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The First Official LOGAN Trailer Hails A Timeless Ballad Of Gallantry

I’m willing to bet there’s already a consensus with Marvel fans on how much many will miss actor Hugh Jackman. There’s no question that his is a portrayal of iconic comic book superhero, Logan Howlett (a.k.a. Wolverine) is one for the history books with a performance as palpable and gripping as one could ask for in an actor, and with a character who notably shares a backstory bigger than most of his fellow X-Men. It’s a story formulaic with tropes tethered to action and drama, fuelled by bitterness, self-discovery, loneliness, tumult and tragedy. Logan’s is a life ravaged by violence amid the fleeting moments of peace, born a mutant and enhanced even further by a dark science that granted him nearly-impenetrable bones and claws, regenerative healing and heightened senses. These all have benefitted him, thus are the fruits of his adapted gifts, and in parallel, are also the byline of […]

Crime Thriller STINGRAY Lines Up Jon Bernthal To Star, Shooting In Spring 2017

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Marvel’s Punisher is already underway for Netflix but actor Jon Bernthal still has plenty of work ahead of him as one of the best actors to put in front of a camera these days. The co-star of actor Ben Affleck’s latest, The Accountant, is now poised to star in Anthony Hayes’s new crime thriller, Stingray with production set for April in Canada next year. Hayes co-wrote the script and is producing with John and Michael Schwarz, for which Bernthal will play a man entangled in a blood debt and forced in a matter of two days to kill one of his own family after accidently killing the brother of a powerful crime boss. The film is readying for the floor at the American Film Market next month. H/T: THR

Joe Johnston To Direct Big Budget Space Actioner, STARFALL In China

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Captain America: The First Avenger Joe Johnston is the latest to begin benefitting from this week’s newly-announced setup at Qingdao Movie Metropolis complex in China. According to Deadline, his next film will be an action thriller titled Starfall from a script by David Coggeshall. The film’s plot is reportedly underwraps but is said to take place on a space station. With the new movie studio stretching as far as 56,000 square feet of green screen space and a budget to the tune of a $100 million dollars, Starfall sounds just like the kind of project befitting of Johnston whose VFX credits date as far back as the first Star Wars trilogy, and directing credits which also include (but not limted to) The Rocketeer, Jumanji and Jurassic Park 3. Chinese multinational conglomerate Wanda Group will be joined in co-financing Starfall along with Lionsgate and China Media Capital-backed Infinity Pictures whose own […]

Ted Geohegan's MOHAWK Is On The Hunt In A New Official Still

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Following up with his SXSW 2015 favorite, We Are Still Here, director Ted Geohegan’s latest thriller, Mohawk, is well underway in post production from Dark Sky Films and Snowfort Pictures. Filming wrapped about a month or so ago following its summer production in upstate New York and several pics have gone viral since then, and the latest, featuring actor Justin Rain, went online on Wednesday which you can view below. Kaniehtiio Horn (Hemlock Grove, Blank Paige) stars in MOHAWK, an intense horror and action tale. After one of her tribe sets an American soldiers’ camp ablaze, a young female Mohawk finds herself pursued by a ruthless band of renegades bent on revenge. Fleeing deep into the woods, Mohawk youths Oak and Calvin confront the bloodthirsty Colonel Holt and his soldiers. As the Americans seem to close in from all sides, the trio must summon every resource both real and supernatural […]

Get Ready For The LOGAN Trailer With A New Tease!

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Director James Mangold’s latest, Logan, is looking more and more fierce every passing day in the last few weeks. Teaser images have been rolling out on social media host to a cast that so far reveal little about the plot while otherwise hinting at villains such as Mister Sinister and the Essex Corp, as well as The Reavers. Actor Hugh Jackman leads the film and with it, a humble farewell from the Marvel X-Men character that launched his film career to stardom for more than fifteen years within the auspices of 20th Century Fox. Also starring are Richard E. Grant and Shane Black’s recent Predator addition, actor Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce, along with young actress Sienna Novikov who was confirmed about a week ago as X-23, the young female clone of Wolverine. More news about the film is coming indeed, and for this, tomorrow’s inbound trailer for which a […]

RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER Lands An International Teaser Trailer!

