Back in June of 2021, it was announced that Julian Sands, best known around here for playing the Warlock in the 1989 horror film fittingly titled Warlock and then coming back for the sequel Warlock: The Armageddon, had signed on to star in a new genre project called The Piper, which puts a horrific twist on the legend of the Pied Piper. Sadly, it was only seven months later that we heard Sands had gone missing while hiking on California’s Mount Baldy. Six months later, his body was found. He did get to work on The Piper before he passed away, though, and the film is now ready to make its way out into the world. It’s set to receive a theatrical and digital/on demand release on March 8th, and with that date exactly one month away a trailer has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.
- 2/8/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Action icon Dolph Lundgren and Frasier himself Kelsey Grammer – who have actually worked together before, on The Expendables 3 – star in the upcoming action thriller Wanted Man, which is set to receive a theatrical, VOD, and digital release on January 19th. With that date just one month away, a trailer for Wanted Man has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above. A poster for the film has also been unveiled, and that can be found at the bottom of this article.
Lundgren also directed this film, working from a screenplay he wrote with Hank Hugues and Michael Worth. Here’s the synopsis: Johansen (Lundgren) is an aging detective, whose outdated policing methods have given the department a recent public relations problem. To save his job, he is sent to Mexico to extradite a female witness to the murders of two DEA agents. Once there, he finds...
Lundgren also directed this film, working from a screenplay he wrote with Hank Hugues and Michael Worth. Here’s the synopsis: Johansen (Lundgren) is an aging detective, whose outdated policing methods have given the department a recent public relations problem. To save his job, he is sent to Mexico to extradite a female witness to the murders of two DEA agents. Once there, he finds...
- 12/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Screen Media announced today the acquisition of all North American rights to the action film The Bricklayer.
Directed by Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2) and written by Matt Johnson (Into The Blue) and Hanna Weg (Septembers of Shiraz) based on a novel by Noah Boyd, the film stars Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Olympus Has Fallen, Thank You for Smoking), Nina Dobrev (xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Let’s Be Cops), Clifton Collins Jr. (“Westworld,” Jockey) Tim Blake Nelson (Nightmare Alley, Naked Singularity), and Ilfenesh Hadera (Baywatch).
Screen Media is planning a day-and-date theatrical and on demand release summer 2023.
In The Bricklayer. someone is blackmailing the CIA – assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the US, the CIA must lure its most brilliant – and rebellious – operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.
Directed by Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2) and written by Matt Johnson (Into The Blue) and Hanna Weg (Septembers of Shiraz) based on a novel by Noah Boyd, the film stars Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Olympus Has Fallen, Thank You for Smoking), Nina Dobrev (xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Let’s Be Cops), Clifton Collins Jr. (“Westworld,” Jockey) Tim Blake Nelson (Nightmare Alley, Naked Singularity), and Ilfenesh Hadera (Baywatch).
Screen Media is planning a day-and-date theatrical and on demand release summer 2023.
In The Bricklayer. someone is blackmailing the CIA – assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the US, the CIA must lure its most brilliant – and rebellious – operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.
- 5/23/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Renny Harlin’s actioner The Bricklayer from Millennium Films, slating the pic for release in theaters and on VOD next summer. The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company has also unveiled a new still from the film, starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Nina Dobrev (xXx: Return of Xander Cage), which can be found below.
In The Bricklayer, someone is blackmailing the CIA—assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the U.S., the CIA must lure its most brilliant—and rebellious—operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy. Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Tim Blake Nelson (Nightmare Alley) and Ilfenesh Hadera (Paramount’s Baywatch) also star.
The Bricklayer is the second title in Screen Media’s output deal with Millennium Films,...
In The Bricklayer, someone is blackmailing the CIA—assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the U.S., the CIA must lure its most brilliant—and rebellious—operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy. Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Tim Blake Nelson (Nightmare Alley) and Ilfenesh Hadera (Paramount’s Baywatch) also star.
The Bricklayer is the second title in Screen Media’s output deal with Millennium Films,...
- 5/23/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Expendables and The Hitman’s Bodyguard producer Millennium has inked a music rights deal with major publisher Kobalt Music Group.
Under the agreement, Kobalt will administer all of Millennium’s music rights, including licensing, collections, creative services, and accounting. In addition, Kobalt’s recording division, Awal, will be used for marketing and distribution of select original song and score releases from Millennium.
