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They claim the Flemish cultural sector will now suffer without De Schutter’s expertise and international contacts.

Over 150 leading figures from the European and international industry have signed an open letter in support of Christian De Schutter, former managing director of Flanders Image, whose sudden removal from his role was announced in a short email sent by Koen Van Bockstal, CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf), on December 20.

“We’re all flummoxed by the situation and as his longtime colleagues we think we deserve some sort of explanation. We know that many people in Belgium, including your leading filmmakers, are also confused and angered,...

April came to a close with just one new movie in wide release, Liam Neeson’s “Memory,” a remake of a Belgian revenge-thriller called “The Memory of a Killer.” Released into just 2,555 theaters by Briarcliff Entertainment, a division of Open Road, it wasn’t thought that Neeson’s latest would do particularly well, but it did even worse than initially projected. But we’ll get back to that.

The big winners of the weekend were the three family films, as DreamWorks Animation’s “The Bad Guys” repeated at #1 with a solid 16.1 million, down just 33 from its opening weekend with 44 million grossed to date.

Over the weekend, Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” became the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time, bringing in 11.3 million (down 27) to take its domestic total to 160.88. The first “Sonic” movie only grossed 146 million in North America, but its potential legs were cut short by the...

It all started in January 2009. The movie? Taken. The movie star? Liam Neeson. That surprise hit created a new, palpable career path for the Irish thespian. Since then Neeson has starred in no less than fifteen actioners of a similar ilk. His newest, Memory, adds a twist to varying, mostly diminishing results. Written by Dario Scardapane, based on the 2003 Belgian film The Memory of a Killer and Jef Geeraerts’ source novel, and directed by Martin Campbell, it stars Neeson as Alex, a contract killer who finds himself a target after refusing to complete a hit. In one fell swoop our lead suffers from both a bout of empathy and an escalating case of memory loss.

As all corners converge on Alex he finds a potential ally in crusading FBI agent Vincent (Guy Pearce). Behind the bad men is there quickly revealed to be a villainess in the form of a...

Liam Neeson stars as “Alex Lewis” in director Martin Campbell’s Memory, an Open Road Films / Briarcliff Entertainment release. Credit: Rico Torres | Open Road Films / Briarcliff Entertainment

Adapting an old comic line: of all the Liam Neeson action/revenge/rescue movies Memory is the most … recent. Neeson plays Alex Lewis, a hit man with scruples (again), seeking retirement (again) from his craft. But he’s forced into one more job (again) that goes awry (again) putting the target on his back (again). One of the reasons for his attempt to quit is awareness that the same dementia that has already deprived his brother of all awareness is starting that downward spiral for him. The complication that drives this tired plot is his refusal to whack a child, and his anger at those who did.

Guy Pearce supports the effort as FBI agent Vincent Serra, frustrated by constraints from his superiors...

The return of Martin Campbell, the Brit director who successfully rebooted the James Bond franchise not once but twice, on opposite sides of the millennium and gave English-language audiences Antonio Banderas as the title character in The Mark of Zorro, counts as something to both welcome and/or celebrate. That's especially true after a prolonged absence from the kind of stylish, slick entertainments (2011's headache-inducing Green Lantern misfire notwithstanding) that made Campbell one of Hollywood's go-to directors for more than a decade. After two middling, modestly budgeted, ultimately disposable efforts, and now a third, underwhelming film in a row, Memory, a remake of a little-known, barely remembered 2003 Belgian crime-thriller, The Memory of a Killer (aka The Alzheimer Case),...

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Martin Campbell shoots straight as a filmmaker and a talker. He knows what he likes and what he doesn't like. For one, he's not a fan of this day and age of largely computer-generated action. The filmmaker is old-school and continues to rely on real stunts to tell his stories, including his latest film, "Memory." It's a nasty revenge movie that's more in line with his dark thrillers, such as "Criminal Law" and "The Foreigner," than his big blockbusters like "Casino Royale."

Campbell's latest is one of the few remakes in his career. It's based on the Dutch film, "The Memory of a Killer." He stuck...

