Patrick Hughes (filmmaker)

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Patrick Hughes (born 1978) is an Australian film director and actor.

Biography[]

Hughes started making short films when he was young, and spent three years in film school.[1]

Career[]

After making a string of high-profile commercials and shorts, and multiple failed attempts to option a script for an action/western film, he decided to direct it himself under a short schedule and low budget, in what would eventually become the 2010 film Red Hill starring Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley and Tom E. Lewis.[1]

Hughes' various commercials and previous 2008 short film Signs[2] caught the attention of Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone, who was looking for 'new blood' to direct the third installment of the lucrative The Expendables franchise.[3] Hughes filmed The Expendables 3 from August to October 2013 and the film held its world premiere in London on 4 August 2014.

Hughes was announced as the director of the remake of the 2011 Indonesian action film The Raid: Redemption with Taylor Kitsch to star,[4] but by October 2015 once both Kitsch and Screen Gems had dropped out of the project Hughes also dropped out as director.

Hughes next directed the 2017 action comedy film The Hitman's Bodyguard, starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, and Salma Hayek, which earned $180.6 million worldwide against a production budget between $30–69 million. A sequel, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, also directed by Hughes with Reynolds, Jackson, and Hayek returning in addition to Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman, was released on June 16, 2021,[5] after being delayed previously to August 20, 2021 from an original release date of August 28, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]

Filmography[]

Short films

  • The Director (2000)
  • The Lighter (2001)
  • Signs (2008)

Feature films

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "A Talk with Red Hill Director Patrick Hughes". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  2. ^ Quinn, Karl. "Disney sweeps in to collect the Oscars glory but film fans reckon they've seen it all before". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ "The Sly Stallone Official Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 20 April 2013.[full citation needed]
  4. ^ "'Expendables 3' Director Confirmed to Helm 'The Raid: Redemption' Remake". screenrant.com. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (29 March 2021). "Ryan Reynolds & Samuel L. Jackson Sequel 'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard' Moves Earlier In The Summer". Deadline. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ^ Mcclintock, Pamela (19 December 2019). "'Hitman's Bodyguard 2' Bound for Late August 2020 Release". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  7. ^ https://deadline.com/2020/05/ryan-reynolds-hitmans-wifes-bodyguard-spiral-barb-and-star-more-2021-release-dates-lionsgate-coronavirus-1202923868/

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