ROAD HOUSE 2: Doug Liman Developing A Direct Sequel To The Original 1989 Film
The film comes as competitor to a sequel already underway to Liman’s 2024 reboot.
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A Case For Better Action Movies: In Doug Liman’s ROAD HOUSE, Come For The Booze And Brawls, Stay For The Violence And Redemption
It’s been a little weird. Crazy, even. Reading about all that’s happened since Doug Liman’s Road House went into post-production was pretty troublesome. Reporters over at Variety did some good work in covering the fallout as well, and I kind of wonder if some long-term good could come from the film’s streaming release, even if at one point the director himself opined to the contrary in hopes of a theatrical opening. I wouldn’t have minded a big screen presentation myself. Point in fact, I got a little overconfident when I RSVP’d to an event screening being hosted by Jazz At Lincoln Center with a two-person pass a few days ago; I had to reneg though, seeing as life is still lifeing at the moment. Ultimately, my only option would be to take in the film per access to Prime thanks to a friend. To that end, I guess the only […]
ROAD HOUSE: Meet The Players In New Character Posters For The Prime Video Action Thriller
I’m still of the opinion that Doug Liman’s Amazon MGM production of Road House still deserves its run in theaters. At any rate, I’m looking forward to it in March as it arrives on Prime Video for the next action-packed iteration of the classic thriller here starring Jake Gyllenhaal. On par for the campaign as of Tuesday is a slate of character posters which you can view below featuring the cast. Liman directs the film as it centers on a down-and-out MMA fighter whose run of bad luck escalates when a new job at a beleagured road house bar forces our protagonist to Tango with a gang of henchmen working for an unscrupulous businessman looking to turn the place into a resort. Check out the posters below and click here to catch trailer if you missed it.
ROAD HOUSE: Bar Room Brawls And Close Calls In The Official Trailer For Doug Liman’s Remake Of The 1989 Action Classic
Director Doug Liman wrote a compelling and nuanced op-ed presented at Deadline on Wednesday, elucidating the case for his boycott of the upcoming SXSW premiere of his new movie, Road House. In the article, Liman details how Amazon slated the movie for a streaming release, thus reversing the film’s initial theatrical prospects following the company’s acquisition of MGM into its library back in Spring of 2022. He also highlights the importance of sustaining theatrical releases to maintain the film industry at large, citing a number of things including film performance positives on streaming platforms resulting from theatrical windows, to computers lacking the “experience of laughing and cheering and crying with a packed audience in a dark theater”. It’s a fascinating read and worth bearing in mind as the film approaches its opening night premiere on March 8, followed by its March 21 launch on the streamer. As such, the upcoming […]
ROAD HOUSE Opens Its Doors As Cameras Rolls For Prime Video Reimagining Of The Patrick Swayze Action Classic
It was last November when the long-gestating remake of 1989 United Artists action thriller, Road House, managed to set actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Doug Liman together on the project. As of Tuesday, the film, once designated for MGM, is now home at Prime Video with additional casting info announcing Billy Magnussen, Daniela Melchior, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Lukas Gage. Liman will direct from a script by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, which “follows a former UFC fighter (Gyllenhaal) who takes a job as a bouncer at a rough-and-tumble roadhouse in the Florida Keys, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems in this tropical paradise.” Rounding out the cast are Hannah Love Lanier, Travis Van Winkle, B.K. Cannon, Arturo Castro, Dominique Columbus, Beau Knapp, and Bob Menery. Joel Silver, who worked on the original film starring Patrick Swayze, is producing for Silver Pictures. Exec producing are JJ Hook, Alison Winter, […]
