The Grey The Movie in Antwerp,

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• Genre: Adventure,Drama
  
  Synopsis:
  A pack of hungry wolves pursues survivors (Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney) of a plane crash, who are trekking through the Alaskan wilderness to find civilization.
  
  Release Date: 01/27/2012
  Running Time: 117
  
  Rating: R - Restricted
  
  http://thegreythemovie.com/
  
• Cast:
  Ottway: Liam Neeson,Diaz: Frank Grillo,Talget: Dermot Mulroney,Henrick: Dallas Roberts,Flannery: Joe Anderson,Burke: Nonso Anozie,Hernandez: Ben Bray,Lewenden: James Badge Dale,Ottway's Wife: Anne Openshaw,Company Clerk: Peter Girges,Ottway (5 Years Old): Jonathan Bitonti James,Ottway's Father: James Bitonti,Talget's Little Girl: Ella Kosor,Cimoski: Jacob Blair
  
  Crew:
  Director: Joe Carnahan,Screenwriter: Joe Carnahan,Screenwriter: Ian Jeffers Mackenzie,Producer: Jules Daly,Producer: Joe Carnahan,Producer: Ridley Scott,Producer: Mickey Liddell,Executive Producer: Jim Seibel,Executive Producer: Bill Johnson,Executive Producer: Tony Scott,Executive Producer: Jennifer Moore Hilton,Executive Producer: Spencer Silna,Executive Producer: Adi Shankar,Cinematographer: Masanobu Takayanagi,Production Design: John Willett,Film Editor: Roger Barton,Film Editor: Jason Hellmann,Original Music: Marc Streitenfeld,Casting: John Papsidera,Art Director: Ross Dempster,Set Decoration: Peter Lando
  
  Production Companies:
  Scott Free Productions,Chambara Pictures
  
  Distributors:
  Open Road
  
  Notes:
  Production Notes - Notes provided by Open Road Films - THE GREY PRODUCTION NOTES ONCE MORE INTO THE FRAY INTO THE LAST GOOD FIGHT I'LL EVER KNOW LIVE AND DIE ON THIS DAY LIVE AND DIE ON THIS DAY In THE GREY, Liam Neeson's character leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements - and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt - before their time runs out. From the literary classic MOBY DICK to the groundbreaking motion picture JAWS, one of the most enduring popular narratives has centered around the conflict between man and nature. Now comes an engaging new adventure about ordinary men stranded in the wilderness and pitted against impossible conditions and even more nightmarish predators. In THE GREY, set in the frozen mountains of Alaska, a pack of angry, snarling, bloodthirsty wolves are in dogged pursuit of human prey. As they pick off their helpless victims one at a time, the chances of survival for the last men standing become more and more remote. "This is a hard-core survivalist film," says director and co-writer Joe Carnahan, whose previous hits include NARC and SMOKIN' ACES. In THE GREY, a group of men must fight for their lives against the extreme cold and snow as well as a hungry pack of wolves protecting their den. "If you're afraid of wild animals or plane travel, this movie will put you off for a good, long time." "The picture crosses numerous genres," says producer Jules Daly. "It's a thriller. It's a horror film. It's a character-driven drama of men struggling to survive." Based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, THE GREY marks the second collaboration between Carnahan and international superstar Liam Neeson (TAKEN, STAR WARS EPISODE 1, SCHINDLER'S LIST)), who previously teamed for the 2010 action-comedy THE A-TEAM. Serving as producer and executive producer respectively on THE GREY are Ridley and Tony Scott, who were also behind THE A-TEAM. "THE GREY triggered something very primal inside of me," says Neeson, who initially heard of the project while conducting a string of press interviews with Carnahan for THE A-TEAM in Berlin and later asked the director about the project over a lively dinner in London. After seeing the script, he quickly signed on for the lead, knowing full well that Carnahan would strive for realism by shooting on location near the sub-artic zone. "When I read the script, I was 57 years old, and the little boy inside me thought it would be great to take on such a demanding role," says Neeson. "I wanted audiences to say 'Wow, how did you guys do that?' At the same time, I was thinking, 'Jeez, can I physically do this?'" THE STORY THE GREY's storyline fired up Neeson's imagination as well. The film begins at a refinery in Alaska, where crude oil is broken into various elements for commercial use. Workers endure grueling five-week shifts 24/7, then have about two weeks off for vacation. One group of men heading back home encounter a brutal storm, causing the plane to crash in the Alaskan tundra. All on board are killed except for eight survivors who head south toward civilization, pursued by a pack of mysterious, almost mystical wolves practically prehistoric in their size and ferocity. Neeson portrays John Ottway, a sharpshooter who has been hired