S.W.A.T. Expected Release Date U.S. : 8th August 2003
Expected Release Date U.K. : Summer 2003
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S.W.A.T. Cast : Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Colin Farrell, LL Cool J, Ashley Scott, Michelle Rodriguez
Director : Clark Johnson
Written By : David Ayer,David Mckenna
Producers : Neal Moritz, Oliver Stone, Chris Lee, Dan Halsted
Other Known Crew Members

S.W.A.T. Based On : The 1970's TV series of the same name.
Premise/Synopsis : The LAPD's S.W.A.T. team are called in to protect a highly dangerous criminal.
Genre : Comedy

Official Site : Click Here
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Released By : Columbia Pictures

 
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Latest updates

Tuesday 27th April 2004: S.W.A.T. : DVD Review posted by Paul Heath Click Here

Tuesday 3rd February 2004: S.W.A.T. : S.W.A.T. will be released on Region 2 DVD in the UK on the 222nd March 2004. Audio commentaries from the director and members of the cast Deleted scenes 'Anatomy Of A Shootout' featurette 'S.W.A.T. - TV's Original Super Cops' featurette 'Making Of S.W.A.T.' featurette Blooper reel Filmographies Theatrical trailer Interactive menu Scene access

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Friday 5th December 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
Samuel L Jackson says the stars of the new S.W.A.T. movie were sent to S.W.A.T. school to learn how to play their roles properly. Jackson, Colin Farrell and LL Cool J were sent to S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons And Tactics) school for two weeks to learn their skills. "We got to shoot all those weapons with real bullets in them at real targets, so we could actually hit them," explained Jackson. "We learnt how to enter and exit buildings, how to clear rooms, how to cover each other, how to find people who'd hidden from us. Only problem was we had flak jackets on and all this stuff, it was like running around with a 12 year-old kid on your back. The one thing that they do that we didn't have to do is they have to run four-minute miles all the time. They had to run four-minute miles every week or something. We weren't going to do that!"

Monday 1st December 2003 SWAT Update:
Review posted by Jamie Kelwick for SWAT
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Saturday 9th August 2003: SWAT Update:
Clips for SWAT have been released today.
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Wednesday 6th August 2003: S.W.A.T.
A new poster for S.W.A.T. has been released today
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Tuesday 5th August 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
Review posted by Gil Benzeevi for S.W.A.T. Click Here

Friday 1st August 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
The screenwriters for S.W.A.T. are David Ayer and David McKenna.

Tuesday 1st July 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
The official site for S.W.A.T. has opened up Click Here.

Tuesday 24th June 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
A fansite for S.W.A.T. has opened up www.swat-fan-zone.eu.tf

Thursday 19th June 2003: S.W.A.T.
Four new poster's for S.W.A.T. have been released today

• S.W.A.T. II
• S.W.A.T. III
• S.W.A.T. IV
• S.W.A.T. V

Saturday 14th June 2003: SWAT Update:
The US movie trailer for SWAT has been released today.
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Wednesday 28th May 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
A number of stills from the forthcoming actioner S.W.A.T. have appeared
online. You can view them by clicking here.

Saturday 26th April 2003: SWAT Update:
The movie trailer for SWAT has been released today.
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Wednesday 23rd April 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
The following promo images for S.W.A.T. have been received today. Click each image for a larger version.

Saturday 19th April 2003: SWAT Update:
The movie trailer for SWAT has been released today.
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Monday 7th April 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
A teaser poster has been released online for S.W.A.T. Click Here

Friday 21st February 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
A set report for SWAT has just been received " they are filming a scene from SWAT in our small town north of San Fernando Valley. The previous time I was driving to my childrens school to pick them up and saw two helicopters flying side by side. We do have a private airport in our town, but two helicopters next to each other is never seen. Once I arrived at the school, one of the helicopters looked to be in trouble and had a large amount of smoke coming out of it. As it turned out they were filming the movie and because of their close proximity to the elementary school (and their dangerous copter stunts) the principal called the studio to ask them to keep the copters as far away as possible." Thanks to Linette!

Thursday 6th February 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
Problems on set of S.W.A.T. with news that a police suspect drove a vehicle right through the set that was at a bridge that had a jet on it!

