Liam Neeson is in talks to star in the new 'Men In Black' movie.The 65-year-old actor is wanted to join the cast of the sci-fi spin-off which already includes 'Thor: Ragnarok' co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson who have signed up to play the lead characters.According to Variety, Neeson is the number one pick to portray the head of the UK branch of the MIB agency dealing with extra-terrestrial threats to the Earth.'Straight Outta Compton' filmmaker F. Gary Gray is directing the blockbuster from a script written by Matt Holloway and Art Marcum and filming is due to begin in Britain in June.Sony Pictures want the expand the 'Men In Black' cinematic universe and so the new installment will introduce new characters to the franchise, splitting it off from the story arc from the previous three movies which focused on Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as Agent J and Agent K respectively.The new 'MIB film is scheduled for a June 2019 release.Neeson recently signed up to appear in new … [Read more...] about Liam Neeson in talks for new Men In Black movie
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Liam Neeson signs up for Charlie Johnson in the Flames
Liam Neeson is set to star in new thriller 'Charlie Johnson in the Flames'.The 65-year-old actor - who saw his career rebooted in 2008 by action franchise 'Taken' - has signed up to the lead titular role in the action movie.Neeson will star as Charlie Johnson, a BBC war correspondent covering civil disorder in the Congo, according to Deadline.The death of an innocent woman sets him on a crusade to justice, which sees him caught up in murder, corruption and violence.The film will be adapted from the Michael Ignatieff thriller novel and will be directed by Tarik Saleh, who helmed the 2017 award-winning indie hit 'The Nile Hilton Incident'.Justin Haythe, who worked on Jennifer Lawrence's spy thriller 'Red Sparrow', has penned the script.Neeson's films have made over $7 billion worldwide, and his latest action was 'The Commuter'.The 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' actor recently spoke at the Toronto International Film Festival to claim that cinema goers would soon stop to … [Read more...] about Liam Neeson signs up for Charlie Johnson in the Flames
Star Wars: 8 Performances That Ruined The Prequels (And 8 That Saved Them)
The Star Wars films will always have an important place in pop culture. Over forty years later, the franchise is alive and doing as well as it ever has, with Disney now releasing one new Star Wars film a year — both episodic films and stand-alones.It’s easy to see why so many people connect with these stories in a galaxy far, far away. These films are not just sci-fi epics; they are stories about hope and fear, life and death, friends and family. They depict conflcits that nearly everyone can relate to in one way or another. Yet, as beloved as this franchise is, there are a few films that some fans look at less fondly: the prequel trilogy. At the time, these films ushered in a new iteration of Star Wars to show what this world looked like before Luke Skywalker came around. Fans often criticize these films for their messy CGI, clunky dialogue, and overall bad performances. To be sure, there are plenty of awful … [Read more...] about Star Wars: 8 Performances That Ruined The Prequels (And 8 That Saved Them)
15 Actors Who Appeared In Superhero And Star Wars Movies
With varying degrees of astronomical financial success, and some of the biggest names in the industry among their casts, Star Wars, DC, and Marvel are at the top of the class of the movie world.With movies that make hundreds of millions of dollars — if not billions, in certain cases — the money train that is comprised of Star Wars and superhero movies is unlikely to slow down any time soon. Boasting impressive talent both in front of and behind the cameras, Star Wars, Marvel, and DC films all can also lay claim to undeniably passionate fanbases who would go to bat for them whenever asked. While everyone has their preferences, fans may be surprised to find just how much their preferred fandoms have in common — most notably, their casting choices. As two of the biggest cultural phenomena in the world right now, it really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Star Wars and superhero movies tend to tap the same pool … [Read more...] about 15 Actors Who Appeared In Superhero And Star Wars Movies
‘Star Wars: Episode I’ 3D Trailer Debuts During Super Bowl (Video)
Among the Super Bowl's movie ads: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which is being re-released in IMAX 3D theaters this Friday. The 30-second spot -- released by Lucasfilm Ltd. and 20th Century Fox -- barely showed any scenes from Phantom Menace, which hit theaters in 1999 amid disappointment from fans of George Lucas' sci-fi franchise who missed the original blockbusters. VIDEOS: The Best (and Worst) Super Bowl Commercials of 2012 In the clip, you'll see Mark Hamill, Darth Vader, light saber fighting and, from recent Star Wars sequels, an CGI-enhanced Yoda and Liam Neeson, who portrayed good-guy Qui-Gon Jinn in Phantom Menace. NBC's Super Bowl XLVi also featured trailers from John Carter, The Avengers, Battleship and Act of Valor. Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic is supervising the 3D conversion of Phantom Menace. If the first in the series is successful at the box office, the remaining five movies would follow a year apart on similar dates. However, depending on … [Read more...] about ‘Star Wars: Episode I’ 3D Trailer Debuts During Super Bowl (Video)