The 40th Annual Razzie Award winners were announced on Monday, March 16 — two days after they were originally scheduled to be announced — so which film won Worst Picture: “Cats,” “The Fanatic,” “The Haunting of Sharon Tate,” “A Madea Family Funeral” or “Rambo: Last Blood”? Scroll down to see the complete list of winners, and watch the announcement above.
The musical “Cats” was adapted by Oscar winner Tom Hooper from the Tony Award-winning Broadway show, but its visuals creeped out critics and scared away audiences. It earned a leading nine nominations at this event: Worst Picture, Worst Director (Hooper), Worst Actress (Francesca Hayward), Worst Supporting Actress (Judi Dench and Rebel Wilson), Worst Supporting Actor (James Corden), Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Combo (for any two half-feline/half-human hairballs) and Worst Screen Combo again (for Jason Derulo and his CGI neutered bulge).
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“Madea” and “Rambo” followed close behind with eight nominations,...
The musical “Cats” was adapted by Oscar winner Tom Hooper from the Tony Award-winning Broadway show, but its visuals creeped out critics and scared away audiences. It earned a leading nine nominations at this event: Worst Picture, Worst Director (Hooper), Worst Actress (Francesca Hayward), Worst Supporting Actress (Judi Dench and Rebel Wilson), Worst Supporting Actor (James Corden), Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Combo (for any two half-feline/half-human hairballs) and Worst Screen Combo again (for Jason Derulo and his CGI neutered bulge).
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“Madea” and “Rambo” followed close behind with eight nominations,...
- 3/16/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The Razzie Awards ceremony, the Golden Raspberry Foundation’s annual skewering of the worst in cinema, was scheduled for tonight at the Barnsdall Theatre in Los Angeles. But the event is either “cancelled/postponed,” according to a statement from the producers.
The reason? “Because the Mayor of Los Angeles shut down all city-owned venues where more than 50 people could gather, including our site, The Barnsdall Theatre,” said the statement from John Wilson, co-founder of the awards. “Without a hall, we could not proceed with the show. But we are hoping to have something to disseminate by tonight – Perhaps even by what had been our original “curtain time” of 8 p.m. tonight. Obviously, if there is no live show, there is nothing to be streamed, either.”
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The reason? “Because the Mayor of Los Angeles shut down all city-owned venues where more than 50 people could gather, including our site, The Barnsdall Theatre,” said the statement from John Wilson, co-founder of the awards. “Without a hall, we could not proceed with the show. But we are hoping to have something to disseminate by tonight – Perhaps even by what had been our original “curtain time” of 8 p.m. tonight. Obviously, if there is no live show, there is nothing to be streamed, either.”
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- 3/14/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
“Cats” will sweep the 2020 Razzie Awards. That’s according to the combined predictions of well over 1,000 Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. But it won’t quite be a clean sweep. Scroll down for our complete forecasts in all 11 categories, listed in order of their racetrack odds (our projected winners are highlighted in gold).
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The feline musical, based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage production, was not greeted nearly as well on the big screen as it was on Broadway, where it won seven Tonys including Best Musical for its original run. Despite its strong pedigree (including direction by “The King’s Speech” Oscar winner Tom Hooper), the film’s unsettling character design was greeted with bafflement at the first sign of the trailer, and then the film was released in December to negative reviews and poor box office.
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The feline musical, based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage production, was not greeted nearly as well on the big screen as it was on Broadway, where it won seven Tonys including Best Musical for its original run. Despite its strong pedigree (including direction by “The King’s Speech” Oscar winner Tom Hooper), the film’s unsettling character design was greeted with bafflement at the first sign of the trailer, and then the film was released in December to negative reviews and poor box office.
- 3/13/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The Razzie nominations are out and Cats, A Madea Family Funeral, and Rambo: Last Blood cleaned up.
The Golden Raspberry Foundation announced its picks for 2019’s worst achievements in film, a day before the Academy Awards honor the industry’s best.
Cats, which the Razzie folks described as a “widely derided feline flop,” picked up eight nods. A Madea Family Funeral and Rambo: Last Blood also received eight nominations. All three films landed in the worst picture category.
Tyler Perry, who wrote, produced, directed and played four roles in A Madea Family Funeral, received multiple nods — worst screenplay, worst actress, worst screen combo, and two worst supporting actor nominations.
The Razzie Award winners are usually announced the day before the Oscars. But according to the Golden Raspberry Foundation, the schedule was changed this year due to the Oscar ceremony being moved up. The Razzie Awards date will be announced later.
The Golden Raspberry Foundation announced its picks for 2019’s worst achievements in film, a day before the Academy Awards honor the industry’s best.
Cats, which the Razzie folks described as a “widely derided feline flop,” picked up eight nods. A Madea Family Funeral and Rambo: Last Blood also received eight nominations. All three films landed in the worst picture category.
Tyler Perry, who wrote, produced, directed and played four roles in A Madea Family Funeral, received multiple nods — worst screenplay, worst actress, worst screen combo, and two worst supporting actor nominations.
The Razzie Award winners are usually announced the day before the Oscars. But according to the Golden Raspberry Foundation, the schedule was changed this year due to the Oscar ceremony being moved up. The Razzie Awards date will be announced later.
- 2/8/2020
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
You knew this was coming. The 40th annual Golden Raspberry Awards dishonored the cinematic feline felony known as”Cats” with eight nominations, including one for no less than Dame Judi Dench herself. In fact, the organization even felt the need to describe her Old Deuteronomy as looking suspiciously similar to the Cowardly Lion from “The Wizard of Oz.” Somewhere, Bert Lahr is crying.
But incredibly, there were two other 2019 releases that proved egregious enough to also be pelted with eight nominations: Sylvester Stallone‘s “Rambo: Last Blood” and Tyler Perry‘s 12th and purportedly last appearance in a wig and dress, “A Medea Family Funeral.”
As per usual, the competitors for disgraced excellence were announced on the eve of the Academy Awards, which airs live on ABC on Sunday. The cheeky Razzies also had the nerve to slap around two other Oscars winners besides Dame Judi: Anne Hathaway, up for both “The Hustle” and “Serenity,...
But incredibly, there were two other 2019 releases that proved egregious enough to also be pelted with eight nominations: Sylvester Stallone‘s “Rambo: Last Blood” and Tyler Perry‘s 12th and purportedly last appearance in a wig and dress, “A Medea Family Funeral.”
As per usual, the competitors for disgraced excellence were announced on the eve of the Academy Awards, which airs live on ABC on Sunday. The cheeky Razzies also had the nerve to slap around two other Oscars winners besides Dame Judi: Anne Hathaway, up for both “The Hustle” and “Serenity,...
- 2/8/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Tom Hooper’s movie musical “Cats,” Sylvester Stallone’s “Rambo: Last Blood,” and Tyler Perry’s “A Madea Family Funeral” topped this year’s nominations list for the worst movies and performances of 2019, scoring eight nominations a piece.
