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GUNNER: Hemsworth And Freeman Featured In First Look As Deals Land At Cannes

Highland Film Group has locked distribution deals in key international territories for action thriller Gunner. The new film is directed by Dimitri Logothetis from a script by Gary Scott Thompson. Gunner follows Special Ops veteran Lee Gunner (Luke Hemsworth) who takes his two sons on a fishing trip to reconnect. The trip soon turns awry when the boys stumble upon a massive drug running operation and are kidnapped by Dobbs, the son of the gang’s kingpin Kendric Ryker (Morgan Freeman) who runs the organization from prison. With no one but himself to retaliate and with elite combat skills they won’t see coming, an enraged Gunner wreaks havoc to rescue his two sons from Ryker’s gang. You don’t cross Gunner! The deals sealed this week include Daro Film Distribution for Germany and Eastern Europe, Premiere TV Distribution for Benelux, Spentzos Film for Greece, IIF for Italy, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, […]

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CONSUMED: XYZ Films Goes Wild For Butcher Brothers’ Next At Cannes

Film duo Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, better known as The Butcher Brothers have directed their newest horror thriller to date with Consumed, with Devon Sawa (“Chucky” the Syfy/USA Network series, Final Destination) headlining. The film is directed by Altieri from a script by David Calbert, with Courtney Halverson (Unfriended, “True Detective”) and Mark Fariglietti (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, How to Get Away with Murder, “Madmen”) also starring. Consumed follows a married couple, Jay (Famiglietti) and Beth (Halverson), as they embark on a celebratory camping trip one year after Beth’s cancer remission, but things go horribly wrong when the couple find themselves trapped between a wild madman (Sawa) and a skin stealing monster. Flores and Texas Chainsaw Massacre vet Jeffrey Allard are producing the new thriller, with XYZ Films exec producing and launching sales at the upcoming Marché du Film in Cannes with a promo for buyers. Consumed […]

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CLASSIFIED: Aaron Eckhart Takes Aim In First Look At Roel Reine’s Latest From Film Bridge Int’l At Cannes

Deadline is doling out the first visuals of Classified, the newest action thriller from Fistful Of Vengeance helmer Roel Reine. Film Bridge International will launch sales at the Cannes market. Operating alone in the field for more than 20 years, a CIA hitman uses the “Help Wanted” section of the newspapers to get his orders from the Agency. His long lost daughter (now a UK MI6 analyst) tracks him down to deliver shocking news: his CIA boss has been dead for years and the division long since shut down. Together, they set out to discover who’s orders he’s been executing. Classified also stars Abigail Breslin and Tim Roth, with a script by Bob DeRosa. Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra produced the pic for Film Bridge International. “It was an honor to work with this cast of talented actors. Aaron brought an engaging, emotional depth to his portrayal of an assassin […]

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MAD CATS: Paws (Get It?) And Check Out The Brand New Poster For Reiki Tsuno’s Hit Feature Debut!

International sales agent Third Window Films has affirmed its next steps forward with Reiki Tsuno’s fantastically entertaining action comedy adventure thriller, Mad Cats. The film is currently poised to screen for the White Raven Competition of the 41st BIFFF in Brussels next month. Further festival dates and commercial release announcements remain pending as well, and those updates can’t come soon enough. Mad Cats made its world premiere at Slamdance back in January, featuring Sho Mineo and Yuya Matsuura, and introducing actress and burgeoning action star hopeful, Ayane in the first role she auditioned for after jumping into the world of performing arts. Tsuno directs from his script which sees Mineo as a shiftless, jobless trailer park dweller who instantly sets out on a mission to find his missing brother after receiving a mysterious package. The journey soon lands him in the throes of a vengeful family of female monster cats […]

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BANG: Get A Look At Jack Kesy In The New Action Thriller From ‘The Driver’ Director [EXCLUSIVE]

There hasn’t been much information circulating about director Wych Kaosayananda’s new film, Bang. Thankfully, Film Combat Syndicate can now discuss the upcoming action thriller with some much-needed exclusive info and a selection of behind-the-scenes stills courtesy of the director. Kaosayananda, whose previous efforts at the helm partly include Mark Dascascos starrers The Driver and Once Night In Bangkok and the notable WB 2002 release Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever, directs from a script by Peter M. Lenkov and Ken Solarz. What’s more is the film sees burgeoning star Jack Kesy in the lead role just as he’s about to make headway in the comic book arena as the new Hellboy for Millenium Media. In Bang, Kesy stars in the titular role of a stone-cold hitman who, after surviving a near-fatal attempt on his life, becomes a target himself after betraying his crime organization in search for redemption. A young woman and […]

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ESCALATION Kicks Off With George Tchortov And Chris Mark In New Stills!

