Christopher Nolan Loves The 'Fast And Furious' Movies, Especially The Original
Believe it or not, Christopher Nolan loves the Fast and Furious movies, especially the original, and in particular, one of the sequels.
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New Blu-Ray Releases: 'Red Sparrow', 'Game Night', 'The Strangers: Prey At Night', 'The Hurricane Heist'
Our latest round-up of new Blu-ray releases includes Red Sparrow, Game Night, The Strangers: Prey at Night, and of course, The Hurricane Heist.
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Director Rob Cohen On 'The Hurricane Heist' And The Evolution Of 'Fast And Furious' [Interview]
In our Rob Cohen interview, the director of The Hurricane Heist talks about creating his lunatic action movie and the state of the Fat and Furious franchise.
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Original 'Fast And Furious' Director Rob Cohen Wants To Helm Last Film In The Series
Original The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen says he'd be thrilled to come back and helm the final Fast and Furious film.
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'The Hurricane Heist' Trailer: The Absurdly Awesome Weather B-Movie You've Been Waiting For
From XxX and Fast and Furious director Rob Cohen comes your new pinnacle of trash cinema, The Hurricane Heist, a disaster movie and a crime thriller!
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10 Filmmakers Who Should Direct The Next 'Fast And Furious' Movie
The Fate of the Furious helmer F. Gary Gray may have taken his name out of contention as a Fast and Furious 9 director, so here's a list of replacements.
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Here Are Three Alternate Versions Of 'The Running Man' We Almost Saw
A handful of directors developed The Running Man before it eventually hit the big screen. Here are 3 The Running Man alternate versions that we almost saw.
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Vin Diesel Wants Rob Cohen For 'Furious 8' Director; Studio Eyes Louis Leterrier
Who will be the new Furious 8 director? Vin Diesel wants Rob Cohen (who helmed the original film), while the studio eyes Louis Leterrier and Ericson Core.
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Rob Cohen To Direct Action Thriller 'Risk'
Briefly: No, we haven't gone back to the days where studios were actively developing board game properties, and this Risk doesn't have any of the strategic hallmarks you might be thinking of. (Though after The Lego Movie hits this weekend, we might see a resurgence of toy and game developments.) This film is an action…
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Universal Dates 'The Mummy,' 'Seventh Son,' A New Michael Mann Film, And Others
In addition to moving Warcraft away from Star Wars Episode VII, Universal dated a slew of major movies on this Thanksgiving Eve. They are as follows: An Untitled Michael Mann film starring Chris Hemsworth will be released January 16, 2015. Jennifer Lopez's thriller The Boy Next Door opens January 23, 3015. The long delayed epic…
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Rob Cohen To Direct Remake Of Cult Classic 'Road House'
Survey a bunch of movie fans on the most rewatchable films of the Eighties and Road House is guaranteed to come up. The classic-bad-action film starring Patrick Swayze as a no-nonsense bouncer features some of the most cheesy dialogue and fighting you've ever seen in a major motion picture. But thanks in part to Swayze's…
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Sequel Bits: 'Taken 3,' 'Transformers 4,' 'Fast And Furious 6,' 'Texas Chainsaw 3D,' 'Ninja 2,' 'Paranormal Activity 4'
Newly announced sequels, new info on previously announced sequels and the death of others. Tons of news in today's Sequel Bits. After the jump read about: Liam Neeson didn't think Taken 3 would happen, but the screenwriter of Taken 2 says it definitely is. Rob Cohen would love to go back to both the xXx and…
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'Alex Cross' Trailer: Tyler Perry And Matthew Fox Play Cat And Mouse
Ever since Tyler Perry was first cast as Alex Cross in Summit's James Patterson franchise reboot, fans have understandably been pretty skeptical. Remember, this is a role once played by the great Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Any actor would have his work cut out for him following an…
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WTF: 'Stealth' Director Turning Sir Isaac Newton Into An Action Hero
Today's a big day for unlikely action film developments; in this case I imagine that Neal Stephenson just started sharpening one of his swords. The author created a very specific portrait of the pioneer scientist Sir Isaac Newton, who also worked for a time at the British Mint, for his massive eight-book Baroque Cycle. In…
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Release Dates: 'The Wolverine,' 'This Means War' (Again), And 'Alex Cross'
With just days to go until This Means War was scheduled to hit theaters, Fox has shifted its release date yet again. Less last-minute is Summit's announcement of a fall release date for Alex Cross (formerly I, Alex Cross), which sees Tyler Perry ditching the Madea costume for once. But the biggest piece of news,…
