Exclusive: Reacher’s Alan Ritchson is set to star in War Machine, the Patrick Hughes-directed and scripted action sci-fi film that will find its home with Netflix. Lionsgate developed the script with Hughes, best known for The Hitman’s Bodyguard films. Hughes wrote the script with James Beaufort (Machine). Lionsgate set the title in a deal with Netflix.
This comes on the heels of Lionsgate announcing it has Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively reuniting for A Simple Favor 2, setting the film as a streamer title with Amazon MGM Studios. It is part of a third facet of Lionsgate’s long term plan, which includes a direct-to-streaming business, to go with theatricals and multiplatform titles that have included Sisu and Retribution.
The film is produced by Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young, Range Media Partners’ Rich Cook and Hughes’ Huge Film with Greg McLean (Wolf Creek). Story is by Hughes.
This comes on the heels of Lionsgate announcing it has Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively reuniting for A Simple Favor 2, setting the film as a streamer title with Amazon MGM Studios. It is part of a third facet of Lionsgate’s long term plan, which includes a direct-to-streaming business, to go with theatricals and multiplatform titles that have included Sisu and Retribution.
The film is produced by Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young, Range Media Partners’ Rich Cook and Hughes’ Huge Film with Greg McLean (Wolf Creek). Story is by Hughes.
- 3/27/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Guardians of the Galaxy and Dune actor Dave Bautista has found his next big-canvas action movie in the shape of post-apocalyptic adventure story Afterburn, we can reveal.
Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson is also aboard for this one, which is set 10 years after a solar flare has wiped out technology across the globe.
Bautista will play ex-soldier Jake, who works as a treasure hunter recovering valuable objects from the old world for powerful clients. His latest mission is to team with freedom fighter Drea to recover the Mona Lisa before an unhinged warlord gets there first.
The movie is adapted from the Red 5 comic/graphic novel series of the same name. Jackson will play the supporting role of freedom fighter Valentine. Script comes from Matt Johnson (Into The Blue) with revisions by Nimrod Antal (Control).
Black Bear and CAA Media Finance are...
Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson is also aboard for this one, which is set 10 years after a solar flare has wiped out technology across the globe.
Bautista will play ex-soldier Jake, who works as a treasure hunter recovering valuable objects from the old world for powerful clients. His latest mission is to team with freedom fighter Drea to recover the Mona Lisa before an unhinged warlord gets there first.
The movie is adapted from the Red 5 comic/graphic novel series of the same name. Jackson will play the supporting role of freedom fighter Valentine. Script comes from Matt Johnson (Into The Blue) with revisions by Nimrod Antal (Control).
Black Bear and CAA Media Finance are...
- 2/6/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Prepare for an intense episode of “FBI True” titled “Hostages at Sea; The Hitman,” airing on CBS at 10:00 Pm on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. This gripping installment unveils two riveting cases that showcase the relentless efforts of law enforcement to bring criminals to justice.
The first story unfolds with a harrowing manhunt spanning continents. Viewers will be taken on a rollercoaster ride as authorities race against time to apprehend the mastermind behind a Somali pirate attack on a yacht, resulting in the tragic deaths of four Americans. The episode promises a dramatic and suspenseful narrative, revealing the intricate investigative techniques employed to track down the culprits responsible for this high-stakes crime.
In the second narrative, “FBI True” delves into an undercover sting operation designed to thwart a dangerous ex-convict. As law enforcement works tirelessly to prevent a planned murder, the episode explores the complexities of undercover work and the dedication required...
The first story unfolds with a harrowing manhunt spanning continents. Viewers will be taken on a rollercoaster ride as authorities race against time to apprehend the mastermind behind a Somali pirate attack on a yacht, resulting in the tragic deaths of four Americans. The episode promises a dramatic and suspenseful narrative, revealing the intricate investigative techniques employed to track down the culprits responsible for this high-stakes crime.