by the refinery to keep bears, canines and other wild beasts from attacking oil workers during their shifts. "Boy, I tell you what," enthuses Carnahan. "In terms of what I thought the film was going to be and what it is now, it would be tough to imagine anybody other than Liam in the role. How this character evolved and later shaped by him as an actor has wildly surpassed my expectations. He was able to bring a deeper, more profound sense of what life and death is about. When talking to younger actors, they didn't understand their own mortality. Liam is nearly sixty and, as vibrant and strong and tough as he is, he understands how we're all on the clock, every one of us. We're all being stalked by time." Carnahan strongly believes, "There's really no good or evil in the film -- there simply 'is'." He feels these basic thematic concepts of "predators" and "prey" protecting their territories might have been lost on a younger, more naive actor. While appreciating his character's own vulnerability, Neeson also recognizes the duality of his sharpshooter figure - serving as antagonist as well as protagonist. "My character has a specific relationship to these wolves," explains Neeson. "He works on the refinery's fence line and his job is to make sure the animals don't approach the men at work. What weighs heavily on Ottway's mind is that, perhaps, the wolves are now coming for revenge. THE ORIGINS Carnahan's interest was sparked by a short story by writer Jeffers called "Ghost Walkers" about oil workers hunted by a pack of rogue wolves following a plane crash. Jeffers crafted a rough screenplay, and Carnahan spent the next four years, on and off, developing the various characters and narrative. "It took a lot of time, but the story sparked my interest in a primal way," says the writer-director. "It mirrors what a man holds dear and important, and I also found that evolving as time went by." The "survival story" became infused with far more existential questions as the years of rewriting proceeded. "I wanted something that had deeper meaning, something that questioned nature and life and God. The wolves are part of that. They're as omniscient and all powerful as the rivers or the blizzards or anything else they encounter. I wanted to show these men as interlopers, the clash of industry versus the natural world. The centerpiece of the film is definitely these men and their journey. But I also wanted it to be more than just an interesting action film in which the audience knows where it's going." CASTING Bringing the diverse cast on board and making sure they complemented each other was like ''putting together a big puzzle," says producer Daly, explaining the director deliberately selected relative unknowns including Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, Ben Bray, and James Badge Dale to fill out the testosterone-heavy lineup. If few of those names pop out, there's good reason. The key to casting was finding believable actors who could endure the physical rigors but who weren't easily identifiable. Explains Mulroney, "In most films, if you see a bunch of people getting on a plane and you already recognize six of them, then you already know who's going to survive the movie, and that kind of blows it. So Joe cast the film with really strong, dedicated actors -- some you might have seen before, but not all of them, not yet. Mulroney grew a beard for the role, and wears glasses so he's barely recognizable from his usual screen image. Grillo, a longtime friend of Carnahan's, portrays sociopathic John Diaz, and the actor even spent a night on Riker's island to prepare for his role. Grillo recalls screening the male bonding epic Deliverance with the rest of the cast early on to help prepare for their performances. "We wanted to see a group of guys who don't really know who they are when faced with dire circumstances," he says. "They're forced to transform. Maybe the hero isn't really so brave by the end of the film. Maybe the bad guy isn't so evil." Says Carnahan, "I always looked at it in a way that each of these characters is a different facet of Ottway's own personality -- there's the tough guy, the coward, the sensitive one, the husband. I tried to metaphorically set it in that way, but without drawing too much of a line to any one thing. The story asks simply, 'Who are you? How do you want to live? How do you want to die?'" SHOOTING IN SMITHERS, BRITISH COLUMBIA Connecting was made easier as the crew gathered on a remote mountain set in Smithers, a small town of 5,500 in British Columbia, Canada about a 12-hour drive north of Vancouver. "There's that great Sir Ernest Shackleton quote about what the ice wants, the ice takes," says Carnahan. "We certainly experienced that on the mountain. We were completely at the mercy of nature's whims, and, as