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2007 Certificate 18
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A young man (McAvoy) finds out his long lost father is an assassin. And when his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan (Freeman) to follow in his dad's footsteps. Read more

Starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp
Director Timur Bekmambetov
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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    McAvoy broke wind in front of Jolie

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 29 Oct 2011

    Scottish actor James Mcavoy was forced to apologise to his Wanted co-star Angelina Jolie after he suffered a bad bout of flatulence on-set. The Atonement star bulked up for his role in the 2008 action film by eating a lot of meat and drinking protein shakes, but the diet had an unpleasant side effect and he was left red-faced after breaking wind in front of the glamorous actress. He tells TV host Graham Norton, "There was a lot of eating too much meat and drinking too much protein shake...... Read more

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    Jolie shoots down Wanted sequel

    • 27 Feb 2010

    Movie bosses have reportedly scrapped plans for a follow-up to 2008 action movie Wanted after Angelina Jolie pulled out of the project. The Hollywood beauty starred as a deadly assassin in the first film, alongside Scottish actor James McAvoy, who recently revealed producers have been working on plans for a sequel. Jolie wasn't expected to return for a second film as her character appeared to die at the end of the original movie, but new reports suggest the actress was wanted for the follow-up Read more

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    Stewart is Wanted to replace Jolie

    • 24 Apr 2010

    Kristen Stewart has been approached to take over from Angelina Jolie in an upcoming Wanted sequel, according to reports. Jolie starred as a deadly assassin in the first film, alongside Scottish actor James McAvoy, who recently revealed producers have been working on plans for a sequel. The proposed follow-up was thrown into jeopardy after Jolie reportedly pulled out of the project, but movie bosses are now considering moving forward with another actress in the role. Stewart is said to have... Read more

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    Wanted DVD promotion blasted from ad breaks

    • 18 Mar 2009

    A TV advert to promote the DVD release of Angelina Jolie's action thriller Wanted has been banned by watchdogs for glamorising violence. Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has demanded the removal of the promotional footage from ad break schedules on TV over claims it makes the use of guns and violence look sexy. In the ads, Jolie is seen kissing co-star James McAvoy during a high-speed car chase before the pair blast bullets in the direction of the viewer. Now the ASA has ordered Read more

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    Wanted: James McAvoy Interview

    • 25 Jun 2008

    We caught up with Scottish Heart-throb James McAvoy as he gave us the inside gossip on his brand new action movie Wanted. He told us about the dramas of working on this first Hollywood blockbuster, attempts to clear up all those Hobbit rumours and tells us what Angelina Jolie is really like… LOVEFiLM: It's safe to say that Wanted is a change of pace from the likes of your previous film Atonement? James McAvoy: It's an incredible change of pace and style, but that was really why I did it. I... Read more

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    • Wanted
      A young man (McAvoy) finds out his long lost father is an assassin. And when his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan (Freeman) to follow in his dad's footsteps....