Film to Be Released in Theaters Nationwide December 10, 2010

CULVER CITY, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Moviegoers eager for their first look of The Tourist, the highly anticipated thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, will be able to catch the new theatrical trailer for the film, on the internet Wednesday, September 15th exclusively on Yahoo!  The film will be released in theaters nationwide on December 10, 2010.

The trailer will debut exclusively on Yahoo! for two-hours from 9:00 am to 11:00 am (PDT).  Following the exclusive online break, the trailer will be sent via satellite to media outlets worldwide. The trailer will debut in theaters beginning September 17th attached to The Town.

Johnny Depp stars as an American tourist whose playful dalliance with a stranger leads to a web of intrigue, romance and danger in The Tourist.  During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank (Depp) unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise (Angelina Jolie), an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path.  Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, and written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and Christopher McQuarrie and Julian Fellowes, The Tourist is a GK Films presentation in association with Spyglass. The film is produced by Graham King, Tim Headington, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman.  Studio Canal is also a partner on the production.

For media outlets seeking to download the trailer, the satellite coordinates are:

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About GK Films

GK Films was founded by Academy Award®-winning producer Graham King and business partner Tim Headington in 2007.  In addition to "The Tourist," GK Films also produced "The Town," written and directed by Ben Affleck.  The company is currently shooting the 3-D film "Hugo Cabret," directed by Martin Scorsese, and is in post production on "The Rum Diary" starring Johnny Depp and produced with Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil, the crime drama "London Boulevard," starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley and written and directed by Academy Award® – winning screenwriter William Monahan and the animated tale "Rango," set for a March 2011 release, and directed by Gore Verbinski and produced with his Blind Wink Productions.  GK Films recently announced that it is producing an untitled love story set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War, written and directed by Angelina Jolie.  Recent GK Films releases include "Edge of Darkness" starring Mel Gibson and the three-time Academy Award®- nominated "The Young Victoria" starring Emily Blunt.  Most recently, Graham King and Tim Headington launched a new division, GK-TV.  They are currently filming the miniseries "Camelot" for Starz, starring Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green.

SOURCE Sony Pictures Entertainment; GK Films

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