This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. 127 HOURS It would be easier to dismiss the showiness of the overwhelmingly manic, pulsating style of 127 Hours if it weren't…
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Faster has a hell of an opening. Dwayne Johnson -- imposing, singularly determined and looking like The Rock for the first time in quite a while -- is released from prison. On foot, he trucks over to an auto scrap yard containing a shrouded Chevelle. As the car is revealed, the song 'Goodbye My Friend'…
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This is how I want my action movie trailers to play. Blocky fonts, a fake Cannon Films logo, music by The Sword and Rocket From the Crypt, and a whole bunch of arse-kickery. Garrison Dean (who contributes to io9) cut this trailer for Faster starring Dwayne Johnson...er, The Rock, and it is a burly, effective…
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We've seen two trailers for Faster, the action/revenge film starring Dwayne Johnson. One was a teaser and the other a red-band that many people complained showed way too much. (I didn't watch it, but since I haven't yet seen the film I couldn't vouch for that accusation.) This is the first proper theatrical trailer, however,…
Read MoreCBS Films has released a new Red Band movie trailer from their upcoming action film Faster. The George Tillman Jr.-directed revenge thriller stars Dwayne Johnson as "an ex-con pursued by cops and killers as he sets out to avenge his brother's death." Looks like your typical revenge action thriller, but I enjoy The Rock when…
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CBS Films hasn't exactly been setting theaters on fire; the company has released Extraordinary Measures and The Back-Up Plan. The company is going for a much more action-oriented appeal with Faster, which stars Dwayne Johnson as a guy out for revenge after being released from prison. The first teaser for Faster is out now, but…
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CBS Films premiered the first production photo from their upcoming action film Faster in today's edition of USA Today. The George Tillman Jr.-directed revenge thriller stars Dwayne Johnson as "an ex-con pursued by cops and killers as he sets out to avenge his brother's death." The photo above was taken from a promo poster on…
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Carla Gugino (Watchmen, Sin City) has joined the cast of Faster, the George Tillman Jr.-directed revenge thriller starring Dwayne Johnson. It seems logical that Gugino is the replacement for Salma Hayek, who at the last minute (January 31st) dropped out of the project due to supposed "scheduling issues". If so, that is definitely a step-up…
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With a bunch of films scheduled to start shooting later this month and into the dregs of winter, we're starting to get some new blasts of casting info. First up, Moon Bloodgood has a new role in Faster, the George Tillman Jr.-directed revenge drama starring Dwayne Johnson. She'll play Johnson's girlfriend; Johnson is "an ex-con…
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It's been slow on the casting front since late December, when Hollywood pretty much shut down for the holidays. Now that everyone is back to work things are picking up slowly. Christina Ricci has joined the cast of Bel Ami, which already stars Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman. Based on Guy de Maupassant's short story…
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The casting news tonight is all over the place: First we have Billy Bob Thornton teaming up with Dwayne Johnson in Faster, a George Tillman Jr. (Men of Honor, Notorious) action drama vehicle. Johnson will star as Driver, an ex-con out for revenge following his brother's murder. Thornton plays Cop, a (you guessed it) police…
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