Dwayne Johnson Aka "The Rock," is developing a 1980s Venice Beach gym-set Muscle Beach TV show for USA Network. This summer is suddenly bulging with Beefcake nostalgia. We recently reported Arnold Schwarzenegger is producing the Pump TV series, inspired by his early body building career in 1970s Venice Beach. Muscle Beach features "a colorful tribe of lost souls." They "struggle to reinvent themselves by bench-pressing their way to a bigger, better American dream, no matter what the cost."Johnson, Dany Garcia's Seven Bucks Productions, and Beau Flynn's FlynnPictureCo. sold the Muscle Beach script to Universal Cable Productions. The Muscle Beach TV series will be developed as an original hour-long drama for USA Network. Muscle Beach reunites writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer with the team that sold...
- 7/21/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Hollywood’s omnipresent actor-producer Dwayne Johnson has announced plans to team with USA Network for Muscle Beach, a scripted series rooted in the world of ’80s bodybuilding.
Set against the sun-kissed streets of Venice Beach, Johnson shared some preliminary details about the new show via Instagram, confirming that Muscle Beach hails from co-writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer – scribes behind Alpha Squad 7, also starring The Rock. Both will executive produce, alongside Johnson himself, with Dany Garcia and Beau Flynn also involved.
Repackaging the fabled American Dream and situating it in a legendary bodybuilding gym, USA’s all-new drama series chronicles the story of a “tribe of lost souls struggle to reinvent themselves by bench-pressing their way to a bigger, better American dream, no matter what the cost. The series explores the body-obsessed fitness movement that took the nation by storm at the time of the supersized Reagan ’80s, the...
Set against the sun-kissed streets of Venice Beach, Johnson shared some preliminary details about the new show via Instagram, confirming that Muscle Beach hails from co-writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer – scribes behind Alpha Squad 7, also starring The Rock. Both will executive produce, alongside Johnson himself, with Dany Garcia and Beau Flynn also involved.
Repackaging the fabled American Dream and situating it in a legendary bodybuilding gym, USA’s all-new drama series chronicles the story of a “tribe of lost souls struggle to reinvent themselves by bench-pressing their way to a bigger, better American dream, no matter what the cost. The series explores the body-obsessed fitness movement that took the nation by storm at the time of the supersized Reagan ’80s, the...
- 7/20/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the only one developing a period Venice Beach bodybuilding drama series as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is reportedly planning the 1980s-set drama "Muscle Beach" at USA Network,
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer penned the script set in a legendary bodybuilding gym in 1980s Venice Beach where a colorful tribe of lost souls struggle to reinvent themselves.
The series explores the body obsessed fitness movement, the excess of the era and the many temptations of Los Angeles. Johnson and Beau Flynn will executive produce.
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Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer penned the script set in a legendary bodybuilding gym in 1980s Venice Beach where a colorful tribe of lost souls struggle to reinvent themselves.
The series explores the body obsessed fitness movement, the excess of the era and the many temptations of Los Angeles. Johnson and Beau Flynn will executive produce.
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- 7/20/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Dwayne Johnson is developing a scripted series set in the 1980s world of bodybuilding for USA Network, the actor/producer announced on Instagram. “Muscle Beach” is written by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, and the duo will executive produce alongside Johnson and Dany Garcia, who co-founded Seven Bucks Productions together. The series is set in a legendary bodybuilding gym in 1980s Venice Beach, where several lost souls struggle to reinvent themselves by bench-pressing their way to a bigger, better American dream, no matter what the cost. Also Read: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Gets YouTube Lesson From Lilly Singh (Video) “As a kid growing up.
- 7/20/2016
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Rob Leane Simon Brew Mar 16, 2017
Dwayne Johnson has three films coming in 2017. And now, he's got three films coming in 2018 too...
Got a movie you’re trying to make? Why not put Dwayne Johnson in it? It’s what everyone else seems to be doing, and it’s bound to earn you a fervent flurry of publicity. The man who it may not be acceptable to call ‘The Rock’ anymore has a whopping 19 films on his slate at the moment (it's gone down, given that Moana is now in cinemas), though, so he may struggle to fit you in. But is there a movie star who's working harder right now? Just check this lot out...
The Definites Baywatch
Currently in post-production, the cinematic Baywatch revival is another example of The Rock being injected in to bring new life to an established franchise (see: Fast & Furious, The Mummy, G.I. Joe and...
Dwayne Johnson has three films coming in 2017. And now, he's got three films coming in 2018 too...
Got a movie you’re trying to make? Why not put Dwayne Johnson in it? It’s what everyone else seems to be doing, and it’s bound to earn you a fervent flurry of publicity. The man who it may not be acceptable to call ‘The Rock’ anymore has a whopping 19 films on his slate at the moment (it's gone down, given that Moana is now in cinemas), though, so he may struggle to fit you in. But is there a movie star who's working harder right now? Just check this lot out...
The Definites Baywatch
Currently in post-production, the cinematic Baywatch revival is another example of The Rock being injected in to bring new life to an established franchise (see: Fast & Furious, The Mummy, G.I. Joe and...
- 5/31/2016
- Den of Geek
From Zoolander 2 to 23 Jump Street, with 100s in-between. Here's our rundown of the assorted movie sequels in the works...
Think Hollywood is bereft of original ideas? You just might after this. Here's our look at the assorted movie sequels currently in the works. Since we last did a list like this, we've dropped films that seem to have died a death - Wanted 2, Spring Breakers 2 - but we'll keep this rundown up to date over the coming month.
Without further ado...
23 Jump Street
Sony is pressing ahead with a third Jump Street movie, as well as a possible Jump Street vs Men In Black film, and a female-headlined spin-off. For 23 Jump Street specifically, Rodney Rothman is back and working on the script (he wrote the second one). It's unclear yet if Chris Miller and Phil Lord can find breathing space in their schedule to direct. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are both expected back,...
Think Hollywood is bereft of original ideas? You just might after this. Here's our look at the assorted movie sequels currently in the works. Since we last did a list like this, we've dropped films that seem to have died a death - Wanted 2, Spring Breakers 2 - but we'll keep this rundown up to date over the coming month.
Without further ado...
