---
title: "Drive Wire for October 24, 2016: BMW Films’s The Escape, Starring Clive Owen, Debuts"
description: "The short film also stars Dakota Fanning, Jon Bernthal, and the new BMW 5 Series."
date: "2016-10-24"
modified: "2016-10-24"
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  - name: "The Drive Staff"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/5674/drive-wire-for-october-24-2016-bmw-filmss-the-escape-starring-clive-owen-debuts"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "BMW"
---

# Drive Wire for October 24, 2016: BMW Films’s The Escape, Starring Clive Owen, Debuts

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Hey there. Will Sabel Courtney here for Drive Wire on October 24th, 2016.

Today on Drive Wire: [BMW’s anxiously-awaited short film *The Escape* debuted online over the weekend](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzUFCQ-P1Zg>).

The film is a continuation of the BMW Films series “The Hire,” which ran online from 2001 and 2002.

Clive Owen returns as the enigmatic character known only as The Driver, a tight-lipped wheelman-for-hire with unmatched skill behind the helm of his BMW. Joining him are *War of the Worlds* star Dakota Fanning and *The Walking Dead*’s Jon Bernthal.

[As *The Drive*’s own Sean Evans mentioned after watching a sneak preview of](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/5656/holy-we-just-saw-bmws-new-film-the-escape-before-it-premieres>) *[The Escape](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/5656/holy-we-just-saw-bmws-new-film-the-escape-before-it-premieres>)*, the true star of the film, however, is the all-new BMW 5 Series sedan, which serves as Owen’s ride of choice in the flick.

*The Escape* was directed by *District 9* director Neill Blomkamp. You can catch it online now on BMW USA’s YouTube page, or at BMWFilms.com.

That’s it for Drive Wire on October 24th, 2016. I’m Will Sabel Courtney; thanks for watching, and please check out *The Drive* for more on the big stories from the transportation world.

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