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The "Lethal Weapon" star said he met Edwards while trying to organize hotel and service workers and talked about "re-imagining America.". "You and me, we're here because we have children, and we have grandchildren," Glover said. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
* Jet Li goes to war Dec 28, 2007
Having done an adequate job with Fearless (N, 2006), another Chinese history flick, it is encouraging to see Li cementing his escape from what seemed an endless cycle of Asian exotics that started out with his role in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), and followed by Romeo Must Die (2000), Kiss of the Dragon (2001), Cradle 2 Grave (2003) and most recently Rogue Assassin (2007). With Li catering to the martial arts crowd, Lau and Kaneshiro provide the eye candy, but neither really shines. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
IN THE ST. NICK OF TIME Dec 24, 2007
For movie buffs on your list, choose from Duane Reade's large selection of old-school DVDs like Labrynth," Fame," Lethal Weapon," Annie". and more (all 9. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Read on... Dec 22, 2007
I've since seen Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, Lethal Weapon, Midnight Run, Stir Crazy, Reds. more or less, I'm catching up on lots of films * Reading material: Instyle, Us Weekly (hate to admit it, but I love it), Entertainment Weekly, New York magazine. (Variety)
Up close with Jet Li Dec 21, 2007
Lis name is synonymous with wushu and his world-class skills in the discipline led to his international break in the box office smash, Lethal Weapon 4. He talks about how violence and death are portrayed on screen and talks about the Oscar-nominated film, Hero. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Will is 'Legend'; Dec 15, 2007
released some of its "Lethal Weapon" movies overseas, the likeness of Danny Glover was nowhere to be seen on the movie posters. But just as Smith's character Robert Neville lays waste to vampire zombies in "I Am Legend," Smith is killing off that way of thinking. (Los Angeles Times)
Guns in the Schoolyard Dec 13, 2007
Another troubling aspect is the easy access a couple of teenagers had to a lethal weapon. While school shootings have led to a debate over gun control in the United States, they were so far virtually unheard of in India. (India Times, India)
Danny Glover to be at school rally Dec 7, 2007
As an actor, his film credits range from the blockbuster Lethal Weapon franchise to smaller independent features, some of which Glover also produced. Most recently, he completed filming the critically acclaimed feature Dreamgirls, Poor Boy s Game, Shooter, the highly anticipated Be Kind, Rewind and Honeydripper. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Mel Gibson visits Costa Rica Dec 6, 2007
Gibson, star of Hollywood blockbusters such as the Lethal Weapon series and director of last year's Mayan epic Apocalypto, said he is considering Costa Rica because "it's a beautiful country, very stable.". "I like its people a lot and they have very good coffee.". (USA Today -- Life)
Xbox movie downloads make UK debut Dec 5, 2007
Titles available at launch include Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Matrix trilogy, Zodiac, Ocean's Eleven, The Perfect Storm, Swordfish, Three Kings, The Good German, Training Day, The Fugitive, Risky Business, Space Cowboys, Eyes Wide Shut, Analyse This, Demolition Man, Eraser, Executive Decision, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon 4, Mars Attacks, Clash of the Titans, Superman III and Dead Calm. The Xbox Live... (VNUNet.com)
Seth Rogen's Biggest Surprise About 'Pineapple Express'? 'I Can't Believe They Let Us Make It' Dec 3, 2007
The surprises keep coming with this flick, which was seemingly crafted with the maxim "If you want something done right, get it done by the one guy you'd least expect." Want a credible hero for a movie with the "action of 'Lethal Weapon' ". Get a comic. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Tait fires right into Test calculations Dec 2, 2007
"It makes it really hard work for the batters, so that's a pretty lethal weapon to have in your side. "He's always capable of doing that if he gets the ball in the right place, being that quick it's really hard work at the best of times. " Johnson was blasted by the Redbacks batsmen, leaving in-form allrounder Ashley Noffke to stand tall with 4-73. The Redbacks were dismissed for 366 after half centuries to Matthew Elliott (78), Shane Deitz (58), Andy Delmont (64) and Mark Cosgrove (54). But... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Hitman Review Dec 1, 2007
