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Movie News Wrap Up: January 5th, 2012

Niall Browne — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:00:38 +0000

This week:

Kurt Russell and Matt Dillon go to another Dimension in The Black Marks; Mel Gibson decides to Get The Gringo on his Summer Vacation; Matthew Fox gets Lost in Emperor; B-movie stars rev-up for Death Race 3; Patricia Arquette is one mean mother in Jake Scott’s Jeff Buckley biopic and Rudd, Wilson, Wiig, and Walken discover that Freezing People is Easy.

1. Dimension Films has picked up the US distribution rights to The Black Marks, a new comedy starring Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon and Jay Baruchel,

The plot is as follows:

“Crunch Calhoun (Russell), a third rate motorcycle daredevil and semi-reformed art thief, [who] agrees to get back into the con game and pull off just one more lucrative art theft with his untrustworthy brother Nicky (Dillon). Crunch reassembles the old team and comes up with a ...

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Sean Bean Joins Cast of Death Race Prequel

Rob Keyes — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:58:21 +0000

Last summer we found out that 2008′s Jason Statham starrer, Death Race, would be getting a prequel. While we didn’t know if this was going the way of the straight-to-DVD trend for prequels and sequels that don’t feature the star of the previous franchise installment, we did know as of November some basic plot details and character descriptions.

The film is titled Death Race: Frankenstein Lives and production began February 13, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. We’ve not heard too much buzz on the project but today there was some major movement with the casting of Sean Bean who will play opposite Luke Goss in the film.

We also can confirm that it is in fact a straight-to-DVD release from Universal’s DVD Originals collection.

It’s been rumored that Bean would join the cast ...

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Death Race Prequel Character & Plot Details

Ross Miller — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:48:55 +0000

A little over three months ago we reported on the news that the mindlessly fun 2008 movie, Death Race, was going to be getting a sequel – or rather, as was reported at the time by Shock Till You Drop, a prequel that would lead up to the first Death Race and Jason Statham’s antics as top driver Jensen Ames.

And now, thanks to SpoilerTV we get some info on both what the plot and the characters will be , by way of casting call info. Nothing has changed in terms of it being a prequel, in fact this news is kind of a confirmation of that. It will indeed take place before the first film, this time being called Death Race: Frankenstein Lives (Frankenstein is the name of the top driver, FYI, they’re not just trying ...

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Death Race Prequel On The Way

Ross Miller — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:34:37 +0000

Shock Till You Drop is reporting that the 2008 Jason Statham high speed action-fest, Death Race, will be getting another movie. But not a sequel, no, the next Death Race will be a prequel. I guess we won’t be seeing Statham in this one, and not just because he’s got better things to do.

Director of the first Death Race, Paul W.S. Anderson, has already tapped writer Tony Giglio (Timber Falls, Chaos) to script the prequel, based on a story by Anderson. The film will be produced by Impact Pictures (a production outfit shared by Anderson and Jeremy Bolt), and word is it will delve into the past of the driver, Frankenstein.

The late-great David Carradine played Frankenstein in the original Death Race 2000 back in the ’70s, with him doing a brief voice appearance ...

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‘Death Race’ DVD Giveaway – Winners!

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:30:47 +0000

Screen Rant’s Death Race DVD mega-contest is now closed, and here are the winners!:

Filipe Muffoletto -Seattle, WA
Jon Stalnaker -Turlock, CA
Travis Johnson – San Diego, CA
Andy Coe – Tucson, AZ
Aika Itami – Warrior, AL
Liz McDonough – Syracuse, NY
Dave Fernandes – Nashville, TN
James P. Sotis – Ipswich, MA
Ryan Ferrier – Calgary, AB, Canada
Eric Hall – Cincinnati, OH

Congratulations and thanks to everyone for entering. There’s another contest RIGHT around the corner!

Hot on the heels of today’s winners we have another Screen Rant DVD giveaway. This time we’re giving away 10 copies of the unrated version of the Jason Statham starring remake of Death Race on DVD.

Yup, you read that right: Ten (10) copies.

No promises, but based on the number of entries we usually get I’d say your odds are probably better than 1 in 20. WAY better than ...

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Death Race Review

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:36:49 +0000

Short Version: Don’t ask for more than what’s being offered and you will enjoy it.

Screen Rant reviews Death Race: Fast cars, big guns, hot chicks. As promised.

If there is one thing that can be said about Jason Statham, it’s that the man is an action star you can tell is hungry for success, willing to put life and limb on the line for your entertainment. And that effort usually shows in the finished product.

Death Race is no exception.

