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‘The Raid’s Joe Taslim On ‘Fast’ Track

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 15, 2012 @ 7:19am PDTTags: The Raid
Mike Fleming

After the invigorating Indonesian action film The Raid, it’s nice to see star Joe Taslim getting the chance to step up in Hollywood and play the villain in Justin Lin’s The Fast And The Furious 6, opposite Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson. His character is a cold blooded killer who uses martial arts and parkour skills to fight against the Fast crew. It is reminiscent of Jet Li making his step up in Lethal Weapon 4, a showcase which made him a star here. Taslim, a Judo martial arts champ who lives in Jakarta, was discovered by director Gareth Evans who made him one of the leads in The Raid. That film, which became a festival favorite, got him signed by ICM Partners.

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‘The Raid’ Helmer Gareth Evans Makes 7-Figure Pic Deal With Media Rights Capital

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 4, 2012 @ 9:41am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Gareth Evans, Media Rights Capital, The Raid
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Media Rights Capital has closed a deal with Welsh writer/director Gareth Evans for his first English language action drama. Evans will make seven figures to write and direct. They are keeping the plot under wraps, but it will feature … Read More »

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Brad Ingelsby To Script ‘Raid’ Remake For Screen Gems

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 3, 2012 @ 3:59pm PSTTags: Brad Ingelsby, Screen Gems, The Raid
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Brad Ingelsby, the scribe who blazed on the scene with the script The Low Dweller and who recently sold the script Run All Night at Warner Bros, has been tapped by Screen Gems to write the script for … Read More »

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Sony Nabs U.S. Rights For ‘The Raid’ Sequel

By BRIAN BROOKS | Thursday February 2, 2012 @ 5:44pm PSTTags: Sony Pictures Classics, SXSW, The Raid, XYZ Films

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has pre-bought U.S., Latin American and Spanish rights to the upcoming sequel to Indonesian action feature The Raid, which won the Midnight Madness Award at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Tentatively titled Berandal for … Read More »

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2012 Sundance: WME Signs ‘The Raid’ Helmer Gareth Evans

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 18, 2012 @ 4:55pm PSTTags: Gareth Evans, Management 360, The Raid, WME
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the Sundance premier of the Indonesian action film The Raid, director Gareth Evans has signed with WME. All the agencies have been courting him since that martial arts film made its premiere at Toronto, where it won the Midnight Madness Award. … Read More »

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Sony Pictures Classics Releasing ‘The Raid’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 29, 2011 @ 12:32pm PSTTags: Gareth Evans, Linkin Park, Sony Pictures Classics, The Raid
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics has been set to release The Raid, the Gareth Evans-directed martial arts film that won the Midnight Madness Award at the recent Toronto Film Festival. It is also rumored to be en route to the … Read More »

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Screen Gems Pacts To Remake ‘The Raid’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 9, 2011 @ 3:37pm PSTTags: Gareth Evans, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, The Raid

Screen Gems has acquired remake rights to The Raid, the Gareth Evans-directed Indonesian action movie that won the Midnight Madness sidebar’s audience award at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions had picked up U.S. distribution rights to … Read More »

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Toronto: ‘The Raid’ Helmer Gareth Evans Signs With Management 360

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 2:56pm PDTTags: Gareth Evans, Management 360, The Raid, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While buyers were a little lukewarm about a lot of the 2011 Toronto Film Festival fare, there was much buzz about The Raid, the Gareth Evans-directed martial arts film that won the Midnight Madness Award. The distribution rights … Read More »

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Toronto: ‘Where Do We Go Now?’ Wins Audience Award, ‘The Raid’ Gets Midnight Madness, ‘Island President’ Wins Docu Prize

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday September 18, 2011 @ 10:33am PDTTags: 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Awards, Edwin Boyd, Gareth Evans, Nadine Labaki, The Island President, The Raid, Where Do We Go Now?
Mike Fleming

The 2011 Toronto Film Festival is drawing to a close, and the festival just handed out its prizes. The winners:

Cadillac People’s Choice Award
Nadine Labaki-directed Where Do We Go Now?

Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Documentary
Jon Shenk-directed The Island President

Cadillac People’s Choice … Read More »

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Toronto: Midnight Madness Title ‘The Raid’ Gets New Soundtrack

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 12:25pm PDTTags: Linkin Park, Midnight Madness, The Raid, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

The Raid, which had its Midnight Madness screening last night, is getting a soundtrack overhaul. Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has been hired to create a new musical score for a film that was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide … Read More »

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