purge: Election Year is written and directed by James DeMonaco.

ABOUT THE CAST

Having captivated audiences throughout the years, FRANK GRILLO (Leo Barnes) continues his tour de force upon the big and small screen. Going into its third season, Grillo stars as Alvey Kulina in the critically acclaimed DirecTV series Kingdom, and he was recently seen as Captain America’s nemesis in the Marvel feature Captain America: Civil War where he reprised his role of Brock Rumlow, aka Crossbones, from Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Grillo has brought his intellect and talents to all his roles including Collision, Homefront, Zero Dark Thirty, End of Watch, The Grey, Warrior and many more. On television, Grillo has engaged fans on Breakout Kings, The Gates, The Kill Point, Prison Break, The Shield and several more.

As a Primetime Emmy Award-nominee for her starring role on ABC’s phenomenon Lost, ELIZABETH MITCHELL’s (Senator Charlie Roan) ascent is anything but off course. Her role as Juliet offered considerable intrigue to viewers during the course of the series, as well as an opportunity for fans to place where they have seen her before. She re-teamed with Lost creator J.J. Abrams in yet another power-house role of Rachel on his drama vehicle Revolution. She then transitioned into the role of Ingrid, the Snow Queen on ABC’s Once Upon a Time, followed by Netflix’s international drama Crossing Lines, which also starred Donald Sutherland. Next on the horizon is a reunion with her Snow Queen character creators on Freeform’s anticipated sci-fi mystery series Dead of Summer.

Whether as Mrs. Clause to Tim Allen in the last two installments of Walt Disney Pictures’ successful The Santa Clause trilogy, or time traveling alongside the likes of Dennis Quaid in New Line Cinema’s Frequency, Mitchell has lent her ability to an impressive and diverse range of roles. Mitchell most notably appeared as the girlfriend of Angelina Jolie in the Golden Globe Award-winning HBO telefilm Gia. She also starred opposite Dane Cook in the indie drama Answers to Nothing.

Additional credits include Neil LaBute’s Nurse Betty, opposite Renée Zellweger; a 14-episode arc as Dr. Kim Legaspi on John Wells’ ER; Wayne Kramer’s Running Scared, which starred Paul Walker; NBC’s critically acclaimed The Lyon’s Den, opposite Rob Lowe; and in the BBC TV movie Man and Boy, opposite Ioan Gruffudd. Further solidifying her course on the fast track was her role opposite Barry Pepper as Teresa Earnhardt in the ESPN original telefilm 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story and ABC’s drama V, which was based upon the popular 1980s alien invasion mini-series and was the highest rated debut of a series since Lost.

Born in Los Angeles and raised in Dallas, Texas, Mitchell transitioned from a performing arts high school to a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting. She further honed her craft at the renowned Dallas Theater Center. Her stage credits include productions of As You Like It, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Chicago. She currently splits her time between Los Angeles and Seattle.

Actor and director MYKELTI WILLIAMSON (Joe Dixon) is widely regarded for his extensive film, stage and television work, and for his ability to elevate the danger, humor and humanity of his characters.

Williamson’s film credits include Heat, Con Air, Ali, Lucky Number Slevin, ATL and the beloved role of Bubba Blue in the Oscar®-winning film Forrest Gump.  His television credits include The Fugitive, Boomtown, Kidnapped, The Good Wife, 24, CSI: NY, FX’s Justified, the Lifetime movie Twist of Faith and, most recently, Hawaii Five-O and WGN’s Underground.

Williamson has built a reputation in Hollywood as one of the most consistently proven actors in the business, delivering stirring and honest performances that capture audiences.  An actor unafraid to step outside the box, as demonstrated when he teamed up with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis for Scott Rudin’s Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Fences. Fences broke Broadway attendance and box-office records and garnered 10 Tony Award nominations with three wins.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and named by his grandfather for “Spirit” or “Silent Friend” in the language of Blackfeet Indians (not Blackfoot).  Williamson began performing on stage at the tender age of nine. Soon thereafter, his family moved to California where his dad was stationed at the March Air Force Base. After graduating from Gene Evans Motion Picture School in San Jose, California, the versatile actor knew he was doing exactly what he was meant to do and hasn’t looked back.  

Williamson is the recipient of several awards for acting and writing, which include the Peabody, The Humanitas Prize, the Los Angeles Theater Circle Award and the American Film Institute’s Award of Excellence. A devoted family man and a man of faith, Williamson has his house in order.  A prioritized life allows Williamson the freedom and confidence to dig deep beneath the surface of his characters, bringing to light their truth, essence and flaws, all while maintaining dignity and respect for the human spirit.

EDWIN HODGE (Dante Bishop) is best known for his lead role as The Stranger in the $200 million Universal Pictures blockbusters The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy which grossed over $200 million worldwide. He can also be seen alongside James Caan in The Waiting, which premiered to rave reviews at SXSW in 2016. This spring, he was seen in his recurring role on ABC’s critically acclaimed drama Secrets and Lies. Later this summer, he can be seen in History Channel’s first scripted military drama series Six, about the Navy’s most prestigious and lethal squad–Seal Team Six, which also stars Walter Goggins and Barry Sloane.

His other recent credits include Chicago Fire; As Above, So Below; Boston Public; NCIS: Los Angeles; and All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. Hodge also co-starred opposite Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson in the MGM remake of Red Dawn. Additionally, Hodge was cast as one of the leads in the ABC TV movie Clementine, and he appeared as Kai Ashe in NCIS: Red, the planted spinoff pilot of NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles. Among his other roles, he has recurred on the hit TBS comedy Cougar Town and has appeared on many other successful series, including The Mentalist, Heroes, Ghost Whisperer and One Tree Hill. 

Hodge currently resides in Los Angeles. In his spare time, he is an avid sportsman with interests specifically in basketball and golf.

The Purge: Election Year is the first of two consecutive films BETTY GABRIEL (Laney Rucker) worked on with Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures, with the other being Jordan Peele’s Get Out, which is currently in post-production.

