Charles Bronson News

One bit of Death Wish trivia known to those who've read a lot about the film's early development is that Sidney Lumet was originally looking at adapting the Brian Garfield novel that Michael Winner eventually turned into the film starring Charles Bronson.

The main question, for any director approaching such a topic, especially with source material as infamous as Death Wish , is "Have you read any reviews lately?" Vincent Canby, in The New Yorker , dubbed the original Death Wish "a despicable movie, one that raises complex questions in order to offer bigoted, frivolous, oversimplified answers." Dirty ... (more)

Apparently this week is international Director Attachment Week and nobody told us, so to recap, here are the major project signings that went public this week.

So, Carnahan seems perfectly suited to do the remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson revenge flick, Death Wish, which is on his to-do list.

The helmer of box-office champ The Grey is gearing up to remake Charles Bronson's 1974 vigilante star vehicle.

The recent article by Ashley Zborek entitled "Students take safety into their own hands" reminded me of "Death Wish", a 1974 film starring Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, a mild-mannered New York City architect.

A Death Wish remake has been talked about a lot, and has actually been delivered in many different ways since the 1974 original from Michael Winner with Charles Bronson in the lead, and not just with Bronson films either, we've had similar revenge style films across the board from small productions to being led by Kevin Bacon and Jodie Foster.

"The Grey" is poised to take the top spot at the weekend box office and director Joe Carnahan is already working on his next project.

EXCLUSIVE: The weekend is already shaping up nicely for Joe Carnahan, the director of the Liam Neeson survival thriller "The Grey" which is poised to take the box-office crown.