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Former war hero Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is sentenced to eight years in prison when he accidentally kills a man in a barroom brawl while defending his pregnant wife. When his release comes through, he's eager to see the daughter he's never met. However, Poe's original flight is delayed, so he's put aboard a flight .. Read more

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  Con Air sequel in the works

  • 29 Jan 2011

  Director Simon West has confirmed he's making plans to reunite with Nicolas Cage for a Con Air sequel. Cage played a convict caught up in a mid-air riot on a prisoner plane in the 1997 action-thriller, which also featured star turns from John Cusack and John Malkovich. West, who directed the original, is now hoping to bring the cast back together to make a follow-up - 14 years after Con Air hit cinemas. He tells Comingsoon.net, "I'd like to do... Con Air 2... It'd be great. It's a matter of... Read more

  

  Heard to play Red Sonja

  • 11 Feb 2011

  Model/actress Amber Heard has signed up to replace Rose Mcgowan in a remake of Brigitte Nielsen's 1985 action film Red Sonja. The film has been in development for the past five years with directors like Robert Rodriguez and Brett Ratner attached to the project. Shortly after Rodriguez was linked to the film, a poster of his girlfriend McGowan as Red Sonja hit the Internet, but she has since quit the project, as has the Planet Terror moviemaker. Now, Con Air and The Mechanic director Simon West Read more

  

  Top 10 Nicolas Cage

  • 27 Sep 2010

  Nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage aka Nicolas Kim Coppola, changed his surname to prove himself a worthy contender in the industry, without having to rely on any family ties. With the help of the Coen brothers he burst onto the scene in Raising Arizona, and since then has remained one of Hollywood's most esteemed actors. Read his top 10 here... His Top 10 Films Raising Arizona (1987) A fresh faced Cage teamed up with the Coen Brothers in the cult comedy raising Arizona. The Read more

  

  Cage owes $14 million to U.S. government

  • 17 Jan 2010

  Nicolas Cage has spoken out about his tax woes, revealing he still owes £8.75 million to the US government. The Con Air star has found himself at the centre of a number of tax claims in recent months, with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) making a £3.9 million demand in August (09) in relation to unpaid taxes in 2007. Cage is also facing other claims of unpaid tax related to his earnings between 2002 and 2004, while he was accused of defaulting on a £1.25 million loan in... Read more

  

  Cage honoured with U.N. humanitarian award

  • 06 Dec 2009

  Nicolas Cage has been handed a special award in recognition of his humanitarian work for the United Nations (U.N). The actor, who is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, was presented with the U.N. Correspondents Association's Global Citizen of the Year award at a special dinner to recognise those who are involved with humanitarian causes. At the presentation, Cage insisted he is glad to use his fame to "to shine a spotlight on the need for global justice." The Con Air star Read more

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    Former war hero Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is sentenced to eight years in prison when he accidentally kills a man in a barroom brawl while defending his pregnant wife. When his release comes through, he's eager to see the daughter he's never met. However, Poe's original flight is delayed, so he's ...

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