In the second narrative, “FBI True” delves into an undercover sting operation designed to thwart a dangerous ex-convict. As law enforcement works tirelessly to prevent a planned murder, the episode explores the complexities of undercover work and the dedication required...
- 1/10/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Exclusive: After announcing new docs on NFL Hall of Famer Mel Blount and MLB icon Tommy John in Whatever It Takes and The Bionic Man, respectively, Winter State Entertainment has unveiled The Hitman: A Tommy Hearns Story as its latest sports documentary.
The boxing pic directed by Winter State principals Hamid and Camille Torabpour, which wrapped production prior to the strikes, spotlights Tommy ‘The Hitman’ Hearns, the legendary Detroit fighter who, between 1977 and 2006, won titles in five different weight divisions.
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the summer of 2012, Hearns is known for displaying one of the most devastating punches in the history of the sport and for not being afraid to mix it up, sometimes to his own detriment. The film from the Torabpours will look in depth at both his illustrious boxing career and his broader life journey, including his initial decision to enter the...
The boxing pic directed by Winter State principals Hamid and Camille Torabpour, which wrapped production prior to the strikes, spotlights Tommy ‘The Hitman’ Hearns, the legendary Detroit fighter who, between 1977 and 2006, won titles in five different weight divisions.
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the summer of 2012, Hearns is known for displaying one of the most devastating punches in the history of the sport and for not being afraid to mix it up, sometimes to his own detriment. The film from the Torabpours will look in depth at both his illustrious boxing career and his broader life journey, including his initial decision to enter the...
- 8/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Tubi opens June with an intense WWII drama “Inglourious Basterds.” Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of five tough Jewish soldiers to spread fear throughout the Third Reich. They have one assignment: assassinate Nazi leaders. Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed the unconventional war drama. Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, and Christopher Walz co-star.
Watch the trailer of “Inglourious Basterds”:
The network is also streaming the original documentary “Mystery Unsolved: The Adnan Syed Story” on June 7. The murder of teenager Hae Min Lee was the focal point of a “Serial” podcast, which questioned if boyfriend Syed was her killer. After serving 22 years in prison, Syed was released, still proclaiming his innocence. Now, he may return.
Another streamer original, “Magic Carpet Rides,” arrives June 14. It centers on a social influencer torn between sharing her budding romance or honoring her boyfriend’s request to keep their life private.
Check...
Watch the trailer of “Inglourious Basterds”:
The network is also streaming the original documentary “Mystery Unsolved: The Adnan Syed Story” on June 7. The murder of teenager Hae Min Lee was the focal point of a “Serial” podcast, which questioned if boyfriend Syed was her killer. After serving 22 years in prison, Syed was released, still proclaiming his innocence. Now, he may return.
Another streamer original, “Magic Carpet Rides,” arrives June 14. It centers on a social influencer torn between sharing her budding romance or honoring her boyfriend’s request to keep their life private.
Check...
- 5/31/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Exclusive: Luther and Hobbs & Shaw star Idris Elba is set to star in, produce and direct action-thriller Infernus, which Millennium Media will also produce and shop at next week’s Cannes market.
Elba will play Donovan Kamara, a U.N. human rights activist sent to investigate reports of refugees being illegally detained inside a U.S. black site prison. A seemingly simple task turns deadly when the world’s most dangerous inmates break free. Kamara must work to safely extricate the refugees, all while going head-to-head with a brilliant criminal mastermind.
Based on a story by Tom Boyle and screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen, the film is due to go into production on October 9th in London.
While most filming will be done in London, additional principal photography will take place in the new Td Akuna Studios in Ghana, a venture Elba — who has both Ghanaian and Sierre Leonean lineage...
Elba will play Donovan Kamara, a U.N. human rights activist sent to investigate reports of refugees being illegally detained inside a U.S. black site prison. A seemingly simple task turns deadly when the world’s most dangerous inmates break free. Kamara must work to safely extricate the refugees, all while going head-to-head with a brilliant criminal mastermind.
Based on a story by Tom Boyle and screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen, the film is due to go into production on October 9th in London.
