The Bourne Legacy – Starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, and Edward Norton. Directed by Tony Gilroy. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. “There was never just one,” the posters for The Bourne Legacy tease. They refer to the members of the CIA’s hush-hush Treadstone program, of which forgetful super-spy Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), was, well, born from. […]
Continue readingJeremy Renner is the new Bourne (kinda)
Jeremy Renner has landed the lead role in The Bourne Legacy, Deadline reports. The long wait is over as Universal Pictures officially offered Renner the opportunity to star in the Tony Gilroy directed action thriller. The film is a spinoff of the highly successful Bourne Identity trilogy which starred Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. In […]
Continue readingBill Hader to star as "Bourne" bad guy and JFK impersonator
We just can’t get enough of funnyman Bill Hader so today we’re bringing you a double dose of Hader news. When The Playlist sat down recently with Hader to discuss his role as a psychopath villain in Greg Mottola’s latest film Paul, they also got him talking about his upcoming projects. Working with director Akiva […]
Continue readingGreengrass to direct Martin Luther King assassination pic
When you want to make a film about an intense, horribly tragic moment in history, you call Paul Greengrass. Although the shaky-cam loving director is mostly famous now for helming the last two films of the Bourne saga, he previously directed Bloody Sunday (about the disastrous 1972 march on Derry in Northern Ireland) and United […]
Continue readingThe Bourne Legacy won’t feature Jason Bourne
Last week it was revealed that Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) would direct the fourth instalment of the Jason Bourne saga, entitled The Bourne Legacy. The director has now shared a somewhat surprising piece of information: the film will not feature Jason Bourne (Matt Damon). Gilroy spoke to Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere to clarify the […]
Continue readingA Salt with a deadly weapon – Salt review
Salt – Starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejifor. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Phillip Noyce’s Salt asks a few questions. What if the Cold War isn’t really over? What if the Russians have a whole bunch of sleeper agents poised to strike at the heart of America? What would […]
Continue readingQuickflix’s Top 10 movie trilogies are…
We asked for your opinion, and boy did we get it. Our readers let us know what their favourite movie trilogy was, and now we’d like to debut our official Top 10. Kick it! There were plenty of votes, some obvious (see below), some unexpected (is the Final Destination trilogy really that good?). Check out […]
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