As is there are several nasty deaths throughout, but Hitman is no more kill-crazy than a Bourne, Die Hard or Lethal Weapon film. Whether or not that's bloody enough for fans of the game remains to be seen. (IGN FilmForce)
Haines, My Way Nov 28, 2007
"Star Wars," "Wedding Crashers," "Roman Holiday," "Boondock Saints," "White Christmas," "Alpha Dog," "Rio Bravo," "Mclintock," "Return to Me," "Lethal Weapon," "You've Got Mail," "Finding Nemo," and "Pirates of the Caribbean.". Comments. (Carthage Press, MO)
Jet Li breaks film salary record Nov 27, 2007
The former national kung fu champion made his name in Hong Kong films in the 1990s before moving on to Hollywood, where he starred in films including Lethal Weapon 4 and Kiss of the Dragon. He is currently filming The Mummy 3, playing a resurrected ancient Chinese emperor. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Jet Lis big paycheck sets record Nov 26, 2007
Li, 44, a childhood martial arts champion, has also broken into English-language films, featuring in action pictures such as Romeo Must Die and Lethal Weapon 4. . (MSNBC -- News)
Dont Ask, Dont Wank Violet Blue ponders the new war on porn, aimed right... Nov 23, 2007
Dont Ask, Dont Wank / Violet Blue ponders the new war on porn, aimed right at the US Military. Eager to support our troops, I happily obliged. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
PG East: As freshman tight end, WH grad contributes at Arizona Nov 21, 2007
"Rob is a deep-ball threat. He is an absolutely lethal weapon after the catch. He can knock you down. He can run away from people. He is an impact player.". Arizona's passing attack tops the Pac-10, a conference that features three of the top 11 teams in the BCS and several of the nation's top offenses. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Seth Rogen, Lovable 'Knocked Up' Loser: The Actor We're Most Thankful For In '07 Nov 19, 2007
It has the emotional sweetness of a "Superbad," but with the action of "Lethal Weapon.". MTV: What's next. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Film fervourVenezuela launches movies to compete with Hollywood Nov 2, 2007 Gibson flees fires Oct 25, 2007 Family Guy : Season 6 (DVD) Oct 18, 2007 Robert Downey Jr. has a secret Oct 18, 2007 Helen Mirren heads to brothel Oct 17, 2007 Mirren, Pesci open 'Love Ranch' Oct 15, 2007 Stocks of the Week Oct 9, 2007 Spawn in the USA, infecting the planet Oct 4, 2007 Nintendo Offers Free 'Wiimote' Cushion Cover Oct 4, 2007 K-Ville an old-school cop show Sep 18, 2007 Jodies got a gun Sep 15, 2007 Flaherty: K-Ville Sep 15, 2007 Dont let Tommy Lee Jones soft voice fool you Sep 12, 2007 DUDES GET NUDE ON FILM Sep 12, 2007 FALL TV: K-Ville Sep 11, 2007 When the towers trembled Sep 11, 2007 Enter the eco warrior Sep 10, 2007 Clive Owen: A star without a charm offensive Sep 5, 2007 It's a rush| Aug 31, 2007 Hollywood's black best friends; Aug 29, 2007 Media Advisory - Dreamgirls and Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover Challenges Rogers Centre to Set the Record Straight on Union for Stadium Concession Workers Aug 28, 2007 Television movies for the week of August 26 Aug 26, 2007 Good for absolutely nothing Aug 24, 2007 The tabloids' princess Aug 23, 2007 'Lethal Weapon 4' Writer: 'Mel Gibson Will Never Star in a Big Movie Again' Aug 21, 2007 Jet Li attacks China film censors Aug 20, 2007 McDonald's: The company with the bull's-eye Aug 15, 2007 Exclusive Interview : Brett Ratner Aug 13, 2007 Caffeinated Clint - It's all because of Leo Getz Aug 10, 2007 Exclusive: Chuck Norris shares his favorite quotes from killer hits Aug 6, 2007 which action stars Aug 5, 2007 Good old fashioned action movies might be gone Aug 3, 2007 'Fuzz' Busters Jul 31, 2007 Mel Gibson sells Malibu mansion for 30 million dollars Jul 30, 2007 Film Weekly goes to America - and cries Jul 29, 2007 Breathing new life into action films Jul 27, 2007 Danny Glover will join cast of ABC show Jul 24, 2007 Report: Danny Glover to join ABC's `Brothers & Sisters' Jul 18, 2007 Gibson sells mansion for $40 million Jul 18, 2007 Fists are flying at a furious pace Jul 17, 2007 Ways to win back our sanitation engineers Jul 14, 2007 Are 'Pineapple' Pair Seth Rogen, James Franco