Bill Paxton

This week’s Monday Murder Movie is character actor Bill Paxton’s directorial debut, Frailty. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Paxton himself, this twisty turny thriller is an unexpected little gem. In the present day, a troubled young man Fenton Meiks (McConaughey) walks into the Dallas Texas FBI office one rainy night and believes his brother Adam is the infamous God’s Hand Killer. Fenton will only talk to Agent Doyle (Powers Boothe) and explains he is only coming forward as his brother...Read Full Story

An international trailer and poster for sci-fi thriller The Colony , starring Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Zegers and Bill Paxton, are online and can be viewed inside! The Jeff Renfroe-directed film opens in Canadian theaters on April 12. Set during the next ice age, an outpost of colonists struggle to survive below the world's frozen surface. Short on supplies, and plagued by illness and internal conflict, the colonists suspect the worst when they mysteriously lose contact with their only...Read Full Story

He's in talks for the new Tom Cruise picLess “game over,” more game on! Despite often dying or otherwise having serious trouble in the genre, Bill Paxton is clearly not afraid of sci-fi. He’s entered talks to co-star in All You Need Is Kill for director Doug Liman.The Jumper director is getting set to start filming the adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s book in the UK next month. Tom Cruise stars as a soldier in a massive war against aliens who is killed in action.But that’s not the end of...Read Full Story

Hot News – Chuck Zlotnick ‘Big Love’ finale stars Bill Paxton (second from l.) and his wives (from l. Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jennifer Goodwin and Chloe Sevigny) appear in front of the courthouse. Warning to any fans of “Big Love” who haven’t yet watched the finale: Massive Spoilers Ahead Sunday night’s finale of HBO‘s polygamist drama “Big Love” raises the interesting philosophical question of whether it’s possible to lose your life and win the war. Hey, wait! That once happened to Jesus...Read Full Story

Bill Paxton has joined the cast of the comic book adaptation 2 Guns as a CIA operative, Variety reports. He joins Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington and Paula Patton in the BOOM! Studios adaptation. 2 Guns is a pulp story about cops and thieves and the men that are something in between. In the graphic novel, Trench has targeted a local bank to rob, and asked Steadman in on the job. Trench figures it’s a great way to score – considering it’s a cover for mob money. They’ll be thieves ripping off...Read Full Story