We spoke with Crank: High Voltage co-director Brian Taylor about his gonzo action sequel, which debuted in 2009. Read our Crank 2 interview retrospective.
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Crank co-director Brian Taylor makes a plea not just for Crank 3, but for an entire Crank cinematic universe, bringing back Jason Statham's Chev Chelios.
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Neveldine/Taylor give a long needed update on a possible Crank 3, and also talk about their dream to remake The Warriors. What would that even look like?
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Mark Neveldine has been best known as the writing and directing partner of Brian Taylor. The two moved from commercials to the Crank films, and most recently released Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. It was a year ago that Mark Taylor was announced as the director of Sony's Twisted Metal video game to film adaptation,…
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OK, so while the idea of the guys behind Crank making a Ghost Rider film seemed like a good idea on paper, it didn't quite work out that way. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance has a few good sequences, sure, but most of it is fairly dire. But there is a bit more entertainment to…
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It's been a bumpy ride for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. The film is a sequel to a movie very few people liked; when first announced there wasn't a lot of enthusiasm for the project. Then Crank and Gamer directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor came on board. Their hyper-kinetic, seat of the pants directorial…
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The recent BNAT screening of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, from Crank directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, turned out to be a giant miscalculation. The audience that you'd assume was most likely to be receptive to the Ghost Rider sequel ended up hating it, and now Columbia has wave of bad buzz to overcome.…
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The Comic Con footage from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance was the sort of stuff that makes a guy want to type in all caps enthusiasm. Who thought a sequel to the lousy 2007 Nic Cage Marvel Comics adaptation would ever look like so much fun? What prompted the…
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Briefly: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the directors of the two Crank movies, were at Comic Con to promote Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which got quite the good reception. One would think that, if that sequel hits and does particularly well, the duo might be able to jump to some other desirable projects. And…
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Devindra said it best when writing up Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance at Comic Con: "this might not suck." The beautiful thing about those big Hall H presentations is that you can feel the mood of the room swing positive or negative in real time. The Hall H audience is like a 6000-person-sized elephant, only…
Read MoreHaving been out of the daily movie news loop for a while, I somehow ended up forgetting that Crank director's Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor were heading up the Ghost Rider sequel, Spirit of Vengeance. But after viewing their panel and footage of the film from Comic-Con today, I'm happy to report that the duo…
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Here's the other half of the day's comic book-related news roundup. Marvel gets the spotlight here as we've got a handful of minor updates on the Ghost Rider sequel; Stan Lee mentions his upcoming film cameos; there's a small list of possible locations for The Avengers; and Bryan Singer answers fan questions about X-Men: First…
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Nicolas Cage is doing press for his delayed film The Season of the Witch a month before it opens on January 7, presumably to avoid the holiday season crush. Inevitably, during a couple interviews he's talked about the sequel to Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which is currently in production with Mark Neveldine…
Read MoreEarlier this week Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-director Brian Taylor caused a bit of confusion when he said via Twitter that "The dual role of blaze/zarathos will be a nic cage classic." Cue minor consternation and/or excitement. Suddenly Nicolas Cage is playing two roles? Where did this come from? That isn't quite what is…
Read MoreThese are tough economic times we're living, and movie studios are changing their ways in hopes of adapting. Or at least, Sony is. As you likely already know, there's a Ghost Rider sequel in the works—carrying the tentative title Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance—and Crank directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are helming it.…
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Briefly: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank) will soon be shooting the sequel to Ghost Rider. The film stars Nicolas Cage, reprising the role of Johnny Blaze, while Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba and Johnny Whitworth are all set to play parts. The cast may now be getting a bit of competition for Cage's brand of…
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With only a small amount of time left before the rights to Ghost Rider revert back to Marvel, Sony is quickly moving forward with Ghost Rider 2. Nicolas Cage is back as Johnny Blaze, who transforms into a cycle-riding spirit of vengeance, and Ciaran Hinds recently signed on as the picture's villain. Now a couple…
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Last month it was reported that Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the mad men behind the two Crank films, were negotiating to make a Ghost Rider sequel, tentatively titled Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance. At the time we weren't sure that Nicolas Cage would return, and it wasn't a definite that Neveldine/Taylor were chips…
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The last time we heard about Ghost Rider 2, now being called Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance, there was a possibility that it would be moving forward without Nicolas Cage, because Sony needs to make the sequel soon or lose the rights altogether. (It could be Ghost Rider Shrugged!) Now there's a report that…
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Fans of directing duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (the Crank films, Gamer) should be sure to check out their newly launched website at neveldinetaylor.com. Many director sites are just promotional tools, but Neveldine/Taylor have gone the extra mile and also offer up some treats for fans. They point to some Jonah Hex storyboards on…
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Crank filmmakers Neveldine & Taylor have written a new spec screenplay which is being shopped to all the studios this week called Cash Money Dollars. The story is about an unlikely trio, a shady Los Angeles private detective, a kick-ass New York City female Secret Service agent, and African-American Texas Ranger, who team up to…
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Can you shoot a TV show on roller skates? Seat of the pants madmen directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the guys that made the two Crank movies on a budget with tiny prosumer cameras and other low-fi tech, are set to provide NBC with a new one-hour show that will be (no real surprise…
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Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (featured right to left above, respectively) first made a name for themselves in 2006 with their adrenaline-rush of an indie action flick, the low-budget Crank. Three years later, they solidified their reputation as unstoppable forces of pure insanity with its sequel, Crank: High Voltage. Today though, they bring us their…
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Lionsgate has premiered the official U.S. trailer for Gamer on XBox Live (is this the first movie to ever premiere a trailer on a video game console? Possibly) The trailer has found its way online. Gamer (previously titled Game) is the new film from Crank madmen, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The story takes us…
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Once upon a time this film was simply called Game, which sounded too much like The Game. Then in it became Citizen Game, too close perhaps to Citizen Kane (ahem) but now it has been retitled again and, hopefully, for the last time. Neveldine/Taylor's next action adventure smash 'em up is now going to be…
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I'm afraid that telling you "If you liked Crank, you'll like Crank 2" just wouldn't be good enough. It also wouldn't necessarily be true. Most of all, it would be somewhat rude - discounting an entire film as nothing more than an echo, or an indulgence for the cult of its predecessor. The end of…
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Last year we told you that Crank directors Neveldine/Taylor had decided to film Crank 2: High Voltage entirely using consumer grade video cameras, allowing them to put the cameras in places filmmakers normally aren't able to. They also had plans to shoot some sequences using a "moving bullet time camera rig" composed of 8 small…
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