Latest Antoine Fuqua News
Denzel Washington Confirms Equalizer 3 As His Next Film
Denzel Washington says 'The Equalizer 3' will be his next project.The 67-year-old actor - whose new move 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' is launching on Apple TV+ on Friday (14.01.22) - revealed there are plans in...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 January 2022
Jake Gyllenhaal Enjoyed The Challenge Of Making The Guilty
Jake Gyllenhaal enjoyed being under pressure during the making of 'The Guilty'.The 40-year-old actor stars in Antoine Fuqua's crime thriller as LAPD officer Joe Baylor – who is in a call centre dealing with crimes...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 December 2021
The Guilty Director Antoine Fuqua Signs First-look Partnership With Netflix
Antoine Fuqua has landed a first-look partnership with Netflix.The 'Guilty' director has signed a deal with the streaming giant following the success of his adaptation of Gustav Moller's Danish drama 'Den Skyldige', which saw the...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 December 2021
Jake Gyllenhaal Was 'Trapped' On The Guilty
Jake Gyllenhaal felt "trapped" while filming 'The Guilty'.The 40-year-old star features in Antoine Fuqua's crime thriller but was forced to sit in a chair throughout the project, which was shot in just 11 days.Jake, who...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 September 2021
Antoine Fuqua Directing New Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Adaptation
Antoine Fuqua is directing a new adaptation of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'.The 55-year-old filmmaker is helming a new take on the acclaimed 1950s play by Tennessee Williams and will team up with producers...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 April 2021
Ethan Hawke And Peter Sarsgaard To Star In The Guilty
Ethan Hawke and Peter Sarsgaard have joined the cast of 'The Guilty'.The 50-year-old actor and the 49-year-old star will appear alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the Netflix thriller, which is being directed by Antoine Fuqua.Riley Keough,...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 November 2020
Jake Gyllenhaal And Antoine Fuqua Reunite For The Guilty
Jake Gyllenhaal is reuniting with Antoine Fuqua for 'The Guilty'.The 39-year-old actor is once again teaming up with his 'Southpaw' director on the adaptation of Gustav Moller's Danish drama 'Den Skyldige'.The 'Nightcrawler' star is set...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 September 2020
Antoine Fuqua To Direct Siege Of Bethlehem
Antoine Fuqua is to direct 'Siege of Bethlehem'. The 'Training Day' filmmaker will helm the flick - based on the book 'A Season in Bethlehem: Unholy War' by Joshua Hammer - for Bron Studios.The...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 August 2020
David Leitch To Direct Bullet Train
David Leitch is to direct 'Bullet Train'.The 'Atomic Blonde' filmmaker has signed up to direct the action thriller for Sony Pictures.David will also produce the movie along with regular partner Kelly McCormick for their 87North...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 June 2020
Will Smith To Star In Slave Thriller Emancipation
Will Smith is to star in 'Emancipation'.The 51-year-old actor will play a slave called Peter in the movie, which is being directed by 'Training Day' filmmaker Antoine Fuqua from a screenplay written by William N....
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 June 2020
Jake Gyllenhaal Respects Boxing After Making Southpaw
Jake Gyllenhaal ''fell in love with boxing'' on the set of 'Southpaw'.The 34-year-old actor trained as a pugilist for months to play Billy Hope in the new movie because he didn't use a stunt double...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 July 2015
Late Composer James Horner Secretly Scored The Magnificent Seven Remake
The Oscar-winning composer, 61, died in a plane crash in California last month (Jun15), and one of his final pieces for the big screen included the music to Fuqua's upcoming boxing film Southpaw....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 21 July 2015
Director Antoine Fuqua Trained Alongside Southpaw Star Jake Gyllenhaal
The Brokeback Mountain star spent five months in the gym perfecting his role as a boxer in the film and received help with his conditioning from former mixed martial arts champion David Buglione....
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 July 2015
Antoine Fuqua In Talks To Direct Nick Stone Missions Pilot
Executives at movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's production firm, The Weinstein Company, have emerged as the favourites to win the screen rights to MCNab's Nick Stone Missions series, which revolves around the titular former...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 June 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal Has 'Tendency To Cry On Planes'
Jake Gyllenhaal has a ''tendency to cry on planes''.The 'Nightcrawler' actor revealed he sobbed on a jet while reading the script of his latest boxing blockbuster 'Southpaw', but confessed it wasn't a rare occurrence for...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 June 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal Gets Ripped For Southpaw: Is There Anything He Can't Do?