Gabriel is currently filming a recurring role on the new Amazon series Good Girls Revolt. She also recently shot Beyond Skyline, opposite Bojana Novakovic and Frank Grillo, and was seen in Experimenter, a 2015 Sundance Film Festival selection that starred Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder.

Gabriel graduated from The Juilliard School Drama Division in 2014. Her training also includes studying and performing at both the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Victory Gardens in Chicago.

Gabriel was born in Washington D.C. and was raised in both Pittsburgh and Hyattsville, Maryland. She now resides in Los Angeles.

With distinguished roles in a variety of projects, JOSEPH JULIAN (J.J.) SORIA (Marcos) is proving that he possesses the talent, energy and experience to bring memorable characters to life on the small and silver screen. Late last year, Soria shot MGM’s Max and Jon Gunn’s independent film Do You Believe?

Although often cast as the bad boy, Soria has proven to have the chops to conquer many other roles including comedic characters, evidenced by his turn as Cesar Veracruz in the parody film Superfast!  Other film credits include Camp X-Ray, alongside Kristen Stewart, and 10 Cent Pistol, a neo-noir heist film, which also starred Joe Mantegna and Jena Malone.  In 2008, he was buzzed about as one of the hottest breakout actors tied to his role in director Andrew Fleming’s Hamlet 2, which also starred Steve Coogan and Catherine Keener. The film is, and still remains, the third-highest-selling independent film coming out of the Sundance Film Festival. In 2012, Filly Brown (Olmos Productions) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition to rave reviews.  Soria played the lead antagonist MC Wyatt opposite Gina Rodriguez (Go For It!). The film hit theaters in April 2013, after a long-awaited delay and much controversy around the loss of the film’s supporting actress, Latin superstar Jenni Rivera.  Filly Brown was his fourth film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival; his other films were All She Can (2011), High School (2010) and the aforementioned Hamlet 2 (2008). 

Soria’s acting resume includes a plethora of recurring roles and guest spots on many of today’s notable television shows, including TNT’s Animal Kingdom, Grimm, USA Network’s Complications, NBC’s The Night Shift and ABC’s critically acclaimed American Crime.  He was a series regular on Lifetime’s Army Wives as Private First Class Hector Cruz.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

JAMES DEMONACO (Written and Directed by) is a writer and director best known for creating the hugely successful The Purge films franchise.

As the writer and director of the previous two films in the franchise, The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy, DeMonaco has become the only writer and director to helm all three features in any given franchise. The first two films earned a combined gross of over $200 million worldwide on a collective budget of $12 million and have been praised for their social commentary and for blending political ideology with horror storytelling. 

Having started writing screenplays and directing short films at the young age of 11, DeMonaco made his directorial debut with the independent film Staten Island in 2009. The feature was produced by Luc Besson and Sébastien K. Lemercier, and starred Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio and Seymour Cassel. 

On the writing side, DeMonaco has written several features including The Negotiator, which starred Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson, and the remake of Assault on Precinct 13, which starred Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne. He has written and produced several television miniseries including Spike TV’s critically acclaimed nine-hour thriller The Kill Point, which starred John Leguizamo and Frank Grillo.   

DeMonaco resides in New York and is an avid fan of the New York Yankees.

Academy Award®-nominated and two-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning producer JASON BLUM, p.g.a. (Produced by) is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, a multimedia production company that has pioneered a new model of studio filmmaking by producing high-quality micro-budget films for wide release.

Blumhouse, which has a first-look deal with Universal Pictures, has produced the highly profitable Paranormal Activity; The Purge, Insidious and Ouija franchises, which have grossed more than $1.7 billion worldwide; and the global hit The Visit from M. Night Shyamalan. Blumhouse’s model began with the original Paranormal Activity, which was made for $15,000 and was released by Paramount Pictures, grossing approximately $200 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film in the history of Hollywood.

Blum, who was nominated for an Academy Award® for producing Whiplash, was named to Vanity Fair’s 2015 New Establishment List and received the Producer of the Year Award at 2016’s CinemaCon.

For television, Blum won Primetime Emmy Awards for producing HBO’s The Normal Heart and The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, and he produced the Peabody Award winner How to Dance in Ohio. Blumhouse is currently producing HBO’s Sharp Objects, based on Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel and starring Amy Adams.

Blumhouse has recently expanded by launching , a consumer-facing website for all things scary and BH Tilt, a new label dedicated to movies that will be released across multiple platforms, taking advantage of new distribution strategies.

Blumhouse has also produced a variety of live events including The Blumhouse of Horrors, a haunted-house experience in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

Before Blumhouse, Blum served as co-head of the acquisitions and co-productions department at Miramax Films in New York. At Miramax, he was instrumental in acquiring more than 50 films, including The Others, Smoke Signals, A Walk on the Moon and The House of Yes.

He began his career as the producing director of the Malaparte Theater Company, which was founded by Ethan Hawke.

MICHAEL BAY (Produced by) became a professional director at the young age of 23. By 25, he was recognized as one of the world’s major commercial directors. He went on to win the Cannes International Advertising Festival Silver Lion and the CLIO Award, winning gold for the best commercial in the world for his “got milk?” spot, one of the top ten classic commercials of all time. Several of his commercials are housed in the permanent collection of MoMA in New York.

From there, Bay became a feature-film director who jump-started Will Smith’s film career as an action hero with Bad Boys. Next, he moved into the memorable high-stakes action film The Rock, which starred Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris.

His career, along with his Bay Films production company, continued with blockbuster after blockbuster, including Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys II, and four films of the Transformers franchise, with a fifth installment coming out next year. With the huge box-office success of these films, Bay is currently the second highest grossing film director in America, after one of his mentors, Steven Spielberg, and the fourth most successful director in the global market. Forbes and Vanity Fair magazines have listed him among the very top earners in Hollywood for the past six years.

Over the past couple of years, Bay has branched beyond the mainstream into smaller, more artistically driven films like the dark comedy Pain & Gain, which starred Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson, and more recently 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, the true, untold story chronicling the heroic rescue mission that saved 36 Americans during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012.

In September 2015, he was honored with a career tribute at the 41st Deauville American Film Festival where several of his films were screened and where the Mayor of Deauville, in an enduring tradition of the seaside town, christened a beach cabana with his name.

