Who else is more prolific than Jaume Collet-Serra? The only names that come close are Guy Ritchie, Steven Soderbergh, and of course, the champ himself, Hong Sang-soo.
Collet-Serra is one of the more fascinating mainstream filmmakers out there, and not because he’s directed plenty of great films — he hasn’t — but more due to how much genre-hopping he does, and sometimes with decent success. He’s a master at elevated mediocrity.
Collet-Serra, who is currently in post on his “Cliffhanger” reboot, is about to shoot the Netflix psychological thriller “An Innocent Girl” for Netflix. Colman Domingo has just joined Keery Washington in the cast. Michael Mohan (“Immaculate”) wrote the script, with current revisions by Marc Guggenheim (“Arrow”).
The film’s official logline reads, “When a young and ambitious woman is seduced by a high powered D.C. couple, she’s drawn into a dangerous world of sex, power and murder.”
Collet-Serra directed the second-most watched film of all time on Netflix with 2024’s “Carry On,” starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman. With 172.1 million views, the Christmas-set action movie was over-the-top, ludicrous, and somewhat watchable? He is also coming off “The Woman in the Yard,” which had a promising setup, but ultimately felt like a letdown. He also has his already-shot “Cliffhanger” reboot coming out sometime this year.
The Spanish-born filmmaker has directed some of Liam Neeson’s better actions movies, such as “Non-Stop,” “Run All Night,” “The Commuter,” and “Unknown.” He’s also sadly responsible for perpetrating on us “Black Adam,” “Jungle Cruise” and “House of Wax” (the Paris Hilton remake). You can’t win ‘em all.
Time for our readers to chime in. Below I’ve posted Collet-Serra’s filmography (via IMDb) — a total of 12 features released. Which film stands out the most for you? My vote goes to “Run All Night,” which is still Liam Neeson’s last good action movie, and released almost 10 years ago to this day.
Now that Jeremy Latchman has replaced James Gunn and Peter Safran as DC Studios CCO, the guy’s past will now be scrutinized ad nauseam by online hordes, and it’s already started.