frustrating as it was, I also found it fascinating." From the get-go, the director insisted on realism, keeping actors hip-deep in snow and facing bracing winds on the mountain slope. "There were icicles on my eyelashes, it was that insane," says Roberts, who portrays Hendricks. "It was the coldest place I'd ever been in my life," says Grillo. "Eighty mph winds, freezing out there for hours. I'd be trying to say a line and my mouth wouldn't move. Says Carnahan, "We got kicked off the mountain three times by complete white-outs. I had partial frostbite on my fingers and toes." "Absolutely freezing -- it shocked me to my very core," concurs Anozie. Mulroney adds, "All the preparation you do on the script, the reading about airplane wrecks, the research into wolves -- it all goes out the window. Because when you're standing on a mountain and it's 20 below zero with 60 mile an hour winds snowing sideways, none of that matters. You're just being there." "You know, it's tough to fake cold weather," says Carnahan. "There's a common tool used to create wind on screen called 'the ritter fan.' but when you see some of the windy shots in The Grey, there aren't enough ritter fans in the world that could create that effect of what mother nature did to us up on that mountain. i could have set the script in tahiti with wild boars, but that didn't occur to me. Instead, we were on this godforsaken mountain freezing our asses off. You can't act it, you just have to behave it because it's so damn cold." Adds producer Daly, "We needed it to be tough on everybody, because we knew that the more the cold affected the actors, the more realistic it would appear on screen." Says Mulroney, "When I say 'cold,' I mean intensely, painfully, near-frostbite cold. It was excruciatining. Joe conceived of and wrote the movie with that in mind -- man going through the most extreme conditions and harshest environment imaginable. He was determined to make a movie in which the actors truly suffered." "We got great stuff because of the weather, man, just some beautiful scenery," says stunt coordinator turned actor Ben Bray. "There's nothing that matches that look on a studio set or a soundstage. When audiences see us out there, it's clear that it's not a mock-up, it's not fake, it's not CGI. This is real snow, blowing at 70, 80, 90 miles an hour, and it's pretty gnarly stuff." Adds Joe Anderson, who portrays young oil rigger Todd Flannery, "the snow became its own character." Conditions were challenging for everyone on the shoot, to say the least. "You could only access the set by snow cat or snowmobile," says Carnahan. "There were no creature comforts out there. No perks." In between shots on the mountain set, from 7:30 in the morning until late in the afternoon, there was no lounging in lavish trailers. Because of the extreme weather conditions, the cast holed up in small tractor boxes and shipping crates to keep warm. The male bonding taking place over those long hours of below-zero temperatures led to some unusual circumstances while shooting. Perhaps the most memorable incident took place when the gang of actors was literally buried up to their thighs in ice-cold snow, a white-out obscured everyone's vision, and the camera operators faced serious problems with a planned crane shot because the oil needed to move the machinery was frozen solid. "It was just a physically impossible time during the first few days," Neeson remembers. "We had lines to memorize and our brains were freezing and all we could think about was how to stay warm." During that unbearable moment, hulking British actor Nonso Anozie suddenly launched into a Shakespearian oratory about the elements from Othello in his booming baritone. "He was just so exhilarating and it made us all feel so...right," recalls Neeson. "It reminded us that, yes, it may be minus forty degrees outside but we're actors, damn it, and we're going to get through this scene no matter what. It filled us all with this great warmth, and I'll never forget hearing that man's voice for as long as I live." But months later the cast and crew recall the extreme weather really as something that bonded their relationships, in some ways reflecting the harsh struggles faced by the fictional characters in the script. Perhaps Bray, who portrays the character Hernandez, put it best when describing the dilemma faced by the cast. "We play the riffraff, the ex-cons, the journeymen, the guys who are just happy to keep a job and get some time off to be with their families. We all seem to be completely opposite but, eventually, we've all got to work together as a team to try and get out. There's this mystery about what is out there. We're in the middle of nowhere. We don't know what's going to happen. All we're trying to do is survive and it's a hell of a