23 Jump Street
Sony is pressing ahead with a third Jump Street movie, as well as a possible Jump Street vs Men In Black film, and a female-headlined spin-off. For 23 Jump Street specifically, Rodney Rothman is back and working on the script (he wrote the second one). It's unclear yet if Chris Miller and Phil Lord can find breathing space in their schedule to direct. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are both expected back,...
- 6/18/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
DreamWorks has reportedly won a bidding war for a pitch from Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer titled Alpha Squad Seven, and Dwayne Johnson is attached to star in the project. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the planned film has been described as a "four-quadrant action-comedy adventure set in space" and "the project is meant to act as a two-hander as well as launch a potential franchise." Johnson also shared some additional information on his...
- 5/12/2015
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
The hardest working man in showbiz, Dwayne Johnson, has booked yet another feature film project - this time a sci-fi action comedy titled "Alpha Squad Seven," which is set up at DreamWorks. Plot details are being kept underwraps currently, but the studio is eyeing the project as the start of a potential franchise for Johnson. To be written by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, who sold the idea pitch to DreamWorks, Beau Flynn will produce via his FlynnPictureCo., banner along with The Rock, via his 7 Bucks Productions. Up next for the busy Johnson is the action-comedy "Central Intelligence" with another one of Hollywood's hardest working...
- 5/11/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
With Furious 7 a box office behemoth and his disaster epic San Andreas positioned as one of Warner Bros.’ biggest tentpoles in the summer season, Dwayne Johnson has never been bigger, and that’s not about to change anytime soon. The actor has signed on to star in a DreamWorks’ sci-fi action comedy titled Alpha Squad Seven, which will send The Rock into the one territory he has yet to conquer: space.
Described as a “four-quadrant action-comedy adventure set in space,” Alpha Squad Seven has been likened to Independence Day, Armageddon and, most tellingly, Guardians of the Galaxy, with Johnson taking on the role of a “handsome, charming, ass kicking, flawed and slightly cranky [sic] of a hero leading the one and only Alpha Squad into space,” according to the actor’s Instagram post confirming the pic. Though Johnson is a far cry from a goofy underdog like Chris Pratt, perhaps...
Described as a “four-quadrant action-comedy adventure set in space,” Alpha Squad Seven has been likened to Independence Day, Armageddon and, most tellingly, Guardians of the Galaxy, with Johnson taking on the role of a “handsome, charming, ass kicking, flawed and slightly cranky [sic] of a hero leading the one and only Alpha Squad into space,” according to the actor’s Instagram post confirming the pic. Though Johnson is a far cry from a goofy underdog like Chris Pratt, perhaps...
- 5/11/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Alpha Squad Seven is a new mix of sci-fi, action and comedy, that may yet spawn a franchise. Dwayne Johnson is to star...
A man who doesn't believe in much downtime between movie projects is The Rock himself, Mr Dwayne Johnson. Already one of the stars of the fourth biggest film of all time, Fast & Furious 7, he's got his second film of the summer, San Andreas, incoming next at the end of this month.
After that? He's lending his voice to Disney's Moana, and he's one of the stars of summer 2016 comedy Central Intelligence (alongside Kevin Hart). He's expected back for Fast & Furious 8 as well, which will be going before the cameras next year.
And now you can add another film to his schedule. He's signing up to star in a new mix of sci-fi, action and comedy, in the shape of Alpha Squad Seven. It's described as a space-set movie,...
A man who doesn't believe in much downtime between movie projects is The Rock himself, Mr Dwayne Johnson. Already one of the stars of the fourth biggest film of all time, Fast & Furious 7, he's got his second film of the summer, San Andreas, incoming next at the end of this month.
After that? He's lending his voice to Disney's Moana, and he's one of the stars of summer 2016 comedy Central Intelligence (alongside Kevin Hart). He's expected back for Fast & Furious 8 as well, which will be going before the cameras next year.
And now you can add another film to his schedule. He's signing up to star in a new mix of sci-fi, action and comedy, in the shape of Alpha Squad Seven. It's described as a space-set movie,...
- 5/11/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Increasingly looking to develop his own starring vehicles (and we don’t just mean buying big trucks), Dwayne Johnson has landed a deal to star in Alpha Squad Seven, which his production company helped develop.Writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer dreamt up the pitch for what is described as a sci-fi comedy, one that is designed to pair The Rock with someone else, and, if successful, launch a franchise. Not to mention a raft of jokes about whether moviegoers need to have seen Alpha Squad one through six...Friedman and Palmer sold their one-line idea to producer Beau Flynn and development executive Wendy Jacobson, referencing movies such as Independence Day and Guardians Of The Galaxy as inspiration, with Flynn then throwing it to Johnson’s 7 Bucks company, which stumped up the money to develop the script. DreamWorks has now won a bidding war for the idea, which all involved...
- 5/11/2015
- EmpireOnline
Dwayne Johnson isn.t slowing down anytime soon. The action star just nabbed another starring role in an upcoming film acquired by DreamWorks. And it sounds pretty darn epic. According to The Hollywood Reporter, action star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is now attached to a new sci-fi action comedy acquired by DreamWorks called Alpha Squad Seven. Both DreamWorks and Paramount were in the bidding war for the film before DreamWorks edged out the competition for win. Johnson will also serve as co-producer with his 7 Bucks Productions company along with Beau Flynn.s FlynnPictureCo., whom he collaborated with for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Hercules and San Andreas. Alpha Squad Seven is a four-quadrant action comedy adventure set in space, similar to Guardians of the Galaxy. Seasoned comedy writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer wrote the pitch for the film, which was just fast-tracked for development. No word yet on who...
- 5/10/2015
- cinemablend.com
Dreamworks has won a bidding war for sci-fi comedy Alpha Squad Seven.
Dwayne Johnson will be starring in the film and will collaborate once again with his Hercules and San Andreas producer, Beau Flynn.
The plot is being kept under wraps, but the action will be set in space, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Alpha Squad Seven has been penned by the recently announced Karate Kid 2 writers, Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer.
Johnson will be co-producing and is aiming to launch a new franchise with the film.
The 43-year-old can next be seen in HBO's original drama series Ballers, where he plays a retired football player.
Watch the trailer for Ballers below:...
