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Rocket Science has boarded the biopic “The Good Spy,” about CIA operative Robert Ames, from Oscar-nominated “Paradise Now” and “Omar” director Hany Abu-Assad.

The pic is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kai Bird’s biography of Ames. Scott Frazier (“Berliner”) is adapting for screen.

“Free Solo” and “Everest” producer Evan Hayes will produce under his Ace (Anomaly Content & Entertainment) production company. Laurie MacDonald and Walter Parkes will executive produce with Frazier, while Bird will act as a consultant on the project.

Rocket Science is financing the film and will co-represent worldwide sales with CAA Media Finance.

Said Abu-Assad: “When Robert Ames moved deeper into the life of Ali Hasan Salameh, a prominent Plo member, he realizes that not only is he crossing the line between the CIA and being involved in his enemy’s cause, but the friendship between the two men leads to a certain threat to the establishment of both sides.

The Nordic noir crime series is penned by Torfinnur Jákupsson and Donna Sharpe, and is based on the best-selling novels by Faroese novelist Jógvan Isaksen. Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has announced the launch of its first-ever Faroese original drama production, a Nordic noir crime series entitled Trom and directed by Kasper Barfoed. In recent years, the Copenhagen-born helmer has worked on the features Summer of ’92 (2015) and The Numbers Station (2013) as well as on the TV series Dicte: Crime Reporter (2013-2014) and Gidseltagningen (2017). In detail, his new endeavour follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (played by Denmark’s Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, a young Faroese woman who claims she is Hannis’s daughter and that her life is in danger. Reluctantly returning home to the Faroes to investigate, Hannis discovers Sonja’s body in the bloody waters of a whale hunt. His search for answers soon.

The stars of yesterday now are making three films a year you never knew existed until they show up on Netflix.^ Real Movie ^

In my prior life as a script reader, I certainly read a lot of bad scripts, but at times, an even more common occurrence was a script that seemed to do a great many things right, but somehow fell just short of being something you wanted to champion as a movie. As draining as the terrible scripts were, there’s something pure about clear-cut bad. It takes little effort to explain why they’re unfit.

The real challenges were the scripts that had kind of a decent premise, kind of an okay twist or two, and a lead character who wasn’t bad so much as he or she was just… there. The raw materials are there for what Could be a script. They just happen to be assembled in the least compelling way...

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John Cusack has made 17 films in four years. We've found the ones that have gone all-but straight to DVD and watched them...

John Cusack is a bit of a Hollywood oddity. There’s no pattern to the type of movie he will choose to do, so he’s always kept us on our toes. Sure, he’ll make a dumb action movie, but that will often afford him the chance to make a few smaller gambles later on. Up until the last few years he’s played the system very well, but recently his ethic appears to have, um, waned? A little?

Since the heady days of Say Anything and Sixteen Candles he’s come to represent a sort of slightly weird-looking, awkwardly charming, offbeat everyman that men aged 18-49 can look at and go 'me'” - which is fine. There’s a place for that, as...

Both Felicity Jones and Nicholas Hoult are featured in two of this year's highly-anticipated movies, with Jones starring in December's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story while Hoult reprises his role as Beast in this weekend's X-Men: Days of Future Past. Fans will be able to see them both on the big screen together later this summer in the new thriller Collide. As we get closer and closer to the August 19 release, Open Road Films has debuted the first trailer and poster, which asks "How far would you go for the one you love?"

After a heist goes terribly wrong, Casey Stein (Nicholas Hoult) finds himself on the run from a ruthless gang headed by mob boss Hagen (Anthony Hopkins). Now Casey has precious cargo that belongs to Hagen, who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Left with no choice, Casey calls his former employer and drug smuggler Geran...

Exclusive: Film about Danish journalist and her Syrian fixer will start shooting in February 2017 in Turkey and Morocco.

Danish writer/director Kasper Barfoed and producer Michel Schonnemann are launching production company The Lot by developing a feature film based on Danish journalist Puk Damsgaard’s bestseller Under A Crying Sun.

The journalistic autobiography is about the relationship between Danish journalist Damsgaard and her local fixer Nour during the start of the Syrian war.

The shoot for the $3m feature is planned for February 2017 in Turkey and Morocco. Casting has started in Denmark and Los Angeles, and the Danish Film Institute is supporting development.

The project marks Barfoed’s sixth feature; he had a huge hit in Denmark in 2015 with football story Summer of ’92 and past credits include The Numbers Station starring John Cusack.

Barfoed said: “Under A Crying Sun is a suspenseful, personal and deeply heartbreaking story about dreams, ideals and the desire for freedom. It’s a book...