International sales outfit WTFilms have made available several photos and initial market artwork for Escalation, the new action crime thriller reuniting director James Mark with actors George Tchortov and Chris Mark. The film, which screened for buyers in Berlin in the past week, is produced by Bruno Marino (Enhanced), and also reteams the helmer a fourth time with writer Matthew Nayman, who co-wrote with Brett Caron. A former police officer puts aside his differences with the force in order to track down his brother’s murderer. He will need to team with a younger detective to bring the case home. Tchortov, whose credits partly include Paramount+ series “Mayor Of Kingstown” and the CBS series reboot of “McGyver,” previously starred in the former Mark’s second and third features, sci-fi actioner Enhanced with Alanna Bale, and contained sci-fi thriller Control featuring Sara Mitch. Co-star Mark adds another acting notch to his career belt […]

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PLACE OF BONES: First Look At Heather Graham In New Western Thriller

Highland Film Group revealed a first look at director Audrey Cummings’s (Netflix’s hit comedy drama “Ginny & Georgia”) new Western thriller, Place Of Bones. Highland is at EFM this week repping world sales on the pic which recently wrapped its Los Angeles production featuring Heather Graham (Half Magic, The Hangover), Tom Hopper (Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard), Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (UFC welterweight and mixed martial artist, The Equalizer 2, Netflix’s Spenser Confidential) and Corin Nemec (Showtime’s “Stargate SG-1,” Joe Baby, Run Hide Fight). The Richard Taylor-penned movie circling buzz this week at EFM is set in the Wild West of 1876, when a botched bank robbery sees vicious outlaw gang leader Bear John (Hopper) feverishly hunting down his traitorous accomplice, Calhoun, to recover the stolen money. Nearly dead, Calhoun drags himself to a remote ranch where Pandora (Graham) lives with her daughter. As Bear and his crew of […]

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ARCADIAN: Nicolas Cage Rides Shotgun In A First Look At The New Survival Thriller

Ben Brewer, the award-winning commercial and music video director and VFX artist (Everything Everywhere All At Once) who made his feature film debut with the SXSW competition title The Trust, starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood, now takes the mantle for his newest effort, Arcadian. Currently in post-production, the new survival action thriller – formerly known as Sand And Stones – reteams Brewer with lead actor Cage, who can now be seen in a first-look photo just above from Highland Film Group, who’ve just launched sales at EFM this week. Also starring are Jaeden Martell (Warner Bros.’ It, Lionsgate’s Knives Out), Maxwell Jenkins (Apple TV’s “Dear Edward,” Netflix’s “Lost in Space”) and Sadie Soverall (Netflix’s “Fate: The Winx Saga,” Amazon’s Saltburn). Penned by Michael Nilon (Saban Films’ Braven starring Jason Momoa), Arcadian is set in a post-apocalyptic and sparsely populated world, where Paul (Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Joseph […]

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Arclight Paves The Way For First Look At Luke Bracey In Psych Thriller, MERCY ROAD

  Arclight Films is sharing a first look at the new psychological thriller, Mercy Road, featuring Aussie actor Luke Bracey (Baz Lurhman’s Elvis, Warner Bros.’ Point Break, Academy Award-winner Hacksaw Ridge, Netflix’s Holidate). John Curran (Chappaquiddick, Tracks, The Painted Veil, Stone) directs the pic from a script he wrote with Chris Pelletier and Jesse Heffring. Described as “a tense, psychological thriller,” Mercy Road centers on a flawed everyman (Bracey) who commits an impulsive and vicious crime. In this ultimate journey to redemption, he soon learns just how far he is willing to go to save his child. Susie Porter (Netflix’s Cargo) and Huw Higginson (IFC Films’ The Nightingale) co-star with acclaimed stage and screen actor Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, First Cow, Happy End). “The film is a man’s reckoning in the final hour of his life. Luke is phenomenal as a man on the edge of sanity,” said Curran. Gary Hamilton, Ying […]

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Action Thriller BLOOD FOR DUST Gives A First Look At Scoot McNairy And Kit Harrington

