“I’m always good at what I do.” Peacock has revealed the first trailer for an action movie called The Killer, an official remake of the John Woo movie from the 1980s. Not related at all to David Fincher’s The Killer (also about a hitman) from last year. John Woo is remaking his own movie, after directing last year’s Silent Night, but this one will not be getting released on the big screen in theaters. Strangely this is being dumped directly-to-streaming starting in August on Peacock. Universal Pictures presents A Better Tomorrow Films/Atlas Entertainment Production, in association with eOne. An assassin tries to make amends in an effort to restore the sight of a beautiful young singer. The original Woo film is also about a disillusioned assassin who takes on one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded. The remake cast features Nathalie Emmanuel as Zee, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington, Diana Silvers, Eric Cantona, Saϊd Taghmaoui, Tchéky Karyo, Grégory Montel, along with Angeles Woo and Aurélia Agel. Let’s hope this lives up to the hype and all the action is entertaining – otherwise, why even remake it? // Continue Reading ›
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