Dwayne Johnson will be starring in the film and will collaborate once again with his Hercules and San Andreas producer, Beau Flynn.
The plot is being kept under wraps, but the action will be set in space, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Alpha Squad Seven has been penned by the recently announced Karate Kid 2 writers, Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer.
Johnson will be co-producing and is aiming to launch a new franchise with the film.
The 43-year-old can next be seen in HBO's original drama series Ballers, where he plays a retired football player.
Watch the trailer for Ballers below:...
- 5/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Dwayne Johnson is attached to star in the sci-fi action comedy "Alpha Squad Seven" which DreamWorks has won in a bidding war.
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer created the pitch, but plot details are being kept under wraps beyond it being an "action-comedy adventure set in space".
The project is supposed to be a two-hander, with no word yet on the other role. Johnson and Beau Flynn ("San Andres") will produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer created the pitch, but plot details are being kept under wraps beyond it being an "action-comedy adventure set in space".
The project is supposed to be a two-hander, with no word yet on the other role. Johnson and Beau Flynn ("San Andres") will produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 5/9/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
DreamWorks has won a bidding war for Alpha Squad Seven, a sci-fi action comedy pitch that has Dwayne Johnson attached to star. Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer are behind the pitch which has Beau Flynn producing via his FlynnPictureCo. banner along with Johnson, who will produce through his 7 Bucks Productions. The plot details are being kept on the dark side of the moon but the project is described as four-quadrant action-comedy adventure set in space. Independence Day, Armageddon and Guardians of the Galaxy are some of the watchwords. The project is meant to act as a
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- 5/8/2015
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Just a couple of months ago, Sony Pictures had secured The Crazies helmer Breck Eisner to direct Karate Kid 2, a vehicle that would give Jaden Smith a chance to redeem himself following the failure of After Earth. But now Eisner is gone, and producers are bringing in two new screenwriters to once again retool the sequel's script. Deadline reports Breck Eisner has left Karate Kid 2 over scheduling conflicts. No mention is made of what project could be conflicting with the long-in-the-works sequel to the 2010 reboot. However, it's suggested that script troubles are to blame for the schedule shakeup. Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff were originally brought in to pen the pic, but this latest report reveals Sony has since hired Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer to write a new version of the screenplay. The level of the rewrite is currently unknown. That said, if this is the cause of the...
- 6/26/2014
- cinemablend.com
A little over two months after he signed onboard, filmmaker Breck Eisner ("Sahara," "The Crazies") has dropped out of "The Karate Kid" sequel at Sony Pictures.
Eisner has cited scheduling conflicts as the reason for the departure. The project isn't going away though as two new writers, Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, have come onboard.
Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan are reprising their roles for the sequel, although no story details have been released at this time. Eisner remains attached to direct both "The Last Witch Hunter" with Vin Diesel, and the thriller "Blood of the Innocent".
Source: Deadline...
Eisner has cited scheduling conflicts as the reason for the departure. The project isn't going away though as two new writers, Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, have come onboard.
Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan are reprising their roles for the sequel, although no story details have been released at this time. Eisner remains attached to direct both "The Last Witch Hunter" with Vin Diesel, and the thriller "Blood of the Innocent".
Source: Deadline...
- 6/26/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Will Poulter (We're the Millers) has joined the cast of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's The Revenant alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and (reportedly) Tom Hardy. The movie is based on the Michael Punke novel centering on an 1820s frontiersman on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling. Production begins this fall. Variety Joe Carnahan (The Grey, "The Blacklist") has had a tough go in the feature film world as his latest movie, Stretch, is currently sitting in limbo, but that isn't stopping him from moving forward with another project as he's set to direct Five Against a Bullet for Sony Pictures. The story follows five bodyguards hired to protect a Mexican politician over the course of a contentious election after his father is murdered by a drug cartel. Carnahan is expected to do a little rewriting on the script. The Wrap Breck Eisner (The Crazies...
- 6/26/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Director Breck Eisner has exited The Karate Kid 2.
Screenwriters Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have been hired to rewrite the script to the sequel of the 2010 remake, reports Deadline.
The Karate Kid is 30 years old: What happened to the cast?
Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith remain attached to reprise their roles in the film.
Eisner is said to have departed over a scheduling conflict.
The director is attached to Lionsgate's The Last Witch Hunter, in which Vin Diesel is set to star.
Sony and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment are producing Karate Kid 2.
Screenwriters Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have been hired to rewrite the script to the sequel of the 2010 remake, reports Deadline.
The Karate Kid is 30 years old: What happened to the cast?
Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith remain attached to reprise their roles in the film.
Eisner is said to have departed over a scheduling conflict.
The director is attached to Lionsgate's The Last Witch Hunter, in which Vin Diesel is set to star.
Sony and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment are producing Karate Kid 2.
- 6/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Karate Kid 2 just landed some new writers. Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have been hired to work on the script for the sequel to the 2010 movie.
Friedman and Palmer, who are known for their action comedy scripts, are taking over for Zak Penn and team Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, who previously worked on the script. Previously, Breck Eisner was set to direct the sequel, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
The original movie, directed by Harald Zwart, was a reboot of the 1984 classic starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, and opened big with $55.6 million in June 2011, before going on to gross $359 million worldwide.
Both Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith are planning to reprise their roles for the sequel.
As for Friedman and Palmer, they're writing Family Getaway for Warners with Todd Strauss-Schulson attached to direct; as well as Secretaries Day set up at Columbia with Will Gluck producing...
Friedman and Palmer, who are known for their action comedy scripts, are taking over for Zak Penn and team Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, who previously worked on the script. Previously, Breck Eisner was set to direct the sequel, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
The original movie, directed by Harald Zwart, was a reboot of the 1984 classic starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, and opened big with $55.6 million in June 2011, before going on to gross $359 million worldwide.
Both Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith are planning to reprise their roles for the sequel.
As for Friedman and Palmer, they're writing Family Getaway for Warners with Todd Strauss-Schulson attached to direct; as well as Secretaries Day set up at Columbia with Will Gluck producing...
- 6/26/2014
- by Laura Frances
- LRMonline.com
The Crazies director Breck Eisner drops out of directing the next Karate Kid movie, starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith...
