Mel Gibson film 'Agent Game' releases first trailer, features Augusta landmarks

Jozsef Papp, Augusta Chronicle
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A new trailer has been released for an upcoming Mel Gibson movie, "Agent Game," which was filmed in Augusta,Thomson and Evans.

Filming took place in March and April last year in downtown Augusta and at a warehouse on Evans to Locks Road. In the trailer released Monday, Augusta's downtown is in view around 1:15. Mel Gibson stands at the corner of Broad Street and Seventh Street talking on the phone before he starts shooting at a "Flowers on Broad" delivery van that turnsonto Seventh Street, right in front of the Augusta University office tower at 699 Broad Street.

Actor Mel Gibson photographed on 7th Street in Augusta, Ga., Monday afternoon March 29, 2021. He was in town to film the movie "Agent Game".
Actor Mel Gibson photographed on 7th Street in Augusta, Ga., Monday afternoon March 29, 2021. He was in town to film the movie "Agent Game".

Some scenes were also filmed inside the office tower. Scenes were also filmed at the Thomson-McDuffie Regional Airport during Masters Week and Sibley Mill on the Augusta Canal, The Augusta Chronicle reported.

Mark Crump production manager for the movie, told The Chronicle the whole movie was shot in Augusta. Explosions and warehouse interiors near the end of the trailer appear to have been shot in Columbia County.

Crump, who lives in Evans, helped bring the movie to the area through his past professional relationship with the film's line producer, Warren Ostergard.

Actors portraying commandos rehearse a scene for the movie, "Agent Game", that was filmed in Evans, Ga.
Actors portraying commandos rehearse a scene for the movie, "Agent Game", that was filmed in Evans, Ga.

“He called and said, ‘Hey, I’ve got a project that’s looking for a home, and do you think we can do this in Augusta?’ ‘Shoot me the script – I'll let you know,’” Crump said in an interview last April. “It was a very ambitious script, lots of explosions. We have airplanes. We have helicopters. But I knew it was something we could do in Augusta and figured, well, this is the first time that we will have done an actual action movie, so the entire thing was shot in Augusta.”

Photos: "Agent Game" movie starring Mel Gibson, Dermot Mulroney being filmed in Evans

Watch: Mel Gibson filming in downtown Augusta

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The indie spy thriller is directed by Grant S. Johnson and also stars Dermot Mulroney, Katherine McNamara, Rhys Coiro and Annie Ilonzeh, the online publicaton Deadline.com reported. The film's producers posted pictures of themselves having lunch at the Pinnacle Club, at the top of the AU building last year.

According to IMDB.com, "Agent Game" is scheduled to be released April 8, 2022.

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Over the past few years, several movies have shot scenes in Augusta include “The Mule” in 2019, starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, and the DC Comics movie “The Suicide Squad” sequel in 2019, which released last year.

"The Hill", a film starring Dennis Quaid, filmed and held auditions for extras last November at Lake Olmstead.

Staff writer Joe Hotchkiss contributed to this report.

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