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I’ve added new event photos of Clive at the Heineken Brings UEFA Champions League Trophy to Los Angeles on March 16, 2010.

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• (x016) Events in 2010: Heineken Brings UEFA Champions League Trophy to Los Angeles – March 16

It would seem the action movie gods have shined upon me today, providing some potentially awesome material for my first post here at Screen Rant.

We’ve known for a while that British action star Jason Statham is set to star in an upcoming thriller called The Killer Elite. The film is based on Ranulph Fiennes’ novel “The Feathermen,” and follows “a group of former British special forces members who are being hunted by assassins. Statham will play a former Navy Seal who is forced out of retirement to save his closest friend.” Now The Daily Mail is reporting fellow Englishman Clive Owen has joined the cast, presumably as the friend to Statham’s character.

The last few years of Owen’s career have been interesting; he starred in the critically acclaimed Children of Men, Inside Man, and Sin City, but has also shown up in some questionable films like Derailed and The International. There have also been some strange projects along the way – Shoot ‘Em Up, anyone? – and recently it seems as if Owen has lost a bit of the edginess so wonderfully displayed in films like BMW’s The Hire series. Perhaps joining forces with the reigning bad-ass of Great Britain will rejuvenate him a bit.

Statham has carved out a niche for himself as a genuine action star, ushering in a new breed of post-John McClane era heroes with a mixture of martial arts and tough guy machismo. It only helps his case that he does most of his own stunts (including driving) in the Transporter series and films like The Bank Job and Crank, and I would be hard pressed to find someone with an equal command over the genre as he has now. His upcoming role in Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables, perhaps the most insane collaboration of action stars past and present, is proof positive of Statham’s position in the hallowed halls of action stars.

This new collaboration of the two actors will see a return to characters similar to those they’ve both played before. Statham, an ex-Navy Seal in The Killing Elite, played ex-special forces soldier Frank Martin in The Transporter and its two sequels. Owen has also tread this familiar ground, himself playing an assassin in The Bourne Identity.

The Killing Elite was previously scheduled to begin production last fall, but supposedly the filmmakers have chosen to shoot the film in Australia sometime this year. No word yet on the official start date for the project.

Here’s the part where I toss the conversation to you. Are you excited for The Killing Elite? Does the prospect of Statham and Owen side by gun-toting side have your action glands salivating? Let us know in the comments section.

Source: The Daily Mail

I’ve added new event photos of Clive at the Giorgio Armani Milan Fashion Week Womenswear AW February 29, 2010, Laureus Welcome Party LWSA Abu Dhabi 2010 & Awards Party on March 9-10, 2010.

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• (x006) Events in 2010: Laureus Welcome Party LWSA Abu Dhabi 2010 – March 9
• (x005) Events in 2010: Giorgio Armani Milan Fashion Week Womenswear AW 2010 – February 27
• (x007) Events in 2010: Laureus World Sports Awards – March 10

I’ve added high quality candids of Clive Owen Out arriving LAX on March 2, 2010.

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- Candids in 2010: In Los Angeles – March 2

I’ve added event photos of Clive Owen at Milan Fashion Week Womenswear A/W on February 26, 2010.

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- Events in 2010: Bulgari Chandra Event Milan Fashion Week Womenswear AW
- Events in 2010: Emporio Armani Milan Fashion Week Womenswear AW
- Events in 2010: Richard Hambleton Exhibition Milan Fashion Week AW

I have uploaded new event photos of Clive attended the The Orange British Academy Film Awards on February 21, 2010.

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- Events in 2010: The Orange British Academy Film Awards

I’ve added new event photos of Clive inside the Hamleys 250th Birthday Party on February 11, 2010.

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- Events in 2010: Hamleys 250th Birthday Party – February 11

Clive Owen has confessed the worst part of being an actor is being taken away from his family for months at a time to film on location.

The British actor stars in The Boys Are Back, which was filmed in south Australia, and Clive found it hard being away from his family.

He said: “It is the hardest thing and it something that doesn’t get any easier, it gets harder because the kids are more conscious of time, they understand, they love routine and they love to know where they’re at.” • Continue Reading

He has played all manner of parts, from cad to croupier to bank robber. But Clive Owen’s latest role is far more sobering. He stars as dad Joe Warr who brings up his two children alone when his wife dies in The Boys Are Back.

“The loss of a parent and having to tell the little ones that mum might not be around for much longer I found a devastating idea and a really upsetting thing,” said Owen.

“In some ways it was the hook for me to make the film,” he added.

” As soon as I read those scenes I wanted to find out how this young kid and this father coped and navigated their way through and got their lives back on track.” • Continue Reading

Actor David Henrie has spoken out following claims he is to take on the role of Peter Parker in Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot.

Meanwhile, Clive Owen distanced himself from a rumour he is to play villain Kraven in the Marvel comic book adaptation.

He told The Coventry Telegraph: “That’s the first I’ve heard. My girls would like me to do it though.”

Henrie, who stars in Disney’s The Wizards of Waverly Place told OK! magazine: “I am very blessed that the rumour is even going around and I am very happy about it. That would be a dream role for me.

“I think a month ago I saw something pop up on Google Alerts that said, ‘David Henrie Might be the next Spider-Man’ and it’s been spreading around ever since. I am just happy to read it.”

The new Spider-Man, helmed by 500 Days of Summer director Webb, will open in cinemas in 2012.

Source: Digital Spy