Production is already underway for Fight For Your Life, the new action thriller starring Jeremy Piven (“Entourage”, The System). The film also features viral video star Jamie Costa.
At this point all I really want is my threequel to The Witch franchise, and as long as Park Hoon-jung is back for a third time to direct it, I’ve got no complaints. In the meantime, I’m perfectly fine with another gritty, modern actioner out of South Korea from the celebrated Night In Paradise director who is now under way with Tyrant, as Acemaker Movieworks handles international sales.
Next year will be a special treat of sorts for the Kamen Rider crowd with the 20th-anniversary arrival of Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Regained. Toshiki Inoue and Ryuta Tasaki are at the helm for the newest feature chapter once more in succession from the hit TV Asashi series, with actors Kohei Murakami, Yuria Haga, and Mitsuru Karahashi also returning.
There are already murmurs circulating about the future of Batman following the Gunn/Safran DCU re-launch. As it stands though, the immediacy of things will sooner be revealed per The Penguin, the upcoming spin-off of Matt Reeves’ 2021 adaptation of The Batman with none other than Colin Farrell.
(l) Courtesy Handout; (r) Kristina Ruddick
The shockingly successful Detective Pikachu, a live action / CG crossover featuring the fantastic Justice Smith and the legendary Ryan Reynolds (who at this point seems to be doing the side quests), is steadily chugging forward with sequel talks, much to this writer’s pleasure. The latest from Deadline says talks have begun with Jonathan Krisel, co-creator of Portlandia to direct the sequel, which seems like a good fit based on the tone of the first film.
One More Shot is the name of the newest production underway following up last year’s One Shot from director James Nunn, and reuniting action stars Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White now in their fifth screen pairing together. The updates come following a story post featuring both actors teasing a new project in the works via Adkins’ own Instagram page where the actor also published the following reel which you can view below:
The world of classic Kaiju films has more than one big G, and one of them is stomping in to streaming! Gamera -Rebirth – project, first announced in 2022, will be a six episode anime series, exclusive to Netflix worldwide. Five kaiju, plus Gamera, will appear and he’ll have his hands full with taking them down in this new series.
The production of Western crime thriller, Man In The Long Black Coat, was announced last week as cameras are currently rolling in Santa Clarita, California.
Where does one begin when discussing a legendary gaming series such as God of War? It’s the epic tale of Kratos, a tortured Spartan warrior, hell-bent on revenge against the Greek deities that used and wronged him. Over the course of several games, he would eventually topple Mount Olympus’ pantheon and himself claim the title of God of War. The series would receive a universally acclaimed sequel/reboot in 2018 that would find it’s hero exiling himself to the Norse realm of Midgard. This game was recently followed up by the runaway success of God of War Ragnarok, winning Best Narrative, Best Action/Adventure and more at the Game Awards 2022, and selling over 5 million units in it’s launch week; the fastest selling first-party game in Playstation history. Naturally, Playstation Productions would follow this up with a bombshell announcement: they’ll be teaming up with Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios to deliver GOD OF WAR, a live-action series based on the series!
Filming is underway for The Book of Clarence, the latest from The Harder They Fall helmer Jeymes Samuel. Production was announced on Tuesday with Samuel directing from his own script, as well as producing and scoring.
Currently in production is The Original Gangster which hails from director Syamsul Yusof, best known for his work on the KL Gangster films and his newest period action epic, Mat Kilau: Rise Of The Warriors.
You can currently look up director Michihito Fujii’s most recent crime drama, A Family (locally known as Yakuza And The Family) on Netflix in the U.S. to get a feel of his directorial style if you haven’t seen any of his previous work. Up next to release is his newest drama, Village, while the latest updates are online for Hard Days, which is due for May 19, 2023 release from Toho.
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.
Cameras are now rolling in Las Vegas, Nevada for the production of action thriller Ruthless, from director, action and stunt veteran Art Camacho. Actor Dermot Mulroney (Sleepless, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Young Guns) is starring from a script by co-written by Camacho and by James Dean Simington.
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.
MSR Media Producer Philippe Martinez announced today four new films in the company’s film production line-up on Monday, firstly with The Island, directed by Shaun Paul Piccinino (The Lackey, American Fighter), and is currently in post-production.
Production is officially underway for La Casa De Papel (a.k.a. Money Heist) spin-off series, Berlín, with actor Pedro Alonso back the title role. Cameras began rolling in Paris following a press conference a week ago with creators Esther Martínez Lobato and Álex Pina on hand with the cast:
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