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Meet Jackie Lacey: The L.A. District Attorney Candidate Backed by Lawrence Bender, Lady Gaga's Manager and More Industry Heavy-Hitters
17 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
This story first appeared in the May 25 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Los Angeles might be Hollywood's hometown, but the entertainment industry rarely bothers to become invested in local politics. Still, every once in a while, an L.A. office-seeker catches the activists' attention. That's the case with Chief Deputy District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who is running against City Attorney Carmen Trutanich to replace her retiring boss, Steve Cooley, in the tight race for L.A. County chief prosecutor. With the June primary just weeks away, Oscar-nominated producer Lawrence Bender opened his Holmby Hills home April
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- Tina Daunt
Safe – review
5 May 2012 4:03 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In this ultra-violent thriller our own Jason Statham, the British national diving star turned screen tough guy, protects a sweet little Chinese mathematical genius from Russian and Chinese mafiosi as well as bent cops doing the bidding of a corrupt mayor of New York. The names of some of America's finest talents (among them producers Lawrence Bender and Kevin Spacey, costume designer Ann Roth and cinematographer Stefan Czapsky) appear on the credits. Which only goes to show you can't make silk Speedos out of thick ears.
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- Philip French
'Safe' Producer Lawrence Bender Talks Jason Statham's Appeal & Why He Didn't Produce 'Django Unchained'
26 April 2012 10:42 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Lawrence Bender is mostly known (by film fanatics anyway) as Quentin Tarantino’s producer. Starting with “Reservoir Dogs,” Bender has faithfully produced just about everything Tarantino has been involved with (minus “Grindhouse”). And, while he has produced other projects outside the sphere of Tarantino (including notably, “Good Will Hunting” and “An Inconvenient Truth”), this year is something of a landmark for Bender – not only is he about to unveil his kick-ass action movie “Safe,” but Quentin Tarantino is going to release a film that he didn’t produce. We talked to him about “Safe,” why he thinks Jason Statham is so appealing, and what actually went down with Tarantino.
We first wondered what brought him to “Safe,” which isn’t exactly outside of his genre wheelhouse (Jason Statham’s mysterious stranger versus hordes of Chinese and Russian mobsters), but is more broad and commercial than most of his output. “['Safe' director] Boaz [Yakin] brought me to it, »
- Drew Taylor
[Interview] ‘Safe’ Director Boaz Yakin On Making Jason Statham Vulnerable & Navigating the NYC Subway System
26 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Boaz Yakin isn’t necessarily the type of guy you’d expect to be making another one of these Hollywood-tailored Jason Statham movies. For one thing, as the film’s writer-director, he’s essentially the sole creative engine, which seems to be increasingly rare in the world of potently-budgeted actioners that have an eye for box-office receipts first and genuine creativity second. Yakin’s indie roots, beginning with Fresh in 1994 and continuing with 1998′s A Price Above Rubies (both of which, by the way, were produced by Safe‘s Lawrence Bender), are also not what you’d assume for the maker of something like Safe.
All of which is to say that, while Safe may ultimately not be much more than another entry in the largely repetitive string of its ilk, Yakin’s oversight of it is — for me, at least — the source of legitimate interest. In the roundtable interview below, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
[Interview] ‘Safe’ Producer Lawrence Bender Talks Jason Statham, Shooting Challenges In New York City & More
25 April 2012 7:30 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Having worked on everything from Reservoir Dogs to Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill to Inglorious Basterds, Lawrence Bender’s reputation as a producer has become forever intertwined with the filmography of Quentin Tarantino (though, interestingly enough, he’s not on board for the writer-director’s upcoming Django Unchained). That’s perhaps the main reason why Bender’s recurring affiliation with Boaz Yakin, the writer-director behind Safe, has been largely unnoticed. Admittedly, Safe is the first Bender-Yakin collaboration since 1998′s A Price Above Rubies, but, as you’ll learn in the interview below, Bender and Yakin have remained extremely close since the days that preceded 1994′s even Fresh, and the producer has since been in constant search for something that would reunite the two in a professional environment as well as a personal one.
Also discussed in the interview is a gripe that was also made ever so clear by Yakin »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
[Interview] Jason Statham Talks Action, Martial Arts and the Comedic Timing of ‘Safe’
24 April 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Through franchises like Transporter, Crank, and The Expendables - not to mention the pair of Guy Ritchie films that came before – Jason Statham‘s name has obviously become synonymous with an intense, hard-edged action persona. In his latest film, Boaz Yakin‘s Safe, that image is taken full advantage of, but, as you’ll see below, there’s a briefly-explored emotional hook that perhaps adds something new to Statham’s canon. It’s certainly not a transformation of any kind, but moments of quiet sincerity are sprinkled throughout his performance, and when the film affords him the chance, they happen to mesh rather well with the actor’s more prominent I’m-going-to-pummel-everyone-on-this-subway side.
Last week, Statham was doing the rounds here in New York City, and we participated in a fifteen-minute roundtable session that took place over at the Trump SoHo. He was sleekly decked out in full black, but his comments, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Jason Statham interview: Safe, Expendables 2, Crank, Stallone and his prolific career
20 April 2012 2:18 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Ahead of the release Safe, we got the chance to chat to Jason Statham about Expendables 2, action franchises, and his ferocious productivity…
“Never meet your heroes” is a commonly used maxim. It’s certainly one that plays on your mind when you’re in the fortunate position to meet and interview one of your favourite action stars.
So bear in mind that, when it comes to Jason Statham, I’ve written more about the man’s work and career than most people write for their final year degree thesis. For me, he’s already a legend.
