"Justin Routt didn't direct a thing," said Steve Noell, the prop master on "Armored." "He was just there. Randall Emmett was the one who called all the shots."
Justin Routt was listed as director on the call sheet when Stallone arrived for his single day of shooting. That morning, around 7:10, Randall Emmett approached several of the filmmakers as they were preparing for the day, including the director of photography, according to multiple crew members.
"When Stallone got there, Randall asked the DP to come in and talk to Sly with him," said one person who was on set that day. "He said, 'Sly doesn't quite know that I'm directing this. I want you to back me up that this [film shoot] is going poorly and I need to take over the ship.'"
"When Stallone got there, Randall asked the DP to come in and talk to Sly with him," said one person who was on set that day. "He said, 'Sly doesn't quite know that I'm directing this. I want you to back me up that this [film shoot] is going poorly and I need to take over the ship.'"
On "Armored," Stallone was paid $3.5 million for one day's work.
Crews will film in Mississippi until the second week of October 2023, Convergence Entertainment said. The group said it will be "roughly a year" until the movie is released.
Initially, producers told Mississippi officials that "Armored" would be a 15-day film shoot, documents show. Then producers cut it to 10 days, knowledgeable people said. Shooting abruptly wrapped on the ninth day.
"Production finished a day early due to the efficiency of everyone involved," Fruehling said.
"Production finished a day early due to the efficiency of everyone involved," Fruehling said.