Tag: John Singleton
Taylor Lautner’s Abduction Trailer
Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins in Abduction
Lionsgate via MTV have debuted the first Abduction trailer last night and you can watch it below.
The movie stars Twilight star Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins (Snow White and also soon to be seen in Priest), Danny Glover, Sigourney Weaver, Alfred Molina, Michael Nyqvist, Maria Bello, and Jason Isaacs with John Singleton (Shaft, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Four Brothers) directing.
Ice Cube to 21 Jump Street
Yeah, that’s right, the former NWA Ice Cube and the actor who scared the hell out of middle America as Doughboy in Boyz ‘N The Hood is in talks to play opposite Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in the feature version of late-eighties TV show 21 Jump Street.
Emcee-turned Cube, who launched his film career 20 years ago in John Singleton‘s ‘Boyz N’ The Hood,’ would be playing the precinct captain in the Sony Pictures film, a police role for the MC who famously rapped “Fuck tha Police” in NWA’s 1988 hit.
‘21 Jump Street’ is the name of the same TV series that launched brilliant career of Johnny Depp. Depp was a baby-faced 24 when he started the series: Tatum is 30 and Hill (also co-writter) is 27. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the animation duo responsible for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, are directing the pic for Sony Pictures Shooting begins in late April and will hit theaters on March 16, 2012.
New Hi-Res Images From Abduction
Set of official images from the new Taylor Lautner film Abduction has hit the web. The three new photos show Lautner peeking around a corner as if on the run from a threat, Lautner with Lily Collins, and Lautner on-set running behind the Abduction crew while shooting a scene.
Lionsgate hurried to start filming in July, due to Lautner’s schedule to begin work on the last two Twilight films for Summit Entertainment. Writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff was hired to work on the script, and John Singleton signed on to direct in March. Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lee Stollman, Roy Lee, and Doug Davison are producing the film, with Jeremy Bell and Gabriel Mason executing producing. Lautner’s father, Dan Lautner, is also producing, the first film from their Tailor Made Entertainment label. Variety estimated the budget to be around $40 million.
Elisabeth Rohm Joins Taylor Lautner in Abduction
Elisabeth Rohm has joined the cast of an upcoming John Singleton’s thriller Abduction.
Yes, we do know that she’s a 37-year old actress, but that has nothing to do with her new role, since she’s going to play a mother of 18-year-old Taylor Lautner.
As you see, previously reported Emily Mortimer, is no longer part of this project, and Lautner just got himself a brand new mum!
Taylor Lautner is set to play a character named Nathan who “enters a world of adventure” after he finds his own baby pictures on a missing persons website, and by the way discovers that his parents may not be his real parents.
From that moment starts the part that sounds like Bourne-style thriller, including conspiracy, espionage and essentially running for his life.
Elisabeth Rohm, whose previous film appearances include Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, as well as a long-running role in Law And Order, will play Lautner character’s biological mother.
John Singleton to Direct Abduction Starring Taylor Lautner
It’s official – John Singleton has signed on to direct action film called Abduction!
This new project has already been described as “a story about a teen disconnected from his parents that evolves into a “Bourne”-like man-on-the-run thriller,” and looks like the Twilight star Taylor Lautner just got himself new film role.
So, Taylor Lautner is set to play a character named Nathan who “enters a world of adventure” after he finds his own baby pictures on a missing persons website, and by the way discovers that his parents may not be his real parents.
Vin Diesel To Star In THE WHEELMAN
Paramount Pictures has tapped Vin Diesel to star in “The Wheelman” a live-action adaptation of the Ubisoft vidgame with the same name. The videogame came out last month and Diesel is the game’s main character and also its producer.
Diesel will play an expert driver who comes out of retirement to protect a woman from his past.
