After joining forces for 1997′s The Saint, Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue are planning on reuniting for another movie. According to Moviehole, this time the dramatic duo is teaming up for a new western titled The Hard Ride.
Thadd Turner is writing and directing the project, which tells the story of “Wild Bill Hickok’s run-in with gambler Johnny Varnes in Deadwood.” Kilmer will play Varnes, who “allegedly paid off Jack McCall to kill ‘Wild Bill’”. Shue is set to play Agnes Lake, the late wife of Hickok. Ryan Merriman (Final Destination 3), Mark Rolston (Aliens), Wes Studi (Dances With Wolves) and Christopher Atkins have also been cast in the film.
We haven’t seen much from Turner in the ways of directing, his only other credits include the 2009 short Kids in the Yard as well as various acting and stunt jobs over the years. He does have the action...
Thadd Turner is writing and directing the project, which tells the story of “Wild Bill Hickok’s run-in with gambler Johnny Varnes in Deadwood.” Kilmer will play Varnes, who “allegedly paid off Jack McCall to kill ‘Wild Bill’”. Shue is set to play Agnes Lake, the late wife of Hickok. Ryan Merriman (Final Destination 3), Mark Rolston (Aliens), Wes Studi (Dances With Wolves) and Christopher Atkins have also been cast in the film.
We haven’t seen much from Turner in the ways of directing, his only other credits include the 2009 short Kids in the Yard as well as various acting and stunt jobs over the years. He does have the action...
- 1/4/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Francesco Quinn, son of Anthony Quinn and Dino's voice in Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon, has died. Quinn collapsed, apparently from a heart attack, while jogging with his son Max in Malibu's La Costa neighborhood on Friday evening (Aug. 5). He was 48. One of Mexican-born, two-time Oscar winner Anthony Quinn's 13 children, Francesco Quinn was born in Rome on March 22, 1963. His mother was costume designer Jolanda Addolori. An actor for 25 years, Quinn was featured in more than 30 movies. His film debut took place in Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Platoon (1986), in which he played the drug-dealing character Rhah. Among his other credits, usually in minor fare, were Casablanca Express (1989), Cannes Man (1996), and Man vs. Monday (2006). According to the IMDb, he has one movie coming out: Giuseppe Ferrara's Roma nuda. Charles Leinenweber and Thadd Turner's Buttermilk Sky was in pre-production for a possible 2012 release. Additionally, Quinn had roles...
- 8/7/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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