Other “honorees” on this year’s list include the remake of “Hellboy” starring David Harbour, John Travolta in the thriller “The Fanatic” and the James Franco-directed period drama “Zeroville.”
The Razzies are now in their 40th year, and the group typically announces its nominees a day ahead of the Oscar nominations. But with the Oscars moving to its earliest date ever, it also pushed back the Razzies, which are only just announcing the nominees list. The awards ceremony for the winners will be announced at a later date.
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Other “honorees” on this year’s list include the remake of “Hellboy” starring David Harbour, John Travolta in the thriller “The Fanatic” and the James Franco-directed period drama “Zeroville.”
The Razzies are now in their 40th year, and the group typically announces its nominees a day ahead of the Oscar nominations. But with the Oscars moving to its earliest date ever, it also pushed back the Razzies, which are only just announcing the nominees list. The awards ceremony for the winners will be announced at a later date.
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- 2/8/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Rambo: Last Blood is “not everyone’s cup of tea.” Or so says this newly-released promo for Sly Stallone’s latest (and potentially final?) big-screen appearance as the buff, gruff Vietnam war vet.
Embedded below, this stinger arrives after a pretty turbulent weekend for Last Blood, after critics lambasted the fifth Rambo movie as a cheap and gory revenge fantasy. Perhaps more troubling is the racist undertones of the film’s script, itself penned by Stallone, Matthew Cirulnick and Dan Gordon, which ships John Rambo south of the border to kill evil Mexicans – a premise so ill-conceived it left the character’s founding father, David Morrell, “embarrassed” to be associated with Rambo: Last Blood. Strong words, indeed.
Stallone is yet to respond at the time of writing, but he did, however, post a fresh promo for Last Blood which calls out those viewers who, ahem, “can’t handle Rambo.” The...
Embedded below, this stinger arrives after a pretty turbulent weekend for Last Blood, after critics lambasted the fifth Rambo movie as a cheap and gory revenge fantasy. Perhaps more troubling is the racist undertones of the film’s script, itself penned by Stallone, Matthew Cirulnick and Dan Gordon, which ships John Rambo south of the border to kill evil Mexicans – a premise so ill-conceived it left the character’s founding father, David Morrell, “embarrassed” to be associated with Rambo: Last Blood. Strong words, indeed.
Stallone is yet to respond at the time of writing, but he did, however, post a fresh promo for Last Blood which calls out those viewers who, ahem, “can’t handle Rambo.” The...
- 9/23/2019
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
“Downton Abbey,” the movie adaptation of the popular ITV and PBS series, made $2.1 million at the Thursday box office from 2,800 theaters. It opens in 3,076 theaters this weekend.
The film from Focus Features edged out both Lionsgate and Millennium’s “Rambo: Last Blood” and “Ad Astra” from 20th Century Fox and Disney. All three films are in a tight race this weekend as the top new opener at the box office, with all three projected between roughly $16-24 million. And they have to contend with the still strong “It Chapter Two” and “Hustlers.”
“Downton Abbey” already made $2.2 million in early sneak preview screenings, and the film opened last week internationally, where it has made $11.7 million across 17 markets. In the U.K. where the film is set, it earned the No. 1 spot and opened to $6.3 million. The Thursday preview brings its cumulative total to roughly $4.5 million domestically.
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The film from Focus Features edged out both Lionsgate and Millennium’s “Rambo: Last Blood” and “Ad Astra” from 20th Century Fox and Disney. All three films are in a tight race this weekend as the top new opener at the box office, with all three projected between roughly $16-24 million. And they have to contend with the still strong “It Chapter Two” and “Hustlers.”
“Downton Abbey” already made $2.2 million in early sneak preview screenings, and the film opened last week internationally, where it has made $11.7 million across 17 markets. In the U.K. where the film is set, it earned the No. 1 spot and opened to $6.3 million. The Thursday preview brings its cumulative total to roughly $4.5 million domestically.
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- 9/20/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Yvette Monreal, Paz Vega, Oscar Jaenada, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Genie Kim Aka Yenah Han, Joaquin Cosio, Marco de la O | Written by Matthew Cirulnick, Sylvester Stallone | Directed by Adrian Grunberg
Fresh from breathing new life into Rocky in the Creed movies, Sylvester Stallone (73 this year) brings his other ’80s icon out of creaking retirement for this fifth instalment in the Rambo series. As such, the film does exactly what Rambo fans will be expecting, but that isn’t saying very much.
Rambo: Last Blood picks up more or less where 2008′s Rambo (titling is decidedly not this franchise’s strong suit) left off, with Ptsd-afflicted former Vietnam vet John Rambo (Stallone) now happily retired to a horse ranch in Arizona, where he lives with his Mexican housekeeper Maria (Adriana Barraza) and his teenage niece Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal). However, when Gabrielle gets sold into sex slavery while...
Fresh from breathing new life into Rocky in the Creed movies, Sylvester Stallone (73 this year) brings his other ’80s icon out of creaking retirement for this fifth instalment in the Rambo series. As such, the film does exactly what Rambo fans will be expecting, but that isn’t saying very much.
Rambo: Last Blood picks up more or less where 2008′s Rambo (titling is decidedly not this franchise’s strong suit) left off, with Ptsd-afflicted former Vietnam vet John Rambo (Stallone) now happily retired to a horse ranch in Arizona, where he lives with his Mexican housekeeper Maria (Adriana Barraza) and his teenage niece Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal). However, when Gabrielle gets sold into sex slavery while...
- 9/20/2019
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Watching Rambo: Last Blood makes the fact that John Rambo ever had an audience a shameful one. Over the last 40 years, the Stallone staple has devolved from a mental martyr of the Vietnam War and an unreceptive welcoming party homeland into the barbaric, machine-gun-toting action “hero” we now recognize him as. Adrian Grunberg’s latest film continues to exploit the character’s comical killing abilities, somehow managing to up their brutality and in return, shredding any glimmer of intelligence and substance left standing in the decaying saga.
With that said, there was a time for these popcorn flicks. Beyond Ted Kotcheff’s 1982 classic, whose grain of astuteness may never expire, the several proceeding Rambo adventures can still be appreciated as relics of those varying positions in politics and world affairs. At this moment, however, it’s a tiresome concept, whose targeted barrage below the border against a mini population of...
With that said, there was a time for these popcorn flicks. Beyond Ted Kotcheff’s 1982 classic, whose grain of astuteness may never expire, the several proceeding Rambo adventures can still be appreciated as relics of those varying positions in politics and world affairs. At this moment, however, it’s a tiresome concept, whose targeted barrage below the border against a mini population of...
- 9/20/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
Can Pennywise resist John Rambo’s return to action?
It: Chapter Two has dominated global and international box office for the past two sessions but Pennywise faces a stiff test this weekend when Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo: Last Blood launches in a heavyweight first international wave.
The action thriller opens day-and-date with its North American bow through Lionsgate, and Millennium Media licensees are ready to make some noise. Rambo is expected to deliver strong numbers in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Thailand and Hong Kong today (19), followed by Mexico, the Middle East, Sweden and Singapore, among others,...
