Deadline has revealed that Dominic Monaghan (Lost) is set to star in the action thriller Waldo from British director Tim Kirkby (Veep), joining a cast that includes Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy), Mel Gibson (Dragged Across Concrete) and Eiza Gonzalez (Baby Driver). Based on Howard Gould’s novel Last Looks, Waldo will see Hunnam taking on the role of former LAPD […]
Mel Gibson and Shia LaBeouf teaming for dark satire Rothchild
Mel Gibson’s upcoming schedule is rapidly filling up at Cannes this year, as coming hot on the heels of his casting in Fatman and Force of Nature, we now have word that he’s signed on to star alongside Shia LaBeouf in Rothchild. According to Deadline, the dark satire is being directed by Jon S. Baird […]
Mel Gibson and Kate Bosworth cast in Force of Nature
Fresh from the news that he’s set to play a rowdy Santa Claus in Fatman, Mel Gibson has now added another project to his slate with Deadline reporting that he’ll be starring alongside Kate Bosworth in Force of Nature. The action film will see Gibson as a stubborn retired police detective who has to protect […]
Mel Gibson to play a rowdy Santa Claus in festive action comedy Fatman
THR is reporting that Mel Gibson is set to take on the role of Santa Claus in Fatman, a darkly comic Christmas action comedy which is set to be directed by Ian and Eshom Nelms (Small Town Crime, Waffle Street). According to the site, the film follows “a rowdy, unorthodox Santa who is fighting his […]
Exclusive Interview – S. Craig Zahler on Dragged Across Concrete, casting and ‘slow burn’ storytelling
Cameron Frew talks to S. Craig Zahler about his latest film Dragged Across Concrete… There’s a scene in S. Craig Zahler’s latest burner, Dragged Across Concrete, in which Mel Gibson has to endure Vince Vaughn’s languorous enjoyment of a breakfast burger, strung together by every thunderous crunch and sigh. It’s a rare moment of levity […]
Movie Review – Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
Dragged Across Concrete, 2019. Written and Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Don Johnson, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael Jai White, Tory Kittles, Laurie Holden, Udo Kier, Liannet Borrego, Trezzo Mahoro, Fred Melamed, Andrew Dunbar, Giacomo Baessato, Primo Allon, Jenn Griffin, Myles Truitt, Justine Warrington, Brett Alexander Davidson, Cardi Wong, Vivian Ng, Alexander […]
New trailer for The Professor and the Madman starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn
Ahead of its release this May, a new trailer has arrived online for The Professor and the Madman, director Farhad Safinia’s upcoming adaptation of Simon Winchester’s book The Surgeon of Crowthorne. The biographical drama stars Mel Gibson as the titular Professor, James Murray who in 1857 began to compile the Oxford English dictionary with the help […]
Dragged Across Concrete gets a UK trailer
With less than a month to go until its UK release, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete. Written and directed by S. Craig Zahler, the film stars Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles, Michael Jai White, Jennifer Carpenter, Laurie Holden, Fred Melamed, Thomas Kretschmann, and Don Johnson; […]
Movie Review – Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
Dragged Across Concrete, 2019. Written and Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Don Johnson, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael Jai White, Tory Kittles, Laurie Holden, Udo Kier, Liannet Borrego, Trezzo Mahoro, Fred Melamed, Andrew Dunbar, Giacomo Baessato, Primo Allon, Jenn Griffin, Myles Truitt, Justine Warrington, Brett Alexander Davidson, Cardi Wong, Vivian Ng, Alexander […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Dragged Across Concrete
Dragged Across Concrete, 2019. Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles, Michael Jai White, Jennifer Carpenter, Laurie Holden, Fred Melamed, Thomas Kretschmann, and Don Johnson. SYNOPSIS: When two cops are suspended after a leaked video of their strong-arm tactics spreads in the media, they descend into the criminal underworld to […]