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Jack Ryan, Meet the New You: George Clooney

8 July 2009 11:18 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

[Update: It now appears that Jack Ryan will get the reboot treatment see the end of the article for details.]

Let’s throw another pancake on the Jack Ryan flapjack stack, shall we? First we had a Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October), then we had Indiana Jones (Patriot Games, Clear And Present Danger), then we had Ben Affleck (The Sum of All Fears), and after that one, the trail ended, and rightfully so.

But recently, the Jack Ryan Rumor Mill has been stirring again, producing some interesting pulp about a certain man-hunk taking over the role for the rumored next Jack Ryan film.

 

Last year, Screen Rant reported that Ryan Gosling was being considered for the role of Jack Ryan, a rumor confirmed by the director of two Jack Ryan films, Philip Noyce. What’s more, Noyce pointed out that not only will he not be involved with the next Jack Ryan film, the character’s creator, Tom Clancy, won’t be either.

It seems Paramount owns the rights

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Exclusive: Review of Paul Sloan's amazing Siphon script... pay attention Hollywood!

30 June 2009 3:15 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

[Editor's Note: While this review is fairly spoiler-free it does contain lengthy excerpts directly from the screenplay.]

Imagine for a minute, sitting down to watch a film where the gene-perfect world of Gattaca, mixes with the crime free, pristine techno-utopia of Minority Report and throws in some gritty, gun-heavy action set pieces the likes of which we haven't seen since the first Matrix. Sounds like an amazing f#$&king movie doesn't it? Now, image all that science fiction perfection wrapped around a twisted and bloody serial killer mystery featuring the most horrifying and inventive murderer since "John Doe" stalked victims in Se7en. How does that grab you now? Yeah, I thought so. I'd line up for that s#!% too. Screw that, I'd buy that baby on double-disc special edition DVD and throw a party.

So when can we see the film? Unfortunately it's up in the air. In brief, Siphon was a hot script back in 2005 and then went into development hell. We've heard that the

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Daybreakers Trailer is Here!

26 June 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

The trailer for the upcoming vampire film "Daybreakers," starring Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), has appeared online. Check it out by clicking on the link below. The story is set in the year 2017, when a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the dominant plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher (Hawke) works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save the human race. The new film is directed by Michael and Peter Spierig who have only worked on "Undead" back in 2003, which had a very limited release in the Us. "Daybreakers" is set to hit theaters on January 8th, 2010. Click here to read more about "Daybreakers."

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Ethan Hawke's Daybreakers Poster

23 June 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

AICN got their hands on a teaser poster for the upcoming vampire film "Daybreakers," starring Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park). Check it out by clicking on the link below. The story is set in the year 2017, when a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the dominant plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher (Hawke) works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save the human race. The new film is directed by Michael and Peter Spierig who have only worked on "Undead" back in 2003, which had a very limited release in the Us. "Daybreakers" is set to hit theaters on January 8th, 2010. Click here to read more about "Daybreakers."

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Best Denzel Washington Movies

11 June 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | From Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news

Denzel Washington has become one of the most respected and influential actors of the current generation: a genuine movie star with grace, vigor and magnetic charm.

Audiences love to root for the five-time Oscar nominee, who's become Hollywood's go-to hero -- for proof, see his latest, 'The Taking of Pelham 123.' But he's also proven, with films like 'Training Day' and 'American Gangster,' that he enjoys the occasional foray to the villainous side of the screen.

Of Washington's almost 40 screen credits, we've chosen his top 10. Check out our picks for Denzel's best films, and then tell us yours.Filed under: Features

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Denzel Washington Discusses The Taking of Pelham 123

11 June 2009 4:10 AM, PDT | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news

In his third film with director Tony Scott (Man on Fire), Academy Award winner Denzel Washington (Training Day) pretended to be a "regular Joe" in order to get into character for his role as an Mta dispatcher in The Taking of Pelham 123:

I ate a lot and kept getting smaller and smaller sweaters to wear. I spilled coffee on myself. I liked the idea that when they hand Garber a gun he's never held one before. He was an ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation with this cloud over his head. He didn't come to work knowing that he was going to get an opportunity to redeem himself. It was something he felt that he needed to do and as he got into it deeper and deeper, he went for it. Like Man on Fire, this film is a "reimagining" of a previous movie. The 1974 big-screen version of The Taking of Pelham One,

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Scenes We Love: Training Day

10 June 2009 5:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

There are those actors who somehow manage to raise the 'quality quotient' of any film that they are in -- and Denzel Washington is one of those actors. Whether he can keep that streak alive when The Taking of Pelham 123 opens on Friday remains to be seen, but today for Scenes We Love, I decided to throw a little love towards Washington for his performance in Antoine Fuqua's Training Day. Now just for starters; I have to say that it's not a great film...corny and satisfying? Yes, but great? Not quite. So how did Washington win an Oscar for his role as the corrupt Lapd officer, Alonzo Harris? Well, I think he earned it by taking a role in a paint-by-numbers cop thriller and turning it into an Oscar-worthy performance.

