Taken

New details on Liam Neeson’s currently-filming Taken sequel

Liam Neeson has his hands full right now with giant CG wolves in Joe Carnahan’s The Grey. But the actor has a string of high-profile action projects in post-production, and among them is an as-yet-untitled sequel to the Luc Besson-produced action thriller Taken. What I know about Taken 2 is that it takes place in ….

Exclusive pictures from the Maggie Grace action crime fantasy Malice in Wonderland

Magnolia Pictures will release Malice in Wonderland this weekend at The Gas Lamp theater in San Diego, California, followed up by and DVD on May 11th. FilmFetish has some exclusive pics from the action crime fantasy, which features Maggie Grace – star of TV’s Lost and the runaway action hit Taken. In Malice in Wonderland, ….

Training Day director Antoine Fuqua to helm gritty crime thriller Prisoners

Aaron Guzikowski’s spec script Prisoners was first put in the spotlight back in March when the hot property had Mark Wahlberg attached to star. According to reports, the script has been compared to Silence of the Lambs and Se7en, and has been buzzed about throughout Hollywood. The Risky Biz Blog now reports that Alcon Entertainment ….

Liam Neeson to become Unknown White Male in new mystery thriller

According to Variety, Liam Neeson is in talks to star in the thriller Unknown White Male, which Juame Collet-Serra (Orphan) is directing. Joel Silver (The Matrix Trilogy, V For Vendetta) is producing the project, which is based on a novel by Didier Van Cauwelaert titled Out of My Head. Production is set to start in ….

Taken director now in ‘Pursuit’ of conflict photographer action biopic

Universal has attached Pierre Morel, who directed Liam Neeson’s surprise action hit Taken, to helm the film Pursuit, based on the early career of conflict photographer Jason Howe, according to Variety. While Howe’s recent work has been in Iraq, a large part of his early career was spent in South American countries, including Chile, Nicaragua, ….

Taken Blu-ray review

I knew very little about Taken when I first watched it in the theater back in early February. Me and my wife thought it was about as close to the perfect pure action film as they come. Little did I know that there was an even bloodier, more violent version of the film, that was ….