CBS has handed a two-season renewal to its reboot of The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah, which will take it through to season four. In The Equalizer, Latifah stars as Robyn McCall, a former CIA operative who puts her vast array of skills up for hire as a vigilante to help ordinary men and women obtain justice. The series […]
Denzel Washington to return as The Equalizer in 2023
Sony has announced a September 1st, 2023 release date for The Equalizer 3 which will see Denzel Washington and director Antione Fuqua. Washington first starred as former CIA operative Robert McCall in Fuqua’s 2014 The Equalizer and reprised the role in 2018 for The Equalizer 2, again directed by Fuqua. The franchise is based on the 1980s […]
Joy Division in Cinema and TV
40 years after the death of Ian Curtis, Tom Jolliffe looks at the impact of Joy Division in cinema and TV… There have been a few big anniversaries of late. 40 years since Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back was released. 40 years since The Shining came out too. On a more […]
Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice and The Equalizer reboot get straight-to-series orders
CBS has announced that it has given series orders to its The Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice starring Rebecca Breeds, and the Queen Latifah-headlined reboot of The Equalizer. With the global health crisis shutting down productions, both projects have skipped the pilot stage and move straight-to-series. One of CBS’ completed pilots has made it […]
Queen Latifah’s TV reboot of The Equalizer gets a pilot order
This past November it was reported that Queen Latifah was looking to produce and star in a contemporary TV re-imagining of The Equalizer, and now comes word that CBS has officially ordered a pilot for the new version of the classic 1980s series. Written by Andrew Marlow (Castle) and Terri Miller (Take Two), who will […]
Queen Latifah to produce and star in The Equalizer TV reboot
Fresh from her role as Ursula in The Little Mermaid Live, Queen Latifah has now signed on to produce and star in a TV reimagining of the classic 80s television series The Equalizer, which has a pilot production commitment from CBS. The project, written by Andrew Marlowe (Castle) and Terri Miller (Take Two), will see […]
The Magnificent Remake: How and Why Remade Movies Succeed and Fail
Tony Black on remakes, and how and why they success and fail… Harking back to the days of big stars headlining even bigger films, The Magnificent Seven trailer exploded online this week showcasing the always A-list Denzel Washington alongside, among others, Hollywood’s newest megastar Chris Pratt, in a remake of the legendary 1960’s Yul Brynner […]
The Equalizer 2 set for 2017 release
Back in April it was announced that Sony had given the green light to a sequel to last year’s big screen reboot of The Equalizer, and now the studio has revealed that the follow-up will hit cinemas on September 29th, 2017. As yet, there’s no word on a director for The Equalizer 2, although Denzel […]
Sony officially announces sequel to The Equalizer
Based on the classic 80’s TV show of the same name, The Equalizer big screen remake hit theatres back in September 2014 and grossed approximately $192 million at the box office. Now Sony has officially announced a sequel is in the works. It’s expected that Denzel Washington – who plays main tough guy Robert McCall […]
IMDb’s Top 50 Highest Rated Movies of 2014
Earlier this week we brought you a list of the most Facebooked movies and TV shows of the year [see here], and now the IMDb has released a list of the top 50 highest-rated English-language movies of the year (with at least 5000 votes). Here they are, in descending order… 50. Veronica Mars (6.9) 49. […]