Liam Neeson has a lot to thank Taken for, as it re-energised his career as a leading man. Now he’s returning to the role of Bryan Mills in Taken 2, and to prove it EW has debuted the first three stills from the movie.
This time around, the events of the first film catch up with Bryan, resulting in the retired CIA Agent and his wife (Famke Jansen) getting taken hostage during their vacation. Bryan must rely on his daughter (Maggie Grace) to help him escape.
Here’s what Neeson had to say about it, “The action is supposed to take place about a year or a year and a half after the first story. It’s a very clever sequel with the usual thrills and spills, but the ante is upped quite a bit in this one.” … “I’ve taken a job over in Istanbul looking after a sheik who is there, and afterward I discover that my wife’s going through a very bad time with her new husband. So I suggest she and my daughter come over for a few days and hang out with me in this amazing city. And then… [laughs] all this s—t happens, of course.” … “I’m taken — let’s put it that way. They kidnap him to humiliate him, torture him, and ultimately bring him back to the village in Albania where the boys from the original film came from. With the help of my daughter… she wants to help me escape from where these bad guys have me.”
Taken 2 is due out on October 5th.
For a while now, a new movie set in the world of Blade Runner has been in the works, and it’s even got Ridley Scott on board to direct. However exactly what the film would be has been a bit nebulous, as we haven’t known if it would be a prequel or sequel, or if it would feature any of the characters from the first film.
Liam Neeson has signed up for quite a few films in the past few weeks, and now he’s added one more, A Walk Among The Tombstones. The movie will be the first in a new financing deal between Exclusive Media and Cross Creek Pictures, who have entered into a three year 50-50 co-financing, co-producing, co-development deal for a minimum of two feature films per year with budgets up to $65m.
We haven’t had a film from Eli Roth since Hostel: Part II in 2007 (unless you count Inglourious Basterds’ film with a film, Nation’s Pride), but now he’s ready to get back behind the camera with the horror movie The Green Inferno.
After quite a long time in development, Disney’s Maleficent will shoot this summer. Now 
The first teaser poster for Skyfall has landed, which is a classic 007 image, suggesting that this isn’t a movie that’s going to completely ignore the history of the series. Here’s the blurb: ‘SKYFALL, from Albert R Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is directed by Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his third film as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007. Joining Daniel Craig, the cast includes Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Berenice Marlohe, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw with Albert Finney and Judi Dench as M. The screenplay is written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan. SKYFALL will begin its worldwide roll-out later this year in the UK and Ireland on October 26th and in North America on November 9th.’
With Magic Mike hitting the US on June 29th and the UK on July 13th, many a gay man and straight woman is already in paroxysms of excitement over the likes of Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey and Joe Manganiello getting their stripper on!
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LA’s Outfest is one of the biggest and best LGBT film festivals in the world. This year it celebrates its 30th Anniversary with 143 films from 24 different countries along with exciting panels and parties. It’s now been announced the film will get its opening night gala, Vito, while John Waters will receive Outfest’s Achievement Award at the event.