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Ian McShane is an Assassin on Fuerteventura in 'American Star' Trailer

by Alex Billington
December 12, 2023
Source: YouTube

"Rule Number 1 – the less you know about the target, the better." IFC Films has revealed an official trailer for an assassin film called American Star, directed by Spanish filmmaker Gonzalo López-Gallego. There are no American actors in this movie, however, and the title is actually a reference to big shipwreck called the "American Star", which really exists and can be found on the west coast of the Fuerteventura island in the Canary Islands – which is where this film was shot and it also takes place. This 2024 films follows an assassin on his final assignment on Fuerteventura, who remains on the island while his target is delayed in arriving. He becomes drawn to the people he meets and a ghostly shipwreck which complicates his mission greatly when the target arrives. Ian McShane stars + produces, with Nora Arnezeder, Adam Nagaitis, Fanny Ardant, Oscar Coleman, Andres Gertrudix, and Thomas Kretschmann. This really doesn't look that bad, even if it's familiar, better than it sounds on paper. Especially with McShane leading the way.

Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Gonzalo López-Gallego's American Star, from YouTube:

An assassin on final assignment arrives in Fuerteventura to kill a man he has never met. But the target is delayed. Instead of following protocol he stays, drawn to the island, the people and a ghostly shipwreck. When the target returns, the world has shifted. Before everything was simple, now nothing is. American Star is directed by Spanish editor / filmmaker Gonzalo López-Gallego, director of the films Nómadas, King of the Hill, Open Grave, The Hollow Point, and Backdraft 2 previously, plus the TV series "Néboa" recently and other short films. The screenplay is written by Nacho Faerna. Produced by Michael Elliott and Ian McShane. This hasn't premiered at any festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. IFC Films will release American Star in select US theaters + on VOD sometime soon in early 2024 - stay tuned. Look any good?

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