The Next Harold & Kumar? Jul 13, 2007 PF: Extreme Justice Jul 5, 2007 Just Shoot Me Jul 4, 2007 Glover, US workers seek to invest in SA Jul 4, 2007 Great moments in movie merchandising Jul 3, 2007 OSU grad begins third film Jun 28, 2007 'Live Free or Die Hard' Jun 27, 2007 He's No Cop-Out Jun 23, 2007 John Edwards Blasted for Embracing Danny Glover Jun 22, 2007 The Influence of Die Hard Jun 21, 2007 Die Hard Q&A With Bruce Willis Jun 17, 2007 Venezuelan filmmakers yell 'Cut!' over funds Jun 11, 2007 Actor Danny Glover takes on new role: Activist filmmaker Jun 10, 2007 Clinton replaces Iowa campaign director Jun 7, 2007 Who's been on top of their game for the past 25 years? Jun 7, 2007 Venezuelan movie-makers oppose Glover film funding Jun 1, 2007 Another movie in town May 31, 2007 Munnabhai, Rang de basanti, Dhoom 2 steal show at Bollywood awards May 29, 2007 Glover's Global Focus May 27, 2007 Hugo Chavez, Movie Mogul May 25, 2007 Movie Confirmed May 24, 2007 Shapiro to help shape Mandeville May 24, 2007 Chavez Funds $19.7 Million for Danny Glover Films May 23, 2007 We're all aliens to the Maroons May 22, 2007
Danny Glover, best known for his role as a cop in the Lethal Weapon series, has made it clear he supports Mr Chavez. The feeling is mutual. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Actor Danny Glover and Ontario Labour Leaders Trespassing Trial Begins Oct 30, 2007
Background Dreamgirls and Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover has been working with UNITE HERE to raise awareness of the issues facing Niagara area hotel workers who are fighting to improve working conditions. Canadian Niagara Hotels (CNH) owns the Sheraton on the Falls, the Brock Plaza Hotel and the Skyline Inn in Niagara Falls, Ontario. (Canada Newswire)
The 'Lethal Weapon' star and his family were evacuated from their Malibu mansion as the raging blaze continues to spread. Richard Gere - who witnessed the fire's devastation as he flew into Los Angeles for the 11th annual Hollywood Awards on Monday - said, "It's as far as you could see in both directions. The smoke was actually in the plane as we flew through.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
His first starring role since "Lethal Weapon 4". Most of the cast of "Friday Night Lights", among others. (Moviehole)
Filmmaker, "Superman," "Lethal Weapon". Il Piccolino Trattoria in Beverly Hills is a hidden gem. (Los Angeles Times)
The 64-year-old star of 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' has not appeared in a leading film role since 1998's 'Lethal Weapon 4. AFP. (iAfrica.com)
Hackford was also glad to coax back Pesci, who played a small role in "The Good Shepherd" but hasn't starred in a movie since "Lethal Weapon 4" in 1999. "Joe didn't have any desire to work, but he was the first person I had in mind to play the husband, this former cab driver who dreamed of making prostitution legal and carved out a tiny county and convinced the local politicians," Hackford said. (Variety)
If you've signed on for service with Blockbuster or Netflix, you know about the movie recommendations they hook you up with (mine right now include Lethal Weapon and La Femme Nikita -- does that say something about me. . (MSNBC -- Business)
But the producer is Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, The Matrix), and he has apparently replaced Hirschbiegel's original cut with a rewritten, reshot alternative. Siegel joked that the very title of the original was "the idea of some studio pod"; he would have disliked the interfering moguls of today. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
In the wrong hands, the Wii remote becomes a lethal weapon. TOKYO Nintendo's "Wiimote" is getting a cushion cover. (Fox News)
It's Lethal Weapon: The TV Drama. Not very original, is it. (The Palm Beach Post)
Its the aesthetic of producer Joel Silver the huckster behind such cerebral fare as Predator and the Lethal Weapon series and not Jordan that seems to have sway here. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- News)
The new generation of cops on film and TV later refined and popularized by stars from Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon to Dennis Frantz in NYPD Blue was that of a troubled, violent, flawed, but ultimately sympathetic hero. Yes, they broke the rules, but ultimately the rules are the problem. (Zmag.org)