In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter named Bay and his two partners in Platinum Dunes as Producers of the Year. The company boasts an extremely successful track record with films of all genres, from smaller horror movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), which help break new actors and directors, to tent-pole features like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The second installment of this new franchise, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, was released on June 3, 2016, and grossed $35.3 million in its opening weekend. Overall, Bay’s films, as director and producer, total more than $7.3 billion in global box-office receipts.

Platinum Dunes Television division has produced the popular Starz series Black Sails, which recently aired its third season to rave reviews, and The Last Ship, set to air its third term beginning June 12th on TNT. A small screen version about novelist Tom Clancy’s CIA hero Jack Ryan, starring John Krasinski, is currently in development with partners Paramount Television and Amazon Studios.

Recently, Bay helped to launch yet another company, 451 Media Group, which will focus on developing, producing and worldwide marketing of technology, art and merchandise based on graphic novels as well as new content.

With the money he has made from his business empire, Bay is funding a sizable long-term Animal Conservancy Trust Fund that focuses on the protection of African endangered animals. He also has plans to produce a large scale IMAX documentary on elephant poaching in Africa.

Bay has lectured at Harvard Graduate School of Architecture, Wesleyan University and the University of Southern California, among several others, as well as at various national business leader conferences. In 2011, he was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Wesleyan University.

He is currently at work on the fifth installment of Transformers, which is slated for release in 2017.

ANDREW FORM and BRAD FULLER (Produced by) founded Platinum Dunes in 2001, along with partner Michael Bay.  Established with the intent of creating opportunities for first-time directors, the partners strive to make commercially viable films on modest budgets for a global audience.  Since its inception, the company has released 14 films.  The partners renewed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures through 2019.

Most recently they produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows which starred Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell and Tyler Perry, with Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek and Alan Ritchson as the Turtles. The film opened on June 3, 2016, grossing $35.3 million in its opening weekend and is the follow-up sequel to their 2014 hit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which garnered more than $493 million around the globe.

On October 24, 2014, Universal Pictures released the Platinum Dunes produced Ouija, a horror film based on the popular Hasbro board game.  Made for $5 million, the film earned over $103 million in box-office receipts. The follow-up to the saga, Ouija: Origin of Evil, starring Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser and Doug Jones, directed by Mike Flanagan, is set for release this coming October.

In 2013, Platinum Dunes produced The Purge for Universal Pictures for a mere $3 million.  The innovative sleeper hit surprised the industry when it grossed $34.1 million its opening weekend.  Its 2014 sequel, The Purge: Anarchy, grossed $29.8 million its opening weekend and earned $112 million worldwide. 

Also for Paramount Pictures, the filmmakers released the low-budget thriller Project Almanac in January 2015.  Directed by Dean Israelite, the film introduced a cast of exciting new talent, including Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista and Virginia Gardner as a group of friends who embark on the adventure of their lives when they stumble upon secret designs for an experimental time machine.

In 2014, the Platinum Dunes partners made their first foray into television with two hugely successful shows:  Black Sails, starring Toby Stephens, which debuted on Starz on January 25, 2014; and The Last Ship, starring Eric Dane, which first aired on TNT on June 22, 2014, and premiered its third season on June 12, 2016. The film Billion Dollar Wreck, chronicling the adventures of real-life treasure hunter Martin Bayerle, debuted this past February on the History Channel.

The production team has several film and television projects in development, among them is the much-anticipated Jack Ryan, starring John Krasinski, based on the Tom Clancy-created character for Paramount Television.

SÉBASTIEN K. LEMERCIER, p.g.a. (Produced by) is a bilingual producer who, over the last decade, has produced both French- and English-language feature films and has partnered with the French production company Why Not Productions.

Lemercier produced The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy, which were praised for their social commentary and together earned over $200 million worldwide on a combined budget of just over $10 million.

After meeting James DeMonaco in 2002, Lemercier produced his directorial debut Staten Island, which starred Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio and Seymour Cassel. He also developed and executive produced Jean-François Richet’s remake of John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13.  

Lemercier also produced the Gregg Araki features Kaboom and White Bird in a Blizzard, which starred Shailene Woodley and Eva Green.

LUC ETIENNE (Executive Producer) has been working in the film industry since 1988, beginning his career as the third assistant director on Columbia Pictures’ To Kill a Priest. Since then, Etienne has worked on more than 35 French and American feature films, serving as first assistant director on Universal Pictures’ The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy, Paramount Pictures’ Thor, 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: First Class and Columbia Pictures’ Total Recall.

In his 20-plus years in the industry, Etienne has worked with many acclaimed directors, including Paul Greengrass, Frank Marshall, Kenneth Branagh, Doug Liman, Len Wiseman, Matthew Vaughn and Gareth Edwards.

In 2014, Etienne served as the U.S. unit production manager on Warner Bros. Pictures’ global juggernaut Godzilla. He executive produced The Purge: Anarchy and, most recently, he served as an executive producer on The Gift.

JEANETTE VOLTURNO (Executive Producer) is the head of physical production at Blumhouse Productions. In this role, Volturno oversees the physical production of Blumhouse’s films, including the Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious and Ouija franchises, as well as a variety of Blumhouse’s television shows. She co-produced Insidious: Chapter 2 and Insidious: Chapter 3 and executive produced The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy. Volturno brings over 20 years of experience to Blumhouse, having previously run her own company CatchLight Films, where she served as line producer for a wide variety of successful films.

COUPER SAMUELSON (Executive Producer) is the president of feature films at Blumhouse Productions.  Blumhouse, which has a first-look deal with Universal Pictures, has produced the highly profitable Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious and Ouija franchises, which have grossed more than $1.4 billion worldwide. Blumhouse’s model began with the original Paranormal Activity, which was made for $15,000 and grossed approximately $200 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film in Hollywood history. Blumhouse’s award-winning projects include The Normal Heart and Whiplash, the latter of which Samuelson incubated from a Blumhouse-produced short film to the lowest-budget feature film in Hollywood history to win three Oscars®.