It: Chapter Two has dominated global and international box office for the past two sessions but Pennywise faces a stiff test this weekend when Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo: Last Blood launches in a heavyweight first international wave.
The action thriller opens day-and-date with its North American bow through Lionsgate, and Millennium Media licensees are ready to make some noise. Rambo is expected to deliver strong numbers in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Thailand and Hong Kong today (19), followed by Mexico, the Middle East, Sweden and Singapore, among others,...
- 9/19/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Home has always been an abstract concept for John Rambo, which is what the last scene of 2008’s otherwise expendable “Rambo” sequel finally gave the iconic Sylvester Stallone character: a moment when this unsettled Vietnam War survivor, looking very much the worse for wear, lumbers up to a mailbox bearing the character’s surname. At last, somewhere in Arizona, this dutybound embodiment of American military might had found his way back to the family ranch.
Such closure was in nearly every way antithetical to the spirit of “First Blood” — that is, the Ptsd-fueled franchise’s inaugural movie and the eponymous David Morrell novel that inspired it, both of which traded on the notion that a good man who’d gotten a taste of killing had serious difficulty turning off that deadly skill set upon his return. As a result, a sum total of zero viewers saw that ending as a...
Such closure was in nearly every way antithetical to the spirit of “First Blood” — that is, the Ptsd-fueled franchise’s inaugural movie and the eponymous David Morrell novel that inspired it, both of which traded on the notion that a good man who’d gotten a taste of killing had serious difficulty turning off that deadly skill set upon his return. As a result, a sum total of zero viewers saw that ending as a...
- 9/19/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, MGM dates its “Tomb Raider” sequel, President Obama’s production company makes a hire, a “Rambo” marathon is unveiled, Andrew Matthew Welch gets a lead role and “After Midnight” finds a home.
Release Date
MGM is moving ahead with its “Tomb Raider” sequel, hiring Ben Wheatley to direct and setting a release date of March 19, 2021.
Alicia Vikander is on board to reprise her portrayal of action heroine Lara Croft. Graham King is producing through Gk Films with Elizabeth Cantillon. Wheatley’s credits include “Kill List,” “Free Fire” and the upcoming “Rebecca” remake, to be distributed by Netflix.
Last year’s “Tomb Raider,” directed by Roar Uthaug and based on the 2013 video game, took in $275 million worldwide as Vikander’s character attempted to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance.
“Tomb Raider” is the first title to land on March 19, 2021. Wheatley is repped by Wme,...
Release Date
MGM is moving ahead with its “Tomb Raider” sequel, hiring Ben Wheatley to direct and setting a release date of March 19, 2021.
Alicia Vikander is on board to reprise her portrayal of action heroine Lara Croft. Graham King is producing through Gk Films with Elizabeth Cantillon. Wheatley’s credits include “Kill List,” “Free Fire” and the upcoming “Rebecca” remake, to be distributed by Netflix.
Last year’s “Tomb Raider,” directed by Roar Uthaug and based on the 2013 video game, took in $275 million worldwide as Vikander’s character attempted to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance.
“Tomb Raider” is the first title to land on March 19, 2021. Wheatley is repped by Wme,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Lionsgate and Millennium have another meat and potatoes box office feast on their hands in the wake of Angel Has Fallen overperforming this past weekend to a $21.3M opening with Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo: Last Blood set to open between $21M-$24M on Sept. 20. Longline for Last Blood directed by Adrian Grunberg, and written by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick is “Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission.” The finale’s projected 3-day is expected to best the starts of 1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II, 2008’s Rambo, also from Lionsgate ($18.2M), 1988’s Rambo III ($13M) and, of course, First Blood, which opened to No. 1 with $6.6M at 901 theaters in March 1982. During his Cannes Film Festival tribute in May, Stallone regaled how no one wanted to make First Blood before he decided to tackle it.
- 8/29/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A bar graph available on FlowingData.com provides the numbers for all the kills John Rambo has claimed over the years. The data is only separated by two factors: the film in which the body fell, and whether or not the Vietnam vet did it while wearing a shirt.
According to the results, Stallone’s Ptsd-driven brute has killed 220 people across four films – with all but one occurring after First Blood. And, because I know you were wondering, over 90 of which the actor showed off his pecs.
But as most movie fans know by now, that number is going to get, hopefully, a lot bigger next month once Rambo V: Last Blood is unleashed upon the world. And we do mean unleashed.
Though it wasn’t ever really put into question, the film has earned itself a hard R rating, and now, according to Exhibitor Relations Co., we know exactly why.
According to the results, Stallone’s Ptsd-driven brute has killed 220 people across four films – with all but one occurring after First Blood. And, because I know you were wondering, over 90 of which the actor showed off his pecs.
But as most movie fans know by now, that number is going to get, hopefully, a lot bigger next month once Rambo V: Last Blood is unleashed upon the world. And we do mean unleashed.
Though it wasn’t ever really put into question, the film has earned itself a hard R rating, and now, according to Exhibitor Relations Co., we know exactly why.
- 8/28/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
Sylvester Stallone readies himself for revenge with knives, machine guns and landmines in the new trailer for Rambo: Last Blood, the actor’s first Rambo movie in 11 years. Most of the action seems to take place on Rambo’s farm-like compound, where he’s protecting his niece. “All she’s got is me,” he says, between shots of him cocking a semiautomatic rifle and building a device that punctures tires. Throughout the clip, scenes from previous Rambo movies — starting with 1982’s First Blood — flicker between fireballs.
Elsewhere in the trailer,...
Elsewhere in the trailer,...
- 8/20/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Sylvester Stallone has returned as his brooding — and indestructible — John Rambo character in the latest trailer for Lionsgate’s “Rambo: Last Blood.”
“I’ve lived in a world of death,” Stallone’s Rambo says in the clip for the fifth entry in the action franchise. “I’ve watched people I’ve loved die. Some fast with a bullet. Some, not enough to bury. All these years I’ve kept my secrets. But the time has come to face my past.”
The new footage, set in a barren landscape to the strains of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” promises that the film will contain plenty of Stallone employing explosions, his massive knife and his bow and arrows to take down a wide variety of enemies.
“I want them to know that death is coming and there’s nothing they can do about it,” Stallone concludes.
“Rambo: Last Blood” will hit theaters on Sept.
“I’ve lived in a world of death,” Stallone’s Rambo says in the clip for the fifth entry in the action franchise. “I’ve watched people I’ve loved die. Some fast with a bullet. Some, not enough to bury. All these years I’ve kept my secrets. But the time has come to face my past.”
The new footage, set in a barren landscape to the strains of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” promises that the film will contain plenty of Stallone employing explosions, his massive knife and his bow and arrows to take down a wide variety of enemies.
“I want them to know that death is coming and there’s nothing they can do about it,” Stallone concludes.
“Rambo: Last Blood” will hit theaters on Sept.