The two companies will work to find opportunities across Millennium’s film and TV projects and Kobalt’s roster, which includes artists such as Childish Gambino, Dave Grohl, Enrique Iglesias, Kelly Clarkson, Finneas, Lionel Richie, Lauv, Stevie Nicks, Marshmello, Max Martin, Elvis Presley, The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch and Ozuna.
An objective for the partnership is to license Millennium’s music across media including film, TV, advertising, games, podcasts, and the internet. One of Millennium’s first releases on Awal is Rita Wilson’s original song Everybody...
Under the agreement, Kobalt will administer all of Millennium’s music rights, including licensing, collections, creative services, and accounting. In addition, Kobalt’s recording division, Awal, will be used for marketing and distribution of select original song and score releases from Millennium.
The two companies will work to find opportunities across Millennium’s film and TV projects and Kobalt’s roster, which includes artists such as Childish Gambino, Dave Grohl, Enrique Iglesias, Kelly Clarkson, Finneas, Lionel Richie, Lauv, Stevie Nicks, Marshmello, Max Martin, Elvis Presley, The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch and Ozuna.
An objective for the partnership is to license Millennium’s music across media including film, TV, advertising, games, podcasts, and the internet. One of Millennium’s first releases on Awal is Rita Wilson’s original song Everybody...
- 7/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q will star in “The Asset,” an independent action-thriller announced on the eve of the American Film Market.
Veteran director Martin Campbell, whose credits include “Casino Royale,” is on board to direct from a Richard Wenk script about two of the world’s top assassins for hire. When Jackson’s character, a mentor to Maggie Q’s character, is murdered, the assassins journey to Vietnam to track down his killer.
Millennium Media is the production company and is launching sales at Afm, which opens Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. Producers are Arthur Sarkissian, best known for the “Rush Hour” franchise, Moshe Diamant and Rob Van Norden.
Production is due to begin in January with filming in London, Bucharest and DaNang, Vietnam. Executive producers are Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Gareth West, Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman. The co-executive producer is Lonnie Ramati.
Veteran director Martin Campbell, whose credits include “Casino Royale,” is on board to direct from a Richard Wenk script about two of the world’s top assassins for hire. When Jackson’s character, a mentor to Maggie Q’s character, is murdered, the assassins journey to Vietnam to track down his killer.
Millennium Media is the production company and is launching sales at Afm, which opens Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. Producers are Arthur Sarkissian, best known for the “Rush Hour” franchise, Moshe Diamant and Rob Van Norden.
Production is due to begin in January with filming in London, Bucharest and DaNang, Vietnam. Executive producers are Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Gareth West, Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman. The co-executive producer is Lonnie Ramati.
- 11/5/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Nov 5, 2019
Director Martin Campbell will tackle an actioner, titled The Asset, which will star Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q.
The Asset, a developing assassin-focused action-thriller, is shaping up auspiciously at Millennium Media, having locked down director Martin Campbell – known from esteemed James Bond offerings Casino Royale and GoldenEye – as well as an intriguing main cast trio.
Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q are set to star in The Asset, reports Deadline. The actioner will see director Campbell working off a script by Richard Wenk, who brings a scribe CV from action offerings such as The Equalizer movies, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven, The Expendables 2, The Mechanic and 16 Blocks. Wenk is also attached to Sony’s mooted Kraven the Hunter Spider-Man spinoff film.
The described plot of The Asset will focus on the characters of Rembrandt...
Director Martin Campbell will tackle an actioner, titled The Asset, which will star Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q.
The Asset, a developing assassin-focused action-thriller, is shaping up auspiciously at Millennium Media, having locked down director Martin Campbell – known from esteemed James Bond offerings Casino Royale and GoldenEye – as well as an intriguing main cast trio.
Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q are set to star in The Asset, reports Deadline. The actioner will see director Campbell working off a script by Richard Wenk, who brings a scribe CV from action offerings such as The Equalizer movies, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven, The Expendables 2, The Mechanic and 16 Blocks. Wenk is also attached to Sony’s mooted Kraven the Hunter Spider-Man spinoff film.
The described plot of The Asset will focus on the characters of Rembrandt...
- 11/5/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, and Maggie Q are set to star in The Asset, an action-thriller from The Foreigner and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell and The Expendables outfit Millennium Media. It’s a package to warm the hearts of Afm action aficionados.
Arthur Sarkissian of the Rush Hour franchise will produce, along with Moshe Diamant (The Hurricane Heist) and Rob Van Norden (Rambo: Last Blood).
