Thrillers

Day After Tomorrow and 2012 creators to destroy earth again with secret project + 2 Independence Day sequels

Deadline reports that David Ellison’s Skydance Productions has nabbed the rights to an untitled global disaster film spec script written by Dean Devlin and Paul Guyot, which Devlin will make his feature directing debut. Skydance’s Ellison and Dana Goldberg will produce the sure-to-be-big-budget-tentpole, with Devlin and his Electric Entertainment. The new project marks a return ….

Bruce Willis action sequel A Good Day to Die Hard coming to IMAX

Representatives from IMAX today announced that A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth installment in Twentieth Century Fox’s enduring action-thriller series starring Bruce Willis, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format. The film will be released in IMAX theatres internationally beginning February 7th and domestically on February 14th. This marks the first ….

Taken 2 and Colombiana director Megaton taking on real-life Gotham crime unit

Deadline reports that director Olivier Megaton, who previously directed the Luc Besson-produced films Taken 2, Colombiana and Transporter 3, has been tapped by Emmett Furla Films to helm the action thriller Taking Gotham. The Thomas Kelly-written film is based on actual events and centers on a secret unit of the NYPD that was created in ….