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First Look At The Point Break Remake

Point Break is an upcoming 2015 American action thriller film directed by Ericson Core and written by Kurt Wimmer. It is a remake of 1991 film of the same name, which starred Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves . The film stars Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer and Ray Winstone. Edgar Ramirez as Bodhi Luke Bracey as Johnny Utah Teresa Palmer as Tyler Endicott Ray Winstone as Angelo Pappas Please Leave A Comment-

Female Director Wanted For "Wonder Woman" Film

In its efforts to be seen as competing with Marvel’s ever-expanding movie universe, Warner Bros. put out its own slate of Justice League-flavoured films recently. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio and DC Comics are looking to change things up behind the camera, aiming to hire a female director for Wonder Woman . While it shouldn't have to be seen as a landmark decision, the fact remains that despite early discussions on several films, there has yet to be a female director on either Warner Bros. or Marvel’s current efforts (you have to reach back to 2008’s Punisher: War Zone to find Lexi Alexander bringing a studio effort to life). And finding a good director to bring Gal Gadot ’s first solo outing as Wonder Woman would be a firm step forward on that front. No names were mentioned in the piece, but there are several good candidates out there, ranging from known film names like Mimi Leder and Kathryn Bigelow and less famous but equally capable people su

Will Gerard Butler Play Bodhizafa In Upcoming Point Break Sequel?

The Scottish actor may be catching a wave in the remake of the 1991 Keanu Reeves - Patrick Swayze action movie, which will be directed by Ericson Core. The movie is eyeing a summer shoot with Ericson Core, the cinematographer behind 2001’s The Fast & the Furious and Daredevil , in the director’s chair. Kurt Wimmer wrote the screenplay for the new film, which is set in the international world of extreme sports as opposed to the Southern California surf scene of the original. The plot of an FBI agent infiltrating a crime ring as well as the names of the principal characters remain the same. Butler will play Bodhi , an expert extreme-sports athlete who seeks nirvana through the conquest of a series of athletic feats such as surfing 100-foot waves. He saves Johnny Utah, the undercover FBI agent, and brings him into the fold of international criminals. The part of Utah is not cast yet. Patrick Swayze played the part in the 1991 movie directed by Kathryn Bigelow . Broderick

POINT BREAK REMAKE HAS Found It's Director

Yes you heard it right. A POINT BREAK REMAKE . Ericson Core ( Invincible ) will direct the feature film remake of the 1991 action-thriller Point Break for Alcon Entertainment, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-CEO’s Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. The new version of the film is set in the world of international extreme sports, and like the original involves an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal ring. The filmmakers are keeping other plot points under wraps. The Kathryn Bigelow original, starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey , was produced by Largo Entertainment and released by Fox. Known for his cinematography work on the box office success The Fast and the Furious for Universal Pictures and Daredevil for 20th Century Fox, Core made his directorial debut with Disney's Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg . Kosove and Johnson will produce along with Michael DeLuca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Kurt Wimmer, who also wrote the

ZERO DARK THIRTY Review. It Ain't Pretty

ZERO DARK THIRTY Review By: MattInRC The mammoth ZERO DARK THIRTY  is a brilliant production, but be prepared - it ain't pretty. SPOILERS! As someone caught in the middle of the insanity of 9/11 (my wife and I were on vacation in Virginia at the time), I admit to having felt a spike of joy when President Obama announced the killing of Usama bin Laden in 2011. To me, the death UBL was the end of a dark chapter, but certainly not the end of the bigger book on worldwide terrorism. So much has changed since 9/11, as if any remaining shred of our innocence was lost. But while films like  ZERO DARK THIRTY  attempt to provide a kind of therapy for our tortured souls, we're still left wondering whether our country can ever return to normal. Thirty doesn't stray into that territory, settling instead on the pressure placed on human beings as they undertook the hunt for the most wanted man in America. The result is an engrossing effort that's at once hard to

Win Tickets to An Advance Screening For ZERO DARK THIRTY In Sacramento

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for ZERO DARK THIRTY ! The screening is on January 9, 2013 - 7:00 PM at Regal Natomas Stadium 16 in Sacramento. Oscar-winner and action goddess Kathryn Bigelow is back on our screens very soon with  ZERO DARK THIRTY , a story about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, and a new poster and new images for the film are live.   Jessica Chastain stars as a member of the small CIA team dedicated to tracking down the terrorist leader in a hunt that spanned a decade, with support from Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Frank Grillo, Chris Pratt, Harold Perrineau, Kyle Chandler, Mark Duplass, Scott Adkins, James Gandolfini, Jennifer Ehle and Jason Clarke . Yes: turns out you can attract quite the cast when your previous film won all the Oscars. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY   Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and why not come and follow me on Twitter also.  Official Website - See how to win tickets after the Jump... Ple