Ever since production began on XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, franchise star Vin Diesel hasn't been shy about sharing videos and photos from the set. Earlier today, the action icon took to his Instagram page to share a video with his fans, alongside his co-star Deepika Padukone. While the video is brief, he does issue a bold promise to every fan of the franchise: "You will be entertained."

If that wasn't enough, the actor also shared another brief video featuring him working out alongside his co-star, international martial arts superstar Tony Jaa, who is seen sporting a blonde mohawk. Vin Diesel also shared a few new set photos over the past few days, and director D.J. Caruso has added a few more shots from the set as well. Hopefully either the actor or director will give us our first look at another martial arts legend, Jet Li, on the set in the near future.

Last week, Vin Diesel shared the first photos from the set of XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, which appeared to indicate that production was already under way. The actor took to both his Instagram and Facebook pages today, to reveal that today was in fact the first day of filming. Two of these photos feature the actor alongside his co-star Deepika Padukone.

In the photos we showed you from earlier this week, it appeared that the actor was rehearsing a motorcycle stunt with one of his co-stars. The actor wasn't showcasing any tattoos in those photos, but in today's shots, we see that his Xander Cage character has plenty of ink, with the shirtless actor sporting numerous tattoos. Hopefully we'll see more of the daring stunts this action icon plans on pulling off in this action-packed sequel in the weeks and months ahead.

The story centers on Vin Diesel's Xander Cage,...

It looks like XXX: The Return of Xander Cage is up and running. Star Vin Diesel has posted the first images from behind-the-scenes and even shows off his motocross skills in one image from his Facebook page. The image appears to be for a promotional photo or possibly even the poster, with Xander Cage popping a wheelie, a bikini-clad woman straddling his handlebars. The second photo is much more innocent. About this scene from set, the actor had this to say.

"The Director, producers and myself sitting in wonder as we take in the artistry of the many craftsmen that have built these amazing sets. You can tell the first day what level of crew you will be working with and it is clear that XxX has the very best. Grateful for the opportunity to make magic."

The story centers on Vin Diesel's Xander Cage, who forms a new...

Casting is heating up on XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, with Vin Diesel returning as the title character and Samuel L. Jackson also reprising his role as Augustus Gibbons from 2002's xXx and the 2005 follow-up XXX: State of the Union. The sequel is rumored to center on Xander Cage forming a new team, with new cast members such as Deepika Padukone, Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Conor McGregor and Jet Li already confirmed. Today we have a new report from Moviehole, which claims that XXX: State of the Union star Ice Cube will reprise his role as Darius Stone.

While this report has not yet been confirmed, the character is expected to play a major role in this sequel, according to the site's unspecified source. Unfortunately, they wouldn't offer any specific details on his role, or if he will be joining Xander Cage's team, or a rival team...

Earlier this month, a report surfaced that Sony's upcoming action sequel XXX: The Return of Xander Cage has landed international action stars Tony Jaa and Jet Li. That report was never confirmed by the studio, and it was never revealed what characters the action icons would be playing. Today, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Jet Li has finalized his deal, and that he may be playing one of the main villains.

The story centers on Vin Diesel's Xander Cage, who forms a new team filled with ""sexy badasses and comic relief players." This franchise will follow the same path as Vin Diesel's Fast & Furious franchise, which has risen to new box office heights since being reconfigured as an action franchise. This new report reveals that Jet Li's character will be leading a separate team who will square off with Xander, but it wasn't confirmed if the...

Vin Diesel is having a fun Saturday off. He started his morning by sharing the first Fast & Furious 8 poster, confirming that the movie is going to head to New York, as well as other locals around the globe. Now, he's back on Instagram to tease one of the big action set pieces in XXX: The Return of Xander Cage that revolves around a longboard. He shared these words along with two new images.

"Training for Xander is so much fun... can't wait to film this long board sequence that the director showed me. Have a great weekend all..."

Production on XXX: The Return of Xander Cage is said to be happening this month, and will squeeze itself in front of Fast & Furious 8. The Hollywood Reporter announced last week that Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) and Ruby Rose (Orange Is the New Black) are in varying stages of negotiations...

With production set to begin later this month on XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, the cast is starting to fill out. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) and Ruby Rose (Orange Is the New Black) are in varying stages of negotiations to join the cast of this sequel. We reported earlier this week that martial arts legends Tony Jaa and Jet Li, along with Ufc fighter Conor McGregor, have come aboard to star, but they weren't mentioned in this latest report.

