'Peppermint' Director Pierre Morel Says It's A Justice Movie, Not A Revenge Movie [Interview]
In our Peppermint director interview, we talk with filmmaker Pierre Moreal about how his new film is a "justice movie," not a revenge tale.
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'Peppermint' Trailer: Jennifer Garner Returns To Action
Jennifer Garner returns to the action genre in the Peppermint trailer. Garner plays a wife and mother out for revenge after waking up from a coma.
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'The Gunman' International Trailer: Sean Penn Has A Guilty Conscience
Watch The Gunman international trailer. Sean Penn stars as an ex Special Forces soldier trying to clear his name. Also stars Idris Elba and Javier Bardem.
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Pierre Morel Directing 'The Killer' Based On Tom Wood Novel
Don't worry, not *that* The Killer. While someone will eventually remake John Woo's Hong Kong film of the same name, this is about Pierre Morel (District B13, Taken) directing an adaptation of the Victor the Assassin book series by Tom Wood. The first book in the series was released as The Killer in the US (it's called The Hunter in…
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First Look: Sean Penn Becomes An Action Star In Pierre Morel's 'The Gunman'
Aging action stars are a pretty common sight nowadays, whether it's Liam Neeson in Taken, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Expendables, or Bruce Willis in everything. But Sean Penn? Who'd have thought? Though the actor's never demonstrated much interest in heading up his own action franchise, he's set to do just that with…
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Idris Elba Joins Sean Penn And Javier Bardem In Pierre Morel's 'Gunman'
Fans of The Wire have long insisted that Idris Elba was destined for A-list stardom -- indeed, that in a just world, he'd be a household name already. And while he's not quite there yet, he seems to be inching closer and closer. His latest new gig, in the politcally inclined action-thriller Gunman, puts him…
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'Taken' Director Targets Sean Penn For 'Prone Gunman'
The Transporter cinematographer and District B13 director Pierre Morel broke big with Taken and then retreated back to the action cheese of From Paris With Love. But next he'll direct an unexpected actor in a new action/thriller. Sean Penn is now set to star in Morel's adaptation of the thriller novel Prone Gunman. Peter Travis (Dredd) adapts the…
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TV Bits: 'Game Of Thrones', 'Arrested Development', 'The Walking Dead', 'Animal Practice', Louis C.K., Brendan Fraser, Andy Samberg, Craig Robinson, And More
There's a lot of new stuff to get through in today's TV Bits, so let's get right to it. After the jump: AMC and Dish settle legal dispute; AMC resumes airing on Dish Why The Walking Dead ended up at AMC instead of HBO or NBC NBC euthanizes Animal Practice and brings back Whitney Louis…
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Casting Bits: Ken Jeong In 'The Chung Factor'; Karl Urban, Ben Barnes, And Emilia Clarke (Maybe) In 'Overdrive'; Katheryn Winnick In 'Charlie Swan'
Ken Jeong has built up a respectable career as a supporting actor, most notably on NBC's Community and the Hangover films, but for his next movie role he'll be moving a little closer to the spotlight. Jeong is set to star in and produce The Chung Factor, which landed on the 2005 Black List back…
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Alex Pettyfer And Matthew Goode Tapped For Pierre Morel-Produced 'Overdrive'
Briefly: Taken director Pierre Morel is following Luc Besson in to the action thriller producing game, and he's got his first effort set up, with everyone's new favorite actor on board. Overdrive is about a couple of handsome car thieves, and will star Alex Pettyfer and Matthew Goode. Antonio Negret, who directed Transit for producer…
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Paramount Is No Longer Developing A Remake Of 'Dune'
In the pantheon of Big Difficult Adaptations, Frank Herbert's novel Dune has stood tall for years. Efforts to make a film in the '70s stalled, and a film version nearly defeated David Lynch in the early '80s. (Some, including David Lynch, might say that it did defeat him.) The mini-series adaptation in 2000 can be…
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Pierre Morel In Talks To Direct 'Earth Defense Force' For Producer Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi and District 9 producer Bill Block are putting together a Warner Bros. film called EDF, or Earth Defense Force, which explosively details "Earth’s response to an imminent alien invasion." (And which seemingly isn't an adaptation of the video game series in which soldiers fight off endless waves of giant insects, despite the fact…
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'The Thing' Now Dateless, 'Fast Five' Moved To April, 'Ouija' In Flux
Those waiting to see the prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing this April will instead find flashy cars on screen at the theater. Universal had planned to release their new version of The Thing, directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., starring Joel Edgerson and Mary Elizabeth Winstead on April 29, 2011. However, a studio spokeswoman…
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'Dune' Adaptation Seeking New Director And A Start Date By Spring 2011
Rights holders for big genre, comic book and toy properties are getting smart. In the past few decades we've seen many potentially huge adaptations languish as studios and producers waffled about finding the right approach to a project. But in the wake of big-dollar successes from Lord of the Rings to Spider-Man and The Dark…
