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Director Mathieu Kassovitz Upset About BABYLON A.D
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 08-25-2008)

Let's make this the last Vin Diesel-related news of the afternoon, shall we? Fellow Maniac Wiseguy has passed along word that director Mathieu Kassovitz is not happy at all about the current final cut of Babylon A.D., which hits theaters this Friday. Ther...

Kassovitz Leads War before Space Flick
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 05-21-2008)

Mathieu Kassovitz---the director of Gothika and Babylon A.D---has two high profile projects on the horizon, one set around war and one a big budget flick set on a space station. HR is reporting the director will take on Rebellion (the war flick) and MNP (...

GOTHIKA now under Kassovitz
by Mike Whybark (Wed 02-05-2003)

VARIETY reports that Mathieu Kassovitz will direct GOTHIKA, starring Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz. He inherits the film from scripter Sebastien Gutierrez.Kassovitz has previously directed LA HAINE as well as the Jean Reno picture THE CRIMSON RIVERS. He a...


The Universal Language of Action
by Eric Moro (Mon 07-09-2001)

French actor/director Mathieu Kassovitz set out to accomplish only one thing when shooting his latest feature CRIMSON RIVERS: make a good 'ol fashioned American action movie. Influenced by cinematic persuasions ranging from David Fincher's SE7EN to Hong K...

New TV Spots for Diesel's BABYLON A.D
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 08-09-2008)

...t Wilson. Mathieu Kassovitz directed the production, based on a screenplay by Eric Besnard. Plot Summary: Vin Diesel stars as a mercenary hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the Teeming Meg...

GOTHIKA to add Downey?
by Mike Whybark (Tue 02-18-2003)

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER says that GOTHIKA, a psychological thriller set to star Halle Berry in pre-production at Dark Castle Films, may add Robert Downey to the marquee.The film will also feature Penelope Cruz, and was written by Sebastian Gutierrez. Mathi...

New French Trailer for Diesel's BABYLON A.D
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 05-01-2008)

... Director Mathieu Kassovitz led the project, based on a screenplay by Eric Besnard, which is in turn based off the Maurice G. Dantec novel.Click here to check it out.Plot Summary: A veteran-turned-mercenary (Vin Diesel) agrees to escort a woman from Ru...


Fox Headed to BABYLON
by News Editor (Fri 06-24-2005)

20th Century Fox and Canal Plus will co-finance the futuristic thriller BABYLON A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz wrote the script and will also direct. Set in the near future, the story centers on genetic manipulation. A mercenary, who is charged with delivering ...

Michelle Yeoh joins BABYLON A.D.
by Karl Schneider (Tue 09-12-2006)

...rected by Mathieu Kassovitz from a script he wrote himself.

At the premiere of GOTHIKA
by Sue Schneider (Wed 12-03-2003)

...ucer) and Mathieu Kassovitz (Director).Joining the stars was Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will Smith, Camryn Manheim, Arlen Escarpeta, Ann Cusak, Anthony Azizi (THREAT MATRIX), David Lago and Chaka Kahn.GOTHIKA is rated R for violence, brief lang...

GOTHIKA
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 11-21-2003)

Let us say up front that GOTHIKA is fine bump-in-the-night horror fun. Director Mathieu Kassovitz, in his English-language helming debut, sets up some expert jump scares and some very disconcerting imagery, including a ghost that jerkily disappears from s...


Second French Trailer for BABYLON A.D
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-27-2008)

While no trailers have appeared for US audiences, a second French teaser trailer for the upcoming sci-fi action adventure Babylon A.D has appeared online in May. The film, which is being created by a French production and director Mathieu Kassovitz, stars...

New BABYLON A.D Trailer Online
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 06-10-2008)

... director Mathieu Kassovitz, stars Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry and Lambert Wilson. Kassovitz led the production, based on a screenplay by Eric Besnard.Plot Summary: A...

