death wish

Bruce Willis Seeks Faith In Vengeance In The New DEATH WISH Trailer

MGM is back with another round of redux fan service with Eli Roth’s latest, Death Wish. The remake of the classic 1974 revenge thriller that sees Bruce Willis leading in place of the late great Charles Bronson landed some pretty lukewarm responses last year with the first trailer along with an unavoidable release delay from last November to this March 2nd… Indeed, there’s no way around the elephant in the room there – the current political climate surrounding guns with respect to the narrative while the latest trailer for the film tries to stick a little more to the narrative of “dark revenge thriller”. It’s a better approach than last time when it tried to come across as “cool new Bruce Willis action movie fans will love” with AC/DC in the background and the new Paul Kersey incarnation cracking a joke. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who […]

DEATH WISH: Revenge Comes In Many Names In The First Official Teaser Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Actor Bruce Willis has amassed decades of cinema with many an action movie and blockbuster. The obvious Die Hard franchise comes to mind among his listed film credits of well over one hundred in his lifetime, and now he’s back and ready to add to that legacy with another potential starter in Eli Roth’s latest treatment of MGM classic Charles Bronson revenge saga, Death Wish. Efforts to revive the title have come and gone over the past decade or so with a revolving door of stars and directors. Roth (Hostel, Hostel: Part 2, The Green Inferno) has since taken his seat in the director’s chair and thrown in a few changes added for a more realistic perception, setting Willis in the mix as the salty, stoic vigilante, Paul Kersey, whose peaceful family life is turned upside down following a violent home invasion, forcing him to seek his own bend on […]

DEATH WISH Casts The Vigilante's Brother With Vincent D'Onofrio

Lee B. Golden III

Big things are abound for actor Vincent D’Onofrio next month. His next big screen venture, Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven will open the Toronoto International Film Festival which kicks off on the eighth prior releasing in theaters on September 23, which should be a ceremonial feat for moviegoers who’ve enjoyed Fuqua’s work, especially in recent years. Looking forward and just several days thereafter, MGM and Paramount are officially commencing principal photography with locations set for Montreal and Chicago on the forthcoming remake of Michael Winner’s 1974 revenge classic, Death Wish. As such, it just so happens that D’Onofrio has landed a role according to Deadline with Eli Roth directing and Roger Birnbaum producing. Taking its cues from Winner’s original – an adaptation of Brian Garfield’s 1972 novel, Bruce Willis will lead the way for a potential franchise of its own as Paul Kersey, an architect who resolves to take matters […]

Bruce Willis's DEATH WISH Remake Lands A New Director

Lee B. Golden III

It was last month that Big Bad Wolves helmers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado parted ways from the currently brewing Death Wish remake which had been set to commence filming this summer for MGM and Paramount. This week, the word now is that genre director Eli Roth (Knock Knock, The Green Inferno) will direct from a script treatment by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski with Roger Birnbaum producing. Bruce Willis who is set to lead the remake in what is being worked i to a hopeful franchise, retelling the story of a New York City architect cornered into taking the law into his own hands for the death of his wife and rape of his daughter. The original franchise was adapted for the screen from author Brian Garfield’s 1972 novel, which led to a successful five-film franchise that made actor Charles Bronson a household name. Saw and Furious Seven helmer James Wan […]

DEATH WISH Remake Loses Directors

Lee B. Golden III

Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, the filmmaking duo behind such thrillers as Rabies and Big Bad Wolves have gone public on recent happenings with the forthcoming Death Wish remake from MGM and Paramount. Deadline forwarded the exclusive which reports their departure from the project citing “creative differences”. The remake has been long in development since the classic franchise of the same name made then-living star Charles Bronson a household name, now with leading man Bruce Willis in the lead as of this year. The two released a statement in Hebrew on Facebook which Deadline’s own Mike Fleming Jr. forwarded in full display in English: Relief. Finally a bit of breathing room. You probably remember that a few months ago we were bombarded with greetings and congratulations on receiving our first Hollywood job, Death Wish. You might also remember that Navot and I insisted not to comment on the story or […]