Wednesday, November 11

• Clash of the Titans Teaser Trailer Will Rock You

  Finally, we get a look at director Louis Leterrier's remake of Clash of the Titans. Fans of the original will recognize a few of the monsters, notably the scorpion and Medusa, but won't be familiar with the trailer's rockin' soundtrack. Enjoy Sam Worthington in action, as well as glimpses of Liam Neeson, Pete Postlethwaite, and Gemma Arterton below:

  
  
  Next Showing: Clash of the Titans opens March 26, 2010

  Posted 11/11/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Liam Neeson | Pete Postlethwaite | Louis Leterrier | Sam Worthington | Gemma Arterton | Clash of the Titans | Clash of the Titans

Monday, October 26

• First Official A-Team Promotional Pic

  After a decade of false starts, the live-action adaptation of Stephen J. Cannell's The A-Team television series is finally coming together. Cast announcements have been trickling out over the past couple of months and now the first official promotional pic of the new A-Team has been released.

  The image features Liam Neeson as John "Hannibal" Smith, Bradley Cooper as Templeton "Faceman" Peck, Quinton Jackson as B.A. Baracus, and Sharlto Copley as H.M. "Howlin' Mad" Murdock. Compare for yourself how this line-up compares with the original A-Team.

  
  
  

  Direct From Comic-Con 2007

  Exclusive The A-Team movie update.

  Posted 10/26/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Bradley Cooper | Liam Neeson | Sharlto Copley | The A-Team

Monday, October 5

• Liam Neeson Joins Paul Haggis' The Next Three Days

  Actor Liam Neeson continues along the upward trajectory his career has been on since Taken surprised everyone at the box office. He recently wrapped photography on Clash of the Titans, in which he plays Zeus, and is currently filming the big-screen adaptation of the classic The A-Team TV show, in which he will portray the team's leader, Hannibal.

  Neeson's most recent gig, according to Variety has him starring alongside Russell Crowe in writer-director Paul Haggis' latest film, The Next Three Days.

  In Days, an adaptation of the 2008 French film Pour Elle, Crowe plays a teacher whose wife (Elizabeth Banks) has been falsely incarcerated for a murder she didn't commit. Desperate to break his wife out of prison before she can commit suicide, Crowe's character elicits the aid of an ex-con (Neeson) who is an expert on prison breaks.

  Days also stars Brian Bennehy, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Stern, Aisha Hinds, and The RZA.

  
  

  Posted 10/05/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Liam Neeson | Paul Haggis | Russell Crowe | Crash | Taken

Saturday, October 3

• New Clash of the Titans Images, Including Liam Neeson as Zeus

  

  Director Louis Leterrier's (The Incredibly Hulk) vision for his remake of the 1982 movie Clash of the Titans is finally coming into focus, thanks to the release of a batch of new movie stills and behind-the-scenes set images. Empire released several shots of Sam Worthington in action as Perseus and also revealed the hideous Stygian Witches.

  Likewise, the first shots of Liam Neeson in costume as the Greek god Zeus were revealed by Entertainment Weekly. Letterier told EW that Neeson's family was instrumental in him taking the role and that he "never complained" about the long hours he spent in costume during the sweltering shoot.

  Liam's sons were like, "You get to play Zeus, that's cool, Dad, do it!" That's why he took the job.

  
  
  Next Showing: Clash of the Titans is scheduled to open March 26, 2010
  

  Clash of the Titans - Trailer

  Trailer for the original Clash of the Titans from 1981

  Posted 10/03/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Liam Neeson | Louis Leterrier | Sam Worthington | Clash of the Titans | Clash of the Titans

Thursday, October 1

• New A-Team Set Photo Reveals the Whole Team

  With the A-Team cast firmly in place, ComingSoon has revealed a first-look photo of the A-Team van and now the entire team (Quinton "Rampage" Jackson as B.A. Baracus, Liam Neeson as John "Hannibal" Smith, Sharlto Copley as "Howling Mad" Murdock, and Bradley Cooper as Templeton "Faceman" Peck) from the set in Vancouver, B.C. They may not be involved in any action, but this is the first chance to see the entire group.

