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Surf's Up For "Point Break" Remake
12 April 2013 3:07 PM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Ericson Core ("Invincible") will direct the feature film remake of the 1991 action-thriller "Point Break" for Alcon Entertainment, according to Alcon co-founders and co-ceo’s Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.
Kosove and Johnson will produce with Michael DeLuca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Kurt Wimmer. Rgm Media principal Devesh Chetty and investor John McMurrick, Chairman of Marloss Entertainment, will serve as Executive Producers.
The new version of the film is set in the world of international extreme sports, and like the original involves an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal ring. The filmmakers are keeping other plot points under wraps.
Known for his cinematography work on "The Fast and the Furious" for Universal Pictures and "Daredevil" for 20th Century Fox, Core made his directorial debut with Disney’s "Invincible".
The Kathryn Bigelow-directed "Point Break" was produced by Largo Entertainment and released by Fox.
Principal photography is set to begin at the end of the year, »
- Michael Stevens
Point Break remake finds its director
12 April 2013 7:30 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 cult classic Point Break is set to receive the remake treatment courtesy of Alcon Entertainment, and with filming due to begin later this year it's been announced that the project has now found itself a director in Ericson Core, whose previous credits include cinematography on The Fast and the Furious and Daredevil, as well as directing duties on Disney's Invincible.
The original Point Break starred Keanu Reeves as a rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, who is sent undercover to infiltrate the Ex-Presidents, a criminal gang of surfers led by Patrick Swayze. The remake will be set in the world of international extreme sports, although further plot details are being kept under wraps at this point in time.
The Point Break remake has been written by Kurt Wimmer (Law Abiding Citizen, Total Recall), who will also produce alongside Michael DeLuca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and »
- Flickering Myth
‘Point Break’ Remake Steals ‘Invincible’ Director
11 April 2013 1:18 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
If the theory that pop culture nostalgia runs in a twenty-year cycle is true, then the time is ripe for a remake of 1991 thriller Point Break. At least, Alcon Entertainment seems to think so, as they announced in 2011 that they would be bringing their own version of the film to the big screen. Kurt Wimmer, who stretched his remake muscles with last year’s Total Recall, has been tapped to write the script, and the producers have just found the director that they want to handle the project.
The original film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who later won an Oscar for war drama The Hurt Locker, and is about an “F! B! I! Agent!” called Johnny Utah, who is sent undercover to investigate a gang of surfers that are suspected to be ...
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- Hannah Shaw-Williams
'Point Break' Remake Has Its Director, Uh-Oh
11 April 2013 12:36 PM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
If you just so happen to be one of those nostalgic-for-the-'90s nerds, first of all heyheyheeeeeey, and second we've got some potentially distressing movie news surfing your way today.
Might as well go ahead and accept it that the "Point Break" remake is happening, dudes and dudettes, because a director has now been selected for the unnecessary and unwanted flick.
Per Deadline, Ericson Core of "Invincible" (and various turns as a cinematographer) note, is taking the reins of this project, hoping to reinvigorate that "handsome undercover cop unwittingly buddies up with the somehow ethical perp who's been right under his nose the whole time" scenario. As a feather in the guy's hat, one of his camera-working credits was on the near-equally plot derivative "The Fast and the Furious."
This reboot has been knocking around in limbo since Warner Bros. and Alcon teamed up for it in fall, 2011, which gave »
- Amanda Bell
'Point Break' Remake: Ericson Core Signs On to Direct
11 April 2013 11:58 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
The “Point Break” remake is officially happening: studio Alcon announced it's found its director for the project, Ericson Core. The reboot of the 1991 cult classic -- starring Keanu Reeves as an FBI agent who goes undercover with a group of bank robbing surfers led by Patrick Swayze -- was announced in late 2011, but hadn't made many waves since then. Now, Core is on board, as is screenwriter Kurt Wimmer. Core is best known for his work as a cinematographer on films like “The Fast and the Furious” and “Daredevil,” and made his directorial debut in 2006 with the Mark Wahlberg vehicle “Invincible.” Wimmer has plenty of experience with the action genre, too, having co-written last year's “Total Recall” remake, in addition to penning “Salt” and “Law Abiding Citizen.” Those chops should come in handy on “Point Break,” though both men have some big shoes to fill. The original was directed by the then-up-and-comer Kathryn Bigelow, »
- Katie Roberts
'Point Break' is getting remade and already has a director
11 April 2013 10:48 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Nothing is sacred in Hollywood, not even one of the best surfer movies ever. Kathryn Bigelow's "Point Break" is getting the remake treatment by Alcon Entertainment, and the company has already announced who will direct the film.