The story is rumored to center on original xXx star Vin Diesel's character, Xander Cage, who surrounds himself with "sexy badasses and comic relief players." The idea is that this franchise will be resurrected in the same way as his Fast & Furious franchise was brought back to life, with Xander Cage leading a new team. The cast also includes original xXx star Samuel L. Jackson,...

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From Assassin’s Creed to The Witcher, via Mass Effect, Minecraft and maybe more Warcraft...

Latest update: Uncharted delayed.

In the years since Den Of Geek first sprung into existence, we’ve consistently kept an eye on the videogames that have been touted for the big screen treatment. We’ve tried to list them all in a big article a few times before, and it feels like the time has come to pull a new version together.

If we haven’t heard anything about a certain videogame movie in two years or more, it seems safe to assume that it’s quietly been binned. That’s why you won’t find the likes of BioShock, Devil May Cry, Far Cry, Gears Of War, Halo, Heavy Rain and Rollercoaster Tycoon on this list. If we get proven wrong on any of those, we’ll update this article as more information comes to light.

Exclusive: Script from Zodiac: Year Of The Snake and The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman writer.

La-based production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions are in development on writer Jayson Rothwell’s action-thriller script Shotgun Love.

Producers Nigel Thomas (The Numbers Station) and Rick Benattar (Ironclad) are aiming for a 2016 shoot on the project.

The story centres on a former black-ops agent who is hired by a ruthless lawyer to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend from a cartel, only to discover she does not want to be rescued and is on a secret mission to infiltrate the gang in order to avenge her family.

La-based writer Rothwell recently completed work on the reboot of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for Fox and Davis Entertainment while action script Zodiac: Year of the Snake was this month acquired by Le Vision Pictures USA.

Fledgling production team Benattar/Thomas, whose titles The Fixer and The Last Heist will be distributed by XLrator Media, recently...

From big blockbusters to small independent films, here are the movies I.m dying to see this Fall. (Official synopsis provided by studios)

September 18 (Friday)

About Ray When a young woman (Elle Fanning) decides to transition from female to male, her announcement is met with both opposition and support from her mother (Naomi Watts) and her lesbian grandmother (Susan Sarandon).

Black Mass In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history. -- (C) Warner Bros

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials In this next chapter of the epic "Maze Runner" saga, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien...

The mysteries of America’s foremost intelligence agency are fertile ground for storytellers, but the truth is always more powerful than fiction – particularly in the case of the 2014 biography The Good Spy: The Life And Death Of Robert Ames. Now, producing super-team Laurie MacDonald and Walter Parkes (Flight, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, Road To Perdition, the Men In Black franchise) have snapped up the rights to The Good Spy, and are planning to deliver a dramatic adaptation of it to the big screen.

Robert Ames was a CIA operative and the intelligence agency’s Near East Director. He allegedly made the first high-level infiltration of the Plo during his career, and was renowned for building productive and effective relationships with Arab intelligence figures. These bonds were seen to hold the key to lasting peace – but those hopes were dashed when he was killed in the suicide...

Exclusive: Tiger Aspect teams on on cannibal horror from Ripper Street writer.

Newly minted UK production outfit Catalyst, run by former Matador producer Charlotte Walls (The Numbers Station), is teaming with Ripper Street producers Tiger Aspect and Sadie Frost’s Blonde to Black Pictures (Set the Thames on Fire) on horror Eaten.

BAFTA-nominated director Caradog James (The Machine) will direct the film from Rob Green’s (Ripper Street) script about a notorious celebrity chef who belongs to an exclusive and upscale New York cannibal ring.

Eaten, which is aiming to shoot in the next 12 months, will be produced by Walls and Mat Wakeham for Catalyst; Frost and Emma Comley for Blonde to Black Pictures; and executive produced by Tigest Aspect head of drama Will Gould for the Endemol-owned company’s feature label Tiger Aspect Pictures, and Matthew Read.

Walls said: “Our lead character Giles Bonham-Hess is a terrific character, charismatic and repulsive in equal measure and the...

Oscar winner Ben Kingsley (The Boxtrolls, Iron Man 3) has joined the cast of John Pogue’s (The Quiet Ones) action thriller Wake starring Bruce Willis (Die Hard film franchise), and produced by Michael Benaroya (Lawless, Margin Call), Tobin Armbrust (A Walk Among The Tombstones, Begin Again), David Alpert (upcoming American Ultra, AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’) and Chris Cowles (The Numbers Station, Autobahn).

International Film Trust (Ift) is handling foreign rights to the film, which they are actively selling at the European Film Market. CAA is representing the domestic sales rights.