When it comes to pure acting talent, Valley of Elah star is a lethal weapon. Carolyn Kaster / APTommy Lee Jones promotes "In The Valley Of Elah" during the Toronto International Film Festival. (MSNBC -- News)
And female fans still wax rhapsodic about Mel Gibsons in the Lethal Weapon movies and Arnold Schwarzeneggers in The Terminator. But it takes a brave soul to expose the full monty, which, incidentally, none of the actors in the film of the same name did. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Make this Any City, U.S.A., and K-Ville breaks down as a standard Lethal Weapon knockoff, with Anthony Anderson as a caring, committed family man and Cole Hauser (the beset movie star in Paparazzi) as Trevor Cobb, the mysterious, slightly dangerous cop with whom hes warily paired. The opening, however, reaches back to find Marlin (Anderson) wading through the chaos of Hurricane Katrina -- costing the character his previous partner and causing Marlins family to take refuge in Atlanta... (Variety)
"It was like a scene from what are those movies with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover? Lethal Weapon, right. I turned around and saw the building coming down.". The North Tower collapsed about 10 minutes after Bergeron escaped, as she was e-mailing colleagues to meet her at the Holland Tunnel. (The Palm Beach Post)
The man who spent two decades as a leading man in popular films like Mad Max and Lethal Weapon and who directed the ground-breaking and critically acclaimed Braveheart, The Passion of The Christ and Apocalypto may have courted controversy in recent times, but the one thing he cannot be accused of is not being wholly committed to whatever he strongly believes in. Playful: Actor Mel Gibson throwing a paper plane he made during a press conference, at one of the journalists, after the signing of the... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Here the camera pulls back and reveals him to be a rumpled guy sitting on a bench munching a carrot, which he soon uses as a lethal weapon, stabbing a villain through the throat. And if a cartoonish action movie can find a way to exploit his looks, how much easier for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (opening Oct. 12), in which he plays a seductive Walter Raleigh opposite Cate Blanchett as the middle-aged Elizabeth I. Wrenching a line furiously out of context, the film's trailer has her take one look... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
"I'm getting too old for this shit!" complained Sgt X Murtaugh (Danny Glover) in 'Lethal Weapon. That was 1987. (iAfrica.com)
Of course, friendships or partnerships between black and white males are a staple in films and movies ("Lethal Weapon," "Wild Hogs," "Pulp Fiction"). But in many of those relationships, the dynamic is more even-handed -- the friends support each other -- or the black male is the dominant friend. (Los Angeles Times)
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TV Movies: August 26-September 1. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
In his first English-language role, Jet Li played a villain in the fourth instalment of the Lethal Weapon franchise. Now, in War, a kind of dumbed-down, souped-up action thriller in a quasi- Weapon mode, he plays a superhuman assassin named Rogue who, as if his sobriquet weren't hint enough, says things like I have no master and is working both sides of a Yakuza-triad gangland war raging in San Francisco. (Globe and Mail)
Has anyone mentioned that a camera is not a lethal weapon. The driver didn't need to break the speed limit to 'escape' from the photographers. (Guardian Unlimited)
Lethal Weapon 4' Writer: 'Mel Gibson Will Never Star in a Big Movie Again' By: WENN Monday, August 20, 2007 10:26 PM CDT Mel Gibson will never be allowed to work on a big-budget movie again because of his "hateful statements" against Jews last year--according to the Jewish writer of Lethal Weapon 4 ... And Jonathan Lemkin, who wrote the story for 1998's Lethal Weapon 4, believes Gibson's drunken rant has left studio bosses nervous about casting him in future blockbusters ... Speaking at the U.K.... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
He has appeared in several Western action films, including Lethal Weapon 4, but continues to make Chinese-language films like Hero - which was nominated for the best foreign film Oscar in 2002. The star is currently shooting Hollywood movie The Forbidden Kingdom with fellow martial arts expert Jackie Chan. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