CHAOS WALKING Trailer: Thoughts Come To Life In The New Novel-Inspired YA Sci-Fi With Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland And Mads Mikkelsen
This one took some several years to finally see the light of day what with reshoots and scheduling among actors being a factor. Alas, Doug Liman’s newest thriller has arrived with a first trailer for Chaos Walking, and it looks all kinds as epic as YA sci-fi fans might expect. Release date is pending. In the not too distant future, Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland) discovers Viola (Daisy Ridley), a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by “the Noise” – a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola’s life is threatened – and as Todd vows to protect her, he will have to discover his own inner power and unlock the planet’s dark secrets. From the director of The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow and based on the best-selling novel The […]
Warner Bros. Advances EDGE OF TOMORROW Sequel With New Writer
On Friday, Mike Fleming Jr. over at Deadline confirmed interest at Warner Bros. in a sequel to the 2014 hit sci-fi, Edge Of Tomorrow (a.k.a. Live. Die. Repeat for its home release). The film featured Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in the story of an untrained public relations officer swept into a timeloop forcing him to re-live his death as he trains to survive amid an alien invasion. Based on Sakurazaka Hiroshi’s “All You Need Is Kill” manga, the film grossed $370.5 million dollars for the studio along with co-fi partner Village Roadshow. Talk of a sequel had since been stirring even through the press rounds for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation among others, while Deadline has it on good terms that a pitch by Matthew Robinson (The Invention Of Lying) is breathing new life into sequel prospects. Robinson will write the sequel following a draft by Joe Shrapnel and […]
Doug Liman To Helm Action Sci-Fi Drama Pilot, IMPULSE, For YouTube Red
Newly launched SVoD service YouTube Red is bringing Jumper to the small screen. For this, we turn to brewing developments of the new sci-action drama series, Impulse, based on the third book in Steven Gould’s Jumper novel series as YouTube Red looks to ramp up its line of programming, including sci-fi drama Lifeline from producer by Dwayne Johnson and Studio71, gaming comedy Good Game from producer Dan Harmon, and a Step Up reboot. Impulse will have its 2018 premiere on YouTube Red ahead of a series order with The Wall and Edge Of Tomorrow (a.k.a. Live.Die.Repeat.) helmer Doug Liman directing and executive producing. The hour long gender-bending pilot from Universal Cable Productions and studio-based Hypnotic is the first UCP series for YouTube, telling of Henry, a rebellious 16-year-old girl whose oddball standing from her peers often leaves her longing to venture away from her small town life. She eventually discovers […]
WB/DCEU's JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK Lands The Director Of The GAMBIT Movie He Is No Longer Directing. Or Whatever.
Welp… 2016 has been quite the damper in movie expectations, especially pertaining to 20th Century Fox’s dwindling Gambit film inspired by Marvel Comics. That one is was supposed to be releasing at some point next year provided production already started, though the word now is that its previously-attached director, Doug Liman is no longer involved while its star moves on to play a mermaid. Or something. Yes, I’m frustrated – which is a nice way of saying how slightly pissed I am. No, no, feel free to laugh. It’s silly, really. It’s as silly as trying to keep up with comic book movie news as oftentimes the updates are more fickle and are either rumor-based or solid fact until not. Such is what the long-awaited Justice League Dark movie has endured, to say the least, since its rumored development to 2012 with Guillermo del Toro in talks to direct. Obviously […]
CHAOS WALKING Casts Daisy Ridley!
