Liam Neeson has certainly proven himself as an action star in the last few years, but it’s sometimes easy to forget he’s also an accomplished dramatic actor. His new movie A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES looks like a new mixture of both. Directed and written for the screen by Scott Frank (THE LOOKOUT), and based on the 1992 Lawrence Block novel, the film was actually at one point (about a decade ago) even eyed as a Harrison Ford vehicle with Joe Carnahan in the director chair. The character Neeson plays is Matt Scudder, a role previously handled by Jeff Bridges in the movie EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE – in some ways I would have loved to see Bridges reprise the character here as an older man. The trailer (below) looks pretty dark, and definitely keeping in tone with Block’s work. In addition to Neeson, the cast also includes Sebastian Roché, Mark Consuelos and David Harbour. Take a look and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
Based on Lawrence Block’s bestselling series of mystery novels, A Walk among the Tombstones stars Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder, an ex-NYPD cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law. When Scudder reluctantly agrees to help a heroin trafficker (Dan Stevens) hunt down the men who kidnapped and then brutally murdered his wife, the PI learns that this is not the first time these men have committed this sort of twisted crime…nor will it be the last. Blurring the lines between right and wrong, Scudder races to track the deviants through the backstreets of New York City before they kill again. Written and directed by Scott Frank (The Lookout), A Walk among the Tombstones is produced by Jersey Films’ Danny DeVito, Double Feature Films’ Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, Exclusive Media’s Tobin Armbrust and Cross Creek Pictures’ Brian Oliver. Universal will distribute the film in North America.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
