British thriller gets American redo with ‘Taken’ star… It has been announced that ‘Taken’ star Liam Neeson is set to take the lead in an American remake of Rupert Wyatt’s 2008 directorial debut ‘The Escapist.’ The original prison thriller starred...
‘Evil Will Rise’ Olivia Wilde gets creepy in first official still from ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’ helmer David Gelb’s horror, formerly titled ‘Reawakening.’ Also starring Mark Duplass, Donald Glover, Evan Peters, and Sarah Bolger, the film follows a team of...
Thai Model Sara Malakul Lane also cast… MMA artist-turned-actress Gina Carano (‘Fast 6,’ ‘Haywire’) has become the latest addition to the cast of the upcoming remake of ‘Kickboxer,’ joining a cast that includes Alain Moussi (‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’),...
2011 comic series heads to the silver screen… Deadline is hearing that plans are in the works to bring the post-apocalyptic comic series ‘Marksmen’ to big screen with Benderspink and Benaroya Pictures producing. Created by Michael Benaroya, David Baxter and...
Icelandic filmmaker and ‘Hobbit’ star eye disaster flick… ‘Contraband’ and ‘2 Guns’ helmer Baltasar Kormakur is in negotiations to direct ‘Cascade,’ a disaster thriller that has Cate Blanchett circling. Said to be a loose remake of 2003 BBC pseudo-documentary ‘The...
Remake of Western classic may star Washington and Pratt… Multiple outlets are reporting that Chris Pratt (‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ ‘Parks and Recreation’) is in “early talks” to star alongside Denzel Washington in the upcoming remake of ‘Magnificent Seven.’ A...