Written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer 2), the story follows Rembrandt (Keaton) and Anna (Maggie Q), two of the world’s premier assassins who share a mysterious past from Vietnam. For years, they traversed the globe competing for high-profile contracts. But when Anna’s mentor Moody (Jackson) is murdered, she and Rembrandt must form an uneasy alliance and return to Vietnam to track down his killer.
Millennium is handling world sales and will launch the fun-sounding project at the Afm this week.
Arthur Sarkissian of the Rush Hour franchise will produce, along with Moshe Diamant (The Hurricane Heist) and Rob Van Norden (Rambo: Last Blood).
Written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer 2), the story follows Rembrandt (Keaton) and Anna (Maggie Q), two of the world’s premier assassins who share a mysterious past from Vietnam. For years, they traversed the globe competing for high-profile contracts. But when Anna’s mentor Moody (Jackson) is murdered, she and Rembrandt must form an uneasy alliance and return to Vietnam to track down his killer.
Millennium is handling world sales and will launch the fun-sounding project at the Afm this week.
- 11/5/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ron Lynch (Bob’s Burgers), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Alyssa Limperis (Comedy Bang! Bang!), Jenny Zigrino (Bad Santa Two), Will Weldon (This is Not Happening), and Brooks Wheelan (Saturday Night Live) are set to play opposite Fred Armisen in the indie horror comedy, Too Late, from Firemark Media.
Based on a script by Tom Becker, the D.W. Thomas-directed pic centers on a lonely assistant who finally finds love and must escape her monster of a boss before she and her new love become his next meal. Lynch will play the lead role of Bob Devore.
Jack De Sena, Billy Breed, Paul Danke, and Dwayne Perkins also co-star.
Ryan Lacen and Anthony Baldino are producing the film with Lonnie Ramati as executive producer. Filming will take place later this month in La.
Lynch, has appeared in a number of movies and television shows, including the Comedy Central’s Another Period,...
Based on a script by Tom Becker, the D.W. Thomas-directed pic centers on a lonely assistant who finally finds love and must escape her monster of a boss before she and her new love become his next meal. Lynch will play the lead role of Bob Devore.
Jack De Sena, Billy Breed, Paul Danke, and Dwayne Perkins also co-star.
Ryan Lacen and Anthony Baldino are producing the film with Lonnie Ramati as executive producer. Filming will take place later this month in La.
Lynch, has appeared in a number of movies and television shows, including the Comedy Central’s Another Period,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fred Armisen, from TV’s Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, and Documentary Now!, has joined the indie horror comedy, Too Late, which revolves around the La underground comedy scene. D.W. Thomas is directing the pic, which will mark her first feature directorial outing. This is the inaugural film for Firemark Media, the production company founded by Thomas and her husband Tom Becker in 2017.
Becker wrote the script and filming is set for later this month in Los Angeles. The plot centers on a lonely assistant who finally finds love and must escape her monster of a boss before she and her new love become his next meal.
Ryan Lacen and Anthony Baldino are producing, with Lonnie Ramati as executive producer.
Thomas previously worked as a film editor on projects like the psychological drama Black Limousine, the offbeat crime thriller Call Back, and the Hoop Reality documentary.
“Too Late is a...
Becker wrote the script and filming is set for later this month in Los Angeles. The plot centers on a lonely assistant who finally finds love and must escape her monster of a boss before she and her new love become his next meal.
Ryan Lacen and Anthony Baldino are producing, with Lonnie Ramati as executive producer.
Thomas previously worked as a film editor on projects like the psychological drama Black Limousine, the offbeat crime thriller Call Back, and the Hoop Reality documentary.
“Too Late is a...
- 6/13/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Millennium Films announced today that Rod Lurie (Straw Dogs, Nothing but the Truth) has been tapped to direct Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson’s (The Fighter) adaption of Jake Tapper’s The Outpost: An Untold Story Of American Valor.
Paul Merryman developed the script, which Tamasy and Johnson co-wrote, and will produce alongside Tamasy and Marc Frydman under their Battle Plan Productions banner. Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon, and Matt O’Toole are also producing for Millennium Films, with John Thompson, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, and Yariv Lerner executive producing.
Based on CNN news correspondent Jake Tapper’s bestselling book, The Outpost tells the epic true story of the 50 soldiers who battled a force of over 400 Taliban in Northeastern Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Originally built to engage the locals in community development projects and help the spread of democracy, Outpost Keating faced a constant threat of being attacked by the Taliban,...
Paul Merryman developed the script, which Tamasy and Johnson co-wrote, and will produce alongside Tamasy and Marc Frydman under their Battle Plan Productions banner. Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon, and Matt O’Toole are also producing for Millennium Films, with John Thompson, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, and Yariv Lerner executive producing.