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Just a month or two after it was revealed that Breck Eisner had landed the job of directing the follow-up to the successful Karate Kid remake, it's now been revealed that he's left the project. Eisner, who last directed the impressive The Crazies, has departed The Karate Kid 2 due to a schedule conflict (possibly with The Last Witch Hunter, which is set to star Vin Diesel). The hunt is on for a new director.
Meanwhile, a new pair of screenwriters have been drafted in. Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have the job of reworking the previous draft, which was penned by Cyrus Voris, Zak Penn and Ethan Reiff.
Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith are expected to be back for the new Karate Kid movie. No word on a start date yet,...
News
Just a month or two after it was revealed that Breck Eisner had landed the job of directing the follow-up to the successful Karate Kid remake, it's now been revealed that he's left the project. Eisner, who last directed the impressive The Crazies, has departed The Karate Kid 2 due to a schedule conflict (possibly with The Last Witch Hunter, which is set to star Vin Diesel). The hunt is on for a new director.
Meanwhile, a new pair of screenwriters have been drafted in. Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have the job of reworking the previous draft, which was penned by Cyrus Voris, Zak Penn and Ethan Reiff.
Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith are expected to be back for the new Karate Kid movie. No word on a start date yet,...
- 6/26/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Sony and Will Smith‘s Overbrook Entertainment have hired screenwriting team Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer to write Karate Kid 2, which now has an empty director’s chair as Breck Eisner has exited due to conflicting schedules. The scribes follow Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris and Zak Penn, who previously had been tapped to write the sequel. Friedman and Palmer’s action comedy script Family Getaway made the 2010 Black List, and the pair was subsequently hired to script the Bodyguard remake for Warner Bros-based Lin Pictures. They earned more press in 2012 when they sold their Die Hard-esque pitch Speeding Bullet […]...
- 6/26/2014
- Deadline
Karate Kid 2 has kicked up some new writers. Photos Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have been tapped to work on the script for the sequel to Sony's and Overbrook’s hit 2010 movie that starred Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. The duo are the latest scribes on the project; Zak Penn and team Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris also have worked on the script. Photos '80s Action Stars: Where Are They Now? Breck Eisner was on board as director but is no longer involved, and sources cited a scheduling conflict as the reason for his departure. While
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- 6/26/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yippee Ki Yay, another Die Hard themed movie is headed into production. Deadline reports that Universal Pictures has picked up Speeding Bullet, based on a pitch by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer. The project is described as "a throwback to the Die Hard-esque 90s buddy cop movie" and was also pursued by Paramount. It will be produced by KatzSmith Productions partners Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg.
This is the second similar movie in development in Hollywood. Last week Sony bought White House Down, a spec by Amazing Spider-Man scribe James Vanderbilt, which is being described "as Die Hard in the White House." I love the concept of Die Hard, so I will be happy to see this movie. Casting is everything on these pictures--Bruce Willis really made the Die Hard films.
Do you like the idea of Hollywood trying to recreate the Die Hard magic?
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This is the second similar movie in development in Hollywood. Last week Sony bought White House Down, a spec by Amazing Spider-Man scribe James Vanderbilt, which is being described "as Die Hard in the White House." I love the concept of Die Hard, so I will be happy to see this movie. Casting is everything on these pictures--Bruce Willis really made the Die Hard films.
Do you like the idea of Hollywood trying to recreate the Die Hard magic?
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- 4/3/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Photos from The Cold Light of Day, Rust and Bone and The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
A shirtless James Franco shooting Spring Breakers, a shirtless Mark Wahlberg on the set of Pain and Gain, and a fully clothed Christoph Waltz filming Tarantino's Django Unchained.
Posters for Savages, The Dictator, The Avengers, Bel Ami and four posters for Brave.
"Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up North American distribution rights for the LCD Soundsystem film 'Shut Up and Play the Hits'. The distributor plans to release it via one-night-only engagements in theaters across the country this summer…" (full details)
"Adam Sandler and his comedy "Jack And Jill" swept the annual Razzies on the weekend, winning a record-breaking 10 awards (every dishonourable category) including worst picture…" (full details)
"The Farrelly Brothers anthology feature 'Movie 43', originally slated for this month, has been pushed back to January 25th 2013…" (full details)
"Peter Farrelly says the 'Dumb and Dumber...
A shirtless James Franco shooting Spring Breakers, a shirtless Mark Wahlberg on the set of Pain and Gain, and a fully clothed Christoph Waltz filming Tarantino's Django Unchained.
Posters for Savages, The Dictator, The Avengers, Bel Ami and four posters for Brave.
"Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up North American distribution rights for the LCD Soundsystem film 'Shut Up and Play the Hits'. The distributor plans to release it via one-night-only engagements in theaters across the country this summer…" (full details)
"Adam Sandler and his comedy "Jack And Jill" swept the annual Razzies on the weekend, winning a record-breaking 10 awards (every dishonourable category) including worst picture…" (full details)
"The Farrelly Brothers anthology feature 'Movie 43', originally slated for this month, has been pushed back to January 25th 2013…" (full details)
"Peter Farrelly says the 'Dumb and Dumber...
- 4/3/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Although Chronicle 2‘s probably at the forefront of his creative mind, Variety reports that Max Landis, ever the hard worker, just keep selling ideas — this time, to Timur Bekmambetov. He — along with Michele Wolkoff and Landis himself — will produce the writers’ pitch, Woogles, an “edgy family adventure” story set to be written by Nick Antosca and Ned Vizzini (MTVeen Wolf). The director is financing with his company, Bazelevs, who are also doing effects work through Cgf.
If you, like I, are interested in knowing more, please be patient. To tide you over with a little more Landis, read this story about another genre pitch he’s made. The guy’s not going anywhere.
Next up, Deadline reports that Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have sold Universal Speeding Bullet, “a throwback to the Die Hard-esque 90s buddy cop movie.” (Die Hard is not a buddy cop movie, but okay.) With...
If you, like I, are interested in knowing more, please be patient. To tide you over with a little more Landis, read this story about another genre pitch he’s made. The guy’s not going anywhere.
Next up, Deadline reports that Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have sold Universal Speeding Bullet, “a throwback to the Die Hard-esque 90s buddy cop movie.” (Die Hard is not a buddy cop movie, but okay.) With...
