Tag: Training Day
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‘The Equalizer 3’ Review – Denzel Washington Goes Out With a Bang
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.There’s a good argument to be made that Denzel Washington is the greatest actor working in the industry today. He’s a two-time Oscar winner, renowned by almost…
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‘Equalizer 3’ Director Antoine Fuqua Faces Lawsuit From Former Consultant
Director Antoine Fuqua is being sued by a former collaborator for an alleged failure to credit or compensate the plaintiff for their contributions on “The Equalizer 3.”In a 20-page document filed Monday in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Paul Lozada filed complaints for breach of oral contract, implied-in-fact contract, common counts and promissory fraud. A…
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Denzel Washington’s Most Terrifying Role Is This Oscar-Winning Performance
The very first shot of Training Day is of the enormous rising morning sun welcoming in a new day. You can’t help but feel that director Antoine Fuqua and longtime collaborator Denzel Washington were already symbolizing the larger-than-life Los Angeles narcotics detective Alonzo Harris in what would be the actor’s first Best Actor Academy Award-winning…
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‘The Equalizer’ Season 4: Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know
As one of the many hit police shows to come out of the 1980s, The Equalizer, starring the late great Edward Woodward (The Wicker Man), earned itself a place in the hearts of those who watched it, with fans calling during the many years following its eventual end for some sort of reboot. Initially, that…
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Matt Damon Was Almost This Villain in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy
It’s a sign you’ve made it in Hollywood when the roles you’ve been offered are just as prestigious as the roles you’ve accepted. Matt Damon – one of his era’s most bankable stars – is a stellar example. The Golden Globe-winning actor infamously turned down Jake Skully in James Cameron’s Avatar, losing him an estimated…
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Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ Shifting to 2023, Apple Eyes New Date After Slap (Exclusive)
Don’t expect an “Emancipation” for Oscar winner Will Smith in 2022. Originally expected to drop on the fall festival circuit later this year, the actor’s next film from Apple, and co-produced by his production company Westbrook Studios, is planning to delay the film’s release to sometime in 2023.Directed by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”), the movie…
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Why David Ayer Had To Rewrite The Original Ending To Training Day
This post contains immediate spoilers for the ending of the 2001 film “Training Day.”The original “Training Day” movie, starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, has an action-packed ending that involves a shootout, a foot chase, leaps from a building, a barking pit bull, punches and kicks, broken windows and windshields, and a car wreck. Washington…
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Antoine Fuqua Signs First-Look Film Deal With Netflix
Antoine Fuqua is doubling down on his partnership with Netflix after bringing his Jake Gyllenhaal-led thriller, “The Guilty,” to the streaming service back in October. According to Variety, Fuqua has signed a new first-look deal with Netflix, “focusing on feature and documentary films.”The director of “Training Day,” “The Equalizer,” and “The Magnificent Seven” is also renaming his production…
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Upcoming Denzel Washington Movies To Keep On Your Radar
(Welcome to On Your Radar, a series where we take a look at what’s next for the biggest actors and filmmakers, and why you should be excited…or not.)Twenty years after “Training Day” hit theaters, King Kong’s still got nothing on Denzel Washington. In an era where IPs are the new A-listers, the two-time Oscar-winner remains…
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Antoine Fuqua Directing Film Adaptation of ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ (Exclusive)
Antoine Fuqua will direct and produce a new film adaptation of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning look at greed, family, death and sexual repression.The “Training Day” and “Magnificent Seven” director will join forces with producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey, who backed a 2008 revival of the show that…