Renny Harlin has taken his thrilling action romps to the air and the sea, and now he’ll combine the two in an upcoming “Sharks on a Plane” thriller. The iconic filmmaker will helm Deep Water; the first film greenlit under the new company Simmons/Hamilton Productions. The project will merge some of Harlin’s famous works, Deep […]
Renny Harlin remaking The Strangers as first part of a horror trilogy
Cliffhanger and Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin is set to helm Lionsgate’s remake of the 2008 horror hit The Strangers. Deadline report that Lionsgate plan for this to be the first part of a trilogy and that the Finnish director of The Long Kiss Goodnight has completed negotiations to oversee two subsequent films based on […]
Movie Review – The Misfits (2021)
The Misfits, 2021. Directed by Renny Harlin. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Jamie Chung, Nick Cannon, Hermione Corfield, Rockmond Dunbar, Rami Jaber, Mike Angelo, and Tim Roth. SYNOPSIS: After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on […]
First look at Aaron Eckhart and Nina Dobrev in Renny Harlin’s The Bricklayer
Screen Media has snapped up the North American distribution rights to Millennium Films’ The Bricklayer, a new action film from director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) and starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), both of whom are featured in the first look images. The logline for the film […]
Movie Review – The Misfits (2021)
The Misfits, 2021. Directed by Renny Harlin. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Jamie Chung, Tim Roth, Hermione Corfield, Nick Cannon, Mike Angelo and Rami Jaber. SYNOPSIS: Richard Pace (Pierce Brosnan) is hired by an unusual collective to pull off one final job. Far flung locations, a fractious family dynamic and some nefarious opposition stand in his way. […]
Poster and trailer for The Misfits starring Pierce Brosnan, Hermione Corfield, Jamie Chung and Tim Roth
A poster and trailer have been released for director Renny Harlin’s upcoming action adventure The Misfits which sees Pierce Brosnan as a renowned international thief who gets caught up in an elaborate heist with a group of unconventional modern-day Robin Hoods; check them out here… Even a federal maximum-security prison can’t hold Richard Pace (Golden […]
Die Hard with Stallone, Seagal and Van Damme
Tom Jolliffe ventures back to the 90’s, when three action icons made Die Hard riffs… It’s often said that the buff action specialists of the 80’s, who were larger than life and almost comically unstoppable were slowly pushed out of the forefront of the market by more every man heroes. Die Hard is often pinpointed […]
Pierce Brosnan to star in Renny Harlin’s The Misfts
In a deal coming out of the European Film Market, former 007 Pierce Brosnan has signed on to star in the gold heist thriller The Misfits, which is being directed by action veteran Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight). According to THR, The Misfits is set mainly in the Middle East, […]
Renny Harlin to direct Chinese action thriller Operation Somalia
THR is reporting that Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) has signed on to direct the Chinese action thriller Operation Somalia, which will mark his fourth Chinese project in three years. The project is based on true events and follows an epic rescue operation by Chinese special forces against Somali pirates. It is set to […]