Ericson Core, best known for directing the 2006 Mark Wahlberg movie "Invincible" and being the cinematographer for "The Fast and the Furious," has been tapped to helm the movie. This will be the second feature film that he's directed. "Salt" scribe Kurt Wimmer wrote the script.
"The new version of the film is set in the world of international extreme sports, and like the original involves an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal ring," a press release for the movie reads. "The filmmakers are keeping other plot points under wraps."
Filming on the new movie is set to begin at the end of 2013. Alcon is also responsible for the upcoming "Blade Runner" sequel. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
“Point Break” Remake Gets Director
11 April 2013 10:04 AM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Ericson Core (“Invincible”) will direct the feature film remake of the classic 1991 action-thriller Point Break for Alcon Entertainment, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-ceo’s Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.
Kosove and Johnson will produce along with Michael DeLuca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Kurt Wimmer (“Salt,” “Law Abiding Citizen,” upcoming “Total Recall”), who also wrote the screenplay. Rgm Media principal Devesh Chetty and investor John McMurrick, Chairman of Marloss Entertainment, will serve as Executive Producers.
The new version of the film is set in the world of international extreme sports, and like the original involves an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal ring. The filmmakers are keeping other plot points under wraps.
Known for his cinematography work on the box office success “The Fast and the Furious” for Universal Pictures and “Daredevil” for 20th Century Fox, Core made his directorial debut with Disney’s “Invincible” starring Mark Wahlberg. »
- Ruben Gonzalez
New ‘Point Break’ Has a Director Who Could Make it a Worthy Remake
11 April 2013 6:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Point Break could use a remake. It’s a fun, ridiculous action movie laced with 80s excess, but beyond nostalgia glasses, its hardly sacred ground. Plus, what is Point Break at its core anyway? A heist movie punctuated by adrenaline and a cop who gets too close to the wrong side of the law. Inasmuch, it gets remade several times every single year (except without the extreme sports angle). We’ve known that Alcon and Warners have been plotting to remake the 1991 movie since 2011 with a script from Kurt Wimmer (after bailing on a truly bizarre sequel concept from Jan De Bont), and now Deadline Hollywood is reporting that they’ve secured Ericson Core to direct. Despite having a name that sounds like a cell phone, Core has done some strong work as a Dp (Payback, The Fast and the Furious) and his one previous shot as a director, Invincible, was »
- Scott Beggs
Invincible director Ericson Core to direct remake of Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break
11 April 2013 5:23 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
100 percent pure bullshit! Yeah, we've heard rumblings of a Point Break remake for a while now, with the likes of Speed's Jan DeBont in the mix at one point, but now it appears that Alcon studios is pushing forward with the venture, hiring Invincible director Ericson Core to helm it. Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium) wrote the script, which takes the "extreme" aspect of the original to the next level, by incorporating it "in the world of international extreme sports" with an »
- Paul Shirey
Point Break Remake Gets Director and Plot Details
11 April 2013 4:22 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Alcon Entertainment has been talking about a sequel to Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 "Point Break" film, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, since 2007. And now comes word that the company will instead develop a remake and has signed Ericson Core to direct the new movie. Core last directed Mark Wahlberg's "Invincible" football film. He was also the cinematographer on such movies as "Fast and Furious" and Ben Affleck's "Daredevil." Other contenders for the job were "The Dark Knight" cinematographer Wally Pfister and Peter Iliff, who wrote the first movie. Kurt Wimmer (Total Recall, Law Abiding Citizen) wrote the script for the "Point Break" remake, which will be set in the international world of extreme sports and will once again focus on an FBI agent infiltrating a crime ring. The plan is to begin shooting at the end of the year. »
'Point Break' remake gets director Ericson Core
11 April 2013 2:22 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Ericson Core will direct the remake of Point Break.
