Crank

...under pressure, generating a lot footage on a small budget." UTA-repped Neveldine and Taylor wrote and directed "Gamer," "Crank" and "Crank: High Voltage." They most recently wrote the screenplay for "Jonah Hex," which is being directed...

In this article: Brian Taylor, Gamer, Jonah Hex, Crank: High Voltage, Jimmy Hayward, Universal Media Studios, and NBC

...for it that we had to put it somewhere-so it finds its way to Remainders. My take? Looks dumb, but not transcendently dumb like the Crank movies. [Expendables Trailer] Microsoft's former Technology Chief Nathan Myhrvold has an idea to...

In this article: The Expendables, Nathan Myhrvold, Global warming, Mustard plant, Microsoft, Dolph Lundgren, Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, and Jet Li

...another hundred feet or so, and then finally slam back down onto the pavement - well, you'd be dead and you'd stay dead. Not so in the Crank universe. Though it quite looked like hitman Chev Chelios (the ever unflappable and game Jason...

In this article: Crank 2: High Voltage, Crank: High Voltage, Jason Statham, Chev Chelios, Surgery, Testosterone, Transporter, and Culpability

...the finest purveyors of cinematic trash to the mainstream audience in some time. The duo have written and directed just three films (Crank 1 and 2, and Gamer) and written two others (the straight to video Pathology and the upcoming Jonah...

In this article: Crank 2: High Voltage, IP Address, Epilepsy, Twitter, and Hollywood

...actually makes you feel nostalgic for the time when the filmmaking team of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (the duo behind the "Crank" movies) didn't feel burdened by the need to conjure up a story line or reflexively comment on American...

In this article: Gamer, Bill Gates, Dexter's Michael C. Hall, Gerard Butler, Parole, Wii Sports, Red Bull, and Malcolm McDowell

...directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. If you thought that Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (the brain trust behind the "Crank" franchise) had already plumbed the basement of bad taste, be prepared to discover the sub-basement:...

In this article: Gamer, Brian Taylor, Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall, and Tom Rosenberg

...and graphics. Very little room for acting (Butler is merely a presence here) or emotions or anything of real interest. The "Crank" co-directors, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, only find the wit that those movies had in a couple of...

In this article: Gerard Butler, Gamer, Brian Taylor, Jason Statham, Opiate, and The Ugly Truth

...action never stops in "Gamer" By Kirk Honeycutt LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Gamer" takes up the wild action where the two "Crank" movies left off. Following the box-office success of those films, co-creators Mark Neveldine and...

In this article: Gamer, Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Brian Taylor, Jason Statham, Desensitization, and Amber Valletta

By Kirk Honeycutt Kirk Honeycutt - 32 mins ago LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Gamer" takes up the wild action where the two "Crank" movies left off. Following the box-office success of those films, co-creators Mark Neveldine and Brian...

In this article: Gamer, Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Brian Taylor, Jason Statham, Desensitization, and Amber Valletta

...as a sinister game designer). Why we wouldn't: Writers/directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor made the high-energy, low-content "Crank" films. This looks like more of the same, and we're looking for something more substantial.

In this article: Michael C. Hall, Brian Taylor, Gerard Butler, and Dexter