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Patrick Hughes Reveals His Concepts For THE RAID Remake

Patrick Hughes takes a center seat with the action veteran cast of The Expendables 3 – C/W from T/L: Terry Crews, Wesley Snipes, Jason Statham, Randy Couture, Patrick Hughes, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren Today’s news is all the buzz with the latest exclusive reports from several sites on last year’s set visits of The Expendables 3, which action choreographer J.J. Perry has coined as the biggest action movie he has done throughout his entire career. “…this is like if you took ‘Expendables’ one and ‘Expendables’ two and put it in a blender and poured a bottle of hot sauce on it,” Perry says. “…that’s what we’re doing right now, and we’re in it right now, and I’m loving every minute of it.”. The film is directed by none other than Red Hill helmer Patrick Hughes who was ultimately lead actor Sylvester Stallone‘s pick to direct the film. So it may […]

Roll Call! New Preview And Posters For THE EXPENDABLES 3

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With November Man star, actor Pierce Brosnan reportedly tapped to star in a future extension of the blockbuster action franchise for The Expendables, fans of the film series now have one more film to look forward to following this summer’s forthcoming release of The Expendables 3, with returning and new cast members led by actor Sylvester Stallone. The film is being directed Patrick Hughes who is now poised to sit at the helm for the American remake of filmmaker Gareth Evans’s 2011 crime thriller, The Raid, following the stellar success of the original film’s 2014 sequel. And with The Expendables 3 back in the headlines this week with a new “roll call” preview, fans can now get a slightly deeper glimpse into what Hughes has in store for in case some of you might be new to his work. And if you’re not, then chances are you’re already a fan, […]

THE RAID Remake: Producer Gareth Evans Wants SCOTT ADKINS And MICHAEL JAI WHITE

Lee B. Golden III

Writer and director Gareth Evans is an extremely busy man nowadays with the SXSW premiere of his latest film, The Raid 2, leading up to the film’s other upcoming early screenings this week before its official wide release on March 28, 2014. That said, Crave Online had the opportunity to speak to Evans on plans and hopes for the upcoming remake of his 2011 original to be directed by The Expendables 3 helmer Patrick Hughes, as well as that of the third film of Evans’ accumulating franchise. Regarding the upcoming remake, it was previously noted upon the breaking of earlier news that actors and brothers Liam and Chris Hemsworth were being listed as possible choices to portray key characters from the original film. While talking with CraveOnline, Evans took the liberty of throwing in two more names to add to the film’s cast, as well as speaking on behalf of […]

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'The Expendables 3' Director Being Named To Helm THE RAID Remake!

Lee B. Golden III

Patrick Hughes With writer and director Gareth Evans ramping up efforts to promote the forthcoming March 28, 2014 release of The Raid 2: Berandal, what is still left in the air is the issue of whether or not action star Sylvester Stallone’s August release, The Expendables 3, will actually “raid” The Raid as he so described it on Twitter last year. Regardless though, it seems all the talk of raiding everything has put The Expendables 3 helmer Patrick Hughes in a bigger light as reports indicate that the director is now being tapped to direct Screen Gems’s upcoming remake of The Raid, which is being penned by Out Of The Furnace co-scribe Brad Inglesby. Talk of the American remake has gone on for quite a while since the success of Evans‘s film which released in 2011 and made its way overseas the following year, launching actor and martial arts action […]