'District 14' in the Works!
Filed under: Action, Foreign Language, Casting, Scripts
I was determined to see Banlieue 13, or District 13, as soon as I saw David Belle fly feet-first through a transom. (That little ditty, in the middle of one sweet parkour scene, is above.) Action scenes usually don't prompt me to watch a movie, but the fluidity of the action was just too much to pass up. No, the film is not the greatest cinematic achievement; however, it did make me a huge Belle fan, itching for another Belle/parkour-based film.
And now it looks like we're getting it. Twitch noticed a casting call for Banlieue 14 on the official parkour website, and Allocine.fr reports that Patrick Allesandrin will direct the film, from a script by Luc Besson, when production starts next month.
While there was a casting call, I'm really hoping that this will be another Belle-starring feature. You can't really get better parkour than from the man who created it. Maybe Leito becomes a part-cop, or renegade hero, and sets out to help out other districts in France? Are you ready for more parkour?
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6-17-2008 @ 11:39AM
John R said...
Okay. I officially want that song on my mp3 player for my morning run.
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6-17-2008 @ 12:33PM
emersondartagnan said...
Being one of my top 75 favorite movies, I'd like to point out that it is called District B13.
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6-17-2008 @ 12:53PM
Astin said...
Actually, it's called Banlieue 13, which is pronounced Banlieu Treize, which translates directly to District 13. When I saw it at TIFF a few years ago, it was being called District 13 by everyone involved. It was changed to District B13 when it was FINALLY released in the US, only to explain why the area was called B13 (the B for Banlieue naturally, but that would make no sense to an English-speaking audience).
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6-17-2008 @ 2:01PM
madgamer said...
I loved this movie. I hope the sequel can live up to the first one.
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6-17-2008 @ 3:25PM
cinematical said...
"Banlieue 13" annoyed me from the get go because of the editing. The initial police fight sequence in the casino was one of the most annoying things I've seen. It seemed to change angles too close to the impact point and was hugely distracting. The subsequent action sequences did make up for earlier transgressions and the rest of the movie flowed nicely.
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