  Missing from the photo are Jessica Biel, who plays an Army general hunting down the team, and Patrick Wilson who's a CIA operative. Joe Carnahan is directing.

  
  
  Next Showing: The A-Team opens June 11, 2010

  Posted 10/01/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Bradley Cooper | Liam Neeson | Sharlto Copley | Quinton ``Rampage'' Jackson | The A-Team

Thursday, September 10

• District 9 Actor Offered Murdoch Role in A-Team Movie

  

  While previously unknown, Sharlto Copley turned in a surprising performance in the sleeper hit District 9 to become ... well not quite a household name. But his next movie role just might cement stardom for the producer-turned-actor.

  According to BlackFilm, Copley has been offered the role of Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock in the big-screen reimagining of 80's TV hit The A-Team.

  To date, we have no word if Copley has agreed to "join the team," but if he accepts he'll be alongside mercenaries the likes of Liam Neeson as Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith, Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton 'Face' Peck, and Quinton Ramone Jackson in the role that Mr. T made famous — Sgt. B.A. "Bad Attitude" Baracus.

  The casting choice looks like a good fit for the ensemble action movie. Copley could indeed round-out this badass cast. Set for release next year, the feature, which is being directed by Joe Carnahan, has already begun shooting in Vancouver, Canada.

  
  

  Posted 09/10/2009 by Jim

  Related: Bradley Cooper | Liam Neeson | Sharlto Copley | District 9 | The A-Team

Tuesday, September 8

• Liam Neeson and Bono Team Up for The Virgin of Las Vegas

  

  Even though he's riding high on a professional wave of success following Taken, with upcoming appearances in potential blockbuster movies like Clash of the Titans and The A-Team, actor Liam Neeson still has time to pay tribute to his roots by performing in a low-budget movie about an Irish "show band" singer called The Virgin of Las Vegas.

  The Virgin takes place before television, when cover bands were wildly popular. Neeson plays an aging alcoholic performer working in Las Vegas whose life changes "following the arrival of a mysterious stranger."

  No strangers to the music scene are two of the Irishmen behind the project: U2's Bono is producing the movie from a script by Horslips' Barry Devlin, with a production budget of only $14 million.

  
  

  Posted 09/08/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Liam Neeson | Barry Devlin | Bono

Friday, September 4

• Liam Neeson to Star in Movie About Irish Show Bands, Bono to Produce

  

  Variety reports that Liam Neeson has signed to star in The Virgin of Las Vegas, which recalls the phenomenon of Irish show bands. In the days before television became widespread, many Irish would go to live venues to see singers cover early rock and roll songs. The bands become increasingly popular in Ireland beginning in the 1950s and evenutally amassed large followings across the country.

  This movie will see Neeson as an aging show band performer who has moved to Las Vegas and spends his days in a drunken haze until a mysterious stranger arrives to change his fortunes. The script is being penned by Barry Devlin, who also wrote A Man of No Importance, which tells the story of a gay Irish bus driver with a passion for Oscar Wilde plays. The connection, of course, is a maladjusted Irishman who finds redemption in the arts.

  Although no other casting decisions have been announced, the movie does have another big name attached to it: U2 frontman Bono is acting as one of the producers. No other casting decisions have been announced, and the movie does not yet have a specific release date.

  
  

  Posted 09/04/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Liam Neeson | Barry Devlin | Bono

Thursday, August 6

• Liam Neeson is an Unknown White Male

  

  Academy Award-nominated actor Liam Neeson's star is (finally) on the rise. Though a Hollywood stalwart since the success of 1999's Darkman, Neeson has only flirted with stardom over the years. Neeson won over critics as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List and collected a fan following thanks to roles in Star Wars: Episode I and Batman Begins. However, despite these notable roles, Neeson has never quite made it into the upper echelons of leading male actors.