Based on CNN news correspondent Jake Tapper’s bestselling book, The Outpost tells the epic true story of the 50 soldiers who battled a force of over 400 Taliban in Northeastern Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Originally built to engage the locals in community development projects and help the spread of democracy, Outpost Keating faced a constant threat of being attacked by the Taliban,...
- 7/21/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Out of the two dueling White House takeover pics that vied for box office dominance in 2013, it’s safe to say that Olympus Has Fallen emerged victorious against White House Down (though there are some, myself included, who feel that the latter film was far superior). While White House Down disappointed at the box office, Olympus Has Fallen made more on a smaller budget and certainly did well enough to warrant a sequel, which kicked off production in London today.
Rather obviously titled London Has Fallen, the follow-up reunites stars Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett and Melissa Leo. This time around, Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) and President of the United States Benjamin Asher (Eckhart) find themselves battling a terrorist threat in London.
Check out the official press release, which includes an updated synopsis for the pic. Then let us know, will you be lining up...
Rather obviously titled London Has Fallen, the follow-up reunites stars Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett and Melissa Leo. This time around, Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) and President of the United States Benjamin Asher (Eckhart) find themselves battling a terrorist threat in London.
Check out the official press release, which includes an updated synopsis for the pic. Then let us know, will you be lining up...
- 11/4/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo reprise starring roles.
Principal photography has begun on Millennium Films’ and Focus Features’ London Has Fallen, the sequel to action thriller Olympus Has Fallen.
Gerard Butler has returned as secret service agent Mike Banning, alongside Aaron Eckhart as the Us President. Also returning are Morgan Freeman as Vice President Trumbull, Angela Bassett as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, and Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan.
Babak Najafi (Snabba Cash II) directs the thriller (the first film was directed by Antoine Fuqua) from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (Olympus Has Fallen), Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.
According to the official synopsis: “The story begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has died in mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world.
“But what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly...
Principal photography has begun on Millennium Films’ and Focus Features’ London Has Fallen, the sequel to action thriller Olympus Has Fallen.
Gerard Butler has returned as secret service agent Mike Banning, alongside Aaron Eckhart as the Us President. Also returning are Morgan Freeman as Vice President Trumbull, Angela Bassett as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, and Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan.
Babak Najafi (Snabba Cash II) directs the thriller (the first film was directed by Antoine Fuqua) from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (Olympus Has Fallen), Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.
According to the official synopsis: “The story begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has died in mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world.
“But what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly...
- 11/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Millennium Films decided to dress up its Saturday-night Croisette party on Baoli Beach with $100 million worth of decoration. While ostensibly celebrating the company’s new Gerard Butler action thriller “White House Taken,” Millennium chairman Avi Lerner took the opportunity to announce a new three-year, $100-million co-financing and co-production partnership with West Coast Film Partners. The deal calls for the two companies to collaborate on two or three films per year beginning with the Antoine Fuqua-directed “White House Taken,” which features Butler as a disgraced Secret Service agent who fights back when North Koreans take over the White House. Lerner, partner Trevor Short, Mark Gill and Lonnie Ramati negotiated the deal for Millennium with West Coast CEO Klay Shroedel and president Stefan Gray, and Gary Concoff of Troy Gould on behalf of West Coast, an equity fund and production company based in Germany, the U.K. and L.A. ...
- 5/19/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Nu Image is boarding a remake of the 1980 horror film Terror Train.
Writer-director Gideon Raff (The Killing Floor) is set to write and director the remake, which Nu Image co-chairman Avi Lerner and Danny Dimbort announced Tuesday.
The film will revolve around a group of American college athletes who find themselves on a dangerous train in Europe. The film, to be produced by Boaz Davidson, Danny Lerner and Les Weldon, will shoot in the summer in Bulgaria.
The deal was negotiated by attorney Greg S. Bernstein on behalf of Raff and Lonnie Ramati on behalf of Nu Image.
Writer-director Gideon Raff (The Killing Floor) is set to write and director the remake, which Nu Image co-chairman Avi Lerner and Danny Dimbort announced Tuesday.
The film will revolve around a group of American college athletes who find themselves on a dangerous train in Europe. The film, to be produced by Boaz Davidson, Danny Lerner and Les Weldon, will shoot in the summer in Bulgaria.
The deal was negotiated by attorney Greg S. Bernstein on behalf of Raff and Lonnie Ramati on behalf of Nu Image.
- 4/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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