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12 November 2009 12:21 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

David Koepp, who's probably better known as a screenwriter than a director, has set up his next directing project at Sony. Koepp will helm Premium Rush, a bike messenger action movie, being produced by Gavin Polone (who last worked on Zombieland). The story centers on a New York bike messenger who picks up an envelope at Columbia University to deliver. A dirty cop is desperate to get his hands on the envelope as well, and chases the bike messenger throughout the city. The screenplay was written by Koepp and his frequent collaborator John Kamps. I've got to admit, this sounds like it'll be awesome, I'm already excited to see it. Koepp last directed Ghost Town as well as Secret Window, Stir of Echoes, and The Trigger Effect before that. His most recent screenplays include Angels & Demons, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Zathura, and War of the »

- Alex Billington

11 November 2009 11:40 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Here’s an interesting thing: David Koepp, one of the most powerful screenwriters in Hollywood, is at last going to direct the kind of movie that he bangs out on a regular basis for his regular boss, Steven Spielberg.Which is to say that Koepp has signed to direct Premium Rush, sadly not a biopic about the greatest striker in Liverpool’s history but instead a high-concept, big-budget thriller about a bike messenger who picks up a parcel so important that he’s chased through a city by a corrupt cop, who’s desperate to get his mitts on it.So far, Koepp’s four directorial outings have all been relatively low-key affairs that have been based, to some degree or other, on a supernatural/fantastical premise, from Ghost Town to Stir Of Echoes to Secret Window to The Trigger Effect.Premium Rush, from the deliberately ridiculous title to the plot, »

23 April 2009 4:01 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

It looks like Paramount plans to take advantage of the impending fame of their Star Trek star Chris Pine, finally unleashing the delayed horror flick Carriers from their vault on September 4, 2009. The movie, which seems like an interesting blend of 28 Days Later and The Trigger Effect, also stars Piper Perabo and Lou Taylor Pucci. Check the trailer below. The synopsis: A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four young »

- Dave Davis

3 articles from 2009