“Sir Ben is a truly one of a kind talent, with a unique subtlety to his work. He brings characters to life and charges them with emotion and power at just the right moments. He’s a tremendous addition to this cast, I can’t wait to see what he does with Kole, this film’s powerful antagonist,...

Bruce Willis (Die Hard film franchise) will star in John Pogue's (The Quiet Ones) action thriller Wake, produced by Michael Benaroya (Lawless, Margin Call) of Benaroya Pictures, Tobin Armbrust (A Walk Among the Tombstones, Begin Again), David Alpert (upcoming American Ultra, AMC's The Walking Dead) and Chris Cowles (The Numbers Station, Autobahn). The screenplay is written by Christopher Borrelli (upcoming The Vatican Tapes) with revisions made by Pogue. The announcement was made today by International Film Trust's (Ift) co-founder Michael Benaroya and Ift's President Christian de Gallegos who will handle international rights to the film.

CAA is representing the domestic sales rights. Set to start shooting in Cleveland on February 16, Wake tells the story of Red Forrester (Willis), a sociopath with no fear, who returns to his childhood home on a remote island for his brother's wake. When the island comes under siege, Red must save the very family...

It seems like every John Cusack movie lately comes and goes just as quickly as we briefly hear about it online. From The Prince to The Numbers Station and even Grand Piano (though it's pretty entertaining), they all offer nothing in the vein of memorable performances from the actor who once shined on the big screen. And it looks like another one is on the way in this trailer for Reclaim. This one is supposedly inspired by real events and follows an American couple who travel to Puerto Rico to finalize an adoption and pick up their seven year-old adoptee, but as you might expect, things aren't at all what they seem to be. Ugh. Here's the first trailer for Alan White's Reclaim from USA Today: Reclaim is directed by Alan White (Broken) and written by Luke Davies and Carmine Gaeta. The film follows Steven (Ryan Phillippe) and Shannon (Rachelle LeFevre), an American couple,...

Nicolas Cage and John Cusack have been less than discerning with their film gigs in recent years, picking a lot of modestly budgeted thrillers that get poor reviews and barely go theatrical. How many remember the likes of "The Bag Man," "Drive Hard," "The Frozen Ground," "The Factory," "Seeking Justice," "Stolen," "Trespass," "Rage," or "The Numbers Station"?

Today comes trailers for two more. First up is "Left Behind," the film version of the popular book series by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins which deals with what would happen if the Christian Rapture and Apocalypse took place today. The focus here though isn't on wider society, but rather a family lead by Cage's pilot character.

The second is for Cusack's "Reclaim" which co-stars Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman. That follows an American couple who travel to Puerto Rico to finalize an adoption, only to learn it was a scam.

British star Lucy Griffiths ('The Numbers Station') has been dropped from NBC's new 'Constantine' series. The 27-year old actress has left the project after reports that the creators were looking to move in a different direction and that a recasting of the role will not be necessary as the character will simply exit the show in the first episode. Zed, a character from the original series of graphic novels, will step in. The gorgeous Angelica Celaya (below) has been cast into the role and will appear in an early episode of the new show. The character is said to have 'a very dark past' and will star along show lead Matt Ryan....

Exclusive: Kaspar Barfoed will direct the story of the underdog Danish football team that became Euro 1992 champions.

Ulrich Thomsen is set to star as Danish national football team coach Richard Moller Nielsen in Summer of ’92.

Kris Thykier’s London-based PeaPie Films and Meta Louise Foldager’s Copenhagen-based Meta Film are producing.

HanWay handles international sales excluding Scandinavia.

Kasper Barfoed will direct the story based on a script he wrote alongside Anders Frithiof August. The film tells the story of the underdog Danish national football team thatbecame the surprise Euro 1992 champions.

“I am extremely pleased that we have Ulrich Thomsen in the role of Richard Møller Nielsen,” said Barfoed. “Ulrich is one of the best actors we’ve ever had in Denmark and this role will show sides of him we have not seen before.

“Richard Moller contained warmth, humour, ambition and single-mindedness, and it takes a brave actor to embrace this role. I am also...

The first images and a new banner for NBC's upcoming 'Constantine' series have arrived online. The blazing banner comes in along with a trio of fresh stills from the new show which stars British actor Matt Ryan in the title role alongside Brit co-star Lucy Griffiths ('The Numbers Station'). The duo feature in the new pics including one particular still that almost appears to show Constantine having a sneaky feel-up! The show's pilot is helmed by 'The Descent' director Neil Marshall and is based on the original 'Hellblazer' graphic novels from DC Comics. David S. Goyer ('Batman Begins') and Daniel Cerone ('The Mentalist') are on board as executive producers. Head below for the goods....