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The past month was the year’s busiest at the box office with three of the year’s top five openers, and the past weekend saw four films gross above 10 million, a feat that surprisingly has not been achieved since last June. Things slow to a crawl this weekend, though, as we are one week out from the Marvel-in-waiting Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which will kick off the summer box-office season. Though this week’s only new wide release is expected to open soft, there is still juice left to squeeze out of the current slate before the arrival of the first MCU film since Spider-Man: No Way Home. This may be the lowest grossing weekend since February, but a blockbuster packed summer is right around the corner.

The only film going wide this week is the Liam Neeson action-thriller Memory, getting a release by Open Road.

April comes to an end with minimal wide releases for the final weekend – just one, actually. This isn’t too unusual, since we’ve been seeing this sort of thing every month this year so far. In this case, it might just be the fact that no studio wants to open a movie in the week before (or after) Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” (Marvel famously shifted 2018’s “Avenger: Infinity War” and 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” forward a week into late April rather than its customary May/summer movie season kick-off date.) Read on for your box office weekend preview for April 29 – May 1.

Into this week comes Liam Neeson’s revenge-thriller “Memory,” the Oscar-nominated actor’s fifth movie released during the pandemic and fourth directly to theaters. It’s kind of crazy, but indeed, Open Road Films released the first two, “Honest Thief” and “The Marksman,” while...

At a time when each new Liam Neeson action thriller has become utterly indistinguishable from the last, Martin Campbell’s “Memory” would at least seem to have a unique hook: In this one, the lanky Irishman plays a contract killer who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Surely that should be enough to help the latest page in the Redbox chapter of Neeson’s career stand out from the likes of “The Ice Road,” “The Marksman,” and the rest of the post-“Taken” glut.

Mix in Monica Bellucci as the Jeffrey Epstein-esque queenpin of a child prostitution ring, Guy Pearce — no stranger to stories about anterograde amnesia — as a mustached FBI agent prone to wearily saying things like “Memory’s a motherfucker,” and pliable source material (the 2003 Belgian thriller “The Alzheimer Case”) that’s enriched by its new setting along Texas’ southern border, and it sounds like the recipe for a solid little programmer.

Fourteen years after the release of “Taken,” there’s a certain understanding of Action-Neeson movies that audiences have come to accept: Never ask questions about his Irish accent, even when he’s playing characters who shouldn’t have one; understand that, whatever the situation, Neeson and his “very particular set of skills” will prove indomitable; and never, ever think too hard about the real-world implications of these shoot-’em-up fantasies, lest the whole house of cards collapse.

“Memory,” the latest Action-Neeson release, is a terrible movie, and the fact that it’s trying to tweak the Action-Neeson formula isn’t even in the top 20 reasons of why it’s so awful. But if the paradigm of this subgenre is going to be changed in any way, it’s going to have to happen in a film far, far more competent than this one.

Director Martin Campbell — who made 2006’s “Casino Royale,...

"We all have to die – what's important is what you do before you go." Uh sure, whatever you say Liam. Open Road Films has debuted the trailer for Memory, an action movie remake made by director Martin Campbell. The original Belgian film from 2003 was called De zaak Alzheimer (The Alzheimer's Case also known as The Memory of a Killer) but it has been dumbed down for American audiences with the title Memory. An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. "Alex is built for revenge but, with a memory that is beginning to falter, he is forced to question his every action, blurring the line between right and wrong." Liam Neeson stars as the aging hitman, with Guy Pearce, Monica Bellucci, Ray Stevenson, Stella Stocker, & Antonio Jaramillo. I'm starting to get worried Neeson ...

French sales company will show first trailer for drama about rise and fall of infamous Antwerp mega-club.

Paris-based Indie Sales will launch sales on Belgian director Robin Pront’s thriller Zillion, inspired by the rise and fall of the legendary Antwerp club of the same name, at next week’s online European Film Market.

Running from 1997 to 2002, the venue was the brainchild of the controversial tech entrepreneur and dance music lover Frank Verstraeten. It was one of the first mega-clubs that sprang up in Benelux in the late 1990s and drew clubbers from across the region and beyond until it closed under a cloud.

Daisy Head, who can currently be seen in the new Netflix series Shadow and Bone, has signed on for Paramount and eOne’s untitled Dungeons & Dragons film adaptation, based on the world of D&d, the popular Hasbro game franchise from Wizards of the Coast.

