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Makers of 'The Grey' confront inner beasts
In the opening scenes of "The Grey,"the new film opening in theaters Friday, Liam Neeson's character explains in a letter to his dead wife that the dull ache of his grief has taken him to the frigid ends of the earth and put him in the company of...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Dermot Mulroney, Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Joe Carnahan
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'The Thing' is loose: Universal adjusts 2011 release schedule
Company TownThe Universal Pictures slate is getting a little cloudy. The studio has decided to remove "The Thing," its prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter science-fiction picture, from its scheduled April 29, 2011, opening, leaving the film without a release date........ -
Vendome to co-produce 'Bastille Day': Company teams with Anonymous Content on thriller
VarietyVendome Pictures has come onboard with Anonymous Content to produce thriller "Bastille Day," written by Andrew Baldwin and to be directed by Pierre Morel. Anonymous Content developed the project with Baldwin, bringing it to Vendome, which preemptively...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Ryan Gosling, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Bastille Day, ABC (tv network)
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French film shoots fall 12%: 38% of higher-budget Gallic pix lense abroad
VarietyPARIS -- The Gallic box office may have reached record highs last year, but homegrown film production fell 12%, according to a report from Ficam, the French film technicians' org. There were 176 films produced last year compared with 201 in 2010, the...Tags: Documentary (genre), Budgets and Budgeting, Liam Neeson, French Movies, France
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'Taken' helmer, 'Tetro' star ink with CAA: Tenpercentery snags Pierre Morel, Alden Ehrenreich
VarietyCAA has signed "Taken" helmer Pierre Morel and "Tetro" star Alden Ehrenreich. Ehrenreich was initially discovered by Steven Spielberg in a video shown at a bat mitzvah before landing a lead role opposite Vincent Gallo in Francis Ford Coppola's semi-...Tags: Mia Wasikowska, John Travolta, Liam Neeson, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola
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'District B13'
Zap2It.com"District B13" is just plain, action-packed fun with very little to tax the brain but lots to dazzle the eye and invigorate the spirit. Since the fight scenes, colored by high-flying parkour momentum, are the big draw, the DVD doesn't disappoint with...Tags: Movies, Crimes, Action (genre), Gang Activity, Cinema Industry
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'Lost' Lass Gets 'Taken'
Zap2It.comMaggie Grace, long dead and unmentioned on "Lost," has been "Taken" by a new feature project. According to Variety, Grace will take the female lead in Pierre Morel's "Taken," a thriller to be produced and financed by Luc Besson's EuropaCorp. Specific...Tags: Movies, Clubs and Associations, Death, Jane Austen, Liam Neeson
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Movie review: 'District B13'
Tribune movie critic2½ stars (out of four) "District B13" is a ridiculous but exciting action movie set in Paris' gritty suburban projects. The time is the near future, 2010, when conservative politicians have walled up the projects (or banlieues, hence the film's French...Tags: Crimes, Politics, Action (genre), French Movies, France
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Movie Review: 'Unleashed'
Tribune staff reporter2 stars (out of 4) Though violent and messy, "Unleashed" is divided neatly into three compact acts: Act one: Danny, an orphan raised in Glasgow by his gangster uncle to kill, kill, kill, does so. Act two: Danny, escaped from his uncle's grip, moves...Tags: Organized Crime, Death, Bob Hoskins, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Duff
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Parkour Leaps to Big Screen 'District'
Zap2It.comSet in the near future, "District B13" presents a Paris that looks suspiciously like any present-day neighborhood where gangs call the shots. What sets it apart are the residents that leap powerfully and fluidly from balconies, scale walls and traverse...Tags: Crimes, Movies, Gang Activity, Casino and Gambling Industry, Entertainment
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Neeson 'Taken' With Morel Drama
Zap2It.comLiam Neeson, who plays a colonel on the hunt for a man in "Seraphim Falls," is tracking another enemy in his latest film. The actor has signed on to star in director Pierre Morel's drama "Taken," reports Variety.. Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark...Tags: Robert Mark Kamen, Drama (genre), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (movie), Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson
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Movie review, 'The Transporter'
Tribune staff reporterIn the opening sequence of "The Transporter," actor Jason Statham elegantly edges into Luc Besson's hard-boiled world of "The Professional" and "La Femme Nikita." Almost at once, brooding courier Frank Martin (Statham, who co-starred in "Lock, Stock...Tags: Jason Statham, Crimes, Movies, Francois Berleand, Robert Mark Kamen
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