Crime

New details on Kurt Russell and Matt Dillon’s Art of the Steal

Radius TWC has revealed new details for the new Kurt Russell/Matt Dillon comedy heist film Art of the Steal. Jonathan Sobol wrote and directed Art of the Steal, which stars Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Katheryn Winnick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Kenneth Walsh, Jason Jones, Terence Stamp and Matt Dillon. In Art of the Steal, Kurt Russell stars ….

Van Damme re-teams with director of Timecop for action thriller Enemies Closer

Lionsgate Films has released a new poster for the Jean-Claude Van Damme action thriller Enemies Closer. The Peter Hyams-directed film also stars Orlando Jones and Tom Everett Scott. Enemies Closer reunites Jean-Claude Van Damme with Hyams, who directed the ‘Muscles from Brussels’ in 1994’s Timecop and 1995’s Sudden Death, two of Van Damme’s biggest hits. ….

Director of 2 Guns teaming up with Universal & Identity Thief producer to remake Filipino crime thriller On the Job

Variety reports that Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to crime thriller On the Job, based on the same real-life events as Erik Matti’s Filipino crime thriller that premiered at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight earlier this year. According to the report, Baltasar Kormakur – who directed Denzel Washington & Mark Walhberg’s 2 Guns – is attached ….

Win a copy of the crime thriller Drug War on Blu-ray

Today Well Go USA released the uncompromising action thriller Drug War on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD. Coming from master director Johnny To, Drug War features car crashes, flying bullets, blood spurts, body splats and cocaine, all wrapped up in a high-velocity tale of a drug cartel boss who’s coerced into betraying his former accomplices as ….

Tsui Hark’s crime thriller Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon to make IMAX debut

IMAX, in partnership with China Film Co-Production and Huayi Brothers Media, have announced that Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, filmmaker Tsui Hark’s follow-up to his 2010 action thriller Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame, will be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX format and released into IMAX theatres in China starting on ….

Scarface remake may have a director

Deadline reports that, because both the 1932 Chicago bootlegging film and 1983 Miami cocaine-dealing versions of Scarface are such enduring cult classics Universal Pictures has been refining the script with several screenwriters, while keeping the new movie’s details under wraps. According to their report the studio is in heated talks with British director David Yates, ….

Win a copy of Park Hoon-Jeong’s gritty, violent mob thriller New World

Tomorrow Well Go USA Entertainment will release Park Hoon-Jeong’s gritty, violent mob thriller New World on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. The international box office hit centers on Korea’s largest crime organization, “Goldmoon,” as it begins to expand its reach. As a result, the Chief of Police (Min-sik Choi) orders an undercover cop (Lee Jeong-jae) to ….