In 2015, he shepherded the critically acclaimed thriller The Gift, which was the directorial debut of Joel Edgerton, and the pathbreaking supernatural thriller Unfriended, which grossed nearly $35 million in the U.S. on a budget of $1 million.  Samuelson began his career at Mark Cuban’s 2929, where he co-produced movies including James Gray’s We Own the Night and Two Lovers, both of which were nominated for the Cannes Palme d’Or.

JACQUES JOUFFRET (Director of Photography) has been working in film and television for more than 15 years.  His credits include Man on Fire, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Pain & Gain, The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy, The Fifth Estate, Lone Survivor, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Goosebumps, Mr. Church and the upcoming Deepwater Horizon and Patriots Day, among others. 

            The Purge: Election Year is another collaboration in a long line of feature films for Jouffret with Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form.

South African born SHARON LOMOFSKY (Production Designer) gained international recognition for her production design of Before the Rain.  The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1994 and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards® in 1995.  She designed critically acclaimed Manny & Lo; Claire Dolan; Piñero; A Love Song for Bobby Long; The King, which was an Un Certain Regard selection at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005; Stephanie Daley, which won the Waldo Salt Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006; El cantante; and the Chris Rock comedy I Think I Love My Wife.

In 2000, Bring it On topped the box-office in the U.S. and abroad. More recent works include James Marsh’s Oscar® and BAFTA Award-winning Man on Wire, Vera Farmiga’s critically acclaimed directorial debut Higher Ground and Jake Schreier’s Robot & Frank.

Lomofsky’s recent film credits include Coco for Lionsgate, and Christopher Smith’s Detour.

TODD E. MILLER (Edited by) got his start with Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer, earning his first editing credit on Armageddon, and he has been cutting blockbuster films ever since. Miller has had the pleasure of working with Simon West on four films, most recently with The Expendables 2 and The Mechanic. In addition to Armageddon, Miller has worked with director Bay several times, including The Purge: Anarchy, Transformers, The Island and The Rock. Recent film credits include Broken Horses, Eden and the upcoming Mechanic: Resurrection.

Miller has ventured outside the action genre on several occasions with thrillers such as Joy Ride and Exorcist: The Beginning, romantic comedies such as Beastly and Under the Tuscan Sun, and a season of television’s E-Ring with Bruckheimer. In between features, Miller has cut a variety of commercials for high-end clients, previously out of the editorial house Mothership and currently out of Beast.

But it’s all about storytelling. Miller shares: “Sometimes it’s punk rock, fast-paced editing, sometimes it’s languid and hypnotic, but it’s always about building a dynamic and taking someone for a ride.”

ELISABETH VASTOLA (Costume Designer) is a frequent collaborator with Jim Mickle, as the costume designer of SundanceTV’s mini-series Hap and Leonard and the feature-films Cold in July, We Are What We Are and Stake Land. Other television credits include MTV’s Eye Candy and the recently filmed virtual reality miniseries Invisible, directed by Doug Liman for Samsung’s Gear VR glasses. Other film credits include 10,000 Saints, Keep the Lights On, The Innkeepers and V/H/S.  Vastola has also been a guest lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University and the School of Visual Arts in New York. 

NATHAN WHITEHEAD (Music by) has written music for a wide range of film, television and video game projects, most recently co-composing the action-comedy Keanu. 

Whitehead’s upcoming film credits include Akiva Goldsman’s Stephanie, Killing Hasselhoff, Beyond Skyline and Delirium.

In addition, he has composed music for the Michael Bay-produced television series The Last Ship and South of Hell.

—the purge: election year—

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CAST

Leo Barnes FRANK GRILLO

Senator Charlie Roan ELIZABETH MITCHELL

Joe Dixon MYKELTI WILLIAMSON

Marcos JOSEPH JULIAN SORIA

Laney Rucker BETTY GABRIEL

Earl Danzinger TERRY SERPICO

Dante Bishop EDWIN HODGE

Minister Edwidge Owens KYLE SECOR

Reporter #1 BARRY NOLAN

Dawn LIZA COLON-ZAYAS

Chief Couper ETHAN PHILLIPS

Tall Eric Busmalis ADAM CANTOR

Harmon James CHRISTOPHER JAMES BAKER

Rondo JARED KEMP

Schoolgirl #1 Freakbride/Kimmy BRITTANY MIRABILÉ

Leader Caleb Warrens RAYMOND J. BARRY

Rev with Angel in Command

Center NAEEM DUREN

Angel Munoz NAHEEM GARCIA

Drab Suited Man 1 STEVEN BARKHIMER

Drab Suited Man 2 TOM KEMP

Moderator PORTLAND HELMICH

Uncle Sam ROMAN BLAT

Tommy Roseland DAVID AARON BAKER

Irish Ike Jenkins GEORGE LEE MILES

South African Male ANTOINE COETZEE

Enormous Gang Member DREW COOPER

Mrs. Sabian JOHNNIE MAE

Axe Headed Man TOM PAOLINO

Screaming Woman EMILY PETTA

Masked Man ALEXANDER COOK

Schoolgirl #2 JUANI FELIZ

Gang Member with Dying Friend JAMAL PETERS

Reporter #1 MATT WALTON

Crazy Man (Self-Purger) THOMAS KEE

Man with Bull Horn LONNIE FARMER

Young Charlie Roan CHRISTY COCO

Reporter #3 DARCIE FISHER

Demonic Man ALEXANDER SCHULER

Mercenary #8 HANK AMOS

Dancer #1 LINDSEY PIRES

Dancer #2 EMILY SMITH

Stunt Coordinator HANK AMOS

Stunt Co-Coordinator ADAM HART

Washington, D.C. Stunt

Coordinator RICK KAIN

Leo’s Stunt Doubles BRYCE BIEDERMAN

Roan’s Stunt Double SHAWNNA THIBODEAU

SAMANTHA MACIVOR

Earl’s Stunt Double TORREY VOGEL

Stunt Performers CHRIS GOMBOS

CALIFF GUZMAN

CHAD KNORR

DERRICK SIMMONS

JOSH DICKMANN

JASON ESTRADA

JIM FORD

JAY HIERON

JOHN MASON

KACHINA DECHERT

KIMMY SUZUKI

MARK FICHERA

MITCHELL L. MACK

MALCOLM C. MURRAY

NICOLE CALLENDER

NICK PRINCIPE

NICHOLAS REXFORD

PAUL DRESCHLER-MARTIELL

PETE KLEIN

PAUL E. SHORT

TRAMPAS THOMPSON

DAN PERA

WENDY GUTIERREZ

BECCA GT

CREW

Written and Directed by JAMES DEMONACO

Produced by JASON BLUM, p.g.a.

