Lee B. Golden III

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Big Guns, Bill Goldberg And Many Points In The New Trailer For CHECK POINT

Director Thomas J. Churchill‘s latest, Check Point, has already made a few rounds at Comic-Con in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is now rolling out its official trailer for the public to see. I haven’t seen former wrestler-turned-actor Bill Goldberg in a while so it’s nice to see him back on screen along with the likes of actress Michelle Lee and William Forsythe. SYNOPSIS: “Check Point” is set in the mood of today’s headlines when a vagrant discovers a sleeper terrorist cell is in a small town where everyone knows one another, or so they think they do. As justice seems lost, as an insurgent attack threatening to escalate into a full-blown US invasion, a team of unlikely heroes must rise up to fight the enemy and protect their country from the most unlikely enemy “ourselves”… Facing the obstacles of a closed-knit community, they each find inner strength and determination […]

Netflix's DAREDEVIL And JESSICA JONES: A Convoluted Saga That Keeps You Curious

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My weekend got pretty serious making my personal Netflix binge-watching debut with two Marvel series titles. Daredevil premiered back in April and just this weekend followed by this week’s opening of Jessica Jones, both inspired by Marvel and sharing the same universal space as the current theatrical branch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Both Daredevil and Jessica Jones, respectively portrayed in their title performances by Charlie Cox and Krysten Ritter, share distinct qualities that keep them both tonally seperate while very much relevant to each other. They both share a unique blend of action with a dash of romance, crime and legal drama while the latter carries more of a sexy noir tone that pushes the envelope in way the former doesn’t. Creator Drew Goddard’s take on Daredevil brilliantly fleshes out everything you could want in a cinematic venture for the character that failed to do so more than a […]

Eddie Peng Headlines Derek Kwok's BIOGRAPHY OF WUKONG For 2017

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With the ancient mythology of Wu Cheng’en’s “Journey To The West” taking precedent in Chinese cinema as of late, Full Strike helmer Derek Kwok is putting forth his own work on a new live-action adaptation of the same narrative. This time, its Biography Of Wukong with Rise Of The Legend and Unbeatable star Eddie Peng starring in the title from Kwok’s own script, based on the 2004 publication, Wukong Chuan from author Jin He Zai. Photos have already begun making the rounds and while plot details are pending, it is guaranteed that some characters familiar with those in the know are bound to appear – Wild City and Helios co-star Shawn Yue joins Peng in the role of Erlangshen, the third truth-eye-seeing nephew of the Jade Emperor according to Wu 16th century novel. At any rate, this won’t be the last of the Monkey King folklore for years to come […]

Vin Diesel Announces A Fourth RIDDICK Film And TV Series, FURIA

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Go back as far as 2013 in lieu of actor Vin Diesel‘s then-forthcoming sci-fi follow-up, Riddick, and you’ll read good and plenty about all that was hyped for the future of the franchise stemming from the 2000 film, Pitch Black. Director David Twohy has been with the franchise ever since then, even having written and directed the last two, with Riddick gracefully earning over $98 million dollars after The Chronicles Of Riddick flopped in 2004. Needless to say, things have been fortunate for Diesel and Twohy, with a franchise newly revamped and reinvigorated for greater prospects and as such, will now include a forth live-action Riddick film, and a TV series from a shingle under Diesel‘s One Race Productions banner. Diesel made the announcement on Instagram a few days ago: Last night Our company had a party to launch Our TV division. Very exciting. MERC CITY is a show that […]

Producer Ed Pressman Confirms THE CROW Production Next Year

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Relativity Media LLC is still on the mend after taking a slow and steady U-turn from bankruptcy in the past several months, and with that, they’ve managed to get back on track with some of their projects. One such project that’s been waiting in the wings thusfar is the reboot of the 1994 film, The Crow, which has seen more than its share of stops and starts since efforts began in 2008 and is on track to roll cameras in March next year. Director Corin Hardy has been tapped to helm while the production continues to look for a lead actor following Jack Huston’s departure in June. Bearing in mind Relativity’s own drama remains unsettled right now with further details regarding the company’s financial unrest and hurdles therein, although nonetheless, producer Ed Pressman is confirming the company’s committment to the project according to Variety. “Despite Relativity’s problems, we’re going ahead […]

Is Jeeja Yanin Joining HARD TARGET 2?

