It’s almost the end of the year, and as such Forbes has posted its annual list of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood, with Johnny Depp dethroning Adam Sander (who topped the list for both 2013 and 2014) for the unenviable title. According to Forbes’ ranking, the poor performance of The Lone Ranger, Mortdecai and […]
Liam Neeson and Ruben Fleischer teaming for action comedy The Revenger
Deadline is reporting that Universal Pictures has tapped Liam Neeson to star in action comedy The Revenger, which will be directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland). Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project comes by way of a pitch from screenwriters Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, whose credits include Night at the […]
Liam Neeson to play Deep Throat in Watergate thriller Felt
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Liam Neeson is set to play Mark Felt, a.k.a. whistleblower Deep Throat, in Peter Landesman’s (Concussion) upcoming Watergate thriller Felt. The film, which is being described as a spy thriller, will portray Felt – then acting associate director of the FBI at the time of the Watergate scandal – […]
Liam Neeson to star in new thriller The Commuter
Deadline is reporting that Liam Neeson is set to star in The Commuter, a new thriller from StudioCanal. Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman, who worked with Neeson on both Unknown and Non-Stop, are again set to produce the film, which will see Neeson play “a businessman on his daily commute home, who unwittingly gets caught […]
Liam Neeson to play General Douglas MacArthur in Operation Chromite
Deadline is reporting that Liam Neeson is in talks to play General Douglas MacArthur in Operation Chromite, a Korean war film which is set to be directed by John H. Lee (71: Into the Fire). The film will tell the story of the eponymous Operation Chromite, a 1950 operation which saw the United Nations launching […]
Taken prequel TV series coming to NBC
Although Taken 3 was Liam Neeson’s final outing as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, according to Deadline, NBC has given a straight-to-series order to a Taken prequel drama, which will focus on a younger version of Mills. The site states that much of the series will be about how the character developed his “very particular […]
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 […]
Movie Review – Ted 2 (2015)
Ted 2, 2015. Directed by Seth MacFarlane. Starring Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Jessica Barth, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court of […]
Movie Review – Entourage (2015)
Entourage, 2015. Directed by Doug Ellin. Starring Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Emmanuelle Chriquil, Perrey Reeves, Rex Lee, Mark Wahlberg, Ronda Rousey, Gary Busey, Billy Bob Thornton, Haley Joel Osment, Emily Ratajkowski, Liam Neeson, T.I, Piers Morgan, George Takei, Jessica Alba, Ed O’Neill, Common, Mike Tyson, David Arquette, Pharell Williams, […]
Liam Neeson set for A Willing Patriot
It looks like Liam Neeson (Taken 3) has found himself a new project, with word that the Irish actor is in final talks to star in thriller A Willing Patriot. Neeson is set to play a CIA agent “who tried to outsmart and capture a terrorist who is planning an attack.” Martin Zandvliet (Applause) is […]