  Now, thanks to the surprise success of Taken, in which Neeson played a retired CIA agent who tracks down the slave traders who kidnapped his daughter, Neeson is set to star in a rapid succession of high-profile movies. Neeson will portray Zeus in the remake of the Ray Harryhausen classic Clash of the Titans, and is preparing to star in a big-budget adaptation of TV's The A-Team, in which he will play the team's leader, Col. John "Hannibal" Smith. After that, Neeson may be donning a beard and a top hat to bring Abraham Lincoln to life in a Steven Spielberg biopic.

  The latest news has Neeson in negotiations to star in Unknown White Male, a thriller being directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan). Based on the novel Out of My Head by Didier Van Cauwelaert, Unknown White Male tells the story of a doctor who awakes from a coma to find that he has been replaced by a sinister imposter. Joel Silver is producing with Leonard Goldberg and shooting is scheduled to begin in January in Berlin.

  
  
  

  Taken - Trailer

  Liam Neeson & Famke Janssen Star - Now In Theaters

  Posted 08/06/2009 by reelz

  Related: Liam Neeson | Darkman | Taken | Clash of the Titans | Schindler's List | A-Team

Wednesday, June 24

• Trailer for Miyazaki's Ponyo Online

  Disney has released the first trailer for Ponyo, the newest movie from the acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, whose Spirited Away won the 2002 Oscar for Best Animated Film.

  The movie tells the story of a goldfish princess who wants to become human and befriends a five-year-old boy. According to Nausicaa.net, the plot only superficially resembles the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale The Little Mermaid. The site Ghibli World, a collection site devoted to Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli, noted that elements of the story reference Die Walküre, a 19th-century Wagner opera. You might remember the opera's "Ride of the Valkyries" from the famous helicopter sequence in Apocalypse Now.

  The English-language version of Ponyo is scheduled for a limited American release on August 14. It will feature the voices of Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Lily Tomlin, and Cloris Leachman, among others. Enjoy the trailer:

  
  

  Posted 06/24/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Cloris Leachman | Hayao Miyazaki | Liam Neeson | Lily Tomlin | Matt Damon | Tina Fey | Cate Blanchett | Ponyo

Thursday, June 18

• Another Picture from Clash of the Titans Surfaces

  Fans of Sam Worthington have already seen two photos of the actor in full costume as Perseus from the Clash of the Titans shoot, and now a photo of Worthington's love interest, Io (Gemma Arterton), have surfaced on an Arterton fansite.

  Arterton's character of Io is a new addition for the remake/reboot, and a role Arterton previously described as "the coolest." Arterton also revealed that this version of Clash of the Titans will delve more into the personal life of Perseus than the 1981 original.

  Clash of the Titans opens March 26, 2010, and stars Liam Neeson as Zeus, Ralph Fiennes as Hades, and Danny Huston as Poseidon, with direction from Louis Leterrier.

  
  

  Posted 06/18/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Danny Huston | Liam Neeson | Ralph Fiennes | Louis Leterrier | Sam Worthington | Gemma Arterton | Clash of the Titans | Clash of the Titans

Tuesday, June 9

• Liam Neeson May Join The A-Team

  

  When it was first announced that the 80s TV series The A-Team was getting the big screen treatment, there were many who groaned and complained that Hollywood was fresh out of ideas.

  However, with acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott and series creator Stephen J. Cannell producing the movie, it seems likely to feature high production values and a grittier tone than similar adaptations.

  Now it's been revealed that Ridley is looking to fill the cast with "A"-list talent: Liam Neeson is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox to play Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, the role originally portrayed by George Peppard. Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces) will direct from a script by Skip Woods (G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra).

  Neeson recently completed filming another remake, portraying Zeus in Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans.

  The A-Team production begins in August for a June 11, 2010, release.

