Lee B. Golden III

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Native New Yorker. Been writing for a long time now, and I enjoy what I do. Be nice to me!

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Steve McQueen Crime Thriller, WIDOWS, Starts Filming

Twentieth Century Fox has officially begun production on 12 Years A Slave helmer, Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen’s new movie, Widows. Gone Girl scribe, co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn’s script sets the tone for a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption from See-Saw Films in association with New Regency. Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Joining our leading quartet are Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Daniel Kaluuya, Lukas Haas and Brian Tyree Henry. See-Saw Films’ Oscar®-winning team of Iain Canning and Emile […]

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Abram Tarasov Has A Special Invitation For JOHN WICK Fans

Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter Two is available for pre-order Blu-Ray combo pack and currently on Digital HD, now rolling out as one of the single-best action movies of 2017. For this, we are just in time for co-star Peter Stormare’s invite relish in on the bodycount some in an upcoming Facebook live video event now (re)scheduled on Tuesday, May 30th at 1pm EST/10am PST. Actor Keanu Reeves returns to the title role that became a surprise box office hit 2014 and followed suit back in February. Having avenged his late wife’s legacy in the first film, a blood oath with a former colleague ensnares Wick’s peaceful resolve, forcing him back on the violent path of bloodshed in a series of events that could very well bring him to the point of no return. Also starring are Ricardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Common and John Leguizamo. Click here to […]

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TOP GUN 2 Puts OBLIVION Helmer Joseph Kosinski In The Pilot’s Seat To Direct

Having directed actor Tom Cruise for his 2013 outing in sci-fi actioner, Oblivion, some would say it would make sense to make him a candidate for the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 high-flying military drama, Top Gun. As such, it now seems to be the case according to a new exclusive report from Variety thus confirming. The news comes just a few days after Cruise laid it all out in a single quote telling Australian talk show Sunrise that it was “definitely happening”. The film itself had been in the works since around 2010 or earlier, then stifled by the subsequent suicidal tragedy of director Tony Scott who helmed the original film that propelled Cruise into Hollywood stardom as U.S. Fighter Pilot, LT. Pete Mitchell, call signed “Maverick”. Skydance CEO David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the original, will produce with Cruise from a script recently penned by Justin […]

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DEADPOOL 2 Casts Its Villain In Jack Kesy

Time will tell how Donald and Stephen Glover’s animated foray with Deadpool will bode. For now though, a June 1, 2018 release date looms for 20th Century Fox’s R-rated Marvel successor, Deadpool 2 following last year’s hit with Ryan Reynolds returning to star. Thusly, news from Deadline confirms the addition of The Strain series and upcoming Death Wish co-star, actor Jack Kesy for the likely role of Black Tom Cassidy, a noted X-Men antagonist who can manipulate and bond with plant life as well as charge energy through a shillelagh – or a wooden-like walking stick (I can hear Wade Wilson’s shameless cripple jokes already.) Josh Brolin is time-traveling supersoldier Cable while actress Zazie Beetz debuts the role of luck-bending killer Domino. Stephen Kapcic will return to voice-over X-Men member Colossus next to actress Brianna Hildebrand reprising as Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Morena Baccarin will return as Vanessa, Wilson’s love interest. […]

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Joe Lynch’s SXSW Hit, MAYHEM, Finally Gets U.S. Distribution

Everly helmer Joe Lynch is back and in stellar fashion these days following the rave SXSW reviews stemming from his latest, Mayhem. The Steven Yuen-starring contained action horror adventure is finally readying a late 2017 release in North America followed by AMC’s streaming platform, Shudder early next year according to Variety. A dangerous virus, one that prevents the infected from controlling their inhibitions, is discovered in a corporate law building, the very same firm that recently cleared an infected man on murder charges. When a quarantine is issued and the building goes on lockdown, all hell breaks loose inside, while a disgruntled employee (Steven Yeun) and an irate client (Samara Weaving) must fight and even kill their way to the top to “have a word” with the corrupt executives who wronged them before time runs out.  Award-wining shortfilm scribe, screenwriter Matias Caruso earns this as his debut feature with Steven […]

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Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé Expands IMAX Deal For Six New Theaters In France And Holland