New Zero Dark Thirty Poster And Images

Oscar-winner and action goddess Kathryn Bigelow is back on our screens very soon with Zero Dark Thirty , a story about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, and a new poster and new images for the film are live. Jessica Chastain stars as a member of the small CIA team dedicated to tracking down the terrorist leader in a hunt that spanned a decade, with support from Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Harold Perrineau, Kyle Chandler, Mark Duplass, Scott Adkins, James Gandolfini, Jennifer Ehle and Jason Clarke . Yes: turns out you can attract quite the cast when your previous film won all the Oscars. See all the images after the Jump.. Zero Dark Thirty  can be seen in limited release from December 19. Huh, that's a coincidence; a December release date puts it in the Oscar race. You'd almost think they planned it that way. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Empire

Zero Dark Thirty Images And Trailer

We have the first teaser trailer and images from Zero Dark Thirty , the film is about the special operations forces mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. The film is directed by Kathryn Bigelow with screenplay by Mark Boal, both associated with The Hurt Locker , another military action thriller. It will star Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Edgar Ramirez, and Mark Strong . Zero Dark Thirty  will be an unusual film in that the climax of the story is already widely known and it’s the set-up that remains mysterious. Bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011 by the U.S. Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six, but what remains largely unknown is the true backstory behind the raid, and how intelligence agencies and the military connected the dots that eventually brought them to that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. “I’m fascinated by people who dedicate themselves to really difficult and dangerous things for the greater good,” Boal said in a phone interview. “I think they’re heroic and I’m intrig

Kyle Chandler Navy Seal Team 6′s Film

Kyle Chandler is the latest name to join the ensemble of the untitled Kathryn Bigelow -directed drama about the Navy SEAL Team 6′s long hunt for Osama bin Laden. That hunt culminated with the fatal shooting last year of the Al-Qaeda leader and mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I’ve heard that Chandler will be playing a CIA agent. The Mark Boal-scripted drama for Sony Pictures and Annapurna Pictures stars Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong and Edgar Ramirez . The picture is moving forward even as the Pentagon announced it is investigating charges made by Rep. Peter King that Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker tandem Bigelow and Boal somehow got inside information about the mission from the Obama administration in preparing the script. Sony Pictures has dated the film for release on December 19, deliberately steering clear of the presidential elections. Chandler most recently starred in the JJ Abrams-directed Super 8, and wrapped the Mark Wahl

Joel Edgerton & Mark Strong Join Bigelow's Bin Laden Film

While the Republicans keep kicking Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s Bin Laden movie around like a political football, Annapurna Pictures and Sony Pictures are ready to get the mission underway. I’m told that Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong and Edgar Ramirez are circling to join the previously discussed ensemble cast of J ason Clarke, Joel Edgerton and Chris Pratt . The drama portrays Navy SEAL Team 6′s long hunt for the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. Osama Bin Laden was finally killed in a covert mission last year. Reports today assert that the Pentagon will investigate charges made by Rep Peter King that Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker tandem Bigelow and Boal somehow got inside information about the mission from the Obama Administration in preparing the script. This saber rattling hasn’t affected the film’s progress: the script is now finished and the film is going forward. Sony Pictures has dated the film for release on December 19, deliberately steering clear of the Presidential El

Kathryn Bigelow To Kill Osama Bin Laden

While Oscar-scooping filmmaking team Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal have been focusing a lot of energy on getting star-laden thriller Triple Frontier into shape, it was announced last December that they were quietly working on another film following a Black Ops team that we described back than as something which could be “so topical it hurts.” Well, it turns out that it’ll be even more topical than they thought since the untitled project follows the very team who ended up killing Osama Bin Laden on Sunday. With his contacts in military intelligence, Boal had in fact been following the Navy SEAL team that was part of the search for Osama, and Bigelow had planned to turn his eventual script into a film for a while. Now Boal will be feverishly re-writing to add in the raid on the compound in Pakistan where he was eventually found and shot. According to Variety, Bigelow plans to wait and see how the Arab world reacts to the news before pushing ahead too much further, but she still w

Tom Hanks Thinking About "Sleeping Dogs"

Tom Hanks Thinking About "Sleeping Dogs" Tom Hanks may be the first actor to board Paramount’s “ Sleeping Dogs ,” Kathryn Bigelow’s follow-up to “ The Hurt Locker .” The project was previously known as “ Triple Frontier ” and reunites Bigelow with her “Hurt Locker” scribe Mark Boal. The story is set in the border zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, which is a haven for organized crime, and centers on five men of various ages working in the zone. The project became a hot property in the wake of “Hurt Locker’s” Oscar wins, and since the winter months of the awards season many names have popped up in association with “Dogs,” whose title may change yet again, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Sean Penn and Jeremy Renner . No attachments had been made as the script was being worked on and the project had no start date. But as it firms up, so does the acting component. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR