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Poster For James Marsh’s ‘Shadow Dancer’ – Starring Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen & Aidan Gillen
Jan 21st
This first poster has emerged online for James Marsh’s upcoming IRA espionage thriller ‘Shadow Dancer.’ The film stars the likes of Clive Owen, up-and-coming British actress Andrea Riseborough (Made in Dagenham, Brighton Rock), Aidan Gillen (The Wire) and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files).
I’ve been keeping a keen eye on this project, James Marsh was the man behind the fantastic Oscar-winning documentary ‘Man on Wire.’ The story follows Colette McVeigh (Riseborough), a young mother who is heavily involved in the Irish Republican movement, and who loses her younger brother at the hands of the British security forces. Owen plays Mac, an MI5 officer who recruits Colette after she is arrested following an aborted bombing attempt in London. In order to turn her, Mac gives Colette a choice either to inform on her family and see her son again, or stay silent and spend the rest of her life in prison. The film is based on Tom Bradby’s 1998 novel of the same name.
Clive Owen Offered The Lead Villain Opposite Josh Brolin In Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Remake
Dec 17th
Twitchfilm are reporting that Clive Owen has been offered the role of the lead villain opposite Josh Brolin in Spike Lee’s forthcoming remake of Chan-wook Park’s classic South Korean film ‘Oldboy.’ It had previously been reported that Christian Bale and Colin Firth were in talks for the role. ‘Oldboy’ tells the story of a Joe (Dae-su Oh in the original), a man who is kidnapped and imprisoned on his daughters birthday. For fifteen years he is held captive, and upon his release must begin his journey to find the reason for his imprisonment. He soon finds out that his kidnapper has plans for him more tortuous than his solitary confinement. The original film, released in 2003, won the much coveted Grand Prize Jury Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
“Twitch has learned that the villain role has now been offered to Clive Owen. Owen and Lee have history, of course, having worked together on Lee’s underrated thriller The Inside Man. That the director and star know and like each other is certainly a plus but a much bigger plus is that Owen embodies the perfect blend of sophistication and menace that the part requires along with the sort of charisma needed to go toe to toe with Brolin. Now he just needs to say yes.”
I’m a big fan of both Josh Brolin and Spike Lee, I still don’t quite grasp remaking such a unique and flawless film though if I’m honest. I am however giving this film the benefit of the doubt as Spike Lee is such a talented and original film-maker himself, without doubt one of my favourite directors working today. The combination of Spike Lee and Josh Brolin is certainly a FAR better fit to the material than Will Smith and Steven Spielberg – who had previously been linked to the project. UPDATE: Twitchfilm are now reporting that Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right, Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre) has apparently been offered the female lead.
Debut Image From James Marsh’s ‘Shadow Dancer’ – Starring Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen & Aidan Gillen
Dec 6th
This debut image has emerged online from James Marsh’s upcoming IRA espionage thriller ‘Shadow Dancer.’ The film stars the likes of Clive Owen, up-and-coming British actress Andrea Riseborough (Made in Dagenham, Brighton Rock) as the female lead, Aidan Gillen (The Wire) and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files).
I’ve been keeping a keen eye on this project, James Marsh was the man behind the fantastic Oscar-winning documentary ‘Man on Wire.’ The story follows Colette McVeigh (Riseborough), a young mother who is heavily involved in the Irish Republican movement, and who loses her younger brother at the hands of the British security forces. Owen plays Mac, an MI5 officer who recruits Colette after she is arrested following an aborted bombing attempt in London. In order to turn her, Mac gives Colette a choice either to inform on her family and see her son again, or stay silent and spend the rest of her life in prison. The film is based on Tom Bradby’s 1998 novel of the same name.
