Directed and co-written by Navot Papushado, Gunpowder Milkshake follows Sam (Karen Gillan) who was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (Lena Headey), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her.

Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-woman. She uses her “talents” to clean up The Firm’s most dangerous messes. She’s as efficient as she is loyal.

But when a high-risk job goes wrong, Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl – Emily (Chloe Coleman)…

Prorom in partnership with Ro Image 2000 will release Gunpowder Milkshake in cinemas this weekend.

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Gunpowder Milkshake stars Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Paul Giamatti and Michelle Yeoh.

Directed and co-written by Navot Papushado (Big Bad Wolves), Gunpowder Milkshake follows Sam (Karen Gillan) who was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (Lena Headey), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her.

Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-woman. She uses her “talents” to clean up The Firm’s most dangerous messes. She’s as efficient as she is loyal.

But when a high-risk job goes wrong, Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl – Emily (Chloe Coleman).

With a target on her back, Sam has only one chance to survive: reunite with her mother and her lethal associates The Librarians (Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh and Carla Gugino).

The images can be seen here: Gunpowder Milkshake.

Prorom in partnership with Ro Image 2000 will release Gunpowder Milkshake in cinemas this year.

Images © 2020 STUDIOCANAL SAS, All rights reserved.

Explosive action and bold humour collide in this crowd-pleasing and fiercely entertaining high-octane thriller that will reinvent the female assassin genre.

StudioCanal is thrilled to announce that Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh and Paul Giamatti will be joining Karen Gillan and Lena Headey in Gunpowder Milkshake - an explosive cocktail that will blow your mind!

From acclaimed director Navot Papushado and the Producers of Non Stop and The Commuter.

The first-class crew includes Director of Photography Michael Seresin (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes), Costume Designer Luise Frogley (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Lucy in the Sky), and Production Designer David Scheunemann (Fast & Furious presents Hobbs and Shaw, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde).

Prorom has acquired the rights for Gunpowder Milkshake in the following territories: Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia.

According to Deadline and ComingSoon.net, the film is said to be a high-concept female-centric assassin thriller that spans multiple generations.

Angela Basset (9-1-1, Black Panther, Bumblebee, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, American Horror Story) will play Anna May, one of the unassuming leaders of a massive armory.

The film will be directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, who also helmed the 2014 Israeli hit film Big Bad Wolves and the horror Rabies (2010). The two also wrote the screenplay along with Ehud Lavski.

Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company will produce as part of their overall deal with StudioCanal.

Details of the actual plot aren’t known just yet, but Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill and Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver are considered the film’s “touchstones,” which will mix stylized action with violence.

Gunpowder Milkshake is planning on filming in Berlin this Spring.

Prorom has acquired the rights for Gunpowder Milkshake in the following territories: Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ex-Yugoslavia.