Filming began Monday Oct. 14th, on a remake of the 1972-hitman flick "The Mechanic," this time starring Jason Statham as he steps in place of the original Charles Bronson.
The Millennium films crew has set up shop at a vacant car dealership lot on U.S. 190 at Claiborne Hill in Covington.
No need to fear any theatrical flourishes, though, as Statham and cast members will be surrounded by St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies during driving sequences. In fact, on Monday Statham wasn't even driving.
The film crew is scheduled to shoot driving sequences in the area through Friday and then move to New Orleans, possibly coming back to the north shore before leaving Louisiana in mid-November.
Donald Sutherland, who has not yet arrived on set, is starring with Statham, along with Ben Foster, from "X-Men: The Last Stand" and "Six Feet Under."
The original film was about an aging assassin (Bronson) who takes in an up-and-coming hit-man played by Jan-Michael Vincent, under his wing.
Statham recently wrapped up the big-budget, Sylvester Stallone-directed actioner "The Expendables" in New Orleans.

The Nu Image/Millennium feature film "The Mechanic," began filming and will shoot for 9 weeks in New Orleans. Please send resumes by email to
themechanicresumes@yahoo.com.

Courtesy of: Nola.com

Susan B. Anna

Last week, a new crime thriller called Blitz, starring Jason Statham, Paddy Considine and Aidan Gillen from The Wire, wrapped up after shooting for 45 days on locations throughout London. They filmed a car chase all the way from Bayswater to Battersea, ending up with a cat-and-mouse game in a south-of-the-river Tube depot, had helicopters hovering above Holborn Circus and shut down the Old Kent Road for a day.

Courtesy of London Evening Standard's Nick Roddick

Susan B. Anna

The Jason Statham actioner 'Crank 2: High Voltage' was far and away the top-selling title on Blu-ray during the week ended September 13, according to Nielsen VideoScan. The sales leader of the previous week, 'Gladiator', was number two, while the number one in overall packaged-media sales, 'The Office: Season Five', got third place.

Here is the Blu-ray top 10 (previous-week ranking in parenthesis):

1. • Crank 2: High Voltage
2. (1) Gladiator
3. • The Office: Season Five
4. • Fringe: The Complete First Season
5. (3) Earth
6. (2) Braveheart
7. (9) The Dark Knight
8. (4) State of Play
9. (r) Iron Man
10. (6) Watchmen

Courtesy of Blue-Ray.com

Susan B. Anna