News for
Fred Ward (I) More at IMDbPro »

2009 | 2008

1-20 of 40 articles from 2009   « Prev | Next »

---

Armored Movie Poster

31 August 2009 5:24 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Today a new poster for upcoming thriller “Armored” has been released.

Directed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy, Predators) and starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward and Columbus Short., it tells the story of a bunch of secuity men who decide to pinch one of their own armoured vans – and then proceed to squabble over the morality of what they’ve just done.

If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, you can check it out here.

“Armored” is set to hit theaters on September 18, 2009.

Armored movie poster

»

- Allan Ford

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Armored Trailer #2

27 August 2009 1:07 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Screen Gems has unleashed the second trailer for their upcoming thriller “Armored.”

Plot: A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.

The film is directed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy, Predators), stars Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward and Columbus Short.

“Armored” is set to hit theaters on September 18, 2009.

»

- Allan Ford

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Intense New Armored Trailer

27 August 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

A brand new trailer for the upcoming thriller "Armored" has been released, giving away a bit too much from the movie. Check it out below. Plot: A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off. "Armored" is directed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy, Predators) and stars Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward and Columbus Short. It is scheduled to hit theaters on December 4th. Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here. Click here to read more about "Armored." »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

New Trailer for Armored

27 August 2009 3:27 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Here's the 2nd trailer for Armoured which stars Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward and Columbus Short. You can check out the trailer after the jump.

Synopsis: “Armoured tells the story about a crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist….against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.” »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Nimrod Antal's 'Armored' Gets Second Trailer

27 August 2009 2:27 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Another trailer for "Armored" has been put forth by Screen Gems. Debuted via Apple, this new sneak peek offers many similar footage to the first one. There are slight differences between the two trailers, though, with different dialog and music cues. Most of never-before-seen footage can be seen nearing the end of this new two minutes video preview.

This heist thriller tells the story of a crew of officers at an armored transport security firm who plans an ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and hell breaks loose.

"Armored" stars Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Fred Ward and Milo Ventimiglia. Directed by Nimrod Antal using the script written by James V. Simpson, it is set to »

- AceShowbiz.com

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Nimrod Antal's Armored Trailer

26 August 2009 11:49 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Unless you caught the low-budget Control, probably your only English-language experience of director Nimrod Antal was 2007's horror quickie Vacancy. Here then, is a look at the Hungarian's take on an action movie, the upcoming Armored. And he can certainly wield a good cast: look out for Laurence Fishburne, Matt Dillon, Skeet Ulrich, Jean Reno and Fred Ward. Hooray! Remo Williams is in this!The plot as you'll see, involves new kid on the block Columbus Short getting conflicted about his security truck driver collegues' plans to hijack their own vehicle. On one hand it looks like standard stuff, but we're always pleased to see Reno, Dillon and Fisho, and it's great to see Ulrich back on the big screen after the cancellation of Jericho.But maybe the most tantalising thing here is that Antal is directing Predators for Robert Rodriguez, and Armored is our first real look at his action chops and visual style. »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Second Full Armored Trailer Now Online

26 August 2009 9:35 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

A second trailer for the upcoming heist flick Armored is now online and you can check it out below. The film was directed by Nimród Antal, who previously helmed the horror flick Vacancy and will next direct Predators, which Robert Rodriguez is producing. It stars Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward and Columbus Short. In the film, which opens December 4, a crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist….against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off. »

- James Cook

Permalink | Report a problem

---

See the Second Armored Trailer

26 August 2009 8:57 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

Sony Pictures has released the second trailer for director Nimrod Antal's Armored. Armored help Antal land the Predators directing gig for Robert Rodriguez which alone ups its intrigue value. As you'll see in the trailer, Sony keeps little under wraps in giving away several twists and turns. Armored stars Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Fred Ward and Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia. Look for it in theaters on December 4. A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist... against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off. View the trailer in HD at Apple or check out the first Armored trailer. »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

The Return of 'Remo Williams'??

11 July 2009 5:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

So, does anyone out there remember Remo Williams? Granted, he wasn't a household name like John McClane or Snake Plissken (I mean, he didn't even make Scott's list of '80s action heroes worth resurrecting), but for fans of that decade, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is a camp classic. But don't worry, because even if you don't remember the original, you're about to get another chance to meet the wisecracking secret agent thanks to Columbia Pictures. The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Business Blog has confirmed that producer Charles Roven (The Dark Knight) and Steve Chasman (Transporter) are setting up a reboot of the Remo Williams/Destroyer franchise with Sony and Atlas Entertainment.