While most filming will be done in London, additional principal photography will take place in the new Td Akuna Studios in Ghana, a venture Elba — who has both Ghanaian and Sierre Leonean lineage...
- 5/12/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Four high-impact boxers — Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns — will re-enter the limelight in Showtime docuseries The Kings.
The first of the show’s four episodes will premiere on Sunday, June 6, at 8Pm Et/Pt on linear and streaming, the ViacomCBS premium network announced.
Nicknamed the Four Kings during their remarkable, overlapping careers, the quartet contested nine championship fights among them from 1980 to 1989. Their distinct styles and vivid personalities helped spark a renaissance in the sport of boxing, which had endured a downturn after Muhammad Ali’s storybook run concluded.
The backdrop of the series is the 1980s, a go-go decade marked by pronounced socioeconomic and political upheaval in the U.S. as President Ronald Reagan left his mark.
Hagler died last month at age 66.
“These four men defined an era in boxing,” said Stephen Espinoza, president of Showtime Sports,...
The first of the show’s four episodes will premiere on Sunday, June 6, at 8Pm Et/Pt on linear and streaming, the ViacomCBS premium network announced.
Nicknamed the Four Kings during their remarkable, overlapping careers, the quartet contested nine championship fights among them from 1980 to 1989. Their distinct styles and vivid personalities helped spark a renaissance in the sport of boxing, which had endured a downturn after Muhammad Ali’s storybook run concluded.
The backdrop of the series is the 1980s, a go-go decade marked by pronounced socioeconomic and political upheaval in the U.S. as President Ronald Reagan left his mark.
Hagler died last month at age 66.
“These four men defined an era in boxing,” said Stephen Espinoza, president of Showtime Sports,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar nominee Salma Hayek has joined House of Gucci, the feature film from MGM and Scott Free Productions that is in production. She joins an all-star cast that includes Lady Gaga, Adam Driver Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto and Jack Huston, with Ridley Scott on board to direct.
“So happy to have my good buddy Salma join our wonderful cast,,” said producer Giannina Scott. “I’ve been talking with her about this Gucci project for 20 years. Now it’s happening and she is a part of it. Rid and I are thrilled.”
Ridley and Giannina Scott will produce via their Scott Free Productions banner.
The film tells the story of how Patrizia Reggiani (Gaga), the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci (Driver), plotted to kill her husband, the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci. Hayek will play Pina Auriemma, who was a clairvoyant friend of “Black Widow” Patrizia Reggiani, who...
“So happy to have my good buddy Salma join our wonderful cast,,” said producer Giannina Scott. “I’ve been talking with her about this Gucci project for 20 years. Now it’s happening and she is a part of it. Rid and I are thrilled.”
Ridley and Giannina Scott will produce via their Scott Free Productions banner.
The film tells the story of how Patrizia Reggiani (Gaga), the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci (Driver), plotted to kill her husband, the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci. Hayek will play Pina Auriemma, who was a clairvoyant friend of “Black Widow” Patrizia Reggiani, who...
- 4/2/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Last year, the world of cinema saw loads of new releases get pushed back further and further, due to the global pandemic. This year, it appears we’re starting to see films get pushed up. That’s evident by today’s announcement from Lionsgate and Millennium Media. Today, Lionsgate president of Worldwide Distribution Ron Schwartz announced that The […]
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- 3/30/2021
- by Matt Malliaros
- Cinelinx
Gianfranco Rosi's Notturno is exclusively showing in many countries starting March 5, 2021 in Mubi's Luminaries series.Nonfiction films tend to exhibit anxiety over their subjective engagement with the factual world. It’s a tension that makers often feel compelled to resolve, or assuage. Some lean into a journalistic tone or style, gathering witnesses and evidence, telling a cogent story and presenting it soberly, burying or at least deemphasizing subjective choices. Others signal or admit their own interventions by including themselves in the frame, or by embracing an unconventional, conspicuous formal approach, eager to wriggle free from outsized expectations of objectivity. Either way the work is, at least in part, defined by this dialectic. Accepting that subjectivity is not only a given but a necessity, the very source of an artist’s power and mandate, the tension shifts to what the artist chooses to emphasize—what he or she is drawn to,...