Yvonne Strahovski Interview For ‘Killer Elite’
Sep 23rd
Inspired by true events, ‘Killer Elite’ is an action adventure spy film following Danny (Jason Statham), one of the world’s most skilled special-ops agents. Lured out of self-imposed exile to execute a near-impossible feat of retribution and personal salvation, Danny reassembles his old team of operatives to help rescue his former mentor (Robert De Niro), and to penetrate the highly feared and respected military unit, the British Special Air Service (SAS). Facing off against a covert group of ex-SAS soldiers known as “The Feather Men,” who, under their leader Spike (Clive Owen), provide a deadly cloak of security around all SAS members, Danny and his team must take down a rogue cell of solider assassins before their actions result in a global political meltdown. Accompanying Jason Statham, Robert De Niro and Clive Owen in film is Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Ben Mendelsohn, Lachy Hulme, Firass Dirani, Grant Bowler and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. ‘Killer Elite’ is set for release September 23rd. Check out what Yvonne Strahovski had to say about the film.
What was it about this story and character that sparked your interest?
Yvonne Strahovski: It’s a great story, and there’s really only one female in the story. I mean, there are a couple but the main story, it’s really just my character – so that was kinda cool. Also, she’s a country girl, she rides horses, I love riding horses and I love the country (laughs). I haven’t played a country girl in a long time so it was a nice break from my usual spy stuff that I do, that I have been doing on ‘Chuck‘.
Gary McKendry Interview For ‘Killer Elite’ – Talks Jason Statham, Robert De Niro & Clive Owen
Sep 7th
Inspired by true events, ‘Killer Elite’ is an action adventure spy film following Danny (Jason Statham), one of the world’s most skilled special-ops agents. Lured out of self-imposed exile to execute a near-impossible feat of retribution and personal salvation, Danny reassembles his old team of operatives to help rescue his former mentor (Robert De Niro), and to penetrate the highly feared and respected military unit, the British Special Air Service (SAS). Facing off against a covert group of ex-SAS soldiers known as “The Feather Men,” who, under their leader Spike (Clive Owen), provide a deadly cloak of security around all SAS members, Danny and his team must take down a rogue cell of solider assassins before their actions result in a global political meltdown. Accompanying Jason Statham, Robert De Niro and Clive Owen includes Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Ben Mendelsohn, Lachy Hulme, Firass Dirani, Grant Bowler and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. ‘Killer Elite’ is set for release September 23rd. Check out what Gary McKendry had to say about his directional debut and the films three lead stars.
How was it directing yourfirst feature film in ‘Killer Elite’?
Gary McKendry: It’s fantastic, it’s terrifying, it’s exhilarating, it’s frustrating, i it’s wonderful – it has been a great ride, but it has been a crazy ride. When we first started out to make this film, I never would have thought….if you would have told me, ‘Oh hey, here’s your first picture, you’ve got Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro. How do you feel about that?’ I would have laughed in your face, but here we are (laughs).
Clive Owen Interview For ‘Killer Elite’
Sep 4th
Inspired by true events, ‘Killer Elite’ is an action adventure spy film following Danny (Jason Statham), one of the world’s most skilled special-ops agents. Lured out of self-imposed exile to execute a near-impossible feat of retribution and personal salvation, Danny reassembles his old team of operatives to help rescue his former mentor (Robert De Niro), and to penetrate the highly feared and respected military unit, the British Special Air Service (SAS). Facing off against a covert group of ex-SAS soldiers known as “The Feather Men,” who, under their leader Spike (Clive Owen), provide a deadly cloak of security around all SAS members, Danny and his team must take down a rogue cell of solider assassins before their actions result in a global political meltdown. Accompanying Jason Statham, Robert De Niro and Clive Owen includes Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Ben Mendelsohn, Lachy Hulme, Firass Dirani, Grant Bowler and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. ‘Killer Elite’ is set for release September 23rd.
What interested you about ’Killer Elite’?
Clive Owen: It’s always the same things, it’s the script and the director. I read the script, I liked the script. I thought it was a very unusual and original spy movie really. It had some very cool action but it was rooted in this very unusual real world, these guys who were living very much in this world, it felt like a real spy story. And then I saw Gary’s short film that he was nominated for an Academy Award for, and thought it was really impressive. I had a number of conversations with him about the vision of the film, and then decided I wanted to do it.