IMAX is reportedly expanding its dealings in Europe this week according to a new announcement from IMAX Corporation out of Cannes. The company signed a hybrid joint revenue share agreement with major cinema staple, Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, for six new IMAX® theatres – five of which will be installed in France with IMAX’s next-generation laser technology, and one IMAX theater in Holland. The deal, finalized on Wednesday during a meeting between the parties at the Cannes Film Festival, builds on last year’s 5-theatre deal between the two firms, this adding to 28 Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé total IMAX commitment, with 17 theatres in France, seven in the Netherlands and four in Switzerland that are currently open or contracted to open. “We’re extremely encouraged by the strong momentum and accelerated growth that IMAX continues to see in Western Europe – particularly in France, where our commercial network doubled in 2016,” […]

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VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS Lands A Final Trailer

A lifetime of sci-fi and literary appreciation, nearly four decades of filmic output, two (maybe) scripts, well over $180 million dollars and almost 15 times the visual shots used in his 1997 sci-fi, The Fifth Element, director Luc Besson now has something meaty to present the summer moviegoing crowd in Valerian: The City Of A Thousand Planets. His latest interview with Deadline gives a greater scope at the strain he now faces in comparison to his previous work and especially in the wake of technological advancements in filmmaking, notably sampled in James Cameron’s 2009 hit, Avatar, and so it’s worth reading in my opinion. For now, however, we have the final trailer in our midst this week ahead of the film’s July 7 release. Actress Cara Delevingne and actor Dane Dehaan make way as interstellar space agents who journey to a bustling space metropolis to investigate a looming threat that […]

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AH, KOYA: Touch Gloves And Get Ready To Rumble In The First Teaser For Kishi’s Boxing Drama Twofer

If boxing dramas are your thing, then you can attribute your latest query to Terayama Shuji, author of the 1966 novel, Ah, Koya. Actors Suda Masaki and Yang Ik-June take the lead in the film adaptation set in a not-too-distant future Shinjuku in Tokyo where a troubled youth and a stuttering recluse meet in a boxing gym – a succession in overcoming their own personal odds… (Suddenly I feel like watching Crying Fist again.) Ah, Koya was adapted for the screen by Minato Takehiko, and helmer Kishi Yoshiyuki – the latter who reunites with Suda in this, their second outing of three – the third being an immediate sequel in the form of Ah, Koya 2. Both respectively open in Japan on October 7 and October 21. Check out the first teaser below!

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Frankly, CHINA SALESMAN Looks Like Crap

And sounds like crap, but if the explosions and action are what reel you in for China Salesman, then kudos. Tan Bing writes and directs with Brotherhood Of Blades co-star Ethan Li starring in the title role as our cheekily addressed protagonist doing business in Africa. It all somehow adds up to a fight scene between Mike Tyson’s frown and Steven Seagal’s wavy hands – all accompanied by piss poor acting and dialogue, high speed chases, terrible CG, and a Henry Cavill lookalike just to pepper things up some… Yeah, please take my money. ? The latest trailer has it all… and explody things. Enjoy.

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Watch Two New Trailers For SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

We’ve got more than a month until Jon Watts’s Spider-Man: Homecoming opens in theaters and so Sony Pictures has plenty of time and opportunity to make its case. The only minor downside is that apparently Wonder Woman is the most anticipated superhero film of the summer, which is great for Warner Bros.’s still-fledgeling DC cinematic foray, and for a film that’s already rating higher than expected among early viewers. Still, the new film now bringing actor Tom Holland to the forefront of the webslinger’s latest franchise reboot should still garner its share of summer movie success, particularly since the latest cut of the film is what’s pushing the current prospects for Tom Hardy’s R-rated Venom and other shared-Spiderverse titles. For this, as a reboot all its own, it still has to adhere to Marvel’s own fast track toward ending Phase 3 with two major Avengers films looming, and the latest […]

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Bona To Lead Investment In WWII Epic, MIDWAY; Roland Emmerich To Direct

