Training Day, 2001. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Cliff Curtis, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg. SYNOPSIS: Training Day arrives on 4K Ultra HD with a solid video presentation that is an improvement over the previous Blu-ray. The film is also included on an upgraded Blu-ray disc, along with a […]
Back to 2001: Ten Essential Movies from Twenty Years Ago
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 20 years to 2001 and offers up 10 essential films from that year… It’s a little bit frightening but 20 years ago we had become well ensconced in the 21st century. The first apocalypse had been averted and we were slowly ambling toward 2012 hoping the Mayans were wrong (spoiler alert, […]
The Cop on the Edge
Tom Jolliffe on the well-worn but effective cop on the edge trope… Cinema can often be pretty simple. Good guys are often morally upstanding. Bad guys often irredeemably corrupt. Your good guy might be a cop, your bad guy a crook. The hero might have a foible or two, but is generally psychologically on an […]
Warner Bros. developing Training Day prequel film
Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. Pictures has enlisted newcomer Nick Yarborough to write a script for a prequel to the 2001 film Training Day starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. According to the site, the as-yet-untitled prequel will take place around a decade prior to the Antoine Fuqua-directed prequel and pick up around the […]
The Sound of CBS’ Training Day: An Interview with Composer Jeff Cardoni
We chat with composer Jeff Cardoni about his work on CBS’ Training Day… CBS’ highly anticipated Training Day makes its debut this week in the coveted Thursday night 10pm slot. One of the main questions critics and fans are asking is how the show will be different from the 2001 Denzel Washington film which won him […]
Justin Cornwell joins Bill Paxton in Training Day series
CBS’ Training Day TV series has found its co-lead, announcing that Justin Cornwell (Alpha House, Chi-Raq) is set to join Bill Paxton in the small screen follow-up to Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 crime drama. Cornwell will play Kyle Craig, “an idealistic young African American police officer [who] is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD, […]
Bill Paxton joins Training Day TV series
CBS has found one of its leads for the upcoming Training Day TV series, with Bill Paxton (Aliens, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) signing on to the small screen follow-up to Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 crime drama. Paxton will star as “Frank Rourke, a veteran LAPD cop who heads up the Special Investigation Section (SIS), a unit that goes […]
Ethan Hawke in talks for Training Day TV series
Last week it was announced that CBS has placed a pilot order for a TV series based upon the 2001 crime thriller Training Day, which would take place in the present day and revolve around a new rookie cop and their veteran partner. Well, it seems that Ethan Hawke may be set for a return […]
Training Day TV series gets pilot order from CBS
Back in August it was revealed that Antoine Fuqua and producer Jerry Bruckheimer were in development on a TV adaptation of the 2001 crime thriller Training Day, and now it has been announced that CBS has officially placed a pilot order for the project. The pilot has been written by former LAPD officer Will Beall […]
Training Day TV series in development
It looks like Training Day could be the latest film to make the jump to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that director Antoine Fuqua and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are working on a TV version of the 2001 crime thriller. According to the site, former LAPD detective Will Beall (Gangster Squad) is penning the drama, […]
