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Rob Cohen Hated The First Two 'Fast & Furious' Sequels Because They Were Just Done For The Money
At least someone out there is thinking about the artistic integrity of the "Fast & Furious" franchise, and that man is the one who started it all, director Rob Cohen. With his first film "The Fast And The Furious" revving its way to over $200 million worldwide, it kicked off ...
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Bad Ideas: 'Guinness Book of World Records,' Isaac Newton Action Film & Labatt Beer Buddy Comedy Movie In The Works
On any average week, one can usually expect news on one or two sub-standard projects to surface into development and production, but as studios frantically look for big-budget pap to quickly fill next year’s summer calendar, three new films have quickly announced their journeys into bafflingly misgu...
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'Stealth' Director Rob Cohen Entrusted To Helm '1950,' Korea's Most Expensive Film To Date
Director Rob Cohen, whose last journey behind the camera was the abysmally unambitious “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” is hardly known for feminist cinematic screeds, unless you count all the bits where Jessica Biel opens her mouth in “Stealth.” Added to this his other, self-consciously none-more-macho films -- “xXx” and the first “Fast the Furious” picture -- while spawning a clutch of sequels between them, aren’t exactly heralded as action genre classics in the way, say, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Predator” are. So he’s probably not the first person you’d think of if you were a hot-shot producer looking for a director to helm a...
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Vroom! Rob Cohen To Direct Desert Car Racing Action Movie 'Bullet Run'
With the "Fast & Furious" franchise slowly moving out of the gearhead game, and turning into a series of heist films, the field is wide open for another car based actioner and Rob Cohen, the man behind the movie that started it all -- "The Fast And The Furious" -- is ready to makes cars explode and ...
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Stringer Bell Out, Madea In For 'Cross'; Rob Cohen Will Take Over Directing Duties From David Twohy
Tyler Perry Is Also The Real Black SwanDr. Alex Cross, the character created by James Patterson in his best-selling books, is no stranger to the big screen. In 1997 and 2001, Morgan Freeman played the role of the crime busting psychologist in "Kiss The Girls" and "Along Came A Spider" and now the fr...
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