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Every now and then I’m a little bit delightfully surprised that this will be the titular final installment of the longstanding Resident Evil film franchise. I’ve still only seen the several of them – I can’t even remember which ones since they all look the damn same, all I know is that this franchise is full of monsters, big guys with big guns, bigger stunts, and scantily clad and badass female characters all led Milla Jovovich who, in my own view, might as well lead another action film franchise. Just no more Resident Evil movies. Pretty please. SYNOPSIS: Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces […]

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: VOL 2 Welcomes You Back In Drax’s Open Arms In The Official English Teaser

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Earlier updates can be seen here for James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 2, while the official English teaser trailer finally aired minuted within the arrival of the international version. SYNOPSIS: Set to the backdrop of ‘Awesome Mixtape #2,’ Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes’ aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand. The film opens on May 5, 2017 in 3D and IMAX, and I’m pretty sure you’re still hooked on a feeling with this as well as I am. Check it out!

[UPDATED] The First Official Teaser Poster For GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: VOL. 2 Is Just Too Damn Cool

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Follow comic book movie lore long and hard enough and you’re probably already aware of the potential prospects for director James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 2 which opens next May. Expected appearances by actors Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone aside, the cast is also expected to appear in the forthcoming Avengers: Infinity War and so forth, among other things, as per the 2014 film that saw our title characters take on an intergalactic supervillain with a purple Infinity Stone as their McGuffin. It’s one of several and all will play out with the eventual emergence of the evil Thanos, reprised once more by Josh Brolin. In the meantime, Gunn took to social media in Wednesday to unveil the latest teaser poster for the film which you can view below, with actress Karen Gillian to the far left followed by Michael Rooker as Yondu behind CG’d Rocket Racoon voiced […]

Watch The Full Trailer For Asun Mawardi's Hitman Actioner, #66

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Filmmaker and actor Asun Mawardi is well on the way with his newest hitman action thriller, #66. My review can be read here while you might be keen on the latest full trailer for the film which you can now view below. SYNOPSIS: 66 is a washed up member of a secret organization of assassins. Down on his luck and deep in gambling debt, 66 accepts a simple job – kill a police informant in order to protect a criminal organization. Instead of doing the job, 66 sees this money as his chance to escape town, his life of killing, and perhaps find a way to make a better life for himself. Unfortunately things are not that simple. After returning home, 66 discovers his family resents him for leaving, and his father’s auto shop is being used by criminals to deliver illegal drugs. At the same time, the criminal organization […]

Fukuda's Live-Action GINTAMA Confirms Casting, Possible Plot Details

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Oguri Shun and Fukuda Yuchi on the set of GINTAMA (Twitter) News of the live-action adaptation of Sorachi Hideaki’s popular Weekly Shonen Jump manga, Gintama, came as a delightful surprise to me a few months ago. Filming had already went underway and a few miscellaneous set photos started emerging online showing signs of progress following its production wrap back in September. Fukuda Yuichi is directing the film based on the property that sees actor Oguri Shun as Sakata Gintoki, a silver-haired former samurai and founder of his own odd jobs business in an Edo Japan where the arrival and subsequent settlement of the Amanto – a species of alien life, has advanced the nation ahead of its time. Joined by actor Masaki Suda who plays straight-laced Shimura Shinpachi and actress Kashimoto Hanna as the adorable and superstrong Kagura, the three set out on numerous adventures with stories that see them […]

Keoni Waxman's CONTRACT TO KILL Lands A Trailer For Its December Release

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We await further news on actor and action star Steven Seagal’s earlier-intended goals of attaining a more solidified trajectory through last year’s reported production of Attrition. In the meantime, the actor has at least one thing going for his career, and its with director Keoni Waxman amid the handful of direct-to-DVD titles they’ve paired on in the last several years. Their legacy now continues with the new film, Contract To Kill, which also invites the return of Russell freaking Wong!!!??! What? I haven’t seen that man in anything since Vanishing Son had its hey day as a small scale action film saga and TV series, and his subsequent effort with the short-lived action drama series, Black Sash. Wong has always been a fine actor in my book and I had wished there were more of him on screen in all these years. Good to see you too, sir! SYNOPSIS: In […]

Review: Asun Mawardi’s Hitman Thriller, #66, Hits Hard And Jagged, Maintains A Bloody Bodycount

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Following Asian cinema, one thing you will realize with certain titles is that they never see the light of day beyond their own respective nations’ and territories. Places like Indonesia and Malaysia are a good example of this misfortune where some otherwise appealing films get stuck despite presenting viral and pretty appealing trailers, many of which I know action fans would enjoy to some extent or another if given the chance. It’s certainly a palpable topic for director and actor Asun Mawardi whose 2011 film, Pirate Brothers, didn’t see a U.S. release on VoD and DVD until several years later with the new title, Mortal Enemies, and much to our delight as a film that consumers like myself don’t have to torrent with a company like Lionsgate stepping up to stake its claim. For this, I hope that directors like Anggy Umbara, Awi Suryadi and others will be able to […]

The Party Is Just Getting Started In The New ASSASSIN'S CREED Trailer!

