Lee B. Golden III

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No Bows And Arrows For Amell's 'Jones' In A New TMNT 2 Set Pic!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 comes out next year with David Green at the helm, and for what its worth, at least the fans have something to look forward to. The first film grossed well over $480 million dollars under Clash Of The Titans helmer Jonathan Libesman directing, so you can imagine there’s plenty of reason to move forward with a sequel that will further expand the franchise in a new age of fandom. Sure, its an age everyone has, and will always have an opinion on, and you can count on there being plenty, especially if you were waiting to see Arrow star, actor Stephen Amell as Turtles’ ally, the sportsgear-wielding masked vigilante Casey Jones with a full head of hair. Nope, not the case here, but this is the Casey we’re getting, so there’s that. There’s plenty to hope for though here. I’ve never seen Earth To Echo, […]

[UPDATED] WB & Sony Currently Bidding For Rights To THE FOREVER WAR, Channing Tatum To Star

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UPDATE: Looks like Warner Bros. gets it! (H/T: Deadline) Being the fan that I am, my biggest concern is what lies ahead for actor Channing Tatum when he finally gets things rolling as Marvel mutant cardsharp and X-Men member, Remy LeBeau in a new Gambit film for Fox. Until then, there’s plenty to talk about as the list of titles add up what with Sony moving forward with a batch of work as it continues its 21 Jumpstreet adventures with a possible Men In Black crossover. Moreover, there’s also a newly announced bidding war between Sony and Warner Bros. for the rights to author Joe Haldeman’s 1974 book franchise, The Forever War, which later expanded to two sequel books and a graphic novel. The rights have been switching hands in the last couple of decades, including those of special effects pioneer and Star Wars franchise crew alum Richard Edlund, and […]

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Bruce Willis To Carry Max Adams's PRECIOUS CARGO

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Actor Bruce Willis‘s career in action movies isn’t ending anytime soon. Deadline reports his next film will be shooting in Biloxi, Mississippi titled Precious Cargo, the first in a ten-picture deal between Emmett/Furla/Oasis and Lionsgate which will be sold at Cannes through Highland Film Group. Willis will star as a crime boss looking to score on another person’s heist, with helmer Max Adams directing from a script he wrote based on a 2008 short. The film is the latest Willis is set to star in following completion on Steven C. Miller’s Extraction which adams co-wrote, with Willis‘s departure accompanied by director John Pogue from the revenge pic, Wake when financing complications arose earlier this year. Extraction is expected to arrive in 2016 with other titles pending. Check back for more info as it comes!

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Tom Hardy Dons Two Faces In The New Trailer For Crime Thriller, LEGEND!

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Acclaimed screenwriter Brian Helgeland has had masses of success with his written and directorial work in some capacity on numerous films like Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential, the 2000 Mel Gibson crime comedy Payback and actor Chadwick Boseman’s 2013 hit, 42 to name a few. Not resting on his laurels though, he’s back with actor Tom Hardy in a new flick that takes us back to the roaring 50’s and 60’s when a pair of twins ruled the town, based on Helgeland’s adaptation of author John Pearson’s 1972 novel. SYNOPSIS: From Academy Award® winner Brian Helgeland comes the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in an amazing double performance. LEGEND is a classic crime thriller taking us into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray Twins. […]

Watch The Trailer For Malay-Language Sports Dramedy, BANTING!

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M. Raihan Halim‘s directorial debut, Banting, is finally getting its Malaysia premiere on May 7 after initially releasing to audiences in Singapore late last year. Judging by the trailers and the overall plot, you can definitely chalk this one up as another peeling-back of the layers on gender-based religious stereotypes that influences cultural growth and self-fulfillment, although Halim’s offering here promises a few laughs to help sweeten the usual formulaic drama along the way. SYNOPSIS: Written and directed by award-winning writer/director, M. Raihan Halim, Banting follows the story of Yasmin Muhammad (lzyan Mellyna Ishak), a 24-year-old young woman who is tired of being stereotyped because she wears a hijab. She wonders if a hijab girl can do everything that a normal girl can do. Things take an unexpected turn when Yasmin comes across a professional wrestling gym and decides to sign up to become a wrestler. Hiding this newfound passion […]