Friday 31st January 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
LL Cool J (or his real name James Todd Smith) has been talking about his role in the recently filming S.W.A.T. movie "I studied with the S.W.A.T. guys, went to S.W.A.T. school, did special weapons and tactics training, tactical entry, weapons training, the range, the whole bit. You don't want to mess with S.W.A.T. You don't want them to call S.W.A.T. S.W.A.T. is exactly that. They come to swat the flies, so surrender. Working with Sam Jackson, he's a very giving actor. Al Pacino was very giving. Those guys, it's a lot of fun to work with them. You learn a lot. It's kind of like being in the NBA, being a rookie or being in your second season and just getting to play with some of the great guys who play the game and them just showing you all the little nuances of the game. You really become a professional for real."

Monday 20th January 2003: S.W.A.T. Update:
Dark Horizons scored the following set scoop "I was listening to a conversation by a guy working on the SWAT production. He was telling someone about a scene involving a leer jet making a u-turn on a bridge. He said that it was a real leer jet, but they had swapped engines to make it drive better. He also said that they were having problems getting a full u-turn with the jet, and that by their calculations they would go over by six feet. Two feet over, he said, and the jet's history. This is being filmed in downtown LA".

Thursday 16th January 2003: SWAT Update:
Just received another cool on set report, keep them coming, we'd love to see some new pics as well!
"Last night, Tuesday, January 14, 2003, my dad and I went up to LA for a
night and had reservations at the Hyatt in downtown LA. As we turned the street to our hotel, the upcoming intersection was blocked off and there was a huge light mounted on the top of another hotel, shining down on the
intersection. My dad commented that they must be filming a movie, so I knew I was going to have to find out what was going on. When we checked in, the hotel gave us a letter warning us that they were filming the movie outside, and that they would be filming all night, so not to be scared if we heard "gunshots" or the helicopter flying over head. After we checked in, I walked back outside and over to one of the corners of the intersection, at 7th and Hope, and just kind of looked around. After awhile, I realized that everyone around me was an extra. I had just assumed they were people walking around downtown because even though the streets were blocked off, the sidewalks weren't. A guy wearing a "S.W.A.T" hat came over to me to say hi, so I just figured I'd ask him what was going on. He said they were filming "S.W.A.T.", so I asked him if he could tell me who was in it. He told me two guys I didn't know, then Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, and lastly, Samuel L. Jackson. He said that they weren't there at the time though and that they'd be back in about an hour, "after lunch" (it was 11:15 p.m.) Then he asked me to step back or I'd be in the shot. A helicopter flew overhead, the cars started driving through the intersection (where they would turn around and drive back after getting to the other side) and a big spotlight shone on a guy running through the intersection. Unfortunately, I had to go upstairs to go to bed, but we did hear the helicopter all night long. Apparently, they were filming from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m." Thanks to Brady007

Monday 13th January 2003: SWAT Update:
Hi, Iwas going to get a bite to eat the other night, and low and behold they
were filming SWAT accross the street from where I live! Anyway, speaking
with a security guy, he told me they had just finished filming a cafe scene
in which somebody gets their throat slit. He also told me the movie will
start with helicopters hovering over a bank and the SWAT guys jumping out on ropes with lots of gun shooting action and a couple of cars blow up. He also said they were on day 45 of a 90 day shoot, and the movie is probably gonna be coming out around the end of 2003, and not during the summer. 'Thanks to Uvi'.

Saturday 23rd November 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:

'Jason' sent us in a few pics from the LA set of S.W.A.T. Shooting took place on Hollywood Boulevard last week.

'Thought you might be interested in this pic I took last week (Monday 11th Nov) whilst walking down Hollywood Boulevard, CA. Basically I was in the States on business for a week and had decided to have a day off to check out the sights and sounds of Hollywood when I came across a film crew that had cordoned off a side street. Talking to a street cop, he revealed that they were filming a scene for 'LA Swat' (the title he gave it) starring Samuel L Jackson. In the scene I saw, they filmed Samuel L pointing a gun directly at the camera from the passenger side of a van. Anyway, here's a couple of pics I took - Samuel L can clearly be seen in the blue SWAT jumpsuit'.


