Breaking Bad and Need For Speed star, Aaron Paul, joins The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus at the heist thriller premiere directed by Australian John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook. The pair plays two thieves blackmailed into taking on one last job by a Russian mafia boss played by Kate Winslet.
Also attending the LA screening were Paul's co-stars Casey Affleck and Anthony Mackie and Australian model and actress Teresa Palmer. The thriller also features Gal Gadot, Woody Harrelson and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
About the film: The film follows a group of criminals and corrupt cops who are being blackmailed by the Russian Mafia. The only way to appease them is to perform an extremely challenging heist. Despite its nearly impossible difficulty, they eventually hatch a plan.
Triple 9 opens in North America on February 26.
Pictured: Teresa Palmer at the premiere of Open Road's "Triple 9" held at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California on February 16, 2016. Photos by Joe Martinez / PictureLux
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The event, which took place at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, honored outstanding people of color in art and entertainment from film and television as well as books and music. For the third year in a row, Black-Ish star Anthony Anderson hosted, with winners announced tonight as well as last night in a separate ceremony. Other winners include Mike Epps for his turn as Uncle Julius on Survivor’s Remorse, Empire which won for Outstanding Drama Series, Regina King for American Crime, And a string of wins for ABC’s Black-Ish. Empire’s Jussie Smollett who received the Chairman’s Honor.
Pictured: Taraji P. Henson at the 47th NAACP Image Awards held at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, CA on 02/05/2016. Photo. by Kazuki Hirata / HNW / PictureLux
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Bob Odenkirk at Season Two Premiere of "Better Call Saul" Special Screening held at Arclight Cinemas - Culver City in Culver City, CA, February 2, 2016. Photos by Joe Martinez / PictureLux.
The television show on AMC is a prequel/spin-off of Breaking Bad, which was also created by Vince Gilligan. Set in 2002, Better Call Saul follows the story of small-time lawyer James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill (Bob Odenkirk), six years before his appearance on Breaking Bad as Saul Goodman; events after the original series are briefly explored
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Teresa Palmer at the Los Angeles Special Screening of "The Choice" held at Arclight Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA on 2/1/2016. Photos by Izumi Hasegawa / HNW / PictureLux
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20th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. Photos by Kazumi Nakamoto / HNW / PictureLux
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