Alcon Entertainment has been developing a reworked version of Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 action thriller for the past two years, and has now appointed Core, whose last directing credit was 2006 football biopic Invincible.
Alcon producer Andrew Kosove has previously explained to The Playlist that their version will not be a literal remake of the first film, which starred Keanu Reeves as an FBI agent who goes undercover in a gang of criminal surfers.
Patrick Swayze co-starred as the gang's charismatic leader Bodhi.
Reeves has credited his role in Point Break with making him a star.
Scripted by Kurt Wimmer (Total Recall, Salt), the remake will be set in the world of international extreme sports, and will again centre on an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal ring.
Watch a trailer for Point Break below: »
Point Break Remake Has A Director
11 April 2013 1:08 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Perhaps mindful that Fast & Furious 6 is almost with us, and with some news about Fast 7 breaking just this morning, Alcon Entertainment have piped up with some information to remind the world that their Point Break remake is still happening. In development for years, we already knew it had a screenplay by Salt's Kurt Wimmer, but the new version of the most bodacious surfing, skydiving, foot-chasing heist movie now has a director, in the form of the awesomely-named Ericson Core.Core is a cinematographer, with credits on - here's that name again - The Fast And The Furious, Payback and Daredevil. As a director, he's helmed episodes of Family Law, and decent American football feature Invincible with Mark Wahlberg.Core's currently attached to a mafia action thriller called Fair Trade, but its status is unclear (the IMDb lists it in pre-production, but there's no cast yet). If that one isn't moving ahead, »
Point Break Remake Gets Director Ericson Core
11 April 2013 12:50 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Alcon Entertainment has hired director Ericson Core to helm an upcoming reboot of the 1991 action thriller Point Break.
Kathryn Bigelow directed the original film, which starred Keanu Reeves as a FBI agent. He and his partner go undercover to get to the bottom of a string of bank robberies by a gang known as the Ex-Presidents.
This rendition will be set in the world of extreme sports and will be in the same vein as the original. The story will follow an undercover FBI agent, who infiltrates a criminal syndicate. Plot specifics are being held under wraps.
Ericson Core is best known for directing Invincible, which starred Mark Wahlberg. Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, Daniel Michael DeLuca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Kurt Wimmer are producing.
Production is scheduled to begin at the end of this year. »
- MovieWeb
Ericson Core Helms "Point Break" Remake
10 April 2013 9:47 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Cinematographer turned filmmaker Ericson Core ("Invincible") has been set to direct the remake of 1991 cult classic "Point Break" for Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures.
Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow helmed the original which starred Keanu Reeves as an undercover FBI agent who infiltrates a group of surfers (led by Patrick Swayze) who have pulled off a series of bank robberies.
The remake shifts the setting from surfing to the world of international extreme sports.
Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Michael De Luca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Kurt Wimmer will produce.
Wimmer ("Salt," "Law Abiding Citizen") also penned the script, and shooting begins at the end of the year.
Source: Heat Vision »
- Garth Franklin
Ericson Core to Direct Point Break Remake
10 April 2013 9:22 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Ericson Core has signed on to direct the remake of Point Break for Alcon Entertainment. Like the 1991 original, the remake follows a FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a criminal ring, set in the world of international extreme sports. Core got his start as a cinematographer on the likes of The Fast and the Furious before making his directorial debut with Invincible in 2006. Core will try to follow the career trajectory of Kathryn Bigelow, who launched from Point Break to Oscar win in just under 20 years. Michael DeLuca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor, and Kurt Wimmer will produce the remake. Principal photography is set to begin at the end of the year. Hit the jump for the press release with all the details. Ericson Core To Direct Alcon Entertainment’S Reboot Of Classic Action Thriller ‘Point Break’ Los Angeles, CA., April 10, 2013 – Ericson Core (“Invincible”) will direct the feature film remake »
- Brendan Bettinger
Whoa, Dude, That Point Break Remake is Like Totally Still Gonna Happen! Rad!