The Crimson Rivers
by Eric Moro (Fri 06-29-2001)

Described as the French equivalent to "SE7EN meets THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS," THE CRIMSON RIVERS is perhaps better pitched as "LETHAL WEAPON meets THE SOUND OF MUSIC." Set atop a breathtaking European backdrop, French actor/director Mathieu Kassovitz fuse...

BABYLON A.D
by Rob Vaux (Sun 08-31-2008)

... director Mathieu Kassovitz doesn't have the first idea how to shoot a fight. Poorly placed cameras and abysmal editing turn the periodic fracases into blurs of generic motion. To waste stars with such immense physical presence as Yeoh and Diesel is al...


Gothika
by Coming Attractions (Fri 09-26-2003)

...Making It:Mathieu Kassovitz (Director); Sebastian Gutierrez (Screenwriter); Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis (Producers); Matthew Libatique (Director of Photography); Yannick Kergoat (Editor); Kym Barrett (Costume Designer); Graham Walker (Production Desig...

BABYLON A.D Cut Rumors Denied
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 04-11-2008)

...ories and Mathieu Kassovitz has his on the European ones. So there will naturally be a few differences between the two versions. Now about the film, StudioCanal is working on teasers and the poster for the European territories as I speak. A French te...

BABYLON A.D. Images
by News Editor (Fri 05-04-2007)

The Vin Diesel Gallery has posted new images for BABYLON A.D.  Mathieu Kassovitz directed the film which was produced by Alain Goldman and Mathieu Kassovitz.The story centers on an army veteran turned mercenary who agrees to escort a woman from Russi...

Amalric Confirmed As BOND 22 Villain
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 12-05-2007)

Empire Online has confirmed the Fox News story on actor Mathieu Amalric playing the next villain in BOND 22. Mathieu Amalric recently finished work and received critical praise in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. The confirmed cast for the next&nbs...


BIRTHDAY GIRL
by CHRIS WYATT (Fri 02-01-2002)

...t Cassel, Mathieu KassovitzWriters: Jez and Tom ButterworthDirector: Jez ButterworthDistributor: Miramax

Suby's Effective Butterfly Score
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-22-2004)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSMichael Suby is a recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music, achieving a degree in film scoring in May of 2000. He wrote the music to an independent science fiction epic called ABLE EDWARDS and composed the main title them...

New Set Photos for Bond's SOLACE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 02-09-2008)

Some new Quantum of Solace set photos have appeared online courtesy of Just Jared and Getty Images. The snapshots were taken while filming took place in Panama City. Judging from the latest set location news from CommanderBond.net, the cast and crew seem ...

Babel wins best score Oscar, Morricone receives Special Oscar
by Randall Larson (Mon 02-26-2007)

Gustavo Santaolalla, who two weeks ago won the British Academy of Film & Television Award for Best Film Music for his Babel score, repeated his win at the 79th Academy Awards, held last night in Hollywood.  Santaolalla said of his score for B...


New International Poster for BABYLON A.D
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 07-10-2008)

... Director Mathieu Kassovitz led the project for 20th Century Fox, based on a screenplay by Eric Besnard.Plot Summary: A veteran-turned-mercenary (Vin Diesel) agrees to escort a woman from Russia to Germany, not realizing that she's the host for an orga...

Felix "Wright" Leiter Returns for BOND 22
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 01-03-2008)

Actor Jeffrey Wright, who played CIA agent Felix Leiter in Casino Royale, will reprise the role in Bond 22, reports Variety. He will be joining Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini and Anatole Taubmann. Filming is scheduled to begin today at ...

New Featurette for Bond's SOLACE
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 06-19-2008)

Agent 007 may like the art of the chase when it comes to his Bond girls but in Quantum of Solace, much like other Bond films, he will find himself going up against another beautiful but deadly vixen bent on bringing him down. There's a new behind-the-scen...

Mummy Joe, Babylon Butchered & Bloom Madness!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 04-11-2008)

Welcome to our next edition of Top Maniacal Rumors of the Week, the place to cover all those wild and wacky rumors that sometimes were a bit too unsubstantiated to cover elsewhere. This week was filled with some big ones, enough so that vocal Maniacs ...


