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Exclusive 'Safe' Photos Show Statham's Softer Side

Posted 2/10/12 11:47 am EST by in Photos


It's never a good idea to come between Jason Statham and whatever he wants. In the case of "Safe," that's a young girl, who's wanted by the cops, the Russians and the Triads.

Yeah, they don't stand a chance.

In these exclusive photos from the upcoming action film, we get a look at Statham as Luke Wright, the former elite agent, who takes a special interest in protecting the young girl. Her photographic memory contains a series of numbers that every crooked organization in Manhattan wants to get their hands on.

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Jason Statham Doesn't Play It 'Safe' In New Trailer

Posted 11/11/11 1:33 pm EST by in Trailers


In Jason Statham's upcoming film "Safe," he's finally found a girl worth fighting for. Except, in this case, she's only 12 years old.

The "Transporter" star plays a former New York cop who gets caught in a tricky situation when he spots some men attempting to capture a young girl in a subway station. After incapacitating them and rescuing the girl (could this technically be kidnapping? I guess we'll find out in the movie), he discovers that the reason the men are after her is because she has the ability to memorize anything placed in front of her, and this time she memorized something pretty darn important.

The series of numbers she was forced to remember are a code, but a code for what? Apparently it's for something important enough to go to war over.

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Jason Statham Addresses 'Transformers' Rumors

Posted 10/18/11 4:44 pm EST by in Interviews, News, Video


Jason Statham's name has been thrown around quite a bit in the past two weeks. Last week, rumors began circulating that Statham could potentially join the next two installments of the "Fast and the Furious" series, which would film back-to-back. Now similar talk surrounds a different car-related franchise.

Variety reported this morning that the next two "Transformers" movies could film back-to-back and star — guess who — Jason Statham. The report comes months after rumors first surface that the British action star could take the reigns once the current lead, Shia LaBeouf, left the series. But when MTV News spoke with Statham at last month's Toronto International Film Festival, he claimed to know nothing about the "Transformers" talk.

"You know, I don't know how those things start. You read them. Someone told me about it. [But] the internet is a dangerous place," he laughed. "There's a lot of stuff out there."

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Jason Statham Speeds To 'Fast And Furious'?

Posted 10/4/11 5:57 pm EST by in Dailies


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"The Transporter" is about to show off his driving skills in a brand new franchise.

Twitch reports the rumor that Universal Pictures is in preliminary talks with Jason Statham to have him come on board the next "Fast and the Furious" film. There's also a possibility that the movies will return to Europe to begin shooting back-to-back in 2012. All conjecture for now, but if true, what do you think of Statham joining Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and the rest of the "Furious" gang?

Check out the rest of today's film news after the jump!

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Jason Statham's 'Killer Elite' Cast: 'It Doesn't Get Any Better'

Posted 9/23/11 3:02 pm EST by in News


Pretty much any time we see Jason Statham in anything, we know he'll be some sort of likable bad-ass and will kick the crap out of some people in doing so. This week's "Killer Elite" is no exception, and even better than Statham lighting up the screen solo, he's joined by serious A-listers Robert De Niro and Clive Owen.

MTV News caught up with the man of action recently to discuss how his Oscar winning and Oscar nominated co-stars raised the bar on set.

"It’s like boxing with Muhammad Ali, it’s like winning a Formula One race," Statham said of working with De Niro. "It’s the top of the mountain, it doesn’t get any better."

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'Killer Elite' Star Clive Owen: It's All About The Mustache!

Posted 9/22/11 6:14 pm EST by in News, Video


Clive Owen is convinced his character in "Killer Elite" isn't the bad guy in this spy-thriller-meets-popcorn-action-flick production. Jason Statham's hero, as he gets his face bloodily pounded in by Owen's menacing presence, might argue otherwise, but we're certainly not going to argue with either of these gentleman.

"Whenever I play a part in a film, I never think he is the bad guy," Owen told MTV News. "You have to always find a reason and understand why he's doing what he's doing."