- 4/2/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: In the second significant material sale in a week that has a Die Hard theme to it, Universal Pictures acquired Speeding Bullet, a pitch by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer that went for mid-six figures. Paramount also pursued the pitch which is described as a throwback to the Die Hard-esque 90s buddy cop movie (though this sounds more Lethal Weapon-esque). KatzSmith Productions partners Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are producing. This comes after Sony last week acquired White House Down, a spec by Amazing Spider-Man scribe James Vanderbilt that is being loglined as Die Hard in the White House. While this surge of material sales is certainly welcome–White House Down went for a 2012 spec best $3 million–I can recall that after Die Hard became a hit, studios for the next 20 years bought pitches and specs that were loglined “Die Hard in a…” Maybe some smart studio exec...
- 4/2/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer's Speeding Bullet Pitch with a Die Hard theme, sells to Universal. It seems that Superman isn't the only one faster than a "speeding bullet," Universal's picked up a pitch which is apparently a throwback to the Die Hard-style 90s buddy cop movies. Deadline reports that the deal with Jeremiah and Friedman was at mid-six figures, with Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith producing. Seems that it's a real Die Hard rebirth, with Sony picking up White House Down from James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man) last week. That flicks being called a Die Hard in the White House...
- 4/2/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer's Speeding Bullet Pitch with a Die Hard theme, sells to Universal. It seems that Superman isn't the only one faster than a "speeding bullet," Universal's picked up a pitch which is apparently a throwback to the Die Hard-style 90s buddy cop movies. Deadline reports that the deal with Jeremiah and Friedman was at mid-six figures, with Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith producing. Seems that it's a real Die Hard rebirth, with Sony picking up White House Down from James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man) last week. That flicks being called a Die Hard in the White House...
- 4/2/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer's Speeding Bullet Pitch with a Die Hard theme, sells to Universal. It seems that Superman isn't the only one faster than a "speeding bullet," Universal's picked up a pitch which is apparently a throwback to the Die Hard-style 90s buddy cop movies. Deadline reports that the deal with Jeremiah and Friedman was at mid-six figures, with Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith producing. Seems that it's a real Die Hard rebirth, with Sony picking up White House Down from James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man) last week. That flicks being called a Die Hard in the White House...
- 4/2/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Things are looking pretty good for A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas director Todd Strauss-Schulson. Opening just last weekend, Strauss-Schulson‘s feature directorial debut managed to pull in over $16 million dollars thus far and was received rather positively by critics. According to THR, Warner Bros. hasn’t wasted much time planning his next feature project.
Strauss-Schulson is now in negotiations to direct Family Getaway, a comedy about a family who discovers their father is in fact an assassin. And when a rival killer shows up at their door, their family vacation turns into a cross-country car chase. Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer wrote the initial story and Nick Kasdan also worked on the script back when he was attached to direct.
For those familiar with the Harold & Kumar movies, you know just how ridiculous the plots can get. For his feature debut, Strauss-Schulson did a pretty good job directing all...
Strauss-Schulson is now in negotiations to direct Family Getaway, a comedy about a family who discovers their father is in fact an assassin. And when a rival killer shows up at their door, their family vacation turns into a cross-country car chase. Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer wrote the initial story and Nick Kasdan also worked on the script back when he was attached to direct.
For those familiar with the Harold & Kumar movies, you know just how ridiculous the plots can get. For his feature debut, Strauss-Schulson did a pretty good job directing all...
- 11/10/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas' Todd Strauss-Schulson is in demand after the film made $13.1 million over opening weekend. THR reports that Warner Bros. is in early talks with him to direct their a new comedy called Family Getaway.
The film tells the story of "a family that discovers its patriarch is an assassin when a rival killer shows up, turning a vacation into a cross-country car chase." The initial spec was penned by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, and then Nick Kasdan worked on the script when he was attached to direct.
This would mark Strauss-Schulson's second film, he made his feature directorial debut with Harold & Kumar Christmas. Before that he gained attention for directing comedy shorts (Mano a Mano, Die Hardly Working and Pillow Fight were among the noteworthy) and worked on a show for MTV Asia.
I have yet to see the latest Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,...
The film tells the story of "a family that discovers its patriarch is an assassin when a rival killer shows up, turning a vacation into a cross-country car chase." The initial spec was penned by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, and then Nick Kasdan worked on the script when he was attached to direct.
This would mark Strauss-Schulson's second film, he made his feature directorial debut with Harold & Kumar Christmas. Before that he gained attention for directing comedy shorts (Mano a Mano, Die Hardly Working and Pillow Fight were among the noteworthy) and worked on a show for MTV Asia.
I have yet to see the latest Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,...
- 11/10/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas director Todd Strauss-Schulson guided the marijuana-fueled sequel to a $13.1 million opening weekend, and as a reward, Warner Bros. would like to send him on a Family Getaway. The low-concept comedy reportedly follows a family on vacation who are caught up in a cross-country, high-speed chase once it.s revealed that the father in the pack is an assassin, and now he.s running from a lethal adversary. The initial treatment is credited to Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, though Nick Kasdan allegedly worked on the script back when he was attached to direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Family Getaway sounds like a hybrid of the Ashton Kutcher-Katherine Heigl bomb Killers and National Lampoon.s Vacation, which already is receiving an inevitable remake. Is there any way the Vacation reboot and Getaway can just be morphed into one project? Without having seen a...
- 11/10/2011
- cinemablend.com
He just made his feature debut with A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas and now The Hollywood Reporter has word that Todd Strauss-Schulson is in talks to take on another comedy for Warner Bros. with Family Getaway . The film, from writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, made the 2012 "Black List" of unproduced screenplays. It's logline at that time read, "A man whose family doesn't know he's an assassin must protect them during a cross-country car chase when rival killers show up." ComingSoon.net recently spoke with Strauss-Schulson at the junket for Harold & Kumar and you can check out our video interview (along with the film's cast) by clicking here . (Photo Credit: Apega / WENN.com)...