Head is joining the ensemble cast that includes Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Rege-Jean Page, Hugh Grant, and Sophia Lillis. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley co-wrote and are co-directing the film, with Goldstein recently tweeting that production was officially underway.

Jeremy Latcham and Hasbro’s Brian Goldner are producing the project.

Head can be seen as Genya Safin in Shadow and Bone. Her other credits include the Hulu series Harlots, the 2021 reboot of Wrong Turn franchise, and the Underworld franchise. She is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment, UK agency Gordon and French, and attorney Derek Kroeger.

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Paul Johansson (One Tree Hill) has...

Martin Campbell’s action thriller ‘Memory’ has rounded out its ensemble cast, adding Emmy winner Guy Pearce, Monica Bellucci, Harold Torres, Taj Atwal and Ray Fearon.

The actors will star alongside Liam Neeson, who plays Alex Lewis, an expert assassin “with a reputation for discreet precision.”

According to the logline, when Alex refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization, he becomes a target and must go on the hunt for those who want him dead. Veteran FBI agents Vincent Serra (Pearce), Linda Amistead (Atwal) and Mexican intelligence liaison Hugo Marquez (Torres) are brought in to investigate the trail of bodies, leading them closer to Alex, but also drawing the ire of local tech mogul Davana Sealman (Bellucci). With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing — he is struggling with severe memory loss, affecting his every move.

Principal photography underway in Bulgaria.

Guy Pearce and Monica Bellucci have joined Liam Neeson on Black Bear’s crime thriller Memory, which is being directed by Martin Campbell.

Harold Torres from ZeroZeroZero, Taj Atwal (Line Of Duty), and Ray Fearon (Beauty And The Beast) have also signed on.

Dario Scardapane adapted the screenplay from the book De Zaak Alzheimer by Jef Geeraerts, and Belgian film The Memory Of A Killer.

Principal photography is underway in Bulgaria on Memory, which centres on Alex Lewis (Neeson), an assassin with memory loss who goes after those who want him dead after he refuses...

Guy Pearce and Monica Bellucci are set to co-star opposite Liam Neeson in Memory, the indie crime thriller from Black Bear Pictures and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell. Harold Torres (ZeroZeroZero), Taj Atwal (Line of Duty), and Ray Fearon (Beauty and the Beast) round out the cast of the film, which is currently shooting in Bulgaria.

The pic is based on the book De Zaak Alzheimer by Jef Geeraerts as well as the Belgian film The Memory of a Killer, directed by Erik Van Looy.

Dario Scardapane penned the adaptation, which follows Alex Lewis (Neeson), an expert assassin with a reputation for discreet precision. When Alex refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization, he becomes a target and must go on the hunt for those who want him dead. Veteran FBI agents Vincent Serra (Pearce), Linda Amistead (Atwal), and Mexican intelligence liaison Hugo Marquez (Torres) are brought...

Dfw International presenting the project at the online Cannes market.

Prolific Belgian actor Jan Decleir has signed on to play Santa in Christmas film The Claus Family, which Dutch FilmWorks International is presenting at the Marché du Film Online this week.

Decleir is perhaps best known as the star of Dutch drama Character, which won the Oscar for best foreign-language film in 1998, and cult thriller The Memory Of A Killer.

He is seen in this first-look photo from the film [see left].

Production on The Claus Family was originally set to take place in Belgium throughout March but shooting was postponed in...

Exclusive: The Efm dominoes are starting to fall. We understand that Liam Neeson action pic Memory has pre-sold to German indie-major Telepool in a low-mid seven figure deal here at the Efm. Stx is handling international.

The action thriller will be directed by Casino Royale director Martin Campbell. Pic is based on the 2003 Dutch film The Memory Of A Killer, and Dario Scardapane (The Bridge) has written the screenplay for the English-language version, which is scheduled to start shoot in August.

Neeson will play an expert assassin with a reputation for discreet precision who, when he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization, becomes a target and must go on the hunt for those who want him dead.

Cathy Schulman (Crash) is producing through her Welle Entertainment banner, with Rupert Maconick and Arthur Sarkissian. Black Bear Pictures’ Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game), Michael Heimler (I Carry You With Me...

