FilmDistrict Acquires U.S. Rights To Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Bruce Willis Sci-Fi Action Film LOOPER

FilmDistrict and Endgame Entertainment have come to a U.S. distribution deal for Rian Johnson’s sci-fi pic LOOPER. The film stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt and Paul Dano and will be released by Sony’s TriStar label through its partnership with FilmDistrict. Look for it in theaters sometime in the first half of 2012.

Written and to be directed by Rian Johnson (The Brothers Bloom, Brick), Looper is an action-packed science fiction thriller starring Bruce Willis (The Expendables, Die Hard) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, 500 Days of Summer).

In the future they will invent time travel, but it will be illegal and only the crime syndicates will use it. What better way to hide a body than to send it 30 years into the past?

Joe (Gordon-Levitt) is a ‘Looper’, one of the best – a hired gun recruited by the mob to do one thing, wait for a target to be sent back in time, make the kill and dispose of the body. He’s getting rich and life is good, until one day the syndicate decides to ‘close the loop’. His future-self (Willis) is sent back for assassination and young Joe can’t pull the trigger…

“We have been chasing LOOPER for six months and it is something my entire team agreed would be a great film for us to distribute. The fact that our friends at Sony feel the same makes it even more exciting,” FilmDistrict CEO Peter Schlessel said.

Ram Bergman and Endgame’s James D. Stern are producing Looper in association with DMG. Endgame’s Doug E. Hansen is executive producing.

“Looper is our second collaboration with Rian and Ram and it’s truly been a thrilling ride,” stated Endgame Entertainment CEO James D. Stern. “We look forward to continuing the journey with Sony and Peter in delivering this commercial thriller to audiences everywhere.”

The film is currently shooting in Louisiana. Follow it on Twitter: @Loopermovie

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