Movies - Gunpowder milkshake : Be reader for a summer action movie

By Mulder, 17 june 2021

Gunpowder Milkshake is an action thriller film directed by Navot Papushado, from a screenplay that he had writtend with Ehud Lavski. The film stars Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Chloe Coleman, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, and Paul Giamatti. 

The project was announced during the annual American Film Market in April 2018, with StudioCanal and The Picture Company procuring the rights to the film. In January 2019, Karen Gillan was cast in the film. In February, Lena Headey was cast, with Angela Bassett joining in April, and Paul Giamatti, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino and Ivan Kaye joining in May. In June 2019, Adam Nagaitis and Ralph Ineson joined the cast of the film. Filming began on June 3, 2019, and finished on August 20, 2019 in Berlin.

In April 2021, Netflix bought U.S. distribution rights from STXfilms. Gunpowder Milkshake is scheduled for release on Netflix in the United States, Canada, and the Nordic countries on July 14, 2021. Internationally, it is set to be released in theaters by STXfilms (in Latin America and China) and StudioCanal (in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand) beginning with a release in Australia on July 15.

Synopsis : 
Sam (Karen Gillan) was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (Lena Headey), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her. Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-woman. She uses her “talents” to clean up The Firm’s most dangerous messes. She’s as efficient as she is loyal. But when a high-risk job goes wrong, Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl - Emily (Chloe Coleman). With a target on her back, Sam has only one chance to survive: Reunite with her mother and her lethal associates, The Librarians (Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett and Carla Gugino). These three generations of women must now learn to trust each other, stand up to The Firm and their army of henchmen, and raise hell against those who could take everything from them.

Gunpowder Milkshake
Directed by Navot Papushado
Produced by Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman
Written by Navot Papushado, Ehud Lavski
Starring  Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Chloe Coleman, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, Paul Giamatti
Music by Haim Frank Ilfman
Cinematography : Michael Seresin
Edited by Nicolas De Toth
Production companies : StudioCanal, The Picture Company
Distributed by Netflix
Release date : July 14, 2021 (United States)
Running time : 114 minutes

(Source : press release)