Fresh out of Cannes Bona Film Group will lead the investment on renowned director Roland Emmerich’s new World War II epic, Midway for The Mark Gordon Company. Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 2012, 10,000 B.C., Independence Day: Resurgence) will direct the film from a script by Wes Tooke, inspired by the true story of the Battle of Midway – a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II in June of 1942. As the logline reads: “The story follows the real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war.” Bona will also release the film in China and has retained worldwide distribution rights excluding the U.S.. Bona founder, chairman and CEO Yu Dong will produce the film with Emmerich, as will MGC’s own Mark Gordon and Matt Jackson, and producer Harald Kloser. MGC’s Josh Clay Phillips will oversee on behalf of the […]

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Sono Sion’s TOKYO VAMPIRE HOTEL Checks In With A New Action Packed Trailer

Director Sono Sion’s new nine part action horror series, Tokyo Vampire Hotel is gearing up for a June 16 premiere exclusively in Japan via Amazon Prime. Alas, there’s nothing being stirred of a release anywhere else beyond that point and hopefully it will be strictly a matter of time soon, but at least the trailers are visble online to tease us poor Westerners. Ha! The series follows Sono’s protégé, actress Tomite Ami in the role of Manami, a young woman targeted amid Earth’s takeover of the evil Corvin vampire tribe on the eve of her 22nd birthday. Upon her rescue by a mysterious and extraordinary heroine named K (Kaho) and with mankind’s destruction looming, the epic story continues with a ragtag grouping of young men and women, some on a dating retreat, now trapped inside the lush Hotel Requiem whose eerie management promise safe haven from outside as long as […]

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T-34: Tanks…Tanks Everywhere In The First Trailer For Alexey Sidorov’s WWII Epic

Emboldened by a string of five films, director/producer duo Alexey Sidorov and Ruben Dishdishyan are well on the way with the new war epic, T-34 which had its day at Cannes in the past week. Russian film agency Rosinko presented footage from the film ahead of its 2018 release and we now have a trailer to hint at what’s being promised here: A one-man tank war against a squad of Nazi tanks. Things go boom no matter what the odds are. The year 1941. Young cadet Ivushkin, who’d just graduated, has to fight an uphill battle against Nazi tank ace Jager. Only few believe he’s got a chance: fighting alone against a dozen of German machines. Yet, luck favors the bold.  Their second meeting might have never happened, but the fate at wartime is really into surprises – it grants each one his own. One gets true love who will […]

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Hitman Drama, ASHER, Casts Ron Perlman

Hitman Drama, ASHER, Casts Ron Perlman

He may not be Hellboy anymore beyond two great and memorable films, but Ron Perlman still stands out as one of the cinema’s best actors. Out of Cannes, the news now is he will be starring in the new drama, Asher, which XYZ Films took to Cannes over the week. Perlman stars in the title role, former member of the Mossad now living an austere life in Brooklyn, New York City as a gun for hire. Upon a job that goes sideways, he breaks an oath he took as a young man when he meets a woman named Sophie, a preamble to Asher’s last ditch effort to kill the man he was in order to become the man he wants to be. Also starring are Famke Janssen, Richard Dreyfuss, Peter Facinelli, Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Schiff, Guy Burnet and Nadine Velazquez with Rob Roy helmer Michael Canton-Jones directing from. Jay Zaretsky’s […]

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Well Go USA Acquires THE INVINCIBLE DRAGON And ‘Ip Man 3’ Spin-Off, CHEUNG TIN-CHI

Two really great bits of news arrived this past weekend at Cannes with Well Go USA on hand to nab itself a nifty pair of titles after just recently acquiring Jung Byoung-Gil’s The Villainess. Said titles bring actor and martial artist Max Zhang front and center for and even bigger spotlight with news on the acquisition of The Invisible Dragon and Cheung Tin-Chi, the latter which commences filming this summer. Hailing from director Fruit Chan for a 2018 release, The Invincible Dragon casts Zhang opposite Anderson Silva in the story of a detective who, in the wake of a spate of homicides under investigation by his team, sets out to find his fianceé’s kidnapper. Also starring are Stephy Tang, Kevin Cheng and JuJu Chan; Cheung Tin-Chi still awaits production but has Zhang lined-up to reprise the title role as seen in the Donnie Yen-starring 2016 hit, Ip Man 3, and […]