There is a scene in one of the Lethal Weapon films in which Joe Pesci delivers a profanity-filled rant about the high probability of having one's order messed up when using the drive-through window. I am not sure what movie the threesome was planning to watch, but if they would have rented Lethal Weapon, they could have save a little pain and suffering. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Lethal Weapon made it to four, so maybe we can do it, but it was after years and years of hard work. Where would you go in ''Rush Hour 4'' if you follow that train of thought, if you go from partners to friends to. (Moviehole)
I was watching Lethal Weapon 3 the other night and was thinking the same thing sure, it had its share of swearing and violence, but it was nothing compared to the first two movies ... He turned that series into something it didnt start out as it was originally dark, aggressive and hardcore; but by bringing Pescis Leo Getz into proceedings (in Lethal Weapon 2) it suddenly became, well, a lampoon of itself ... The moment he turned up in Lethal Weapon 3 as the real-estate agent... (Moviehole)
"After I shoot you through the door, you can examine the bullet. Open up!" (Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon 2" 1989). "I crap bigger than you." (Jack Palance in "City Slickers" 1991). (WorldNetDaily)
The movie: Lethal Weapon 2. The reason: The graying, less-crazy and not cute half of the Mel/Danny dream team winds up saving the day, his daughter and even cute, bleeding Mel from evil South African racists in this otherwise ridiculous sequel. (The Palm Beach Post)
I mean that these films Speed, the Lethal Weapon series, Die Hard, The Rock, and so on stuck mostly to their gunsand bombs, and fistfights. More specifically, the 90s action movie hero was physically powerful, in a barroom-brawl kind of way, and prone to quipping. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Hot Fuzz (Universal) The second feature from writer-director Edgar Wright and writer-star Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) has been available on home video for decades: Hot Fuzz is, after all, a witty and wisecracking montage of clips from some hundred-plus A-list and bargain-bin action films, chief among them Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, Point Break and, oh, Freebie and the Bean. Once more starring Pegg and Nick Frost as pals doing battle against baddies, this time in an allegedly idyllic town with a... (City Pages)
Gibson, the star of scores of films including the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon movies and Braveheart, and producer- director of the controversial "The Passion of the Christ," cleared a cool six million dollars on the Mediterranean-styled home of 7,000 square feet (650 square meters) four years after he bought it for 24 million dollars, the Los Angeles Times said. Built in 1981, it has only six bedrooms but 10 bathrooms, a gym, a pool and a wine cellar, and 155 feet (47 meters) of prime ocean... (Yahoo! Asia News)
And anyway - to quote Danny Glover in all four of the Lethal Weapon films: "I'm getting too old for this s**t." Bl**dy Tourettes Check. The Rock rules. (Guardian Unlimited)
(Think "Lethal Weapon" or "Under Siege.") ... Which means the glory days of the classic, non-superhero action flick began around the early 1970s and ran for two decades, when superstars such as Clint, Sly, Arnold, Mel and Bruce were featured in such megahits as "Rambo: First Blood," "Lethal Weapon," "Dirty Harry," "Die Hard" and "True Lies.". (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Glover is probably best known for his work in the Lethal Weapon franchise. His recent film roles include Shooter, Dreamgirls, Saw and The Shaggy Dog. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Best known for film roles, including those in the "Lethal Weapon" franchise, Glover's few TV appearances included four episodes in 2005 on NBC's "ER.". On the Net. (Lompoc Record, CA)
