Heads of State

Name: Heads of State
Genre: Action, Thriller, Comedy
Released: 2025-06-24
Duration: 1 h 57 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: John Cena, Idris Elba, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Paddy Considine, Carla Gugino

Two heads are better than one.

Heads of State (2025)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Watch film Heads of State — The President's Plane Goes Down

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Release date

2025-06-24

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

The Safran Company, Amazon MGM Studios, Potboiler Productions, Big Indie Pictures

Genre

Action, Thriller, Comedy

Budget

$158 400 000

Revenue

Website

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0DRTHSHS1

Director

Ilya Naishuller

Actors

John Cena, Idris Elba, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Paddy Considine, Carla Gugino, Stephen Root, Jack Quaid, Sarah Niles, Richard Coyle, Aleksandr Kuznetsov
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Scenario

Producer

Peter Safran, John Rickard, Marcus Viscidi, Idris Elba, John Cena, Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec

Operator

Ben Davis

Composer

Steven Price

Artist

Niall Moroney, Peter Yip

Audition

Sophie Holland, John Papsidera

Editing

Tom Harrison-Read
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Short description

The UK Prime Minister and US President have a public rivalry that risks their countries' alliance. But when they become targets of a powerful enemy, they're forced to rely on each other as they go on a wild, multinational run. Allied with Noel, a brilliant MI6 agent, they must find a way to thwart a conspiracy that threatens the free world.

What's left behind the scenes

Jack Quaid enjoyed filming 'Heads of State,' in which he played Marty Comer, so much that he immediately signed on for the action-comedy 'Novocaine' (2025) by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen.
Sam Clarke, played by Idris Elba, goes for a run wearing a baseball cap with the logo of the professional football club "Arsenal". The actor is a passionate fan of this club.
Sam Clark, played by Idris Elba, goes for a jog wearing a baseball cap with the logo of the Arsenal football club. The actor is a passionate fan of the club.
It took director Ilya Naishuller five months to create the film's storyboard, which included repeatedly redrawing the scenes of the attack on the presidential aircraft.
In one scene, the viewer sees a doorbell and a nameplate with the resident's name – “P. Pogorzhelsky”. This is a reference to Pavel Pogorzhelsky, who was the operator in the director Ilya Naishuller's previous project, "Nobody", a 2021 thriller.
In a scene filmed in the style of Wes Anderson, in which Priyanka Chopra Jonas's character moves from a festival in Spain to a safe house, the film's director Ilya Naishuller appeared on screen (he played a Polish-American police officer whose car is taken, and who is himself handcuffed).
It took director Ilya Naishuller five months to create the film's storyboard, including repeatedly redrawing scenes with the attack on the presidential plane.
Jack Quaid enjoyed filming "Heads of State" so much, where he played Marty Comer, that he immediately signed on to star in Dan Berk and Robert Olsen's comedic action film "Novocaine" (2025).
When the main characters, played by John Cena and Idris Elba, prepare to jump from the train, the former advises the latter to press his chin to his chest during the jump. This is a reference to Cena's past, as he was once a professional wrestler, and they are specifically taught to press their chin to their chest during falls to avoid injuries.
When the main characters, played by John Cena and Idris Elba, prepare to jump from a train, the former advises the latter to tuck his chin to his chest during the jump. This is a reference to Cena's past as a professional wrestler; they are specifically taught to tuck their chins to avoid injury and trauma when falling.
In one of the scenes, the viewer sees a doorbell and a nameplate for the resident: 'P. Pogorzhelsky.' This is a reference to Pavel Pogorzhelsky, who served as the cinematographer in the previous project by 'Heads of State' director Ilya Naishuller, the 2021 thriller 'Nobody'.
Initially, the film was conceived as a thriller. When Ilya Naishuller joined the creative team, he decided it would be better to make it a comedic action film.
When the presidential plane flips over and oxygen masks hang from the ceiling, the president and prime minister roll along the wall and end up on the ceiling, but the oxygen masks continue to hang as before.
The film was originally conceived as a thriller. When Ilya Naishuller joined the creative team, he decided it would be better to turn it into an action-comedy.