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An undisclosed period of time has since otherwise confirmed that actor and action star Scott Adkins will be leading The Admiral helmer Roel Reine‘s latest, Hard Target 2. There are currently no plot details as of yet aside from its shared roots with its 1993 predecessor having starred Jean-Claude Van Damme and acclaimed filmmaker John Woo at the helm, though it’s fairly nice to know that more information about it is now coming to pass. As such, it’s actress and martial arts star of Chocolate and Tom Yum Goong 2 fame, Jeeja Yanin, who is contributing to the buzz with a new behind-the-scenes rehearsal photo of her own for the film which Woo is also producing. The film reunites Yanin with her fellow Raging Phoenix co-star, Kazu Patrick Tang who serves as action choreographer. At some point between now and next year will mark Adkins‘s forthcoming Marvel movie debut with […]

Is A WOLF WARRIOR Sequel Coming?

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If you didn’t mind contributing to the blockbuster success or nationalistic fervor of Wu Jing‘s solo directorial debut, Wolf Warrior back in Spring, then you will be happy to learn that a sequel is now on the way. Asian Film Strike is now buzzing that Wu will return to direct as well as star alongside actress Yu Nan once more with action choreographer Li Chung-Chi likely to return to direct the action. The first film saw Wu in the role of an insubordinate PLA sniper whose second chance at being a soldier with the help of an elite squad commander, played by Yu, is tested to its ultimate when a local crimeboss with nefarious plans sends in foreign mercenaries after him to avenge his brother’s death. The film, which pits Wu against martial arts star Scott Adkins for the first time on screen, was one of the more recent and physically […]

WONDER WOMAN Gets A New Image With Filming Now Underway

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With director Zack Snyder honing in on his superhero movie-making skills for the next several years on with the Justice League films, he’ll be among several directors now embodying the formula to accumulate the long-awaited DC Cinematic Universe following Man Of Steel. That said, there’s plenty to look forward to from Warner Bros. with more Batman movies and so on, but it IS high time that our own Gal Gadot will be getting her day on the big screen this coming March in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice as Wonder Woman. Gladly enough though, her story will continue from there with her own standalone contribution as well from Monster helmer Patty Jenkins. It’s a film that has taken way too long to happen as well after so many years in comic book ink, games and television, and thankfully that’s about to change. Just a few production photos have already […]

Marko Zaror's REDEEMER 『ザ・リディーマー』Gets A Japan DVD Release Date

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Strictly for the fans in Japan, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s latest revenge thriller, Redeemer 『ザ・リディーマー』, is heading to DVD and digital on February 3, and the trailer arrived this week. Action star Marko Zaror is a man on a spiritual mission to test his will to live through acts of vigilantism, to which an array of explosive action and martial arts sequences ensue, and much to our delight! It’s old news for most folks stateside, but it’s still very much relevant for fellow fans in the far East which makes it all the more relevant. Plus, who in their right mind doesn’t love a good martial arts movie anywhere in the world? Endulge, my friends! Itadakimasu!

Watch The First Trailer For CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Starring Kevin Hart And Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson!

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Pitting two bankable film stars in the same movie is one thing, but just what exactly does one look like with actors Kevin Hart and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? Well, for starters, director Rawson Marshall Thurber has an answer to that which begins with the newest trailer for the upcoming action comedy, Central Intelligence, with a plot that surely flips the script, shoots it, crashes into it and throws it out the damn window. Screaming. SYNOPSIS: The story follows a one-time bullied geek who grew up to be a lethal CIA agent (Johnson), coming home for his high school reunion. Claiming to be on a top-secret case, he enlists the help of the former “big man on campus” (Hart), now an accountant who misses his glory days. But before the staid numbers-cruncher realizes what he’s getting into it’s too late to get out, as his increasingly unpredictable new friend drags […]

Christopher McQuarrie On Track To Write And Direct Sixth MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Film