The 1985 action-comedy originally starred Fred Ward as Sam Making, a street cop who is recruited into a secret government agency to take down an arms dealer and was based on the Destroyer series created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir. »

- Jessica Barnes

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. . . Again!

10 July 2009 4:30 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

With all the sometimes disappointing and questionable remakes, reboots and do-overs coming out of Hollywood these days, sometimes its nice to get news of a reboot and actually be happy about it. What am I talking about? Well, according to The Risky Business Blog, The Dark Knight producer Charles Roven and Transporter producer Steve Chasman are teaming up to bring Remo Williams (aka “The Destroyer”) back to the big screen.

According to the report, the producers have enlisted Charley and Vlas Parlapanides, who are currently writing the action film War of Gods, to take on the screenplay based on the first book in the massive Destroyer novel catalog — which was written by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir in the 70s and 80s. In case you’re not familiar with The Destroyer, it concerns New Jersey cop Remo Williams, who’s convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.

Williams is sentenced to the electric chair, »

- Chris Ullrich

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Todd Phillips Nails Down His ‘Due Date’ And Remo Williams Returns In Today’s Dailies

10 July 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Not so long ago, we used to run a daily feature here on MTV Movies Blog called… uhh… The Dailies. In the fast-paced world of entertainment, it’s easy to cherry pick the most noteworthy and or relevant stories while leaving lesser but otherwise cool newsbites to flounder. Even on my busiest day, I still won’t hit every single news item that you might care about.

That’s what The Dailies is for. I’m bringing back this column to keep you all abreast of the latest Hollywood happenings that don’t otherwise make it into the news day. Even here, I’ll be sure to miss stuff. That’s where you readers come in. Shout out links in the comments below or Tweet us with the same at @mtvmoviesblog and I’ll do my best to cram the relevant news into the next day’s column. For now, »

- Adam Rosenberg

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Remo Williams: The Adventure Returns?

10 July 2009 8:47 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

I'd love to take credit for this... I did after all call for a sequel to Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins three months ago in a post about movies that actually deserve a sequel.  But apparently Fred Ward shouldn't be expecting a call just yet... The original movie was based on a series of books called "The Destroyer" from authors Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir (and others later on).  Per THR, the first book in the series which introduces the Remo Williams character is heading back to the screen.  Which I guess makes this more of a reboot anyway.  The movie is being scripted by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides (War of Gods) with the hope that it will be the beginning of a new franchise.  There are currently over one hundred titles in the book series... Can it top the Fred Ward/Joel Grey original in the fun department?  Doubtful. »

- Rob Hunter

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Remo Williams returns for 'Destroyer'

9 July 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Action hero Remo Williams will be revived in new Columbia Picture project The Destroyer, says The Hollywood Reporter. Originating in Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir's adventure novels, the character is a New Jersey police officer who is sent down for a crime he didn't commit. He fakes his own death in the electric chair and reinvents himself as a vigilante named the Destroyer. Fred Ward played the character in the 1985 film Remo Williams: The Adventure (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Remo Williams Returns in The Destroyer

9 July 2009 8:42 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Wow, I have to admit, this is exciting news. I was a big fan of the ’80s movie “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins”, starring Fred Ward as a cop who is “killed” but is reborn as the super Government agent Remo Williams (and co-starring former Star Trek: Voyager Captain Kate Mulgrew, natch). He’s trained by a tiny Chinese dude and eventually goes on missions. I think the movie was supposed to launch a franchise, but it didn’t really do that well at the box office, thus no franchise was born, though it did launch a short-lived 1988 TV show. Flash-forward to 2009, and producers Charles Roven and Steve Chasman are planning to bring Remo back to the big screen in what is no doubt the first of a planned franchise. The Risky Biz Blog reports that Roven and Chasman, who have worked on “The Dark Knight” and “The Transporter” between them, »

- Nix

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Columbia Pictures Likes The Destroyer

8 July 2009 6:52 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

In a story from Risky Biz Blog it seems that Producers Charles Roven (The Dark Knight) and Steve Chasman (The Transporter) will be making The Destroyer. The project is set up at Columbia.

This film will bring back the '80s action hero Remo Williams. The script will be written by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides.

The first books in the Destroyer series were penned by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir. They followed the character of Williams, a New Jersey police officer who is convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Williams gets the electric chair, but his death is a lie so that he can be reborn as the vigilante character the Destroyer. He joins a secret assassin squad that is set up by the government.

With the help of an Asian assassin, Chiun, Williams goes after criminals and the people who framed him.