Bond 22 Has a New 'Quantum' Title
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 01-24-2008)

 The new official title for the next adventure of 007 is now called Quantum of Solace, which was taken from a collection of short stories published by source author Ian Fleming back in 1960. While at a press conference for the new reveal, Sony a...

Holiday Special
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 12-23-2007)

...-director Mathieu Kassovitz's English-language debut features Halle Berry in the kind of bravura role for which actresses claw out each other's eyes. As brilliant criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey, she starts out on top of the world: She's beautif...

Amalric Has a Henchman in BOND 22
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 12-12-2007)

Because no nemesis of 007 can go without a true henchman at his side to do some dirty work. Commander Bond reports that Swiss actor Anatole Taubman has been cast as that henchman for the new BOND 22 villain, which will be played by Mathieu Amalric. The si...

Troopers II and Other Bugs to Come
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-17-2004)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONIn the new direct-to-DVD sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s take of Heinlein’s STARSHIP TROOPERS, spfx-wizard-cum-director Phil Tippet helms a new battle between our future military heroes and the alien Bug horde from outer space. Willia...


U.K Gets BOND 22 on Halloween (Wed 03-19-2008)

In an unexpected move, the next James Bond adventure Quantum of Solace is getting pushed out of its normal November theatrical bow and will be hitting some markets on Halloween, a full week ahead of its set November 7 date. The press release from Sony say...

New Teaser Poster for Bond's SOLACE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 02-07-2008)

The first basic teaser poster and behind-the-scenes featurette for the next Bond adventure, titled Quantum of Solace, has made its way online this morning courtesy of Moviefone. The 22nd film is getting directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland) and it ...

Kurylenko Confirmed as Leading Lady in BOND 22
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 01-07-2008)

We've already had our confirmations that actress Gemma Arterton would be one "Bond girl" in the next adventure of the franchise. Now, we have our confirmation that Olga Kurylenko (Hitman) will be another and possibly the lead girl for Bond 22. H...

Quantum of Solace
by Karl Schneider (Mon 07-24-2006)

Release Date: November 7, 2008 Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony), MGM Director: Marc Forster Screenwriter: Paul Haggis, Robert Wade, Neal Purvis Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Jesper Christe...


New Featurette for Bond's SOLACE
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 03-20-2008)

A new behind-the-scene glimpse into the production of the next bond adventure  Quantum of Solace has popped up online. The 22nd film stars Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Jesper Christensen a...

Fiery New Photos of Bond's SOLACE Online
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 09-02-2008)

Some fiery new photos from the next Bond adventure Quantum of Solace have popped up online courtesy of DVD-Forum.at. The film, which was recently moved to a November 14th release day after the Potter move, stars Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalr...

BABYLON Promo Online
by News Editor (Mon 05-28-2007)

...epardieu. Mathieu Kassovitz directs.  BABLYON arrives in theaters next February. Click here to see the trailer.

Babylon A.D.
by Karl Schneider (Thu 09-28-2006)

Release Date: August 29, 2008 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Mathieu Kassovitz Screenwriter: Eric Besnard Starring: Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson Genre...


KILLER NUN
by Brian Thomas (Thu 11-04-2004)

George W. Bush squeezed by John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election on the votes of millions of born again evangelical Bible-quotin’ churchified Christians. So how will we be celebrating in the first DVD review since Election Day? By discussing one of...

BROTHERHOOD star to BABYLON?
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 12-19-2003)

A source tells Coming Soon that GOTHIKA director Mathieu Kassovitz's next assignment is the science fiction film BABYLON BABIES and that he has already cast leading man Vincent Cassel (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF) in the main role.The movie, based on a novel ...

New BOND 22 Photos Emerge Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 01-06-2008)

Official production began Thursday and yet we already have some new set photos emerging online. Check them out, courtesy of Just Jared and PurePeople.com. JJ provided photos of 007 (Craig) filming at the Water Gardens in London while PP provided photos of...