Sean Penn in Talks to Star in ‘Prone Gunman’

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A recent post from The Hollywood Reporter has claimed Sean Penn may be the new actor-turned-action-star in Taken director Pierre Morel’s upcoming film, Prone Gunman.

Pierre Morel‘s Taken has become a household name for movie fans, the same way Liam Neeson’s name has become synonymous with taking names and kicking ass. This wasn’t always the case, however, and it’s because of Morel’s superb casting choice that teenage girls know to call Neeson should they ever need help and protection from international gangsters. | Full Story

Sean Penn is Now an Action Hero

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Sean Penn has two Oscars and tons of respect as a big name actor, but you ain’t somebody till you’ve snapped a few necks on camera, so he’ll soon join the ranks of the Neesons and Freemans as an old dude taking on an actiony role. Penn is set to star in Prone Gunman, an adaptation of a book of the same name by French author Jean-Patrcik Manchette.

Let’s read the book’s synopsis according to THR, and play the “espionage action movie drinking game:” the book follows “an international operative [take a shot!]… who is betrayed by the organization he works for [drink!] and must go on the run in a relentless game of cat-and-mouse across Europe [finish the glass!].” Penn, still being himself, hasn’t just signed up for any run-and-gun thriller, though. | Full Story

‘This Must Be The Place’ Trailer Shows Sean Penn As A Nazi Hunter

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Sean Penn looks funny as a Nazi hunter in the first trailer for This Must Be the Place, a drama-comedy that first debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. Now, The Weinstein Company’s film is slated to finally hit U.S. theaters on November 2, 2012.

According to the Huffington Post:

This Must Be the Place is based on the story of Cheyenne (Sean Penn), a former rock star who looks an awful lot like Robert Smith from The Cure. | Full Story

‘Gangster Squad’ Trailer Number Two Released

Warner Bros. Gangster Squad Trailer Just Released

New ‘Gangster Squad’ trailer hits the web!

Warner Brothers has just released another trailer for the upcoming crime drama Gangster Squad. The initial trailer for the film was released back in May and this is the second edition.

Gangster Squad takes place 1949 in Los Angeles, California. In the story, Brooklyn born mob boss Mickey Cohen is in full control of the city, where he is making large amounts of money from drugs, guns, prostitution and every numbers racket ring west of Chicago. | Full Story

Warner Bros. ‘Gangster Squad’ Trailer Just Released

Warner Bros. Gangster Squad Trailer Just Released

Warner Bros. just released the trailer for the shoot’em up crime drama Gangster Squad.

The story takes place 1949 in Los Angeles, where Brooklyn born mob king Mickey Cohen is in full control of the city. He is making a large sum of money from drugs, guns, prostitution and every numbers racket west of Chicago. He does this all with the protection of his violent goons, corrupt police, and politicians who are on his pay roll. | Full Story

Giovanni Ribisi Secures Role in The ‘The Gangster Squad’

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Giovanni Ribisi is the latest addition to  Warner Bros’ ‘The Gangster Squad’ A period crime drama. Ribisi will play Conway Keeler, a cop in the group who is a master of electronics and wires. Now we talked about this before, this cast is turning out to be a star stacked. We should be in for a real treat with all these talented actors. Sean Penn, Mickey Cohen, Ryan Gosling just to name a few. | Full Story