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Lots of hand-to-hand combat in this trailer for Jason Statham’s action thriller Wild Card

Character posters revealed for the ‘Dirty Dozen’ of The Expendables 2

Lionsgate Films has unveiled a series of character posters for the upcoming action sequel The Expendables 2 and Fandango exclusively premiered one of them this morning. This Expendables 2 character poster features Randy Couture as Toll Road. At the same time this morning, The Expendables 2 Facebook Page revealed Terry Crews as Hale Caesar. The ….

The Transporter in talks to join Taylor Hackford thriller Parker

Jason Statham is in talks to star in the Taylor Hackford thriller Parker, according to Variety. Hackford will produce the project with Steven Chasman, Les Alexander, Sidney Kimmel and Jonathan Mitchell, working from a John J. McLaughlin (Black Swan) script. Parker is based on a series of books by Donald Westlake, that revolve around a ….

Nicolas Cage to star in Simon West action thriller Medallion

Nicolas Cage will star in the Simon West action thriller Medallion, according to THR. Medallion had been in development for a some time, originally with Clive Owen as the lead. Jason Statham was also attached to the project at one point. The story centers on a former master thief, who only has a few hours ….

The Mechanic remake trailer hits the net

The Mechanic remake gets guns… lots of guns

Simon West is directing Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland in the long-in-development remake of The Mechanic, and a gun-filled poster for the project was released today on Cinematical. The film, based on one of the best cult action films of the 1970’s, centers on Arthur Bishop (Statham), a ‘mechanic’ – an elite assassin ….

Trailer for The Mechanic remake

Dwayne Johnson and Con Air Director team up for action thriller

Dwayne Johnson has signed on to star in the action thriller Protection, IM Global announced today. Protection will be directed by Simon West (Con Air, Laura Croft: Tomb Raider, Strangers), who is currently completing post work on The Mechanic remake with Jason Statham. Protection is scheduled to shoot in New Mexico this fall, from a ….

Jason Statham gets Charles Bronson’s role in The Mechanic remake

I’ve been watching this project for years. As regular readers of the site know, I’m a huge fan of 1970’s action films, so projects like Taking of Pelham 123 and The Mechanic have been on my radar since studios decided to capitalize on them years ago. IMDB has had The Mechanic remake listed as being ….