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phantomstranger
04-23-2007, 02:05 PM
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Jason Statham in Death Race
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
April 22, 2007


English actor Jason Statham (Crank, "The Transporter" films, The Italian Job) is in talks to star in the futuristic thriller Death Race.

The Universal Pictures project is a remake of Roger Corman's 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000, which starred David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone. It was set in a dystopian America in which the president presides over an ultraviolent road race from New York to Los Angeles. One of the ways that drivers score points is by mowing down innocent bystanders using their heavily armed cars.

Paul W.S. Anderson (Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil) is writing and directing the remake. A late summer/early fall start is being eyed.

Tom Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, will produce.

Geddy
04-23-2007, 04:35 PM
Jason Statham is awesome, I've never seen the original though, hopefully they'll do it.

newb
04-23-2007, 04:55 PM
I take it Statham will be cast in the Frankenstein role?
http://www.scifilm.org/images2/deathrace2000-2.jpg

this could be good.:)

PhilnEdee
04-25-2007, 04:46 PM
All I can say to this is ....SWEEEEET!

dabruce16
04-27-2007, 08:41 AM
yeah, this will be sweet, but it would be so much sweeter is p.s. anderson wasn't attached. i hate his work. resident evil films suffer from his suckage and so did aliens vs predator. mortal kombat was fun. but fuck event horizon

PhilnEdee
04-27-2007, 03:51 PM
Event Horizon...now there's a Golden Turd winner, haven't thought of that one in awhile. For some weird reason though I enjoyed the Resident Evils.