The Cold Light of Day

Producers Aaron Ryder and Marc Evans Talk THE RAVEN, CRUSH, THE STRANGERS 2, MUD, and More

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: April 28th, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Now playing at theaters everywhere is director James McTeigue‘s (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin) The Raven.  If you’re not familiar with the film, the story takes place in 1840s Baltimore where a series of grisly murders appear to have been inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe (played by John Cusack).  Poe and a detective (Luke Evans) must team up to find the killer before he takes out the woman Poe loves (Alice Eve).  The film also stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Brendan Gleeson.   For more on the film, here’s the trailer and 40 images.

Recently, I got to sit down with producers Aaron Ryder and Marc Evans for an extended interview.  We talked about how they got involved in The Raven, the rating, deleted scenes, how the script changed when the actors got cast, Poe’s dark and extraordinary life, and more.  In addition, they also talked about their upcoming projects like House at the End of the Street with Jennifer Lawrence, Jeff Nichols‘ Mud, The Cold Light of Day and The Strangers 2.  Hit the jump for what they had to say.

Release Dates for ANNA KARENINA, THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY, and LOLA VERSUS

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: March 12th, 2012 at 8:13 pm

Though each of the following movies has less Robert Pattinson than Bel Ami, they also received new release dates today:

• Focus Features will release Anna Karenina starring Keira Knightley in the U.S. on November 9, a couple months after the September UK release.
• Fox Searchlight has scheduled the Greta Gerwig romantic comedy Lola Versus for June 8
• Summit has pushed The Cold Light of Day—a spy thriller led by Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver—from April 6 to September 7.

Hit the jump for more on each project.

Release Dates for SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED, SINISTER, FUN SIZE, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3D

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 27th, 2012 at 8:02 pm

New release dates, y’all:

• Safety Not Guaranteed – The Sundance hit sparked by a classified ad seeking a partner for time travel hits theaters on June 8.
  
• Sinister – The supernatural thriller starring Ethan Hawke has moved from August 24 to October 5
• Fun Size – The Halloween comedy led by Victoria Justice opens the Friday before the holiday on October 26
• Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away – James Cameron presents the acrobatics of the famed Montreal circus in glorious 3D on December 21
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D – Lionsgate pushed the horror reboot from October 5 to January 4, 2013

Hit the jump for more on each project.

Posters for BEL AMI, THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, and HYSTERIA

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 31st, 2012 at 8:41 pm

Four new posters tonight.  From:

• Bel Ami – Robert Pattinson stars as a man who uses “his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth” in 1890s Paris. Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, and Colm Meaney co-star.
• The Cold Light of Day – Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver star in the spy thriller about a man who finds himself on the run when his family is kidnapped by intelligence agents.
• Friends with Kids – Jennifer Westfeldt,Adam Scott, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox and Edward Burns star in the comedy about two friends who decide to have a baby together.
  
• Hysteria – Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones star in this romantic comedy that revolves around the invention of the vibrator.

Hit the jump for the posters and synopses for each movie.

First Trailer for Action Thriller COLD LIGHT OF DAY Starring Henry Cavill and Bruce Willis

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 30th, 2012 at 12:42 pm

The first trailer for the action-thriller Cold Light of Day has gone online. The film centers on a man (Henry Cavill) whose family is abducted while vacationing in Spain. As he puts the pieces of their disappearance together, the man uncovers family secrets and a government conspiracy that are responsible for the crime. It looks like a neat little espionage actioner, but I’m not really seeing anything new or interesting being brought to the genre. That said, Cavill sure seems like he can handle himself. Bruce Willis stars as Cavill’s father in another one of his “seasoned law enforcement veteran” roles, while Sigourney Weaver is a nice addition as someone connected to Cavill’s family’s disappearance. Many will be interested in checking the film out if only to see our next Superman (Cavill dons the tights for Man of Steel) take his shot at a leading American role.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer. Cold Light of Day opens April 6th.

