A trailer has finally been released for Martin Campbell’s latest film, Edge of Darkness. The film stars Mel Gibson as a former Boston detective whose daughter is murdered, causing him to take matters into his own hands by searching for her killer. The screenplay was written by Oscar winning scribe William Monahan (The Departed), and looks like a worthy follow up to his previous work.

Check out the first trailer for Edge of Darkness…

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The British drama London Boulevard just got infused with some more European flare. The film is the directorial debut of Oscar winning screenwriter William Monahan, and currently stars Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell. According to RopeofSilicon three more British actors have just been added to the cast in the form of Ray Winstone (above), Anna Friel, and David Thewlis.

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It looks as if someone’s decided to take a risk and invest in Mel Gibson’ s career again. Last November Gibson wrapped a project entitled Edge of Darkness, which he shot with Ray Winstone and Danny Huston. For months the film has been looking for a distribution home, and finally it’s found one. According to Variety, Warner Brothers has decided to take the plunge and has acquired the rights to the film. The feature is based on the BBC miniseries of the same name, which”centered on a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Dept, whose only child is murdered on the steps of his home.”

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Mickey Rourke is hot right now with The Wrestler building up Oscar hype, mainly due to his performance, but that isn’t slowing down his work schedule. Currently he’s playing a Texas cowboy in Director Géla Babluani’s remake of 13 Tzameti. Babluani wrote and directed the original and is returning to the project to make an American version. Sounds like a challenge. The cast is definitely interesting. The film stars Rourke, Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Ray Winstone and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

This could be great of it could just fall of the face of film-earth. We’ll see! The trailer for the original film is below the jump.

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• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is officially wrapped. According to a quick note on Bay’s website, the principle photography is done, which puts them on track for a June 26th 2009 release. [FilmSchoolRejects]
• Looks like they’re going to remake 13 Tzameti, a huge indie hit in 2005. Allegedly Ray Winstone and Ray Liotta are joining Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham and Sam Riley in the English-version remake which will be written and directed by the original writer/director, Gela Babluani. [Variety]
• Wanted co-writer Chris Morgan told MTV that he might be writing a sequel to the film. “The point is to continue the journey that Wes (James McAvoy) started in the first film. Wherever he ended up at the end of the film, now it’s time to move him forward.” [Spill]

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