Liam Neeson is back in action, as the actor is set to star as a world-class assassin in a crime thriller to be directed by “Casino Royale” filmmaker Martin Campbell, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

Stx International will handle sales rights introducing the film to buyers at the European Film Market, and CAA Media Finance will handle North American distribution rights.

Neeson will star in “Memory” as an assassin who finds himself a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. He has to go on the run to survive from both the other killers and the FBI that’s also on his tail.

Also Read: How 'Ordinary Love' Stars Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville Made 'Minutiae of Life' Interesting

“Memory” is adapted from a Dutch film called “The Memory of a Killer” from 2003, and Dario Scardapane wrote the script. Production...

Liam Neeson is set to star in the action crime thriller “Memory” to be directed by the U.K.’s Martin Campbell. Stx International is handling the international sales rights and will unveil the project at the Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market.

“Memory” follows Neeson as an expert assassin who himself becomes a target when he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. The FBI is also on his tail, forcing the assassin to call on his exceptional skills to stay one step ahead.

The script is written by Dario Scardapane and adapted from Dutch film “The Memory of a Killer.” Production begins in August.

CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing for the film, will represent its North American domestic distribution rights. Stx will distribute the film directly in the U.K. and Ireland.

Academy Award-winning producer Cathy Schulman (“Crash”) will produce through her Welle Entertainment banner.

Black Bear Pictures fully financing; production expected to start in August.

Liam Neeson is set to star in the crime thriller Memory, which Martin Campbell will direct and STXinternational has introduced to buyers in Berlin as the first title in its new output deal with Black Bear Pictures.

Teddy Schwarzman’s Black Bear is fully financing, and Cathy Schulman (Crash) produces through Welle Entertainment alongside Rupert Maconick and Arthur Sarkissian. Schwarzman, Michael Heimler and Ben Stillman are executive producers.

Production is scheduled to begin in the Us in August on Memory, in which Neeson will portray an assassin with failing...

As the European Film Market gets underway in Berlin, here’s a last minute project that should stir some buyer interest. Liam Neeson will lead the cast of Memory, an action thriller from Casino Royale director Martin Campbell.

Pic is based on the 2003 Dutch film The Memory Of A Killer, Dario Scardapane (The Bridge) has written the screenplay for the English-language version.

Neeson will play an expert assassin with a reputation for discreet precision who, when he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization, becomes a target and must go on the hunt for those who want him dead

Cathy Schulman (Crash) is producing through her Welle Entertainment banner, with Rupert Maconick and Arthur Sarkissian. Black Bear Pictures’ Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game), Michael Heimler (I Carry You With Me) and Ben Stillman (Gold) will executive produce and Black Bear will fully finance the film, which is...

Liam Neeson (Taken) is set to star in action crime thriller Memory, to be directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Goldeneye) from a script written by Dario Scardapane (The Bridge) and based on the original Dutch film The Memory of a Killer.

Cathy Schulman (Crash), through her Welle Entertainment banner, Rupert Maconick and Arthur Sarkissian will produce. Black Bear Pictures’ Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game), Michael Heimler (I Carry You With Me) and Ben Stillman (Gold) will executive produce, with Black Bear fully financing the film.

Photography is scheduled to start in August.

CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing for the film, will represent ...

Liam Neeson (Taken) is set to star in action crime thriller Memory, to be directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Goldeneye) from a script written by Dario Scardapane (The Bridge) and based on the original Dutch film The Memory of a Killer.

Cathy Schulman (Crash), through her Welle Entertainment banner, Rupert Maconick and Arthur Sarkissian will produce. Black Bear Pictures’ Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game), Michael Heimler (I Carry You With Me) and Ben Stillman (Gold) will executive produce, with Black Bear fully financing the film.

Photography is scheduled to start in August.

CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing for the film, will represent ...

Erwin Provoost named next CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf).

Erwin Provoost is to become the next CEO of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf), backers of former Oscar contenders Bullhead and Broken Circle Breakdown.

Provoost will succeed Pierre Drouot, who was appointed CEO in 2005.

“With his many years of experience in the audiovisual field, Erwin Provoost is the ideal person to succeed Pierre Drouot as Vaf’s new CEO”, said Jeroen Depraetere, chairman of the Vaf board.

