The Killer

After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.

The Killer is my attempt to reconcile notions I’ve had for years about cinematic stories and their telling. I have always held: “What were you doing in Chinatown?... As little as possible”—to be the single greatest evocation of backstory I’ve ever heard. I was also playfully curious about the revenge genre as a tension delivery-system. So when Mr. Walker came aboard and fully embraced these notions/ questions about broad brushstrokes of understanding giving way to the blind-stitch of “moment expansion” - I felt we needed to try something. Mr. Fassbender’s 3-hour response time for: “Yes, let’s!” sealed it for us both and, of course, we all wanted Tilda (Mr. Walker wrote it with her in mind—but please don’t tell Ms. Swinton, she could become insufferable if she knows literally everyone feels this way about her.)

PRODUCTION: Ceán Chaffin
United States of America

WORLD SALES: Cai Mason – Netflix

ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION: Cai Mason – Netflix

PRESS OFFICE: Netflix
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ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Federica De Sanctis – Netflix
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