- 5/30/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Lionsgate
Almost four decades after he drew first blood, Sylvester Stallone is back as one of the greatest action heroes of all time, John Rambo. Now, Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission. A deadly journey of vengeance, Rambo: Last Blood marks the last chapter of the legendary series.
Complete with the song “Old Town Road” watch the first trailer now.
Stallone has been playing John Rambo of this popular franchise beginning in 1982 with First Blood, followed by Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988) and Rambo (2008) directed by Stallone.
“Despite negative reviews, Rambo: First Blood Part II was a major worldwide box office blockbuster, with an estimated 42 million tickets sold in the Us. It has become the most recognized and memorable installment in the series, having inspired countless rip-offs, parodies, video games, and imitations.” (wikipedia) It did receive...
Almost four decades after he drew first blood, Sylvester Stallone is back as one of the greatest action heroes of all time, John Rambo. Now, Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission. A deadly journey of vengeance, Rambo: Last Blood marks the last chapter of the legendary series.
Complete with the song “Old Town Road” watch the first trailer now.
Stallone has been playing John Rambo of this popular franchise beginning in 1982 with First Blood, followed by Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988) and Rambo (2008) directed by Stallone.
“Despite negative reviews, Rambo: First Blood Part II was a major worldwide box office blockbuster, with an estimated 42 million tickets sold in the Us. It has become the most recognized and memorable installment in the series, having inspired countless rip-offs, parodies, video games, and imitations.” (wikipedia) It did receive...
- 5/30/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Paradigm has signed director-screenwriter Adrian Grunberg, whose next film Rambo 5: Last Blood, starring Sylvester Stallone reprising his iconic role, will hit theaters September 20 via Lionsgate.
The Spanish filmmaker had been an A-list first assistant director on movies including Man on Fire, Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Jarhead and Gibson’s Edge of Darkness. He made his feature helming debut in 2012 on the Gibson-starrer Get the Gringo which he also co-wrote.
He also has worked as first assistant director on Netflix’s Sense8 and a second unit director on the streamer’s Narcos and Narcos: Mexico.
Grunberg second feature as director is Rambo 5, which co-stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Oscar Jaenada. The plot of the franchise’s fifth and final chapter: When the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped, Rambo — who has been working on a ranch — crosses the U.S.-Mexico...
The Spanish filmmaker had been an A-list first assistant director on movies including Man on Fire, Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Jarhead and Gibson’s Edge of Darkness. He made his feature helming debut in 2012 on the Gibson-starrer Get the Gringo which he also co-wrote.
He also has worked as first assistant director on Netflix’s Sense8 and a second unit director on the streamer’s Narcos and Narcos: Mexico.
Grunberg second feature as director is Rambo 5, which co-stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Oscar Jaenada. The plot of the franchise’s fifth and final chapter: When the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped, Rambo — who has been working on a ranch — crosses the U.S.-Mexico...
- 3/7/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Action star Sylvester Stallone's Rambo: Last Blood, the fifth instalment of the Rambo franchise, will hit the theatres on September 20. It will release 37 years after the series started with First Blood, reports variety.com. The story centres on Stallone's John Rambo crossing into Mexico and taking on a violent cartel when the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped.? Rambo: Last Blood also stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Yvette Monreal.
Adrian Goldberg is directing from a screenplay by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick.
Stallone, who was 36 when the first film premiered, will be 73 at the release of Rambo: Last Blood.
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Adrian Goldberg is directing from a screenplay by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick.
Stallone, who was 36 when the first film premiered, will be 73 at the release of Rambo: Last Blood.
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- 3/2/2019
- GlamSham
The fifth installment of the “Rambo” franchise, “Rambo: Last Blood,” will hit theaters on Sept. 20 — 37 years after the series launched with “First Blood.”
The story centers on Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo crossing into Mexico and taking on a violent cartel when the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped. “Rambo: Last Blood” also stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Yvette Monreal. Adrian Goldberg is directing from a screenplay by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick. Stallone, who was 36 when the first film premiered, will be 73 at “Last Blood’s” release.
“Rambo: Last Blood” was shot in Bulgaria, and follows “First Blood,” “Rambo: First Blood Part II” (1985), “Rambo III” (1988) and “Rambo” (2008). Producers are Kevin King Templeton and Les Weldon.
The four Rambo films have grossed a combined $728 million in worldwide box office, led by $300 million for “Rambo: First Blood Part II.”
The Lionsgate pic is the third title to land on...
The story centers on Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo crossing into Mexico and taking on a violent cartel when the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped. “Rambo: Last Blood” also stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Yvette Monreal. Adrian Goldberg is directing from a screenplay by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick. Stallone, who was 36 when the first film premiered, will be 73 at “Last Blood’s” release.
“Rambo: Last Blood” was shot in Bulgaria, and follows “First Blood,” “Rambo: First Blood Part II” (1985), “Rambo III” (1988) and “Rambo” (2008). Producers are Kevin King Templeton and Les Weldon.
The four Rambo films have grossed a combined $728 million in worldwide box office, led by $300 million for “Rambo: First Blood Part II.”
The Lionsgate pic is the third title to land on...
- 3/1/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
John Rambo is coming back, and this time — as usual — it’s personal. Lionsgate said today that the 37-year-old franchise will back on September 20 with the release of Rambo: Last Blood, starring Sylvester Stallone and Paz Vega.
Your logline for the series’ fifth and final chapter: When the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped, Rambo (Stallone) — who has been working on a ranch — crosses the U.S.-Mexico border and quickly finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels. Sergio Peris-Mencheta plays the likely ill-fated bad guy, and Yvette Monreal also stars in the film directed by Adrian Goldberg from a screenplay by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick.
Stallone had said in July 2017 that we would not be associated with the next Rambo pic, instead focusing then on the Creed sequel. But he committed to it about 10 months later.
Rambo: Last Blood...
Your logline for the series’ fifth and final chapter: When the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped, Rambo (Stallone) — who has been working on a ranch — crosses the U.S.-Mexico border and quickly finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels. Sergio Peris-Mencheta plays the likely ill-fated bad guy, and Yvette Monreal also stars in the film directed by Adrian Goldberg from a screenplay by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick.
Stallone had said in July 2017 that we would not be associated with the next Rambo pic, instead focusing then on the Creed sequel. But he committed to it about 10 months later.
Rambo: Last Blood...
- 2/28/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Stana Katic’s Castle follow-up has finally found a U.S. home.
Amazon has acquired the rights to Absentia, the streamer announced on Wednesday. The 10-episode thriller is slated to premiere sometime in 2018, with all 10 episodes being released at once.
In addition, Amazon will also stream the series for Australia, Austria, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey and the U.K.
Absentia has been available to more than 15 other countries, Spain and Russia included, since as long ago as Sept. 25.
Created by Gaia Violo and Matt Cirulnick, Absentia centers on Emily Byrne (played by Katic), an FBI agent who,...
Amazon has acquired the rights to Absentia, the streamer announced on Wednesday. The 10-episode thriller is slated to premiere sometime in 2018, with all 10 episodes being released at once.