Fair enough. And sure, Owen (Oscar nominee that he is) did his big-screen due diligence, taking what might have been a villain on the page and transforming him into, at the very least, a bad guy certain of his noble intentions. But the actor also admitted, perhaps with less than a shred of truth, that his conception of Spike (the leader of a team of hit men targeting Statham and other ex-special ops agents), began and ended with facial hair.

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Five Reasons You Should See 'Blitz'

Posted 8/23/11 10:00 am EST by in Five Reasons, Reviews


"Blitz," the British crime thriller from director Elliott Lester and the unstoppable force of nature that is Jason Statham, lands on DVD and Blu-Ray in the United States today. Based on a novel of the same name from Ken Bruen, "Blitz" follows the story of a disgruntled south east London detective sergeant (Statham) who finds himself on a collision course with Barry Weiss, a dark and disturbed cop killer operating under the self-dubbed moniker "Blitz."

Check out an exclusive clip from "Blitz" in the video below, and keep on reading for five reasons you should check out the film.

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Statham plays Brant, an hard-drinking and hard-hitting cop who always gets what he wants — and when he doesn't, there's hell to pay. A combined force of nature, fists and other assorted blunt instruments, Brant ranks high in Statham very own hall of badass fame, an intensely watchable (if not always sympathetic) antihero from beginning to end. It's a role that I'd love to see him in again and again.

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'Transformers' Reboot Won't Happen, Says Producer

Posted 7/8/11 5:33 pm EST by in News


TransformersIt's the end of "Transformers" as we know it, but producer Don Murphy still feels fine.

With star Shia LaBeouf and director Michael Bay stepping away from the films, the future of the franchise is up in the air, but Murphy doesn’t see it is as too much of a cause for concern. In a post on his website (via /Film), Murphy said that a reboot is not needed to keep the series alive.

"What happens next? Certainly not a reboot," he wrote. "We haven’t lost the Transformers. They didn’t grow up or become expensive like Toby Maguire. I don’t know what happens next. I’m pretty sure there will be a second trilogy. I am pretty sure it will kick ass. And I am pretty sure some of you will hate it because it wasn’t all bots."

But what does that mean for the next trilogy? We have a couple of ideas...

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Jason Statham In 'Transformers'? Here Are Five Ways To Make It Work!

Posted 7/6/11 3:27 pm EST by in Commentary, Crazy Talk, Humor


by Brian Phares

After hearing that Jason Statham may be a possible replacement for Shia LaBeouf as the lead in a fourth installment in the "Transformers" franchise, my mind began to race with awesome plot possibilities. Below are the first five that came to mind. Feel free to share your ideas in the comments section.

Jason Statham as... Optimus Prime?
Yes, that’s right. In some bizarre twist of fate, the Autobots have discovered a new technology allowing them to transform into humans, T-1000 style. First in line to try this new technology? Optimus Prime. Who does he decide to transform into? You guessed it. Because other than Optimus, who on this planet is more badass than Jason Statham?

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'Transformers': Is Jason Statham Optimus Prime's New Best Friend?

Posted 7/6/11 12:17 pm EST by in News


TransformersCould the "Transformers" franchise be getting a face lift, Jason Statham style?

That's the latest rumor swirling around Hollywood, according to ShowBizSpy. With "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" making bucket loads already, it seems almost a guarantee that a fourth "Transformers" movie will be made, but the gossip site is reporting that director Michael Bay and production company Paramount are looking for someone to lead the franchise in a "new, darker direction."

Statham certainly fits that bill (and we certainly have ideas for how he'd fit into the "Transformers" universe), but... is there any chance that this is actually going to happen? Right now, absolutely nothing is set in stone: no sequel has been officially greenlit, and definitely no one has been cast yet. But that's not to say that the "Transformers" crew aren't looking for a complete overhaul of the original cast to prevent the franchise from going stale. But there are a couple of other unconventional actors we could see fulfilling that order just as well as Statham. Check out our suggestions past the jump!

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