Everyone loves to see the bad guy get their comeuppance, and that's exactly what the final scenes of Training Day deliver.

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Jessica Barnes

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Chris Pine Goes Off the Rails on Denzel Washington

5 June 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

Call it Training Day—with trains. Chris Pine, in his first post-Star Trek film role, is teaming up with double Oscar winner Denzel Washington in Unstoppable, Tony Scott's film about a train engineer about to be laid off who must first break in his young replacement, says the Hollywood Reporter. Oh, and the two unlikely allies must try to stop a runaway locomotive loaded with explosives and toxic gas before it goes off the rails and kills everyone in sight. Awkward! In other casting news… • Robert Pattinson will have a new someone to be linked to in the tabloids as Lost's Emilie de Ravin joins the cast of Remember Me, the Twilight star's next film. According...

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Eight-Time Movie Awards Nominee Denzel Washington Offers Up Advice

30 May 2009 6:42 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

You don’t get very far into Movie Awards history without running into Denzel Washington. The veteran actor has been nominated a whopping eight times, and managed to snag two golden popcorns (for “Training Day” and “Malcolm X”).

So naturally, when we chatted up the “Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ star, we asked him what wisdom could he impart to the younger folks like Robert Pattinson. You’ll have to watch the video below to get the answer, which is classic Denzel all the way.

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‘Green Lantern: First Flight’ Screenwriter Likens Film To ‘Training Day’

27 May 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | From MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news

As the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814, Hal Jordan is responsible for the well-being of everybody and everything on Earth. But with a Machiavellian partner like Sinestro showing him the ropes, Hal Jordan’s experience in “Green Lantern: First Flight” promises to be a lot more like the Denzel Washington-starring “Training Day” than any DC Comics adventure before it — according to the film’s writer, that is.

“[Warner Bros. Animation] had been going through some ideas for Green Lantern stories and none of them were quite working out,” said screenwriter Alan Burnett. “So, I just pitched it to them in one line, ‘Have you ever done Green Lantern as Training Day?’ with the idea of the Denzel Washington role being Sinestro. They said, ‘That sounds pretty good — start writing.’ And that’s how it began.”

Burnett’s take on “Green Lantern” is certainly unique, emphasizing the policing aspect of the character. For Hal,

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Josh Wigler

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Bruce Willis in Talks for Three Action Films

30 April 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

THR is reporting that Bruce Willis is in negotiation to star in three more action films, including "Inventory" thriller, the CIA tale "Red" and the mob biopic "Scarpa." In "Inventory," Willis, who is in negotiations for the role, would play a detective on the trail of a murderer. In "Red," Willis would portray a former black-ops agent who has gone into retirement but is forced back into action when a high-tech assassin threatens him and his girlfriend. Erich and Jon Hoeber are writing the screenplay, which is based on the WildStorm/DC Comic. In "Scarpa" Willis will play the title character Greg Scarpa, an FBI informant who worked deeply undercover in New York's Columbo family. The biopic is set to be directed by "Training Day" helmer Antoine Fuqua. Willis is also attached to a host of other action films, including the Kevin Smith-directed buddy action/comedy "A Couple of Dicks,

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Bruce Willis Considering Three More Action Flicks

29 April 2009 9:30 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

According to The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog, Bruce Willis is in negotiations to star in three more action films, including a thriller for NuImage/Millenium entitled Inventory, the CIA tale Red for Summit and the mob biopic Scarpa for Morgan Creek.

In Inventory, Willis would play a detective on the trail of a murderer.

In Red, the 54-year-old actor would portray a former black-ops agent who has gone into retirement but is forced back into action when a high-tech assassin threatens him and his girlfriend. Erich and Jon Hoeber are writing the screenplay, which is based on the WildStorm/DC Comic.

In Scarpa Willis will play the title character Greg Scarpa, an FBI informant who worked deeply undercover in New York's Columbo family. The biopic is set to be directed by Training Day helmer Antoine Fuqua.

Willis is also attached to a host of other action films, including the

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Bruce Willis Becoming Red

29 April 2009 6:47 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

In a story from Risky Business Blog, action icon Bruce Willis, who recently turned 54, is currently eyeing the starring role in Red, a WildStorm/DC Comic.

Summit Entertainment will be making the film.

Red sees Willis as an ex-black-ops agent who comes back into action when a high-tech assassin comes after him and the woman he loves. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are producing. Writing the screenplay are Erich and Jon Hoeber.

Currently Willis and Co. are negotiating with Summit regarding the role. Richard Donner could be directing.

He is also looking at a thriller with NuImage/Millennium titled Inventory, and the underworld biopic Scarpa for Morgan Creek.

Inventory would see Willis' character as a detective going after a killer.

