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Christian Slater, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Holt McCallany Join Untitled Walter Hill Action-Thriller Starring Sylvester Stallone

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: July 8th, 2011 at 9:03 pm

A trio of actors have joined Walter Hill’s untitled adaptation of the graphic novel Bullet to the Head. Variety reports that Christian Slater, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost) and Holt McCallany (TV’s Lights Out) will star alongside Sylvester Stallone in the action-thriller formerly referred to as Headshot. Stallone plays a New Orleans hit man who allies himself with a Gotham cop in order to take down the killers of their respective partners. The report confirms that Sung Kang will be playing the Gotham cop, a role that Thomas Jane was initially hired to play before he was subsequently fired from the project. If you missed our interview with Jane, he candidly explains what went down behind the scenes.

Akinnuoye-Agbaje is set as the main villain (putting those Jason Momoa rumors to rest), with Slater taking on the role of a local handler who acts as a middleman, while McCallany will portray Kang’s dirty cop partner. Production is set to begin soon.

Bret Harrison Talks BREAKING IN at WonderCon 2011

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: April 5th, 2011 at 1:19 pm

With Fox’s new workplace comedy Breaking In premiering tomorrow night after American Idol, the network brought most of the cast (Christian Slater, Bret Harrison, Odette Yustman and Alphonso McAuley) and executive producers Adam Goldberg (Fanboys) and Doug Robinson (Rules of Engagement) to WonderCon.  It’s about a high-tech security firm that takes extreme – and often questionable – measures to sell its protection services.

While the show was on my radar, after learning about an upcoming episode, I’m definitely tuning in.  So what sold me?  In the next few weeks they do a Comic-Con show where Contra Security (where they work) is hired to transport Goonies 2: The Legend of Sloth so it doesn’t get pirated.  Any show that works in a sequel to The Goonies has me.

Before the panel I got to speak with Bret Harrison and we talked about karaoke, collecting DVDs, how he got involved in Breaking In and who he plays, WonderCon, what it’s like to get the post Idol timeslot, and a lot more. Hit the jump to watch.

Christian Slater Talks BREAKING IN, Reveals He’s a Toy Collector, and Tells Some Great Frank Sinatra & Billy Joel Stories at WonderCon

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: April 4th, 2011 at 1:50 pm

With Fox’s new workplace comedy Breaking In premiering this Wednesday after American Idol, the network brought most of the cast (Christian Slater, Bret Harrison, Odette Yustman and Alphonso McAuley) and executive producers Adam Goldberg (Fanboys) and Doug Robinson (Rules of Engagement) to WonderCon this weekend.  The show is about a high-tech security firm that takes extreme – and often questionable – measures to sell its protection services.

Growing up, I was a huge fan of Slater’s films like Heathers, True Romance and Pump Up the Volume, and when I found out I’d get to speak with him before the panel, I’ll admit to being very excited.  Thankfully, while some people disappoint you when you meet them, Slater is a kindred spirit as he’s a toy collector and fellow geek!  I had no idea.

During the interview he reveals what he likes to collect, tells some great stories about Frank Sinatra and Billy Joel, what’s his karaoke song, and, of course, we talked about his new show Breaking In.  Hit the jump to watch.

Ray Liotta, Ving Rhames, and Christian Slater to Swim THE RIVER SORROW

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 5th, 2010 at 7:59 am

Ray Liotta, Ving Rhames, and Christian Slater have joined the indie crime thriller The River Sorrow.  Per Variety, Sorrow “centers on a detective, played by Liotta, on the trail of a serial killer. Slater will play an FBI agent overseeing the case while Rhames is Liotta’s friend and captain.”  Rich Cowan will direct from a script by Steve Anderson.

Liotta most recently costarred in Charlie St. Cloud.  Rhames is reprising his role as Luther Stickell in the fourth Mission: Impossible movie, which shoots at the end of the year.  Slater recently shot the crime thriller Guns, Girls, & Gambling with Gary Oldman and Dane Cook.  Shooting on The River Sorrow begins next week in Washington.

Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, and Dane Cook to Star in Crime Thriller GUNS, GIRLS, & GAMBLING

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 17th, 2010 at 10:09 am

Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, and Dane Cook have signed on to star in Michael Winnick’s stylized crime thriller, Guns Girls, & Gambling.  This news depresses me because I thought we were done with Dane Cook.  He tried to start up a movie career, it thankfully didn’t work out, and he went away.  I’m not sure if it will be sad or funny when Slater and Oldman act him off the screen.

According to Heat Vision, “The story throws Elvis impersonators, Indians, modern cowboys, a 6-foot-tall blond assassin, a frat boy, a corrupt sheriff and a prostitute into a chase for a priceless American Indian artifact stolen during a poker game at an Indian casino.”  You know those frat boys: Always going after priceless American Indian artifacts.  HV says “Slater plays a normal guy who in a drunken stupor joins an Elvis impersonation contest. Oldman is the contest’s mega-contender, and Cook will play the sheriff.”  This marks yet another non-comedy for Cook following Good Luck Chuck, My Best Friend’s Girl, and Employee of the Month.

Christian Slater to Star in Adam Goldberg’s Untitled Comedy Pilot for Fox

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 21st, 2010 at 8:42 pm

Christian Slater will hope that the third time’s the charm for his television career as he’s signed on to play the lead in Adam Goldberg’s untitled comedy pilot for Fox.  Slater has struck out twice before with NBC’s My Own Worst Enemy (a show worth noting if only because it made Mike O’Malley seem threatening) and ABC’s The Forgotten, which I can only remember because it’s what I turn off as soon as I’m done watching Lost.

According to THR, “the show centers on a team of twentysomething geniuses who crack security systems,” with the (obviously not twentysomething) Slater as a, “charismatic renegade who runs the Titan Team, a gruff ex-military misanthrope with a checkered past.”  The show also stars the very funny Trevor Moore, who should know from The Whitest Kids U Know and try to ignore Miss March.

HEATHERS to Become a TV Series?

by Ramses Flores    Posted: August 27th, 2009 at 9:29 am

You’ve gone and done it again, Hollywood! Oh, you! News came out last night announcing that Fox plans to remake the 1989 cult classic dark comedy, “Heathers” for TV. The remake will be written by Mark Rizzo, whose only previous credit includes writing a pilot for a series named “Zip” for NBC, which never got picked up.  He will also be assisted by “Sex and the City” writer, Jenny Bucks, who will produce the project.  It’s still unclear if this remake will be a TV movie or a TV series. What is clear though, at least to me, is that the film does not need to be remade. To begin to shake your head in disappointment as you find out some more details, hit the jump.

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