- 3/9/2021
- MUBI
Exclusive: Lionsgate is shedding between 15-20 staff from its UK office as part of recently announced Global Motion Picture Group cuts, we can reveal.
Lionsgate has been a stalwart financier-distributor in the UK for more than a decade, backing and acquiring a host of Brit movies, often early in their production, and steering strong results for Lionsgate’s U.S. acquisitions and productions.
Much of that UK strategy and direction was driven by former UK & Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa who left the mini-major over the summer. Lionsgate’s current UK President of Film and TV Nicola Pearcey, who worked for 14 years under Kamasa, is set to leave at the end of this year after only a few months at the helm.
Going forward, we hear it’s likely Lionsgate will be less involved in early UK film production investments as the company centralises more control and strategy in the U.
Lionsgate has been a stalwart financier-distributor in the UK for more than a decade, backing and acquiring a host of Brit movies, often early in their production, and steering strong results for Lionsgate’s U.S. acquisitions and productions.
Much of that UK strategy and direction was driven by former UK & Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa who left the mini-major over the summer. Lionsgate’s current UK President of Film and TV Nicola Pearcey, who worked for 14 years under Kamasa, is set to leave at the end of this year after only a few months at the helm.
Going forward, we hear it’s likely Lionsgate will be less involved in early UK film production investments as the company centralises more control and strategy in the U.
- 11/12/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Reynolds is a very busy man, and he can’t seem to stop adding new projects to his plate. The actor has The Croods: A New Age and Free Guy hitting theaters before the end of the year, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard arriving next summer and he’s currently hard at work on Netflix’s action blockbuster Red Notice, but after that he’s still got another nine movies in various stages of development.
Looking at his upcoming schedule, the Deadpool star is sticking with the aforementioned streaming site and moving directly onto the untitled time travel pic that has him reuniting with Free Guy director Shawn Levy. After 6 Underground and Red Notice, Reynolds looks to have a solid working relationship with the platform, while he says that Levy’s action comedy is the best thing he’s ever been in, so combining the two marks a logical progression.
Looking at his upcoming schedule, the Deadpool star is sticking with the aforementioned streaming site and moving directly onto the untitled time travel pic that has him reuniting with Free Guy director Shawn Levy. After 6 Underground and Red Notice, Reynolds looks to have a solid working relationship with the platform, while he says that Levy’s action comedy is the best thing he’s ever been in, so combining the two marks a logical progression.
- 10/22/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Ali is Gianfranco Rosi’s silent anchor in Notturno (Nocturne)
Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno (Nocturne), screening in the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival and the Journey section in London, comes nestled at the abyss. The chaotic, unstable border regions of Lebanon, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Syria are where this arresting important documentary was shot by Rosi during the past three years. He has had a longtime collaboration with editor Jacopo Quadri that began with his first documentary, Boatman (1993) and continued successfully on to Below Sea Level (2008), the frightening El Sicario, Room 164 (2010), his vigilant Sacro Gra (2013), and the masterful Fire At Sea (2016). Fabrizio Federico is the third member of the brilliant editing team for Notturno. Federico is also the editor for Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden (opening virtually at Film at Lincoln Center on October 16). Quadri has edited Laura Bispuri’s Sworn Virgin and <a...
Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno (Nocturne), screening in the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival and the Journey section in London, comes nestled at the abyss. The chaotic, unstable border regions of Lebanon, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Syria are where this arresting important documentary was shot by Rosi during the past three years. He has had a longtime collaboration with editor Jacopo Quadri that began with his first documentary, Boatman (1993) and continued successfully on to Below Sea Level (2008), the frightening El Sicario, Room 164 (2010), his vigilant Sacro Gra (2013), and the masterful Fire At Sea (2016). Fabrizio Federico is the third member of the brilliant editing team for Notturno. Federico is also the editor for Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden (opening virtually at Film at Lincoln Center on October 16). Quadri has edited Laura Bispuri’s Sworn Virgin and <a...
