This Monday January 2, 2023 at 9:10 p.m., TF1 is broadcasting the very muscular Equalizer by Antoine Fuqua, which stages a Denzel Washington far from being in the lace. In 2018, its sequel was released, Equalizer 2. The opportunity for us to look at the third part, currently filming and expected in American theaters in the coming months.
A former CIA agent, widowed in the face of the Russian mafia. All the ingredients come together in this explosive cocktail of action and violence by Antoine Fuqua. It’s 13 years after the awesome Training Day that the American filmmaker once again directed Denzel Washington, elected best actor of the 21st century by the New York Times. In Equalizer, broadcast this Monday, January 2, 2023 on TF1, the actor slips into the skin of Robert McCall who leads a modest life as an employee of a DIY store. It was without counting on his meeting with Teri, a young teenager played by Chloë Grace Moretz (who was inspired by significant encounters to prepare for her role), who will upset his existence and plunge him back into his distant past. Note: this punchy thriller is an adaptation of the eponymous television series from the 80s.
Equalizer 3 : a shooting in Italy and a release date
Despite a mixed reception in France with approximately 730,000 admissions when it was released in theaters in 2014, Equalizer collects sufficient revenue abroad to allow Antoine Fuqua to work on a sequel, Equalizer 2, released in 2018. In France, the film attracted slightly more spectators than the previous opus with 818,000 tickets sold. In any case, the production is ordering a third part, again directed by Antoine Fuqua and scheduled for American theaters on September 1, 2023. For fans of the action franchise, be aware that filming started in mid-October 2022 in Italy, on the Amalfi Coast. Moreover, Sony officially announced the news by posting photos on its Twitter account. We see the Oscar-winning actor Denzel Wahsington alongside Dakota Fanning, whom he finds 20 years later man on fire by Tony Scott, as well as Antoine Fuqua. In an interview given to Page Six, Italian actor Eugenio Mastrandrea, who will lend his features to a policeman in Equalizer 3has revealed the plot details of the adventures of Robert McCall : “The film takes place in an Italian town in southern Italy, and I play the role of Maresciallo, a carabinieri who is the main police officer in the town in which Robert McCall arrives. Dramatic events take place there that involve all the inhabitants of the city. The story takes place entirely in this small town“.
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Equalizer 3 : when reality meets fiction
However, a more or less curious affair occurred at the beginning of the shooting ofEqualizer 3as reported variety. According to the Italian newspaper Il Giornalethe carabinieri seized 120 grams of cocaine in the hotel of the teams of catering of the movie. It was notably revealed that the police carried out a raid shortly after the death of the chef’s heart attack on Monday, October 31, 2022. This sudden search led to the arrest of two employees of the catering company chartered for the filming.
