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Hot Trailer: ‘Vehicle 19′

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday March 25, 2013 @ 5:13pm PDTTags: Paul Walker, Vehicle 19

Here’s a new trailer for the action thriller Vehicle 19 starring Paul Walker, Naima McLean, Gys de Villiers, Leyla Haidarian, and Tshepo Maseko. Walker plays a recent parolee who unwittingly picks up the wrong rental vehicle after a long flight. He soon realizes that he is the target of an entire police force after discovering the tied-up female “passenger” in the trunk. The pic is directed by Retribution‘s Mukunda Michael Dewil. Ryan Haidarian and Peter Safran produced and Walker and Eddie Mbalo are exec producers. A release date has not yet been set.

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Relativity Media On For ‘Brick Mansions,’ The ‘Banlieue 13′ Remake With Paul Walker

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 9:41am PSTTags: Luc Besson, Paul Walker, Relativity Media
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Furthering its commitment to co-finance action films from Luc Besson‘s EuropaCorp, Relativity Media has signed on to co-finance and be domestic distributor for Brick Mansions, the American-ized remake of the Paris-set Banlieue 13. The film will star Paul Walker, and it will be directed by Camille Delamarre, a protege of Besson. Besson, who co-wrote the original, scripted the remake with his Taken collaborator Robert Mark Kamen. Walker will star with David Belle, who starred in the original and the sequel District 13: Ultimatum. He is also the guy credited with creating Parkour, a sport that involves agility and leaping and climbing around obstacles. There will be plenty of that in these films. Read More »

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Hot SXSW Trailer: ‘Hours’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 10:07am PSTTags: Berlin Film Festival, Paul Walker, SXSW

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Walker trades fast and furious for frantic and fatherly in Hours, which will have its world premiere at SXSW and is currently being sold in Berlin. The pic, directed by Eric Heisserer, revolves around what happens after Hurricane Katrina hits the hospital where Walker’s child … Read More »

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Fox Reloading ‘Hitman’ With Paul Walker As Bald Barcoded Assassin Agent 47

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 5:49pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Fox International Productions, Paul Walker
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Fox International Productions is rebooting Hitman, the live action film adaptation of the hit Square Enix video game. They’ve set The Fast And The Furious‘s Paul Walker to star in Agent 47, an action film … Read More »

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Super Bowl Spot: ‘Fast & Furious 6′

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday February 3, 2013 @ 4:10pm PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious 6, Fast 6, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker & Co. are back behind the wheel in Universal’s Fast & Furious 6, which opens May 24:


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Sundance: Paul Walker-Starrer ‘Vehicle 19′ Acquired By Ketchup Entertainment

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 23, 2013 @ 7:38am PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Paul Walker, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Wrap-Up, Vehicle 19
Mike Fleming

Ketchup Entertainment has acquired the action thriller Vehicle 19, which stars The Fast And The Furious topliner Paul Walker, Naima McLean, Gys de Villiers, Leyla Haidarian, and Tshepo Maseko. It was directed by Retribution‘s Mukunda Michael Dewil. Ryan Haidarian and Peter Safran produced and Walker and Eddie Mbalo are exec producers. Walker plays a recent parolee who unwittingly picks up the wrong rental vehicle after a long flight. He soon realizes that he is the target of an entire police force after discovering the tied-up female “passenger” in the trunk. Pic will be released in June. Read More »

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Paul Walker On The Mend After ‘Fast And Furious 6′ Mishap

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 3:22pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
Mike Fleming

Will Paul Walker have to drive an automatic after suffering an ACL injury on Fast And Furious 6? The answer is no, but Walker has been limping since getting hurt doing some stunt work earlier today on the … Read More »

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Genesis Rodriguez Cast In Paul Walker Indie Pic ‘Hours’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 11:26am PSTTags: Genesis Rodriguez, Paul Walker

Genesis Rodriguez HoursEXCLUSIVE: Genesis Rodriguez is in negotiations to star opposite Paul Walker in Hours, the post-Hurricane Katrina indie thriller that Eric Heisserer (Final Destination 5) wrote and is directing — his feature helming debut. Peter Safran is producing. … Read More »

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Universal Inks First-Look Deal With Paul Walker’s Company; First Pic ‘Skyscraper’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday February 21, 2012 @ 10:17am PSTTags: Paul Walker, Universal Pictures

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA, February 21, 2012— Action star and producer Paul Walker has signed a two-year first-look production pact with Universal Pictures to house his Laguna Ridge Pictures, the studio announced today. The first project under this agreement is

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Paul Walker In Talks For Luc Besson’s ‘District B 13′ Redo ‘Brick Mansions’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 26, 2011 @ 3:10pm PDTTags: Aung San Suu Kyi, David Thewlis, Luc Besson, Michael Aris, Michelle Yeoh, Paul Walker, Pierre Morel, Robert Mark Kamen
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Walker is in talks to star in Brick Mansions, the Americanized remake of the Paris-set Banlieue 13. The film has a script by Luc Besson (who co-wrote the original) and Robert Mark Kamen, Besson’s collaborator on Taken. The … Read More »

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Paul Walker To Star In Thriller ‘Hours’, Written And To Be Directed By Eric Heisserer

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 5, 2011 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: Paul Walker

Paul Walker has been tapped to star in the post-Hurricane Katrina thriller Hours, which Peter Safran’s Safran Co is producing and financing. Eric Heisserer, who has written the screenplays for … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Fast Five’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 8, 2011 @ 1:32pm PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Fast Five, Paul Walker, Universal Pictures, Vin Diesel
Mike Fleming

Universal Pictures has released its second trailer for Fast Five, a film that brings back the stars of the previous four films including original duo Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, and adds Dwayne Johnson for good measure. The film bows April 29.

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‘Fast Five’ Paul Walker Exits CAA For UTA

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 6:52pm PSTTags: Agents, Chris Hart, Movies, Paul Walker, The Fast and the Furious, Theresa Peters, UTA
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Walker has signed with UTA, where he’ll be repped by Jim Berkus, Theresa Peters and Chris Hart. Walker spent the last three years at CAA. The move comes as Universal prepares an April 29 release of Fast Five, … Read More »

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Facebook Gets Vin Diesel ‘Fast Five’ Trailer

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 14, 2010 @ 11:16am PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Facebook, Fast Five, Fast Five Trailer, Movies, Paul Walker, Trailers, Vin Diesel
Mike Fleming

Here’s a first. While studios choose different venues to launch movie trailers online, Universal’s teaser trailer for Fast Five will make its debut on the Facebook page of the film’s star, Vin Diesel. Diesel has developed a following of … Read More »

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