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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesA dinner, an idea, another actor
Luc Besson pitched the idea over dinner, and director Pierre Morel signed on at once. Jeff Bridges was cast first as Bryan Mills. When he dropped out, Liam Neeson took the part, wanting something more physical.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNeeson thought it was going straight to video
Neeson saw the film as a "little side road" in his career, maybe released straight to video. It ended up defining the action star he became.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTrimmed for PG-13
In the United States, the theatrical version was trimmed by about 3 minutes to earn a PG-13 rating. The film cost $25 million and grossed $226.8 million worldwide.
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- Behind the scenesIstanbul in November, Los Angeles in January
The Istanbul scenes were shot in November 2011. Neeson and Maggie Grace shot theirs in Los Angeles in January 2012, and some were done at Luc Besson's Cité du Cinéma in Saint-Denis.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe film of many titles
Each country named the sequel differently. In Turkey it came out as "Takip: İstanbul," in Spain as "Venganza: Conexión Estambul," in Italy as "Taken - La vendetta" and in Brazil as "Busca Implacável 2."
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAn October record
Taken 2 opened with $49.5 million in the US, the biggest October opening for a PG-13 film. It made $376.1 million worldwide on a $45 million budget.
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- Behind the scenesThe third film that wasn't going to happen
In September 2012, Liam Neeson said a third film was unlikely. He changed his mind: he was paid $20 million, nearly half the $48 million budget.
source ↗ - CameoA new Stuart
The stepfather Stuart, played by Xander Berkeley in the first film, was recast: now it is Dougray Scott. Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen and Leland Orser also returned.
source ↗ - SetupLos Angeles and Atlanta, with a Georgia school
Shooting began March 29, 2014, in Los Angeles and Atlanta. Kim's school scenes were filmed at Newton College & Career Academy in Covington, Georgia, over two days in April.
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- Behind the scenesToronto instead of Paris
The series was shot in Toronto, mostly at Cinespace's Kipling Avenue studios. The funeral scenes and the Mills family home were filmed in Port Stanley, Ontario.
source ↗ - CameoStanden in Neeson's role
The series is the origin story of Bryan Mills, Liam Neeson's character in the films. Clive Standen plays the young Bryan, with Jennifer Beals as Christina Hart.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe series was ordered in 2015
NBC ordered the series in September 2015, with Luc Besson producing. It follows a young Bryan Mills and premiered on February 27, 2017.
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- Behind the scenesA new showrunner, a reworked show
At the end of the first season showrunner Alexander Cary left and Greg Plageman, of Person of Interest, took over the second. The series was heavily overhauled.
source ↗ - CameoOnly two stayed
Apart from Clive Standen (Bryan Mills) and Jennifer Beals (Christina Hart), the entire first-season main cast left along with the showrunner.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOver in 2018
The series aired from February 27, 2017, to June 30, 2018, with 26 episodes over two seasons, and was not renewed. It sits at 32% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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