Tag: Taken
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‘Moonfall’ Among Films Acquired by KKR-Fred Kogel’s New Company
Roland Emmerich’s action-packed disaster movie “Moonfall” has been acquired by the joint venture between KKR and Fred Kogel. The unnamed new company, which will emerge from Tele München Group (Tmg), Universum Film, I&U TV and Wiedemann & Berg Film, will handle the theatrical release of “Moonfall” in Germany.“Moonfall,” which was written by Emmerich, Spenser Cohen…
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Steven Quayle Directing Shark Thriller ‘Alphas’ for Voltage Pictures
“Aliens of the Deep” director, Steven Quale is set to direct aquatic thriller “Alphas” based on the screenplay by Frank Hannah. Finance and sales are by Voltage Pictures.The story sees a school of great white sharks terrorize a coastal town. The town’s only hope is a damaged killer whale who has been in solitary confinement…
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‘The Commuter’ Behind-the-Scenes Clip Breaks Down the Art of a Liam Neeson Fight Scene
Liam Neeson has been kicking ass on the regular since his unexpected turn towards action with 2008’s Taken, and in the ten years since he’s done some of his best B-movie thrillers with The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra. The latest collab from the duo, The Commuter, arrived in theaters earlier this year and with the…
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‘Taken’ Helmer Pierre Morel To Direct ‘The New Mrs. Keller’ With Claes Bang Set As Lead
French director Pierre Morel, who directed Liam Neeson’s first Taken installment and most recently the Jennifer Garner-led thriller Peppermint, has been tapped to helm sci-fi thriller The New Mrs. Keller for Lakeshore Entertainment. Danish actor Claes Bang, star of the Oscar-nominated film The Square, is attached as the male lead in the film, which was…
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‘The Square’s’ Claes Bang to Star in Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The New Mrs. Keller’
Danish actor Claes Bang will star in the sci-fi thriller “The New Mrs. Keller” from “Taken” director Pierre Morel.Lakeshore Entertainment’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, and Eric Reid will produce the movie, with principal photography commencing this October. Casting is underway for the title role of Mrs. Vera Keller.Lakeshore collaborated with Morel on the Jennifer Garner…
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‘Game Night’ Review: Having Fun with the Thriller Genre
The “thriller genre” can be a bit of an oxymoron. Thrills are predicated on the unexpected, but genre is about playing to certain conventions. If you know the conventions, then you can’t be thrilled because you’re expecting what comes next. That’s not to say that all thrillers are inherently boring, but rather something more akin…
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‘Taken’ Series Star Clive Standen Set As Co-Lead In The Indie Thriller ‘Vault’
Exclusive: Clive Standen, who currently stars in NBC’s Taken series adaptation, has been tapped to co-star along with Luke Cage‘s Theo Rossi in Verdi Productions’ crime thriller, Vault. Tom DeNucci is on board to direct the pic, which is inspired by true events. It follows a group of small-time criminals, who in 1975 attempted to…