Thrillers

Content nabs rights to psychological thriller Story/Teller

Content Film has announced the acquisition of the psychological thriller Story/Teller for international sales. The company has a Directors Presentation reel screening in their offices during the Cannes Film Festival, and is marketing the project during the event. The film stars Alice Eve (Men in Black III, The Raven, She’s Out Of My League) and ….

The dark side of live-action role playing results in The Wild Hunt on DVD

The world of live-action role playing was the source of comedy in the hit Role Models, but it’s the dark and deadly side of the culture that’s at the center of the frightening thriller The Wild Hunt, which is coming to DVD FilmBuff and MPI Home Video on June 7, 2011. Sometimes fiction can be ….

MGM Limited Edition Collection’s The Gun Runners, The Happy Thieves, and The Destructors review

The Destructors (1974) The Destructors – originally titled The Marseille Contract – stars Anthony Quinn as a tough U.S. intelligence agent in Paris who’s assigned to break a narcotics ring, but after several of his agents are killed during an operation, he hires a contract killer played by Michael Caine, for help in bringing down ….

Breaking Bad star, Eliza Dushku, Katee Sackhoff and more board Batman: Year One adaptation

Bryan Cranston – star of AMC’s hit series Breaking Bad – along with Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku and Katee Sackhoff, have been tapped to voice the characters for DC Entertainment and Warner Premiere’s Batman: Year One, the adaptation of the Frank Miller comic book classic, according to THR. Lauren Montgomery (Superman/Doomsday, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern: ….

Well reviewed Thor to get IMAX 3D release opening day

IMAX, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment formally announced today that they will indeed release the epic film Thor in digital IMAX theatres worldwide day-and-date on May 6, 2011. The film, which has been getting rave reviews from critics, is based on the Marvel comic of the same name. Thor is directed by Kenneth Branagh, produced ….

Fast Five writer gets in the driver’s seat of Fast Six and major production deal at Universal

Chris Morgan – writer of the third, fourth and fifth installments of Universal’s Fast and the Furious franchise (Fast Five opens April 29) – has signed a two-year first-look production deal with the studio, according to THR. The deal also includes penning the script for Fast Six. According to the report, Morgan has been a ….

Let Me In director to helm another vampire movie, this one produced by Ridley Scott

Matt Reeves – the director behind Let Me In – has been tapped to develop and direct Fox 2000’s The Passage, an adaptation of a novel by Justin Cronin, that has Ridley Scott attached to produce, according to THR. The studio picked up the rights for The Passage and two possible sequels in a reported ….

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 ….

Thomas Jane joining Sylvester Stallone in Walter Hill’s action thriller Headshot

Thomas Jane – who recently helped ArrowInTheHead celebrate their 100th podcast show – announced to the show’s hosts that he’s teaming up with Sylvester Stallone for Walter Hill’s Headshot. According to Jane, “the script is fantastic” – although Hill is currently rewriting the project originally written by Alessandro Camon. In Headshot, Stallone plays a New ….

James Bond 23 joins Total Recall remake, Men in Black 3, Amazing Spider-Man, and 21 Jump Street on Sony’s 2012 film slate

Sony Pictures and MGM will co-finance and distribute Bond 23, and have also agreed to partner on the next film in the James Bond franchise, according to THR. According to the report, the tentatively titled Bond 23 is set to be released on November 9, 2012. As part of the deal, MGM’s Gary Barber and ….