And the TCA Award for the creepiest panel of the Summer Press Tour goes to … Investigation Discovery! ID put forth “Homicide Hunter” host Lt. Joe Kenda, “Killer Instinct” host Chris Hansen, “Deadly Women” host Candice DeLong, “Behind Closed Doors” host Tony Harris and Production Senior Vice President Sara Kozak at Thursday morning’s Discovery Television Critics Association event. A chill definitely took over the ballroom, and for once it wasn’t the blasting air conditioning courtesy of the Beverly Hilton. Former “To Catch a Predator” host Hansen (pictured, second from the left) recapped an interview he did for his new ID show,...
- 7/30/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Vincent Cassel has said that he is not a fan of real-life gangster Jacques Mesrine, who he portrays in Mesrine: Killer Instinct. The actor told thelondonpaper that he initially turned down the chance to play the infamous bank robber because of concerns about the tone of the piece. Cassel said: "It was more than the script, it was the direction of the project that I didn't agree with. I am not a Mesrine fan. "I'm interested in Mesrine because I'm an actor that's going to play him, (more)...
- 8/12/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Thomson's Technicolor Business Group has signed a long-term exclusive agreement with Senator Entertainment to provide postproduction and theatrical release services, including release printing, and 35mm and digital distribution.
Senator Distribution upcoming of slate of theatrical releases includes "Unthinkable," "Brooklyn's Finest" and "Killer Instinct."...
Senator Distribution upcoming of slate of theatrical releases includes "Unthinkable," "Brooklyn's Finest" and "Killer Instinct."...
- 7/30/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Because almost everything in certain parts of Comic Con was already running late today, but not quite everything, I raced from the Avatar footage (impressive, incredibly detailed, still more cartoonish than I expected) to the Dexter panel, only to finally be allowed to enter the hall just as the Season Four trailer finished. So I didn't get to see the first footage of Dexter, Rita and their new son Harrison, nor the clips of John Lithgow as this season's 'killer of the year'. I did see an image from Dexter: Early Cuts, the animated webisodes that will detail the killer's early years, and a bit of footage from the video game soon to be released on the iPhone/iTouch platform. And even without seeing the trailer, I got quite a bit of information out of the panel discussion that followed. It's after the break, as are embeds of both...
- 7/24/2009
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Watch the trailer for the much anticipated two part biopic about one of the most notorious criminals in France, Jacques Mesrine.
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Total Images: (1)');">Mesrine: Killer Instinct charts the rise and fall of the often marveled, yet utterly ruthless gangster Jacques Mesrine. The films follow the incredible series of hold ups, prison breaks, and kidnappings throughout the 60s and 70s. Almost 30 years since his spectacular death, shot down in a hail of police bullets, the Cesar Award-winning team of writer/director Jean-Francois Richet and Vincent Cassel bring to the big screen the story of the man behind the legend.Mesrine: Killer Instinct introduces us to Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), a loyal son and dedicated soldier back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Handsome and charming, he is soon seduced by the neon glamor of Sixties Paris and the easy money it presents.
Total Videos: (3)
Total Images: (1)');">Mesrine: Killer Instinct charts the rise and fall of the often marveled, yet utterly ruthless gangster Jacques Mesrine. The films follow the incredible series of hold ups, prison breaks, and kidnappings throughout the 60s and 70s. Almost 30 years since his spectacular death, shot down in a hail of police bullets, the Cesar Award-winning team of writer/director Jean-Francois Richet and Vincent Cassel bring to the big screen the story of the man behind the legend.Mesrine: Killer Instinct introduces us to Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), a loyal son and dedicated soldier back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Handsome and charming, he is soon seduced by the neon glamor of Sixties Paris and the easy money it presents.
- 7/22/2009
- Films N Movies
A film so big it had to be divided into two densely-packed hours of action and crime, Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One are set to burn up screens like a Gauloise, with Vincent Cassel as the charismatic Jacques Mesrine.This clip shows Mesrine, a young up-and-coming underworld figure, facing off against Gerard Depardieu's more powerful, and more established, Guido. Think goats butting heads, only these guys have good suits and large automatics in their belts.The two films star anyone who's anyone and French, including Ludivine Sagnier, Samuel Le Bihan, Mathieu Amalric and Cecile de France. Mesrine: Killer Instinct is out on August 7, with Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One close behind on August 28. Vive le crime!