- 11/10/2011
- Comingsoon.net
“Little Miss Sunshine” meets Jason Bourne? That’s apparently the pitch for Jake Kasdan’s new film, “Family Getaway”. Based on a script by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, “Family Getaway” is “a dysfunctional-family tale about a clan that has to go on the run after its Thanksgiving dinner is crashed by assassins”. The title makes it sound like a silly comedy, so I’m guessing this is something like an action-comedy where the dad is a former CIA badass or something along those lines, whose past comes back to bite him in the buttocks. If they Really want to make it unique, they should make the kids former CIA badasses and the parents clueless morons. I mean, that would be unique, if a tad, well, unbelievable. Anyways, Kasdan has set up “Family Getaway” as his next movie after the raunchy comedy “Bad Teacher”, which stars Cameron Diaz as a...
- 5/6/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
His most recent comedy Bad Teacher won't hit theaters until June 24th this summer, but director Jake Kasdan is already lining up his next gig. 24 Frames reports the filmmaker who also brought us Orange County and the underrated Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story will next direct a comedy called Family Getaway that's being pitched as Little Miss Sunshine meets Jason Bourne. Apparently the story follows a dysfunctional-family that forced to go on the run after its Thanksgiving dinner is crashed by assassins. Jeremiah Friedman & Nick Palmer (writers behind The Bodyguard remake) scripted the original story. In a weird connection, Jake's father Lawrence Kasdan, who has written classic films like The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark, not to mention directing The Big Chill, wrote the original The Bodyguard starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. But I digress. The premise sounds a little silly, but ...
- 5/6/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
New screenwriting team Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer wrote a beloved, Black List-approved screenplay called Family Getaway, and for their troubles were rewarded with the job writing a remake of The Bodyguard. I'm sure they were thrilled by it, being young screenwriters in need of work and all, but I'll admit, we made some fun of the idea over here. But whether it's fate course-correcting or a good idea being unable to stay hidden for long, Family Getaway is now finally getting its due as well; according to The La Times Bad Teacher director Jake Kasdan is considering making it his next film. The script is set up at Warner Bros., and even though the studio wouldn't comment to the Times, the paper seems pretty certain he'll make it his next effort now that Bad Teacher is set to come out on June 24. The plot of Family Getaway is a...
- 5/5/2011
- cinemablend.com
New stills for Super 8 and the first look at Salma Hayek's Kitty Softpaws character in Puss in Boots.
Set photos from Men in Black III, We Bought a Zoo, and Andrew Garfield doing his own stunt work for some New York shooting of The Amazing Spider-Man.
Posters for Attack the Block, X-Men: First Class, Anonymous, and early promo artwork for the currently in development Cobra: The Space Pirate and Rian Johnson's just shot Looper.
"'Cry Macho' is now confirmed as Arnold Schwarzenegger's first post-Governor feature film effort. Shooting on the kidnap thriller kicks off in September…" (full details)
"Italian director/actor Roberto Benigni ("Life is Beautiful") has joined the ensemble cast of Woody Allen's upcoming Italy-set next project…" (full details)
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt confirms that he won’t reprise his role as Cobra Commander in the "G.I. Joe" sequel…" (full details)
"Sadly, Michael Sheen has...
Set photos from Men in Black III, We Bought a Zoo, and Andrew Garfield doing his own stunt work for some New York shooting of The Amazing Spider-Man.
Posters for Attack the Block, X-Men: First Class, Anonymous, and early promo artwork for the currently in development Cobra: The Space Pirate and Rian Johnson's just shot Looper.
"'Cry Macho' is now confirmed as Arnold Schwarzenegger's first post-Governor feature film effort. Shooting on the kidnap thriller kicks off in September…" (full details)
"Italian director/actor Roberto Benigni ("Life is Beautiful") has joined the ensemble cast of Woody Allen's upcoming Italy-set next project…" (full details)
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt confirms that he won’t reprise his role as Cobra Commander in the "G.I. Joe" sequel…" (full details)
"Sadly, Michael Sheen has...
- 5/5/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
With Bad Teacher coming out next month, Jake Kasdan is getting ready for his follow-up project. 24Frames says that the Walk Hard and Orange County director will next helm Family Getaway, which was scripted by the Bodyguard remake writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, and also ended up on the 2010 Black List.
It’s been described as being a “dysfunctional-family tale about a clan that has to go on the run after its Thanksgiving dinner is crashed by assassins,” with the pitch line being Little Miss Sunshine meets Jason Bourne.
Additionally, the Black List description adds that the father is an assassin (which his family doesn’t know), and that it’s rival killers going after them. Warner Bros. is distributing the film, but no start time for production has been specified.
His next feature, Bad Teacher, stars Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segel. See the red band trailer here,...
It’s been described as being a “dysfunctional-family tale about a clan that has to go on the run after its Thanksgiving dinner is crashed by assassins,” with the pitch line being Little Miss Sunshine meets Jason Bourne.
Additionally, the Black List description adds that the father is an assassin (which his family doesn’t know), and that it’s rival killers going after them. Warner Bros. is distributing the film, but no start time for production has been specified.
His next feature, Bad Teacher, stars Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segel. See the red band trailer here,...
- 5/5/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
"The Bodyguard" brought to life one of the most classic love songs ever, with Whitney Houston belting out "I Will Always Love You." So how does one top the Houston, Kevin Costner team from 1992's blockbuster?
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have signed on to script a remake for Warner Bros. to be produced by Dan Lin.
The story will be a fresh take, with Costner's role changing to feature a former Iraqi war vet protecting his client from cyber-stalkers in today's world of Twitter, Gawker Stalker and Google Maps.
It's too soon for potential actors to be announced, but who do you think could do Houston justice? After Lady Gaga's Grammy acceptance speech, could this be her first foray into film? We actually kind of like that idea.
We here at Zap2it have some ideas for our own dream cast: How about Ryan Phillipe meets Rihanna?...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have signed on to script a remake for Warner Bros. to be produced by Dan Lin.
The story will be a fresh take, with Costner's role changing to feature a former Iraqi war vet protecting his client from cyber-stalkers in today's world of Twitter, Gawker Stalker and Google Maps.
It's too soon for potential actors to be announced, but who do you think could do Houston justice? After Lady Gaga's Grammy acceptance speech, could this be her first foray into film? We actually kind of like that idea.
We here at Zap2it have some ideas for our own dream cast: How about Ryan Phillipe meets Rihanna?...
