Lionsgate dates Liam Neeson’s “Commuter” for 2017 July 14, 2016 - 15:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lionsgate has set a pre-Halloween release date of Oct. 27, 2017, for its eighth “Saw” movie and Liam Neeson’s “The Commuter” for two weeks earlier, Variety said. The untitled film is being directed by twin brothers Michael and Peter Spierig with Twisted Pictures producing. The original “Saw” cost $1.2 million and was James Wan’s feature film directorial debut from a screenplay by Leigh Whannell with Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Tobin Bell and Leigh Whannell starring. The film was released in October, 2004, with the next six movies released in the same pre-Halloween slot through 2010. The franchise revolves around the fictional character John Kramer, also called the “Jigsaw Killer” or “Jigsaw,” who traps victims in situations that test their will to live. Lionsgate also announced Wednesday that action-comedy “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” will open on Aug. 18, 2017. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Gary Oldman and Elodie Yung star with Patrick Hughes direction from a Tom O’Connor script. It’s also opening “The Commuter,” starring Neeson and Vera Farmiga, on Oct. 13, 2017. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing and StudioCanal is producing. Neeson plays an insurance salesman on his daily commute home, which quickly becomes anything but routine, after being caught up in a criminal conspiracy.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