- 7/21/2009
- EmpireOnline
Having picked up considerable praise at various festivals Mesrine: Killer Instinct is finally coming to Britain. Shot back to back with the second part (L’Ennemi Public No. 1), the first instalment of Jean-Francois Richet’s crime biography of Jacques Mesrine hits UK cinemas on 7th August:
Inspired by the life of France’s most notorious criminal, Mesrine: Killer Instinct charts the rise and fall of the often marvelled, yet utterly ruthless gangster Jacques Mesrine. The films follow the incredible series of hold ups, prison breaks, and kidnappings throughout the 60s and 70s.
A rather exciting new UK trailer can be found below the break. It certainly looks to be an energetic and suitably sexy French take on the gangster biography with Vincent Cassel’s commanding presence in the lead. Je suis vraiment excité.
Part 2 looks set to follow on the 28th August.
Inspired by the life of France’s most notorious criminal, Mesrine: Killer Instinct charts the rise and fall of the often marvelled, yet utterly ruthless gangster Jacques Mesrine. The films follow the incredible series of hold ups, prison breaks, and kidnappings throughout the 60s and 70s.
A rather exciting new UK trailer can be found below the break. It certainly looks to be an energetic and suitably sexy French take on the gangster biography with Vincent Cassel’s commanding presence in the lead. Je suis vraiment excité.
Part 2 looks set to follow on the 28th August.
- 6/19/2009
- by James Dennis
- Screen Anarchy
We might as well make it official:
Idw Publishing is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the first series of ComicMix.com properties, GrimJack: The Manx Cat. For the first time in print, fans can now enjoy the adventures of GrimJack in 26 full color pages published straight from the online comic. Writer John Ostrander and artist Timothy Truman skillfully return to the grim and gritty interdimensional land of Cynosure, in which gun-for-hire GrimJack holds court in the fabled Munden’s Bar.
“We’re excited to be bring some of the best ComicMix properties to real-world books, and GrimJack is a great way to start,” said Greg Goldstein, chief operating officer of Idw. “The new books are a great new way to enjoy ComicMix fans to enjoy their favorite comics, and expose the properties to new fans.”
GrimJack debuted in the mid-80s and rapidly became one of First Comics’ best-selling titles.
Idw Publishing is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the first series of ComicMix.com properties, GrimJack: The Manx Cat. For the first time in print, fans can now enjoy the adventures of GrimJack in 26 full color pages published straight from the online comic. Writer John Ostrander and artist Timothy Truman skillfully return to the grim and gritty interdimensional land of Cynosure, in which gun-for-hire GrimJack holds court in the fabled Munden’s Bar.
“We’re excited to be bring some of the best ComicMix properties to real-world books, and GrimJack is a great way to start,” said Greg Goldstein, chief operating officer of Idw. “The new books are a great new way to enjoy ComicMix fans to enjoy their favorite comics, and expose the properties to new fans.”
GrimJack debuted in the mid-80s and rapidly became one of First Comics’ best-selling titles.
- 6/16/2009
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Chockstone Pictures and DeFina Film Productions have optioned "Killer Instinct," Joseph Finder's 2006 bestselling thriller.The novel focuses on a sales executive at an electronics giant in Boston who struggles to find the killer instinct that it takes to navigate the corporate world.Chockstone's Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz will produce with Barbara DeFina. Roger Schwartz will be co-producer.In Variety, Steve Schwartz stated: "The book appealed to us on two levels: as a terrific thriller and also as a parody of the technology industry that is scary and funny at the same time."...
- 6/6/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
The new issue of Empire magazine is now on sale, and among the tidal wave of news, features and reviews inside you'll find a new look at Vincent Cassel-starring French crime drama Mesrine: a film so big they have to release it in two parts, Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1.Now we know what you're thinking: you don't watch films made by cheese-eating surrender monkeys - but stick with us! Not only is Cassel himself on explosively good form in the film, but it's a sprawling portrait of French public enemy no. 1 (as the title already suggests). This image comes from the first half of the epic, with Mesrine taking violent issue with a guy who beat up his girlfriend. Unwise, dude, unwise.Mesrine: Killer Instinct is out on August 7, with Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 following on August 28.
- 5/29/2009
- EmpireOnline
Inspired by the life of France's most notorious criminal, Mesrine: Killer Instinct charts the rise and fall of the often marvelled, yet utterly ruthless gangster Jacques Mesrine. This epic film follows the incredible series of hold ups, prison breaks, and kidnappings throughout the 60s and 70s across several continents, assuming multiple disguises and identities which won Mesrine the title "The Man With 1000 Faces". Thirty years since his spectacular death, shot down in a hail of police bullets, the Cesar-winning team of writer/director Jean-Francois Richet and star Vincent Cassel bring to the big screen the story of the man behind...
- 5/27/2009
- Rotten Tomatoes
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