The 'Lethal Weapon' star's 76-acre Greenwich estate - which he shares with his family - recently sold for $39. 5 million, according to the New York Daily News newspaper. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Guns far and away remain the top lethal weapon in America. More than 10,000 killings in 2005 involved firearms, according to FBI statistics. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The firefighter has been glorified in everything from the Ron Howard movie "Backdraft" to the 1970s television show "Emergency." The cop gets four "Lethal Weapon" movies, five "Law " incarnations and 12 seasons of "NYPD Blue." Even serial killers and polygamists currently have positive television role models. And what has Hollywood produced to honor the tireless and thankless work of the sanitation engineer. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"He wrote the 'Lethal Weapon' movies and 'The Last Boy Scout.' I'm a big fan of his.". "We've used those as references a lot, but I've used John Carpenter's 'They Live' with Roddy Piper," Green revealed. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Originally, Pursuit Force was envisaged as a full-blown Hollywood blockbuster in game form, drawing inspiration from big-budget action movies ranging from Lethal Weapon, Mission: Impossible and Die Hard to Bad Boys, the Matrix, and Indiana Jones. While the team's initial vision was somewhat constrained by those portable considerations, fan feedback has meant the developer's now free to pursue its original ambitions. (IGN PS2)
Or the Lethal Weapon, which has, of course, Bacardi 151, Stoli, J. germeister, Rumple Minze, cinnamon schnapps, and Midori melon liqueur. (City Pages)
Glover, the co-star of the Lethal Weapon series, was a speaker at a Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (Sactwu) press conference, where ways of investing money in South Africa were discussed. Glover, as chairman of the non-profit TransAfrica Forum, said the visit was a "collaborative effort" to build relationships between South African and US workers. (Business Report, South Africa)
Between the gratuitous plugs for Subway sandwiches and Hero cologne in Lethal Weapon II, one has to wonder if the 1989 action movie was completely paid for before a single audience member attended the movie. But every once in a while, a film comes along that boldly pushes merchandising boundaries to such unprecedented new levels, that you have to actually stand up and applaud its ambition. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Ronald Vidor has done camera work on films ranging from Jaws and Lethal Weapon to Boogie Nights and Stand By Me. Vidor is the uncle of actor Brandon Robinson, and agreed to be the film s DP for a heavily discounted wage. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Excessive noise and plot twists aside, "Life Free or Die Hard" ingratiates itself with its winking acknowledgment of post-millennial action movie wrinkles; not just the hi-tech peril, but also an elaborately staged martial-arts duel between our sweaty-fisted hero and a sexy lethal weapon (Maggie Q). Of course, some things never change. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
" "Live Free or Die Hard" reintroduces McClane as a seasoned old-school cop who has little use for computers. When a cyber-terrorist (Timothy Olyphant) attacks the United States, McClane must protect a good-guy hacker (Justin Long) while fighting back the only way he knows how -- by blowing lots of stuff up. It was a common theme a decade ago, when the "Lethal Weapon" and "Bad Boys" franchises were going strong. For years, moviemakers ripped off the "Die Hard" plot of a working-class hero... (San Francisco Chronicle)
In a letter to Edwards, the group stated: "We believe this to be a political miscalculation on your part, as it sends contradicting messages to those who, like us, have chosen and sworn to uphold the democratic and moral values of our new homeland. Glover, who starred with Mel Gibson in several "Lethal Weapon movies, has stumped with Edwards in South Carolina and introduced him at the National Conference of Black Mayors in Louisiana in May, the Miami Herald reports. Edwards and Glover also... (Newsmax)
Lethal Weapon was one of the first action movies to bring it back home again (and we could discuss the impact of that landmark film too if we were anticipating Lethal Weapon 5), but it was the action follow-up the next year, Die Hard, that really solidified returning the action to something more everyday. Of course, sci-fi action wasn't about to go anywhere, but Die Hard was part of a genre return to a pre-Lucas action style closer to the disaster movies of the '70s than the action fantasies of... (UGO)
