GET THE GRINGO available on DIRECTV Today

The premiere of GET THE GRINGO, starring

Mel Gibson, was held in Austin on Wednesday, April 18th at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on South Lamar

The Film Debuts Exclusively on DIRECTV Beginning May 1

The premiere screening was followed by a Q&A moderated by Ain’t It Cool News’ Harry Knowles, featuring Mel Gibson, co-star Kevin Hernandez and director Adrian Grunberg in attendance.

Key Talent: is  Mel Gibson, producer, co-screenwriter and lead actor “Driver” in GET THE GRINGO

·         Kevin Hernandez, stars the “kid” in GET THE GRINGO (recently starred in The Sitter

·         Adrian Grunberg, GET THE GRINGO director and co-screenwriter

·         Banda Machos, CORRIDO DEL GRINGO creators

The Q&A was streamed live to nine cities around the U.S., where fans were able to interactively participate.

GET THE GRINGO stars Mel Gibson as Driver, an American criminal who violently crashes his car into the border wall as he tries to outrun the U.S. Border Patrol.  Driver survives the crash only to land inside a hard-core Mexican prison where he enters the strange and dangerous world of “El Pueblito.”  Driver finds unlikely guidance from a 10-year-old kid who shows him the ropes.

GET THE GRINGO is an explosive action filmed infused with dark comedy directed by Adrian Grunberg from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mel Gibson and it is produced by Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey and Stacy Perskie.

Filmed in Mexico, the multi-lingual film also stars Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Jesus Ochoa, Roberto Sosa, Dolores Heredia, Fernando Becerril, Mayra Serbullo, Mario Zaragoza, Gerardo Taracena, Tenoch Huerta and Peter Gerety.

GET THE GRINGO is available on DIRECTV on May 1 and will be followed by the film’s wide release on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD and digital download later this year.  

Photo by Liz Lopez at the Alamo Drafthouse premiere in Austin, Texas--Mel Gibson signs autographs upon his arrival at the theater for the red carpet and screening.

Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment e Icon Productions

Photo by Liz Lopez at the Alamo Drafthouse premiere in Austin, Texas-- Kevin Hernandez looks considerably more mature at the movie premiere than as "Kid"-his character in 'Get the Gringo.' He was also highly sought after by young fans waiting outside the Alamo Drafthouse as the talent arrived.