challenge. It really is. And it is really, really, really spooky." THE WOLVES "You're completely boned if you can't sell those wolves," insists Carnahan. "We've always said that if we didn't get the wolves right, we don't get the movie right," says producer Daly. Though the director could have taken the conventional route and added all the creatures with computer generated images in post-production, Carnahan smartly used CGI as an adjunct to various other systems, such as giant puppet animatronics and trained live animals. Carnahan watched hours of nature documentaries, read Shaun Ellis' books on wolf behavior, and learned all he could about the actual creatures. Yet he wanted something more mysterious and fantasy-like. "I wanted it to be realistic, and at the same time I wanted the wolves to be bigger than normal," he explains. "By their nature, wolves are not gigantic animals, yet we found examples of 250-pound wolves that would actually fight with grizzly bears." Academy Award and Emmy-winning special effects wizard Greg Nicotero served as Creatures Supervisor for the KNB Effects with Mike Fields, Alex Diaz, David Wogh, and Bethamber Hathaway manipulating wolf ``puppets. James Paradis coordinated special effects, with more than a dozen assistants working in the effects shop. Gerry Thierien of Action Animals was in charge of overseeing the actual wolves. "The combination was really the way to go," concludes Daly. "One technique alone probably would not have worked, but together they complement each other." Says actor Dallas Roberts, "We used some amazing puppets that can realistically move and bleed and snarl. It's great because it's not all computer stuff with green screens and ping-pong balls. Instead, there's a wolf actually standing there, breathing heavily just inches from my own face." Agrees Carnahan, "Having the actors interacting with something real was the best way for them to work -- as opposed to saying, 'Okay, here's a tennis ball on a stick. Now just pretend you're wrestling with a gigantic wolf that's trying to kill you.'" "We've all seen CGI effects, but we wanted something as close as possible to a real wolf," said Neeson. "So we used these huge puppet heads operated by three or four people, we used acrobats dressed in wolf suits, we used other effects and we just cut to them for two or three seconds. In my first direct experience with them, my character was attacked by two wolves, one grabbing my leg and the other getting me under the waist. There were two guys operating these bellows to make it seem as if the wolf was breathing and, you know, it became real for me. Oh my God, it was real." Carnahan has heard from conservationists who believe that wolves never attack humans, and says his creature creations are different from real life beasts. "While I'm deeply appreciative of the idea that wolves don't attack people, they are still very much wild animals and part of nature. I was never trying to portray wolves as vicious killers. However, they're in the wild and they'll protect what is theirs." For Academy Award-nominated Neeson, it was the chance to reteam with a solid director and a story touching on extreme emotions that served as the major draws. "On THE A-TEAM I learned about Joe's phenomenal passion and energy, and, on THE GREY, those qualities seem to have doubled," concludes the actor. "He's also a very funny guy, and I think you need a sense of humor because in certain scenes you go into some really dark places. It's all about survival, about keeping your body and soul together, because if the elements don't get you then the wolves most definitely will. When the camera is turned on and you're facing those kinds of incredibly intense situations, that's what real acting is all about." Or, to quote the great ice explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton once more, "We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man." THE GREY Ottway LIAM NEESON Diaz FRANK GRILLO Talget DERMOT MULRONEY Henrick DALLAS ROBERTS Flannery JOE ANDERSON Burke NONSO ANOZIE Hernandez Lewenden BEN BRAY JAMES BADGE DALE Directed by JOE CARNAHAN Casting by JOHN PAPSIDERA, C.S.A. Music by MARC STREITENFELD Edited By ROGER BARTON JASON HELLMAN Production Designer JOHN WILLETT Director of Photography MASANOBU TAKAYANAGI Co-Producer DOUGLAS SAYLOR, JR. Executive Producers JIM SEIBEL BILL JOHNSON TONY SCOTT JENNIFER HILTON MONROE SPENCER SILNA ADI SHANKAR ROSS T. FANGER Produced by JULES DALY JOE CARNAHAN RIDLEY SCOTT MICKEY LIDDELL Based on the short story ``Ghost Walker by IAN MACKENZIE JEFFERS Screenplay by JOE CARNAHAN & IAN MACKENZIE JEFFERS ABOUT THE CAST LIAM NEESON - Ottway Liam Neeson has become one of the leading international motion picture actors today. Whether it is his Academy Award(R) nominated role