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By all accounts American Ultra is a bit of an unusual movie – part Cheech & Chong and part action thriller – which reteams Adventureland co-stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘“’American Ultra’ is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike (Eisenberg), a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe (Stewart), is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.”

The movie is due out in both the US and UK in August. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace FILMS: American Ultra

The American Ultra cast continues to grow. A couple of weeks ago Uma Thurman joined Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in the movie, and now Deadline reports that Topher Grace has signed up too.

The film is about Mike (Eisenberg), a lazy stoner who lives a quiet life with his girlfriend (Stewart). However one random night their lives change when something from Mike’s past in the CIA surfaces. He then finds himself in the middle of a government operation that is trying to kill him.

Uma Thurman will Mike’s old CIA handler, who tries to help stop the G-men killing him. Grace meanwhile will be the bad gut, a recently promoted hotshot agent, who wants to prove himself killing our hero, which will wipe out a problem the government is facing.

Max Landis wrote the screenplay, with Nima Nourizadeh directing. Filming is set to begin in April.

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ACTORS: Topher Grace, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Uma Thurman FILMS: American Ultra