Tim McGraw plays it safe
Monday, December 13, 2010 – With "Country Strong" opening soon, Tim McGraw is continuing his career on the silver screen. McGraw will star with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds in "Safe House," a 2012 movie, according to Screensave.com.
McGraw also has enjoyed roles in "Friday Night Lights" and "The Blind Side."
McGraw told the web site he s going to start shooting in March and will play a spy. "I get to play something action packed. I get to shoot people and stuff. I'm looking forward to that," McGraw said. McGraw also said he expected to tour again in March or April.
The plot of the movie focuses on the lone surviving agent (Reynolds) of an attack on a CIA safe house, who tries getting a criminal (Washington) to a second safe house before being killed by others, who want them both dead. It was not clear what type of role McGraw had.
The movie is slated to open Feb. 10, 2012, but that can change.
More news for Tim McGraw
- 01/29/24: McGraw has "One Bad Habit," also names opening acts for tour
- 11/21/23: McGraw drops surprise EP
- 09/25/23: McGraw expands Standing Room Only Tour
- 07/31/23: It's Standing Room Only for McGraw's tour
- 06/26/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw
- 04/27/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw's video
- 03/10/23: For McGraw, it's "Standing Room Only"
- 12/10/21: McGraw announces '22 tour
CD reviews for Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw's collection, "Here on Earth," finds the country star sounding peaceful and down to Earth. He's more meditative than overly active, throughout. It's very much an adult album in that McGraw is speaking from the perspective of maturity, rather than pretending he's still a young man. If he's got any barbecue statins on his white t-shirt, he's not letting on here.
McGraw burns through five mellow tracks before he gets to anything with a discernable beat. ...
Tim McGraw said of his 14th studio album, "Damn Country Music," "It's is all about passion, (taking him back to 1989) "when I came to Nashville to chase my dreams."
Country music has richly rewarded him over the past two decades, and he honors the genre's tradition here. The album gets off to a very traditional start with Celtic folk. The flute and skillful acoustic picking on the opener "Here Tonight" bring a Mark Knopfler tune immediately to mind. ...
The banjo comes first out of the speakers, the opening strains of "Overrated," the lead-off song on Tim McGraw's latest. But with a "1-2-3-4" count, the mood changes and goes for a more modern country approach. McGraw does about the same on the follow-up "City Lights" with Michael Landau's steely, but rocking lead guitar taking over near the conclusion as it does later hard on "Sick of Me" where the protagonist contemplates a need to turn his life around. ...
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