{"id":30708,"date":"2025-07-22T01:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30708"},"modified":"2025-07-22T01:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:34:31","slug":"sovereign-exclusive-video-interview-with-screenwriter-and-director-christian-swegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30708","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sovereign&#8217;, Exclusive Video Interview With Screenwriter and Director Christian Swegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a9Courtesy of\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cinemadailyus\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of our YouTube Channel. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Adriano Ercolani<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> : Italian Film Critic and TV Author living in New York since 2011. Critics Choice Association member. Graduated in History of Cinema in Rome, he works as a freelance correspondent for some of the most important Italian outlets like Hollywood Reporter Italy, Comingsoon.it, Cinefilos.it and Ciak Magazine. He started working as a film critic almost thirty years ago: in his career he attended the most important Film Festivals (Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, New York Film Festival, Tribeca) and conventions (San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic-Con, Disney D23). Over the years he has interviewed some of the most important contemporary authors like Michael Mann, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Peter Jackson, Alexander Payne, Joel and Ethan Coen, Kathryn Bigelow, Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, Jane Campion). In 2009 he interviewed Christiane Kubrick and Ian Harlan inside Stanley Kubrick\u2019s private office. Other than movies he is fond of American literature and basketball. Los Angeles Lakers fanatic. He lives in New York with his wife and his bossy 3-year -old daughter.<\/span><\/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-30789 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sovereign-poster.png\" alt=\"Sovereign \" width=\"918\" height=\"1346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sovereign-poster.png 918w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sovereign-poster-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sovereign-poster-698x1024.png 698w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sovereign-poster-768x1126.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sovereign-poster-696x1020.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Synopsis : <\/b><b>A father and son who identify as Sovereign Citizens, a group of anti-government extremists, find themselves in a standoff with a chief of police that sets off a manhunt.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter and Director : <\/b>Cristian Swegal<\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b>Nick Moceri<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warnerbros.com\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Production Co : <\/b>All Night Diner, Concourse Media, Valecroft, Rockhill Studios<\/p>\n<p><b>Rating : <\/b>R<\/p>\n<p><b>Genre : <\/b>Crime, Drama, Thriller<\/p>\n<p><b>Original Language : <\/b>English<\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Streaming) : <\/b>July 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime : <\/b>100 Minutes<\/p>\n<p><b>If you like the video review, share your thoughts below!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/adrianoercolani73gmail-com\/\">Check out more of Adriano&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Here\u2019s the trailer of Sovreign:<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_T4JHPowGbg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SOVEREIGN | Official Trailer | In Theaters and Available to Own or Rent JULY 11\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_T4JHPowGbg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9Courtesy of\u00a0 Check out more of our YouTube Channel. 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