“The Killer” trailer: Nathalie Emmanuel stars in John Woo action remake for Peacock

Who would be better suited for the remake of The killer than the master of action himself, John Woo? Peacock released the first trailer for The killerWoo’s American remake of his groundbreaking 1989 action film of the same name.

Downtown The killer Is Fast X Nathalie Emmanuel plays Zee, a contract killer known as the “Queen of the Dead.” After refusing to kill a blind woman (Diana Silvers) in a Paris nightclub, Zee becomes the number one target of every contract killer in the area. She must not only evade the criminal underworld, but also evade capture by an admirable police detective (Omar Sy).

“Never send boys to do a woman’s work,” Zee says in the trailer before unleashing her elite fighting skills on anyone who stands in her way.

The killer also with Sam Worthington, Aurélia Agel, Grégory Montel, Saïd Taghmaoui, Hugo Diego Garcia, Eric Cantona and Tchéky Karyo.

Woo is one of the most famous action filmmakers of all time and was a leading voice in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s with A better tomorrow, The killerAnd Hard boiled. Woo finally made his breakthrough in Hollywood by directing Hard target, Broken Arrow, In the face/outAnd Mission: Impossible 2. In 2023, Woo directed Silent Night, his first American film since 2003 Paycheck.

Woo produces and directs The killer based on a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken. Helgeland won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the screenplay for “The Last Man” in 1997. LA Confidential. Additional producers include Charles Roven, Alex Gartner and Lori Tilkin deFelice.

The killer will stream exclusively on Peacock starting August 23, 2024.