Pierre Morel Articles

Liam Neeson in Pierre Morel's Taken (top); John Travolta, Melissa Mars, Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Morel's From Paris with Love (bottom) French productions and co-productions sold 17.9% fewer tickets abroad in 2010 when compared to 2009, according to uniFrance, which promotes French cinema around the world. French films sold an estimated 57.2m tickets internationally in 2010. Of those, 13m were sold in the United States [...]

Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried in Dear John Screen Gems’ romance drama Dear John dethroned James Cameron’s Avatar at the North American box office this weekend with a surprising $32.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Lasse Hallström’s big-screen adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel scored an average of  $10,913 per theater at 2,969 locations, enough to end the impressive winning streak of [...]

Pierre Morel, whose Taken starring Liam Neeson was one of last year's sleeper hits, has been set to direct Dune, the latest film adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi classic novel. Paramount will be releasing the new venture. David Lynch directed a much anticipated film version back in 1984, but the superproduction starring Kyle MacLachlan (photo) was deemed too disjointed and confusing by critics and [...]

Monsters vs. Aliens easily destroyed its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a whopping $58.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. DreamWorks Animation’s latest 3D-animated adventure follows a group of monsters assisting the U.S. government in the destruction of a ruthless alien leader. The film’s voice cast includes Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen and Hugh Laurie. Debuting at No. [...]