Back in May it was announced that legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo is bringing some Heroic Bloodshed to Peacock with an English-language reimagining of his action classic The Killer, and now comes word that Woo has found his lead for the remake. As announced by Peacock and Universal, The Intouchables and Lupin star Omay […]
Lupita Nyong’o to headline John Woo’s The Killer remake
It’s a busy week for John Woo related news, with his new thriller Manhunt landing on Netflix this Friday, and now Deadline reporting that the remake of his own 1989 classic The Killer, has found its assassin in the form of Lupita Nyong’o. The Oscar winning actress will take on the role made famous by […]
John Woo to remake The Killer for Peacock
Peacock has wooed John Woo into directing an English language remake of his 1989 Hong Kong action classic The Killer, the streamer has announced. One of Woo’s early heroic bloodshed hits, The Killer saw Chow Yun-Fat starring as an assassin who ends up accidently blinding a nightclub singer on what is meant to be his […]
Comic Book Preview – The Killer: Affairs of the State #1
Boom! Studios releases The Killer: Affairs of the State #1 this Wednesday; check out the official preview here… Caught and put to work as an on-call assassin for the French government, Killer has to adjust to working with a handler, a partner, and living life as a civilian. An underhanded target, a City Hall employee, […]
David Fincher reuniting with Se7en scribe for The Killer, Michael Fassbender tapped to star
It’s the stuff of many a Twitter timeline, but ask what people’s favourite David Fincher movie is and Zodiac will be hovering somewhere near the summit, closely followed by Se7en. So the news that the Mank director is reuniting with his screenwriter on the latter, Andrew Kevin Walker, for a Netflix thriller called The Killer, […]
4 Great Action Movies to Check Out (That Aren’t John Wick)
Graeme Robertson with four great action movies to check out (that aren’t John Wick)… Given that it has dominated cinemas for the last few weeks, you’d think that Avengers: Endgame was the only film worth seeing at the moment. However, this week that all changes with the release of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, […]
