Showing posts with label need for speed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label need for speed. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Fast and Furious 7 updates

Since the death of Paul walker, things have understandably slowed down dramatically in terms of news coming out of the Fast and Furious 7 camp. But with filming set to resume, I'm sure there will be many more updates on the film soon. Here are links to my recent writing on the franchise for Yahoo Movies:


Fast and Furious 7 filming set to resume after Paul Walker death
‘Fast and Furious’ fans who have been wondering what the status is with the next film in the franchise finally have a little bit of good news. After a delay due to Paul Walker's death, shooting will begin again in April.


Will Need for Speed damage Fast and Furious box office?
New fast car action movie ‘Need for Speed’ will be released in 2014 and may have a big impact on the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise when the seventh film is released in 2015.


What should happen to Paul Walker in Fast and Furious 7?
Fans are still getting over the tragic death of Paul Walker after the star was killed in a car crash late in 2013. But how should Walker's character Brian be written out of the franchise in 'Fast and Furious 7'?

Paul Walker behind the scenes of Fast and Furious 7
A video Vin Diesel has posted on his Facebook page includes over 18 minutes of footage of Walker and Diesel when they were not on screens together in the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise, including behind the scenes footage of 'Fast and Furious 7'.

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Breaking Bad cast break out big time in 2014

So the stars of Breaking Bad were here long before they got the call to become forever set in stone as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman but now all eyes are on them as they make their first steps in the post-Breaking Bad world. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul must now be two of the hottest stars in Hollywood with everyone wanting to get a little bit of the Breaking Bad magic dust sprinkled all over their new film. So far they've been snapped up for six projects across 2014 with Paul leading the way with four films to Cranston's more restrained two.

Hellion


When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob’s delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home. Cast: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins, Deke Garner, Jonny Mars, Walt Roberts.
Read more at http://collider.com/hellio-images-infinitely-polar-bear-images/#VGWuPsBI9Pzhm9M4.99
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob’s delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father (Aaron Paul) must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home. Joining Aaron Paul in the cast are Juliette Lewis and some relatively unknown individuals. It's been in Sundance this year and has some decent reviews.
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob’s delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home. Cast: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins, Deke Garner, Jonny Mars, Walt Roberts.
Read more at http://collider.com/hellio-images-infinitely-polar-bear-images/#VGWuPsBI9Pzhm9M4.99

A Long Way Down


Four people meet on New Year's Eve and form a surrogate family to help one another weather the difficulties of their lives. Aaron Paul is joined by Toni Collette, Imogen Poots and Pierce Brosnan. It's based on the 2005 novel of the same name written by Nick Hornby (of About a Boy and High Fidelity fame).



Need for Speed


Fresh from prison, a street racer (Aaron Paul) who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins. The more I hear about this, the more excited I get. Refreshingly free of CGI, this has the potential to be awesome fun. Paul is joined by Dominic Cooper and Imogen Poots (again!).



Exodus


An account of Moses' hand in leading the Israelite slaves out of Egypt. Christian Bale takes the role of Moses. Let's hope the director of photography doesn't get in his way while he's trying to part the sea. Aaron Paul is Joshua under the direction of Ridley Scott and the rest of the cast is rounded out by Ben Kingsley, Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver.

Godzilla


A giant radioactive monster called Godzilla appears to wreak destruction on mankind. Bryan Cranston plays Joe Brody and is joined by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen. It's directed by Gareth Edwards who made the memorable Monsters. Should be interesting to see what he does woth this kind of budget.



Get a Job

A comedy centered around a recent college graduate, his friends, and their attempts to secure employment.  Cranston is joined by Miles Teller, John C. McGinley and Anna Hendrick.

What are you most excited to see the Breaking Bad boys star in this year?

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Need for Speed trailer stars post Breaking Bad Aaron Paul

Speeding ahead of Fast and Furious 7 and into cinemas next year is video game adaptation Need for Speed starring Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul. Just in case you thought the Fast and Furious movies were getting over blown and overly dramatic, the trailer for Need for Speed has operatic music, epic long shots and seemingly words spoken like a psalm or biblical quotation. Only thing missing is Jesse Pinkman's trademark 'Bitch' at the end.


So it's a video game adaptation and its got lots of cars racing around. So far so uninteresting. However the presence of Aaron Paul in another haunted role adds the promise of plenty of emoting in amongst the screeching tyres and explosive stunts. Most promising of all it looks refreshingly free from dodgy effects so hopefully the producers of this carnage have found a need to keep it real.

It will be interesting to see if Need for Speed can become as big a franchise as the Fast and Furious series. I was expecting very little before seeing this trailer but now I've seen Paul in action and some pretty tasty looking street scenes, things are definitely looking up. The voiceover might be teetering dangerously close to laughably over dramatic but I think Paul may have the chops to make us care for this character even as everything (hopefully) explodes around him. And I have to say I am a sucker for anything that has helicopters against cars...

Check out the trailer:



What do you reckon? Pole position or back of the pack?

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