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- Brandon Routh dies hard in Vincent Zhou’s ‘Lost in the Pacific’
- Luc Besson is bringing a ‘Taken’ prequel to NBC
- Jason Statham hits the small screen with ‘Viva La Madness’
| Brandon Routh dies hard in Vincent Zhou’s ‘Lost in the Pacific’ Posted: 17 Sep 2015 06:29 PM PDT  "Lost In The Pacific" Chinese Teaser Poster Director Vincent Zhou (not to be confused with the martial arts star) seems to have an obsession for “flight disaster” movies. Last year, he brought us the similarly-themed Last Flight. Now, he’s back with yet another catastrophic flick titled Lost in the Pacific (its working title was Last Flight II: Lost in the Pacific, which makes perfect sense). Like Zhou’s Last Flight, the film is shot in English and features talents from around the globe, such as Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Zhang Yuqi (CJ7), Russell Wong (The Sanctuary), Bernice Liu (King of Triads) and Mengjie Jiang (Kung Fu Hero). The story takes place in 2020 when a group of international elite passengers embark on an inaugural luxury and transoceanic flight (regarded as "the Titanic in the sky") that later gets into some serious trouble. Described as “the first Chinese 3D sci-fi adventure film,” Lost in the Pacific has made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Judging from the trailer, can easily be taken as another “Die Hard on a plane,” considering Routh seems to be kicking some mid-air butt. Back in May at the Festival de Cannes 2015, the film started the first round of sales and has garnered theatrical release deals from distributors all over the world, including India, Turkey, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia. The film is set for a worldwide release at the end of 2015. Until then, check out the film’s teaser trailer! |
| Luc Besson is bringing a ‘Taken’ prequel to NBC Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:50 AM PDT  "Taken 3" Korean Theatrical Poster Luc Besson (Lucy), who co-wrote and produced all three of the Taken movies, is producing a Taken TV series for NBC. According to Deadline, the series will be a prequel to the movies and will reference Bryan Mills’ “particular set of skills” that he “acquired over a very long career.” Since the series is an origin story, we assume that Liam Neeson will not be reprising his role as Mills. The upcoming Taken series is not the first time a Besson production made its way to the small screen. In the past, Besson’s La Femme Nikita (1990) and Transporter (2002), were also adapted to TV. We’ll keep you posted as we hear more. |
| Jason Statham hits the small screen with ‘Viva La Madness’ Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:00 AM PDT  "The Mechanic" Japanese Theatrical Poster Jason Statham is coming straight to your living room! In 2013, Statham (Crank 2) acquired rights to J.J. Connolly’s novel Viva La Madness (follow-up to Layer Cake). The project, which was expected to be a motion picture starring Statham, remained in limbo for nearly 2 years; but as of today, THR announced that Viva will now be a TV series. Statham is still the star (filling in Daniel Craig’s shoes). No network is currently attached. So what can we expect from it? Here’s the rub, via Amazon: Viva la Madness moves to international crime with trans-Atlantic drug deals, money laundering and high-tech electronic fraud, portrayed with the same uncanny believability. The anonymous hero of Layer Cake is pulled back into the drug game before he can escape to a sunny retirement. Expect more updates from Viva La Madness in the future! |
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