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Martin Campbell Is In Talks To Direct G.I. JOE 3

Depending on how you may feel about the recent live-action renditions of Hasbro property, G.I. Joe, it’s probably about time we finally got another step closer to some news on the third film in the franchise. Over the course of the past few years, directing prospects went to Jon M. Chu who sat behind the camera for the 2013 sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation following helmer Stephen Sommers’s 2009 flick, G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. Of course, that was before he moved back to doing movie musicals like the upcoming Jem And The Holograms and the recently announced Can’t Touch This, and so on that word, the latest filmmaker now being sought after is Green Lantern, Goldeneye and Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell. Talks are reportedly early according to Schmoe’s Know via Screenrant, but if confirmed, Campbell will hopefully be the one to help tone down the storyline to a […]

Martin Campbell Up To Direct Espionage Thriller, HUNTER KILLER

Lee B. Golden III

Live action cinematic adaptations of major action adventure novels are still a point of inspiration for film producers, and there are plenty that are in the works for TV and film, ranging from The Hunger Games and Divergent to properties like Jason Bourne, Mack Bolan and Rain as of late. Well, as of this week, Neal Moritz, Toby Jaffe and Ryan Kavanaugh are adding another to the mix in the form of Hunter Killer, with Green Lantern and Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell back in the director’s chair. The film is based on the 2012 novel, “Firing Point”, co-written by Don Keith and retired U.S. Navy Commander George Wallace as a follow up to their 2003 best seller, “Final Bearing”, the latter book that centered on an espionage driven tale of the U.S.’s mission to put an end to a South American drug kingpin and his expansive cartel. Campbell’s film […]