of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's highly acclaimed SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993), his award-winning portrayal of legendary Irish Republican hero in MICHAEL COLLINS (1996), or his role as controversial sex therapist Alfred Kinsey in the critically acclaimed KINSEY (2004), Neeson continues to display an acting range matched by few. Earlier this year, Neeson completed filming for Universal's BATTLESHIP expected in theatres next year, and could be seen opposite Diane Kruger and January Jones in the psychological thriller about stolen identity titled UNKNOWN. Additionally in 2011, Neeson co-starred in the Warner Bros' remake of the 1981 film CLASH OF THE TITANS, which tells the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster in order to save the princess Andromeda. A sequel is currently in the works for release in 2012. Last year, Neeson appeared in AFTER LIFE opposite Christina Ricci. The film involves a young woman caught between life and death and a funeral director who appears to have the gift of transitioning the dead. Additionally he could be seen in the remake of the popular TV series THE A TEAM alongside Bradley Cooper and Jessica Biel, as an ex-con in Paul Haggis' THE NEXT THREE DAYS and as the voice of Aslan the Lion in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER. 2009 saw the debut of the BBC film FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN which received rave reviews at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. In 2008 Neeson starred in TAKEN the runaway box-office hit in about an ex-soldier trying to track down the Albanian slave masters who have kidnapped his daughter. Additionally in 2008 Neeson once again teamed up with Laura Linney in Richard Eyre's THE OTHER MAN. In May of 2008 Neeson appeared in Disney's box office success THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN where he reprised his role as the voice of the Lion, Aslan, in the sequel to the 2005 hit THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. That same year he also returned to the stage at the Lincoln Center Festival in Gate/Beckett: EH JOE directed by Atom Egoyan. In 2006 Neeson graced the screen in the classic revenge drama SERAPHIM FALLS opposite Pierce Brosnan. In 2005, he appeared in Ridley Scott's crusades epic KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. He also co-starred that year in BATMAN BEGINS directed by Christopher Nolan. Neeson's portrayal of Alfred Kinsey in Bill Condon's KINSEY co-starring Laura Linney, garnered him a Best Actor award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Prior to that, Neeson co-starred with Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, and Keira Knightly in the Working Title film LOVE ACTUALLY (2003), written and directed by Richard Curtis. Neeson returned to Broadway in 2002, co-starring with his friend Laura Linney in Arthur Miller's classic ¨The Crucible¨. Mr. Neeson's performance as John Proctor earned both he and Miss Linney a Tony(R) Award nomination. In 2001, he starred opposite Harrison Ford in the true story of Russia's nuclear submarine tragedy entitled ``K-19: THE WINDOWMAKER and starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the black comedy GUN SHY (2000). Neeson starred in the box-office phenomenon STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 - THE PHTANTOM MENACE (1999) in the role of Qui-Gon Jinn, the Master Jedi Knight who bestows his Force-ful wisdom upon Obi-Wan Kenobi and the young Anakin Skywalker. In the same year, he starred opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in Jan De Bont's THE HAUNTING (1999).In addition, he starred in the screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's LES MISERABLES in the role of Jean Valjean, co-starring Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman and Claire Danes. Also that year, Neeson played Oscar Wilde in David Hare's new play, ¨The Judas Kiss which opened in London's West End and subsequently on Broadway. Neeson starred in the title role in Neil Jordan's MICHAEL COLLINS (1996) for which he received Best Actor honors at the Venice Film Festival, a Golden Globe(R) Best Actor nomination, and London's prestigious Evening Standard Award for Best Actor. The film also received the highest honor in Venice -- The Golden Lion Award. It was in 1993 when Neeson received worldwide attention for his starring role in the Academy Award(R) winning film SHINDLER´S LIST. In addition to winning an Academy Award(R) nomination for Best Actor, he was nominated for a Golden Globe(R) and BAFTA Award. The Irish-born actor had originally sought a career as a teacher after attending Queens University, Belfast and majoring in physics, computer science and math. Neeson set teaching aside and in 1976 joined the