- 2/26/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
There was an unusually large amount of remakes recently added to IMDbPro's stable of development titles this week. To give you an idea, here's a look at some of the better-known and relatively obscure reboots ready for another "re-imagining."
Soapdish –The original 1991 comedy about the hilarious backstage drama surrounding a popular soap opera and featuring an all-star cast that would still be considered an all-star cast today is getting a new script from Adultswim and Funny or Die alum Ben Schwartz and will be directed by the film's original producer Alan Griesman. Rob Reiner's producing.
The Bodyguard – Another '90s favorite that launched Whitney Houston's film career (directly into the arms of Kevin Costner) is getting a tune-up courtesy of Warner Bros., producer Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes) and the writing team of Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer.
Loft – Patrick Wilson and James Marsden are looking to star in Anonymous Content's adaptation of a 2008 Belgian thriller from director Erik Van Looy, who will return to helm the remake.
Rapt – Oscar nominee Susanne Bier (In a Better World) is teaming up with Smuggler Films to remake this 2009 French thriller that tells the true story of a billionaire who is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Hello Ghost – The Korean comedy Christopher Columbus chose to remake is so obscure, even we had trouble finding it on IMDb. And, its plot about a guy haunted by ghosts had us wondering if that Korean film wasn't already a remake of Heart and Souls.
The Boss of It All – It's hard to believe that the guy who made Dancer in the Dark, Antichrist and Breaking the Waves also makes comedies. But, Lars Von Trier's 2006 film about a guy who creates an imaginary boss for his tech company is more like the "The Office" and the "The IT Crowd," than anything from his Domge 95 Collective. Universal's tapped "Arrested Development"'s Mitch Hurwitz to adapt the film.
If you know of something in the works, you can submit it via our online submission form. It does not have to be a remake.
Soapdish –The original 1991 comedy about the hilarious backstage drama surrounding a popular soap opera and featuring an all-star cast that would still be considered an all-star cast today is getting a new script from Adultswim and Funny or Die alum Ben Schwartz and will be directed by the film's original producer Alan Griesman. Rob Reiner's producing.
The Bodyguard – Another '90s favorite that launched Whitney Houston's film career (directly into the arms of Kevin Costner) is getting a tune-up courtesy of Warner Bros., producer Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes) and the writing team of Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer.
Loft – Patrick Wilson and James Marsden are looking to star in Anonymous Content's adaptation of a 2008 Belgian thriller from director Erik Van Looy, who will return to helm the remake.
Rapt – Oscar nominee Susanne Bier (In a Better World) is teaming up with Smuggler Films to remake this 2009 French thriller that tells the true story of a billionaire who is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Hello Ghost – The Korean comedy Christopher Columbus chose to remake is so obscure, even we had trouble finding it on IMDb. And, its plot about a guy haunted by ghosts had us wondering if that Korean film wasn't already a remake of Heart and Souls.
The Boss of It All – It's hard to believe that the guy who made Dancer in the Dark, Antichrist and Breaking the Waves also makes comedies. But, Lars Von Trier's 2006 film about a guy who creates an imaginary boss for his tech company is more like the "The Office" and the "The IT Crowd," than anything from his Domge 95 Collective. Universal's tapped "Arrested Development"'s Mitch Hurwitz to adapt the film.
If you know of something in the works, you can submit it via our online submission form. It does not have to be a remake.
- 2/25/2011
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
Hollywood's never-ending onslaught of remakes continues! January's remakes and sequels were a varied and surprising bunch, and the most recent crop is no different. This month sees a classic romantic comedy and horror movie get reinvented, while another European thriller gets Americanized and an ensemble comedy gets updated.
Hard to believe that The Bodyguard is almost twenty years old, which may be why Warner Bros. is looking to remake it. Deadline reports that screenwriters Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer will write the remake of the 1992 original, which saw Kevin Costner as an ex-Secret Service Agent who falls for the singer (Whitney Houston) he has been assigned to protect from a stalker. The remake won't stray too far, changing the Costner character to a Iraq War veteran and updating the movie to include cyber-stalking. According to the report, the plan is cast a young singer "with global appeal" in the Houston role.
Hard to believe that The Bodyguard is almost twenty years old, which may be why Warner Bros. is looking to remake it. Deadline reports that screenwriters Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer will write the remake of the 1992 original, which saw Kevin Costner as an ex-Secret Service Agent who falls for the singer (Whitney Houston) he has been assigned to protect from a stalker. The remake won't stray too far, changing the Costner character to a Iraq War veteran and updating the movie to include cyber-stalking. According to the report, the plan is cast a young singer "with global appeal" in the Houston role.
- 2/25/2011
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
According to CinemaBlend by way of Deadline, a remake of the 1992 film “The Bodyguard” is in the works. According to Deadine, screenwriters Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, who wrote the unproduced blacklist script “Family Getaway”, will write the new “Bodyguard” script for Warner Brothers. If you recall, the original film starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, the plot revolving around a slightly spoiled singer (Houston) who retains the services of an ex-Secret Service member as her bodyguard. Through the film, which is a big vehicle for Houston’s mega-watt voice, the two characters learn about what it means to truly be in love. The film also followed a “revolutionary” train of thought that [...]...
- 2/25/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
What does "The King's Speech" have in common with the "Iron Man" franchise? More than you'd think, as it turns out!
Even though Shane Black is closing in on the director's chair for "Iron Man 3," a new report suggests that the job was almost Tom Hooper's. The award-winning director of "The King's Speech" reportedly turned down an offer to helm the superhero threequel, and is said to be considering an adaptation of "Les Miserables" as a future project instead.
Hooper's brush with "Iron Man" is certainly curious, to say the least, and there are other equally compelling news stories out there in the ether today. After the jump, we have new details on "Prometheus," "Wrath of the Titans" and more!
Opening "Prometheus"
Slowly but surely, details are surfacing regarding the plot of Ridley Scott's secretive "Prometheus." We already told you that the film has a connection to...
Even though Shane Black is closing in on the director's chair for "Iron Man 3," a new report suggests that the job was almost Tom Hooper's. The award-winning director of "The King's Speech" reportedly turned down an offer to helm the superhero threequel, and is said to be considering an adaptation of "Les Miserables" as a future project instead.