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It was back in the summer that actor Tom Cruise went public with the news of an upcoming sixth installation of the Mission: Impossible franchise now in development. That update came in the good graces of this summer’s box office hit, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, which accumulated nearly $700 million dollars following its July 31 release, and not for nothing either. Paramount Pictures and Skydance are clearly thriving off of the franchise and doing so in a way that allows it to grow further beyond its films, with a storyline that continues to evolve and achieve tenfold in the years since its origins as a television series. Cruise is at the center of it all as a secret superspy dodging close calls at every corner with the help of a loyal few while battling some of the world’s worst of the worst, and even when a few wildcards tend […]

It's A War Of Words And Wing Chun In The New Trailer For IP MAN 3

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With the promise of a January 22 release of director Wilson Yip‘s Ip Man 3 in the U.S., folks in Hong Kong and China aren’t too far off with film getting its day a month earlier this Christmas. Alas, this week’s new trailer for the film comes just at the right time, and it may very well just be action star Donnie Yen‘s last foray in kung fu cinema, though time will tell if that changes. For now though, we’re taking it all in. The Ip Man trilogy from the Yip/Yen end of the spectrum has been nothing short of memorable for fans of the action star and its legendary co-stars past and present, even amidst criticisms of its lack of historical correctness in some capacity. Yuen Woo-Ping also joins in on the Wing Chun fun as the film’s action director and for what it’s worth, Ip Man 3 looks […]

Pierce Brosnan Joins Jackie Chan In Martin Campbell's Latest From STX And SR Media

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It’s a busy Fall season for action star Jackie Chan in the wake of promoting his newest globetrotting comedy, Skiptrace, with his Abu Dhabi-set Kung Fu Yoga and Ding Sheng’s Railroad Tigers still on deck. However, chances are he’ll be well onto director Martin Campbell‘s forthcoming production soon enough with Campbell to begin Relativity’s Hunter Killer next Spring. The film in question still doesn’t have a title but does have a premise and a slowly-accumulating cast which now includes actor Pierce Brosnan as of this week’s report from The Wrap. The report describes the role as that of a former IRA-turned-government official who factors into the life of a Viet Cong-turned-South London restaurant owner who sets out to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the IRA. Formerly titled The Foreigner, Chan is to lead the film, based on an adaptation of the 1992 Hodder and Stoughton […]

EXTRACTION Delivers A Swift Kick To The Guts In The New Trailer!

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December 18 is going to be one crowded day at the movies with so many titles to choose from. However, if you haven’t had a plate-full by then and have a little more room left, Steven C. Miller‘s new action thriller, Extraction, ought to help hit the spot…you know, like a superman punch to the face or a swift kick to the sternum. Or something. SYNOPSIS: When a terrorist group kidnaps retired CIA field operative Leonard Turner, his son Harry Turner, a government analyst who has been repeatedly turned down for field service, launches his own unsanctioned rescue operation. While evading highly skilled operatives, deadly assassins, and international terrorists, Harry finally puts his combat training to the test in a high-stakes mission to find his father and to stop a terrorist plot. Simon Rhee coordinated the action you’re about to see featuring Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz and Gina Carano whose […]

F*ck The Rules! Watch The Explosive New Teaser For Kellie Madison’s THE GATE!

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Strange things happen when The Raid 2 co-star Cecep Arif Rahman gets angry. But does actress and martial artist Amy Johnston care? Nope, she just goes all in with kicks to the face of anyone who gets in her way! Yes, it’s the new teaser for director Kellie Madison‘s upcoming nine-minute proof pitch, The Gate. The project is still in post production and as promised on Tuesday, Madison has brought the goddamn thunder this week in an explosive teaser that literally shatters the rules and gives a hardcore ass-kicking, just the way we want it. And yes, you doubters out there can OFFICIALLY eat your words! CASSIE WESTON (played by Amy Johnston) is a world champion fighter and master of the ancient Indonesian martial art form- PENCAK SILAT. When possessed by an angelic force, Cassie gains extraordinary abilities that she uses to fight crime in New Orleans as a super […]