With Welcome To The Punch director Evan Creevy about to pump the accelerator on production on his latest, speedy thriller Autobahn, he’s added a few new names to the cast list. Ben Kinglsey, Felicity Jones and Anthony Hopkins are all aboard.They’re joining Nicholas Hoult in the story of a young American couple on holiday in Germany who find themselves sucked into a deadly game of cat and mouse between two ruthless criminals when they foolishy agree to be part of a scam. Hoult and Jones are the couple, with Kingsley and Hopkins as the villains pulling the strings. Those two know their villains, so expect some serious scheming from both.This one has been idling its engine in development for a while, with various directors and stars such as Zac Efron attached at different times. Creevy, who has been preparing to make the film for the last few months,...

We’ve got a couple of casting stories to attend to this evening. First up, ScreenDaily reports that Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins, and Ben Kingsley have joined Nicholas Hoult in the action-thriller Autobahn as production is set to get underway on Monday. Directed by Eran Creevy (Welcome to the Punch), the story revolves around a young American couple who find themselves plunged into a game of cat-and-mouse across Germany when they become caught between two ruthless criminals. F. Scott Frazier (The Numbers Station) wrote the script and Joel Silver will produce. Hit the jump for casting news concerning the nutty action comedy American Ultra. Additionally, Lionsgate has announced that Friday Night Lights star Connie Britton has replaced Sharon Stone in director Nima Nourizadeh’s (Project X) comedic actioner American Ultra. Scripted by Max Landis (Chronicle), the film stars Jesse Eisenberg as an unmotivated stoner living in a small town with...

Sexy British actress Lucy Griffiths -below ('The Numbers Station') has signed up to star in NBC and Warner Bros Television's new adaptation of 'Constantine'. Based on the original 'Hellblazer' graphic novels by DC Comics the 27 year old actress, who plays Nora Gainesborough in the HBO's sexy vampire series 'True Blood', is due to play the daughter of Constantine's dead friend. 'Lost' and '28 Weeks Later' star Harold Perrineau has also joined the cast. The occult detective himself will be played by Welsh actor Matt Ryan. Both Ryan and Griffiths previously starred together in British crime mini-series 'Collision' back in 2009. David S. Goyer ('Batman Begins') and Daniel Cerone ('The Mentalist') will exec produce the new show and 'The Descent' director Neil Marshall is due to helm the pilot episode....

I have only myself to blame. After checking out the trailer for The Bag Man (previously Motel) and noting the presence of John Cusack and Robert De Niro, two actors who have done terrific work in the past (I mean, De Niro has two Oscars on his mantelpiece, for chrissake), I started to get a little excited for this indie crime thriller. Perhaps it would maintain a cool, neo-noir vibe, or at least give Cusack and De Niro a chance to craft nasty, interesting characters. Alas, that quantum of expectation simply made it all the more agonizing for me to sit through one of the laziest, dopiest thrillers I’ve seen in years.

The film starts off with a boring set-up, as criminal Jack (Cusack) gets an assignment from his big-shot boss Dragna (De Niro): pick up a bag and hold it at a seedy motel until Dragna arrives.

Exclusive: Image Entertainment has acquired all Us rights to the action film Drive Hard starring John Cusack and Thomas Jane. Voltage Pictures handles international sales at Afm.

The thriller recently wrapped production in Australia and is set for theatrical release in 2014.

Brian Trenchard-Smith directed the story of a former race driver turned instructor who is forced to drive a mysterious thief on a race across Australia’s Gold Coast. Chad Law and Evan Law wrote the screenplay.

Image Entertainment chief acquisitions officer Bill Bromiley, Mark Ward and Michael Bayer negotiated the deal with Network Pictures’ Dan Grodnik.

“We’re thrilled to have another opportunity to work with John Cusack,” said Bromiley. “The Numbers Station was a great acquisition for us, bringing us much success. This action film pushes limits, engaging audiences to new levels.”...

Rating: 2.0/5.0

Chicago – There have been a depressing number of bad career choices on the part of Oscar winner Nicolas Cage and once-great actor John Cusack in recent years. Anyone seen “Seeking Justice,” “Stolen,” “The Numbers Station,” or “The Factory”? Someone owes you an apology.