Filmmaker Doug Liman may be a bit despondent over losing his baby by 2005, but the former still has a several reasons to stay optimistic…well, a few. Null at the moment, of course, is Gambit since actor Channing Tatum is signed to playing a damn merman in some remake I could care less about while other prospects lie with a hopeful Edge Of Tomorrow sequel. His newest feature film endeavor, however, now lies with Lionsgate for Chaos Walking, based on the 2008 YA novel trilogy launchpad from author Patrick Ness. As of this week, word from Variety now has it that the new frontwoman of the latest Star Wars trilogy, actress Daisy Ridley is joining in the role of a strange, silent girl who joins our young male protagonist and his dog on a perilous, and deadly journey of self discovery. Here’s a description of the book from the author’s website: […]
Doug Liman To Helm YA Franchise, CHAOS WALKING For Lionsgate/Summit
I’m a little upset that we’ve yet to see some seriousness about the Fox adaptation of director Doug Liman’s Gambit, seeing as how he’s one of my favorite characters of the batch next to Wolverine. At any rate now we turn to Liman’s current prospects, among which there are a few, including Amazon sniper drama, The Wall, and six-part Jaunt VR series, Invisible. Adding to the list now is the Fall production of a new adaptation of YA novel property, Chaos Walking from Walker Books. Lionsgate/Summit, current staple to quite a few franchises and titles including Twilight, Hunger Games and, for better or worse, Divergent, is hosting the film under their banner following their acquisition of the rights in 2011. THR‘s exclusive describes the story as set “in a world where there are no women and all living creatures can hear one another’s thoughts in a stream of images, words […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Cast In THE WALL For Amazon
Edge Of Tomorrow helmer Doug Liman is currently attached to quite a few projects. Currently, a 20th Century Fox adaptation of Marvel character Gambit which continues to remain in limbo since late last year as one of several films I’ve been hoping to see movement on and I can’t really imagine what the hold up is. At any rate, the director of upcoming 80’s crime thriller, Mena, has been piling up and as of March, the stack includes The Wall, a new psychological war thriller from Amazon Stuidos in their first foray to original film territory. That film, written by Dwain Worrell, has now cast actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson following this week’s report from Variety, which states he will play an American sniper caught in a cat-and-mouse game with an Iraqi sharpshooter who has him pinned behind a small chunk of concrete. FilmNation is presenting the film to Cannes starting this […]
Doug Liman To Helm The First Of Six-Part Jaunt VR Series, INVISIBLE
If you’ve been keen on 360° videos as of late, you might have already come to know of Jaunt, who’ve been head-deep into creating the technology possible to help create videos that literally stick you in a virtual world. As of today, leave that effort to director Doug Liman whose name can be seen in this week’s announcement for Invisible, a new VR action adventure fantasy series that will undoubtely have you making sure your room space is clear for movement. Details follow below with two other helmers also on board: PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jaunt Inc., Condé Nast Entertainment (CNÉ), the 30 Ninjas team of Director Doug Liman (Live, Die, Repeat, Bourne Identity) and Producer Julina Tatlock, along with Oscar nominated Screenwriter Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club), today announced a new production deal to produce INVISIBLE, the first episodic action-adventure series created in immersive virtual reality. This is the latest […]
Fox's GAMBIT Commences Filming In March
In case you’ve been glued to Facebook or Spike TV for that matter, yes, that IS actor Channing Tatum in a hilarious gender-bending performance as Beyoncè on Lip Sync Battle – all well and good for the humor as well as a show of Tatum’s sportsman ship and talent as he’s got a proven knack for costume play. Of course, the most-acclaimed costume of all in this instance is that which is currently being prepped for the actor in director Doug Liman’s forthcoming adaptation of the new standalone Gambit film for 20th Century Fox, which is reportedly rolling cameras in March in New Orleans, Louisiana, according to WGNO (via Comic Book). Production has been lagging since late last year for what would have been a 2016 release had The Gambler helmer Rupert Wyatt stayed on board, but a 2017 release can now be expected instead. Spectre co-star, actress Léa Seydoux […]
Doug Liman Will Direct GAMBIT Now, And All Is Well In The Universe
It was less than a month ago that Edge Of Tomorrow helmer Doug Liman was reported to be circling Twentieth Century Fox’s upcoming Marvel adaptation, Gambit, starring Channing Tatum. This week now, THR reports that Liman is finally well on the way to direct the film ahead of its October release next year. THR notes this particular film to be familiar territory for Liman in that his own previous films, The Bourne Identity and Mr. And Mrs. Smith, have each been troubled productions before. At any rate however, what’s important is that those films been successful, which is not to say by any measure that Edge Of Tomorrow wasn’t deserving of the same despite falling short at the box-office, because anyone with sense who has seen it will believe just the opposite. Moreover, it also signals great prospects for the upcoming comic book film since The Gambler helmer Rupert Wyatt […]
Is Fox Courting Doug Liman To Direct GAMBIT?