James Wan Is In Talks To Direct ROBOTECH For Sony

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It wasn’t until February this year, eight years after sitting in limbo, that Warner Bros. decided to pick up the base on adapting the 1985 Harmony Gold USA/Tatsunuko Productions hybrid animated series, Robotech, for a live-action production via their Hollywood Gang banner. While the production has since switched hands over to Sony Pictures last month, a director was still being sought for with Mama helmer Andy Muschietti in talks at the time, but the prospects have only been greater as at least one director has shot his way to several commercial and critical milestones in the last four weeks, ultimately getting the studio’s attention. With this, we now pan over to Furious Seven director James Wan, better known for his principle work on the horror genre with the 2004 thriller, Saw as well as Insidious 1 and 2, The Conjuring and its forthcoming sequel, with a noteworthy mention of his […]

KINGSMAN Is On Its Way To A Sequel At Fox

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Director Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service had a phenomenal theatrical run overseas and here in the states. $400 million dollars at the box office sure says a lot as well, which is a one-up for folks in line for live-action comic book and graphic novel adaptations, and there’s no question that comic-book creator Mark Millar is a happy man for that. So, what next? Well, of course there will be a sequel! Word from The Wrap states that an official studio announcement wasn’t made but the word is that a second offering of gentlemanly secret-agent espionage and buttkickery is in the works at Fox following the first film which arrived in February. Actor Colin Firth plays an elite member of a secret organization of well-suited spies who takes in a troubled youth with the strong potential to become an agent himself in lieu of an evil tech genius’s plot, […]

Catch The New Teaser And Poster For THE LAST WITCH HUNTER!

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With all of the hype surrounding the Fast And Furious franchise amid its global success, it’s easy to forget that actor Vin Diesel is, all for intents and purposes, an actor with his hands in other various properties. Such is the case with his latest role as an immortal witch hunter battling his way through New York City’s demonic throes in the new thriller, The Last Witch Hunter. Suffice it to say that his screen personas in Dom Torretto, Riddick and even xXx aren’t going away anytime soon as long as Diesel‘s career remains prominent, which isn’t really that all hard any more. Nonetheless, it’s great to see him pivot towards something different, and I can’t imagine anyone by-and-large saying no to watching Diesel battle cinematic evil in all its forms. Alas, the good and kind folks at MTV spent their Wednesday rolling out the fresh new poster and a […]

Choi's ASSASSINATION Takes Aim With A New Teaser!

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Woochi and The Thieves helmer, director Choi Dong-hoon‘s new period thriller, Assassination is finally getting a release this July with a date pending, and a cast that assures our dear director in good company of great talent. This, on top of a vision with a production that takes place in China as well as South Korea, and we can pretty much get an idea of the immense scope and qualtiy Choi has crafted together for audiences. SYNOPSIS: Early 1900s Korea was under Japanese occupation and many Korean resistance activists were based in China, hiding from the Japanese authorities. The year 1933 in Shanghai, a command to covertly assassinate the Japanese Army’s commander is given to AHN Ok-yun, a top-notch sniper sentenced to death. For this task, YEM Sek-jin, an agent of the interim government extricates AHN Ok-yun and her comrades from the prison. But the grand plan is exposed to […]

LA Coroner Confirms Darren Shahalvi’s Death Was Not Drug Or Alcohol Related: Details Included

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The pain and grief surrounding the sudden death of Ip Man 2 and Bloodmoon co-star action star and genre legend, actor, Darren Shahlavi, in January this year, still lingers for fans, and even moreso for close friends and relatives. Considering Shahlavi‘s undisputed health in a career resumé spanning well over twenty years, it was certainly a shock for the martial arts and film community as questions still remained how Shahlavi passed away in his Los Angeles home. Of course, that didn’t stop the salacious reporting from TMZ among other mediums and the trolls around the web from feeding the false narrative alleging drugs and alcohol were somehow involved in the action star’s death while an official report from the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner remained pending. Well, the Shahlavi family finally got what they needed this week and have released an official statement with the specifics, stating no less […]

Watch Amy Johnston Chew Bubblegum And Kick-Ass In The New Style Teaser For RAZOR SHARP: RENEGADE

