Be the first to see Mel Gibson’s new suspense thriller, Edge of Darkness, in NYC on Tuesday, January 26th, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Latino Review! Just follow the instructions below and enter our exclusive code. Your ticket will admit two, so bring a friend!“Edge of Darkness” is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter’s secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder – and to shadowy government operative...
- 1/22/2010
- LRMonline.com
Warner Bros. has picked up the North American rights to "Edge of Darkness," the Mel Gibson thriller directed by Martin Campbell, from Graham King's Gk Films.
Based on a BBC miniseries, "Darkness" sees Gibson return to the big screen for the first time since 2002's "Signs," playing a homicide cop whose 24-year-old daughter is murdered on the steps of his home. His search for her killers leads him to a world of corporate coverups and government collusion, causing a CIA operative (Ray Winstone) to be sent to clean up the evidence.
King and Michael Wearing, the producer of the BBC miniseries, are producers. Executive producers are Gail Lyon, E. Bennett Walsh, Tim Headington, Dan Rissner, Suzanne Warren and David Thompson.
The film is in post, having completed principal photography in November. No release date has been set.
Gibson has strong ties to Warners, having made movies like the "Lethal Weapon...
Based on a BBC miniseries, "Darkness" sees Gibson return to the big screen for the first time since 2002's "Signs," playing a homicide cop whose 24-year-old daughter is murdered on the steps of his home. His search for her killers leads him to a world of corporate coverups and government collusion, causing a CIA operative (Ray Winstone) to be sent to clean up the evidence.
King and Michael Wearing, the producer of the BBC miniseries, are producers. Executive producers are Gail Lyon, E. Bennett Walsh, Tim Headington, Dan Rissner, Suzanne Warren and David Thompson.
The film is in post, having completed principal photography in November. No release date has been set.
Gibson has strong ties to Warners, having made movies like the "Lethal Weapon...
- 2/18/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The makers of Gone Baby Gone are teaming up again to bring another gritty crime novel to the big screen.
Miramax has acquired the rights to Marcus Sakey's debut novel The Blade Itself, which will be produced by Ben Affleck and Sean Bailey via his new shingle Idealogy.
Aaron Stockard is on board to adapt the screenplay.
Affleck and Bailey produced Gone with Alan Ladd Jr. and Danton Rissner, while Stockard, a former assistant to Matt Damon, co-wrote the script with Affleck. Miramax distributed the film.
Blade revolves around two Chicago childhood friends who made their reputation committing petty crimes as kids before choosing different paths in life. When they are reunited years later, one is forced to decide how far he will go to protect the secrets of his past. Esquire magazine named the novel one of the five best of 2007.
"We had a great experience working with Sean, Ben and Aaron and look forward to continuing our relationship with this new one," Miramax president of production Keri Putnam said.
Miramax has acquired the rights to Marcus Sakey's debut novel The Blade Itself, which will be produced by Ben Affleck and Sean Bailey via his new shingle Idealogy.
Aaron Stockard is on board to adapt the screenplay.
Affleck and Bailey produced Gone with Alan Ladd Jr. and Danton Rissner, while Stockard, a former assistant to Matt Damon, co-wrote the script with Affleck. Miramax distributed the film.
Blade revolves around two Chicago childhood friends who made their reputation committing petty crimes as kids before choosing different paths in life. When they are reunited years later, one is forced to decide how far he will go to protect the secrets of his past. Esquire magazine named the novel one of the five best of 2007.
"We had a great experience working with Sean, Ben and Aaron and look forward to continuing our relationship with this new one," Miramax president of production Keri Putnam said.
- 3/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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