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September 26, 2008

RT Interview: Jason Statham Chats Death Race, Crank 2 and The Sweeney Opens in new window

RT catches up with Jason Statham to learn more about the Death Race and grill him on upcoming turns in Crank 2, Transporter 3 and the possibility of an appearance in Nick Love's version of The Sweeney. More...

August 22, 2008

Review Revue: Pick Your Poison -- Death Race, House Bunny, Rocker and Longshots Opens in new window

Smart moviegoers know some months you just don't need to try that hard in keeping up with new releases. January's one of those months. Sometimes September. And August definitely classifies as one. More...

August 22, 2008

13 Years Later, Anderson's Death Race Reaches the Finish Line Opens in new window

More than a decade after he got the thumbs up from Roger Corman, Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race 2000 update is finally reaching theaters -- and according to Corman, the new version is "bigger and better." More...

July 23, 2008

Exclusive: Death Race International Poster Revealed Opens in new window

We take a first look at some cool new artwork for Paul W.S. Anderson's Jason Statham-starring latest. More...

August 9, 2007

Joan Allen and Ian McShane Strap In for Death Race Opens in new window

Joan Allen, who you recently saw reprising her role as a CIA spook in The Bourne Ultimatum, is teaming up with Universal again for another action flick: Death Race. Allen will play the prison warden who coerces Jason Statham's character into the titular competition of doom. More...

July 31, 2007

Heroes and Villains Join the Death Race Squad Opens in new window

We already knew that Jason Statham was toplining the new Death Race 2000 remake, but director Paul W.S. Anderson dropped a few cool casting bombs at last week's San Diego Comic Con. More...

June 4, 2007

Paul W.S. Anderson to Helm "Spy Hunter" Opens in new window

Not too long ago it was supposed to be John Woo and The Rock doing "Spy Hunter" duty. Now it's Paul W.S. Anderson and ... who knows? More...

April 24, 2007

Jason Statham Leads the "Death Race" Charge Opens in new window

If you're making a gritty action flick and you need a hardcore bad-ass for the lead role, heck, you could do a whole lot worse than Jason Statham. More...

March 29, 2007

Anderson Still Attached to "Castlevania"; New Line to Keep Freddy Dead (For Now) Opens in new window

The Internets have been abuzz with talk of director Paul W.S. Anderson abandoning the upcoming "Castlevania" for "Death Race," but as Anderson himself tells IGN Movies, there's a reason they're called "rumors" and not "facts." More...

March 28, 2007

Paul Anderson Bails on "Castlevania" Flick Opens in new window

Given that he's directed movies like "Mortal Kombat," "Resident Evil," and "Alien vs. Predator," it's not like video game fans were exactly clamoring for Paul W.S. Anderson to helm the big-screen version of the "Castlevania" video game, so here's some potentially good news: He's offically off the project. More...

November 2, 2006

Tom Cruise Handed Reins to Reborn United Artists Opens in new window

After a very public break-up with Paramount back in August, Tom Cruise and producing partner Paula Wagner have rebounded, set to run the venerated movie studio founded by Hollywood greats Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith. More...

July 6, 2006

Paul W.S. Anderson Choosing Between "Death Race 3000" and "Castlevania" Opens in new window

Filmmaking partners Paul W.S. Anderson (director) and Jeremy Bolt (producer) look to have their hands pretty full these days. In addition to their "DOA: Dead or Alive," which was directed by Corey Yuen, the duo also have an interesting pair of projects coming up soon: a remake of Roger Corman's "Death Race 2000" and a big-screen adaptation of the original "Castlevania" video game. More...

September 8, 2005

Roger Corman's Back Catalog Finds a Home ... at Disney? Opens in new window

Legendary indie filmmaker Roger Corman has signed a deal with Buena Vista, which will result in a Disney logo on the back of the next "Death Race 2000" DVD, says Variety. "Under the 12-year pact announced Wednesday, Buena Vista Home Entertainment gains distribution rights to more than 400 cult-classic Corman films in the U.S. and on select films in Canada. More...

March 23, 2005

Bane of Fanboy Existence to Remake Corman "Classic" Opens in new window

Very few genre filmmakers have had to deal with such outspoken animosity from the movie geeks of the world, but director Paul W.S. Anderson seems to be the movie world's #2 whipping boy. (#1 would obviously be Uwe "Alone in the Dark" Boll.) If you're among those who sneer at every one of Anderson's projects, well here's some new fodder for your cannon: the guy will be writing and directing a remake of Roger Corman & Paul Bartel's "Death Race 2000" for Paramount. More...