Posted on Thursday, January 5th, 2012 by Angie Han
Two of the most in-demand action stars working right now may be on the verge of teaming up. Liam Hemsworth and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are close to signing on for Dito Montiel‘s Empire State, with the former on the verge of closing a deal and the latter in negotiations. The film sounds more or less like what you might expect from a collaboration between Hemsworth and Johnson: It’s an indie heist movie involving an armored car robbery. More details after the jump.
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The Son of No One will close the Sundance Film Festival next week; we had the poster a couple days ago, and now here’s the first very serious trailer. Channing Tatum stars as a cop whose relatively calm life with his wife (Katie Holmes) is threatened by the spectre of an unsolved murder from years in the past. Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, Juliette Binoche and Tracy Morgan are all on board, too, with Dito Montiel directing. See the trailer after the break. Read More »
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Rouge Pictures has released the first trailer for Fighting action drama set in the world of underground street fighting. The film stars Channing Tatum as a small-town boy Shawn MacArthur, who has come to New York City with nothing. Terrence Howard sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. The trailer is everything you might expect it to be, and not much more — which is disappointing because I really loved the originality and style of Dito Montiel‘s indie debut to A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. Watch the trailer and leave your thoughts after the jump.
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Rouge Pictures has released the first two photos from Dito Montiel‘s follow-up to A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints – an action drama set in the world of underground street fighting. Fighting stars Channing Tatum as a small-town boy Shawn MacArthur, who has come to New York City with nothing.
“Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard) sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership. As Shawn’s manager, Harvey introduces him to the corrupt bare-knuckle circuit, where rich men bet on disposable pawns. Almost overnight, he becomes a star brawler, taking down professional boxers, mixed martial arts champs and ultimate fighters in a series of staggeringly intense bouts. But if Shawn ever hopes to escape the dark world in which he’s found himself, he must now face the toughest fight of his life.”
Another photo after the jump.
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I hate to do another compilation post, but I have a lot of first look production photos to show you.
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints director Dito Montiel and star Channing Tatum have signed on to reteam for an untitled feature film about underground street fighting for Rogue. According to Variety, “Tatum will play a young man scraping a living scalping tickets in Gotham who becomes involved in the underground sport after a chance encounter with a street-fighting coach.”
Dito Montiel’s feature film debut was based on an autobiographical book titled A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, and played at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. In my opinion, the film version is probably one if not the most underrated film of 2006. The film used a mix of experimental filmmaking techniques to submerse the audience into the period coming-of-age story.
Montiel has also written the screenplay for the street-fighting film. Tatum also starred in the popular dance film Step Up, and will appear in the upcoming Stop Loss. Shooting is scheduled to start in New York City in September.
