Mel Gibson has stepped up to take the helm of the long in gestation ‘Lethal Weapon 5.’
Gibson takes over the helm from Richard Donner – who had previously directed all of the instalments in the Lethal Weapon franchise – who sadly passed away in July. It is said that Donnor had been working on developing the movie when he passed.
Having spent many years in development, the project has seen a number of writers come and go. The latest draft has been penned by Richard Wenk, Wenk wrote the Denzel Washington thriller ‘Equalizer.’
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Dan Lin of Rideback is producing with Shuler Donner and Gibson now joining him. Rideback’s Jonathan Eirich and The Donners’ Company’s Derek Hoffman will exec produce.
Gibson had confirmed at an event over the weekend he had been giving Donnor...
Gibson takes over the helm from Richard Donner – who had previously directed all of the instalments in the Lethal Weapon franchise – who sadly passed away in July. It is said that Donnor had been working on developing the movie when he passed.
Having spent many years in development, the project has seen a number of writers come and go. The latest draft has been penned by Richard Wenk, Wenk wrote the Denzel Washington thriller ‘Equalizer.’
Also in news – Marvel Studios officially announce new titles & logos for ‘Marvel Zombies’, She-Hulk, ‘X-Men ’97’ and more
Dan Lin of Rideback is producing with Shuler Donner and Gibson now joining him. Rideback’s Jonathan Eirich and The Donners’ Company’s Derek Hoffman will exec produce.
Gibson had confirmed at an event over the weekend he had been giving Donnor...
- 11/16/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After starring in the first “Lethal Weapon” movie more than 30 years ago, Mel Gibson is in talks to direct the upcoming “Lethal Weapon 5,” Variety has confirmed.
The fifth entry of the classic action franchise has been in development for several years, with Richard Wenk (“The Equalizer”) writing the most recent draft of the script. Richard Donner, who directed and produced all four previous “Lethal Weapon” films, had been working to develop a fifth installment, but he died on July 5, 2021, at 91, putting the plans in limbo.
Donner’s wife, Lauren Schuler Donner, will produce the film, alongside Rideback’s Dan Lin. Jonathan Eirich of Rideback and Derek Hoffman of The Donners’ Company will executive produce.
Speaking at an event in London, Gibson let it slip that he would take over directing duties from Donner, fulfilling the late director’s wishes.
“He was developing the screenplay and he got pretty far along with it.
The fifth entry of the classic action franchise has been in development for several years, with Richard Wenk (“The Equalizer”) writing the most recent draft of the script. Richard Donner, who directed and produced all four previous “Lethal Weapon” films, had been working to develop a fifth installment, but he died on July 5, 2021, at 91, putting the plans in limbo.
Donner’s wife, Lauren Schuler Donner, will produce the film, alongside Rideback’s Dan Lin. Jonathan Eirich of Rideback and Derek Hoffman of The Donners’ Company will executive produce.
Speaking at an event in London, Gibson let it slip that he would take over directing duties from Donner, fulfilling the late director’s wishes.
“He was developing the screenplay and he got pretty far along with it.
- 11/15/2021
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Program and ticketing details are emerging about the Jan. 30 tribute to Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee, who died Nov. 12 at age 95. The program, which is titled “Excelsior! A Celebration of the Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible and Uncanny Life of Stan Lee,” will be a ticketed event that begins at 4 p.m. and includes testimonials, stage interviews, live music, a photo and memorabilia exhibition, and “an honor guard of world-class cosplayers.”
The announced participants include Mark Hamill (Star Wars), RZA, Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld (Co-creator of Deadpool), Tom DeSanto, Joe Quesada, Bill Sienkiewicz, Marv Wolfman (creator of Blade), Clark Gregg, Felicia Day (creator/host of The Guild), Michael Uslan, Bill Duke, Gill Champion (Pow!
The announced participants include Mark Hamill (Star Wars), RZA, Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld (Co-creator of Deadpool), Tom DeSanto, Joe Quesada, Bill Sienkiewicz, Marv Wolfman (creator of Blade), Clark Gregg, Felicia Day (creator/host of The Guild), Michael Uslan, Bill Duke, Gill Champion (Pow!
- 1/24/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox brought their new Marvel series The Gifted to Comic-Con today and showed off an extended trailer to the fans and they flipped over it! You can now watch that new trailer for yourselves below. It gives us our best look yet at the show and there's lots of great new footage highlighting several of the characters that will be in it. This X-Men-themed series looks pretty freakin' great and I'm excited to get to know these characters better and see what thrilling adventures await them.
One thing that was announced at that the Comic-Con panel was that this series would not crossover with the cinematic universe or the TV series Legion.
