Copshop is a film directed by Joe Carnahan and written by Kurt McLeod and Carnahan, based on a storey by McLeod and Mark Williams. Open Road Films will distribute Copshop in the United States on September 17, 2021.
The film stars Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, and Alexis Louder and is set in a small-town police station where a hitman, a rookie cop, and a con artist battle it out.
Joe Carnahan and his team have no intention of squandering Butler and Grillo’s abilities by throwing them against one other in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in the picture.
That game is said to take place in a small-town police station, which becomes the unlikely battleground in a war between a cunning hitman named Viddick who is played by Gerard Butler and a shady con man named Teddy, played by Frank Grillo who, after conning the wrong target, is left with nowhere to hide but the apparent safety of a local jailhouse.
Harper, played by Alexis Louder, a whip-smart rookie cop caught in the middle of the fracas, finds herself striving to keep the peace and survive the night by any means necessary.
That set-up should make for an exciting — and presumably intellectual — big-screen fight befitting of the production’s enormous talent. It should also be a fantastic action film that will quickly rise to the top of any action movie fan’s must-see list.
Copshop filming locations
Principal photography will begin at Blackhall Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, in October 2020. Albuquerque, New Mexico, was also used for filming. In the midst of the ongoing pandemic, filming was halted on October 2 after three crew members tested positive for COVID-19. Filming began on October 5 and was completed on November 20.
New Mexico and Georgi are well-known international film and television production centres. The first US state to offer production advantages was New Mexico, and it frequently doubles as a global desert shooting site.
With Netflix’s acquisition of ABQ Studios and Universal’s announcement that it will transform an old Albuquerque warehouse into a huge production facility, New Mexico’s profile has recently risen.
Georgia, on the other hand, is known as the “Hollywood of the South” because it gives a 30% tax incentive and often accommodates large-scale projects such as Avengers: Endgame and Venom.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Hollywood of the South is always a good place to film and with this movie’s predicted action sequences, we can see how it would perfectly fit into the backdrop of Atlanta which has been the home of many cop movies and has seen more than its fair share of action movies as well.
Georgia is become a top filmmaking destination in the globe, thanks to its temperate temperature, wide range of settings, world’s busiest airport, vast crew base, and pro-business attitude.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico, is located in the high desert. Its modern Downtown centre stands in stark contrast to Old Town Albuquerque, which dates back to the city’s establishment as a Spanish colony in 1706.
San Felipe de Neri Church, five museums, and stores selling Native American handicrafts are among the old adobe buildings in Old Town. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, located nearby, traces the area’s indigenous heritage.
Filmmakers are drawn to Albuquerque for a variety of reasons, one of which is the city’s wonderful climate. Albuquerque, located in the high desert, has more than 310 days of sunshine per year, allowing film producers to stay on schedule with little weather-related delays.
This movie is definitely going to keep us on the edge of our seats and from what we know and have seen in the trailer, this is going to be one hell of a ride!