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Director Candidates For Ouija Board Movie Extend To 'The Losers' Director Sylvain White And 'Priest' Director Scott Stewart
Last week there was word that Pierre Morel, the director of District 13, Taken, and From Paris with Love, had been named as "a lead candidate" to helm Universal's Ouija, based on the Hasbro board game. Now two more filmmakers have entered the mix: Sylvain White, director of Stomp the Yard, The Losers and the…
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'Taken' Director Pierre Morel Circling Ouija Board Movie
In the months following the huge box office take of Transformers, it seemed like Hollywood was going action figure and board game crazy. It has been over two years since Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes announced they would be teaming up with Hasbro to bring the board game, Ouija Board, to the big screen…
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Dune Finds New Screenwriter
Screenwriter Chase Palmer has been hired to write a draft the big budget remake of Dune for Paramount Pictures. Taken/District B13 director Pierre Morel came aboard the film early this year after Peter Berg departed the project. Palmer has been brought on board to work some of Morel's ideas into original scribe Josh Zetumer's screenplay.…
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Pierre Morel Reveals Dune Plans - He Wants 3D
Pierre Morel has revealed both his aspirations for Dune and some of the practical challenges he'll face in realising it. Apparently, he's keen for the film to be in 3D and he'll push for the format but the decision is yet to be made. So far he's seen Avatar in 3D twice, he says, and…
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Red Band From Paris With Love Clip
See a fresh red band clip from Pierre Morel's From Paris With Love after the break, courtesy of My Space. It gives us a pretty good idea of the particular 'types' John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers have been allocated. There's also a bit of swearing, some violence and a bit of business with a…
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Pierre Morel's Approach To Dune: "Faster, More Modern," Compared To The '84 Version
When Pierre Morel was announced as director for the new version of Dune, Brendon wondered, "is it reasonable to assume we’re on for a rather ballistic version of the story?" Yesterday the director spoke about his love of the book, and it seemed like he was trying to be right on the same page as…
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From Paris With Love Movie Trailer #2
Following up on the earlier news about Pierre Morel (District B13, Taken) directing Dune, we now have the second trailer for his next feature, From Paris with Love. The film stars John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and concerns a young embassy worker who teams up with an unruly FBI agent to stop a terrorist…
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Pierre Morel To Direct Dune
It seems that Peter Berg's replacement as the director of the new Dune movie has been found and it isn't Neil Marshall. According to Entertainment Weekly, action specialist Pierre Morel, director of Taken, Banlieue 13 and the upcoming From Paris With Love has come on board. That's a real step up in my book. They…
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Taken Director Pierre Morel Signs On For Paranoia Thriller, Signals
I've been a fan of Pierre Morrel ever since his French parkour action film District B13 floored me back in 2005. The film was certainly imperfect, but looking at it purely as an action film you could tell that Morrel was someone to watch out for in the future. Several years later, he reminded us…
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From Paris With Love Movie Trailer
Pierre Morel's follow up to the sleeper smash Taken is another Europacorp produced action machine. From Paris With Love stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as an embassy worker and John Travolta as a spy, thrown together by some apparent misunderstanding and charged with smashing, crashing and all-round actioneering in order to thwart a terrorist threat in…
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Taken Director Is In Pursuit
Taken director Pierre Morel has signed on to direct Pursuit for Universal Pictures. As well as the title might fit, this project is not the anticipated/expected sequel to Taken. Pursuit is an action thriller is based on the early career on conflict photographer Jason Howe (check out some of his photos here), who fell in…
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Taken Director Pierre Morel Goes To Tokyo With New Thriller
Paramount Pictures has acquired and is developing an Untitled Tokyo-Set Thriller for director Pierre Morel. The film tells the story of a CIA operative stationed in Japan who is ordered to carry out one final mission before he retires from service. Of course, the agent finds himself "caught in the middle of an international conspiracy."…
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Movie Review: Taken (The Would-Be Next Bourne Franchise?)
In the next few weeks, quite a few bloggers will debate whether Liam Neeson gives Jason Bourne and James Bond a sharp chop to the throat in the fluid, under-the-radar actioner Taken. Today, FirstShowing.net swept away its weekly confetti and threw a fresh parade for the film in hopes of getting 20th Century Fox’s attention.…
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