SICARIO, Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, To Open September 2015

Lionsgate has announced that their upcoming drama, SICARIO, will open on September 18, 2015 in limited release and September 25, 2015 in wide release.

The cast includes Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal and is from director Denis Villeneuve.

In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is exposed to the brutal world of international drug trafficking by members of a government task force (Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro) who have enlisted her in their plan to take out a Mexican cartel boss.

The film, scored by Jóhann Jóhannsson (THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING), is the composer’s second collaboration with Villeneuve (PRISONERS). Read our interview with Jóhannsson HERE. The cinematography is from Roger Deakins.

SICARIO is written by Taylor Sheridan and produced by Basil Iwanyk, Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill, Thad Luckinbill, Edward McDonnell.

Filming began on June 30, 2014 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.