Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard the buzz about a new movie to be filmed around Mobile this summer. That movie is Tokarev – “A reformed criminal comes home to find that his daughter has been kidnapped by the Russian mob. He rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.” Ok then. So what else do we know about the project and what can we expect? Well, expect an infusion of cash and energy into Mobile’s downtown area. Expect road closures. Expect Nicolas Cage sightings. And ultimately, expect a film that showcases Mobile’s unique atmosphere with some very sleek and very violent action.

The man you either love, love to hate, hate to love or hate to hate (depending on the film) will get some hangtime in Mobile throughout Tokarev‘s six weeks of filming in June and July. Cage is one of the few actors working today that provides a consistently entertaining performance, regardless of the context he’s working in or quality of the material. If you see him, tell him I said Drive Angry really didn’t get the love it deserves. And then reiterate that I wasn’t being sarcastic.

Aubrey Peeples, who you may know from tv’s Grey’s Anatomy as “Super Hot Girlfriend,” can also be found in the soon-to-be released film Sharknado, and will play Cage’s daughter in Tokarev.

Rumors abound about who else is in the cast, but the smart money’s on Danny Glover- probably as a “local cop”.

Tokarev is to be the first American film from Spanish Director Paco Cabezas.

the trailer for Cabezas’ most recent film, Neon Flesh



Andrzej Sekula, Tokarev‘s director of photography, is the man responsible for the look of films such as Pulp Fiction, Hackers, American Psycho, and Reservoir Dogs. Word on the street is that Sekula really pushed for the film to be shot in Mobile, rather than any of the other options in the southeast.

A very intriguing combination of ingredients, no? From Cabezas’ own mouth: “Is the script good? Yes, it is. Can [we make it] a good movie? Yes, of course I’ll put all my energy, my heart and my balls in it to do so.”