Here are the pics.......

Monday 28th October 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
Variety reports that S.W.A.T, the action thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez and LL Cool J has kicked off shooting in Los Angeles. The film, produced by xXx producer Neal H. Moritz and directed by debut helmer J. Clark Johnson is being released by Columbia Pictures and is due to hit theaters next summer.

Saturday 12th October 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
S.W.A.T. has had its release date set as 8th August 2003.

Saturday 12th October 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
Casting news today with the announcement that Ashley Scott will take the only female role in the upcoming Samuel L.Jackson project S.W.A.T.

Tuesday 8th October 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
Samuel L Jackson has been talking about the state of play with S.W.A.T. "We're in rehearsal now, and we start shooting in a couple of few weeks...We're actually going to swat camp right now, so for the past few days I've been in S.W.A.T. camp, and I gotta go again this week. The other day we were doing life fireworks, blowing up targets, (You're having fun!) some big old guns."

Wednesday 2nd October 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
S.W.A.T. looks to have bagged www.swatthemovie.com for its official website address. Stay posted for when it opens.

Monday 30th September 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
We knew we had the good guys all signed for S.W.A.T. with no word on the central villain. That has now changed with word reaching us that Olivier Martinez has signed up as the criminal being transferred by the S.W.A.T. team to the secure facility. Filming is due to start in October on S.W.A.T.

Wednesday 18th September 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
LL Cool J has signed up to costar in S.W.A.T. alongside Colin Farrell, Samuel L.Jackson and Michelle Rodriguez for helmer Clark Johnson. LL Cool J's character in S.W.A.T. will be of Deke a member of the S.W.A.T. team.

Thursday 29th August 2002 : S.W.A.T. Update:
More casting has been announced on the soon to shoot Samuel L Jackson movie with news that Clark Johnson has been signed up as another S.W.A.T. officer in the movie.

Monday 26th August 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
Columbia Pictures have signed up Jeremy Renner to star in S.W.A.T. their upcoming $100 million dollar production. Also starring are Colin Farrell (busiest man in movies just now?), and Samuel L. Jackson. The movie is to be directed by Clark Johnson. The movie follows a S.W.A.T. team who transport a captured drug kingpin out of L.A. But here's the kicker the kingpin offers $100 million for someone to bust him loose. Screenwriter David Ayer has recently finished the latest draft of the script. Farrell and Renner play Jim Street and Poker, respectively, two members and close friends on the S.W.A.T. crew who have a huge falling out and become adversaries. Jackson plays their boss and the movie is based on the 1970s ABC series of the same name.

24th July 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
Film Jerk have posted a detailed casting breakdown for Columbia's SWAT. The article also goes into the premise and contains SPOILERS about the films various storylines. Take a look.

The site also reports that Homicide (TV) director Clark Johnson will helm this and producers are looking toward an October 7th start in LA.

9th July 2002: S.W.A.T. Update:
Here's a little casting news for S.W.A.T. It seems two more actors will join Samuel L. Jackson in the movie. Irish actor Colin Farrell (Minority Report) has joined the cast and Girlfight's Michelle Rodriguez is in talks to appear as Denise Sanchez, the only female character in the SWAT team.

12th May 2002 - S.W.A.T. Update:
S.W.A.T. now has a star attached in the form of Samuel L. Jackson. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will begin shooting later this year. The trade also included more information on the film's plot.

The film's story line centers around an arrested drug kingpin who is transported by a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team -- led by Jackson's character -- out of the city and into federal custody. Plans go awry when the kingpin offers $100 million to anyone who can free him.



Updated : 26/7/01
S.W.A.T. has been a film that has been planned for a number of years now. Arnold Schwarzenegger was to star in the film and was indeed attached for a long time, but now he has left the project to make way for a much younger, hipper cast. The film cast rumour is that Paul Walker, star of The Fast & The Furious is to star, but has not been confirmed officially.

Scriptwriter David Ayers has totally redone the script from scratch.

The budget has been elevated from $40 million to $70 million with producers hoping for a summer 2002 release.

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