‘Killing Season’
This thriller starring Travolta and De Niro has wrapped and is slated for a July 12 release in larger markets, according to Travolta’s staff. It will open in smaller markets soon thereafter.
Travolta stars as Emil Kovac, a Serbian veteran of the Bosnian war who happens across an American who served in the same conflict. Yet Travolta’s Emil has a score to settle. Set in the Appalachian Mountains, the film is directed by Mark Steven Johnson (“Daredevil,” “Ghost Rider”).
This the first time Travolta and De Niro have starred in a movie together, though they have known each other since the late 1970s. They met, Travolta recalled, at Liza Minnelli’s house shortly after she filmed “New York, New York” with De Niro. He and Travolta both asked each other for autographs, and De Niro’s autograph to Travolta read: “From one autograph hound to another.”
In the interview earlier this week, Travolta called De Niro “very professional, very easy to work with. … He’s got a natural sense of humor.”
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