In addition, Amazon will also stream the series for Australia, Austria, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey and the U.K.
Absentia has been available to more than 15 other countries, Spain and Russia included, since as long ago as Sept. 25.
Created by Gaia Violo and Matt Cirulnick, Absentia centers on Emily Byrne (played by Katic), an FBI agent who,...
- 11/15/2017
- TVLine.com
Premiere dates for Stana Katic’s awaited Castle follow-up, Absentia, have been set… in a variety of foreign territories.
News on where the 10-episode thriller will air Stateside, meanwhile, “will be announced in the coming weeks,” Sony Pictures Television Networks said in a Monday announcement.
VideosStana Katic’s Absentia Gets Official Trailer
Absentia Global Premiere Dates
Spain: 9/25/2017
Portugal: 9/25/2017
Romania: 9/25/2017
Hungary: 9/26/2017
Poland: 9/26/2017
Bulgaria: 9/27/2017
Russia/Cis: 10/2/2017
Adria: 10/11/2017
Czech/Slovakia: 10/11/2017
Bosnia/Herzegovina: 10/11/2017
Croatia: 10/11/2017
Macedonia: 10/11/2017
Serbia: 10/11/2017
Slovenia: 10/11/2017
Latin America/Brazil: November
PhotosAbsentia Season 1 Photos
Created by Gaia Violo and Matt Cirulnick, Absentia centers on Emily Byrne (played by Katic), an FBI agent who,...
News on where the 10-episode thriller will air Stateside, meanwhile, “will be announced in the coming weeks,” Sony Pictures Television Networks said in a Monday announcement.
VideosStana Katic’s Absentia Gets Official Trailer
Absentia Global Premiere Dates
Spain: 9/25/2017
Portugal: 9/25/2017
Romania: 9/25/2017
Hungary: 9/26/2017
Poland: 9/26/2017
Bulgaria: 9/27/2017
Russia/Cis: 10/2/2017
Adria: 10/11/2017
Czech/Slovakia: 10/11/2017
Bosnia/Herzegovina: 10/11/2017
Croatia: 10/11/2017
Macedonia: 10/11/2017
Serbia: 10/11/2017
Slovenia: 10/11/2017
Latin America/Brazil: November
PhotosAbsentia Season 1 Photos
Created by Gaia Violo and Matt Cirulnick, Absentia centers on Emily Byrne (played by Katic), an FBI agent who,...
- 9/25/2017
- TVLine.com
“Conrad Harlow is found guilty of the murder of Special Agent Emily Byrne.” Except, Emily is alive. And so begins the first trailer for Absentia, a 10-episode straight-to-series crime thriller for Sony Pictures Television Networks' Axn. Written/executive produced by Matt Cirulnick, based on a pilot script originally written by Gaia Violo, Absentia centers on an FBI agent (Stana Katic) who, while hunting one of Boston's most notorious serial killers, disappears without a…...
- 7/27/2017
- Deadline TV
Angel Bonnani (Shots Fired), Neil Jackson (Sleepy Hollow), Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey), Bruno Bichir (Narcos) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch) have joined stars Stana Katic and Patrick Heusinger in Absentia, a 10-episode straight-to-series crime thriller for Sony Pictures Television Networks' Axn. Production has begun in Europe on the series, which is slated to premiere on select Axn channels later this year. Written/executive produced by Matt Cirulnick, based on a pilot…...
- 1/6/2017
- Deadline TV
Patrick Heusinger (Jack Reacher 2) is set as the male lead opposite Stana Katic in Absentia, a 10-episode straight-to-series crime thriller for Sony Pictures Television Networks' Axn. Written/executive produced by Matt Cirulnick, based on a pilot script originally written by Gaia Violo, Absentia centers on an FBI agent, to be played by Katic. While hunting one of Boston's most notorious serial killers, the agent disappears without a trace and is declared dead. Six years…...
- 11/4/2016
- Deadline TV
Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift
Legendary Comics has unveiled the first details on the upcoming comic "Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift". Joshua Fialkov penned the four issue title which will debut in November this year and is expected to help fill the gaps between the first film and the upcoming sequel due out April 2017. [Source: Shh]
Friday the 13th
Nick Antosca, a writer on TV series like "Teen Wolf" and "Believe" and co-producer on "Hannibal," has been set to write a new draft of the script for the "Friday the 13th" reboot at Paramount Pictures and Platinum Dunes. The film is currently targeting a May 13th 2016 release.
David Bruckner will helm the new film which will deal with the decades-old question of why slasher Jason Voorhes can't be killed. Richard Naing and Ian Goldberg wrote the previous draft. [Source: Heat Vision]
Paris Call Girl
Commercials director Jake Nava is set to...
Legendary Comics has unveiled the first details on the upcoming comic "Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift". Joshua Fialkov penned the four issue title which will debut in November this year and is expected to help fill the gaps between the first film and the upcoming sequel due out April 2017. [Source: Shh]
Friday the 13th
Nick Antosca, a writer on TV series like "Teen Wolf" and "Believe" and co-producer on "Hannibal," has been set to write a new draft of the script for the "Friday the 13th" reboot at Paramount Pictures and Platinum Dunes. The film is currently targeting a May 13th 2016 release.
David Bruckner will helm the new film which will deal with the decades-old question of why slasher Jason Voorhes can't be killed. Richard Naing and Ian Goldberg wrote the previous draft. [Source: Heat Vision]
Paris Call Girl
Commercials director Jake Nava is set to...
- 3/25/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Frequency director Gregory Hoblit has been tapped to direct thriller The Good Samaritan for Atmosphere Entertainment Mm, Voltage Pictures and Sentinel Pictures. The film, based on a script by Matthew Ian Cirulnick, centers on a couple, Gabriel and Diana Carver, who, hoping to mend their troubled marriage, embark on a dream cruise in remote parts of the globe. But when they pluck a floating man from the sea who was left for dead, their good deed is immediately punished. Mark Canton, Zev Foreman, Nicolas Chartier and Adam Brawer are producing, while David Hopwood will executive produce. Voltage is financing the thriller,
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- 11/2/2014
- by Rebecca Ford, Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Swedish production company announces first English-language projects.
Sweden’s Tre Vänner, producer of the hit Easy Money (Snabba Cash) trilogy, has announced the launch of two international thrillers - the company’s first in the English-language.
They include a thriller from acclaimed Swedish director Jens Jonsson and an English-language remake of the first Easy Money film, the first part in a planned trilogy.
Both projects will be produced by Tre Vänner and Swedish major Svensk Filmindustri, with Svensk handling Scandinavian distribution. The two companies merged in 2013.
Jonsson’s Ibiza-set thriller The White Island centres around two female characters.
The film-maker, who won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2008 with The King Of Ping Pong and also directed Snabba Cash III - Life Deluxe, the third film in the trilogy, co-wrote the script with Matthew Ian Cirulnick based on extensive research.
“We will take the audience behind the curtain of Europe’s wildest party island,” producer...
