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Michelle Monaghan and Director Sophia Banks Team Up for Indie Action-Thriller ‘Black Site’: ‘Let’s Show Them What Two Women Can Do in This Space’

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor“Black Site” director Sophia Banks is hoping her new $10 million action thriller “Black Site” is the little movie that could.“We’re not trying to be an $80 million action movie but we want to make this genre accessible for people,” Banks tells me. “It OK to shoot an indie action movie.

As long as you take people on a good ride, then that’s all we want. We just want people to have fun and go on a journey.”In “Black Site,” Michelle Monaghan stars as Abby Trent, a CIA agent based at a top-secret black site who must hunt one of their most notorious detainees (Jason Clarke) after he escapes from his cell and goes on a killing spree.I recently caught up with Banks and Monaghan over Zoom. How did it all come about?Banks: I did a couple of shorts.

One premiered at Tribeca called “Proxy” that got sold to Anonymous Content. CAA brought me “Black Site” written by Jinder Mahal.

I looked at it and I was like, “This could be really cool, but almost impossible to do because it really should be like $30 million.” Then I spoke to my one of my mentors, Phil Noyce, who introduced me to Jason Clarke and then I spoke to the amazing Michelle because I wanted someone who was kick-ass.

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