Let's make this the last Vin Diesel-related news of the afternoon, shall we? Fellow Maniac Wiseguy has passed along word that director MathieuKassovitz is not happy at all about the current final cut of Babylon A.D., which hits theaters this Friday. Ther...
MathieuKassovitz---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 (...
VARIETY reports that MathieuKassovitz 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...
French actor/director MathieuKassovitz 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...
...t Wilson. MathieuKassovitz 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...
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...
... Director MathieuKassovitz 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...
20th Century Fox and Canal Plus will co-finance the futuristic thriller BABYLON A.D. MathieuKassovitz 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 ...
...ucer) and MathieuKassovitz (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...
Let us say up front that GOTHIKA is fine bump-in-the-night horror fun. Director MathieuKassovitz, 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...
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 MathieuKassovitz, stars...
... director MathieuKassovitz, 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...
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 MathieuKassovitz fuse...
... director MathieuKassovitz 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...
...Making It:MathieuKassovitz (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...
...ories and MathieuKassovitz 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...
The Vin Diesel Gallery has posted new images for BABYLON A.D. MathieuKassovitz directed the film which was produced by Alain Goldman and MathieuKassovitz.The story centers on an army veteran turned mercenary who agrees to escort a woman from Russi...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
... Director MathieuKassovitz 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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
...-director MathieuKassovitz'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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Release Date: August 29, 2008 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: MathieuKassovitz Screenwriter: Eric Besnard Starring: Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson Genre...
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...
A source tells Coming Soon that GOTHIKA director MathieuKassovitz'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 ...
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...