The latest entry that merges these two titans of recent B-movies is “The Frozen Ground,” premiering On Demand and in limited release tomorrow, August 23, 2013. With a strong supporting cast and a few interesting procedural elements, Scott Walker’s drama isn’t the disaster as some of the other Cage or Cusack bombs but it still fails due to some poor creative and casting decisions before a lick of film was even shot.

Based on the true story of a serial killer, “The Frozen Ground” is the story of an investigation that hinged, as so many of these often do, on the one that lived. Cindy Paulson...

Exclusive: The Frozen Ground star in talks to join crime-thriller about renegade detective.

John Cusack is in negotiations to star in UK spy thriller Kickback.

Written and to be directed by Raza Mallal of Yorkshire-based Talking Lens Productions, the crime-thriller has been in the works for some time but has new impetus with the interest of the Con Air and High Fidelity star, who joins attached cast including Mischa Barton, Sean Astin, Michael Biehn, Noureen DeWulf, John Hannah and Tamer Hassan.

Kickback, also known as Shoot the Breeze, follows a renegade Moscow detective investigating the murder of a female war journalist. He becomes embroiled in a web of counter espionage involving chemical warfare, and the assassination of the Russian president.

It marks Mallal’s directorial debut and he is co-producing with Kevan Van Thompson and executive producer Ilja Rosendahl of Scene Bridge Entertainment. DoP Douglas Milsome is attached.

Raza described Cusack’s interest as “the last piece...

  The Numbers Station (2013) Film Review, a movie directed by Kasper Barfoed and starring John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Hannah Murray, Liam Cunningham, Lucy Griffiths, Bryan Dick, Richard Brake, and Joey Ansah. The title of a movie is important. It puts a foot in the door, draws attention, and is one of the [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: The Numbers Station (2013): John Cusack Protects Akerman...

The Frozen Ground has debuted a new trailer.

The short UK trailer spotlights the wintery seclusion of Alaska in the Nicolas Cage and John Cusack-starring thriller.

The film centres around the true story of serial killer Robert Hansen (Cusack), who murdered between 17 and 21 women in the early 1980s.

Cage stars as a detective on the trail of the murderer, while Vanessa Hugdens plays a would-be victim who manages to escape.

Cusack was recently seen in The Numbers Station, and will appear as Richard Nixon in Lee Daniels's The Butler.

Cage recently lent his voice to the animated film The Croods.

Scott Walker's The Frozen Ground will arrive on July 19 in the UK and on August 23 in the Us.

Los Angeles – July 1, 2013 – Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment is expanding its development teams in both television and features with Stacey Levin being named Senior Vice President of Television, the addition of Meredith Ditlow as Director of Development and the upping of Phillip Kobylanski to Creative Executive.Levin joined Valhalla in August of 2012 and has played an integral part in Valhalla’s current development slate, including period drama Horizon for the USA Network, which begins production this summer. Additional series set up since Levin joined the company include Crash and Burn at FX, Alien Hunter at SyFy, and projects at USA, E!, AMC, A&E, History, Discovery and NBC. Ditlow joins Valhalla from Furst Films & Ole where she was Director of Development helping to shepherd ABC’s new Manhattan drama Hot Property, as well as developing and staffing the new series Star-Crossed for the CW. On the feature side, Ditlow...

*full disclosure: a Blu-ray screener of this film was provided by Image Entertainment. Director: Kasper Barfoed. Writer: F. Scott Frazier. Cast: John Cusack, Malin Akerman and Liam Cunningham. The Numbers Stationis the latest film to receive a limited theatrical before moving to home video formats. This title was released in June of 2013 (DVD, Blu-Ray). And, the film stars John Cusack and Malin Akerman. Essentially, The Numbers Station is an indie thriller, from first time screenwriter F. Scott Frazier. The film is light on characters and the use of diverse sets. This title also offers character development in sparing portions. Yet, The Numbers Station still manages to be a solid thriller, despite a few drawbacks. The story for the film stays with Emerson (Cusack) and Katherine (Akerman). Both characters are CIA agents and they are assigned to a remote outpost in Suffolk, England. Here, they cloak orders for other CIA agents with ciphers.

Image Entertainment has picked up Evidence and has wasted no time in giving it a release date. Its newest film is now coming on VOD this Friday June 21st, and is coming to theaters on July 19th. The film stars True Blood’s Stephen Moyer and Silent Hill’s Radha Mitchell, and is a thriller that should be of interest.

Update: We have a bunch of images from the production, as well as a poster for the movie, from Image Entertainment.