- 10/9/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ryan Reynolds currently has thirteen movies in various stages of development, so the sooner he gets back to work and starts plowing through his to-do list, the faster Marvel Cinematic Universe fans will finally get to see Deadpool 3. His live-action roles in Free Guy and The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard are in the can and awaiting release, along with a voice performance in The Croods: A New Age, so that’s already three down and ten still to go.
Next up is Netflix’s star-studded action blockbuster Red Notice, which sees Reynolds re-teaming with Hobbs & Shaw co-star and close friend Dwayne Johnson, while Wonder Woman‘s Gal Gadot rounds out the A-list central trio. The production is currently gearing up to resume shooting following a lengthy hiatus as the result of the Coronavirus pandemic, and the 6 Underground star is already getting ready for his return by taking a coronavirus test,...
Next up is Netflix’s star-studded action blockbuster Red Notice, which sees Reynolds re-teaming with Hobbs & Shaw co-star and close friend Dwayne Johnson, while Wonder Woman‘s Gal Gadot rounds out the A-list central trio. The production is currently gearing up to resume shooting following a lengthy hiatus as the result of the Coronavirus pandemic, and the 6 Underground star is already getting ready for his return by taking a coronavirus test,...
- 9/14/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
You would imagine that Ryan Reynolds has spent the last few months cooped up in his palatial mansion absolutely drowning in movie scripts based on the sheer volume of projects that he’s added to his upcoming slate recently, although he’s also clearly taken a few breaks to hop onto social media and continue his online battle with arch-nemesis Hugh Jackman.
Not content with having Free Guy and The Croods 2 releasing in December, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard arriving next year and Netflix’s Red Notice set to restart production in the coming weeks, Reynolds also has a Detective Pikachu sequel, what’s rumored to be an expanded role in the follow-up to Hobbs & Shaw, family film Everyday Parenting Tips, the Clue reboot, a musical version of A Christmas Carol and video game adaptation Dragon’s Lair all in various stages of development. Oh, and there’s also the...
Not content with having Free Guy and The Croods 2 releasing in December, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard arriving next year and Netflix’s Red Notice set to restart production in the coming weeks, Reynolds also has a Detective Pikachu sequel, what’s rumored to be an expanded role in the follow-up to Hobbs & Shaw, family film Everyday Parenting Tips, the Clue reboot, a musical version of A Christmas Carol and video game adaptation Dragon’s Lair all in various stages of development. Oh, and there’s also the...
- 9/1/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Retrospective will feature new film Notturno which premieres at upcoming Venice Film Festival
Italian director Gianfranco Rosi will be the guest of honour at this year’s edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa), running November 18 to 29.
The festival will screen all of his past features including Boatman, Below Sea Level, El Sicario, Room 164, the Venice 2013 Golden Lion-winner Sacro Gra and Fire At Sea, which clinched the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 2016.
The retrospective will also feature his new film Notturno, which world premieres in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September and then heads to Toronto.
Italian director Gianfranco Rosi will be the guest of honour at this year’s edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa), running November 18 to 29.
The festival will screen all of his past features including Boatman, Below Sea Level, El Sicario, Room 164, the Venice 2013 Golden Lion-winner Sacro Gra and Fire At Sea, which clinched the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 2016.
The retrospective will also feature his new film Notturno, which world premieres in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September and then heads to Toronto.
- 8/28/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Expendables and The Hitman’s Bodyguard producer Millennium has inked a music rights deal with major publisher Kobalt Music Group.
Under the agreement, Kobalt will administer all of Millennium’s music rights, including licensing, collections, creative services, and accounting. In addition, Kobalt’s recording division, Awal, will be used for marketing and distribution of select original song and score releases from Millennium.