Sweden’s Tre Vänner, producer of the hit Easy Money (Snabba Cash) trilogy, has announced the launch of two international thrillers - the company’s first in the English-language.
They include a thriller from acclaimed Swedish director Jens Jonsson and an English-language remake of the first Easy Money film, the first part in a planned trilogy.
Both projects will be produced by Tre Vänner and Swedish major Svensk Filmindustri, with Svensk handling Scandinavian distribution. The two companies merged in 2013.
Jonsson’s Ibiza-set thriller The White Island centres around two female characters.
The film-maker, who won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2008 with The King Of Ping Pong and also directed Snabba Cash III - Life Deluxe, the third film in the trilogy, co-wrote the script with Matthew Ian Cirulnick based on extensive research.
“We will take the audience behind the curtain of Europe’s wildest party island,” producer...
- 5/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
“CSI” franchise creator Anthony E. Zuiker, and his production company, Dare to Pass, have sold the drama project “The Bounty” to ABC. Written by “South Beach” creator Matt Cirulnick, the show centers around a woman’s quest for justice and healing. After her family is murdered, she inspires America to create the largest bounty in history for the killer’s capture. Under Zuiker’s ABC Studios overall deal, the show was developed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners, which will co-produce with Dare to Pass and ABC Studios. Zuiker will executive-produce alongside Cirulnick, who came up with the idea, in addition to Brillstein TV’s Margaret Riley,...
- 9/18/2013
- The Wrap
ABC has bought The Bounty, a drama project from CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Written by South Beach creator/executive producer Matt Cirulnick, The Bounty centers around one victim’s quest for justice and healing. After her family is murdered, a national frenzy erupts as she inspires America to create the largest bounty in history for the killer’s capture. “The Bounty takes such a fresh approach to the crime show genre by combining the universal theme that we all want justice for the victim with how crowdsourcing plays a very important role in helping law enforcement today,” said Zuiker. Zuiker’s Dare To Pass is producing with ABC Studios, where the company is under an overall deal, and another ABC Studios-based company, Brillstein Entertainment, which partners with Zuiker on all of his development. Zuiker will executive produce alongside Cirulnick, who came up with the original idea,...
- 9/18/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Guest post by Mark Allen.
Ex-Spiderman director Sam Raimi has signed on to direct an adaptation of graphic novel Earp: Saints For Sinners for Dreamworks, according to THR’s Heat Vision.
The Radical-published comic, created by David Manpearl and Matt Cirulnick – who is also penning the script – is an update of the Western hero Wyatt Earp, famous for taking part in the gunfight at the O.K. Corrall, a near-future Las Vegas taking the place of a boomtown in an America where the economy has plummeted to below Depression-era levels and roaming gangs rule the street. A world where might is most definitely right seems very much appropriate for a character straight from the Old West.
With this coming straight after his next directing gig Oz, The Great And Powerful, Disney’s Wizard Of Oz prequel with Robert Downey Jr., Raimi looks to be shaking off the cobwebs from...
Ex-Spiderman director Sam Raimi has signed on to direct an adaptation of graphic novel Earp: Saints For Sinners for Dreamworks, according to THR’s Heat Vision.
The Radical-published comic, created by David Manpearl and Matt Cirulnick – who is also penning the script – is an update of the Western hero Wyatt Earp, famous for taking part in the gunfight at the O.K. Corrall, a near-future Las Vegas taking the place of a boomtown in an America where the economy has plummeted to below Depression-era levels and roaming gangs rule the street. A world where might is most definitely right seems very much appropriate for a character straight from the Old West.
With this coming straight after his next directing gig Oz, The Great And Powerful, Disney’s Wizard Of Oz prequel with Robert Downey Jr., Raimi looks to be shaking off the cobwebs from...
- 8/7/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Incredibly familiar with comic book lore and well-versed in the process of transferring heroes from ink-bound pages to the big screen, Sam Raimi has signed up to produce and direct the big-screen version of .Earp: Saints For Sinners.. Set against the backdrop of an America in economic ruin, the series features a hero names Wyatt Earp on a mission to bring justice to Las Vegas (the last beacon of financial stability left). The character is described as a dark and tortured soul who wants nothing but a simple life after the death of his brother but soon finds himself trying to restore justice to a lawless town. The comic was created by Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl, and was written by Cirulnick and M. Zachary Sherman. Rights to the Radical Publishing comic series was purchased ...
- 7/29/2010
- GeekNation.com
Sam Raimi is attached to direct Radical Comics’ Earp: Saints for Sinners, project that’s already being described as “a modern-day re-imagining of Western hero Wyatt Earp fighting outlaws in a ravaged society where the only boomtown left is Las Vegas.”
Yes, it looks that Raimi is a very busy man, since we already know he’s in charge for World of Warcraft, and Oz, the Great and Powerful as well…
Wyatt Earp, an iconic figure of late 19th-century Us western history, is definitely best known for his role in the gunfight at the Ok Corral, alongside Doc Holliday and his brothers, Virgil and Morgan Earp.
Matt Cirulnick, who co-wrote the graphic novel, will be charged with writing the screenplay, and this time we can expect to see sci-fi story that goes like this:
“In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression,...
Yes, it looks that Raimi is a very busy man, since we already know he’s in charge for World of Warcraft, and Oz, the Great and Powerful as well…
Wyatt Earp, an iconic figure of late 19th-century Us western history, is definitely best known for his role in the gunfight at the Ok Corral, alongside Doc Holliday and his brothers, Virgil and Morgan Earp.
Matt Cirulnick, who co-wrote the graphic novel, will be charged with writing the screenplay, and this time we can expect to see sci-fi story that goes like this:
“In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression,...
- 7/22/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Sam Raimi is returning to the genre of his 1995 film The Quick and the Dead… sort of. The Spider-Man director is circling a post-apocalyptic western titled Earp: Saints for Sinners, a graphic novel from Radical Comics.
The three-issue series re-imagines Wyatt Earp as a lawman taking on outlaws in a futuristic, dystopian Las Vegas. Matt Cirulnick, a co-creator of the comic, will write the script, reports THR. Radical will make an official announcement at Comic-Con this weekend.
The historical figure of Earp has appeared in over 40 different movies and television series, according to IMDb, including dueling portrayals by Kurt Russell in Tombstone and Kevin Costner in the aptly-titled Wyatt Earp.
Raimi’s plate is already full of tentpole projects like Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful, shooting next year, and the slow-moving adaptation of the World of Warcraft. With his schedule cleared due to the Spider-Man 4 cancellation, I’m...
The three-issue series re-imagines Wyatt Earp as a lawman taking on outlaws in a futuristic, dystopian Las Vegas. Matt Cirulnick, a co-creator of the comic, will write the script, reports THR. Radical will make an official announcement at Comic-Con this weekend.
The historical figure of Earp has appeared in over 40 different movies and television series, according to IMDb, including dueling portrayals by Kurt Russell in Tombstone and Kevin Costner in the aptly-titled Wyatt Earp.
