Shot Caller (film)

Shot Caller
Shot Caller
	Teaser poster
Directed by	Ric Roman Waugh
Written by	Ric Roman Waugh
Produced by	Michel Litvak; Gary Michael Walters; Jonathan King; Ric Roman Waugh;
Starring	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; Omari Hardwick; Lake Bell; Jon Bernthal; Emory Cohen; Jeffrey Donovan; Evan Jones; Benjamin Bratt; Holt McCallany; Juan Pablo Raba;
Cinematography	Dana Gonzales
Edited by	Michelle Tesoro
Music by	Antônio Pinto
Production; companies	Bold Films; Participant Media;
Distributed by	Saban Films
Release dates	June 16, 2017 (LA Film Fest); August 18, 2017 (United States);
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3.4 million

Shot Caller is a 2017 American crime thriller film written and directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The film chronicles the transformation of a well-to-do family man, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, into a hardened prison gangster, which he undergoes to survive California's penal system after he is incarcerated for his role in a deadly DUI car accident. The film also stars Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal, Emory Cohen, Jeffrey Donovan, Evan Jones, Benjamin Bratt, and Holt McCallany.

It premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 16, 2017.^[2] The film was released on July 20, 2017, through DirecTV Cinema and theatrically on August 18, 2017, by Saban Films.^[3]