Exclusive: New Images From Pelham 123 See Washington & Travolta in action
Tony Scott's remake of the 1974 crime-thriller The Taking of Pelham 123 is edging ever closer to release but has remained largely under wraps to date. But here are new pictures of the two leads, Denzel Washington and John Travolta, as they appear in the film.
The story sees Washington's schlubby subway despatcher, Lt. Zachary Garber, cotton on to the fact that a major crime is under way under the streets of the Big Apple. The criminal behind that plan is John Travolta's Ryder, sporting a nifty hat-and-'tache combo here.
Luiz Guzman, John Turturro and James Gandolfini fill out the cast, with a script by (among others) David Koepp, who told us, "We've kept a lot from the original. I wrote many drafts to try and put it in the present day and keep all that great execution from the first one."
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For more on the film, pick up the new copy of Empire, on shelves on Thursday. The Taking of Pelham 123 is out in the UK on July 24.
For Tony Scott, I say.
OK, so he doesn't make chin stroking existential Oscar winners, but fuck me his films are entertaining. I'd take one of his flashy, hi-tech films over ten of Ridly's dull-a-thons any day of the week.
This will kick ass. Hopefully Travolta will be on bad-ass form. ... Read More