prestigious Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast (``The best training any actor could have.), making his professional acting debut in Joseph Plunkett's ¨The Risen People. After two years with the Lyric Players, he joined the famed National Theatre of Ireland, the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Neeson appeared in the Abbey Theatre Festival's production of Brian ¨Translations and a production of Sean O'Casey's ¨The Plough and the Stars¨ for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England where he received a Best Actor Award. In 1980, John Boorman spotted him playing Lennie in John Steinbeck's OF MICE AND MEN and cast him in the epic saga of the Arthurian legend, EXCALIBUR. Following this motion picture debut, Neeson has appeared in more than 40 films demonstrating a wide range of characters. Including Dino DeLaurentiis' epic remake of THE BOUNTY (1984), directed by Roger Donaldson and co-starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins; the critically-acclaimed LAMB (1986) for which he received an Evening Standard Drama Award nomination for his haunting portrayal of a priest tormented by doubts about his faith; Andrei Konchalovsky's DUET FOR ONE (1986), co-starring Julie Andrews; as a political terrorist in A PRAYER FOR THE DYING (1987) with Mickey Rourke and Bob Hoskins; and a Jesuit priest in Roland Joffe's THE MISSION (1986), co-starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons. Neeson received critical acclaim starring opposite Cher as a deaf and mute Vietnam veteran in Peter Yates' courtroom drama SUSPECT (1987); as the passionate Irish sculptor opposite Diane Keaton in THE GOOD MOTHER (1988), and as scientist Peyton Westlake whose disfiguring accident forces him into hiding in Sam Raimi's fantasy-thriller DARKMAN (1990). Neeson next starred in David Leland's gritty contemporary drama CROSSING THE LINE based on William McIlvanney's acclaimed novel, ¨The Big Man¨ about an unemployed Scottish miner desperate for money that is thrust into the high-stakes world of bare-knuckle boxing. In 1992, he starred as both a Nazi engineer in David Seltzer's adaptation of Susan Isaac's best-selling novel SHINING THROUGH opposite Michael Douglas; and as a disgraced policeman accused of murder in the erotic thriller UNDER SUSPICION. Neeson then continued to star in a succession of film, most notably playing the sensitive art historian vying for the affections of Mia Farrow and Judy Davis in Woody Allen's controversial HUSBANDS AND WIVES (1992). His other credits include ETHAN FROME (1993) with Joan Allen, Michael Apted's NELL (1994), starring opposite Jodie Foster and Natasha Richardson; BEFORE AND AFTER (1996) with Meryl Streep; and the title role in Michael Canton-Jones' ROB ROY(1995), co-starring Jessica Lange. Neeson made his Broadway debut in 1993 receiving a Tony(R) Award nomination in the Roundabout Theater's revival of Eugene O'Neill's 1921 drama ¨Anna Christie¨ co-starring Natasha Richardson. FRANK GRILLO - Diaz Frank Grillo is currently starring opposite Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte in WARRIOR, the critically-acclaimed action drama directed by Gavin O'Connor. Grillo has also completed a number of high profile projects which will be released in 2012 including LAY THE FAVORITE, directed by Stephen Frears, with Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall; GANGSTER SQUAD, directed by Ruben Fleischer, with Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin and Emma Stone; DISCONNECT, directed by Henry Alex Rubin, with Alexander Skarsgard and Jason Bateman; and END OF WATCH, directed by David Ayer, with Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena and Anna Kendrick. Grillo's previous film credits include Wes Craven's MY SOUL TO TAKE; MOTHER'S DAY with Jamie King and Rebecca De Mornay; EDGE OF DARKNESS with Mel Gibson and directed by Martin Campbell; Gavin O'Connor's PRIDE AND GLORY with Colin Farrell and Edward Norton; Steven Spielberg's MINORITY REPORT with Tom Cruise; and THE SWEETEST THING with Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate. Grillo's television credits include starring roles on ``The Shield, ``Prison Break, ``The Gates, ``The Kill Point with John Leguizamo, ``Battery Park with Elizabeth Perkins and ``Blind Justice with Ron Eldard, as well as guest star appearances on ``Law & Order: SVU, ``Without a Trace, ``CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ``CSI: NY, ``Las Vegas and ``The District. The oldest of three children, Frank grew up in New York City and spent his teen years in Rockland, New York. He migrated back to NYC to study and pursue acting where he eventually landed his first major role on the long running daytime drama ``Guiding Light. After three years, he left the soap to star in his first