Naysayers have accosted it for being a mindless, video-game-wannabe, T&A parading, testosterone-ridden mess of a film. (If there is one thing I hate, it’s those whose only “critical” talent is stating the super-obvious.)

And indeed, Death Race is every single thing critics have accused it ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: August 31, 2008

Niall Browne — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:04:44 +0000

I can’t believe that it’s now the end of August! Soon the winter blockbusters will be knocking at our door and the next thing you know it’ll be Oscar time again. Where does time go? Is it playing like a re-run somewhere, can you just flick to another dimension to a time where you are still awaiting a fourth Indiana Jones movie? Who knows, but I do know that it’s another Weekend Movie News Wrap up featuring a new aspect: a weekend box office update.

This week:

After our box office round-up we see what George Clooney and Jason Reitman are doing Up in the Air, we find out what former superhero is joining the Toy Story franchise, we look at who might be helming the Poltergeist movie and the Voltron film and what is new on the Inglorious Bastards casting front.

Weekend Box Office

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Death Race Poster

Vic Holtreman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:44:59 +0000

ShockTilYouDrop has the first poster for the upcoming remake Death Race.

Appropriately, it has a bit of a a early 70′s action flick vibe to it. I really don’t expect much from this, but hopefully at the very least it’ll turn out to be a guilty pleasure. And Jason Statham is a great action guy to watch on screen.

See a larger version below and for the high res click on the pic.

Death Race opens August 22, 2008.

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Death Race Trailer: Jason Statham Profiles & Exploding Cars

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:55:16 +0000

The first, and hopefully only, Death Race trailer has been released. Why do I hope it’s the only one? Because this one gives away so much of the plot that there’s almost no reason to go watch the movie.

Death Race is a remake based on the cult classic Death Race 2000, made way back in 1975 when the year 2000 still seemed like “the future.” The original is the sort of film that I believe is OK to be remade, because it was a campy, cheesy B-movie that has nowhere to go but up. Don’t get me wrong – while very violent for the day, it was a ton of fun. It starred David Carradine as the masked “Frankenstein” and Sylvester Stallone as one of the racers.

For a while this was ...

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New Death Race Photos

Vic Holtreman — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:45:40 +0000

A slew of new photos have been released by Universal for the new Death Race movie directed by the infamous Paul W.S. Anderson. I don’t have the time to dig into this right now, but it’s starting to look like they’ve dropped the “3000″ from the title. If that’s true, it at least drops the “cheese factor” on the title. Whether that transfers to the movie…

Click on the image for a bunch more pictures from Death Race

It will be interesting to see how this one stacks up against the original Death Race 2000 which starred David Carradine and (seriously) Sylvestor Stallone. While some movies don’t hold up ...

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Screen Rant Weekly Podcast – April 27, 2007

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:43:45 +0000

Here’s this week’s edition of the Screen Rant podcast with my thoughts on this week’s news including why Death Race 3000 won’t be any good, the double-dose of “punking” received by AintItCoolNews, Iron Man updates, a reminder to enter the Spider-Man 3 contest and more!

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Jason Statham in Death Race 2000 Remake

Vic Holtreman — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:06:27 +0000

Jason Statham has officially signed on to star in the upcoming remake Death Race 3000.

There is good news and bad news in regards to this. The good news is that I think Statham is perfect for this type of movie. I haven’t heard what role he’ll be playing, but my guess would be that he’ll play the character called Frankenstein in the original movie (Death Race 2000).

The bad news is that this is being written and directed by Paul Anderson. I gave my initial reaction to this news here, and it certainly wasn’t positive.

Among the films that Anderson has been responsible for are Soldier, Event Horizon and Alien vs Predator, not one of which I would even use the word “good” to describe them. It’s a bummer too, as /Film points out this could be a really cool ...

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Paul Anderson + Death Race 3000 = Just Shoot Me Now

Vic Holtreman — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:57:15 +0000

Oh, joy.

Some brilliant person has given Paul W.S. Anderson the green light to write and direct a remake of the B-movie classic Death Race 2000. Now Paul is the guy who brought us the [sarcasm on] wonderful [/sarcasm] Alien vs. Predator and such gems as Soldier and Event Horizon.

Now I’m not saying that Death Race 2000 is Citizen Kane, not by a longshot. It was a cheaply made, campy, violent Roger Corman flick, but it was fun, dammit. If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s that “3000″ won’t be. Oh, it’ll probably try to be cool, edgy, gory (well, sorta, since they’ll go for the PG-13 rating, guaranteed), but it won’t succeed (unless you’re 15 or so).

Sure, the guy’s movies make money (but only if you include overseas box office), but ...

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