• Taylor Kitsch Offered 'The Raid' Remake Lead

    Even as his name is still connected to True Detective as a possible cast member for season 2, Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, John Carter) has been offered the lead role in the US remake of The Raid. Frank Grillo is already in the cast, and a circulated wish list for actors also…

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  • Watch This: 'The Raid' Director Gareth Evans List His Top 5 Action Scenes

    In the past five years, director Gareth Evans has seen has status grow from relative unknown to one of the best action directors alive. His film, Merantau, introduced the Indonesian martial arts form of Pencak Silat to the wider world, and his two follow-ups, The Raid and The Raid 2: Berandal (out in theaters right now), expanded on Silat's usage and featured some…

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  • 'Expendables 3' Director In Talks To Helm Remake Of 'The Raid'

    Briefly: Sure, you could say that Dredd already remade The Raid, but those two films were concurrent, really. There is a legit remake of Gareth Evans' The Raid coming, however, and now we know who'll probably call the shots. Patrick Hughes, who went from the Austalian thriller Red Hill to the director's chair of The…

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  • Sequel Bits: 'The Raid 2', 'Sharknado 2', 'Super Troopers 2', '22 Jump Street'

    Don't worry, everyone: Tara Reid is probably coming back for Sharknado 2. At the very least, the producers are saying they want her back for Sharknado 2, along with Ian Ziering, Cassie Scerbo, and everyone else. Also after the jump: Super Troopers 2 could look to Kickstarter for funding It's a wrap for The Raid 2:…

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  • Sequel To 'The Raid' Picks Up Right After The Conclusion Of The Original

    Even for people who aren't predisposed to love action films, Gareth Evans' The Raid earned a spot on many a 2012 top ten list. When Sony Pictures Classics picked up the film, the company also grabbed distribution rights to the planned sequel, The Raid: Berandal. Casting details for the sequel hit before the new year,…

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  • Sequel Bits: 'The Muppets 2', 'The Raid 2', 'Transformers 4', 'Anchorman 2', 'Unbreakable', 'The Godfather', 'Trick 'R Treat', 'A Good Day To Die Hard'

    After the jump: Christoph Waltz might appear in The Muppets 2 after all Has Transformers 4 replaced Brenton Thwaites with Jack Reynor? Berandal (a.k.a. The Raid 2) announces new cast members Walton Goggins promises to be funny in G.I. Joe: Retaliation Paul Rudd doesn't know much about Anchorman 2 but hopes it'll be good Samuel L. Jackson has things…

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  • The 'Ninja Turtles' May Fight Like Characters In 'The Raid'

    Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, and that suggests that some people working on the new TMNT film really, really like Gareth Evans' film The Raid. The Indonesian martial-arts action picture is built on fight scenes that draw on pencak silat, the collective martial arts style of Indonesia. Choreographed by Iko Uwais and…

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  • VOTD: 'The Raid' Remade In Claymation, With Cats

    You might recall many months ago that we posted a short recreation of John Carpenter's The Thing, animated in stop-motion with clay, and characters re-done as penguins. Now the same artist, Lee Hardcastle, has given the stop-motion remake treatment to Gareth Evans' film The Raid. Instead of penguins he used the prime currency of the…

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  • /Film Exclusive: 'The Raid Redemption' Stunt Featurette

    Odds are, if the insanely excellent action film The Raid: Redemption isn't yet playing in a theater near you, that'll change on Friday. Sony Pictures Classics is opening the film in almost 700 theaters this week enabling fans from all over to see a film that reminds us what action films can be. Directed by…

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