Check out the press release:

Los Angeles (June 18, 2013) – Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, has officially slated Evidence from Director Olatunde Osunsanmi (The Fourth Kind). The film stars Stephen Moyer (HBO’s “True Blood,” Strange Love), Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, Man on Fire), Torrey Devitto (CW’s “The Vampire Diaries”), Caitlin Stasey (I, Frankenstein) and Dale Dickey (HBO’s “True Blood”) and written by John Swetnam. Evidence...

No one gives world-weary like John Cusack. He wears his ennui with as much panache as his Ramones tees and those fabulous coats. Projects in search of an artist of a certain age – who can shoulder a burden of despair with a wry grin – need look no further than the tip of his quiff for their man.

Emerson Kent is the quintessential Cusack role – conflicted, tormented and ever so slightly beautiful. The field agent has been semi-retired by the agency after developing a conscience during an operation clean up. Too cool for Ptsd he instead lets the incident eat him up inside and wearily accepts an assignment in the English countryside babysitting a codebreaker as she sends encrypted shortwave transmissions out into the world. The new assignment is a conspicuous bone tossed at Emerson by his bemused boss (Liam Cunningham), intended to keep him on the payroll but limiting any...

When a thriller primarily revolves around two characters in a confined space fighting for their lives, special care needs to be taken to give the audience background on who they are if the stakes on whether they survive are to have any impact at all. Kasper Barfoed's The Numbers Station only manages to make us care about one half of its two-protagonist plot, and consequently what could have been a riveting and involving character study of trauma bringing two otherwise distant people together just ends up being a predictable distraction that's never too involving. John Cusack gives one of his better understated performances in years, but Malin Akerman is largely underserved with an almost complete lack of character development by a script that instead makes her more of a plot device than an actual human being.

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Nicolas Cage and John Cusack have not been doing so hot lately. Cage probably wins in the Wtf department, but Cusack has come a close second. Films like The Numbers Station and The Raven have not done much for Cusack’s credibility and he has as many films in pre-production as Cage does. But maybe The Frozen Ground, which pairs the Con Air co-stars once more, will be a turning point for both, with some new posters hitting today.

The Frozen Ground stars Nicolas Cage as an Alaskan detective pursuing serial killer Robert Hansen (John Cusack) through Anchorage. Hansen apparently likes murdering street girls – I assume that we’re talking about prostitutes here – but the detective doesn’t get a break in the case until he comes across Vanessa Hudgens, an escapee who provides key information about Hansen. Cue the manhunt … and this time, it’s personal.

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Kasper Barfoed’s The Numbers Station is John Cusack’s latest failed attempt at becoming an action star. The film’s main plot is a complicated mess, while the underlying character work proves to be semi-interesting thanks to Cusack and co-star Malin Akerman. Still, The Numbers Station rarely stretches past straight-to-dvd material due to its obvious budgetary restraints and inability to deliver a character arc that we haven’t seen done a million times before. Cusack tries and tries, but ultimately nothing adds up as the film slips into mediocrity.

Emerson (John Cusack) is a former black ops soldier turned glorified security guard for a top secret numbers base. His coworker Katherine (Malin Akerman) is in charge of sending a secret batch of coded numbers to various agents in the field and it’s Emerson’s job to make sure that the codes get sent and that the base is protected at all times.

XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film Cbgb, a rock 'n roll true story of the legendary New York City club that launched dozens of top bands and is known globally as the home of American Punk Rock music. Cbgb tells the tale of the famed venue and its iconoclastic founder Hilly Kristal, portrayed by Alan Rickman (Harry Potter series) and directed by Randall Miller (Bottle Shock). The release of the much-buzzed-about film is timed to take advantage of the huge Cbgb Music Festival event this Fall and the current mainstream popularity of "Punk" in the media, art and fashion. The announcement was made today by XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon.

The film will be released theatrically to coincide with the fast-growing Cbgb Music Festival, which takes New York City by storm October 9-13, 2013 with over 500 bands performing on 175 stages across the city including Times Square and Brooklyn's Barkley Center.

Title: The Numbers Station Directed by: Kasper Barfoed Starring: John Cusack, Malin Akerman Running time: 89 minutes, Rated R, Available on DVD Special Features: The Making of The Numbers Station When CIA agent Emerson (Cusack) is given a kill order which he refuses, he is given a unfavorable psych eval and demoted to the task of protecting Katherine (Akerman), a woman who works as a broadcaster at the high security Numbers Station where she broadcasts a series of seemingly random numbers which spell out an ever changing code to field agents and assassins. When the security is breached, he is given the order to “retire the broadcaster,” which again he [ Read More ]

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"The Numbers Station," starring John Cusack and Malin Akerman, comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today, and we're giving you the chance to win a copy, and more. In "The Numbers Station," Cusack plays veteran CIA agent Emerson Kent, whose last mission took a disastrous turn. His boss decides to give him one more shot at proving he still has what it takes to do his job, and assigns him to protect the code operator (Akerman) at a top-secret CIA "Numbers Station." To win a Blu-ray copy of the action thriller, and your very own Blu-ray player to watch it on, along with a poster autographed by Malin Akerman, simply leave a comment below telling us your favorite John Cusack movie. Come on, you have to have one! Good luck! Official Rules Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia, who are 18 and older. The...

