Girl power invades action TV as Maggie Q reinvents Nikita and Roselyn Sanchez goes Cutthroat

Maggie Q is currently in negotiations to play the lead in the CW’s Nikita reboot and Roselyn Sanchez – most recently seen as a regular on the CBS drama Without a Trace – has been tapped as the lead in ABC’s upcoming Cutthroat, according to THR. The report highlights increased diversity on the upcoming primetime ….

Cabin in the Woods and Priest getting graphic novel treatment

Tokyopop has announced two additional major film-related graphic novel releases for 2010, including The Cabin in the Woods, which will be based on the upcoming horror film by Joss Whedon, and Priest: Purgatory, based on the movie Priest starring Paul Bettany, which is itself based on a manga manhwa by Min-Woo Hyung. This is according ….

Star Trek’s “Bones” McCoy to become a vampire and piss off a Priest

Karl Urban, who most recently played “Bones” McCoy in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot, is attached to play the villain in Screen Gems’ post-apocalyptic horror thriller Priest, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Written by Cory Goodman and based on a TokyoPop comic, Priest, which is being directed by Scott Stewart, is set in a world ….

Mission Impossible 4 now has writers to go along with producers

Paramount and producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams have chosen Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec to write the script for the newly revived Mission Impossible 4 project, according to Variety. Applebaum and Nemec spent four seasons with Abrams as co-exec producers of the spy show Alias, and will pen M:I 4 based on a story ….

Maggie Q working on King of Fighters with Fist of Legend director Gordon Chan and Star Wars bad guy Ray Park

Maggie Q, the action starlet who played the evil girlfriend of Tim Olyphant in Live Free or Die Hard, has joined the cast of the action film King of Fighters, an English-language, live-action adaptation of a bestselling Japanese videogame that’s lensing in Vancouver, according to Variety. Coincidentally, Q recently completed groundbreaking work, as the star ….

Maggie Q to star in groundbreaking EA video game

Electronic Arts worked with Live Free or die Hard star Maggie Q to topline Need for Speed Undercover, the latest version of its bestselling driving game franchise, according to a report on Variety. According to EA’s head of Asian operations, although the company’s sports titles have actual sports figures’ likenesses, the company has never hired ….

Deception DVD review

Jonathan McQuarry (played by Ewan McGregor) is a timid accountant whose life revolves almost completely around his work, although it doesn’t seem to “stimulate” him. In fact, his life seems completely dry and uninteresting until a chance meeting with a suave, corporate lawyer named Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman) introduces him to “The List.” Suddenly, after ….

Exclusive Live Free or Die Hard Trailer

Another great exclusive trailer over at movie-list, for the upcoming Bruce Willis actioner Live Free or Die Hard. Len Wiseman helms this fourth installment of the Die Hard franchise, due in theaters on June 29, 2007. In Live Free or Die Hard, John McClane (Willis) takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization that is systematically shutting down the United States. The film also stars Jeffrey ….

Balls of Fury Trailer

An eclectic cast including George Lopez, Jason Scott Lee, James Hong, Robert Patrick, Christopher Walken, Aisha Tyler, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Maggie Q headline the upcoming action-comedy Balls of Fury. The plotline is still sketchy on this one, but aparently involves a former ping-pong champion sent to infiltrate a high-stakes underworld tournament and bring down a feared and deadly crime boss. ….

New Mission Impossible 3 Photos

We have posted over 30 new images from Mission Impossible 3, certain to be one of the biggest films of this year. There’s a great shot of Maggie Qabout to kick ass, with a rifle bigger than she is. M:I 3 is directed by J.J. Abrams, from a screenplay written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci andJ.J. Abrams, based on the television series created by Bruce Geller. The ….

Dragon Squad HK web site active

H Jones-White has given us the heads up that the official Hong Kong web site for Dragon Squad is active. The Daniel Lee directed action flick stars Sammo Hung, Maggie Q, Michael Biehn and Simon Yam. The story revolves around gangsters and interpol agents battling on a Hong Kong battlefield. The trailer and behind-the-scenes clips, ….