We wanted the film to be as hardcore as possible and as smashmouth when it came to the violence as possible, to have stunts and kills in the film that were unique, which posed a particular set of problems because you not only had to compete with our own first three films, but with the Lethal Weapon series and all the other knock-offs of the Die Hard films that have been done since 1986, of which there are many. Also, you know, not to mention how good stunts and special effects have become on TV... (IGN FilmForce)
Venezuelan filmmakers yell 'Cut. over funds - 06/11/2007 - MiamiHerald. (The Miami Herald)
"I'm a storyteller," says Glover, who is perhaps best known for his collaboration with Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon movies. "I want the stories that I try to tell to move people, to have them understand what is often happening in the world.". (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Glover, whose movie credits include "The Royal Tenenbaums" and the "Lethal Weapon" series, joined Edwards as he spoke to a crowd of more than 200 people about increasing employment and improving education. Glover said Edwards understands the needs of the working poor and that the campaign is telling their story. (Boston Globe)
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"The amount of money our Government has secretly and surreptitiously assigned the project could fund 36 Venezuelan-made movies," the film groups told the co-star of Lethal Weapon. They also criticised Glover, 60, for using political contacts to secure the funding package without a bidding process, calling such methods "demoralising and detrimental to future generations of Venezuelan movie-makers.". (ABC News Online, Australia -- Arts)
The cast of "Gospel Hill" will include Danny Glover, who was Mel Gibson's buddy in the "Lethal Weapon" series. Perhaps Gibson, who was in the area for several months in 2000 filming "The Patriot," can fill his co-star in on what to do and where to eat while in town. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Perhaps best known for playing the popular character Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series, Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 25 years. Other recent films include Poor Boy s Game for director Clement Virgo, the highly anticipated Be Kind, Rewind for director Michel Gondry, and Honeydripper for director John Sayles. (Indiantelevision.com)
Danny Glover is well known for his roles in the "Lethal Weapon" series and other films. But the actor from San Francisco wears another hat, that of an activist, in conjunction with "Bamako," a new film by director Abderrahmane Sissako that takes an uncompromising look at pervasive poverty in Africa and places the blame unflinchingly on organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
As for the built-in politics of the Toussaint story, he likens it to other liberation struggles such as that of Scottish hero William Wallace, brought to the screen 12 years ago by Glover's Lethal Weapon co-star, Mel Gibson, in Braveheart. Venezuelan media report that Villa del Cine is also planning to produce a film version of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's historical novel about South American independence hero Simon Bolivar, The General in His Labyrinth. (Time.com)
The producer and the studio previously collaborated on the Matrix and Lethal Weapon franchises, as well as on V for Vendetta and The Reaping. Variety says this He-Man, to be scripted by Justin Marks from an idea by Marks and co-producer Neil Ellice, "was pitched to the studio and Mattel as a classic good vs. evil battle, using the kind of visual effects strategy employed in 300. A warrior is touted as the last hope of a magical land called Eternia, which is being ravaged by technology and a... (IGN FilmForce)
To come up with some of those projects, Mandeville is in business with scribes J.P. Donahue and Kevin Polay ("Under Pressure"), Channing Gibson ("Lethal Weapon 4") and Jason Richman ("Bangkok Dangerous"). Mandeville is developing project "The Wrecking Crew," from scribes Toni Kotite and Marty Scott, at Lifetime. (Variety)
Glover, co-star of the "Lethal Weapon" films with Mel Gibson, has long expressed political sympathy for Chavez, an anti-U.S. leader who is forging a socialist republic and politicizing the army and judiciary of the OPEC nation. Story Continues Below. (Newsmax)
"There's also Batwing with more G-forces than a shuttle launch, Scooby-Doo and Lethal Weapon," he added. Rollercoaster rides with superheroes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
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