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Archive for December 14, 2011
‘MS One: Maximum Security’ Trailer: Prison Break In Space
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by Screen Rant
in TV News
About a week ago a trailer showed up online for Lockout, a sci-fi action thriller whose biggest selling points are its cast – which includes Guy Pearce (Memento), Maggie Grace (Lost), Peter Stormare (Armageddon) and Lennie James (Jericho) – and the fact that it was co-written/produced by action movie guru, Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element).
Unfortunately, the Lockout trailer was leaked material that didn’t properly represent what the film was about (which is why you won’t find it here on Screen Rant 
) – the film has apparently dumped the “Lockout” title in favor of MS One: Maximum Security, and now we have a more official trailer to share with you.
Check out the synopsis for MS One: Maximum Security below, ...
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SR Underground Ep. 17: ‘The Sitter’
0552 days
by Screen Rant
in TV News
The Screen Rant editorial team is back with episode seventeen of the Screen Rant Underground.
Join host Ben Kendrick as well as fellow SR editors Rob Keyes, Anthony Ocasio, and Kofi Outlaw as we chat about Thor 2 director troubles and the G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation trailer, as well as review David Gordon Green’s latest comedy, The Sitter starring Jonah Hill and Sam Rockwell.
Screen Rant Underground is available in the iTunes Music Store (where you can subscribe as well as download individual episodes) but if you’re not near your home computer, check out our seventeenth episode in the player below. As mentioned in previous posts, we’re still in the early stages of developing the show – so cut us a little slack as we get this thing off the ground.
Also, Screen Rant Underground is an EXPLICIT podcast. We don’t go out ...
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New ‘Lincoln’ Set Photo: Daniel Day-Lewis for President
0552 days
by Screen Rant
in TV News
Today we have the latest straight from the Richmond, Virginia set of Lincoln, the latest film from Steven Spielberg – specifically, a new set photo of Daniel Day-Lewis in full Abraham Lincoln regalia.
Lincoln is based on Doris Kearns-Goodwin’s best-selling “Team of Rivals”, which focused mostly on the ideological debates between the sixteenth president and the influential men of his inner circle, as they navigated the difficult and treacherous road towards both the abolition of slavery and the end of the Civil War.
As you can see from the photo, Day-Lewis bears a striking resemblance to the former president, which says a lot for the makeup department on the film. We see Day-Lewis walking with director Steven Spielberg, (War Horse, The Adventures of Tintin) and a young actor dressed in the blue of a Union Soldier. The average age of soldiers in the Civil War dropped precipitously ...
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Denzel Washington Is "The Equalizer"
0552 days
by Dark Horizons
in Other News
Denzel Washington is attached to star in the film version of the classic 1980's TV series "The Equalizer" in development at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Escape Artists says Variety.
Edward Woodward starred in the classic CBS television series about Robert McCall, a former operative of a covert intelligence organisation who seeks redemption for his dark past via offering his services to those being persecuted and in need of help.
Combining his skills both investigative and deadly, McCall brings justice to various hoodlums, killers, dealers, rapists and other scum on the streets of New York City. He also performed assignments for the head of his former organisation and dealt with his estranged son.
The show was noted for its memorable theme tune, McCall's signature Jaguar XJ6 car, and its realistic handling of the spy world with sometimes brutal violence and a lack of fancy gadgets.
The project has been in development for years originally at The Weinstein Company back in 2005 before Escape Artists picked it up. A little over a year ago Washington's "American Gangster" co-star Russell Crowe was attached as the lead while Paul Haggis was to write the script.
Richard Wenk ("The Mechanic," "Expendables 2") has now been hired to pen the latest draft. Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will produce.
Denzel Washington Is "The Equalizer"
0552 days
by Dark Horizons
in Other News
Denzel Washington is attached to star in the film version of the classic 1980's TV series "The Equalizer" in development at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Escape Artists says Variety.
Edward Woodward starred in the classic CBS television series about Robert McCall, a former operative of a covert intelligence organisation who seeks redemption for his dark past via offering his services to those being persecuted and in need of help.
Combining his skills both investigative and deadly, McCall brings justice to various hoodlums, killers, dealers, rapists and other scum on the streets of New York City. He also performed assignments for the head of his former organisation and dealt with his estranged son.
The show was noted for its memorable theme tune, McCall's signature Jaguar XJ6 car, and its realistic handling of the spy world with sometimes brutal violence and a lack of fancy gadgets.
The project has been in development for years originally at The Weinstein Company back in 2005 before Escape Artists picked it up. A little over a year ago Washington's "American Gangster" co-star Russell Crowe was attached as the lead while Paul Haggis was to write the script.
Richard Wenk ("The Mechanic," "Expendables 2") has now been hired to pen the latest draft. Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will produce.