Director Rod Blackhurst’s (Netflix’s Amanda Knox, Peacock’s “John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise”) new action thriller, Blood For Dust, is currently in post-production and offering a first look photo which you can catch above. Starring are Scoot McNairy (Warner Bros.’s Argo, 20th Century Fox’s Gone Girl, Universal’s A Quiet Place Part II), Kit Harington (HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Eternals), and Josh Lucas (20th Century Fox’s Ford v. Ferrari and Paramount’s “Yellowstone”). Written by David Ebeltoft (Here Alone) from a story co-written with Blackhurst, Blood For Dust sees former friends Cliff (McNairy), a traveling salesman struggling to make a living, and Ricky (Harington), an illegal weapons dealer making serious money, reconnectingvone fateful day. Hoping to make some quick cash, Cliff agrees to partner with the violent Ricky, who is expanding his business to include cross-state drug and gun deliveries for John (Lucas), a mid-level American cartel boss. Reluctantly he agrees to […]

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CREED III – New BTS Images Released

CREED III – New BTS Images Released

The anticipated third instalment of the “Creed” franchise is nearly upon us with a set USA release of 27th February with the UK following shortly after on 3rd March. With Michael B. Jordan reprising his role as Adonis Creed son of the famous Apollo Creed, but also taken on the huge challenge of his directorial debut. In the previous two films we indulged in the relationship between his fathers former rival turned best friend Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and his rise to glory inside the ring with Rocky’s help and guidance. This time round we won’t be treated to any Rocky nostalgia which has left some fans a little deflated. With recent comments from Sylvester explaining his frustration and anger over the handling of the rights of “Rocky” explaining it has been an “rough, emotional ride” which points to the fact he has most likely closed that chapter of his […]

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JACKDAW Revs Up With A First Look At Jamie Childs’ New Motocross Action Crime Thriller

Folks can currently get a first look at UK action thriller Jackdaw in the image above, directed by TV vet Jamie Childs (The Sandman, His Dark Materials). The pic is fully financed and repped by Anton for international sales this month at EFM, with a cast led by Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman. As Deadline’s Melanie Goodfellow reports, the Northern England-set thriller centers on “a former motocross champion and army veteran, now caring for his younger brother. Broke, he agrees to do an open water pick up of a mysterious illegal package in the North Sea. A resulting double cross and his brother’s disappearance set him and his old bike on a violent nocturnal odyssey through England’s northern rust belt.” Jackdaw also stars Thomas Turgoose, Allan Mustafa and Rory McCann, along with Vivienne Acheampong, Joe Blakemore and Leon Harrop. Childs is also producing next to Anton’s Sebastian Raybaud and Callum […]

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MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: ONCE & ALWAYS BTS Featurette Commences 30 Years Of Ranger Unity

A new behind-the-scenes look is online for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, the new upcoming special set to stream on Netflix this year. The special is directed by Charlie Haskell who has helmed nearly a dozen previous incarnations of the show. Haskell is joined by a cast of mostly comprised of past series regulars, including David Yost as Blue Ranger / Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, 1993-1996); Walter E. Jones as Black Ranger / Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, 1993-1994); Steve Cardenas as Red Ranger / Rocky DeSantos (Mighty Morphin Powers Rangers 1994-1996; Power Rangers Zeo 1996; Power Rangers Turbo 1997); Catherine Sutherland as Pink Ranger / Kat Hillard (Mighty Morphin Powers Rangers 1995-1996; Power Rangers Zeo 1996; Power Rangers Turbo 1997); Karan Ashley as Yellow Ranger / Aisha Campbell (Mighty Morphin Powers Rangers 1994-1995); Johnny Yong Bosch as Black Ranger / Adam Park (Mighty Morphin […]

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THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT Punches In With New Stills From The Upcoming Don Lee Action Threequel

Actor Don Lee took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a few new stills from The Roundup: No Way Out, from director Lee Sang-yong. Production is reportedly wrapped on the pic according to Lee who stars in the film as well as produces the multi-film franchise, including the next title also filming which is now revealed as The Roundup: Punishment. Kang Yoon-sung directed the first two entries, The Outlaws (2017) and The Roundup (2022), toplining actor Lee as Ma Suk-do, the head unit detective in Seoul’s Chinatown district. The first film saw Ma punch down on a brazen drug dealer looking to make his move in the underworld. The sequel saw our burly hero track a vicious killer from Vietnam back to South Korea in a riveting lead-up to a banging showdown of fisticuffs on a bus. The new film now sees the “beast cop” himself in a regional investigation […]

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THE ISLAND: Michael Jai White Takes The Fight Home In A First Look At The New Action Crime Thriller

