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{{Infobox film
| name = Havana Heat
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| director = Dean Hamilton
| producer = {{plainlist|
- Ken Gord
- Dean Hamilton
- James Ordonez
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| writer = Ken Gord
| story = {{plainlist|
- Ken Gord
- Dean Hamilton
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| starring = {{plainlist|
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| music = Robert Folk
| cinematography = Zoran Popovic
| editing =
| studio = {{plainlist|
- Canadian Global Media
- Radar Pictures
- Tayrona Entertainment Group
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| distributor = {{plainlist|
- Empire Films Group
- (USA theatrical)
- Tayrona Entertainment Group
- (Latin America theatrical)
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| released = {{plainlist|
- May 1, 2013 Canada (slated)
- 2013 United States
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| runtime =
| country = Canada
| language = English
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Havana Heat is an 2012 Canadian action thriller suspense film, directed by Dean Hamilton, and by Hamilton and Ken Gord,{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118023070?refCatId=13|title=Snipes, Lawrence join 'Havana Heat'|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=Augist 18, 2010|work=Variety|accessdate=18 November 2010}}{{cite news
|url=http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/Joey_Lawrence_to_Star_in_Havana_Heat_Film_Summer_2011_20100819
|title=Joey Lawrence to Star in 'Havana Heat,' Film Summer, 2011
|coauthors=staff
|date=August 19, 2010
|work=Broadway World
|accessdate=18 November 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/news/article_1578805.php/Snipes-Lawrence-feel-the-Heat|title=Snipes, Lawrence feel the 'Heat'|last=Adnan Tezer |date=August 20, 2010|work=Monsters & Critics|accessdate=5 June 2011}}{{cite news
|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/08/19/joey-lawrence-wesley-snipes-havana-heat/
|title=Joey Lawrence-Wesley Snipes action film 'Havana Heat' even crazier/better than we thought!
|last=Bierly
|first=Mandi
|date=August 19, 2010
|work=Entertainment Weekly
|accessdate=18 November 2010}} the film will star Wesley Snipes, Joseph Lawrence, Michael Dudikoff, Heath Herring, Zulay Henao, Lorena Rincon, Raul Julia Jr., and Nicholas Brown.{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=28709|title=Wesley Snipes Is Filming Again: He'll star in Havana Heat|date=August 19, 2010|work=Empire|last=Helen O'Hara |accessdate=5 June 2011}}
Plot
After a Homeland Security agent assigned to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is murdered in Havana, CID agent Sean Franklin (Joseph Lawrence) and his partner, NCIS agent Brianna Evans (Zulay Henao) are sent to Gitmo to investigate the crime. During the same timeframe as their investigation,there is a planned heavyweight title fight between America's Ruben Palace and Cuba’s Kid Carlos. An international incident occurs when a girl Ruben was seen with is herself found dead. The two agents team up with Cuban police force detective Aguillerra to investigate the two crimes.
Cast
- Joseph Lawrence as Agent Sean Franklin
- Peta Wilson as Capt. Camille Davenport
- Zulay Henao as Agent Brianna Evans
- Michael Dudikoff as Prescott
- Heath Herring as Ruben Cody
- Anna Maria Demara as Crissy
- Lorena Rincon as Tamara
- Nicholas Brown as Misha
- Wesley Snipes
- Jean Claude Van Damme
- Raul Julia-Levy
- Danny Trejo
Production
Empire Film Group announced the beginning of pre-production in December 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/empire-film-group-commences-pre-production-of-feature-film-havana-heat-800200.htm|title=Empire Film Group Commences Pre-Production of Feature Film, 'Havana Heat'|date=December 06, 2007|work=Empire Film Group|publisher=Market Wire |accessdate=5 June 2011}} When Variety announced in August 2010 that Joey Lawrence had been signed to the project, it was also announced that Wesley Snipes, Michael Dudikoff, Heath Herring, Zulay Henao, Lorena Rincon, Raul Julia-Levy, and Nicholas Brown had been signed as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/08-2010/joey-lawrence-joins-havana-heat-film_29794.html|title=Joey Lawrence Joins Havana Heat Film|last=Brian Scott Lipton |date=August 19, 2010 |work=Theater Mania|accessdate=5 June 2011}}{{cite news
|url=http://www.canmag.com/nw/16032-lawrence-snipes-havana-heat
|title=Joey Lawrence and Wesley Snipes Feel Havana Heat
|last=Parsons
|first=Ryan
|date=Auguat 18, 2010
|work=Canmag
|accessdate=18 November 2010}}
Principle filming began in Columbia on May 2, 2011 and completed June 24, 2011.
References
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External links
- [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139588/combined Havana Heat] at the Internet Movie Database