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BLACK AND BLUE: Deon Taylor’s NOLA Cop Thriller Fills Its Cast

Traffik helmer Deon Taylor is setting up to direct Black And Blue, starring Naomie Harris, for Screen Gems according to Amanda N’Duka’s exclusive coverage at Deadline. The Pirates Of The Caribbean and 007 franchise co-star of late is also to be joined by upcoming Donnybrook, Boss Level and Point Blank star Frank Grillo, as well as Reid Scott (Veep), Beau Knapp (Destroyer) and Tyrese Gibson. Sony’s Screen Gems is housing the production from a script by Peter A. Dowling. Harris will play a rookie NOLA cop framed for the murder of a drug dealer and pursued by both sides of the law when when her body cam footage catches the corrupt narcs responsible prior to falling to execute her as well. A seperate report for Black And Blue over at The Hollywood Reporter notes that Gibson, who will rejoin the ensemble for the ninth installment of the Fast And Furious […]

THE INTRUDER: Dennis Quaid Really Wants His Creepy House Back In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Director Deon Taylor’s latest, The Intruder, is moving forward at Sony Pictures with its campaign. With a first poster and trailer in our wake, the film offers up an intriguing entry from Dennis Quaid as a home owner who clearly never should have sold it. Alas, the psycholgical chills and thrills are abound… When a young married couple (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) buys their dream house in the Napa Valley, they think they have found the perfect home to take their next steps as a family. But when the strangely attached seller (Dennis Quaid) continues to infiltrate their lives, they begin to suspect that he has hidden motivations beyond a quick sale.

TRAFFIK Signals With Harrowing Suspense In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Writer and director Deon Taylor (Supremacy) is currently making headway readying his next narrative film project, .38, a police drama which tackles the interwoven tales of cops, civilians and criminals in a single night on the dangerous streets of St. Louis, Missouri. That news comes in the wake of the recent campaign for the April rollout of his next completed thriller, Traffik, which now has a trailer circulating and looks to stir some rightful hype as an exciting thriller with Omar Epps, Paula Patton and Luke Goss starring. In the action packed thriller, Patton and Epps play a couple who are off for a romantic weekend in the mountains, isolated at a remote estate. The couple are surprised by the arrival of two friends, Sanchez and Alonso when the weekend takes a dark turn. The foursome are forced to fight for their lives in this action packed thriller and will […]