Directed by Ariel Vromen, the Lionsgate thriller is set in Los Angeles during the turbulent titular year and features one of Ray Liotta’s last film roles.
With support from Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Dogg, Lionsgate is returning to the early 1990s this summer.
Monday the studio said it would open filmmaker Ariel Vromen’s crime thriller 1992 in theatres on Aug. 30. Through his Death Row Pictures production business, Snoop Dogg has boarded the flick as executive producer; Gibson (renowned for the Fast & Furious series) stars alongside Scott Eastwood and the late Ray Liotta in one of his last film performances.
The trailer below shows 1992 stars Gibson as Mercer, who is trying to rebuild his life and mend things with his son (Christopher Ammanuel) around the period of the Los Angeles upheaval over the Rodney King decision. Mercer is about to run across a father and son (Liotta and Eastwood) seeking to pilfer catalytic converters from the facility where he works.
Vromen (The Iceman) oversaw the movie from a script he co-wrote with Sascha Penn. Producer are Vromen, Penn, Andreas Rommel, Maurice Fadida, and Adam Kolbrenner. 1992 brings Snoop Dogg and Gibson back together, having formerly featured in John Singleton’s 2001 film Baby Boy.
“1992 was a life-changing time for me, from Deep Cover to The Chronic,” Snoop Dogg stated in a statement. “But everything in L.A. was disintegrating while things in my life were gathering together. One heist film that truly embodies all of that is 1992. This film chronicles an L.A. moment. Ariel created a remarkable movie capturing this historical event. From my initial meeting with Tyrese in Baby Boy until the 1992 performance, I had to be involved in this. Furthermore, it is appropriate that the movie premiere under Death Row Pictures since, ya dig, Death Row is connected with L.A. society in the 1990s.
In his statement, Gibson expressed thanks for working with Liotta, who passed away in May 2022 at age 67 and complimented Snoop Dogg for joining the project. “Ray Liotta blessed all of us in life while doing this movie,” Gibson remarked. “We all feel so lucky to have caught such a masterful and chilling performance for 1992 to be Ray’s last offering.”
“I’m grateful to have had a front-row seat to the infectious enthusiasm and talent Tyrese has brought to the many projects we’ve worked on together over the years,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson also said in thanking Gibson for his efforts. Regarding Snoop Dogg, Fogelson added, “He has found a personal connection to the material, which makes his team at Death Row Pictures the perfect partners.”