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Director Marcus Perry’s visually ambitious sci-fi action feature, Razor Sharp: Renegade is well on it’s way to production, with action actress Amy Johnston (Lady Bloodfight, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) taking the lead. It’s a project nearly ten years in the making with its newest iteration finally coming into fruition, and alas, a new style teaser is now out and about and testing the masses following Johnston’s announcement last week. SYNOPSIS: Impenetrable fortresses, SWAT-trained security forces, the occasional piece of malfunctioning gear; it’s all in a night’s work for quirky corporate thief, Veronica Sharpe. But when she breaks into the most high-tech weapons manufacturing facility in the world, her business turns anything but usual when the technology she’s there to steal is revealed to be a brilliant little girl with a devastating secret. Set in a stylish near-future, and loaded with action and laughs, RAZOR SHARP is one thrill-ride that […]

Production On Pyun's THE KICKBOXER: CITY OF BLOOD Pushed Back Until The Fall

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It’s been a while since we last heard anything on director Albert Pyun‘s recent efforts pertaining to his upcoming franchise revival, The Kickboxer: City Of Blood. Last reported in January was addition of The Raid 2 co-star and actress Julie Estelle with returning lead, actor Sasha Mitchell for production to begin in Guangzhou, China with ACE Studios overseeing, although from the looks of things now, there appears to be a different story. Casting difficulties and declining health are the summation here for the stagnant pacing of the film according to Pyun’s Facebook post on Monday this week. As such, filming is being said to commence this Fall instead, whilst Pyun makes an effort to deal with his current situation; Pyun‘s health became an issue in recent years while battling Multiple Sclerosis, a disease that primarily affects the brain and spinal cord with a number of accompanying symptoms. It got so […]

The New Trailer For MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Unleashes Its Final Fury!

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Is it enough that several trailers are pillaging their way through the interwebs for the new death race roadkill adventure, Mad Max: Fury Road? Is it enough that franchise auteur and director George Miller has already won the hearts and minds of fans everywhere who’ve hung onto every spectacular piece footage to surface since last summer? Or is it enough that Miller and Warner Bros. are already looking toward three more movies in what could be a quadrilogy of epic proportions? No, of course not. While there’s only so much detail the footage rolling out can spare, we have some fresh new imagery of Miller‘s gritty, dirty and sizzling reboot in a final trailer for the film with actor Tom Hardy narrating his way through this scorching hot warzone alongside Charlize Theron. The production here is big and bold, and packing tons of gasoline to help light the way to […]

Sakaguchi Tak's Last Action Film, RE:BORN Wraps Principal Photography!

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Well, as far as memories go, one certainly hopes that cult action star Sakaguchi Tak has made his time on the set of his final movie, Re:Born, worthwhile. Production kicked off for the film roughly two-and-a-half weeks ago with longtime friend and cohort, Shimomura Yuji directing and close-quarters combat expert Inagawa Yoshitaka coordinating, and thankfully, we’ve been graced with a fair bit of imagery via the film’s official website and Facebook page. It was sad as much as it was expected with Sakaguchi‘s own proclaimations of retirement from the industry in the last few years long after staking his claim in the throes of cult film fandom and the film festival circuit at large. Alas, fifteen years after making his feature debut in Kitamura Ryuhei’s cult chambara action horror, Versus, sixteen months after announcing Re:Born and two-and-a-half weeks after rolling cameras, Sakaguchi‘s final theatrical bow has wrapped production with a new […]

[UPDATED] Win Your Copy Of Mike Fury’s New Book, LIFE OF ACTION!

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UPDATE: The contest has expired as of 12:00pm, EST on 5/7 Three years in the making with a mild and growing career in filmwork under his belt, U.K. choreographer/actor Mike Fury is ready to add “author” to his list of accomplishment with an insightful new book dedicated to the film industry’s leading action and stunt community. Life Of Action is the name of this, Fury‘s debut literary contribution for all who love action on film and want to learn more about their favorite stars and men behind the action on screen, and while all meant to help grant validity to such a dynamic profession and its cohorts, it has also lended our dear author a good serving of fulfillment and gratitude to boot. “When you spend any long period of time on a passion project, it definitely becomes personal. I just hope that action fans enjoy the results!”, Fury said in […]