Raimi’s plate is already full of tentpole projects like Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful, shooting next year, and the slow-moving adaptation of the World of Warcraft. With his schedule cleared due to the Spider-Man 4 cancellation, I’m...
- 7/21/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Sam Raimi will direct and produce the screen adaptation of the graphic novel "Earp: Saints for Sinners" for DreamWorks.According to Variety, Radical Studios, Mandeville and Raimi's Star Road Entertainment are producing.Radical.s Barry Levine will produce with Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, and Star Road's Josh Donen. The novel is a modern-day re-imagining of Western hero Wyatt Earp fighting outlaws in a ravaged society where the only profitable town left is Las Vegas. The comic was created by Matt Cirulnick and Mandeville Films' David Manpearl, with Cirulnick writing the film's screenplay.Raimi dropped out of directing the next installment of Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man" franchise in January. He's been in talks with Disney to direct a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz"...
- 7/21/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Sam Raimi will reportedly produce and direct a big screen adaptation of Radical Publishing‘s graphic novel Earp: Saints for Sinners, written by Matthew Cirulnick and M. Zachary Sherman. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films will produce the film for DreamWorks and Matt Cirulnick will write the script.
Earp: Saints for Sinners is a present-day re-imagining of Western hero Wyatt Earp as he fights outlaws “in a ravaged society where the only boomtown left is Las Vegas.”...
Earp: Saints for Sinners is a present-day re-imagining of Western hero Wyatt Earp as he fights outlaws “in a ravaged society where the only boomtown left is Las Vegas.”...
- 7/20/2010
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Since we've known for a while that Sam Raimi won't be returning to the world of Spider-Man, news of the director's alternate projects come as pleasant surprises. We already know that Raimi will be directing Oz, the Great and Powerful [1], a prequel of sorts of The Wizard of Oz, for Disney next. After that, apparently Raimi will helm an update on the Wyatt Earp story, this time told in a futuristic sci-fi environment. Heat Vision [2] describes it as "set in a future in which [Earp] takes on outlaws in a ravaged society where the only boomtown left is Las Vegas." I would assume the story would include the traditional gunfight at the O.K. Corral and other standard events from the life of Earp, only changed to suit the new genre. Titled Earp: Saints for Sinners, the movie will be adapted from a graphic novel written by M. Zachary Sherman and...
- 7/20/2010
- by Aaron
- FilmJunk
Let’s go over the creative check list for Earp: Saints For Sinners. Is it based on a comic book? Yes. Is it a post apocalyptic story? Yes. Is it a revisionist/post modern edgy spin of a classic story/theme? Yes, Wyatt Earp and other Western mythic figures like Doc Holiday and Jesse James. Who’s going to direct it? Sam Raimi is attached.
Deadline is reporting that Dreamworks has acquired the screen rights to Earp: Saints For Sinners, a Radical Publishing comic book as a potential directing vehicle for Raimi.
In Earp, the economy has collapsed and Las Vegas has become a boom town and Wyatt Earp has to clean it up or something like that. Or just replace your standard classic Western with post apocalyptic themes and an economic depression and meth heads and strippers, and you’ll probably have a great understanding of Earp: Saints For Sinners.
Deadline is reporting that Dreamworks has acquired the screen rights to Earp: Saints For Sinners, a Radical Publishing comic book as a potential directing vehicle for Raimi.
In Earp, the economy has collapsed and Las Vegas has become a boom town and Wyatt Earp has to clean it up or something like that. Or just replace your standard classic Western with post apocalyptic themes and an economic depression and meth heads and strippers, and you’ll probably have a great understanding of Earp: Saints For Sinners.
- 7/20/2010
- by Douglas Reinhardt
- Movie Cultists
What if you threw in brave gun-toting Wyatt Earp into the future where the only boom town left is Las Vegas? That's what you get with Radical's "Earp: Saints for Sinners", a comic focused on the law abiding Earp having to deal with the criminals of the Wild West in modern times. Created by Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl, this interesting take on the hero is making way for it's big screen debut even before the first comic is published.Sam Raimi is best known for what he's done recently with the "Spider-Man" series, as good or bad as you make the third film out to be. Many fans must be relieved that he's no longer attached to the web crawler, but now he's set to direct "Earp". I guess it's more so the mentality of sticking with what you're good at, and for Raimi at the moment you can...
- 7/20/2010
- LRMonline.com
Sam Raimi's post-Spider-Man 4 workload continues to grow. Since the director departed the Spider-Man sequel, prompting Sony to reboot the franchise, Raimi has been lining up a variety of diverse projects, including World of Warcraft and a prequel to The Wizard of Oz called Oz: The Great and Powerful. Time to add another project to that list.
Deadline reports that Raimi is attached to yet another comic book adaptation, this time the Radical Studios comic Earp: Saints for Sinners. Created by writers Matt Cirulnick and M. Zachary Sherman, Earp takes the legendary western figure and places him in a futuristic society where Las Vegas is the only city where citizens can make any money. Sherman described the plot of the book to ComicBookResources in March.
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Sam Raimi...
Deadline reports that Raimi is attached to yet another comic book adaptation, this time the Radical Studios comic Earp: Saints for Sinners. Created by writers Matt Cirulnick and M. Zachary Sherman, Earp takes the legendary western figure and places him in a futuristic society where Las Vegas is the only city where citizens can make any money. Sherman described the plot of the book to ComicBookResources in March.
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- 7/20/2010
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
Timed just right for the San Diego Comic-Con, it has been announced that Sam Raimi is attached to direct "Earp: Saints for Sinners" for Dreamworks via Mandeville films. Based on a comic created by Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl for Radical Publishing, the story is a sci-fi re-imagining of the story of Wyatt Earp, the real life constable who famously fought the 'Gunfight at the O.K. Corral' along with his two brothers brothers and Doc Holliday. Matt Cirulnick will write the film's script, and Manpearl is an exec at Mandeville. In the comic, Tombstone, Kansas of old is traded for Las...
- 7/20/2010
- by Alex Dorn
- Hitfix
Spider-Man trilogy filmmaker Sam Raimi has attached himself to another comic book property, this time to one you haven't heard before. Earp: Saints for Sinners is the title of a forthcoming Radical Publishing three-issue comic book series, with the first ish slated for publication this summer.
Radical is a new player in the comic book world and one that has some heavy clout to get its projects optioned with Hollywood. The Last Days of American Crime has Avatar's Sam Worthington attached to star/produce; Freedom Formula is in development with Bryan Singer's Bad Hat Harry Productions; a Hercules film is set up over at Universal, with director Peter Berg developing it; and there's one called Caliber that Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil is working on. So, in short, it looks like Radical has some investment bucks to develop and release one-shot or mini-series, and then shops around the...
Radical is a new player in the comic book world and one that has some heavy clout to get its projects optioned with Hollywood. The Last Days of American Crime has Avatar's Sam Worthington attached to star/produce; Freedom Formula is in development with Bryan Singer's Bad Hat Harry Productions; a Hercules film is set up over at Universal, with director Peter Berg developing it; and there's one called Caliber that Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil is working on. So, in short, it looks like Radical has some investment bucks to develop and release one-shot or mini-series, and then shops around the...
