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Rollerball
2001
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Chris Klein, Jean Reno and LL Cool J on the set
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Cast:
Chris
Klein , Jean Reno , LL Cool J , Rebecca
Romijn-Stamos
- Filmmakers:
John McTiernan-Director , William Harrison-Screenplay ,
Larry Ferguson-Screenplay and John Pogue-Screenplay ,
Michael Tadross-Executive Producer , Charles Roven-Producer
, Beau St. Clair-Producer , John McTiernan-Producer
John McTiernan’s ROLLERBALL takes
place in the not too distant future, and the future is fierce.
A notorious renegade sport, ROLLERBALL packs arenas all over
the world. A global viewership bets and roots for star players
Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein), Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) and
their beautiful teammate Aurora (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) who
skate and motorcycle past opponents to score. Despite the
danger of the game, the real threat lies in team owner
Petrovich (Jean Reno) who sacrifices anything and anyone to
maximize ratings, which are worth more to him than the final
score. In a heroic move, Jonathan and his teammates attempt to
expose the corruption and treachery. It is a risky play and
the penalty is lethal.
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Rollerball
Teaser Trailer Time
Dominated by one, controlled by a few, watched by all...
Rollerball's
Got the Look
Premiere Mag and French Premiere offer new
images, plus McTiernan and Klein comment on the
production.
Rollerball:
Brutal, Ruthless and Online
Official site goes live, plus some comments from star
Jean Reno and composer BT.
Still
Rolling
Additional Rollerball photography, plus a new
picture and a word from Slipknot.
Rollerball's
Modified Motorcycles
Pics of a couple bikes that'll take to the figure eight, and
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos discusses being cast as Aurora.
Rollerball's
Best: The Marauders, the Hawks, the Golden Horde and the
Horsemen
Brief look at the game's top teams, plus the teaser poster is
released.
Rollerball
Stars Meet the Press
McTiernan's droogs ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
LL
Cool J & BT Rap and Rave About Rollerball
Motorcycles and electronic music.
Rebecca
Romijn-Stamos Joins the Cast of Rollerball
X-Men's Mystique signs on for McTiernan's Rollerball
remake
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Trailer
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the official Rollerball website. Play Rollerball online!
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August 2001
Production Company:
Atlas Entertainment
Distribution Company:
MGM
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Rollerball
Stars Meet the Press
McTiernan's droogs
ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
Jean
Reno, Chris Klein and LL Cool J, the stars of
John McTiernan's Rollerball remake,
recently gathered for a Q&A session with the
press. And on this encounter, one subject of
media interest was of course the violent nature
of the game of Rollerball. Marie-France
Coallier from The
Montreal Gazette was one of the
reporters who attended the meeting at the Rollerball
production office in Blainville, near Montreal.
In her article,
she quotes Reno, who plays the character
Petrovich, an owner of one of the Rollerball
teams, "It's quite violent, but it is a
denunciation of violence. I'm just an actor. I'm
wary of actors who think they're spokesmen. It's
the director who should be defending the films.
It's pretentious for an actor to believe he is
responsible for the film's message."
Chris Klein adds, "The question
regarding movies containing violence is: who's
at fault? The providers or the demanders? This
movie is not saying violence is good and it's
not saying violence is bad. It contains violence
within a story. The movie's not about the
violence."
Ain't
It Cool News also has a couple recent Rollerball
reports. Evidently the website for French
edition of Premiere magazine had
their own representative at the meeting. They're
now offering audio
clips from LL Cool J. Among the subjects, he
discusses his character, the look of the film,
and the social aspects of Rollerball. And
over at the Unofficial
Rollerball Website, you can check out
a couple spy photos of the arena which was build
inside an old cement factory, and one of the
film's autos.
Two more items. First, in a report at Dark
Horizons, an informant relays word of the
production having recently set up shop in his
hometown of Lethbridge, Alberta. And second, If
you haven't already done so, stop on by the
official Rollerball
website. It now features Flash animation and a
recruitment ad for the IRBF (International
Rollerball Federation). They're accepting
applications for players, trainers, mechanics
and announcers.
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