10 April 2013 8:39 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Katheryn Bigelo’s 1991 actioner “Point Break” was so rad that Hollywood ended up remaking it, they just didn’t bother calling it “Point Break”. Instead, they called it “The Fast and the Furious”. Oh, come on, you know that movie was a total rip-off of “Point Break”, right? People have been talking up a proper remake of “Point Break” for a while now (as early as 2007 and as recently as 2011), and people are now talking about the remake again. Alcorn, who has the rights, has assigned Ericson Core to helm the remake. Core will be making his directorial debut on the film after doing cinematography duties on “Daredevil” and (ironically enough) the original “The Fast and the Furious”. He will direct from a script by Kurt Wimmer (“Equilibrium”), with the story now set in “the international world of extreme sports”, with all the elements of the original (like an FBI »
- Nix
Alcon's 'Point Break' Remake Lands a Director
10 April 2013 6:54 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Alcon’s remake of the early 1990s classic Point Break finally has a director. Ericson Core, the cinematographer whose credits include the original The Fast and the Furious and Ben Affleck’s comic book movie Daredevil, has signed on to direct the movie.
Kurt Wimmer wrote the screenplay for the new film, which is set in in the international world of extreme sports as opposed to the Southern California surf scene of the original. The element of an FBI agent infiltrating a crime ring remains the same. Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove are producing
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- Borys Kit
Alcon Sets Ericson Core To Helm ‘Point Break’ Remake
10 April 2013 6:18 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Ericson Core, the cinematographer who made his feature directorial debut on Invincible, has been set by Alcon Entertainment partners Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove to direct Point Break, the remake of the 1991 action thriller that starred Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. Shooting begins at year’s end and Alcon will release through its Warner Bros output deal. Any way you cut it, the director of this film is stepping into big shoes. The original was helmed by Kathryn Bigelow, who later won the Oscar with The Hurt Locker and who most recently helmed Zero Dark Thirty. Kosove and Johnson will produce the remake with Michael De Luca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Kurt Wimmer. The script was written by Wimmer, whose script work includes Salt and Law Abiding Citizen. Rgm Media principal Devesh Chetty and investor John McMurrick, Chairman of Marloss Entertainment, will be exec producers. They’re setting »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
Emily S. Whitten: Awesomely Terrible Movies I Love – Equilibrium
26 February 2013 5:00 AM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
After years of being vaguely aware that there exists a movie in which Christian Bale is the star and the most ridiculously-named martial art ever, “Gun Kata,” is also a thing, I finally sat down to watch Equilibrium last weekend. (Netflix is responsible for many of my viewing decisions these days, for which I am unashamed. The very minute I saw they’d added this, it went in my queue.) From beginning to end and even after the credits rolled, I found myself saying, “This movie is awesome.” If by awesome, of course, you mean at times both grandiose and sublimely ridiculous. I may also have been laughing hysterically when I said it. I may have even slapped my knee. I may have then gone to Twitter and posted, “Omg you guys, Equilibrium is the craziest movie. The craziest.” Regardless of all of that probably not being the reaction writer »
- Emily S. Whitten
Streaming For Your Pleasure: Action Movies
19 February 2013 7:01 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Article by Dan Clark (MovieRevolt)
Welcome to another installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure where I highlight films that are currently streaming on Netflix. In this installment I am focusing on action movies. I don’t know about you but sometimes when the proper mood strikes I fiend for some not stop action thrills. In order to make your lives easier I picked out some films that are worth your viewing pleasure. To keep things exciting I choose a variety of films. Some are recent hits while others are classics in the genre. Certain choices are rather obvious and I’m sure you’ve seen them countless times before, but there are a few hidden gems as well. Whatever your cup of tea might be there’s a film here that you will find worthy of adding to your Netflix queue.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Directed By: Brad Bird
Written By: Josh Appelbaum, »
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