Lastly, the actor is circling Morgan Creek's Scarpa. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), that film looks at the life of Greg Scarpa. He was an FBI informant who

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Armored Trailer Starring Laurence Fishburne and Matt Dillon

17 April 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

Believe it or not, there are two different armored truck heist movies in development right now, and I had no idea until today. How is this possible? The best part is that they're both called Armored. I imagine one will eventually have to be renamed, but as of right now, they're almost exact clones of each other. In both cases the story revolves around armored truck drivers who pull off inside jobs in order to score some serious cash. The first one [1] out of the gates is from Sony Screen Gems, and it stars Laurence Fishburne, Matt Dillon, Columbus Short, Jean Reno and Skeet Ulrich. Hungarian director Nimród Antal's previous credits include Vacancy and Kontroll. The other Armored [2] (which probably won't be out until 2010) stars Eric Bana, and and is directed by F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, A Man Apart) from a screenplay by David Ayer (The Fast and the Furious,

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7 Villains More Likeable Than Their Heroes

30 March 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

This whole entry probably suggests more about me than it does about the failings of any of these particular films (granted I have not even seen the entirety of A Few Good Men, but don’t really think I need to to make a judgment like this), but I have the strangest feeling that there are many more people who feel exactly the same way that I do about this. I mean, let’s be honest.

The point is that each of these clips left me with the same exact feeling: this hero sucks. He’s whiny, he’s moralizing, and he takes all of the fun out of wanton greed and careless self-absorption. This wouldn’t be such a problem (let’s face it: lots of movie protagonists are like that) if they weren’t placed against such commanding leading men as Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington, and Michael Douglas.

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Anders Nelson

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Shyamalan’s ‘The Last Airbender’ Gets New Cast Members

13 March 2009 12:44 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

M. Night Shyamalan’s newest film The Last Airbender, a live-action adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon animated TV series, is one which undoubtedly will end up having a huge cast. We’ve already reported on some early casting news over the past few months, including Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel replacing Jesse McCartney as the character of Prince Zuko.

Well today we get four more people being added to the cast list: Aasif Mendvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis and Keong Sim. Don’t recognize those names? No worries: we’ve got the info you need to know about the actors and their roles in The Last Airbender.

Mandvi, who some may know from films and TV shows like Ghost Town, CSI and Jericho (to name but a few), will play the role of Commander Zhao, a character described as “an ambitious and hot-tempered Fire Nation commander.”

Shaun Toub, who we

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Fox Finds The Last Man In Space

10 March 2009 1:51 PM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news

Presumably D.J. Caruso is still out there planning his adaptation of the graphic novel Y: The Last Man, along with about 10 other projects. But he might want to shake a leg on that particular project, given that a completely separate movie called, simply, The Last Man, is in development with New Regency and 20th Century Fox. The movie, which will be written and directed by Training Day writer David Ayer, isn't similar at all to Y: The Last Man, based on Variety's description. It's an alien battle movie, in which a veteran captain and his young soldiers must fight alien forces on a distant planet. But we've all seen how similar titles can be no good for either movie. So watch out David Ayer: D.J. Caruso may be hot on your tail.

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David Ayer to Write and Direct Last Man

10 March 2009 7:55 AM, PDT | From SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news

Now this sounds like a sci-fi movie I can sink my teeth into. In a deal worth seven figures, David Ayer (pictured) has been hired by New Regency and 20th Century Fox to write and direct the sci-fi actioner “Last Man”. If you don’t know the name David Ayer, you’ve probably seen or heard of his past works, which includes “Training Day”, “The Fast and the Furious”, “Swat”, and more recently, “Street Kings”. According to Variety, “Last Man” is about a hardened captain assigned to protect an outpost on a distant planet. When trouble shows up, the captain must lead a group of young, inexperienced American soldiers in battle against an alien race. Basically your “last stand” movie with sci-fi elements. Erwin Stoff, Scott Stuber, and Pam Abdy will produce.

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Americans Battle Aliens in New David Ayers Film

10 March 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

Variety is reporting that New Regency has closed a deal for "Last Man," a pitch for a futuristic action film that David Ayer will write and direct. In the drama, a hardened captain assigned to protect an outpost on a distant planet must lead a group of young, inexperienced American soldiers in battle against an alien race. Ayer's script work includes "Training Day" and "The Fast and the Furious." He made his directing debut on his script "Harsh Times" and last directed "Street Kings." Ayer will write the project after he finishes penning "Deep Sea Cowboys," a fact-based thriller about a salvage crew that tries to save a capsized Japanese cargo ship that sank while transporting cars to the Us.

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"Training Day" Writer To Pen And Helm "Last Man"

10 March 2009 6:18 AM, PDT | From icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news

New Regency has bought the film rights of a futuristic action film for a reported seven-figure deal. "Last Man" will have David Ayer write and direct for 20th Century Fox.

The film follows a hardened captain assigned to protect an outpost on a distant planet. He must lead a group of young, inexperienced American soldiers in a battle against an alien race.

As per Variety, the project will be produced by Erwin Stoff and Scott Stuber. Stuber Co.'s Pam Abdy will also produce.

Ayer's previous works include scripts for the 2003 crime drama "Dark Blue" and the 2001 Denzel Washington-starrer "Training Day." He also collaborated in writing the 2001 car film "The Fast and the Furious."

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