Liam Neeson to reprise Role in Taken 2
Luc Besson has teamed up with Robert Mark Kamen on the script, while he is in talks with Olivier Megaton to direct the sequel.
Production on Taken 2 is being eyed for the end of the year, or early 2012.
Taken was released January 30th, 2009 and stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Katie Cassidy, Xander Berkeley. The film is directed by Pierre Morel.
Taken 2 comes to theaters October 5th, 2012 and stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace. The film is directed by Olivier Megaton.
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Ryan Moran
awesome i hope its more crazy action then i then first
11 months agoby @nightwing18Flag
Lane
It's a shame I couldn't have jumped back into this earlier, we coulda had a team-up!!!
:p
11 months agoby @lane1Flag
Lane
@shuabert Another rare time we agree FTW! Thank you, Sir. Thank you! Liam Neeson RULES! :D
11 months agoby @lane1Flag
Masta_Chiefed
Maybe the movie should be more realistic and include white people as abductor deviants this time.
1 year agoby @masta-chiefedFlag
Furankisan
@shuabert My bad, thanks for heads up. The other comedies I meant were Satisfaction with young Julia Roberts and High Spirits with Peter O'toole (Supergirl). Trivia, he did another Arthur the King and play another knight and did Delta Force with Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin who's original Dirty Dozen is being done as remake. Again he has covered a lot of ground.
1 year agoby @furankisanFlag
Josh
@dan1 Good thing he doesn't use his account or he'd probably be pissed at me. Whatever. I have seniority anyway. :P
1 year agoby @shuabertFlag
Dan
@shuabert That other Josh guy sure does have a lot of mentions, huh? Lol.
1 year agoby @dan1Flag
Josh
@furankisan (Just for the record, you have to tag me (at)shuabert if you want me to get a notification. Use the button at the bottom of someone's post to reply)
I did mention Love Actually. I'm not familiar with any other comedies he's done, except action-comedies like A-Team.
1 year agoby @shuabertFlag
Worth5Bucks
this movie doesn't need a sequel, it was fine the way it was. Liam Neeson and i arent speaking right now anyway
1 year agoby @mattbierwagenFlag
Remy72883
man im so going to see this if it happens the first one was amazing
1 year agoby @remy72883Flag
Furankisan
@stiles I stand corrected, lol
@josh well said..but you forgot comedies but we won't go there, lol...see IMDB..
1 year agoby @furankisanFlag
Josh
I find it HIGHlarious that someone said all of Neeson's roles are the same when in the past five years he's done fantasy (Narnia, Clash of the Titans), drama (Chloe), action (Taken, Unknown), and thriller (After.Life), not to mention career high roles in films like Kinsey, Rob Roy, Schindler's List, Love Actually, and Star Wars.
1 year agoby @shuabertFlag
Stiles
@furankisan halcyon days Furankisan, halcyon days...
1 year agoby @stilesFlag
Furankisan
@stiles Cool! The good old days when Editors actually edited film instead of digital formats.
1 year agoby @furankisanFlag
Stiles
@furankisan my uncle was an assistant editor on Excalibur. Great film.
1 year agoby @stilesFlag
TheMime
The first one was cool....can't wait
1 year agoby @themimeFlag
moviegeek
Ugh. Neeson is officially typecast.
1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag
Furankisan
Excalibur on Blu-ray. check out Liam in a supporting role playing one of King Arthur's Knights kicking ass. So he was doing this action thing a loooooong time ago. As far as action roles weren't Norris, Bronson and all old school playing the same character. God forbig they tried something different the fans would yell something crazy. Liam proved his acting skill, let him ride the wave. More Kicking Ass Damnit! PS Also in Excalibur are Gabriel Byrne and a young hot Helen Mirren. rate 9/10 with no friggin SFX/CGI crap...
1 year agoby @furankisanFlag
MovieManiac
Cool news, but i do wonder what they are going to do with the story. I mean, they already did the whole "kidnapping" story, so i wonder what they got under their sleeves this time around. Let's hope that it is good.
1 year agoby @moviemaniac66Flag
Dan
@jimthar @lane1 That's fine. But me, personally, I want to see him get back to more dramatic roles, like his Schindler role. I know he's on his action movie kick right now, and that's cool, but I await his next dramatic turn more so.
1 year agoby @dan1Flag
Cripple
Hell f*cking yes!!!!!
1 year agoby @crippleFlag
RojoDiablo
Taken was great but nothing I haven't seen many times before it. Liam needs to get as many of the action movies done now though, since he isn't getting any younger. Would like to see Besson really improve on the first movie and try to create more original material in this one, to separate it from the first film and so many others that came before it.
1 year agoby @rojodiabloFlag
CelluloidDreams
Woo Hoo!!! Liam rules!!!
1 year agoby @2movieguysFlag
Messenger
I loved the first one. It didn't try to dupe you into thinking that is something more than what it really was. It was about a dude kicking major ass to save his daught, end of story. I'm totally down for another. Luc Besson is one of my favorites no matter what role he's in.
1 year agoby @messengerFlag
Mutant
I didn't care for the A Team but I did enjoy Liam in it, he was the only good thing about it.
Funny thing though when he was in Collage he roomed with a my friends father.
1 year agoby @zenderFlag
thedude-abides
@youngrizo: Okay....
1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
Youngrizo
@thedude-abides, personally I loved his performance in Rob Roy :p
1 year agoby @youngrizoFlag
Youngrizo
@highcaliberinc, you sir disappoint me... are you Roger Ebert in disguise or are you just a prude woman from the 30s? cause that's the only way I see someone not liking Taken.
1 year agoby @youngrizoFlag
CUPID
Who's gonna be taken this time.
1 year agoby @cupidFlag
Josh
Wait. I though Unknown was Taken 2.
1 year agoby @shuabertFlag