Picture this: you're a black ops agent given one task - protect a young woman. When all goes wrong in the blink of an eye, you're now fighting for your own survival. Sound interesting to you? Then you should definitely enter NextMovie's 'The Numbers Station' Blu-ray and signed poster giveaway!

To celebrate the blu-ray release of 'The Numbers Station', we're giving away a chance to win a copy of the blu-ray and a poster signed by star Malin Akerman! Two lucky grand prize winners will receive:

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"The Numbers Station," starring John Cusack and Malin Akerman, comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today, and we're giving you the chance to win a copy, and more.

In "The Numbers Station," Cusack plays veteran CIA agent Emerson Kent, whose last mission took a disastrous turn. His boss decides to give him one more shot at proving he still has what it takes to do his job, and assigns him to protect the code operator (Akerman) at a top-secret CIA "Numbers Station."

To win a Blu-ray copy of the action thriller, and your very own Blu-ray player to watch it on, along with a poster autographed by Malin Akerman, simply leave a comment below telling us your favorite John Cusack movie. Come on, you have to have one!

Good luck!

Official Rules Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia, who are 18 and older.

The...

"The Numbers Station," starring John Cusack and Malin Akerman, comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today, and we're giving you the chance to win a copy, and more.

In "The Numbers Station," Cusack plays veteran CIA agent Emerson Kent, whose last mission took a disastrous turn. His boss decides to give him one more shot at proving he still has what it takes to do his job, and assigns him to protect the code operator (Akerman) at a top-secret CIA "Numbers Station."

To win a Blu-ray copy of the action thriller, and your very own Blu-ray player to watch it on, along with a poster autographed by Malin Akerman, simply leave a comment below telling us your favorite John Cusack movie. Come on, you have to have one!

Good luck!

Official Rules Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia, who are 18 and older.

The...

Dark Skies The most mainstream title this week is clearly Dark Skies, but only because there aren't hardly any mainstream titles to note and this is hardly a film I'm going to rush to suggest having not seen it and having very little interest in doing so.

 

Life Is Sweet (Criterion Collection) For me this is the most interesting title on the board being that it's from Mike Leigh and because I haven't seen it. To see Criterion describe it as "melancholy and funny" makes it sound exactly like what you'd expect from Leigh and I'm hoping to give this one a look some day. Here's Criterion's description: This invigorating film from Mike Leigh was his first international sensation. Melancholy and funny by turns, it is an intimate portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London-an irrepressible mum and dad (Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent) and their night-and-day twins,...

Moviefone's New Release of the Week "Lore" What's it about? Set immediately post-World War II, the children of a German SS officer are left to fend for themselves in a journey to find their grandmother in war-torn Germany - that is, until they meet a most unlikely savior along the way. Why we're In: A unique perspective on the aftermath of a most devastating war, plus harrowing performances from young newcomers Saskia Rosendahl and Kai Malina make this dark epic a must-see. New on DVD & Blu-ray "Dark Skies" What's it about? Starring Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton, a suburban family being overtaken by the paranormal tries to fight for survival. In or Out: Out. "Generation Um..." What's it about? A postmodern coming of age - if that age is middle age, in Keanu Reeves' case. In or Out: In. "The Numbers Station" What's it about? John Cusack plays a...

Moviefone's New Release of the Week "Lore" What's it about? Set immediately post-World War II, the children of a German SS officer are left to fend for themselves in a journey to find their grandmother in war-torn Germany - that is, until they meet a most unlikely savior along the way. Why we're In: A unique perspective on the aftermath of a most devastating war, plus harrowing performances from young newcomers Saskia Rosendahl and Kai Malina make this dark epic a must-see.

New on DVD & Blu-ray "Dark Skies" What's it about? Starring Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton, a suburban family being overtaken by the paranormal tries to fight for survival. In or Out: Out.

"Generation Um..." What's it about? A postmodern coming of age - if that age is middle age, in Keanu Reeves' case. In or Out: In.

"The Numbers Station" What's it about? John Cusack plays a...