“Besides his engaging personality, Erwin also possesses all the qualities necessary to lead the fund in the turbulent times our sector is currently experiencing. The board supports his ambition to further develop Vaf and bring innovative new incentives to our growing Flemish audiovisual talent.”

“I’m proud to have the opportunity to continue the wonderful work of Pierre Drouot”, said Provoost.

“I also look forward to working together with a strong and effective team. The first task...

Erik Van Looy's 2003 thriller The Memory Of A Killer (also known as The Alzheimer Case in English, or De Zaak Alzheimer in the original language) introduced much of the world to the works of local crime novelist Jef Geeraerts and created somthing of a sensation in the process. The film turned out to be a huge international hit, leading producers to team up with director Jan Verheyen for a second Geeraerts adaptation (Dossier K) and Verheyen is about to return to cinema screens with a third Geeraerts adaptation The Double Face (Het Tweede Gelaat). The once unconditional friendship between police officers Vincke and Verstuyft hits a very rough patch when they come up against a series of gruesome murders. Complicating matters even further, a...

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Beligian director Erik Van Looy created something of an international sensation with his 2003 effort The Memory Of A Killer (also known as The Alzheimer Case in English, or De Zaak Alzheimer in the original language). Adapted from a hugely popular crime novel, the picture proved a huge hit both at home and abroad and inmany ways prefigured the coming wave of classy crime thrillers that were about to explode on the international scene from just a little bit farther north in the Nordic countries. After the success of that 2003 film director Jan Verheyen took the reins for a second adaptation from the same series with Dossier K, an equally slick and effective thriller that also met with great success, and now Verheyen returns...

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From The Craft and The Birds to The Fugitive and She's All That, the many film reboots and remakes currently in the works...

Over the years that Den Of Geek has been going, we've regularly been charting the assortment of reboots and remakes that are making their way through the Hollywood system. This, then, is the current state of play. We've removed a bunch of projects that seem utterly dead - the once mooted remakes of Videodrome and Timecrimes, for instance - but we'll keep this list up to date as and when we hear of more.

Without further ado, here's what's coming up...

Akira

One of Hollywood's most on and off projects, the current state of the live action Akira remake is that it's back in the works. Marco J Ramirez, the showrunner for season 2 of Netflix's Daredevil show, has been hired to pen a screenplay. Warner Bros is still backing the film,...

Just above is your first look at Kurt Russell in Bone Tomahawk, a brutally violent, character-driven story following a sheriff (Russell), a gunslinger, a befuddled oldster and a cowboy as they attempt to rescue a group of captives from a band of cannibalistic troglodytes. The film co-stars Richard Jenkins, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, David Arquette, Fred Melamed, Sean Young, Sid Haig and Michael Pare. Showtime will be joining HBO and CBS and launching a streaming-only service sometime in 2015. Yahoo David Chase says he's open to the idea of a prequel to "The Sopranos": "Even if I did it, it wouldn't be 'The Sopranos' that was on the air - obviously at least one person is gone that we would need. There are a couple of eras that would be interesting for me to talk about, about Newark, N.J. One would be (the) late '60s, early '70s,...

When was the last time we were really excited for a Brian De Palma film? No? How about anything with Al Pacino? Still nothing? Ok, how about the combination of Brian De Palma and Al Pacino? Yeah, I thought that would get you.

It has been many years since De Palma and Pacino have worked together, but they are getting back together for Retribution. This film will tell the heartwarming tale about a hit-man afflicted with Alzheimer’s who is on the trail of a child prostitution ring in Philadelphia. Sounds like good fodder for the team that brought us Scarface and Carlito’s Way, doesn’t it? The film is based on the 2003 Belgian thriller The Memory of a Killer, which had the same basic plot, only in Dutch.

It does indeed seem like a good subject matter for a reunion of Pacino and De Palma, but at what price?...

Al Pacino will reunite with "Scarface" and "Carlito's Way" director Brian De Palma on the new thriller "Retribution".

A contemporary remake of Erik Van Looy's 2003 Belgian thriller "The Memory of a Killer," the story centers on an aging hitman and a cop who find themselves allies as they attempt to bring down a child pornography ring in Philadelphia.

What isn't known is if the remake will also include the original film's subplot in which the assassin is also battling the onset of Alzheimer's disease and must race against the clock to bring down the criminals before his mind goes.