Published November 2, 2022: MSR Media International is launching sales on The Island, with a first look still photo from the new action thriller above and now making the rounds. Shaun Paul Piccinino (Lionsgate’s American Fighter, Netflix’s That’s Amor and A California Christmas: City Lights) is directing the film based on an original story by Philippe Martinez, and scripted by Martinez and Michael Caissie. Starring Michael Jai White and Jackson Rathbone, The Island recounts the story of an LAPD officer who takes down drug traffickers with his wise-cracking partner until his brother dies under mysterious circumstances. He returns to his island home to seek answers, and ultimately vengeance, in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who has taken over the island paradise. The film also stars Gillian White and Edoardo Costa. Producing are MSR Media’s Philippe Martinez and Highfield Grange Studios’ Alan Latham. MSR Media first announced the film […]

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Liam Hemsworth Treks The LAND OF BAD In A First Look Photo From The New Action Adventure

Principal photography is already underway for Underwater and The Signal helmer Will Eubank’s Land Of Bad, with cameras currently rolling in Australia’s Gold Coast and South-East Queensland. Production on the new action thriller began in September with Eubank directing from a script he co-wrote with David Frigerio. Highland Film Group is repping international sales on the film which is now presenting a first look photo viewable above featuring actors Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth. The film sees the former Hemsworth in the role of Kinney, a green Air Force JTAC pilot who must work together with drone pilot Reaper (Russell Crowe), when a Delta Force mission in the South Philippines goes awry, ensuing an extraction effort that escalates into a full-scale battle. The film also stars Milo Ventimiglia, Ricky Whittle, Daniel MacPherson and Chika Ikogwe. Highland has locked distribution deals in key territories including Australia and New Zealand (Rialto Distribution), […]

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BRAVE CITIZEN: Get A Kick Out Of The New South Korean Webtoon Adaption Coming In 2023

Variety’s Patrick Frater has a look at Brave Citizen, the latest film from director Park Jin-pyo (Voice Of A Murderer, You Are My Sunshine). Finecut is launching worldwide sales on the sidelines of this year’s film festivities at Busan, with OTT streaming service Content Wavve presenting the film ahead of its 2023 theatrical release. Starring Shin Hye-sun (Collectors) and Lee Jun-young (Love And Leashes), Brave Citizen centers on a former prospective boxer who has since set her sights on being a tenured high school teacher, ignoring troubling situations as often as possible. The logline continues as follows according to Frater: “Having witnessed intolerable violence, she dons a mask and throws her first punch for justice.” Brave Citizen is based on Kim Jung-hyun’s 2014 webtoon publication via Comico and Naver and adapted for the screen by Yeo Ji-na and Hyun Chung-yeol. The film is produced by StudioN with music by Dalpalan […]

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MUZZLE: Get A First Look At Aaron Eckhart With Man’s Best Friend In The New Crime Thriller

Director John Stalberg Jr.’s new crime thriller, Muzzle is well on the way after wrapping principal photography last month and we’ve since been given a first look photo which you can view above. Starring Aaron Eckhart (Line Of Duty, Midway), Muzzle centers on Jake Rosser, an LAPD K-9 officer who just witnessed the shocking murder of his dedicated partner by a mysterious assailant. As he investigates the shooter’s identity, he uncovers a vast conspiracy that has a chokehold on the city in this thrilling journey through the tangled streets of Los Angeles and the corrupt bureaucracy of the LAPD. Eckhart is joined by Stephen Lang (Twentieth Century Fox’s Avatar franchise, CBS’ “The Good Fight”), Diego Tinoco (Netflix’s “On My Block,” MTV’s “Teen Wolf”) and Kyle Smithson, with a script by Carlyle Eubank (Focus Features’ The Signal), storied by Eubank along with Stalberg Jr. The film is also produced by Stalberg […]

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Frank Grillo and Dolph Lundgren set sail in OPERATION SEAWOLF

Filmmaker Steven Luke (WAR PIGS) is one of many creatives working in the realm of DTV. He has learned two valuable lessons about how to get noticed in the glut of low-budget titles that appear consistently throughout the year though. The first is to use recognizable, yet reliable, actors that can draw attention when placed on a cover. The second is to have a niche that appeals to a dedicated fanbase. What is that for Luke? Historical war dramas (with a bit of action sprinkled in) like his latest: the World War Two naval battle film OPERATION SEAWOLF, featuring Dolph Lundgren (CREED 2), Frank Grillo (COPSHOP), and Hiram A. Murray (THE TERMINAL LIST) in prominent roles.             Take a look at the trailer:   Here is the official synopsis: “In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied […]

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