A Most Violent Year 2014 Movie

A Most Violent Year is an upcoming American crime drama film directed and written by J. C. Chandor. The film stars Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks and Catalina Sandino Moreno. It will make its world premiere as the opening film of the AFI Fest on November 6, 2014 and be released theatrically on December 31, 2014.

A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

On June 5, 2013 Javier Bardem joined the film to play the lead. On July 16, 2013 Jessica Chastain joined the cast to play the lead role along with Bardem. On December 3, 2013, Oscar Isaac joined the lead cast of the film replacing Bardem. On January 27, 2014 Albert Brooks joined the film, playing Isaac's character's attorney, and actress Catalina Sandino Moreno also joined the film in a supporting role. On January 29, 2014, while the film's shooting was underway, David Oyelowo joined the cast of the film. Other cast members include Ashley Williams, Elyes Gabel, Harris Yulin, Giselle Eisenberg, and Elizabeth Marvel. On February 21, 2014 Alessandro Nivola joined the cast of the film, he'll play Peter Forente, a heating oil distributor who is a competitor to Isaac’s character.

The filming of the film A Most Violent Year began on January 29, 2014 in New York City. The shooting of the film was underway on February 18th in Manhattan, where Chastain was spotted. On February 22, 2014 the filming was underway on Queens Plaza South on Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, NY. Filming resumed in the Maspeth section of Queens on March 2, 2014.