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Date of birth 23/09/1946

Adam Wingard’s Face-Off will be a direct sequel to the original

At the same IGN Fan Fest where director Adam Wingard (Godzilla vs. Kong) talked about how that film would have a definitive winner, he also talked about his next project Face-Off. Namely, that it won't be a reboot or remake, but...

Posted 5 years ago

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Face/Off sequel director Adam Wingard says script is almost finished

Posted 5 years ago

Movie fans were given a bit of a shock when it was announced that director Adam Wingard was directing a reboot of the hit action film, Face/Off. Likely noticing that some fans immediately took to social media to give their...

Adam Wingard says his Face/Off movie will be a sequel not a remake

Posted 5 years ago

Update: Adam Wingard responded to the news of the Face/Off remake on Instagram, but he had something surprising to say — the remake isn't a remake at all, but rather a direct sequel. "I would NEVER re-imagine or remake FACE/OFF,"...

Thandie Newton on why she wasn’t a Charlie’s Angel & M:I-2 challenges

Posted 6 years ago

Thandie Newton recently did a very wide-ranging interview for "Vulture" where she discusses a variety of topics about her impressive career which has seen its share of challenges. I had no clue that she was attached to 2000's CHARLIE'S ANGELS...

John Woo on The Killer remake losing Lupita Nyong’o and Face/Off reboot

Posted 6 years ago

So apparently, Mr. John Woo is still keen on directing a remake of his THE KILLER, however I was unaware that Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o was attached to star. Well, that second part no longer matters because according to the director,...

Paramount looking to reboot John Travolta & Nicolas Cage’s Face/Off

Posted 7 years ago

It's been ages since I last watched John Woo's FACE/OFF, an action/thriller which had the greatest hook ever, or the worst, depending on who you ask. John Travolta played Sean Archer, an FBI agent obsessed with catching a homicidal sociopath...

Free Solo subject breaks down climbing scenes from M:I 2, Cliffhanger & more

Posted 7 years ago

The recent MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies have featured tons of death-defying, jaw-dropping stunts with Tom Cruise proving, again and again, he is unkillable. But even so far back as the first movies, he was pulling off some crazy stuff, and that...

Review: Manhunt

Posted 8 years ago

Originally reviewed at TIFF 2017, MANHUNT debuts on Netflix today! PLOT: A Chinese lawyer (Zhang Hanyu) working for a Japanese pharmaceutical company in Osaka, is framed for murder, and must clear his name, all the while being chased by a...

Lupita Nyong’o is The Killer in John Woo’s remake of his own film

Posted 8 years ago

Back in 1989, director John Woo blew audiences away with his Chinese action movie THE KILLER, which features some of the most incredible gunplay action scenes ever put to film. An American remake has been in development off and on...

Lupita Nyong’o in talks to star in remake of The Killer for John Woo

Posted 8 years ago

John Woo's THE KILLER starred Chow Yun-fat as Ah Jong, an assassin who accidentally damaged the eyes of a singer during a shootout. Discovering that she will go blind if she doesn't get an expensive operation, Ah Jong decides to...

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