It’s a long running in-joke here at Den of Geek that any article written about The Stath is always met with a stock supply of comments, so much so that we’ve even taken to supplying some cut and paste options to save time. We’ve championed Statham for many years and will no doubt continue to, »
New Safe Alley Chase Clip with Jason Statham
12 April 2012 8:24 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
New clip from Lionsgate's Safe, starring Jason Statham! Boaz Yakin directs and scripts the eagerly anticipated actioner with cast a cast also including Catherine Chan, James Hong, Reggie Lee, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, Anson Mount, Danny Hoch and Jay Giannone. Lawrence Bender and Dana Brunetti produce the film which opens via Lionsgate on April 27th. Be sure to visit the official site for the movie as well. In Safe, a second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change…until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed. »
New Safe Alley Chase Clip with Jason Statham
12 April 2012 8:24 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
New clip from Lionsgate's Safe, starring Jason Statham! Boaz Yakin directs and scripts the eagerly anticipated actioner with cast a cast also including Catherine Chan, James Hong, Reggie Lee, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, Anson Mount, Danny Hoch and Jay Giannone. Lawrence Bender and Dana Brunetti produce the film which opens via Lionsgate on April 27th. Be sure to visit the official site for the movie as well. In Safe, a second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change…until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed. »
UK poster and TV spot for Jason Statham's action thriller Safe
3 April 2012 12:55 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
British action man Jason Statham comes blasting back into cinemas in the new action film Safe, which opens on May 4.
A new UK poster has been unveiled and is included here along with the latest TV spot and trailer for Momentum Pictures' upcoming release.
Statham stars as ex-Government agent Luke Wright who, over the course of one harrowing night, tears a swathe through New York City's corrupt underworld to save a young girl's life and redeem his own.
It's described as "packed with spectacular action sequences and bone-crunching fights."
Producers include Lawrence Bender, whose previous credits include Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds.
Safe is written and directed by Boaz Yakin, who was once set to helm a Batman Beyond movie before Darren Aronofsky and then Christopher Nolan became involved with revamping the caped crusader.
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- David Bentley
Photos: Celebs Raise $500K To Help UCLA Save The Environment
16 March 2012 5:25 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Celebrities including Owen Wilson, Quincy Jones, Lana Del Rey, Jared Leto, Lawrence Bender and Vicci Martinez, a finalist from "The Voice," gathered in Bel Air Thursday to raise close to $500,000 for UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES), the institute told The Huffington Post.
The event took place at the new 50,000 square-foot home of Tony Pritzker, co-founder of the equity firm The Pritzker Group and board chair of IoES. Guests parked at a local high school parking lot and, on bus rides up to Pritzker's home, listened to IoES senior-year undergraduate students speak about their practicum projects.
Lawrence Bender -- producer of such films as "Pulp Fiction," "Reservoir Dogs," "Inglorious Basterds" and "Kill Bill" -- helped coordinate the event. Bender has been on the board of IoES for four years and attributes his environmental concern to the effect that working with Al Gore to produce "An Inconvenient Truth" in 2006 had on him. »
- The Huffington Post
Check Out The UK Poster For Jason Statham Movie ‘Safe’
12 March 2012 2:31 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
‘From the producer of Inglourious Basterds and Kill Bill’ comes the new Jason Statham film Safe. The film is out in cinemas in May and that producer is Lawrence Bender, who also brought Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction to screens back in the 1990′s. Boaz Yakin writes and directs the Stath in the film.
Here’s the synopsis.
“A second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change… until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed.
But when he witnesses a frightened twelve-year-old Chinese girl, »
- Paul Heath
New UK Poster for Jason Statham’s Safe
12 March 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Written and directed by Boaz Yakin (Remember the Titans, Prince of Persia), Jason Statham’s next film, Safe, sees him return once more to our screens in the kind of role we all know and love him for, with which he brings us something familiar yet slightly different each time around. And as always, it’s something to look forward to.
With its release just under two months away at the start of May, Zoo have the UK poster to share with us, which sees him set against the New York City skyline, gun in hand.
“A second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change… until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander »
- Kenji Lloyd
Safe Movie Poster 3
1 March 2012 8:29 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Third poster for Jason Statham starrer Safe, directed by Boaz Yakin. This joins the recent exclusive TV spot we added for the Lionsgate action crime flick produced by Lawrence Bender and Dana Brunetti. Cast also includes Catherine Chan, James Hong, Reggie Lee, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, Anson Mount, Danny Hoch and Jay Giannone. Thanks to our friends over at IMPAwards for this new poster addition. In Safe, a second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change…until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed. »
Safe Movie Poster 3
1 March 2012 8:29 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Third poster for Jason Statham starrer Safe, directed by Boaz Yakin. This joins the recent exclusive TV spot we added for the Lionsgate action crime flick produced by Lawrence Bender and Dana Brunetti. Cast also includes Catherine Chan, James Hong, Reggie Lee, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, Anson Mount, Danny Hoch and Jay Giannone. Thanks to our friends over at IMPAwards for this new poster addition. In Safe, a second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change…until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed. »
Jason Statham takes on the criminal underworld in UK trailer for Safe
22 February 2012 3:34 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Known for his adrenaline-fuelled (and in some cases electrically charged) performances in such films as Transporter, Crank, Death Race, The Mechanic and The Expendables, action-man Jason Stathan leaps into his next role in the upcoming crime thriller Safe.
A new trailer for the film has been sent to us and is embedded below, as well as being in the video channel on the right of the page.
Statham stars as ex-Government agent Luke Wright who, over the course of one harrowing night, tears a swathe through New York City's corrupt underworld in order to save a young girl's life and redeem his own.
Lionsgate promises it's "packed with spectacular action sequences and bone-crunching fights", and seeing as it stars Statham, we're inclined to believe that description.
Producers include Lawrence Bender, who was previously involved with Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds.
It's written and directed by Boaz Yakin, »
- David Bentley
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