Tag: David Leitch

REVIEW: Bullet Train (2022)

The trailers for Bullet Train advertised a fun, goofy, violent summer movie with charming actors and Japanese versions of American pop songs, and it delivers all of those things. What the ubiquitous YouTube ads didn’t reveal is that it’s a much smarter movie than it appears, a subtly thoughtful ...

REVIEW: Nobody (2021)

When I first saw the trailer for Nobody, I thought it looked exactly like John Wick if his wife hadn’t died. A former killer pretending to be a regular guy gets sucked back into the life and all that. I’m also not overly familiar with Connie Nielsen or Bob Odenkirk, having only seen the...

Joey King to Star in Bullet Train with Brad Pitt

Joey King has a train to catch. Deadline exclusively reports that the star of Netflix’s The Kissing Booth and its sequels will appear in David Leitch’s in-development thriller Bullet Train. Bullet Train is based on a Japanese book called Maria Beetle by Kôtarô Isaka, about five assassins on on...

REVIEW: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

I think the best thing I can say for Hobbs & Shaw, the spinoff of the tried and true (in terms of box office, anyway) Fast and Furious movies, is that you probably already know whether or not you’ll like it. If Jason Statham and the Rock pounding bad guys into the dirt for two …

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David Leitch Signs First-Look Deal with Universal

David Leitch is going to be giving maximum effort to Universal. Variety reports that the Deadpool 2 director, along with his producing partner Kelly McCormick, has signed a first-look deal with Universal ahead of the release of the much anticipated Hobbs & Shaw. I’m very excited about this new...

New Hobbs & Shaw Trailer Shows its Hand

It’s been two and a half months since the first Hobbs & Shaw trailer, which means it’s about time for Universal to release another glimpse at the Fast and Furious spinoff, just in case there’s anyone who wasn’t sold on the concept the first time but could still be swayed. There’s plent...