Hooper's brush with "Iron Man" is certainly curious, to say the least, and there are other equally compelling news stories out there in the ether today. After the jump, we have new details on "Prometheus," "Wrath of the Titans" and more!
Opening "Prometheus"
Slowly but surely, details are surfacing regarding the plot of Ridley Scott's secretive "Prometheus." We already told you that the film has a connection to...
- 2/24/2011
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
The Bodyguard, the film more remembered for Whitney Houston's song "I Will Always Love You" than for the actual plot, is the latest in a seemingly endless parade of films slated to get remade.
Warner Bros. is rebooting the 1992 film, with Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer signed on to write the script. In case you have successfully blocked it out of your mind, the original film was about a Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) who falls in love with the singer he is tasked to protect from a deadly stalker. In the remake, the bodyguard will be an Iraq War veteran (of course) and he will have to deal with celebrity gossip sites that make it easier than ever to stalk celebrities.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. is looking to find "a young female singer with global appeal" to play the part. I'll keep my fingers crossed for Nicki Minaj.
Warner Bros. is rebooting the 1992 film, with Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer signed on to write the script. In case you have successfully blocked it out of your mind, the original film was about a Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) who falls in love with the singer he is tasked to protect from a deadly stalker. In the remake, the bodyguard will be an Iraq War veteran (of course) and he will have to deal with celebrity gossip sites that make it easier than ever to stalk celebrities.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. is looking to find "a young female singer with global appeal" to play the part. I'll keep my fingers crossed for Nicki Minaj.
- 2/24/2011
- by Joel Murphy
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Warner Bros. has set up an updated remake of the 1992 hit "The Bodyguard."According to Variety, Dan Lin will produce with Mark Bauch.Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer will write the script. The 1992 original was directed by Mick Jackson and starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. In addition to being a box office hit, the film also had a hit soundtrack that included one of the biggest love ballads of all time, "I Will Always Love You." The film focused on a former Secret Service agent (Costner) hired to protect a world famous pop singer (Houston). His ability to protect her is compromised when he falls in love with her. The male lead in the remake will be an Iraqi...
- 2/24/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Well we've been hearing rumours about this for the past couple of years, but sadly it has always turned out to be a fabrication. This time, however, it appears to be the real deal. Warner Brothers is in the process of putting together a remake of their 1992 film The Bodyguard starring Kevin Costner as a secret service agent who is hired to protect a pop star from a potential stalker. As fate would have it, the two end up falling in love (the bodyguard and the pop star, not the stalker and the pop star). Whitney Houston played the singer in the original, and I for one cannot wait to find out which hot young star they pick for the remake. The new script is being written by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, who had an action comedy on last year's Black List called Family Getaway. They are going to...
- 2/24/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Warner Brothers is remaking this movie:
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer are writing the script.
I told you that you'd want to violently chuck kittens at clowns.
Talk of a Soapdish remake, which the Hollywood Cog first reported last year, has floated to the surface again. Now there's a screenwriter, Ben Schwartz. The Cog originally reported that the remake will revolve around the behind-the-scenes machinations of a Spanish telenova. (THR)
You might want to freeze dry the kitten first.
Despite the disastrous results in converting last year's Clash of the Titans into 3D in post-production, resulting in one of the worst 3D experiences since the 3D re-revolution, Jonathan Liebesman is nevertheless planning another post-production conversion for the sequel, which begins filming in 10 days. (Collider)
Go ahead. Attach a mace to the freeze-dried kitten.
According to TMZ (aka, Satan's Internet Vagina), Kim Kardashian is reportedly up for the role of John Gotti's daughter-in-law,...
Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer are writing the script.
I told you that you'd want to violently chuck kittens at clowns.
Talk of a Soapdish remake, which the Hollywood Cog first reported last year, has floated to the surface again. Now there's a screenwriter, Ben Schwartz. The Cog originally reported that the remake will revolve around the behind-the-scenes machinations of a Spanish telenova. (THR)
You might want to freeze dry the kitten first.
Despite the disastrous results in converting last year's Clash of the Titans into 3D in post-production, resulting in one of the worst 3D experiences since the 3D re-revolution, Jonathan Liebesman is nevertheless planning another post-production conversion for the sequel, which begins filming in 10 days. (Collider)
Go ahead. Attach a mace to the freeze-dried kitten.
According to TMZ (aka, Satan's Internet Vagina), Kim Kardashian is reportedly up for the role of John Gotti's daughter-in-law,...
- 2/24/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Kevin Costner's The Bodyguard is getting a remake. But can cyberstalking update the plot? And who will be the new Whitney?
The Bodyguard – the film that asked the question "what would it be like if Whitney Houston had a bodyguard?" before answering with "a bit boring, really" – is almost two decades old. And, because this is the way that things work now, a remake is well overdue.
Luckily Warner Bros is on the case. Yesterday it announced that a brand new makeover for The Bodyguard is already under way, with relative newcomers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer working on a script. A director has yet to be signed, but that didn't stop the studio from revealing a few key secrets about the remake. For instance, in the new film the bodyguard character will be an Iraq war veteran rather than a former secret service agent, plus there's to be...
The Bodyguard – the film that asked the question "what would it be like if Whitney Houston had a bodyguard?" before answering with "a bit boring, really" – is almost two decades old. And, because this is the way that things work now, a remake is well overdue.
Luckily Warner Bros is on the case. Yesterday it announced that a brand new makeover for The Bodyguard is already under way, with relative newcomers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer working on a script. A director has yet to be signed, but that didn't stop the studio from revealing a few key secrets about the remake. For instance, in the new film the bodyguard character will be an Iraq war veteran rather than a former secret service agent, plus there's to be...
- 2/24/2011
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Warner Brothers announced their plans to remake the 1992 Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston film "The Bodyguard" and are reteaming with the writers of the Black List approved script, "Family Getaway," which they bought last fall. Deadline broke the news that writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have been tapped to reboot the love story of the bodyguard and the diva, this time updating the material to reflect the distinctly 2000s brand of celebrity fandom and technology (TMZ, Twitter), and including Iraq combat experience for the bodyguard. Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote a number of '80s classics ("The Empire Strikes Back," "Raiders of…...
- 2/24/2011
- The Playlist
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