The two companies will work to find opportunities across Millennium’s film and TV projects and Kobalt’s roster, which includes artists such as Childish Gambino, Dave Grohl, Enrique Iglesias, Kelly Clarkson, Finneas, Lionel Richie, Lauv, Stevie Nicks, Marshmello, Max Martin, Elvis Presley, The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch and Ozuna.
An objective for the partnership is to license Millennium’s music across media including film, TV, advertising, games, podcasts, and the internet. One of Millennium’s first releases on Awal is Rita Wilson’s original song Everybody...
Under the agreement, Kobalt will administer all of Millennium’s music rights, including licensing, collections, creative services, and accounting. In addition, Kobalt’s recording division, Awal, will be used for marketing and distribution of select original song and score releases from Millennium.
The two companies will work to find opportunities across Millennium’s film and TV projects and Kobalt’s roster, which includes artists such as Childish Gambino, Dave Grohl, Enrique Iglesias, Kelly Clarkson, Finneas, Lionel Richie, Lauv, Stevie Nicks, Marshmello, Max Martin, Elvis Presley, The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch and Ozuna.
An objective for the partnership is to license Millennium’s music across media including film, TV, advertising, games, podcasts, and the internet. One of Millennium’s first releases on Awal is Rita Wilson’s original song Everybody...
- 7/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Kaley Cuoco is taking a trip to Kevin Hart's Man From Toronto. The actor will star in the film along side Hart and Woody Harrelson, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Cuoco starred on CBS' The Big Bang Theory, which wrapped last year after 12 seasons and made her one of the most well-known stars on TV. She'll next appear onscreen in The Flight Attendant for HBO Max, and also voices Harley Quinn on the DC Universe show starring the character.
The Hitman's Bodyguard filmmaker Patrick Hughes is directing Man From Toronto, which opens Sept. 17, 2021. The action-comedy film ...
Cuoco starred on CBS' The Big Bang Theory, which wrapped last year after 12 seasons and made her one of the most well-known stars on TV. She'll next appear onscreen in The Flight Attendant for HBO Max, and also voices Harley Quinn on the DC Universe show starring the character.
The Hitman's Bodyguard filmmaker Patrick Hughes is directing Man From Toronto, which opens Sept. 17, 2021. The action-comedy film ...
- 4/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Antonio Banderas has joined The Hitman’s Bodyguard sequel, with Oscar-nominated Can You Ever Forgive Me? star Richard E. Grant signing on to reprise his role in the Lionsgate/ Millennium Media follow-up to the hit 2017 comedy action-thriller. Production is currently underway on The Hitman, with stars Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek, as well as director Patrick Hughes, returning.
Morgan Freeman and Frank Grillo are also set to co-star in the film, which will shoot in London, Croatia and Italy.
Set on the Amalfi coast, the pic follows the mismatched, high-octane trio who are unwillingly pulled onto the side of the good guys as they battle to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot with a dangerously over-developed sense of national pride.
Matt O’Toole and Les Weldon are producing for Millennium alongside Campbell Grobman Films. Executive producers are Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Jeffrey Greenstein...
Morgan Freeman and Frank Grillo are also set to co-star in the film, which will shoot in London, Croatia and Italy.
Set on the Amalfi coast, the pic follows the mismatched, high-octane trio who are unwillingly pulled onto the side of the good guys as they battle to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot with a dangerously over-developed sense of national pride.
Matt O’Toole and Les Weldon are producing for Millennium alongside Campbell Grobman Films. Executive producers are Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Jeffrey Greenstein...
- 3/13/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: John Wick creator Derek Kolstad is adapting the 2010 South Korean action film The Man From Nowhere for New Line Cinema.
This is the second South Korean hit of late which New Line is putting into development for U.S. audiences. Back in September New Line beat out four other studios for the remake rights to Sang-ho Yeon’s Train to Busan, which Gary Dauberman is writing and James Wan producing. Deadline had that exclusive.