Andrey Kravchuk's Trailer For VIKING Is An Opus Of Fire, Blood And Warfare

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You have to give it to director Andrey Kravchuk this week. Having been in development for a few years and finally making sales rounds this past Spring and Summer, his latest endeavor, Viking is garnering some heavy attention ahead of its December 22 release in Russia next year. Based largely on 11th century East Slavic manuscripts, the film stars Danila Kozlovsky as a royal son who pairs with an old warrior to assemble an army and face the man who killed his father and older brother, his power-hungry younger brother. The trailer is online and viral via Russian media sites, emulating a dark and wintery setting, grim luster, raging viking warfare in a three-minute opus of pure fire, blood and vegeance with stunning visuals and drama. It’s pretty ambitious and fair that this would rightly be hard to pass up. Watch the trailer below!

Sam Riley Joins Rupert Sanders's Manga/Anime Adap, GHOST IN THE SHELL

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It’s no easy thing to deal with a Hollywood adaptation of a beloved Japanese animated property and such a case includes the latest developments surrounding Snow White & The Huntsman helmer Rupert Sanders’s latest, Ghost In The Shell. The brouhaha hasn’t really settled since actress Scarlett Johansson was cast for the lead role which happens to be Japanese with an associated name based on the classic anime, and with filming set for New Zealand, further casting announcements are being made that stray farther from the Japan setting in the preceding manga and anime. Thus, with Johansson and actor Pilou Asbæk joining in the role of “Borgen”, Variety confirms that actor Sam Riley has been cast to play the main villain. Dreamworks and Paramount are backing and producing the film for its release in March of 2017 with a script by Straight Outta Compton scribe Jonathan Herman. Production starts sometime between January […]

Indie Fight Drama, ENTER THE CAGE, Gets A Festive Pound-For-Pound Teaser

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Just a year off of his latest award-winning Cannes favorite, The Eleventh Hour, director K. John McDonagh is back with his newest independent fight flick, Enter The Cage. Filming began back in the Summer with actor, P.K.A. Middleweight Champion and stunt coordinator, Dean “Crazy Legs” Williams leading the cast following earlier crowdfunding efforts while photography expected to continue between now and next year upon its release. For now though and with all that’s left to do, the production just ponied up a teaser this week to present a glimpse of what the film will look like, and though the story is set in the U.S., the film is largely being shot in various locales of Birmingham in the U.K. to help present a concurrent North American MMA atmosphere. There isn’t much dialogue in the teaser, although if you don’t mind some 80’s new wave rock to coincide with your dose […]

Watch Harrison Ford Make Fans Cry And Enter To Win Tickets For An Early Screening Of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS!

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Forget the TV spots if you will, lest you spoil yourself with too much footage what with a month left before the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The promotion team is launching a campaign for select winners to win four tickets to see an early premiere and you learn more about it at the official non-profit charity platform, Omaze.com, current home of the “Force For Change” campaign. In the meantime, if you love Han Solo, chances are you’ll be catching the forthcoming spin-off movie already in the works for its 2018 release. More to the point though, if you want to learn how to make fans cry tears of joy whilst coerceing them in his corner, actor and franchise star Harrison Ford gladly demonstrates how in the Omaze campaign video below.

Iko Uwais Goes To Work In A New Action Still From HEADSHOT

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The current production of the new Indonesian action thriller, Headshot, still has about a month left, but directors Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel are gracing fans through social media with several raw pics and stills of the production. The latest one, however, lends us a glimpse into the upcoming film’s action sequences hosted by lead actor Iko Uwais and his premiere troupe, Uwais Team, with the crew having completed one of its first action scenes just last week. Check it out below, and say hello to “The Snake” as well! First look of @iko.uwais in one of his fight scenes. #headshotmovie #headshot A photo posted by Timo Tjahjanto (@timobros) on Nov 18, 2015 at 9:54pm PST Meet the snake. #headshot #headshotmovie A photo posted by Timo Tjahjanto (@timobros) on Nov 13, 2015 at 3:55am PST Tjahjanto and Stamboel, pennamed as The Mo Brothers and helmers of their previous film, Killers, […]