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It seems you can’t dip your toe into the action film genre these days without hearing the name Timo Tjahjanto. And rightly so. He first caught the eye of horror fans with his V/H/S 2 segment, Safe Haven, where he teamed up with Gareth Evans (The Raid) to tell a terrifying tale of an evil Indonesian cult. He then rocketed onto the action scene with the Iko Uwais film, Headshot, cementing his name in the hearts of many with the Netflix production, The Night Comes For Us, also starring both Iko Uwais and bringing The Raid star, Joe Taslim, on board. After The Night Comes For Us, Hollywood jumped on Tjahjanto, with his name being tied to the upcoming Train to Busan remake, The Last Train to New York, and a possible Under Siege remake. While IMDb lists the former as being in post-production, the latter seems to have disappeared […]
Being the prominent comedy writer he is, actor Bob Odenkirk spent two years getting in shape for his long-awaited action thriller, Nobody, from Hardcore Henry helmer Ilya Naishuller. He tells all including the following in an exclusive over at IGN on Thursday, about some of the challenges he faced in playing his character. “The hardest thing about doing Nobody was to be deprived of the ironic dimension of the performance. I wanted to play a sort of earnest action hero like Charles Bronson in Death Wish, in these 70s movies that I loved growing up, Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry and that s***. So I was going to deprive myself of being a wisecracker and making fun of myself,” he said. “It’s hard for me to do a scene that’s utterly earnest. … And this goes for Better Call Saul, too. When I don’t get to have a little wink […]
Director Ilya Naishuller (a.k.a. everyone’s favorite director of this 2013 music video) is reportedly on deck to helm action thriller, Nobody. Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) was attached to the film in January. Derek Kolstad (John Wick trilogy) is penning the script which centers on a man pushed to his limits when coming to the defense of a woman ultimately has him hospitalizing one of her assailants whose brother, a drug kingpin, then sets out for revenge. Nobody will be Naishuller’s second feature film for STX, the company that wasted no time in 2015 snagging U.S. distro right to his rousing debut, Hardcore Henry. Odenkirk is producing with Marc Provissiero through their Odenkirk-Provissiero banner along with Braden Aftergood. Prolific stunt training and film production banner 87Eleven also boarded the project earlier this year at STX. Geeks Worldwide‘s Christopher Marc on Sunday afffirmed in his exclusive that production is set to […]
Deadline’s exclusive this week writes that Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) is readying a new action thriller with STXfilms and Hollywood film production and action company 87Eleven. Nobody is the name of the project and has Odenkirk joined by Marc Provissiero through their Odenkirk-Provissiero production banner along with Braden Aftergood producing, and Derek Kolstad scripting. The story follows a man who comes to the defense of a woman being harassed by thugs, only to learn later that one of the men he put in the hospital is the brother of a drug kingpin, now out for vengeance. Kolstad, whose already full plate in the past year currently consists of a third upcoming installment to the current John Wick film franchise along with television spin-off, The Continental, as well as The Steward for Cristal Pictures and a Hitman series at Fox 21 and Hulu, will also executive produce. 87Eleven’s […]
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