First Trailer for 'Heat' Remake 'Wild Card' starring Jason Statham and Sofia Vergara

Burt Reynolds' 1986 film Heat is remembered mainly because of the record-setting production troubles it faced, with no less than six directors (!!!) working on it at various stages. That's according to author William Goldman who adapted his own novel for the screen. Predictably the film was a disaster, but Goldman has come back to give it another go with Wild Card, a remake starring Jason Statham, Sofia Vergara, and directed by Simon West.

The first trailer for Wild Card has arrived and it looks like the most promising thing either Statham or West have done in a few years, certainly superior to their last collaboration on The Expendables 2. Also starring Milo Ventimiglia, Stanley Tucci, Anne Heche, Hope Davis, Cedric the Entertainer, Jason Alexander, and Michael Angarano, the film has Statham as a Las Vegas gambler who supports his addiction by working as hired protection, only to get in over his head when a friend is beaten up by a powerful mobster. Sounds a little bit like The Equalizer, and kind of looks like it, too.

This one has been in the works for a couple of years, once with Brian De Palma on board to direct, and producers seem to be scrambling for promotion. It's a little late for a trailer and images to be debuting as Wild Card hits theaters on December 7th.


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Ben Foster, Paul Dano, Aaron Paul in the mix for A Good Day to Die Hard

If the Die Hard franchise is to continue on, it'll become imperative to start grooming someone else to take over. Bruce Willis isn't exactly a spring chicken, as his role in last year's Red(Retired Extremely Dangerous) should have made pretty clear. Need more evidence? He'll star in next year's sequel to The Expendables, which has an average age higher than most NBA final scores. Just yesterday we finally got a hard release date for A Good Day to Die Hard(god that's awful), and now we're getting a look at who might be riding shotgun with ol' John McClane.

Variety reports that Ben Foster, Milo Ventimiglia(Armored), Aaron Paul(Breaking Bad), and Paul Dano(Little Miss Sunshine) will be testing for the role of McClane's son. They'll all be reading for the part in the coming weeks, presumably alongside Willis. The role could turn out to be a big one, possibly leading leading to the actor taking over the franchise, the same way Jeremy Renner is being groomed to head up Mission: Impossible.  This is Willis' baby, so he's going to have the final word on who gets he part.

That might bode well for Foster, who has more action movie experience than the rest. He's also worked closely with Willis a couple of times before, in Alpha Dog and 2005's Hostage. Hostage is a great film, by the way. One of Willis' best that nobody seems to remember.  A Good Day to Die Hard will open on Valentine's Day 2013!

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