The First Purge Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness. Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge.

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Cited as verbatim plot from universalpictures.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The First Purge.

• M
  Mo McRae

  Den of Thieves, Adopt a Highway

• J
  Joivan Wade

• L
  Luna Lauren Velez

  Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

• S
  Steve Harris

  Takers, Diary of a Mad Black Woman

• Y
  Y’lan Noel

  The Photograph

• L
  Lex Scott Davis

  Son of the South, Superfly

Crew Behind the Film

The The First Purge behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Gerard McMurray last directed Burning Sands and The Silver Bear. The film's writer James DeMonaco last wrote This Is the Night and The Forever Purge.

Director

Gerard McMurray

Screenwriter

James DeMonaco

Producers

Michael Bay
Jason Blum
Andrew Form
Brad Fuller
Sebastien Lemercier

Production Details

What we know about the The First Purge movie production.

Key Facts

• Series creator James DeMonaco revealed some ideas on a new Purge film, saying: "I would actually go back and I would try to talk about how it all started. That seems the natural next chapter in this, is to say, 'Alright, we've done this trilogy. We see how it got to this point of someone trying to end it - this presidential figure. Now let's go back and see how the fuck all this came about.' How did this country get to a place where we were now accepting this kind of atrocity, this terrible thing, each year? I think there's something interesting in that. I don't think I'll direct. I'm thinking of maybe writing or at least producing it, to make sure it stays true to what I like about the movies." (CinemaBlend, 9/30/16)

Production Updates for The First Purge

Jan 2018

Completed

Changed The First Purge movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Oct 2017

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Jan 2017

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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