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To celebrate the release of Blitz on May 20th, Lionsgate is hosting an all-day Stathamathon in central London on May 7th – and we’ve got 3 pairs of tickets to give away! Not only will you get to see Blitz two weeks before it’s released in cinemas, you’ll also be treated to silver screen showings [...]
Simon West’s remake of Michael Winner’s 1972 film is by no means a worn-out hand-me-down and The Mechanic may easily be able to boast the title of ‘West’s best’ since Con Air. The opening sequence follows protagonist Arthur Bishop (the inside-out Bond/action star Jason Statham) on a silent operation where we get our first taste [...]
A slow weekend saw the Anthony Hopkins exorcism-based horror thriller The Rite head to the top of the charts with a very average $15m. The story of a priest who becomes involved in the darker side of his faith while studying at an exorcism school in Italy has made back nearly half of its budget, [...]
Will it only be a matter of time before the bunny needs to go back in the box once again? Action director Simon West has been doing the promotional rounds for new feature The Mechanic (released over here and in the US on Friday). Interviewed by Crave Online, he mentions the next project he’s involved [...]
Last week I had the honour of interviewing Hollywood heavy-weight Donald Sutherland about his new movie and big-budget remake The Mechanic which is released Friday January 28th. I’d been warned beforehand that he was quite the smarty-pants which led me to open our talk with one of the most difficult questions of his career…*gulp* Luckily [...]
IGN have posted a brand new red band trailer for CBS Films’ upcoming action-thriller The Mechanic. Directed by Simon West, The Mechanic stars Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Christa Campbell, Tony Goldwyn, Nick Jones and Jeff Chase. The film will be released nationwide on January 28, 2011 Arthur Bishop (Statham) is a ‘mechanic’ – [...]
It’s been over 13 years ago since Nicholas Cage uttered that immortal line “Put the bunny in the box!” in nutty, yet incredibly entertaining action epic Con Air. /Film is running a story that the actor is teaming up again with Simon West (the director of that 1997 feature) for Medallion, which is the tale [...]
Jason Statham is back doing what he does best – blowing stuff up! Momentum Pictures and Lionsgate have just sent us the brand new UK trailer for his latest movie, The Mechanic which is directed by Simon West and also stars Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland. This trailer is pretty much a re-cut of the [...]
Empire have released a new poster for Jason Statham’s new movie, The Mechanic. The movie is directed bySimon West and as well as Statham, stars Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Christa Campbell, Nick Jones, Amber Fleck Gaiennie and Jeff Chase. This new version is a remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson action thriller and we can expect to [...]
Hot on the heels of the debut poster, MSN have unveiled the official trailer for CBS Films’ remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson action thriller The Mechanic. Directed by Simon West, from a screenplay by Richard Wenk and Lewis John Carlino, The Mechanic stars Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Christa Campbell, Nick Jones, Amber Fleck [...]
CBS Films have released a new poster for The Mechanic, their remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson action thriller. The Mechanic is directed by Simon West and stars Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Christa Campbell, Nick Jones, Amber Fleck Gaiennie and Jeff Chase. Arthur Bishop (Statham) is a mechanic – an elite assassin with [...]
CBS Films has just announced that they have acquired The Mechanic from Millennium Films, a remake of the 1972 film of the same name. This is the first movie in their film lineup that actually could be decent and entertaining to watch. The remake stars Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop, who was once played by [...]
So, the plan is to retool a Michael Winner directed film, one starring Charles Bronson as a killer, the titular Mechanic as he ‘fixes’ things, who do you call up to fill the man’s shoes? Jason Statham of course, and let’s get the guy who gave us Tomb Raider and Con Air to pull the [...]
Here’s a new poster for Jason Statham’s latest movie, The Mechanic which is the remake of the 1972 version which starred Charles Bronson. The story focuses on a highly-skilled but emotionally detached hitman who is planning to retire when a young man asks to be trained up in the profession. Only problem is that this [...]
