Former American Gladiator and Mma fighter Gina Carano will star in Steven Soderbergh’s new film, Knockout. Now the “face of women’s mixed martial arts,” Carano played Crush on NBC’s failed revival of “American Gladiators.”
Described as a “James Bond” style spy thriller, the film centers on a girl from the “wrong side of the tracks” is given a chance to put her punchisizing skills to good use. Paraphrasing, of course. Variety described it as closer to the action of Kill Bill or La Femme Nikita than Million Dollar Baby’s ring-side drama.
Carano doesn’t have any acting experience, but that shouldn’t be a problem for Soderbergh who regularly discovers fresh faces like porn star Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience. The 7 wins-1 loss Mma fighter appeared in a reality show on the sport called “Fight Girls” and a documentary titled “Ring Girls.” (We get it,...
Described as a “James Bond” style spy thriller, the film centers on a girl from the “wrong side of the tracks” is given a chance to put her punchisizing skills to good use. Paraphrasing, of course. Variety described it as closer to the action of Kill Bill or La Femme Nikita than Million Dollar Baby’s ring-side drama.
Carano doesn’t have any acting experience, but that shouldn’t be a problem for Soderbergh who regularly discovers fresh faces like porn star Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience. The 7 wins-1 loss Mma fighter appeared in a reality show on the sport called “Fight Girls” and a documentary titled “Ring Girls.” (We get it,...
- 9/7/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
With the release of his new corporate comedy The Informant! just a few weeks away, director Steven Soderbergh is already lining up his next movie, and Variety reports that the prolific filmmaker has chosen to direct a spy thriller called Knockout , which will be the acting debut of Mixed Martial Arts fighter Gina Carano. Soderbergh discovered Carano on the women's mixed martial arts circuit, although she has previously appeared in the doc Ring Girls and on the television shows "Fight Girls" and "American Gladiators" (playing "Crush"). The Muay Thai trained fighter will play a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes, and it's said to be more of an action movie in the vein of...
- 9/6/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Channels join NBC Uni, News Corp. venture
NEW YORK -- NBC Universal and News Corp. said Wednesday that TV Guide and cable channels Fuel TV, Oxygen, Speed and the Sundance Channel will join their online video joint venture set to launch in the summer.
The Sundance Channel, an indie film network owned by Robert Redford, NBCU and CBS Corp., will provide full-length original series, short films and shortform content shot exclusively for the Internet. Included in their package will be the green-friendly series Big Ideas for a Small Planet and the Jay Bakker reality show One Punk Under God.
Fuel TV, News Corp.'s extreme sports channel, and Speed, a motor sports network owned by Comcast Corp. and News, will provide shortform content to the venture and will host programming on their own sites.
Oxygen, a women's network owned by Oxygen Media, will also contribute shortform content. Initially, this will come from its shows The Bad Girls Club, Fight Girls, 50 Funniest Women and Our Bodies, Myself.
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.'s TV Guide will distribute content from its broadband network including reviews and celebrity interviews.
The Sundance Channel, an indie film network owned by Robert Redford, NBCU and CBS Corp., will provide full-length original series, short films and shortform content shot exclusively for the Internet. Included in their package will be the green-friendly series Big Ideas for a Small Planet and the Jay Bakker reality show One Punk Under God.
Fuel TV, News Corp.'s extreme sports channel, and Speed, a motor sports network owned by Comcast Corp. and News, will provide shortform content to the venture and will host programming on their own sites.
Oxygen, a women's network owned by Oxygen Media, will also contribute shortform content. Initially, this will come from its shows The Bad Girls Club, Fight Girls, 50 Funniest Women and Our Bodies, Myself.
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.'s TV Guide will distribute content from its broadband network including reviews and celebrity interviews.
- 5/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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