Jake Gyllenhaal is a shape shifter. There is no other explanation. We barely recognised him whilst he was filming 'Nightcrawler', with his sunken cheeks and generally gaunt demeanour, but now he's transformed yet again into...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 December 2014
Denzel Washington In Talks To Join The Magnificent Seven Remake
Actor Denzel Washington is reportedly in talks to re-team with his Training Day director Antoine Fuqua on The Magnificent Seven remake.Tom Cruise originally signed on to appear alongside Matt Damon as one of the gang...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 June 2014
The Most Undiscovered Movies On Netflix
Most films on the lower rungs of Netflix occupy that position for a single reason: they’re downright terrible. The acting is at best laughable and at worst cringe-worthy, whilst the script seems to be the...
By George Percival in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 May 2014
Eminem Quits Boxing Film, Jake Gyllenhaal Replaces Him
Eminem has quit director Antoine Fuqua's boxing movie, leaving Jake Gyllenhaal to step in and swing.The rapper was attached to star in Southpaw but he has decided to walk away from the low-budget film....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 07 March 2014
Aaron Eckhart Looks For No-nonsense Directors
Aaron Eckhart only works with directors who don't take any ''c**p''.'The Dark Knight' actor has teamed up with a host of top filmmakers including Christopher Nolan, Jason Reitman and Steven Soderbergh in the past, and...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 January 2014
Gerard Butler Confirmed For Olympus Has Fallen Sequel
Gerard Butler has been confirmed for the 'Olympus Has Fallen' sequel.The actor will reprise his role as Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the follow-up film to this year's thriller, 'London Has Fallen', which will...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 October 2013
Antoine Fuqua: 'Tupac Biopic Is Still On Track'
Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua has assured fans his highly-anticipated Tupac Shakur biopic is still on track as he is just waiting for the finished script.The Training Day director announced the project in 2010 but was rumoured...
By WENN on 12 March 2013
Django Unchained Controversy: Antoine Fuqua Calls Out Spike Lee For Calling Out Quentin Tarantino
The movie director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) has weighed into the Spike Lee vs Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained debate. Spike Lee called out Tarantino for using the word “n*gger” in the movie. Tarantino’s defence was...
By Hayley Avron in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 January 2013
Aaron Eckhart To Play Us President
Aaron Eckhart has joined the cast of 'Olympus Has Fallen'.The 'Dark Knight' actor will play the US president in the new movie which follows a former Secret Service agent who becomes America's only hope when...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 June 2012
Hugh Jackman Joins Prisoners
Hugh Jackman is to star in 'Prisoners'.The 'Les Miserables'' actor will begin work on the thriller - which has been in development since 2009 - early next year, once he has completed filming on superhero...
By Bang Showbiz on 16 March 2012
Filming On 24 Movie Postponed Until 2013
The big-screen adaptation of '24' has been postponed. Kiefer Sutherland had previously insisted the movie version of the TV series - in which he plays government agent Jack Bauer - would begin shooting this year...
By Bang Showbiz on 15 March 2012
Gerard Butler Set To Star In Hunter Killer
Gerard Butler is in talks to star in 'Hunter Killer'.The 'Machine Gun Preacher' actor has been approached to appear in the film - which is based on a novel, 'Firing Point', written by George Wallace...
By Bang Showbiz on 14 October 2011
John Singleton To Direct Tupac Movie?
John Singleton is set to direct the Tupac biopic. The filmmaker - who worked with the legendary musician on 'Poetic Justice' in 1993 - has stepped into the role following the departure of Antoine Fuqua...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 October 2011
Antoine Fuqua Leaves Tupac Shakur Biopic To Helm Eminem's Boxing Movie
Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua has walked away from a Tupac Shakur biopic to direct a new boxing movie starring Eminem, according to reports.The Training Day director was set to tell the life story of the slain...
By WENN on 08 June 2011
Fuqua Targeted In New Tax Demand
TRAINING DAY director ANTOINE FUQUA is the latest star to run into financial problems - he's been hit with a demand for unpaid taxes.The filmmaker, who is preparing to helm a biopic about slain rapper...
By WENN on 07 July 2010
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