First Images and Synopses for THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, GONE, SINISTER, STEP UP 4, and More

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 9th, 2012 at 1:38 pm

Summit has released images and synopses for their 2012 line-up.  We already showed you the first image from Warm Bodies, and now we have the first images from Gone starring Amanda Seyfried, Sinister starring Ethan Hawke, The Perks of Being a Wallflower starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, and Step Up 4 starring people you probably don’t know.  The studio has released synopses for all of their 2012 movies.  We don’t have images for every one of their films and some of the synopses are really just log-lines, but you’ll know more about these films than you did before.

Hit the jump to check out the images, read the synopses, and learn things.

New Synopsis and Promo Poster for STEP UP 4 3D and New Promo Poster for THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY Starring Bruce Willis and Henry Cavill

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: November 5th, 2011 at 9:20 am

Straight from the American Film Market, we’ve got the new synopsis and promo poster for Step Up 4 3D, as well as a new promo poster for The Cold Light of Day. Step Up 4 is the fourth installment in the popular dance franchise, this time taking place in Miami and centering on flash mobs. The cast includes Ryan Guzman, Kathryn McCormick (So You Think You Can Dance), Misha Gabriel (This is It), and Peter Gallagher (American Beauty). Step Up 4 3D opens July 27th, 2012.

We’ve also got a new poster for Cold Light of Day. The thriller stars Henry Cavill (Man of Steel), Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver. It centers on a young American who must race to find the connection between his father’s secrets and his family’s disappearance before time runs out. Hit the jump to check out the synopsis and posters.

A Recap of All Our AFM Coverage; Tons of Synopses, Posters, and Images for Upcoming Films

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 3rd, 2010 at 10:22 pm

With the American Film Market (AFM) starting today in Los Angeles, we’ve been posting an enormous amount of promo posters and first synopses from a wide assortment of movies. Due to the amount that we’ve been posting, we think there is a good chance you might have missed some of the posters and info over the course of the day. So to make sure you’re all caught up, here’s links to all our AFM coverage. Look for more tomorrow:

• Posters and Synopses for STEP UP 4EVER 3D, BROTHER’S JUSTICE, HYBRID, and SOMETHING BORROWED
• First Poster and Tons of New Images from Sarah Polley’s TAKE THIS WALTZ Starring Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman
• Posters and Synopses for THE THREE MUSKETEERS, SOURCE CODE, and MAN ON A LEDGE
• First Posters and Synopses for Keanu Reeves’s GENERATION UM… and Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz’s A WARRIOR’S HEART
• First Poster for Aardman’s ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
• First Posters and Plot Synopses for THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY and THE GARDENER
• THE BEAVER Poster and Synopsis Starring Mel Gibson
• Updated THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PARTS 1 & 2 Synopsis Released at AFM
• FilmDistrict Acquires DRIVE Starring Ryan Gosling, Christina Hendricks, and Carey Mulligan
• First Poster and Synopsis for THE IMPOSSIBLE Starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor
• First Image and Synopsis for Tom Hanks’ LARRY CROWNE
• First Poster and Synopsis for Terrence Malick’s THE TREE OF LIFE
• Posters for THE KING’S SPEECH, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, and THE ILLUSIONIST
• Scarlett Johansson to Play Sexy Alien in Jonathan Glazer’s UNDER THE SKIN

First Posters and Plot Synopses for THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY and THE GARDENER

by Ramses Flores    Posted: November 3rd, 2010 at 8:14 pm

We have some more news from AFM for you tonight.  First up, we have the first poster and full plot synopsis for The Cold Light of Day.  As we previously reported, the film will star Henry Cavill (The Tudors) as “a young American whose family is kidnapped while on a vacation to Spain.  He is left with only hours to find the connection between their disappearance and his father’s secrets.” The film will also star Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver.  The film’s plot may sound like a bland thriller, but what makes this project exciting to me is that it will be Mabrouk El-Mechn’s directorial follow-up to his surprisingly great directorial debut, JCVD.