MICHAEL BAY

ANDREW FORM

BRAD FULLER

SÉBASTIEN K. LEMERCIER, p.g.a.

Executive Producers JEANETTE VOLTURNO

COUPER SAMUELSON

LUC ETIENNE

Director of Photography JACQUES JOUFFRET

Production Designer SHARON LOMOFSKY

Edited by TODD E. MILLER

Costume Designer ELISABETH VASTOLA

Music by NATHAN WHITEHEAD

Co-Producer PHILLIP DAWE

Unit Production Manager LUC ETIENNE

First Assistant Director STEPHEN HAGEN

Second Assistant Director JOHNNY RECHER

First Assistant Director JAYSON MERRILL

Second Assistant Director AARON J. STONE

Production Supervisor DON J. HUG

“A” Camera Op JACQUES JOUFFRET

“A” Camera First Assistant JIMMY JENSEN

“A” Camera Second Assistant M. DEAN EGAN

“B” Camera Operator ALEX MARTIN

“B” Camera First Assistant THOMAS FITZGERALD

“B” Camera Second Assistant MATT HEDGES

Loader TOSHA PALANI

Camera Utility THOMAS BELLOTI

Additional First Assistant NOLAN BALL

D.I.T. Operator KYO MOON

Video Assist JON KOBS

Still Photographer MICHELE K. SHORT

Video Supervisor JOE DOYLE

Phantom Camera Technician SASHA BURDETT

Libra Head Technician PIERSON SILVER

Drone Photography JUDSON BELL,

ELEVATED PERSPECTIVE MEDIA

Drone Pilot CHRIS WALSH

Production Sound Mixer JASON FYRBERG

Boom Operator KELLY DORAN

Sound Utility BRIAN COURCHINE

Production Designer SHARON LOMOFSKY

Art Director DAVID BLANKENSHIP

Set Designer MARTIN FAHRER

Art Department Coordinator JASON MAYOH

Graphic Designer MEGAN BLAKE

Art Department Production

Assistant DANIELLE GLYNN

Set Decorator VANESSA KNOLL

Leadman SHANN WHYNOT-YOUNG

On-Set Dresser SHADYA BALLUG

Buyer MELISSA COOPERMAN

Set Dressers NATHAN KIRK

MIKE POTTER

AMANDA DOBSON

ALAN HAGUE

MATT HARRINGTON

TIM LEWIS

BRIAN MCKENZIE

ALYSON MACINNIS

Property Master HILARY TAILLIE

Assistant Propmaster BOB FLANNERY

Armorer CHRISTOPHER WDOWIN

Picture Car Coordinator BOB ANDERSON

Key Assistant CHRIS LUCIANO

Script Supervisor JENNA DAYTON

Special Effects Coordinator JOHN RUGGIERI

Special Effects Foreman DIANA ROCHE

Special Effects Technicians MELISSA ASCI

THOMAS CARROLL

Chief Lighting Technician JESSE GOLDBERG

Best Boy Electrician JIM MITCHELL

Electricians JACK MCPHEE

BRIAN DWIGGINS

TIM DUNBAR

PHIL NASON

Generator Operator GEOFF DANN

ED LALLI

Basecamp Generator Operator CHRIS VILARDI

Balloon Technician ZACK LAZAR

Rigging Chief Lighting

Technician DAVID CAMBRIA

Rigging Best Boy Electrician LEE AYRTON

Rigging Electrics BOB NADROWSKI

DAVE PROVENZANO

DANIEL HUTCHINSON

Key Grip WOODY BELL

Best Boy Grip EDWIN RUBIO

Additional Best Boy Grip DERECK CONTRADO

Additional Best Boy Grip GEORGIA PANTAZOPOULOS

“A” Dolly Grip JENNIFER EVANS

“B” Dolly Grip ROB KELLY

Grip DYLAN PELOQUIN

Rigging Key Grip DAVID ROMANO

Rigging Best Boy Grip ATHENA CHARBATJI

Rigging Grips TOBIAS HALLER

TIMOTHY CATZ

Assistant Costume Designer SARAH RICHMOND

Key / Costume Supervisor KIMBERLY DURKIN

First Set Costumers MARGARET CODOLA

ROSA COLON

Set Costumer GIANNA SOPRANO