Murphy and Sapir wrote many paperbacks »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Management - Trailer

22 May 2009 4:45 AM, PDT | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »

Management chronicles the chance meeting of Mike Cranshaw (Steve Zahn) and Sue Claussen (Jennifer Aniston) when she checks into the roadside motel owned by Mike's parents in Arizona. A bottle of wine 'compliments of management' jump starts the cross-country journey and unique courtship between two different kinds of people who are both ultimately looking for the same thing - a sense of happiness.

Woody Harrelson, James Hiroyuki Liao, Fred Ward and Margo Martindale also star and Stephen Belber directs.

The film is on limited release in the Us, so check your local theater listings.

Read More

tags: comedy, jennifer aniston, romance, romantic comedy, woody harrelson

»

- Leigh

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Steve Zahn: The Hollywood Interview

16 May 2009 3:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Actor Steve Zahn.

Steve Zahn Moves Up The Ladder In Management

By

Alex Simon

Steve Zahn has become one of his generation of actors’ great chameleons. Zahn’s filmography features roles as diverse as goofball stoners, cocky musicians and one very brave fighter pilot struggling for survival in a North Vietnamese prison camp.

It all started November 13, 1967 in Marshall, Minnesota when Zahn was born to a Lutheran minister and his wife. After being bitten by the acting bug in his Minneapolis high school, Zahn spent one abortive semester at local Gustavus-Adolphus College, before crashing the audition of a professional production of Biloxi Blues at the urging of his acting coach. Zahn, a non-pro at the time, was cast in the lead, and as the famous blues song goes, “the train kept-a-rollin’” from there, including graduation from Harvard’s prestigious American Repertory Theater program several years later. After honing his craft on stage in New York, »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Management

15 May 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Management

Directed by: Stephen Belber

Cast: Steve Zahn, Jennifer Aniston, Margo Martindale, Fred Ward, Woody Harrelson

Running Time: 1 hr 35 mins.

Rating: R

Release Date: May 15, 2009

Plot: A traveling art saleswoman (Aniston) stays at the Kingman motel. And while it’s not luxury, it does offer a motel manager (Zahn) who falls for her and won’t leave her alone, even when she travels back home.

Who’s It For? Do you like offbeat? Do you like near-stalkers? Well, we’ve got a movie for you. Zahn has the bigger performance, and this isn’t a typical Aniston role.

Expectations: Off-beat romantic comedy with Zahn and Aniston (in a different kind of role), wow, in theory this sounds great. In theory.

Scorecard (0-10)

Actors:

Steve Zahn as Mike: He’s all over the place and never as funny as you’re hoping. We know Mike has a good, simple hear because »

- Jeff Bayer

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Interview: Managing Expectations of Life, Love With ‘Management’ Director Stephen Belber

14 May 2009 12:10 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Stephen Belber, the acclaimed playwright behind “The Laramie Project” and “Tape,” which was adapted into a feature film by director Richard Linklater, makes his directorial debut this week with the quirky romantic comedy “Management” starring Steve Zahn and Jennifer Aniston. He took time out of his busy schedule to make an international call from Paris, France to discuss the film with HollywoodChicago.com.

When Belber saw how his stage work and experience could be successfully adapted into cinema with the excellent “Tape,” it opened doors for him to want to direct himself.

Writer/Director Stephen Belber on the set of Management

Photo credit: Suzanne Hanover / Samuel Goldwyn Films

“It was sort of the first time that I realized that I didn’t have to dichotomize my screenwriting and my playwriting,” says Belber. “It allowed me to segue into screenwriting without feeling that I was selling out.”

Management

Photo credit: »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Summer Movie Preview

6 May 2009 4:12 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

We're all for getting out in the summertime, but there might not be anything more refreshing than cooling off in a movie theater... or seeing a movie in the comfort of your air-conditioned home on demand, on DVD, or online... or better yet catching a classic on the big screen at a nearby repertory theater. With literally hundreds of films to choose from this summer, we humbly present this guide to the season's most exciting offerings.

May 1

"Eldorado"

The Cast: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Franise Chichy

Director: Bouli Lanners

Fest Cred: Cannes, Warsaw, Glasgow, Palm Springs,

The Gist: When Elie (Adde), a hapless young thief attempts to rob Yvan (Lanners), a 40-year-old car dealer, the two form a unlikely friendship that leads to a road trip across Belgium in this slight comedy that won the Best European Film at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes last year. »

- Stephen Saito

Permalink | Report a problem

---

2009 | 2008

1-20 of 40 articles from 2009   « Prev | Next »

---