It’s always been tricky to handle Paul Walker’s real-life death in the Fast and the Furious movies. When the actor tragically passed away during the production of Furious 7, it left a hole in the franchise that the filmmakers have yet to fill. Despite Walker passing away, they’ve kept his character Brian O’Conner alive in […]
The end of the road begins with Fast X trailer
Fast X your seatbelts, as Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Fast X, the tenth instalment in the long-running Fast & Furious saga, and the first of what’s said to be a two-part conclusion to the mainline series. Directed by Louis Leterrier, the film will sees Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto face his most […]
Director Louis Leterrier going on a Monster Hunt for Lionsgate
The Wrap is reporting that French filmmaker Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk) has signed on to direct Monster Hunt for Lionsgate. Plot details for the film are being kept under wraps, but it is being described as “a rural Men in Black action comedy centred on two brothers. The project has apparently been in development […]
Jennifer Connelly joins Joel Edgerton in Apple sci-fi series Dark Matter
Jennifer Connelly is to follow-up her role in the all-conquering Top Gun: Maverick by teaming up with Joel Edgerton in Apple’s science-fiction series Dark Matter. Connelly’s current small-screen venture will be coming to an end when TNT’s Snowpiercer pulls into its final stop at the end of season 4, and Deadline has revealed that she will […]
Fast X adds Alan Ritchson as Louis Leterrier confirmed to replace Justin Lin as director
The Fast X saga continues as Deadline reports that Jack Reacher star Alan Ritchson has become the latest to join the film’s cast, while Louis Leterrier has been confirmed to replace Justin Lin as the director on the two-part finale to Universal’s mega-franchise. Franchise veteran Lin left the film after creative differences with Universal and reports of […]
Movie Review – The Takedown (2022)
The Takedown, 2022. Directed by Louis Leterrier. Starring Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Izïa Higelin, Dimitri Storoge, and Jean-Louis Tilburg. SYNOPSIS: Ousmane Diakité and François Monge are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be […]
Louis Leterrier in talks to direct Fast X, Vin Diesel reportedly causing on set issues
What will the final instalments of the Fast and the Furious look like with a brand new director at the steering wheel? With Justin Lin’s shock exit, fans will soon find out and just days after Lin stepped away from the tenth instalment it is now being reported that Universal Pictures is looking to in […]
Joel Edgerton to headline Dark Matter adaptation for Apple TV+
Riding high off the back of its history-making Academy Award success with CODA, Apple TV+ is wasting no time creating new content, and has just given the green light to a nine-episode, straight-to-series adaptation of Dark Matter starring Joel Edgerton. Released in 2016, Dark Matter was at one time intended to be a Roland Emmerich […]
Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte buddy up in trailer for Netflix action comedy The Takedown
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for The Takedown, a sequel to the 2012 French action comedy On the Other Side of the Tracks which sees mismatched cops Ousmane Diakité (Omar Sy) and François Monge (Laurent Lafitte) once again teaming up to investigate a high-scale criminal case – this time under the watch of […]
Now You See Me director discusses how he would approach the third instalment
Lionsgate is currently in early development on a third entry in the Now You See Me franchise, with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Eric Warren Singer (American Hustle) signing on to pen the script, and now, director Louis Leterrier has discussed his approach if he was asked back for the third instalment. In an interview with Discussing Film, Leterrier […]
