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Doug Liman in talks for The Cannonball Run reboot

June 8, 2018 by Gary Collinson

With Central Intelligence and Skyscraper helmer Rawson Marshall Thurber having departed the director’s chair in order to reunite with Dwayne Johnson on Red Notice, THR is reporting that Warner Bros. is now in talks with Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow) about directing the planned reboot of the 1981 classic The Cannonball Run. […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Doug Liman, The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run relaunch finds its director and writers

June 14, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. is revving its engines on The Cannonball Run, with the studio is talks with director Rawson Marshall Thurber (Central Intelligence) and screenwriters Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant (Night at the Museum). Described as a “relaunch” of the series rather than a remake, the new film is being produced […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Rawson Marshall Thurber, Robert Ben Garant, The Cannonball Run, thomas lennon

Blu-ray Review – The Cannonball Run (1981)

November 30, 2015 by Amie Cranswick

The Cannonball Run, 1981. Directed by Hal Needham. Starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Adrienne Barbeau, Jackie Chan, Peter Fonda, Jack Elam and Tara Buckman. SYNOPSIS: An illegal cross-country car race attracts an eclectic bunch of characters with their eyes on the prize, and they’ll do anything […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Adrienne Barbeau, Burt Reynolds, Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett, Hal Needham, Jack Elam, Jackie Chan, Peter Fonda, Roger Moore, Sammy Davis Jr., Tara Buckman, The Cannonball Run

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