“Need For Speed” (2014) Featurette
DreamWorks and EA have put out this first featurette for their upcoming film adaptation of the popular video game franchise, Need For Speed.
The featurette takes audiences on a behind-the-scenes look of how director Scott Waugh is shooting the film’s various action sequences surrounding the theme of street racing. While most video game adaptations have yet to find any real success, Need For Speed will look to take advantage of the popularity of street racing found in the Fast & Furious series.
Need For Speed stars Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Michael Keaton, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi, Ramon Rodriguez and Dakota Johnson with a release date set for Spring 2014.
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Director: Niels Arden Orpev
Writer: J.H. Wyman (screenplay)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert
The right-hand man of a New York crime lord becomes entangled with a mysterious young woman who lives across from his apartment. During their encounter, they discover their mutual desire for revenge and, through this, find their lives intertwined as events unfold.
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New “Dead Man Down” TV Spot
The R-Rated action thriller, Dead Man Down, has a new TV Spot, and it’s quite impressive.
The film stars Noomi Rapace as a woman who seduces a hit man seeking revenge against his boss for crimes done against her.
Dead Man Down is directed by Niels Arden Oplev — the director of the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — stars Noomi Rapace, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard and Dominic Cooper.
The film opens up on March 8th.
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Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writer: Seth Grahame-Smith (Novel & Screenplay)
Cast: Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell
The untold life of Abraham Lincoln as a Vampire Hunter after witnessing his mother murdered by a Vampire as a child chronicles the 16th President’s life from a young boy up until the night of his assassination as he wages a war to free the United States from the Vampire menace.
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“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” (2012) - Red Band Trailer
The red band trailer for Tim Burton (Dark Shadows) and Timur Bekmambetov’s (Wanted) adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been released and it has to be said that this is the best trailer to date. Focusing almost entirely on the action, the film does look extremely promising in that department. Such is to be expected from a visual stylist like Bekmambetov, but whether it has much substance beyond that is up to speculation.
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Director: Lee Tamahori
Stars: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi
The Devil’s Double came out around August of last year and I was sad that I missed out on watching this it in theatres.
Fast forward to the present. I just recently purchased the film on DVD and, to say the least, I wasn’t disappointed one bit. The Devil’s Double was one of the best films of 2011.
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