Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, and Morgan Freeman, will hit shelves on DVD and Blu-ray next week - Tuesday December 2 to be exact. To gear up for the release, we have a few behind-the-scenes clips off the bonus features featuring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy that should get you through the holiday weekend. Check them out:
Clip 1: Searching for the Hero
Clip 2: Angelina Jolie kicks my ass
Our thoughts go out to Morgan Freeman as he recovers in the hospital after a car wreck sunday night. Read more from CNN.com:
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in serious condition at a Memphis hospital after being involved in a car accident Sunday night, according to hospital officials.
Morgan Freeman was in serious condition after a car accident Sunday night.
Milla Borden, spokeswoman for the Memphis Regional Medical Center, confirmed that Freeman was a patient at the hospital.
CNN affilliate WMC of Memphis reported that he was in a car accident in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, about 100 miles south of Memphis, late Sunday.
Freeman won an Academy Award for best supporting actor in 2005 for his role in the gritty boxing film “Million Dollar Baby.” He has been nominated for Oscars three other times, for the movies “Street Smart,” “Driving Miss Daisy” and “The Shawshank Redemption.”
He recently starred on Broadway in a new production of the Clifford Odets play “The Country Girl.”
Freeman was born in Memphis and spent part of his childhood in Mississippi. He owns a club, the Ground Zero Blues Club, in Clarksdale.
Universal Pictures has just debuted the theatrical trailer for the upcoming fantasy-thriller - Wanted starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Common! The new Wanted trailer can now be seen in HD at the following location:
Check out the film’s official website at: www.wantedmovie.com to get more info on the action packed fantasy-thriller hitting theaters on June 27th, 2008!
Synopsis:
Based upon Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov—creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series—Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson.
25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut.
Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie).
After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad’s death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself.
With wickedly brilliant tutors—including the Fraternity’s enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)—Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.
This one didn’t get too much coverage in its first run but the actors are good and the premise sounds interesting enough… check out The Contract on DVD when it hits stores on July 24th.
From director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Paradise Road, Double Jeopardy) and on behalf of First Look Home Entertainment, I am pleased to present THE CONTRACT, set to be released on DVD July 24th, 2007, starring John Cusack (Gross Point Blank, Being John Malkovich, America’s Sweethearts) and Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby, The Shawshank Redemption, Evan Almighty).
Synopsis:
While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene (John Cusack) stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire. Frank Cardin (Morgan Freeman) is attempting to fulfill a contract to assassinate a high profile businessman when things go awry and he ends up in the custody of the U.S. Marshalls. After an ill-fated attempt by his compatriots to free him Frank finds himself in the custody of ex-lawman Ray and his son (Jamie Anderson). As the trio tries to make their way back to civilization they are relentlessly pursued by Frank’s friends who are intent on freeing their leader in order to collect on the contract. But one pursuer may be more foe than friend.
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