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A French trailer for Jason Statham 's latest Wild Card emerged online a few weeks ago, and it's followed now by a slightly more subdued affair for the rest of us. There are still plenty of glimpses of crunchy action, but the latest clip chooses to emphasise the dramatic elements in Vegas, with veteran screenwriter William Goldman's name given almost as much prominence as the Stath's. Nobody gets their nose broken with a backwards headbutt this time... Statham's third film with Simon West following The Expendables 2 and The Mechanic , Wild Card was originally called The Heat , and had Brian De Palma attached to direct at one point. Goldman's screenplay is based on his 1985 novel of that latter name (published in the UK as Edged Weapons), and was filmed once before to disappointing results. The 1986 version starring Burt Reynolds went through an incredible five directors, including Robert Altman, who only stayed for a day. Predictably, the end product was...

LIONSGATE TO RELEASE WILD CARD STARRING JASON STATHAM THIS JANUARY Lionsgate announced today that the action thriller Wild Card starring Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Milo Ventimiglia and Dominik García-Lorido will open In Theaters and On Demand January 30th, 2015. Anne Heche, Sofia Vergara, Jason Alexander, Hope Davis and Stanley Tucci also appear in the film which is directed by Simon West and based on the novel ‘Heat’ by William Goldman who also wrote the screenplay. Nick Wild ( Jason Statham ) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss. Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chased by enforcers and wanted by the mob. Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes…and this time, it’s all or nothing. From two-time Academy® Award-winning writer William Goldman (...

Lather up the beefcake! Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey are teaming up for Thunder Run , an all CG 3D action thriller being made by Freedom Films. Simon West is set to direct, according to Freedom Film, while Hyde Park International is handling international sales. News About Maverick Surf Contest And Film The movie is adapting the novel Thunder Run - The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad , by Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent David Zucchino and Mark Bowden. Robert Port, who won an Oscar in 2003 for best short documentary, and Ken Nolan, who co-wrote Black Hawk Down, penned the script. The project aims to recount the capture of Baghdad by American forces at the start of the Iraq War in 2003. The three-day assault was referred as a “lightning strike” or “thunder run.” The producers want to paint “the harrowing picture of the soldiers on the front lines and the realities of modern warfare.” The Graphic Film Company has been tapped to utilize proprie...

Hitting theaters this Friday is Simon West's remake of the 1972 action film The Mechanic . Starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster , the film updates the Charles Bronson original with Statham as an expert "mechanic", an assassin who not only kills with ease, but who can make any death look like a perfect accident. When he's tricked into betraying his old friend, Harry McKenna (Donald Sutherland), Statham's Arthur Bishop ends up becoming the unwitting teacher to Harry's son, Steve (Ben Foster), schooling him in the art of the kill. What's coming up next for you? West: I'm about to start a film with Nic Cage called Medallion . It's a bank robber film. He's a bank robber who just gets out of jail. His ex-partner, who everyone thinks is dead, is working as a cab driver and kidnaps Nic's daughter and throws her in the trunk of a cab because he thinks that Nic's character still has 10 million from an old job, even though he doesn't. ...

18 And Over Please The new red-band trailer for The Mechanic has surfaced today thanks to IGN . The movie stars Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland and is directed by Simon West (Con Air,Tomb Raider) The Mechanic opens January 28,2011. It is a remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson film of the same name Watch the trailer after the Jump.. More The Mechanic Videos Here’s the official synopsis for The Mechanic: Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a ‘mechanic’ – an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It’s a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed – he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry’s son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bi...

Trailer For The Mechanic Starring Jason Statham The 1972 film The Mechanic, has been remade and this time it stars bad ass Jason Statham playing the lead role. And Ben Foster starring opposite Statham. The film is directed by Simon West(Con Air and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) The movie is an action-thriller that centers on an assassin and his apprentice. This trailer is pretty awesome, I love what director Simon West is doing with it, this movie is going to be a classic Statham action flick. Note that this is a sales trailer, rather than a teaser or final theatrical trailer. It is meant for distributors, rather than audiences. The film doesn’t yet have distribution, and consequently there is no release date or timeframe for a real theatrical trailer. As is often the case with sales trailers, the quality here is a bit low, which doesn’t help minimize the whole TV-ish aesthetic. Please Leave A Comment- Source- /Films