Costumer ALANNA KEENAN

Stitcher JANNA PEDERSON

Costume Assistant NICOLE COOK

Makeup Department Head JOE ROSSI

Personal Makeup Artist for

Elizabeth Mitchell CARLA ANTONINO

Additional Makeup Artist JULIET LOVELAND

Hair Department Head FRANK BARBOSA

Hair Stylist SHAYNA PASSARETTI

Construction Coordinator SCOTT PINA

Construction Foreman PETER WILCOX

Mill Gang Boss MARK DIGIANTOMASSO

Gangboss RICHARD CAMBRIA

Charge Scenic EDWARD REZENDES

Scenic Foreman JOSE TRAN

Stand-by Painter JEREMY PEREIRA

Painters JOHN HAVEN STOREY

KERRI MCGILL

Propmakers TREVOR ELLIOTT

TIM JACKSON

CORY CURTIN

KENNETH FERRO

JIM FAIRHURST

ROBERT VALLEY

SEAN MCDERMOTT

PETER RIPPE

DENNIS GRULLON

JOHN LARSON

Laborer JAMES LAFAZIA

Location Managers MICHAEL BUONANNO

ALISON TAYLOR

Assistant Location Managers IAN LARSON

OLLIE AMERIGIAN

Locations Assistant BRIT MACFARLAND

Location Scout J. PETER GONZALEZ

Locations PA MATT BELTZ

Set Medic ROGER DILLINGHAM

Construction Medic JOHN SANSONE

Production Accountant MICHAEL COLLINS

First Assistant Accountant SERGIO MEDINA

Second Assistant Accountant ELLE DAVIDA

Payroll Accountant SEAN MURPHY

Production Coordinator ROY BOGY

Assistant Production

Office Coordinator TIMOTHY MENDONÇA

Production Secretary JENNIFER DRISCOLL

2nd 2nd Assistant Director CHAD GOYETTE

Additional 2nd Assistant Director SCOOTER PERROTTA

Production Assistants MELISSA “MITZA” BUONANDUCCI

ALESSIA ROSARIA

Key Set Production Assistant NICHOLAS REXFORD

Set Production Assistants MICHAEL BARTHOLET

KYLE IZZO

BEN ZALUSKY

Production Office Interns NICOLE MORRA

JUSTIN “YOUNG JUSTIN” WILLIAMS

Catering by PRANZI CATERING

Key Craft Service STEPHEN BLASI

Assistant Craft Service JOE FANTASIA

Assistant Craft Service KELLY GALLANAR

Teamster Captain JAMES HARKERSS

Teamster Co-Captain THOMAS O’CONNOR

Picture Car Driver MICHAEL PAPA

Drivers MICHAEL DRUAN

SCOTT OGDEN

CHARLES BESSETTE

HAROLD ST PIERRE

RONALD TARTAGLIA, JR.

JOSEPH BAIROS, JR.

WILLIAM PANDOZZI

DAVID FONSECA

ERNEST THIBAULT

LANCE IMOR

STEPHAN ATAMIAN

JEFFREY CHAKOUIAN

KEITH MARVEL

JOHN VINCENT

SCOTT MUNDY

JAVIER LOPEZ

ANTHONY PARRILLO

JOSEPH MALONEY

NICHOLAS RICAMO

BRIAN DIAS

DAVID DONAHUE

JOSE RIVERA

JAMES REBEIRO

JARED SEELEYMAN

ROBERT MURRAY

RONALD HARRISON

STUART MUNDY EUSTACIO JENKINS

JASON MALOOF

JASON PARIILLO

JOHN ALPAIO SR.

CHARLES RYAN

JAMES POGSON

RYAN MUNDY

GEORGE THIBAULT

HAROLD ST. PIERRE III

MARTIN MUNIZ

NATHANIEL MUNIZ

RICHARD HARTLEY

ROBERT D’AMBRA

RUSSELL BAIROS

SANTINO TARTAGLIA

TIMOTHY TAFT

Aerial Director of Photography BRIAN HELLER

Aerial Coordinator/ Pilot AL CERULLO

Casting by TERRI TAYLOR CASTING

Casting Director TERRI TAYLOR, CSA

Casting Associate SARAH DOMEIER, CSA

Casting Assistant ALLY CONOVER

Boston Casting ANGELA PERI

Boston Casting Associate AARON KAHL

Boston Extras Casting SARAH OTTEMAN

JERRY DWYER

Stand Ins GREG SEYMORE

SARAH BURKE

EPK TRAILER PARK, INC.