  
  

  Posted 06/09/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Liam Neeson | George Peppard | Ridley Scott | Louis Leterrier | Skip Woods | Stephen J. Cannell | Joe Carnahan | A-Team

Wednesday, May 20

• 5 New Photos from Clash of the Titans Remake

  Some of these early images are only interesting to the hardcore fan, but if you're into this kind of thing, we've got 5 images of Sam Worthington in a potato sack.

  They are the first photos from the set of Clash of the Titans, a remake of the 1980's movie. And thanks to our friends at CraveOnline, we can now see Worthington boarding a boat as the Greek hero Perseus.

  Obviously he is off to some far flung adventure -- is he sailing to confront the Gorgon? Unfortunately, these pics aren't that revealing. Although, there is one shot up Worthington's skirt.

  And no photos, yet, of Liam Neeson, who will step into Laurence Olivier's shoes as Zeus.

  
  

  Posted 05/20/2009 by Jim

  Related: Liam Neeson | Sam Worthington | Clash of the Titans | Clash of the Titans

Monday, May 18

• Liam Neeson and Jennifer Connelly to Star in Directorial Debut from Milk Writer Dustin Lance Black

  Dustin Lance Black didn't take long to set up his first directing job. After winning this past year's Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Milk, Black wooed the crowd with a heartfelt, tearjerking acceptance speech. And now, Variety reports that he's been given the reins to direct his own script for What's Wrong With Virginia, which will star Liam Neeson and Jennifer Connelly.

  The movie tells the story of a sheriff, played by Neeson, who has had a long-standing love affair with Connelly's character, a younger mother described by as "charming but psychologically disturbed." Drama arises when the sheriff's daughter develops a relationship with Connelly's son.

  Milk director Gus Van Sant is executive producing the movie, which begins production later this summer.

  
  

  Posted 05/18/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Jennifer Connelly | Liam Neeson | Gus Van Sant | Dustin Lance Black

Monday, May 11

• Sam Worthington Talks Clash of the Titans

  With shooting underway for director Louis Letterier's Clash of the Titans remake, the first set photos from the Spanish Canary Islands location have surfaced online. Sam Worthington took some time out to discuss his role as Perseus to discuss the movie:

  We've been filming it for two weeks now and I'm more bruised and battered than I was on Terminator [Salvation]. We've taken on Medusa, we've taken on the witches, and then we just kill everything else. It's a bit more brutal. There's no togas, or there's very little togas. I said, "I'm not wearing a toga. Bugger that!" You can't look manly in a toga, I'm sorry. I couldn't do it. Louis is a very good action director, so it's going to be exciting and big, and my job is to bring the heart.

  Worthington leads a growing star-filled cast, with recent additions Danny Huston as Poseidon, Liam Neeson as Zeus, and Ralph Fiennes as Hades.

  
  

  Posted 05/11/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Danny Huston | Liam Neeson | Ralph Fiennes | Louis Leterrier | Sam Worthington | Terminator Salvation | Clash of the Titans

Thursday, March 19

• Natasha Richardson Mourned

  At the news of Natasha Richardson's tragic death, tributes poured in from Hollywood and Broadway. Judi Dench described the Tony Award winner as "a really great actress" who had "an incredibly luminous quality, that you seldom see, and a great sense of humor."

  Richardson appeared in more than 20 films, but is best known for The Parent Trap, Maid in Manhattan, and Nell, in which she starred alongside her husband Liam Neeson. She first appeared on film at the age of four as a bridesmaid in The Charge of the Light Brigade, which starred her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and was directed by her father, Tony Richardson. In this clip, the actress talks about the joys of working with her mother on 2007's Evening.