The Man From Nowhere was the highest grossing film in South Korea during its year of release making $42M. The pic, directed and written by Jeong-beom Lee opened to No. 1 and held that spot for five weeks. The original film centered around a quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past who takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend. Cj Entertainment is attached to produce the English remake.
This is the second South Korean hit of late which New Line is putting into development for U.S. audiences. Back in September New Line beat out four other studios for the remake rights to Sang-ho Yeon’s Train to Busan, which Gary Dauberman is writing and James Wan producing. Deadline had that exclusive.
The Man From Nowhere was the highest grossing film in South Korea during its year of release making $42M. The pic, directed and written by Jeong-beom Lee opened to No. 1 and held that spot for five weeks. The original film centered around a quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past who takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend. Cj Entertainment is attached to produce the English remake.
- 11/1/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
On the occasion of Ryan Reynolds’ 42nd birthday on October 23, Gold Derby takes a look back at the actor’s film career and chooses his greatest 15 film performances. Tour our photo gallery above to see how they are ranked from worst to best.
Born in Canada the actor started acting at a young age when he landed a role on a Canadian television teenage soap opera. He then proceeded to work in both Canadian and American television, ultimately finding minor fame on the moderately successful sitcom “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.”
Reynolds managed to pull off the unthinkable in 2016 when he managed to get a Golden Globe nomination for Best Comedy/Musical Actor for “Deadpool.” That is a bit of a rare achievement since superhero films and awards rarely go together.
While his career has had its ups and downs and he hasn’t always been able...
Born in Canada the actor started acting at a young age when he landed a role on a Canadian television teenage soap opera. He then proceeded to work in both Canadian and American television, ultimately finding minor fame on the moderately successful sitcom “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.”
Reynolds managed to pull off the unthinkable in 2016 when he managed to get a Golden Globe nomination for Best Comedy/Musical Actor for “Deadpool.” That is a bit of a rare achievement since superhero films and awards rarely go together.
While his career has had its ups and downs and he hasn’t always been able...
- 10/23/2018
- by Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Rachel Brosnahan, most recently known for her Golden Globe and Emmy winning performance on Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel series, is set to co-star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in Cold War drama, Ironbark. On Chesil Beach helmer Dominic Cooke is on board to direct the feature from a screenplay by The Hitman’s Bodyguard scribe Tom O’Connor.
The pic is based on the true story of Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch), a British businessman who helped the CIA penetrate the Soviet nuclear program during the Cold War. Wynne and his Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky, provided the crucial intelligence that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Brosnahan, who was last seen on the big screen in Patriots Day with Mark Wahlberg, will play Emily Donovan, the brilliant, determined CIA agent who runs Wynne and Penkovsky’s espionage operation.
Ironbark is being produced by Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of 42 alongside SunnyMarch’s Adam Ackland,...
The pic is based on the true story of Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch), a British businessman who helped the CIA penetrate the Soviet nuclear program during the Cold War. Wynne and his Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky, provided the crucial intelligence that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Brosnahan, who was last seen on the big screen in Patriots Day with Mark Wahlberg, will play Emily Donovan, the brilliant, determined CIA agent who runs Wynne and Penkovsky’s espionage operation.
Ironbark is being produced by Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of 42 alongside SunnyMarch’s Adam Ackland,...
- 10/8/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
For those of you who enjoyed the Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson action comedy The Hitman's Bodyguard, you'll be happy to hear that Millennium Films is developing a sequel. The sequel will be called The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, and the two lead actors are expected to reprise their roles.
There's no word on what the plot of the film will entail, but it will obviously heavily involve the wife of Samuel L. Jackson's character, who was played by Salma Hayek in the first film. While there is no script for the movie yet, it's being described at the Cannes Film Festival as "The Good. The Bad. And the Batshit cray."
The first movie turned out being a fun and entertaining action movie. Reynolds and Jackson had great chemistry, but it will never be in the same league as buddy cop films like Lethal Weapon, True Lies, or Bad Boys.