EPK Producer MICHELE SYLVESTER

EPK Cameraman FRANK ZAMBETTI

Associate Editor DONNA MADRIGAL

Visual Effects Producer JAMISON GOEI

VFX Editor CHRISTIAN T. KELLEY- MADERA

Assistant VFX Editors MICHAEL WOOLDRIDGE

MORGAN HELLER

Postproduction Coordinator RICKI REISNER

Score Mixer DANIEL KRESCO

Additional Score Mixer PHIL MCGOWAN

Music Editor DAN EVANS FARKAS

Orchestrator PETER BATEMAN

Additional Arrangements ERIK LUTZ

Score Technical Assistant SETH JOHNSON

Loop Group Coordinator DANN FINK

Avid Editorial Provided by POST FACTORY NY

Sound Facility PARABOLIC

Supervising Sound Editor/

Re-Recording Mixer LEWIS GOLDSTEIN

Supervising Dialogue Editor/

ADR Editor THOMAS RYAN

Dialogue Editor ALLAN ZALESKI

Sound Effects Editor ALEX SOTO

Foley Editor WEN HSUAN TSENG

Foley Artist SHAUN BRENNAN

First Assistant Sound Editor ALFRED DEGRAND

Assistant Sound Editor ANDREW MASTRONARDI

Audio Postproduction Manager CATE MONTANA

Digital Intermediate Provided by COMPANY 3 NEW YORK

CO3 Executive Producer/

Supervising Colorist STEFAN SONNENFELD

Colorist ROB SCIARRATTA

Feature Finishing Producer PHILIPPE MAJDALANI

Digital Conform JOHN DIESSO

Color Assistants BRETT PRICE

GIOVANNI DIGIORGIO

Head of Production NICK MONTON

Account Executive DAVID FELDMAN

Visual Effects by METHOD STUDIOS

Visual Effects Supervisor GONG MYUNG LEE

Executive Producer ANGELA LUPO

Head of Production JENNIFER HARGREAVES

Visual Effects Supervising

Producers JEFF WOLFE

SHAINA HOLMES

DAVID DERWIN

Visual Effects Coordinator MONICA BARRAZA

Compositing Supervisor ROBERT “NICK” DAUPHINAIS

CG Supervisor JOHN KILSHAW

Production TD MATT KUSHNER

Visual Effects Artists OHAD BRACHA

JOSEPH BRIGATI

DAVE CHEN

BRIAN DINOTO

DAVID DRESE

BRIAN DRUCKER

ERIC GELGAND

MATT HACKETT

CHAD HERRADA

GARRETT JOHNSTON

LAUREN KUSHNER

TOM LECKIE

JEEN LEE

RYAN LEONARD

BRIAN MAGARIAN

MARCO MALDERA

DAVID MARTE

TOM MCCULLOUGH

ANDREW MOWER

UROSH OTASHEVICH

MACKENZIE PARKER

VASHO PEKAR

JARED POLLACK

ERIK RASMUSSEN

SARI RODRIG

KEITH STEVENS

WERNER TEN HOEVE

JAMIE TILTSON

VFX Editor PINAR COMEZOGLU

Pipeline TDs ZACH LEWIS

STEPHEN MACKENZIE

Technical Operations Manager DAVID TOEPFER

Visual Effects by PIXOMONDO

VFX Producer PATRICK NEIGHLY

Division VFX Producer: Frankfurt VIKTORIJA OGURECKAJA

Division VFX Producer: Stuttgart NINA GÖLDNER

VFX Supervisor: Los Angeles RANDALL SMITH

VFX Supervisor: Frankfurt PIET HOHL

Coordinator SABRINA HARRISON

Executive Producer JONI JACOBSON

Matchmove Artist NADJA DING

Senior CG Artists IRFAN CELIK

SEBASTIAN LAUER

FIKRET YILDIRIM

OLIVER ZANGENBERG

CG Artists ANTHONY SIEBEN

MAXIMILLIAN WALLRABENSTEIN

Compositors TOBIAS DOMMER

JESPER GYLLSTAD

FALK HOFMANN

FABIAN HOLTZ

JONATHAN NEUKIRCH

TRAVIS NOBLES

MARK SPINDLER

ANDREAS STEINLEIN

VFX Editor TIMUR YESILFILIZ

Pipeline TD JOHANNES PINK

Visual Effects by VFX LEGION

Visual Effects Supervisor JOE HARKINS

JAMES DAVID HATTIN

MATTHEW T. LYNN

Visual Effects Producer CHRISTOPHER SINNOTT

Visual Effects Coordinators BRENTON MURRELL

MATTHEW NOREN

Head of Production NATE SMALLEY

VFX Editor (VFX Legion) HERBERT DWIGHT RAYMOND IV

Lead 3D Artist ROMMEL S. CALDERON

Lighting JIM GACZKOWSKI

CHRISTOPHER STRAUSS

Tracking MARK EVANS

MICHAEL G. JACKSON

MATTHEW MERKOVICH

ALBRECHT STEINMETZ

3D Modeling CLARA COULTER

JONATHAN D. FELDMAN

Animation SEAN KINNEAR

Dynamics ROBERT CHAPIN

DAVID DAVIES

Digital Matte Painting YVONNE MUINDE

Lead Compositor H HADEN HAMMOND

Compositing PHILLIP BROSTE

CYNTHIA BUELL

WENDY CHEUNG

GERALDINE DORAY-NOVAK

NICK GUTH

CHRISTOPHER KLASSEN

MATTHIAS LOWRY

BRADY MOYLAN

MILTON MULLER

RAFAEL PEREZ

MICHAEL PLOTNIKOV

JOHN R. MCCONNELL

KYLE SPIKER

CAITLIN STASUK

ALLAN TORP JENSEN

DYLAN YASTREMSKI

Pipeline Development BRADON RACHAL

Bookkeeping MICHAELA O’BRIEN

Visual Effects by REZ-ILLUSION

Digital Compositors AUGUST COLEMAN

SIMON HARRISON

Visual Effects by FUSEFX

VFX Supervisor TOMMY TRAN

VFX Producers JASON SPRATT

TIM JACOBSEN

Head of Production DAVID ALTENAU

Compositing Supervisor KEVIN YUILLE

2D Artists JASON RICHARDSON

KENNY LIU

ZORAN GLISOVIC

DAVID HOCHSTADTER

DAVID FOGG

CHRIS FLYNN

VFX Editor BROOKE NOSKA

Visual Effects by THE MOLECULE

VFX Supervisor LUKE DITOMMASO

VFX Executive Producer CHRIS HEALER

VFX Executive Producer ANDREW BLY

VFX Producer DAVID MCELFRESH

Bid Producer JAMIE MCINTYRE

Compositing Supervisor MARK FRIEDMAN

VFX Coordinator JOSHUA SACAVAGE

Compositors ADRIENNE DELUCA

MATT DINARDO

KEVIN FISCH MIN WHA JUNG

VICKY PENZES

MATTHEW PERRY

JOHN SEPALLA JESSE SPEER

JUNG UM

JEFF WOZNIAK

Visual Effects by WOLVERINE VFX

VFX Supervisor CHARLES DULIN

VFX Artists JAMIE BAXTER

MARK CAPELLA

DARRELL CLAUNCH

JORDAN HANSEN

JERAD RIOJAS

Dolby Sound Consultant JASON BALES

Preview Engineering NEW BOX SOLUTIONS

Music Clearances by SESSING MUSIC SERVICES

Stock Footage Research and

Clearances SEARCHWORKS

Stock Footage Provided by TAVIS SMILEY SHOW

GETTY IMAGES

UNIVERSAL STOCK FOOTAGE LIBRARY

WE ARE CHANGE

WCBS TV

ARTBEATS

SHUTTERSTOCK

Main Titles Design by FILMOGRAPH

Title Designer AARON BECKER

Titles Executive Producer SETH KLEINBERG

Animator ZACHARY CARNES

Additional Animation ANDREW HILDEBRAND

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Assistant Director DC Shoot JOHNNY RECHER

