{"id":28889,"date":"2025-02-21T23:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T04:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=28889"},"modified":"2025-02-22T15:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T20:43:37","slug":"old-guy-exclusive-interview-with-director-simon-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=28889","title":{"rendered":"Old Guy : Exclusive Interview with Director Simon West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cinemadailyus\">Check out more of our Youtube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<\/a>Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28890 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Old-Guy-Poster.png\" alt=\"Old Guy\" width=\"640\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Old-Guy-Poster.png 640w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Old-Guy-Poster-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Guy<\/strong> : An aging hitman (Christoph Waltz) is forced to train a young prodigy (Cooper Hoffman) when his employer moves to replace the old guard. But when they learn they are being betrayed, the unlikely pair turns into a lethal team &#8212; with their double-crossing bosses in their sights.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0922346\/?ref_=fn_all_nme_1\">Simon West<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Jib Polhemus, Martin Brennan, Petr J\u00e1kl, Norman Golightly, Hal Sadoff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong> : Greg Johnson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong> :<a href=\"https:\/\/theavenue.film\/\">The Avenue <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Source Management + Production, 23ten, Studio 507, Pfaff &amp; Pfaff Productions, Boxo Productions, Dark Castle Entertainment, LB Entertainment, Highland Film Group (HFG)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating<\/strong> : R (Language|Violence|Some Drug Use)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Action, Comedy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Feb 21, 2025, Limited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Streaming)<\/strong> : Feb 21, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 33m<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like the interview, share your thoughts below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"vAGp4TkTbAE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Old Guy | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vAGp4TkTbAE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; 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