There's no word on what the plot of the film will entail, but it will obviously heavily involve the wife of Samuel L. Jackson's character, who was played by Salma Hayek in the first film. While there is no script for the movie yet, it's being described at the Cannes Film Festival as "The Good. The Bad. And the Batshit cray."
The first movie turned out being a fun and entertaining action movie. Reynolds and Jackson had great chemistry, but it will never be in the same league as buddy cop films like Lethal Weapon, True Lies, or Bad Boys.
- 5/8/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Aaron Norris will produce and direct “Maximum Speed,” the first in a planned franchise tapping into the global market for high-speed car action films such as the “Fast and Furious” movies.
“Maximum Speed” is aimed at taking advantage of the popularity of stock-car racing and the Western culture of bull-riding and honky-tonks. Pre-production will begin upon completion of funding, and filming is scheduled to begin in Texas Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina in the mid-summer or early fall, based on track availability.
Joe Gibbs Racing and Petty Racing have been consulting on the film, assisting with locations, tracks, cars, props, corporate sponsors, and all elements related to the filming of stock-car racing. Executive producer Tristin Fowler, an Oklahoma-based business executive, told Variety that major national sponsors have already committed to the film.
“We are very excited to have the support from the grassroots racing community and...
“Maximum Speed” is aimed at taking advantage of the popularity of stock-car racing and the Western culture of bull-riding and honky-tonks. Pre-production will begin upon completion of funding, and filming is scheduled to begin in Texas Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina in the mid-summer or early fall, based on track availability.
Joe Gibbs Racing and Petty Racing have been consulting on the film, assisting with locations, tracks, cars, props, corporate sponsors, and all elements related to the filming of stock-car racing. Executive producer Tristin Fowler, an Oklahoma-based business executive, told Variety that major national sponsors have already committed to the film.
“We are very excited to have the support from the grassroots racing community and...
- 3/30/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s the latest episode of the Cinema Geeks podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes right here, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
Episode 159: Video Game Series – Max Payne
Today on Episode 159 of the Cinema Geeks we continue the journey through video game films with a review of Max Payne. MovieRevolt, OptimusSolo, HardCandiMandi and FridleyCent venture back into the world of video game films to see if how Max Payne stacks up against the likes of Doom or The Hitman. Listen in to see where Max Payne ranks amongst the video game films and how this action film resonates with the panel. Remember, we watch them so you don’t have to!
Episode 159: Video Game Series – Max Payne
Today on Episode 159 of the Cinema Geeks we continue the journey through video game films with a review of Max Payne. MovieRevolt, OptimusSolo, HardCandiMandi and FridleyCent venture back into the world of video game films to see if how Max Payne stacks up against the likes of Doom or The Hitman. Listen in to see where Max Payne ranks amongst the video game films and how this action film resonates with the panel. Remember, we watch them so you don’t have to!
- 1/16/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With the end of the year quickly approaching, it’s time to save big on all those great deals out there. Christmas might be gone for another 12 months, but tons of retailers are still marking down numerous products in hopes of clearing out some inventory and Amazon is no different. The online giant has discounted a bunch of great Blu-rays this week and below, we’ve put together a few of our top picks.
For those in search of a good scare, this year’s Cult of Chucky might do the trick, as it presented a welcome return to form for the beloved franchise. Get Out, meanwhile, was hands down one of 2017’s best horror films and as we begin to head into awards season, you’ll definitely want to check it out. Alternatively, if you’re into more classic stuff, the Universal Classic Monsters Collection should be right up your alley.
For those in search of a good scare, this year’s Cult of Chucky might do the trick, as it presented a welcome return to form for the beloved franchise. Get Out, meanwhile, was hands down one of 2017’s best horror films and as we begin to head into awards season, you’ll definitely want to check it out. Alternatively, if you’re into more classic stuff, the Universal Classic Monsters Collection should be right up your alley.
- 12/30/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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