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THE HIT LIST: May 22, 2017

Some great and surprising news came out of Cannes over the weekend and I’ve been busy like hell covering as much as I could. Those pieces are still up and so feel free to check those out, otherwise, you’re more than welcome to enjoy yourself for this week’s installment of The Hit List which, to say the least, finishes stronger than I even imagined. We kick things off with a brand new playlist of stunt reels featuring some amazing work by Robert Bennett, David Russell Graham, Jazzy Ellis, Alex Del’Aquila, William Asbury, Maria Thomas, Brandon Alan Smith, Michael Carey, Gina Kessler, Benjamin Hinnant, Joseph Roark and Califf Guzman. As far as promotiomal items go, there are a couple of bits and the first is a promo video by stuntman and fight choreographer Rustic B who has been hosting his own miniseries of film fighting tutorials for up-and-comers. He’s stepping it up […]

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James Wan Boards RESIDENT EVIL Reboot As Producer

Screen Gems can likely withstand anything I would have to add due to its $1.2 billion dollars earned at the box office since 2002 with the Resident Evil film franchise. That said, one can only hope their latest reboot efforts leave off with better results following Sunday’s news. The reboot doesn’t have a director yet but is said to be the start of another six-film franchise. In the meantime, Constantin Film who announced their involvement in producing, will be joined by Aquaman helmer James Wan whose credits are a litany of otherwise successful horror hits like the Saw and The Conjuring films, will serve as producer and Michael Clear hailing from Wan’s Atomic Monster banner. The new film will be written by Greg Russo who also wrote the script for New Line Cinema’s upcoming Mortal Kombat adaptation for debut director Simon McQuoid, for which Wan is also producing among several […]

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DARK UNIVERSE: Welcome To A New World Of Gods And Monsters

The June 9 release of Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy isn’t coming light this summer. The film, as per the efforts of past several years is just one in several forthcoming steps toward what Universal Pictures, on Monday, branded as the Dark Universe, spearheaded by Kurtzman and The Fate Of The Furious scribe Chris Morgan in a sequential effort to adapt classic cinematic icons of the studio for the big screen. The official Dark Universe logo as shown above and unveiled at the official website will make its debut preceding The Mummy starring Tom Cruise along with title actress Sofia Boutella and actor Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll, and featuring a new musical theme by Academy Award® nominee Danny Elfman’s Danny Elfman. The new theme will also accomodate the DU’s remaining properties, including the February 14, 2019 release of Bride Of Frankenstein, written by David Koepp and for which actor Javier […]

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FIGHT LIKE A MOTHERF**KER: An Interview With Actor And Filmmaker Phillip Ray Tommy

In the grand, largely improvised scheme of things here at Film Combat Syndicate, I eventually came across a concept trailer for a nifty looking project called Sacrilege. The trailer was action-packed, substantive and had everything I looked for in something of a potential film product and so  naturally I ultimately began sharing space with the man behind the concept, actor, martial artist and filmmaker Phillip Ray Tommy. He’s met some pretty cool people in his lifetime, all of whom helped steer and build him toward a career in cinema which currently stands up-and-coming. Recent months continue to show him flourishing and paying his dues as he’s been hard at work presenting his most recent gem, Cain & Abel for which we shared a trailer earlier this year, and at the tail end of April, Tommy invited me to screen a copy of his project and if I may say so […]

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Tom Holland To Star In Sony’s UNCHARTED Adaptation Pending Rewrites

Tom Holland To Star In Sony’s UNCHARTED Adaptation Pending Rewrites

While Sony Pictures ramps up Jon Watts’s forthcoming release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, apparently the studio isn’t making light of its current opportunity with the long-awaited the development of Naughty Dog game adaptation, Uncharted. Apparently following a screening of the new Marvel movie reboot, studio chief Tom Rothman is keen on hoisting actor Tom Holland to take the mantle in a younger version of game character Nathan Drake. Incidentally, the film will take its cues from the third installment of the uncharted franchise, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (2011) in which young Drake, years before he became the infamous treasure hunter of the franchise, crosses paths with Victor “Sully” Sullivan who would become Drake’s best friend and mentor. Charles Roven, Avi Arad, Alex Gartner and Ari Arad are producing the film from a new script pending the attachment of a new writer following that of Joe Carnahan and Eric Warren Singer among […]

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