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'Spy Hunter' Movie Barrels Forward with 'Gangster Squad's Ruben Fleischer

Damon Houx — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:30:27 +0000

The long-in-development film adaptation of ‘Spy Hunter’ just got new life at Warner Brothers, as they’ve just hired a new writer, and put director Ruben Fleischer in the driver’s seat. This news comes from Deadline Hollywood, who say the writer is Carter Blanchard. Blanchard is a relative newcomer, though one of his spec script is [...]

Weekend Box Office Report: 'Zero Dark Thirty' is Number One

Jacob Hall — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:47:11 +0000

You really only need to say one thing about the opening weekend of Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty': it made more in three days than 'The Hurt Locker' did in its entire run. If there's anything that's going to alleviate getting snubbed for at the Oscars in the Best Director category, it's that.

'Gangster Squad' Review

Matt Singer — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:13:57 +0000

Dirty Harry would love 'Gangster Squad,' a movie about cops who operate so far outside the law they make Clint Eastwood's signature detective look like a pencil-pushing dweeb. Assembled by LAPD police chief Bill Parker (Nick Nolte), and supposedly inspired by a true story, the members of the so-called Gangster Squad operate as judge, jury, and executioners. They don't arrest their targets; they "wage war" against their enemy, mob boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). In their quest to bust up Cohen's rackets, the Gangster Squad brandishes about a billion guns and not a single badge. Hell, even Dirty Harry waited until the end of his movie to toss his away.

6 'Gangster Squad' Clips: Watch the All-Star Cast in Action

Nick Romano — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:07:50 +0000

'Gangster Squad' -- featuring an all-star cast including Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn and Josh Brolin -- hits theaters next week, and we're excited to see one of the most anticipated movies of the new year on the big screen. While Warner Bros. released a number of trailers, posters, images and behind-the-scenes footage to get us all pumped, it's now time to bring on the clips -- six clips in fact!

'Gangster Squad' Featurette: Is This Genre Reinvention or Genre Rehash?

Damon Houx — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:00:05 +0000

One of 2013's first films, 'Gangster Squad,' has had such a troubled production history that it's become an underdog. Originally scheduled for September of this year, it was bumped to January because of the 'The Dark Knight Rises' shooting, and had to go through re-shoots because it had people being gunned down in a theater. But - even though we're in the heart of Oscar season - the film's release is a little over a month away and now there's a featurette for the film.