Secondly, we also have a plot synopsis and poster for director Chris Weitz’s (About a Boy) upcoming drama, The Gardener.  The film stars Demian Bichir (Weeds) as a gardener trying to find an important pickup truck that was stolen from him with the help of his son.  The plot synopsis makes the film sound a lot like a modern adaptation of the classic Italian neorealist film, Bicycle Thieves, and it’ll be interesting to see if Weitz can make a film that is even ten percent as good as that one.  Hit the jump to check out the plot synopsis and poster for each film.

Sigourney Weaver Interview YOU AGAIN

by Christina Radish    Posted: September 22nd, 2010 at 10:37 pm

In the comedy You Again, actress Sigourney Weaver plays Ramona, the highly successful, career-driven aunt of Joanna (Odette Yustman), who has flown in from Europe to attend her niece’s wedding festivities. When she arrives at the home of Joanna’s soon-to-be in-laws, Ramona quickly realizes that she and Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis), the mother of the groom, attended the same high school 30 years ago. And, while Joanna is the high school arch nemesis of Marni (Kristen Bell), the groom’s sister, Ramona and Gail share a rivalry from their own high school years.

During a press conference at the film’s press day, Sigourney Weaver talked about working with Jamie Lee Curtis, rehearsing for the dance sequence in the film, and how the things that happen in high school really do affect you later on in your life. She also gave an update on her upcoming projects Abduction, Vamps, The Cold Light of Day, Avatar 2 and Ghostbusters 3. Check out what she had to say after the jump:

Production Begins on Mabrouk El-Mechri’s THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY Starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver

by Jason Barr    Posted: September 7th, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Right on schedule, production on director Mabrouk El-Mechri’s (JCVD) The Cold Light of Day began yesterday in Spain.  The action-thriller is set and filmed entirely in Spain and, per the press release, focuses on “a young American whose family is kidnapped while on a vacation to Spain.  He is left with only hours to find the connection between their disappearance and his father’s secrets.”  Starring Henry Cavill (Showtime’s The Tudors), Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver, The Cold Light of Day is the directorial follow-up to El-Mechri’s JCVD – a film I’ve heard a ton of positive things about but am ashamed to admit I’ve yet to see.  If you’re reading this, Mr. El-Mechri, you have my word that I’ll be checking it out soon enough.

The Cold Light of Day was penned by Scott Wiper and John Petro with revisions from Richard Price (HBO’s The Wire).  It is scheduled to film throughout the middle of November.  To check out the full press release, hit the jump.

Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver Step into THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 2nd, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver have joined Henry Cavill (The Tudors) in the thriller The Cold Light of Day.  Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri (the excellent JCVD), the story (per Variety) “centers on a young American whose family is kidnapped while on a vacation to Spain. He’s left with only hours to find them, uncover a government conspiracy and the connection between their disappearance and his father’s secrets.“  Cavill will play the young American and I presume that Willis will play the father.

Willis is currently attached to the action-movie/video game adaptation Kane & Lynch with Jamie Foxx, the indie crime drama Catch .44, Antoine Fuqua’s prison escape drama The Tomb, and Rian Johnson’s sci-fi flick Looper with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  He’ll next be seen as a cameo in The Expendables and as the lead in the action movie Red.  As for Weaver, she’s equally busy as she’s co-starring in the thrillers Abduction and Red Lights, and Amy Heckerling’s Vamps.  She’ll next be seen in the sci-fi comedy Paul with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as well as the Kristen Bell romantic comedy You Again.  The Cold Light of Day is set to begin filming on September 6th.

Henry Cavill to Star in Kidnapping Thriller THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY from JCVD Director Mabrouk El Melchri

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: July 29th, 2010 at 10:16 pm

Henry Cavill (The Tudors) has signed on to star in the kidnapping thriller The Cold Light of Day, with JCVD director Mabrouk El Melchri at the helm.  According to Heat Vision, the story centers on “a cocky young Wall Street trader who reluctantly vacations with his family in Spain.  When his family is kidnapped, he is thrust into a government conspiracy and must unravel his father’s darkest secret in order to save his loved ones.”

Richard Price (The Wire) is currently in the middle of polishing the script from Scott Wiper and John Petro.  Summit Entertainment and Intrepid Pictures are teaming to produce Cold Light, which is scheduled to commence production in Spain in September.

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