Renny Harlin
Finnish filmmaker
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| 2025 | Renny Harlin completes 'The Strangers: Chapter 2', which is currently in post-production. |
| 2024 | Slated to direct 'The Strangers: Chapter 1' |
| May 2024 | Announced as director of The Postcard Killer, a sequel to The Postcard Killings, with filming originally set for fall 2024 but later pushed to January 2025. |
| April 2024 | Welcomed a son with his wife Johanna in Miami, Florida |
| 2023 | Directed and produced 'Refuge' and directed 'The Bricklayer' |
| 2022 | Renny Harlin was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director for the film 'The Misfits' |
| July 2022 | Welcomed a daughter with his wife Johanna in Miami, Florida |
| 2021 | Directed two films: action heist movie 'The Misfits' and comedy 'Reunion 3: Singles Cruise' (which he also wrote) |
| 2021 | Selected as a jury member at the 11th Beijing International Film Festival for Tiantan Awards. |
| September 2021 | Married fitness athlete and school teacher Johanna Harlin (née Kokkila) |
| January 19 2021 | Announced as director of a new international English-language Inspector Palmu film based on a character created by Mika Waltari, with filming planned to begin at the end of 2024. |
| 2020 | Completed shooting of the Finnish film Reunion 3: Singles Cruise and subsequently moved to Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 2019 | Directed thriller 'Bodies at Rest' |
| 2018 | Directed Legend of the Ancient Sword for Alibaba Pictures, based on a Chinese role-playing video game, which was a box-office bomb grossing only $1.25 million. |
| June 18 2018 | Announced as director of Operation Wild. |
| May 8 2018 | Announced as director of Solara, a Chinese sci-fi epic about an international team working to save Earth from a global catastrophe. |
| June 18 2017 | Announced as director of Operation Somalia, a film based on true events about a Chinese Special Operations Forces rescue operation against Somali pirates. |
| June 16 2017 | Announced as director of Hanging Coffins for Shanghai Film Group and Shanghai New Wave Films. |
| 2016 | Directed the action comedy Skiptrace, starring Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, and Fan Bingbing. |
| 2015 | Renny Harlin was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director for the film 'The Legend of Hercules' |
| 2014 | Moved from the United States to China |
| January 10 2014 | Directed The Legend of Hercules, which was released in theaters and critically panned, becoming a box-office bomb. |
| 2013 | Harlin directs 3 episodes of the TV series Graceland |
| 2013 | Directed Devil's Pass, a film set in Russia's Ural Mountains loosely based on the Dyatlov Pass incident. |
| 2012 | Harlin directs an episode of White Collar titled 'Gloves Off' |
| 2012 | Harlin directs an episode of Covert Affairs titled 'Lady Stardust' |
| 2011 | Renny Harlin begins directing episodes of the TV series Burn Notice, working on 4 episodes across 2011-2012 |
| 2011 | Renny Harlin directed and produced '5 Days of War', also released 'The Resident' as an executive |
| 2011 | Harlin was reported to be planning a sequel to The Long Kiss Goodnight. |
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