Production Supervisor KYLE DAVID CROSBY

Director of Photography ANASTAS N. MICHOS, ASC

“A” Camera Op DAVE INSLEY

“A” Camera First Assistant IAN AXILROD

“A” Camera Second Assistant MIKE PANCZENKO

“B” Camera First Assistant CHRIS HORNE

“B” Camera Second Assistant STU STEIN

Loader SUNIL DEVADANA

D.I.T. Operator JOHN VALLON

Video Assist ALEX APPLEFELD

Production Sound Mixer LORENZO MILLAN

Boom Operator STEVE SAADA

Set Decorator SUSAN KESSEL

Leadman JASON IVEY

On-Set Dresser E.PARKER WEBB

Set dressers ELIZABETH MCPHERSON

JASON WICKSELL

BOB SPORE

Buyer REBECCA WEIDNER

P.A. ROSEMARY LISS

Property Master/Armorer CHRISTOPHER WDOWIN

Assistant Propmaster JACK DORSEY

Picture Car Coordinator THOM LOMBARDI

Key Assistant MONICA MOORE

Script Supervisor JANE L. BURKA

Special Effects Coordinator WILLIAM CATANIA

Special Effects Foreman HANK ATTERBURY

Special Effects Technicians DAVE SCHEPER

HOLLY HORST

TOM TURNBOL

MANON WILKES

Chief Lighting Technician BOB WAYBRIGHT

Best Boy Electrician TOMO SASAKI

Electricians GEORGE GREEN

SHEPERD LASHLEY

MIKE MATNEY

ANDREW CORBIN

ALLEN HERVY

MIKE WILSON

Generator Operator MICHAEL MACKENZIE

Key Grip BRIAN MATTES

Best Boy Grip DAN AUGUST

“A” Dolly Grip JOE KURTZ

Grips MARK SMOOT

CARL HAMILTON

TIM CHAPIN

ASHLEY BENSEL

Key/Costume Supervisor KIMBERLY DURKIN

First Set Costumers KIM CHEWNING

Set Costumer MICHAEL SIMON

Makeup Department Head DEBI YOUNG

Makeup Artist LORRAINE BOUSHELL

Hair Department Head JANICE KINIGOPOULOS

Hair Stylist LYDIA BENAIM

Location Managers CHAN CLAGGETT

Assistant Location Managers CHRIS GEAR

Location P.A. NICK SIDOR

Set Medic KEVIN DUGARD

Production Accountant JUSTIN CARVILLE

Payroll Accountant PAULA H. ROSE

Production Coordinator ANN S. CHRISTMAN

Assistant Production Office

Coordinator TIA GOODSON

2nd Assistant Director DOUG JONES

2nd 2nd Assistant Director BILL HARDY

Production Assistants NIKOLAI BIANCHERI

STEPHEN BARRETT

CHASE SCOTT

BRAD WILLIAMS

Key Set Production Assistant TREVOR SCHLIEFER

Set Production Assistants IAN COBLYN

DIA GRIFFTHS

Catering by VERSATILE FOODS

Key Craft Service SCOTT RUSSELL

Assistant Craft Service ERIN DAVIS

Teamster Captain DANIELLE FREDERICKSON

Teamster Coordinator JIMMY WATSON

Drivers ANTHONY CONARD

JOHN BROWN

JIM JACKSON

DANNY THOMAS

GEORGE YOUNG

RAYMOND CONNER

RAY OLIVER

WADE SATTERFIELD

ERIC JOHNSON

DARYL COLLINS

BOBBY GALLIHER

RONALD GODDARD

VICTORIA BENNETT

LEOLA SMITH

MALCOM TAYLOR

Washington, D.C. Extras

Casting by CENTRAL CASTING DAGMAR WITTMER

Washington, D.C. Extras

Casting Associate DANIEL ULF

FOR BLUMHOUSE

Head of Business Affairs ZAC LOCKE

Head of Production Finance AARON KHRISTEUS

Assistants to Mr. Blum OLIVIA MASCHERONI

CAITLYN WILLIAMS

Creative Coordinator/Assistant

to Mr. Samuelson RAE ROBERTS

Coordinator of Physical

Production COURTNEY SALMON

Manager, Production Accounting CODY HEFFELFINGER

“20th Century Boy”

Written by Marc Bolan

Performed by T. Rex

Courtesy of Spirit Music Group

“Title Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off)”

Written by Jerome Brailey, George Clinton Jr. and William Collins

Performed by The Original Players

Courtesy of sync2picture

By arrangement with Fine Gold Music

“Green Paper Burns and Burns”

Written by Joey Sykes and Justin Frankee Waddell

Performed by Frankie Razor

Courtesy of d2 Music

“Never Know Why”

Written by Daniel Albert Methric, Anthony Samuel DeNardo and Matthew Thomas Rost

Performed by The Muggs

Courtesy of North Star Media LLC

“Party In The U.S.A.”

Written by Lukasz Gottwald, Jessica Cornish and Claude Kelly

Performed by Alana D

Courtesy of The Boom Clack

“I’m Afraid Of Americans”

Written by David Bowie and Brian Eno

Performed by David Bowie

Courtesy of RZO Music

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH DENTSU INC./FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK, INC.

Production Legal Counsel BRADY SMOOT

REDER & FEIG, LLP

Production Insurance

Provided by GALLAGHER ENTERTAINMENT INSURANCE SERVICES

Payroll Services by EASE ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES

EMPIRE FILMS, INC.

Camera Equipment Provided by PANAVISION

Electric Equipment Provided by RED SKY STUDIOS

Grip Equipment Provided by BLACK FLAG GRIPS

Picture Cars Provided by ANDERSON AUTOMOTIVE

Helicopter Provided by HOVER-VIEWS UNLIMITED

End Crawl by MATTEO SARADINI

JACOB GREEN

Product Placement by CORBIS ENTERTAINMENT

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS

HERO ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING INC.

CREATIVE ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES INC.

PREMIERE ENTERTAINMENT

Transportation Equipment

Provided by HADDAD’S INC, THE “CAN-DO” PEOPLE

ABOVE THE LINE PRODUCTION RENTALS

MOVIE WAGONS INC

ROAD RUNNER CAMERA CARS INC.

The filmmakers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contributions to the making of this movie:

Dr. Selina Cali

Cali DeMonaco

Mary and James DeMonaco

Mary Kim DeMonaco Pocchia

James Pocchia

James Michael Pocchia

Deanna and John Quinlan

Dr. Cassandra Quinlan

Bob and Elise Cali

Andrea Sabian

Charles Ferraro

David Kramer

Robert Cali

Julie Peyr-Lemercier

Elias Lemercier

Joachim Lemercier

National Building Museum

DGA

With grateful acknowledgement to the State of Rhode Island and

Steven Feinberg, the Rhode Island Film & Television Office

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City of Providence, RI

City of Woonsocket, RI

City of Warwick, RI

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Special Thanks to the Screen Actors Guild

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