Death Race (2008)

[hack slash]

Ian McShane Joins Death Race
Source: The Hollywood Reporter August 8, 2007


Ian McShane has joined the previously-announced Jason Statham, Joan Allen and Tyrese Gibson in Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race at Universal.

The film sees a future America in which prison inmates are forced to brutally compete in an enclosed arena. Statham will play a prisoner who, with only weeks to go before his release, is coerced into being a driver and becomes the crowd favorite called Frankenstein.

Allen will play the warden of the prison who runs the race and ruthlessly forces Statham to enter the arena. McShane will play a coach, while Gibson is a sociopathic racer named Machine Gun Joe who seeks to escape from prison.

Production will start this year with an aim for a September 26, 2008 release.

Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner are producing via their C/W Productions as well as Anderson and his Impact Pictures partner Jeremy Bolt.

[The Tall Man]

Psh. No Sly Stallone, no dice.

T.M.

[On a Pale Horse]

I remember when I was a kid this movie would come on about once a year at like midnight. I'd always stayup and watch it. Remake should be interesting, but no a theater run. Wait for DVD.

[Special Killa B]

I'm a big Jason Statham fan so I'll eventually check this one out.

[i am SAW]

this looks awesome.

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[Cody]

Asylum has mockbusted, of course -

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[Deathscythe]

From the director of Alien vs. Predator :(

[Sean [The Wildcard]]

Saw the trailer for this in front of WANTED...it looks like A LOT of fun.

:)

[Dave Dunwoody]

I wish they'd just gotten the rights to Twisted Metal instead of reimagining Death Race 3000

[Jack Bauer]

This is going to be as close as we are going to get with Twisted Metal.

[Psychoticninja]

Hell, i call the movie Twisted Metal everytime i see the trailer. Death Race pppfffft, more like Twisted Metal: The Movie

[Jack Bauer]

How anyone seen this yet? And is it like Twisted Metal?

[i am SAW]

it's no Crank or Transporter, but it's a good movie. better than the Fast And Furious movies, unlike those the race scenes in this were actually fun to watch. the fact that people get killed during the races didn't hurt either. plus Statham gets to wear a cool mask and his name is Frankenstein.

[Apocalypto]

I never cared for Statham and I'm sure as hell not a fan of Anderson's, so I doubt I'll see this in theatres.

DVD...maybe.