A smart move or a sign of weakness?
The David Ayer (HARSH TIMES) directed and James Ellroy scripted crime thriller originally titled NIGHT WATCH (changed because that Russian fantasy series NIGHT WATCH got their first) which was changed to THE NIGHT WATCHMAN earlier in the year, has gone through yet another name change!
Worried about the similarities to Zack Snyder’s hugely anticipated adaptation of the classic WATCHMEN comic book, the studio have decided to go ahead and call the movie STREET KINGS.
Oh no, what about that 1999 George Clooney movie THREE KINGS? No, you can’t release the movie as that… our silly minds will get confused!
STREET KINGS opens on April 11th and follows four soldiers who set out to steal gold stolen from Kuwait…. no wait that’s not it.
Real plot below, I’m quite looking forward to seeing Reeves and Whitaker go head-to-head actually…
Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Crews). Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlo’s supervisor, whose duties include keeping him within the confines of the law and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Laurie). Ludlow teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective (Evans) to track Washington’s killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays off when the two Detectives track down Washington’s murderers and confront them in an attempt to bring them to justice.
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Will this stupid name change sh*t ever cease? Running Scared was one of the best buddy-cop films ever, and the name was used exactly 20 years later for that mediocre Paul Walker vehicle.
Broken Arrow was the title of a western (I think John Wayne might have been in it) before it became a Travolta/Slater crapfest.
And how many direct-to-video turds have the name “Body Count?”
I don’t know who got scared about so-called copy”rights”, or who would think of bitching about the use of a name, but sheesh!
Now, that said, I think Street Kings is a hell of a lot better name than The Night Watchman. Hell, with that title I thought it was about a security guard or something…