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Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, and Alan Rickman (in one of his final performances) star in the critically acclaimed modern war thriller "Eye in the Sky," which is widening its release in theaters this Friday, April 1. In this exclusive behind-the-scenes sneak peek, Helen Mirren and director Gavin Hood discuss the complexities of the timely story, which is meant to engage and challenge the viewer into questioning what is the right action to take.

In "Eye in the Sky," Mirren plays Colonel Katherine Powell, a U.K.-based military intelligence officer who leads a secret mission to capture a terrorist group living in a safehouse in Nairobi, Kenya. When she learns that the group plans to carry out a suicide attack, she changes the objective to kill the terrorists. But here's the major complication. When American drone pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) targets the safehouse for destruction, he reports a 9-year-old girl entering the kill zone.

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Gavin Hood showed a talent for handling complex issues with brilliant skill in “Tsotsie,” a film about a small-time thug that was both a thriller and a balanced exploration of the intersection of crime, poverty and AIDS in South Africa’s slums. Now the South African director brings that knack for taut thrillers with nuance, balance and humanity to the morally murky subject of drone warfare, in Eye In The Sky.

Hood takes a neutral tone in this gripping thriller, where a joint British and American mission to capture a British national, who has become an Islamic terrorist leader in Kenyan, is complicated when their remote surveillance, the “eye in the sky,” reveals a suicide bomber mission in progress. The unexpected discovery seems to change the mission from capture to kill, but that decision is debated between politicians, diplomats, military leaders across international lines, in a...

The Eye in the Sky cast and crew gathered for the film's N.Y.C. premiere Wednesday, and paid tribute to late co-star Alan Rickman in his final onscreen role. "Obviously, I knew Alan very, very well," Helen Mirren, who plays hard-baked Colonel Katherine Powell, told People. "I did a play with him, Anthony and Cleopatra, and we went through all the unbelievable difficulties and the passion of that." She continued: "The man you see on the screen - and that's what I love about it really - is Alan: the wit, the urbanity, the sophistication, the intelligence, the humanity.

The Eye in the Sky cast and crew gathered for the film's N.Y.C. premiere Wednesday, and paid tribute to late co-star Alan Rickman in his final onscreen role. "Obviously, I knew Alan very, very well," Helen Mirren, who plays hard-baked Colonel Katherine Powell, told People. "I did a play with him, Anthony and Cleopatra, and we went through all the unbelievable difficulties and the passion of that." She continued: "The man you see on the screen - and that's what I love about it really - is Alan: the wit, the urbanity, the sophistication, the intelligence, the humanity.

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Check out the new images of Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman from director Gavin Hood’s Eye In The Sky.

The film had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival to a standing ovation and rave reviews.

The upcoming thriller about a top secret military operation that escalates into international crisis opens in select theaters Friday, March 11.

Alan Rickman stars as Lt. General Frank Benson.

Phoebe Fox (left) stars as Carrie Gershon and Aaron Paul (right) stars as Steve Watts.

(Left to Right) Actress Phoebe Fox, director Gavin Hood and actor Aaron Paul on the set of Eye In The Sky.

Phoebe Fox (left) stars as Carrie Gershon and Aaron Paul (right) stars as Steve Watts.

Director Gavin Hood (left) and actress Helen Mirren (right) on the set of Eye In The Sky.

Barkhad Abdi stars as Jama Farah.

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