Jason Statham gets Charles Bronson’s role in The Mechanic remake
I’ve been watching this project for years. As regular readers of the site know, I’m a huge fan of 1970’s action films, so projects like Taking of Pelham 123 and The Mechanic have been on my radar since studios decided to capitalize on them years ago. IMDB has had The Mechanic remake listed as being ….
The Seven Samurai take on Armageddon
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has picked up a spec script by Shane Salerno (AVPR: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem) titled the Doomsday Protocol. Plot details are secret, but it is said to be an epic sci-fi adventure, in the vein of The Seven Samurai, involving a group of aliens and humans with various abilities, ….
A New Dirty Dozen From Warner Brothers
According to a report by Variety, Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow will co-finance a remake of The Dirty Dozen, the 1967 action flick that starred Lee Marvin as a major who conscripts twelve condemned soldier-prisoners for a dangerous mission in WWII. Joel Silver will produce with Susan Downey. The original Dirty Dozen included Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, ….