of many television pilots. He is an avid boxer and martial artist and sits on the board of Love our Children, a charity that educates against child abuse. Grillo lives in New York with his wife and three sons. DERMOT MULRONEY - Talget Dermot Mulroney has been seen in over 65 films over the 25 years he has spent in front of the cameras. This upcoming year he will be seen starring in a number of big projects. In November he can be seen in Clint Eastwood's J. EDGAR for Warner Brothers. The film tells the story of J. Edgar Hoover and his life in law enforcement. Mulroney plays 'Colonel Schwarzkopf' to Leonardo Di Caprio's J. Edgar. December 7th debuts the TNT movie SILENT WITNESS. The film shows a prominent defense attorney 'Tony Lord who returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. Dermot returns again in February with the Universal family feature BIG MIRACLE, directed by Ken Kwapis. He stars opposite Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, and John Krasinski about a small town newspaper reporter who writes about three California gray whales trapped in the Arctic Circle. Dermot Mulroney's recent projects include; the Searchlight feature STOKER opposite Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode. He has also completed the independent film BEYOND OPPOSITE JOHN VOIGHT about a detective team that uses a psychic to track down a missing child. In STRUCK BY LIGHTENING starring opposite Chrsitina Hendricks and Allison Janney, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine after he is struck by lightening. With an impressive history on the screen, Mulroney's film credits include the following: INHALE with Diane Kruger; FLASH OF GENIUS with Greg Kinnear; ZODIAC, directed by David Fincher; GRACIE, directed by Davis Guggenheim and starring Elisabeth Shue; the Coen Brothers' BURN AFTER READING; THE FAMILY STONE with Diane Keaton; GEORGIA RULE with Jane Fonda; MUST LOVE DOGS with Diane Lane and John Cusack; THE WEDDING DATE with Debra Messing; David Gordon Green's UNDERTOW with Jamie Bell and Josh Lucas; Alexander Payne's ABOUT SCHMIDT with Jack Nicholson; THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS with Glenn Close and Patricia Clarkson; MY BEST FRIENDS WEDDING, opposite Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz; Nicole Holefcener's LOVELY AND AMAZING. WHERE THE MONEY IS starring opposite Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino; Robert Altman's KANSAS CITY with Jennifer Jason Leigh; COPYCAT opposite Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver; Tom DiCillo's LIVING IN OBLIVION; YOUNG GUNS with Kiefer Sutherland; POINT OF NO RETURN with Bridget Fonda; BAD GIRLS opposite Andie MacDowell, Madeline Stowe and Drew Barrymore; the Blake Edwards comedy SUNSET; and CAREER OPPORTUNITIES opposite Jennifer Connelly. Mulroney is a classily trained cellist who has been playing since he was 7 years old. He has worked on numerous projects with Academy Award winning composers such as James Newton Howard and Michael Giacchino Mulroney resides in Los Angeles with his family. DALLAS ROBERTS - Henrick Dallas Roberts stars in the upcoming films SHADOW PEOPLE for producer Michael Ohoven and the Warner Bros. film THE FACTORY opposite John Cusack. With a colorful list of film credits, Dallas Roberts can be seen in two films with director James Mangold - 3:10 TO YUMA opposite Russell Crowe and Christian Bale and WALK THE LINE opposite Joaquin Phoenix. Also in his repertoire is SHRINK opposite Kevin Spacey, JOSHUA opposite Vera Farmiga and Sam Rockwell, TELL TALE with Josh Lucas and Brian Cox, FLICKA starring Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw, THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE for director Mary Harron, WINTER PASSING directed by Adam Rapp, and a starring role in A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD opposite Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn and Sissy Spacek. Other upcoming films include the independent features THE RIVER WHY with William Hurt and Zach Gilford and INGENIOUS opposite Jeremy Renner. TV includes the recurring role of Alicia's brother Owen in "The Good Wife" opposite Julianna Margulies; series regular roles on AMC's "Rubicon and Showtime's "The L Word"; as well as guest star roles on all three "Law & Order" series. Off-Broadway, Dallas starred in the hit productions of Edward Albee's "Peter and Jerry", Caryl Churchill's ``A Number opposite Sam Shepard, and ``Burn This opposite Edward Norton. He received a Drama Desk nomination for Lead Actor for his performance in Adam Rapp's "Nocturne" at NY Theatre Workshop. He originated the role of ``Edward Kynaston in Jeffrey Hatcher's ``Compleat Female Stage Beauty (at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival) as well as the role of ``Cha