Crime

New Die Hard 4.0 Info

The question really is, will it be called Die Hard 4: Die Hardest? Len Wiseman (Underworld: Evolution) has been tapped to direct the next adventure of Detective John McClane. Aint it Cool managed to get a first look at the script and describe the plot as terrorists systematically trying to seize the U.S. technological infrastructure via a three-day ….

Weinstein Company and Village Roadshow Strike Distribution Deal

The Weinstein Company announced today a multi-year deal with Roadshow Films to distribute upcoming motion pictures released by The Weinstein Company throughout Australia and New Zealand. The announcement was made jointly by Glen Basner, president, international for The Weinstein Company and by Joel Pearlman, Managing Director of Roadshow Films. The Weinstein Company recently closed a deal with TFI to ….

Farrell and McGregor to Star in Woody’s Next

According to Production Weekly, Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor will star in Woody Allen’s new, as-yet-untitled film, which will shoot in London this summer. The film also stars Tom Wilkinson, and tells the story of two brothers in financial trouble. An outside party suggests that they turn to crime, which leads to the brothers becoming enemies. The film will be the third film ….

Tying the Devil’s Knot

Dimension Films has reached an agreement with Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman, the team behind the hit movie “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” to write the screenplay for “Devil’s Knot,” a film that will be based on the book of the same name written by Mara Leveritt and the actual events surrounding the 1993 murders in Arkansas of three 8-year-old boys and the subsequent convictions. ….

Sharky’s Machine Remake Coming

According to The Book Standard, Warner Brothers is producing a remake of the 1981 film Sharky’s Machine, with Phil Joanou (who is in post-production on Gridiron Gang, starring the Rock and Xzibit) attached to direct. The original Sharky’s Machine was released in 1981, and directed by and starred Burt Reynolds. I remember being so excited to see that film, after watching a making of series, that talked about the stunt from ….

The Sentinel Movie Preview

Michael Douglas plays a disgraced special agent to the White House who endeavors to foil a conspiracy to assassinate the President of the United States in The Sentinel. Douglas is always a strong actor, and produces solid thrillers, and The Sentinel looks to be no different. The film hits theaters on April 21, 2006. I have posted photos, a complete ….

Lucky Number Slevin is a Lucky Devil

Lucky because he gets to roll around in bed with Lucy Liu and discuss movies (but maybe he could find something better to do with that time, huh.) The Weinstein Company has sent me a sexy clip from Lucky Number Slevin, in which Josh Hartnett and Lucy Liu debate over which James Bond is best while in the sack. We also have some great still ….

Boston Mob Story to Hit Theaters

A group headed by Arthaus Pictures has acquired the motion picture rights to the best-selling book Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and a Devil’s Deal, and has begun development of a film on its main character, fugitive underworld figure Whitey Bulger. Written by prize-winning Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, Black Mass is a true-crime saga about FBI corruption and ….

Don’t Mess With This B…Lady

Lady Vengeance, the critically acclaimed Korean hit, is finally getting a release here in the U.S. The film is about Lee Geum-Ja, a young woman who goes to prison for the murder and abduction of a child, in order to protect her accomplice, known as Mr. Baek, only to find out that she has been betrayed ….

The Brazilian Job Update

Three years ago, a cool remake called The Italian Job, hit theaters sort of off-guard. It’s unique blend of comedy, suspense, and adventure was a home run for director F. Gary Gray, and it’s stars. Now the crew that swiped the rug from under us is back, and they want even more loot in The Brazilian Job. Here’s what I ….

H.I.V.E. For Criminal Education Goes to Big Screen

Paramount has nabbed the rights to the young-adult novel H.I.V.E. by Mark Walden, for a film that will be produced by Lynda Obst, Variety reported. The title stands for the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, which is a school where kids with extremely high criminal tendencies are educated to become super-villains. Lida Obst is also producing the film Can You Keep a Secret?, which Kate Hudson may star in.

Rogue Gets Moving

Production is about to begin on Rogue, the screenplay Lionsgate acquired in January, written by Lee Anthony Smith and Gregory J. Bradley, with Jet Li and Jason Statham to star and music video director Philip G. Atwell set to direct with Cory Yuen as the Martial Arts Action designer. Filming will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Here’s the plot: After his partner is killed by “Rogue” (Li), the infamous assassin ….

Ocean’s 12 Plus 1 is Ocean’s 13

Warner Bros. announced yesterday that George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon will star in Ocean’s 13, the third installment in their crime/comedy franchise about a gang of crooks. The rest of the cast, including Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould, will also most likely return. Joining the cast of the new film, will be Ellen Barkin. The story revolves around ….

Inside Man Preview

Four people dressed in painters’ outfits march into the busy lobby of Manhattan Trust and place the bank under a surgically planned siege. The 50 patrons and staff become unwitting pawns in an airtight heist. NYPD hostage negotiators Detectives Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) and Bill Mitchell (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are dispatched to the scene with orders to establish contact with ….

Spacey and Luketic Go to Vegas

The Book Standard reports that the planned adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s bestselling nonfiction book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, a.k.a 21, is moving forward once again in development. Director Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law, Legally Blonde) is in negotiations to steer the Columbia film. 21 revolves around a group of young men who become experts ….