How “Kandahar” Location Manager Félix Rosell Mapped Out Gerard Butler’s Afghan Escape
The road to filming Kandahar had to be built, literally. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland), the espionage thriller stars Gerard Butler as CIA operative Tom Harris turned Afghanistan’s Most Wanted after his operation is exposed by a whistleblower. Though the movie title references the Afghan city, it was Saudi Arabia that ...
Woody Harrelson, Kate Winslet, Casey Affleck & More in Thrilling Triple 9 Trailer
Director John Hillcoat's upcoming cops and robbers thriller Triple 9 boasts an out-of-this-world cast and a very dark premise. A crew of dirty cops, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Anthony Mackie (Captain America) and Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) are blackmailed by the Russian mob, lead by Irene (Kate Winslet) to execute an ...
From Bookshelves to the Big Screen: Young Readers Spur A Movie Boom
After the stratospheric success of movies based on the Harry Potter, Twilight and Narnia book series, young adult fiction has become a rich hunting ground for studios looking for the next franchise. The next wave of YA-based films has already arrived with The Hunger Games, but filmgoers can expect many more in the coming months. ...