- 7/20/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Sam Raimi is keeping himself busy now that his web slinging days are over, hes booked a trip to Oz, World Of Warcraft and now he has signed on for the adpation of 'Earp: Saints and Sinners', a futuristic retelling of the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
The film will be based on the graphic novel by Radical Publishing and is being developed at DreamWorks with Matt Cirulnick, one of the original creators of the comic.
From Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl comes a modern-day reimagining of the classic western hero, Wyatt Earp, in a special $1.00 issue #0 preview of the upcoming, 3-issue miniseries.
In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression, infamous bandits roam the country and the law is as corrupt as the criminals its sworn to stop. Yet one lawman remains a steadfast moral compass for the people: Wyatt Earp.
The film will be based on the graphic novel by Radical Publishing and is being developed at DreamWorks with Matt Cirulnick, one of the original creators of the comic.
From Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl comes a modern-day reimagining of the classic western hero, Wyatt Earp, in a special $1.00 issue #0 preview of the upcoming, 3-issue miniseries.
In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression, infamous bandits roam the country and the law is as corrupt as the criminals its sworn to stop. Yet one lawman remains a steadfast moral compass for the people: Wyatt Earp.
- 7/20/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Just because Sam Raimi has parted ways with the "Spider-Man" franchise doesn't mean the filmmaker is leaving comic books altogether. In fact, the director has just booked his next paneled page property.
Heat Vision reports that Raimi is attached to direct "Earp: Saints for Sinners," based on the Radical Publishing graphic novel of the same name. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman at DreamWorks, Radical president Barry Levine and Star Road Entertainment's Josh Donen are serving as producers.
"Saint for Sinners" tells a reimagined version of Western icon Wyatt Earp, thrusting the gunslinger into a dystopian future where he routinely takes out the bad guys and hangs his hat in Las Vegas. The comic was created by Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl, with Cirulnick also writing the film's screenplay.
Further details regarding "Saints for Sinners" are expected to be unveiled at Radical's Comic-Con panel in San Diego on Thursday.
In saddling up for "Saints for Sinners,...
Heat Vision reports that Raimi is attached to direct "Earp: Saints for Sinners," based on the Radical Publishing graphic novel of the same name. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman at DreamWorks, Radical president Barry Levine and Star Road Entertainment's Josh Donen are serving as producers.
"Saint for Sinners" tells a reimagined version of Western icon Wyatt Earp, thrusting the gunslinger into a dystopian future where he routinely takes out the bad guys and hangs his hat in Las Vegas. The comic was created by Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl, with Cirulnick also writing the film's screenplay.
Further details regarding "Saints for Sinners" are expected to be unveiled at Radical's Comic-Con panel in San Diego on Thursday.
In saddling up for "Saints for Sinners,...
- 7/20/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Splash Page
Sam Raimi ("Evil Dead") will next direct "Earp: Saints For Sinners", a futuristic retelling of the gunfight at the Ok Corral, adapting the graphic novel of the same title by Radical Publishing.
The film is being developed at DreamWorks with Matt Cirulnick, one of the original creators of the property, working on the first draft.
"...From Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl comes a modern-day reimagining of the classic western hero, Wyatt Earp, in a special preview of the upcoming, 3-issue miniseries.
"...In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression, infamous bandits roam the country and the law is as corrupt as the criminals its sworn to stop. Yet one lawman remains a steadfast moral compass for the people: 'Wyatt Earp'. Earp has collared more most-wanted men than anyone in history – but after a violent assignment claims the life of his brother,...
The film is being developed at DreamWorks with Matt Cirulnick, one of the original creators of the property, working on the first draft.
"...From Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl comes a modern-day reimagining of the classic western hero, Wyatt Earp, in a special preview of the upcoming, 3-issue miniseries.
"...In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression, infamous bandits roam the country and the law is as corrupt as the criminals its sworn to stop. Yet one lawman remains a steadfast moral compass for the people: 'Wyatt Earp'. Earp has collared more most-wanted men than anyone in history – but after a violent assignment claims the life of his brother,...
- 7/20/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sam Raimi will direct and produce a film adaptation of the one-off graphic novel "Earp: Saints for Sinners" for DreamWorks Pictures, Radical Studios, Mandeville and Star Road Entertainment reports Variety.
The story is a contemporary re-imagining of Western legend Wyatt Earp taking on outlaws in a ravaged wasteland where the only major 'boomtown' left is Las Vegas.
Comic co-creator Matthew Cirulnick will adapt and executive produce the film.
The story is a contemporary re-imagining of Western legend Wyatt Earp taking on outlaws in a ravaged wasteland where the only major 'boomtown' left is Las Vegas.
Comic co-creator Matthew Cirulnick will adapt and executive produce the film.
- 7/20/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sam Raimi has signed on for Earp: Saints and Sinners , a futuristic retelling of the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, reports Heat Vision . The film will be based on the recently released graphic novel by Radical Publishing and is being developed at DreamWorks with Matt Cirulnick, one of the original creators of the property, working on the first draft. The graphic novel is described as follows: From Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl comes a modern-day reimagining of the classic western hero, Wyatt Earp, in a special $1.00 issue #0 preview of the upcoming, 3-issue miniseries. In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression, infamous bandits roam the country and the law is as corrupt as the criminals its sworn to stop....
- 7/20/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Earp: Saints for Sinners will see the classic western lawman sent to a dystopian Las Vegas
Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the sci-fi/western hybrid Earp: Saints for Sinners. The film charts the adventures of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, who finds himself transported to a ravaged future where the only remaining boomtown is Las Vegas.
Earp: Saints for Sinners is an adaptation of the graphic novel from publisher Radical, and will most likely be the movie Raimi starts work on after his forthcoming Disney project Oz the Great and Powerful, a prequel to The Wizard of Oz starring Robert Downey Jr.
Wyatt Earp remains an iconic figure of late 19th-century Us western history, best known for his role in the gunfight at the Ok Corral, alongside Doc Holliday and his brothers, Virgil and Morgan Earp. He has been depicted in film many times, most recently Tombstone and Wyatt Earp,...
Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the sci-fi/western hybrid Earp: Saints for Sinners. The film charts the adventures of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, who finds himself transported to a ravaged future where the only remaining boomtown is Las Vegas.
Earp: Saints for Sinners is an adaptation of the graphic novel from publisher Radical, and will most likely be the movie Raimi starts work on after his forthcoming Disney project Oz the Great and Powerful, a prequel to The Wizard of Oz starring Robert Downey Jr.
Wyatt Earp remains an iconic figure of late 19th-century Us western history, best known for his role in the gunfight at the Ok Corral, alongside Doc Holliday and his brothers, Virgil and Morgan Earp. He has been depicted in film many times, most recently Tombstone and Wyatt Earp,...
- 7/20/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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