After the long Fourth of July weekend we don't have a lot of news on the casting front, but there are a few good stories to share, and they're all in a similar vein. Today, the theme is crime pictures. After the break you'll find info on the following: John Malkovich is taking the lead…
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There have been some conflicting, or perhaps we should say contended, reports about when and how Steven Soderbergh's new film Haywire will be released. Relativity financed the film and originally made a deal with Lionsgate to distribute in the US and worldwide, but when Relativity's domestic distribution arm was formed, a long process of bringing…
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Update: I've spoken with a rep at Overture, who denies that there is any story here. Not a huge piece of info here, but there's a report from The Playlist that Steven Soderbergh's film Haywire (formerly Knockout) is leaving LionsGate for Overture. Ryan Kavanaugh produced the film and now owns Overture, which he picked up…
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Steven Soderbergh's action thriller Knockout, starring MMA fighter Gina Carano and a hell of a supporting cast, has evidently been given a new title. The picture is now called Haywire, and looks to be set for release in January 2011 by LionsGate. The Playlist collated a set of tweets (from Soderbergh's wife Jules Asner and…
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It's official. Slashfilm is in the midst of a 2008 Vin Diesel dunkirk. Not only did the muscled actor inexplicably drop the "Riddick is back, no matter what! Two films!" bomb yesterday, there's his new Fast and Furious trailer. And last night on a superb /Filmcast, we examined the actor's radioactive connection to Osama bin…
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Earlier today we brought you the international teaser trailer for Transporter 3, and now we have the first American trailer from another French film Babylon A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz's (Gothika) sci-fi action thriller stars Vin Diesel as Thoorop, a veteran-turned-mercenary who takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he…
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They're really playing up the dystopian poncho fashion with the new poster and teaser trailer for the perma-looming Vin Diesel sci-fi vehicle Babylon A.D. Might the eventual tagline be "This way late summer, put on your poncho as we journey into a future where anything can happen and it rains a lot"? You'll find out…
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Alex at FirstShowing has scored the poster for Vin Diesel's upcoming sci-fi movie Babylon A.D. I know, I know, it's Vin Diesel, and you probably don't care, but the poster looks kinda bad ass (but not completely bad ass). The film follows Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop (Diesel) who takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman (Mélanie…
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