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Casting Bits: Dermot Mulroney In 'Stoker;' John C. McGinley In 'I, Alex Cross;' Tyler Posey In 'Taco Shop'
Casting! Here's info one one potentially great project, one that will probably find an appreciative audience, and one that will perhaps just make you hungry. I'll let you figure out which is which: Wentworth Miller joins Park Chan-wook's first English-language film, Stoker, John C. McGinley will realize his destiny by playing police chief to Tyler…
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Rob Cohen Directing Big-Budget Korean War Feature '1950'
Rob Cohen will direct the most expensive movie ever made in Korea, a war epic called 1950. That may not even be the strangest part. The film is based on the true story of Marguerite Higgins, then the New York Herald Tribune's Far East bureau chief, who covered the Korean war from the front lines.…
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Rob Cohen To Direct 'Bullet Run'
Briefly: Rob Cohen directed The Fast and the Furious, kicking off a billion-dollar franchise for Universal. Now he's set up to direct Bullet Run, based on a script by Andrew Hilton. The movie is an action thriller that is already being called The Fast and the Furious in a desert. (So... something like Fast &…
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Summit Picks Up 'I, Alex Cross' For Distribution
Author James Patterson releases a new novel almost every other week. At least, that's what it feels like. Murder mystery after murder mystery get turned out and devoured by legions of fans. In those novels, his most famous character is Alex Cross, a Washington D.C. detective and psychologist who was famously played by Morgan Freeman…
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Matthew Fox Gets Villain Role In 'I, Alex Cross;' Ed Burns Also Cast
James Patterson's Alex Cross character was brought to the screen by Morgan Freeman in two films, Kiss the Girls and Along Came A Spider. Now there is a reboot of the character being assembled at QED. Rob Cohen will direct an adaptation of I, Alex Cross with Tyler Perry playing the psychologist/detective that appears in…
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Tyler Perry To Play Alex Cross In 'I, Alex Cross'
Briefly: A package is now going around Hollywood to reboot James Patterson's Alex Cross franchise with Tyler Perry as the lead and Rob Cohen directing, I, Alex Cross. The character was previously played by Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Read more after the jump. Deadline broke the story in…
Read MoreLOL: Pinkberry: The Movie
In a world were Hollywood is searching through bins of action figures, toys and board games for ideas for the next big tent-pole movie franchise, it's easy to believe that a Pinkberry movie isn't out of the question. It's not about the story anymore, its all about the IP, merchandising and product tie-ins. The William…
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News Tidbits: Iron Man 2, The Last Airbender And xXx 3D
Here are a few quick bits of news involving the completion of Iron Man 2, when will we see the next trailer and hear James Newton Howard's score for The Last Airbender and new casting/production details of xXx 3D: The Return of Xander Cage. First off, Jon Favreau says that Iron Man 2 has been…
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Rob Cohen Goes Medieval, Drops xXx Sequel
In March it was announced that McG had signed on to develop and possibly direct Medieval, a spec script by Mike Finch & Alex Litvak sold for $800,000 against $1.6 million. But McG has too many other projects on his plate, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Captain Nemo at Disney, a big screen adaptation of…
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Rob Cohen To Direct Modern Day Pirate Film The Sea Artist
I'm a firm believer that Rob Cohen's part three of the Mummy series is the best of the lot of them, and while I know that's an unpopular opinion I'm slightly mystified as to why. Of course, when it comes to the bird's eye view, too long spent comparing work by Stephen Sommers and Rob…
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Catwoman Scribes In Talks For XXX: The Return Of Shitty Action Movies
Michael Ferris and John Brancato are in early talks to write the screenplay for XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, the third film in the series which re-teams hack director Rob Cohen and robot turned actor Vin Diesel. Ferris and Brancato made a name for themselves with David Fincher's The Game, but are probably best…
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xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage
This past month Vin Diesel was dropping hints that he would be interested in returning for a third film in the xXx franchise. And now Variety is reporting that Sony is in talks with the star to reprise his role as Xander Cage, an extreme athlete turned government super agent. Hack director Rob Cohen is…
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