The Shallows, 2016. Directed by Jaume Collet Serra. Starring Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen and Sedona Lodge. SYNOPSIS: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. When I first heard about The Shallows, my […]
Movie Review – The Shallows (2016)
The Shallows. 2016. Directed by Jaume Collett-Serra. Starring Blake Lively. SYNOPSIS: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. The Shallows tells the story of Nancy, a college medical student who travels to a secluded beach […]
Rumour: Jaume Collet-Serra in the mix to direct Suicide Squad 2
It looks like Mel Gibson may have some competition for the director’s chair on Suicide Squad 2, as Jeff Sneider is claiming on Meet the Movie Press that Jaume Collet-Serra is also in the frame to helm the upcoming supervillain sequel. Spanish filmmaker Collet-Serra recently directed Blake Lively in The Shallows, while his other credits […]
Jaume Collet-Serra to direct Waco
The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra has signed on to direct Waco, a drama based upon the 1993 standoff between the U.S. government and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians, which ended with the death of 76 people. The film has been scripted by Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty) and Marc Haimes (Kubo and the Two Strings) and […]
Movie Review – Run All Night (2015)
Run All Night, 2015. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Boyd Holbrook, Common and Holt McCallany. SYNOPSIS: Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime […]
Live action Akira movie delayed; no progress has been made says director
It’s a movie that hasn’t entirely won over fans of the original movie (or George Takei for that matter), but it looks like the live action adaptation of Akira has hit a bump in the road. At a press conference for his upcoming action movie Run All Night (starring Liam Neeson), director Jaume Collet-Serra was asked about […]
Jaume Collet-Serra to reunite with Liam Neeson on The Commuter
Back in September it was announced that Liam Neeson has signed on to star in The Commuter, a new thriller from Unknown and Non-Stop producers Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman, and now it has been announced that Jaume Collet-Serra, director of the two aforementioned movies, has joined the reunion. The Commuter will see Neeson as […]
Movie Review – The Commuter (2018)
The Commuter, 2018. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill, Florence Pugh, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jonathan Banks. SYNOPSIS: An insurance salesman loses his job but, on his usual train home, he’s approached by an attractive woman offering him a lot of money in return for doing one small job. […]
Movie Review – The Commuter (2018)
The Commuter, 2018. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill, and Jonathan Banks. SYNOPSIS: A man gets caught in a criminal conspiracy on his usual commuter route home. I’m going to assume that everyone opening this review is asking the same question. Is this just Taken on a train? A fair […]
The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra emerges as Suicide Squad 2 frontrunner
In Warner Bros.’ search for a director to replace David Ayer on Suicide Squad 2, a frontrunner has finally emerged. According to Deadline, Orphan and The Shallows helmer Jaume Collet-Serra is currently the studio’s first choice to take the reins on the upcoming comic book movie sequel. The studio did, in fact, meet with Mel Gibson […]
