Rob Cohen

Transformers director Michael Bay producing new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Depending on the type of films you like, you’re either happy or cringing about this one. Paramount and Nickelodeon have tapped Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form to produce a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film, according to Deadline. Producers will start meeting writers in the next few ….

Invincible director set to helm XXX: The Return of Xander Cage

Ericson Core (Invincible) is set to direct XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, Columbia Picture’s third installment in the action franchise, with Neal Moritz and Joe Roth attached to produce, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Vin Diesel will return to the titular role of the rogue extreme sports athlete-turned-government agent, which he originated in the ….

Rob Cohen to helm Middle Ages action epic instead of XXX Part 3

Director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, XXX, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) has backed out of reteaming with Vin Diesel on XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, according to Variety. Instead, he’s decided to develop a blockbuster action film the director calls The Magnificent Seven (which is really Seven Samurai) in the Middle ….

Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen to discuss action filmmaking at NAB con in Vegas

Rob Cohen, director and producer of numerous blockbuster films including The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, XXX and The Fast and the Furious, will be a keynote speaker at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a morning session on Tuesday, April 21, Cohen will look at the role of action in motion ….

Hairspray director to tackle Sinbad film project?

Adam Shankman (Hairspray) has signed on to direct Sinbad Sony Pictures, according to Variety. Shankman is in final negotiations to develop a take on classic epic adventure Sinbad. The long-in-development feature has had a number of directors attached through the years, including John Singleton and Rob Cohen. The original film follows the adventures of Sinbad ….

Jet Li’s War trailer online

The film once called Rogue, now called War, finally has a trailer. Looks like lots of action, as one should expect from a film starring Jet Li and Jason “Transporter” Statham. This film was supposed to be “highly anticipated” though. I am not sure if the trailer says classic to me. Here’s a synopsis: After ….

Stealth film synopsis

Director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) directs this action thriller following a futuristic jet guided by a computer brain. Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx are the human leads, but Mr. Cohen’s nifty flying sequences are the real stars here. Stealth even sneaks in some thoughts on fighting wars without the human ….