Taglines: Old flame. New mission.
The Union movie storyline. The film centers on Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Halle Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton.
The Union is an American spy action comedy-thriller film directed by Julian Farino from a screenplay by Joe Barton and David Guggenheim. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry, Mike Colter, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alice Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, and J. K. Simmons. The Union is was released by Netflix on August 16, 2024.
It was announced in May 2020 that Netflix had purchased the pitch for Our Man from Jersey (later titled to The Union), which would see Mark Wahlberg star. Joe Barton and David Guggenheim will write the screenplay from a story by Stephen Levinson. In March 2021, Halle Berry was cast to co-star alongside Wahlberg. In May 2022, J. K. Simmons, Jackie Earle Haley, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw and Alice Lee were added to the cast.
Filming had commenced in March 2022, with shooting to take place in London, New Jersey, and Piran. The production caused slight controversy in May 2022 due to noise and air pollution from filming in Fitzrovia. In September 2022, filming occurred in Ponterosso Trieste, Italy.
The Union (2024)
Directed by: Julian Farino
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry, Mike Colter, J. K. Simmons, Jackie Earle Haley, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alice Lee, Jessica De Gouw, James McMenamin, Lorraine Bracco, Lucy Cork
Screenplay by: Joe Barton, David Guggenheim
Production Design by: Morgan Kennedy
Cinematography by: Alan Stewart
Film Editing by: Paul Rubell
Costume Design by: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Set Decoration by: Rebecca Alleway, Jennifer Greenberg, Biljana Maletic, Mihailo Mosesku, Sonja Nenadic
Art Direction by: Will Coubrough, Susan Garyantes, Jane Harwood
Music by: Rupert Gregson-Williams
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, suggestive material and some strong language.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date:August 16, 2024
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