Doug Liman (right) at the lens on the set of EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014) The process of Fox’s live-action Gambit movie has so far been very frustrating as it’s one of the more deserving properties for film in the wake of well over a decade of X-Men movies. It’s been a little over a month since Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt left the forthcoming Marvel adaptation, a daunting update at the time for fans with actor Channing Tatum and actress Spectre co-star Lea Seydoux tapped to star. So what’s happening now? Well, IGN came across a few tidbits from Deadline and The Wrap that the production is currently courting Doug Liman to sit the director’s chair. Liman is currently directing Tom Cruise’s newest, Mena, following the huge cult success of the live-action manga, Edge Of Tomorrow, which has since left its fanbase demanding what feels as […]
Tom Hardy Confirmed For SPLINTER CELL
Roughly a year and a half since a press release was issued officially announcing New Regency and Ubisoft Motion Pictures’ live-action adaptation of the popular game, Splinter Cell with actor Tom Hardy set to star, the official word has come in confirming Hardy is now working on the script with director Doug Liman. Liman‘s attachment came as of March this year just months away from the forthcoming release of his new sci-fi action adventure, Edge Of Tomorrow. In a new report from IGN, Liman attributed a few details about what fans might expect upon the film’s production. “Everything about Splinter Cell will be younger.” he says. “It’s a chance to come up with a new franchise that is fresher and newer and younger, and Tom Hardy is such an incredible actor.”. The Bourne helmer also added “Some of the tropes of the game will for sure be in the film, […]
Check Out A New 13-Minute Featurette + TONS Of Video For EDGE OF TOMORROW
Right about now, actor Tom Cruise and actress Emily Blunt are kicking off their three-city tour headling the gloval event premiering their newest live-action feature-length graphic novel sci-fi action adventure, Edge Of Tomorrow, from Warner Bros. The film has already gained positive reviews from MANY critics around the web who have attended advanced screenings before the film’s nationwide North American release on June 6. And this week, netizens now get to see a new 13-minute featurette discussing the film below, as well as TONS of other video material you can now catch below, with Cruise and Blunt joined by co-star Bill Paxton, director Doug Liman, and much more. On the other hand, you may want to grab asnack first. Enjoy!
[UPDATED] Reset The Day In An Extended, Enhanced Trailer And Six Featurettes For EDGE OF TOMORROW!
Actor Tom Cruise will be poised once again to play the role of spy once the cameras start rolling (if not already), for next year’s Christmas release of director Christopher MaQuarrie’s Mission Impossible 5, for which a new screenwriter has just been assigned. Until then, action fans can catch Cruise in his own mech-suit with actress Emily Blunt for the upcoming release of the riveting new sci-fi thriller, Edge Of Tomorrow. Hopefully by now you have signed up for the recent #LiveDieRetweet contest to get your own pass to the New York red carpet premiere on May 28 in New York City, the last of three cities Cruise and Blunt will be traveling to on the same day. If not, click here and do so before the contest expires this Friday. However, for those who don’t mind waiting, the film officially opens nationwide in North America on June 6. In […]
Enter To Win A Trip To The New York Premiere For EDGE OF TOMORROW With The Stars!
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Posters are the word, and Warner Bros is ramping up promotional efforts for director Doug Liman‘s latest sci-fi action blockbuster, Edge Of Tomorrow, which opens on June 6 and stars actor Tom Cruise and actress Emily Blunt. As such, the two actors can now be seen in the new international poster for the film, courtesy of Warner Bros. The poster is just one in a good chunk of posters for the film that have gone viral since the start of the year featuring Cruise and Blunt in their battlesuits as their characters based on manga author Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s 2009 manga novels (c. 2004) titled All You Need Is Kill (the film is set to open in Japan under the very same title as its manga predecessor). But that’s not all as TV and online content viewers can expect a heavy advertising presence in the coming […]
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