  
  

  Posted 03/19/2009 by reelz

  Related: Liam Neeson | Vanessa Redgrave | Tony Richardson | Natasha Richardson | Dame Judi Dench | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Nell | Evening

Friday, January 30

• Maggie Grace Takes On a Thriller

  In Taken, Maggie Grace plays the 17-year-old Kim, who sets out to follow U2's European Tour with a friend and ends up kidnapped and forced into the slave trade -- prompting her former-spy father (Liam Neeson) into action.

  Working with Neeson was a nice bit of synchronicity. "In December, right before I read the script, I started watching a lot of movies at Christmas," Grace said. "I always have a little time off to do that. [And I thought,] 'I should make a list of people I wanna work with some day, people I really admire.' And on my actor list, Liam Neeson was, like, top. And right after that I read the script. So, I thought that was a funny coincidence. I think he's wonderful."

  For more details, see our interview with Maggie Grace.

  
  
  

  Taken - Trailer

  In theaters today

  Posted 01/30/2009 by reelz

  Related: Liam Neeson | Maggie Grace | Taken

Wednesday, January 28

• Attack of the Angry British Men

  Watch out Yanks: The Brits are back, and they're pissed. Tired of being portrayed on the big screen as either stammering fops (Hugh Grant), oafish hams (Rowan Atkinson), effete villains (Jeremy Irons), or prancing prettyboys (Jude Law, Orlando Bloom, Jonathan Rhys Meyers -- we could spend hours on this category alone), a new crop of raging anti-heros have emerged from the United Kingdom to obliterate such crude stereotypes once and for all. The latest evidence of this is the new release Taken, starring the UK's own Liam Neeson as an ex-spy who exacts violent revenge on the kidnappers who unwisely abducted his daughter.

  In honor of this welcome movie trend, we present our salute to the bad boys of British cinema.

  
  

  Posted 01/28/2009 by reelz

  Related: Liam Neeson | Taken

• "Batman 3" in 2011?

  Earlier in the month, a Dark Knight producer said Batman 3 was moving forward, and now another Batman producer, Michael Uslan, told New Jersey's Courier-Post that he estimates the sequel will arrive in theaters in by 2011.

  As for who will be the villain, Uslan wouldn't say. "It's one of those deals where if I told you, I'd have to kill you," he said.

  Could it possibly be Liam Neeson, returning as Ra's al Ghul? Neeson told MTV: "You never know." Aaron Eckhart has also hinted at a return.

  
  

  Posted 01/28/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Aaron Eckhart | Liam Neeson | Batman 3 | The Dark Knight

Tuesday, January 27

• Liam Neeson Taken with Action?

  In Taken, a former spy's 17-year-old daughter is kidnapped and forced into the slave trade while vacationing in Paris -- prompting him to put his old skills to use in order to save her. Recently, we sat down with Liam Neeson to talk about playing the father at the center of the action-packed Taken.

  While Neeson claims he's never had any fantasies about playing 007, he told us "it's good to fire guns and drive cars really fast." See what else he had to say in our Interview with Taken Star Liam Neeson.

  
  
  

  Taken - Trailer

  Liam Neeson & Famke Janssen Star - Releasing Jan. 30, 2009

  Posted 01/27/2009 by reelz

  Related: Liam Neeson | Taken

Monday, July 16

• Super-agent Ed Limato to leave ICM

  Co-President of ICM (International Creative Management) Ed Limato announced Friday that he will be parting ways with the agency, reports Variety. Why does this matter to movie fans?

  Well, it's simple: Limato represents such Hollywood power players as Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington, Liam Neeson, Richard Gere, Billy Crystal and Steve Martin. And whither he goes, they shall follow.

  The trouble, of course, is that Limato is held to a non-compete agreement, which prevents him from taking his clients with him should he choose to part ways with the agency. He will likely contest the agreement.

  We'll be sure to keep you posted. After all, the future of Apocalypto II and City Slickers XVI may hang in the balance!

  
  

  Posted 07/16/2007 by reelz

  Related: Billy Crystal | Denzel Washington | Liam Neeson | Mel Gibson | Richard Gere | Steve Martin