Deadline has revealed that Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven) has signed on to direct The Street, a new thriller from Goodfellas screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi. Plot details on The Street are being kept under wraps, but is it understood that the thriller is set against the backdrops of New York and Shanghai. In addition […]
Sony wanted Antoine Fuqua to direct its Morbius, the Living Vampire Spider-Man spinoff
As part of its planned Spider-Man spinoff universe, Sony Pictures announced last year that the upcoming Venom and in development Silver & Black and Nightwatch would be joined by a Morbius, the Living Vampire movie, and it seems the studio has been sounding out potential directors. During an interview with Joblo, Training Day and The Equalizer Antoine Fuqua has […]
Denzel Washington’s Robert McCall returns in trailer for The Equalizer 2
Following yesterday’s poster for The Equalizer 2 [check it out here], Sony Pictures has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming action thriller sequel along with a batch of images. The film sees director Antoine Fuqua reuniting with stars Denzel Washington, Melissa Leo and Bill Pullman and also features new additions Pedro Pascal and Ashton […]
Denzel Washington returns on The Equalizer 2 poster
Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 2 has gotten its first poster, showcasing the return of Denzel Washington’s ex-black ops commando Robert McCall. Check it out here… The Equalizer followed McCall as he tried to live a quiet life after faking his death only to be plunged into the seedy underworld in order to protect a young girl from Russian […]
Antoine Fuqua in talks to return to the Scarface remake
Almost a year after he vacated the director’s chair to concentrate on The Equalizer 2, it seems that Antoine Fuqua could once again be set to board the long-gestating remake. According to Deadline, Fuqua is in early talks with Universal Pictures to rejoin the project, which was originally slated for release in August 2018, but […]
Denzel Washington’s Equalizer 2 will arrive sooner than expected
Sony Pictures has announced that the sequel to Denzel Washington in a DIY store action flick, The Equalizer 2, will be arriving in US cinemas two weeks earlier than its intended August 3rd release date. The follow-up to the $192 million grossing film will now be in cinemas on July 20th. The UK release date […]
Antoine Fuqua to follow The Equalizer 2 with Black Panthers drama
Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua has signed a new first look deal with Sony Pictures, which will get underway with the Denzel Washington sequel The Equalizer 2, followed by an adaptation of Jeffrey Haas’ book The Assassination Of Fred Hampton: How The FBI And The Chicago Police Murdered A Black Panther. Fuqua has long been keen on […]
David Mackenzie and Peter Berg said to be frontrunners to direct Scarface remake
Last week it was announced that Antoine Fuqua has vacated the director’s chair on Universal’s planned Scarface remake to focus on The Equalizer 2, and it looks like the studio is wasting little time in securing a replacement. According to THR, Universal has identified a shortlist headed up by David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) […]
5 Directors Who Could Replace Ben Affleck On The Batman
Tai Freligh looks at five directors who could replace Ben Affleck on The Batman… It’s no secret that Ben Affleck’s solo Batman film, The Batman, has had its ups and downs. Starting with script rewrites and tinkering and then moving on to the intense pressure Affleck felt to make the best possible film he could […]
Rogue One’s Diego Luna to star in Scarface as the remake loses its director
Remaking classics is pretty trendy as of 2017, and we’ve known for a while that the iconic Al Pacino gangster movie Scarface will be getting the same treatment. Well now thanks to Variety, we know that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story actor Diego Luna is attached to star in the project. This is good news […]