Jaume Collet-Serra is in negotiations to direct Black Adam, Warner Bros and New Line’s spinoff of their DC hit Shazam!. Adam Sztykiel (Rampage) wrote the latest draft of the pic, which will star Dwayne Johnson. Collet-Serra and Johnson just finished collaborating on Disney’s Jungle Cruise, so they look to be sailing…
You know the Oscar movies have all opened when it is time for Liam Neeson to save us all from some dire consequences. This time it all takes place on a train, but rest assured this 65-year-old action star doesn’t look like he is signing up for Social Security anytime soon. He’s still very capable of kicking ass just…
Here’s the trailer forThe Commuter, the fourth action thriller that Liam Neeson has made with director Jaume Collet-Serra, the filmmaker who was recently set to pair with Dwayne Johnson in The Jungle Cruise. Neeson and the director teamed on Run All Night, Non-Stop and Unknown.
The Commuter takes Neeson in a…
EXCLUSIVE: Jaume Collet-Serra has been set by Disney to direct Dwayne Johnson inJungle Cruise. This means that Collet-Serra will withdraw from Suicide Squad 2, the Warner Bros sequel for which he was top choice. After directing a bunch of hit movies that included last summer’s sleeper The Shallows, Collet-Serra has…
EXCLUSIVE: The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra has emerged as frontrunner choice to direct Suicide Squad 2, the next installment of the 2016 Warner Bros DC film that grossed $745 million worldwide. The studio looked at a number of filmmakers — Mel Gibson among them — but sources said the studio is focused on…
EXCLUSIVE: Annapurna has set The Shallows helmer Jaume Collet-Serra to direct Waco, a drama scripted by Zero Dark Thirty's Mark Boal and Kubo and the Two Strings' Marc Haimes about the 1993 standoff between the FBI and Texas state law enforcement and the David Koresh-led Branch Davidians that turned the sleepy town of…
EXCLUSIVE: Vera Farmiga will star alongside Liam Neeson in The Commuter, the Studiocanal-backed thriller that will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and will start production this summer. Byron Willinger and Phil de Blasi wrote the script and Lionsgate is distributing in the U.S. The film is being produced by The…
EXCLUSIVE: Jaume Collet-Serra has boarded The Commuter, committing to make the thriller his next directorial outing, with production to start this summer. He reunites with Liam Neeson, with whom he teamed on the global hits Non-Stop and Unknown. The film also brings Serra back with Studiocanal and The Picture…
Spike TV has unveiled its development slate of scripted projects that feature a mix of major studio offerings, indies and in-house projects. "Our slate is indicative of our goal to be a network that creates high-quality and dynamic scripted entertainment with a distinctive edge and point of view," said Sharon Levy…
EXCLUSIVE: In a last bit of business before Oscar weekend, Sony Pictures is close to closing a preemptive package that will have Sheldon Turner adapting and Jaume Collet-Serra directing a drama based on Sniper Elite, a series of novels written by Scott McEwen, who with Chris Kyle and Jim DeFelice wrote the bestseller A…
Ombra Films is ready to go on the Jaume Collet-Serra-produced projectMindscape, which Deadline’s Mike Fleming told you about last year. The film falls under Unknown director Collet-Serra and Juan Sola's Ombra Films banner which, as Deadline reported, was formed in May 2011. Funded by France's Studiocanal, the shingle…
