Bruce Willis has a lot of history with producer Joe Roth, in a good way. Many years ago, Willis backed out of Disney’s Broadway Brawler after production had started due to a clash with the director, Lee Grant. Willis was looking at a lawsuit and a rather expensive $17.5m bill for the scrapped production, until Roth [...]
Game Adaptation Kane & Lynch loses direction
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It is hardly breaking news to say that video game adaptations often struggle as films. Everything from Super Mario Bros, through Street Fighter to Doom has struggled both critically and commercially, with even seemingly bankable fare like Prince of Persia misfiring. Kane & Lynch, a third person shooter about two death row inmates who break [...]
US Trailer for District 13: Ultimatum
January 3, 2010 By 3 Comments
A flurry of trailers have recently appeared online including several official US trailers for foreign films which have previously been released elsewhere, and now 2009 French action film District 13: Ultimatum has followed suit. A sequel to 2004′s highly successful District 13, French filmmaking legend Luc Besson returns as writer/producer, as do the first film’s [...]