Tag: Doug Liman
Tom Cruise Agrees to Star in ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
Earlier we reported that Brad Pitt was in talks to star in Doug Liman‘s sci-fi action film All You Need Is Kill. Ryan Gosling and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were rumored to also be interested in the role. But back in October Tom Cruise started taking a look at script and it seems he likes what he sees.
Tom Cruise In WE ARE MORTALS?
So, if Doug Liman can’t get Brad Pitt to star in his upcoming We Are Mortals project, then Tom Cruise is the next best thing?
Nothing against Cruise, after all I’m glad he’s so busy guy these days, but, is he back for good? Let’s see: we have Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol which opens on December 21, we have Cruise in Rock of Ages which opens on June 1, 2012.
And just in case you’re worried for 2013, we also have Cruise on board for One Shot and Horizons as well. So, yes, he’s back for good!
Warners Wants Brad Pitt for Doug Liman’s ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
Old news is good news: Warner Bros has bought a script based on an original novel from Japan – Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s All You Need is Kill, which was first published in 2004; a science-fiction manga that garnered a lot of praises.
Doug Liman To Direct A Movie About Two-Gun Cohen
Doug Liman has signed on to direct a drama based on the life of Morris Abraham ‘Two Gun’ Cohen.
As you see, we’ll soon have a chance to watch another biopic, and this time, we’re talking about ‘Two-Gun’ Cohen, the English bodyguard of Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen in the 1920s.
“He’s a thief and a con man who goes to China with visions of self-aggrandizement,” said Liman, and continued: “but while he’s there he falls for the country and for a woman. The story falls off the shelf without having to twist the facts. It’s almost hard to believe it happened.”
In case you have no idea who we’re actually talking about, Morris Abraham ‘Two-Gun’ Cohen was born in London and moved to China after serving in World War I in 1922.
He trained Sun Yat-sen’s army, who overthrew China’s last imperial dynasty, even though he didn’t speak Chinese, and moved up to be one of Sun Yat-sen’s personal bodyguards. Two-Gun Cohen then fought with the Chinese after Sun Yat-sen’s death in 1925 against the invading Japanese army.
International Fair Game Poster
Today we have a new international poster for Fair Game directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.
Synopsis: A suspense-filled glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, Fair Game is a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed by a politically motivated press leak. As a covert officer in the CIA’s Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie’s husband, diplomat Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substantiate an alleged sale of enriched uranium from Niger. But when the administration ignores his findings and uses the issue to support the call to war, Joe writes a New York Times editorial outlining his conclusions and ignites a firestorm of controversy.
Doug Liman to Direct All You Need Is Kill
Ok, it’s confirmed now, director Doug Liman, best known from titles like The Bourne Identity and Jumper is officially on board to direct All You Need Is Kill, project based on the 2004 sci-fi novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
Dante Harper is in charge for adapting the story that will follow:
“…a soldier pressed into battle against a superior alien species, gets killed in action, and relives his last day alive over and over.
Eventually, he sees things change, he becomes a better warrior and discovers hints that might be the key to altering the outcome.”
And, if you’re interested in even more details, here’s a description of Sakurazaka’s novel: “There’s one thing worse than dying. It’s coming back to do it again and again…
When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again.
Jumper 2 Starring Hayden Christensen Is in the Works
Just in case you were wondering if Doug Liman‘s 2008 film Jumper will ever get the sequel, we’re here today to answer that question. And, the answer is – yes.
A sequel is being actively discussed, or, at least, that’s what the Jumper star Hayden Christensen, explained in a recent interview with MTV.
Check out what he had to say about the whole thing:
“We’re talking about it right now actually. Where could the story go? Hopefully somewhere a little darker.
I think there’s a lot you can do with it. It was sort of set up in a way it’s gonna be mother hunting son and possibly even maybe sister hunting brother. We’re talking about it, trying to figure it out.”
Fair Game Trailer, Starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn
Summit Entertainment have debuted first full trailer of the Doug Liman Fair Game via Yahoo Movies.
Based on Valerie Plame’s memoir “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House,” the thriller debuted at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
The movie stars Naomi Watts as ousted CIA agent Valerie Palme with Sean Penn playing Senator Joesph Wilson and the story is based around White Offical who reveal Palme’s status as an CIA agent in order to discredited her husband who wrote a piece against then George Bush administration in New York Times that Bush manipulated facts in order to enter Iraq.
Cannes 2010: Doug Liman’s Fair Game
Like you all had a chance to read here on our site, the Cannes Film Festival 2010 starts on May 12th.
There’s no time to waste guys, so let’s start our little chat about the movies that are in this year competition. One of the interesting titles, with very interesting cast as well, is definitely Fair Game, an upcoming thriller film directed by Doug Liman, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.
