REEL DEAL: Asian Superstars Casts In Pivotal Roles In “BLACKHAT”

Asian superstars Wang Leehom and Tang Wei, best known for both starring in Ang Lee's controversial 2007 erotic drama “Lust, Caution,” join Chris Hemsworth in Universal Pictures' cybercrime thriller “Blackhat.”

Directed by Michael Mann (“Public Enemies,” “Miami Vice”), “Blackhat” follows convicted hacker Nicholas Hathaway (Hemsworth), furloughed from federal prison, and his American and Chinese partners as they try to identify and hunt down a world-class and dangerous cybercrime network from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, Perak, Malaysia and Jakarta. But as Hathaway gets closer to his target, his target becomes aware of Hathaway and the more personal the stakes become.

REEL DEAL: Michael Mann's New Film "BLACKHAT" Rolls Out Trailer

Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures have just reeled-off the trailer for its upcoming action-thriller “Blackhat” from director Michael Mann (“Public Enemies,” “Miami Vice”). The trailer may be viewed at http://youtu.be/79ZIEsPAYLM.

Set within the world of global cybercrime, “Blackhat” follows a furloughed convict (Chris Hemsworth and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.

Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers.

Opening across the Philippines on January 2015, “Blackhat” is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.