Lionsgate dates Liam Neeson’s “Commuter” for 2017July 14, 2016 - 15:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lionsgate has set a pre-Halloween release date of Oct. 27, 2017, for its eighth “Saw” movie and Liam Neeson’s “The Commuter” for two weeks earlier, Variety said. The untitled film is being directed by twin brothers Michael and Peter Spierig with Twisted Pictures producing. The original “Saw” cost $1.2 million and was James Wan’s feature film directorial debut from a screenplay by Leigh Whannell with Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Tobin Bell and Leigh Whannell starring. The film was released in October, 2004, with the next six movies released in the same pre-Halloween slot through 2010. The franchise revolves around the fictional character John Kramer, also called the “Jigsaw Killer” or “Jigsaw,” who traps victims in situations that test their will to live. Lionsgate also announced Wednesday that action-comedy “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” will open on Aug. 18, 2017. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Gary Oldman and Elodie Yung star with Patrick Hughes direction from a Tom O’Connor script. It’s also opening “The Commuter,” starring Neeson and Vera Farmiga, on Oct. 13, 2017. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing and StudioCanal is producing. Neeson plays an insurance salesman on his daily commute home, which quickly becomes anything but routine, after being caught up in a criminal conspiracy. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |