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  • Michael Bay, Patrick Hughes and Gareth Evans team up for Netflix’s remake of ‘The Raid’

    By Express News Service

    Filmmaker Michael Bay, Patrick Hughes and Gareth Evans will team up to remake Evans’ acclaimed 2012 Indonesian action-thriller The Raid for Netflix.

    Written and directed by Evans, ‘The Raid’ followed an elite squad’s attempts to infiltrate a ruthless mobster’s den. The film was headlined by Iko Uwais, who played the lead character of Rama, a rookie member of the unit.

    The cast also included Joe Taslim, Ray Sahetapy, Yayan Ruhian, Sonny Alamsyah, Iang Darmawan, Pierre Gruno, Tegar Satrya, Eka Raahmadia, and Aldridus Godfred. The success of the 2012 film lead to the 2014 sequel, The Raid 2.

    Interestingly, this isn’t the first time a remake has been planned since Sony’s acquisition of the film’s remake rights in 2011. 

    Earlier, actors like Chis Hemsworth, Frank Grillo, and Liam Hemsworth were rumoured to be attached in earlier attempts which turned out unsuccessful. The new film will have a script written by Hughes and James Beaufort. Hughes will also helm the project with Bay, apart from executive producing.

  • Tom Hardy teams up with Gareth Evans for ‘Havoc’

    By Express News Service
    British star Tom Hardy has partnered with filmmaker Gareth Evans for his next movie. Titled Havoc, the new project is a crime thriller for Netflix that Evans, known for The Raid movies, is writing and directing.

    The film is part of Evans’ newly-signed pact with the streamer to produce and direct movies over the next couple of years, Netflix said in a press release.

    The story is about a bruised detective who, after a drug deal gone wrong, must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city. 

    Evans is also producing through his One More One Productions alongside Hardy. Evans’ frequent collaborators, Ed Talfan of Severn Screen and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films are the other producers. 

    Hardy will next star in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, ‘a sequel to his 2018 hit Venom.  The actor reprises his role of Eddie Brock aka Venom in the Andy Serkis-directed movie which will also feature Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott, and Naomie Harris. It is currently scheduled for a June 25,  2021 opening.

  • Tom Hardy teams up with Gareth Evans for crime thriller ‘Havoc’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: British star Tom Hardy has partnered with filmmaker Gareth Evans for his next movie.

    Titled “Havoc”, the new project is a crime thriller for Netflix that Evans, known for “The Raid” movies, is writing and directing.

    The film is part of Evans’ newly-signed pact with the streamer to produce and direct movies over the next couple of years, Netflix said in a press release.

    The story is about a bruised detective who, after a drug deal gone wrong, must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city.

    Evans is also producing through his One More One Productions alongside Hardy.

    Evans’ frequent collaborators, Ed Talfan of Severn Screen and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films are the other producers.

    Hardy will next star in “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”, a sequel to his 2018 hit “Venom”.

    The actor reprises his role of Eddie Brock aka Venom in the Andy Serkis-directed movie which will also feature Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott and Naomie Harris.

    It is currently scheduled for a June 25, 2021 opening.