STUNTS, FANDOM & ACTION: A Word With Jonathan Eusebio And Can Aydin

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The first weekend of April this year was an excellent time for me. I got to meet up with a fellow movie friend to see Furious Seven on opening night, and what’s more, I got to meet up with two of the most awesome people anyone could hang out with, and it’s definitely another milestone I’ve set for myself as a film enthusiast. Honestly, you watch movies and you see the people in them, and you never suspect you will ever meet these guys in real life. But when it does, part of you feels most of its surrealness while the other parts of you settle with the fact that you’re in a room with said people and you need to compose yourself lest you hyperventilate or cause your head explode. Thankfully though, neither of those happened on the evening of Sunday, April 5 when I went to The Centurion […]

Wang Baoqiang Is All Giggles In The New Teaser For MONK COMES DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

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Actor Wang Baoqiang has proven himself greatly with his comedic acting and screenfighting prowess in several film appearances, most recently with the release of the Teddy Chen-direcred homage to the genre, Kung Fu Killer starring Donnie Yen. These days we can all now catch Baoqiang in any number of promotional bits in lieu of the latest piece of work from director Chen Kaige, Monk Comes Down The Mountain, a film made in large part to expand production company Columbia Pictures into partnerships abroad in this, its second Mainland China production following its co-production for acclaimed director and actor Jiang Wen’s 2014 flick, Gone With The Bullets. The film is based on The Grandmaster scribe, celebrated writer Xu Haofeng’s titular best-seller with Baoqiang in the lead, and and while the film’s release was nearly hampered by co-star Jaycee Chan (son of action legend Jackie Chan) whose career was snared last year […]

Catch The New Teaser For Live-Action Manga Feature, S: THE LAST POLICEMAN – RECOVERY OF OUR FUTURE

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It was last year that Tokyo Boy helmer Hirano Shunichi put in time as director for the live-action TBS series, S: The Last Policeman. The series, based on the 2009 centered largely on two respective members of Japan’s National Police Safetyrescue and its enforcement squad within, Special Assault Team who put their differing personas aside to work together on numerous counterterrorism missions. This August, the following the 2014 serial run, Hirano now takes the helm at expanding the property with the live-action installation, S: The Last Policeman – Recovery Of Our Future with actors Mukai Osamu and Ayano Go reprising their roles. Series scribe Furuya Kazunao returns to adapt the script based on the work of manga authors Komori Yoichi and Todo Yutaka with Aragaki Yui, Omori Nao and Hirayama Hiroyuki rounding out the current cast.

THE HIT LIST – April 27, 2015!

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The past week was insane for me, as there have been tons of things I needed to get done whilst completing today’s Hit List. Fortunately, I’m making headway here and managed to finish knocking this puppy out all in a day, on top of wrapping up a special project over the weekend as well. In the meantime, let’s get things going with this week’s Hit List of stunt performance and choreography/training reels and other fine gems from Sia Alipour, Hannah Betts, Simon Potter, Doc Duhame, Niko Dalman, Cedric Tellier, Mike Moeller and Roberto Lopez! Roberto Lopez 2015 Stunt Performers Reel from Stuntworks on Vimeo. Now for something a little bit more comprehensive and formal – It was World Tai Chi Day on Saturday, and in lieu of this, acclaimed Tai Chi practioner Wang Hai Jun performed a bit of his craft in the new short, Towards The Light from UK-based […]

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Brian Tee To Star As 'The Shredder' In TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2!

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Monday may have brought the laughs with actor Brian Tee staking his claim in a new Funny Or Die video made in part with Be Funny Studios. As of this week, however, he’ll be bringing retribution as the iconic villiain, The Shredder in Earth To Echo helmer David Green‘s upcoming sequel installment, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Tee‘s career is highlight by quite a few accomplishments, including Mortal Kombat Legacy 2 and the South Korean action hit, No Tears For The Dead, so it’s nice to see him leap aboard this latest continuance succeeding last year’s successful first from director Jonathan Liebesman. Variety states the actor’s addition to the cast following actor Masamune Tohoru’s performance in the same role last year, wherein the former will join returning cast members Megan Fox and Will Arnett as reporters April O’Neil and Vernon Fenwick, along with Arrow television series star Stephen Amell as […]