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

Tuesday, June 19

• Bond 22 gets a director

  Sony announced today that Swiss director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Stranger than Fiction) has been tapped to helm the next James Bond flick, currently known as Bond 22. Forster, who just recently completed production on The Kite Runner, was chosen from a list of candidates that reportedly included the likes of Tony Scott (Deja Vu), Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), and Alex Proyas (I, Robot).

  Forster's hiring comes on the heels of last month's announcement that Casino Royale scribe Paul Haggis will be brought back to help write a follow-up. Haggis received much of the credit for helping revitalize the Bond franchise with his re-write of the Royale script.

  Bond 22 is set to begin shooting in December at London's venerable Pinewood Studios, with Daniel Craig set to once again play the iconic British superspy.

  
  

  Posted 06/19/2007 by reelz

  Related: Daniel Craig | Paul Haggis | Marc Forster | Casino Royale

Wednesday, May 23

• Haggis on board for Bond 22

  Paul Haggis, the heavy-handed Crash scribe credited with revitalizing the James Bond franchise with his work on the Casino Royale script, has signed on to help write the follow-up, reports the Los Angeles Times.

  The latest Bond flick, currently known as Bond 22, is still without a director. According to the Times, there are four helmers vying for the job: Tony Scott (Deja Vu), Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Marc Forster (Monster's Ball) and Alex Proyas (I, Robot).

  Not exactly a director's Hall of Fame (save for Forster, who has done fantastic work in the dramatic realm).

  Bond 22 is slated for a November 2008 release.

  
  

  Posted 05/23/2007 by reelz

  Related: Paul Haggis | Casino Royale