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Movies are getting made fast these days. It was just this past January we reported that the comic book to film adaptation RED had started shooting. And today, we have a trailer… not just any trailer, I dare say a pretty solid and fun trailer. This looks really good. RED is based on the comic series by the great Warren Ellis and my Atlanta-based buddy Cully Hamner. I actually just talked to Cully a week or so ago about his visit to the set, and he had some great Bruce Willis stories to share. Now granted, for those who have read the comic, there are some definite differences here. Warren Ellis actually noted some of those difference on his website HERE. But watch this preview and tell me this doesn’t look like a blast. You’ve got Willis and Morgan Freeman (back together after their awesome pairing in the highly-underrated LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN), the incredible Helen Mirren, WEEDS star Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich, Karl Urban, Richard Dreyfuss, Brian Cox, James Remar, Julian McMahon, and Ernest Borgnine! This is helmed by German director Robert Schwentke, who did one of my favorite serial killer films TATTOO (2002) and more recently THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE. I can’t wait to see Cully’s name on the big screen… and Warren’s, I mean I love his work, but Cully’s my bud. Check out the trailer and tell us what you think!
RED opens October 15, 2010
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. 