Relativity International is in early talks with to pick up the project, which was initially being developed by Focus Features.

This marks the second project Pacino and De Palma have been linked to recently, the other being "Happy Valley" about Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno.

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Brian De Palma is responsible for two of Al Pacino‘s many iconic roles: the leads in Scarface and Carlito’s Way. Now, after a long break from one another, the two are reportedly shopping a new movie at the American Film Market called Retribution. It’s a remake of the 2003 Belgian film, The Memory Of A Killer, which […]

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It's crazy to think that Brian De Palma and Al Pacino have only worked together twice; perhaps it's because of the iconic roles from Scarface and Carlito’S Way that we often associate the duo together. Now after more than twenty years later they are looking to team up again for Retribution, a remake of the 2003 Belgian thriller The Memory Of A Killer. The plot sounds fantastic; it’s about a hitman with Alzheimer’s who is on the trail of a child...

"Scarface"/"Carlito's Way" duo Brian De Palma and Al Pacino have evidently been trying to find a way to work together again. Over at HBO, the pair was working on "Happy Valley," a project about the 2011 Penn State scandal until the network halted production in September, and there has been zero word since. But the pair have lined up another gig. Screen Daily reports that De Palma and Pacino are teaming for "Retribution." Loosely based on the 2003 Belgian thriller "The Memory Of A Killer" (trailer below), the story follows a cop and a hitman who work together to stop a child prostitution ring. No word on who penned the script, but color us interested. Meanwhile, that trade has also revealed a logline for Woody Allen's upcoming movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, and it probably won't surprise you too much. This time around, Allen will tell the story...

Exclusive: FilmNation has begun talks at the Afm on the upcoming untitled Woody Allen project, one of several new titles to emerge on the eve of the market.

Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone star in the story that Allen shot on the east coast over the summer about an angst-ridden philosophy professor who starts an affair with a student.

Thus far no Us distributor is attached although regular Allen distributor Sony Pictures Classics must be regarded as the front-runner.

Meanwhile, buyers are also buzzing about Retribution, which marks the reunion of Al Pacino and Brian De Palma for the first time since Carlito’s Way in 1993. The pair had previously collaborated a decade earlier on Scarface.

Relativity International is understood to be in early talks with acquisitions executives on the story of a hitman and a cop who will go to any length to stop a Philadelphia child prostitution ring.

The project...

Apparently Erik Van Looy’s “Loft”, a remake of the 2008 Belgian film of the same name, has been casting something furious for a while now. The latest addition is Rachael Taylor (probably best known to moviegoers from “Transformers”, though she’ll soon be camping it up (one hopes) on the new “Charlie’s Angels” TV series), who joins a cast that already includes Patrick Wilson, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet and Taylor’s fellow Aussie, Isabel Lucas. The plot has the men playing “five married friends who share a loft where each brings his mistress. When the body of an unknown woman is found there, they begin to suspect one another of murder.” New addition Taylor will play Ann, “a call girl who Wilson pays to seduce Marsden, who she then ends up falling for.” Erik Van Looy, who directed the Belgian original (and who previously helmed a nice...

So yet another not very old foreign film is getting the remake treatment. And much like, say, Funny Games, it's getting remade by its original director. The film is called Loft, a remake of a 2008 Belgian film from director Erik Van Looy (The Memory Of A Killer), about "five married friends who decide to rent a loft together where they can bring their mistresses. When the body of an unknown woman is found in the loft, they realize that they don't know each other as well as they...

COURMAYEUR, Italy -- Belgian film The Alzheimer Case was the big winner at this years Courmayeur Noir in Festival, walking away with the best film award. Alzheimer, directed by Erik Van Loo, is a political thriller following the pursuits of a veteran hit man who is stricken midjob with the symptoms of Alzheimers disease and a change in his moral constitution. Jan Decler, who plays the hit man, was awarded the Napapijri award for best actor. Set in the Italian Alps, the 14th edition of the seven-day film and fiction festival held in Courmayeur wrapped Sunday night. The festival is directed by Italian film industry veteran Giorgio Gossetti. The five-member jury presided over by Stuart Kaminsky bestowed its special jury award to Liu Fen Dou for his film Green Hat.