Action-adventure family drama The Gifted, from Marvel, tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government,...
One thing that was announced at that the Comic-Con panel was that this series would not crossover with the cinematic universe or the TV series Legion.
Action-adventure family drama The Gifted, from Marvel, tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government,...
- 7/22/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
We hold in our hands the covers for DC Comics this December. As a child of four can plainly see, these envelopes have been hermetically sealed. They’ve been kept in a #2 mayonnaise jar under Wikipedia’s porch since noon today.
Shall we? Surely!
As usual, spoilers may lurk beyond this point.
Justice League #4
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
1:25 Variant cover by Andy Kubert
1:200 B&W Variant cover by Jim Lee
On sale December 21 • 40 pg, Fc, $3.99 Us • Rated T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 Us
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.
The superstar team of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee continue the origin of the Justice League as The World’s Greatest Heroes face the might of Apokolips – and find aid in an unlikely hero, as Cyborg is created!
Plus, Andy Kubert...
Shall we? Surely!
As usual, spoilers may lurk beyond this point.
Justice League #4
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
1:25 Variant cover by Andy Kubert
1:200 B&W Variant cover by Jim Lee
On sale December 21 • 40 pg, Fc, $3.99 Us • Rated T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 Us
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.
The superstar team of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee continue the origin of the Justice League as The World’s Greatest Heroes face the might of Apokolips – and find aid in an unlikely hero, as Cyborg is created!
Plus, Andy Kubert...
- 9/19/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
The setup is clear in "16 Blocks": Burnt-out cynic and imperiled idealist, forced together under life-threatening circumstances, will save each other, body and soul. Although much of the plot defies credulity, Richard Donner directs the odd-couple action drama with a nimble facility that draws viewers in. It doesn't hurt that leads Bruce Willis and Mos Def can effortlessly enlist audience sympathy, though here, ultimately, they're asked to try too hard, Mos Def in particular. Richard Wenk's script juices the genre basics with a compressed timeline, but the juice turns to sap as he insists on forsaking the story's darker instincts in order to deliver a feel-good capper. This tale of a cop and a baker running for their lives wants to have its cake and eat it too. Despite its dramatic holes, it looks primed for solid action at the boxoffice.
The film begins with a disastrous standoff and backtracks several hours to show how NYPD Detective Jack Mosley (Willis) wound up surrounded by New York's finest. About to end his shift at 8 a.m., he very reluctantly agrees to a bit of OT, ferrying a prisoner from a holding cell to a grand jury. Drained of life, Scotch in his veins, sporting a thinning comb-back and barely able to muster the strength to take his next step -- bad leg notwithstanding -- he has no tolerance for the nonstop chatter of Eddie (a hyperkinetic, shaven-headed Mos Def). Jack leaves him in the car to stop at a liquor store and shuffles back outside just in time to save Eddie from being murdered by a hit man.
Jack might be as surprised as the audience that he still has his reflexes. Something awakens in him -- Willis doesn't push it, but it's fully felt -- and his second wake-up call arrives when he realizes that petty criminal Eddie is about to deliver crucial testimony in the D.A.'s investigation of witness tampering. The criminals out to kill him are corrupt cops, chief among them Jack's former partner, Frank (slick gum-chewing evil from David Morse, who used to play good guys). After saving Eddie's life a second time, Jack must get Eddie to the courthouse by 10 a.m., when the grand jury's tenure ends. Those 16 blocks through Chinatown are now a minefield studded with Frank's team, out to kill "the kid" and save their hides.
Weaving their way through the basements, apartment buildings, businesses and rooftops of the neighborhood, Eddie and Jack, predictably, develop mutual respect despite their diametrically opposed philosophies. For Jack, who's clearly boozing to numb enormous existential pain, it all comes down to "Life is too long" and "People don't change". Eddie, a street kid with a business plan and a notebook full of birthday cake recipes, believes it's exactly the other way around.
Without overdoing the buddy business, the leads convey convincing chemistry. The underrated Willis provides a typically generous and nuanced performance and does his best to downplay the script's sentimental indulgences. Rapper-actor Mos Def is compelling as always, but his character's optimistic, nasal chatter becomes tiresome; he registers best in Eddie's quiet moments of reckoning.
As orchestrated by Donner and DP Glen MacPherson, the action has tensile strength and a visceral punch, with key contributions in Arv Greywal's production design and Klaus Badelt's percussive score. But after trawling through some grim and grimy territory, the film winds up ultra-eager for sunshine, leaving by the wayside its potentially complex questions about moral authority and collateral damage.
16 Blocks
Warner Bros. Pictures
An Alcon Entertainment/Millennium Films presentation of an Emmet/Furla Films and Cheyenne Enterprises production
Credits:
Director: Richard Donner
Screenwriter: Richard Wenk
Producers: Jim Van Wyck, John Thompson, Arnold Rifkin, Avi Lerner, Randall Emmett
Executive producers: Andreas Thiesmeyer, Josef Lautenschlager, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, George Furla, Hadeel Reda
Director of photography: Glen MacPherson
Production designer: Arv Greywal
Music: Klaus Badelt
Co-producers: Derek Hoffman, Brian Read
Editor: Steven Mirkovich
Cast:
Jack Mosley: Bruce Willis
Eddie Bunker: Mos Def
Frank Nugent: David Morse
Diane Mosley: Jenna Stern
Capt. Gruber: Casey Sander
Jimmy Mulvey: Cylk Cozart
Robert Torres: David Zayas
Jerry Shue: Robert Racki
Ortiz: Conrad Pla
Maldonado: Hechter Ubarry
Deputy Commissioner Wagner: Richard Fitzpatrick
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 101 minutes...
The film begins with a disastrous standoff and backtracks several hours to show how NYPD Detective Jack Mosley (Willis) wound up surrounded by New York's finest. About to end his shift at 8 a.m., he very reluctantly agrees to a bit of OT, ferrying a prisoner from a holding cell to a grand jury. Drained of life, Scotch in his veins, sporting a thinning comb-back and barely able to muster the strength to take his next step -- bad leg notwithstanding -- he has no tolerance for the nonstop chatter of Eddie (a hyperkinetic, shaven-headed Mos Def). Jack leaves him in the car to stop at a liquor store and shuffles back outside just in time to save Eddie from being murdered by a hit man.
Jack might be as surprised as the audience that he still has his reflexes. Something awakens in him -- Willis doesn't push it, but it's fully felt -- and his second wake-up call arrives when he realizes that petty criminal Eddie is about to deliver crucial testimony in the D.A.'s investigation of witness tampering. The criminals out to kill him are corrupt cops, chief among them Jack's former partner, Frank (slick gum-chewing evil from David Morse, who used to play good guys). After saving Eddie's life a second time, Jack must get Eddie to the courthouse by 10 a.m., when the grand jury's tenure ends. Those 16 blocks through Chinatown are now a minefield studded with Frank's team, out to kill "the kid" and save their hides.
Weaving their way through the basements, apartment buildings, businesses and rooftops of the neighborhood, Eddie and Jack, predictably, develop mutual respect despite their diametrically opposed philosophies. For Jack, who's clearly boozing to numb enormous existential pain, it all comes down to "Life is too long" and "People don't change". Eddie, a street kid with a business plan and a notebook full of birthday cake recipes, believes it's exactly the other way around.
Without overdoing the buddy business, the leads convey convincing chemistry. The underrated Willis provides a typically generous and nuanced performance and does his best to downplay the script's sentimental indulgences. Rapper-actor Mos Def is compelling as always, but his character's optimistic, nasal chatter becomes tiresome; he registers best in Eddie's quiet moments of reckoning.
As orchestrated by Donner and DP Glen MacPherson, the action has tensile strength and a visceral punch, with key contributions in Arv Greywal's production design and Klaus Badelt's percussive score. But after trawling through some grim and grimy territory, the film winds up ultra-eager for sunshine, leaving by the wayside its potentially complex questions about moral authority and collateral damage.
16 Blocks
Warner Bros. Pictures
An Alcon Entertainment/Millennium Films presentation of an Emmet/Furla Films and Cheyenne Enterprises production
Credits:
Director: Richard Donner
Screenwriter: Richard Wenk
Producers: Jim Van Wyck, John Thompson, Arnold Rifkin, Avi Lerner, Randall Emmett
Executive producers: Andreas Thiesmeyer, Josef Lautenschlager, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, George Furla, Hadeel Reda
Director of photography: Glen MacPherson
Production designer: Arv Greywal
Music: Klaus Badelt
Co-producers: Derek Hoffman, Brian Read
Editor: Steven Mirkovich
Cast:
Jack Mosley: Bruce Willis
Eddie Bunker: Mos Def
Frank Nugent: David Morse
Diane Mosley: Jenna Stern
Capt. Gruber: Casey Sander
Jimmy Mulvey: Cylk Cozart
Robert Torres: David Zayas
Jerry Shue: Robert Racki
Ortiz: Conrad Pla
Maldonado: Hechter Ubarry
Deputy Commissioner Wagner: Richard Fitzpatrick
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 101 minutes...
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