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I don’t have much of an opinion on director Justin Kurzel’s latest live-action video game film treatment, Assassin’s Creed. Really, I’m just looking forward to the film, although I am fascinated by the prospect of deciphering between what shots are practical and CG-generated with a blue screen, as quite a few of these stunts were captured on set video in earlier BTS clips. Point in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were all at their most practical in capacity. The internet is ripe with freerunning videos full of practically-performed, raw and death-defying stuntwork and there’s no question that the team on this film has done its fair share of dynamic stuntwork in this regard. This, coupled with the starpower of actor Michael Fassbender and the popularity of the game franchise itself could really bring something fun and a worthwhile milestone for parkour in mainstream film and TV. SYNOPSIS: Through […]

THE HIT LIST: October 17, 2016

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Well, it was a weekend of work, anime and sleep. Thankfully the second now comes with good word of a few notable titles now available at Crunchyroll that I can finally finish where Netflix left off since they often store incomplete shows… …Anyway, enough of that. It’s time to get to a trio of meaty, mighty playlists for this week’s installment of THE HIT LIST that I know you will have plenty to fill up with. And on that note, we can always count on actor, martial artist, stuntman and filmmaker Eric Jacobus to lead the way for videos specially attributed to the Tekken game franchise. With another already in tow, Armor King is now staking his claim via Eric’s YouTube channel first up in the playlist below, followed by a slew of stunt and demo reels by Luci Romberg, Jake Teel, Sakaeda Ayami, Justin Hall, Daisy Fryer, Fernando Campos, […]

Sony Brings Alex Graves On Board To Direct Its Own Live-Action MULAN Movie

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I caught cow eyes while reading the latest article at Variety telling of another feature film rendition of the classic fabled character, Mulan. Disney is already working on its own version and recently became the center of criticism over a leaked version of its script which read with a white lead. Backlash from the masses eventually grew via the power of the press to the studio and so it goes, Asians are sure as set to lead THAT film. As for the one perpetuating THIS particular article, however, this one now has a director attached with Alex Graves, whose directorial credits primarily include hit HBO series epic, Game Of Thrones, as well as NBC series The West Wing and next year’s premiere of Taken. Penned by Jason Keller and co-financed by 2.0 Entertainment whose founder, Doug Belgrad, is producing, the film, from Sony as an international/Chinese co-production, will ultimately retell […]

Jam-Packed Ensemble Action Thriller, THE ORDER, Taps Nick Gillard To Direct

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I heartfully remember growing up watching Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade as a kid, and seething with excitement everytime the tank chase finale came up. The moment when a soldier gets knocked out by his own periscope after mocking Indy as he’s fighting the Nazis just outside the tank always sticks out as one of the funnier points in the film. It’s also one of those moments in film you can appreciate as time passes. A quick few Google searches will promptly land you at the name Nick Gillard, having succeeded since the late 1970s in stunt performance with an incredible list of titles to his name, although cult fans of sci-fi may take notice of his work as the stunt coordinator for the light saber action in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Other credits include Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow and Timur Bekmambetov’s Wanted, while it’s easy to see […]

Mark Dacascos Tapped To Star In Pedring Lopez Actioner, BREACH; Dan Southworth In Talks To Join

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Look forward to some extra updates in the coming months going into 2017 for director Pedring Lopez’s latest action horror hit, Nilalang, now making the festival rounds for its year-end movement. In the meantime, Lopez and the film’s stunt director, Sonny Sison have been working under the table for a project of their own now set to begin shooting next Spring. For this, we turn to the new film, Breach, which has action star Mark Dacascos attached and actor and martial artist Dan Southworth in talks to star while plot details remain pending, according to City On Fire. Both have a notable history the martial arts genre leading up to their 2013 stint together in Kevin Tancharoen’s Mortal Kombat Legacy: Season 2, while Dacascos has since taken to a more active role behind the camera as of late with his directorial debut, Showdown In Manila starring Alexander Nevsky. The film […]

Get A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Action In Daniel Zirilli’s THE ASIAN CONNECTION

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Crossing Point helmer Daniel Zirilli is currently onto furthering film prospects with the likes of Chilean action star Marko Zaror for a tentatively untitled project in Bangkok this November. It’s one that marks but one of several credits to the director having familiarized himself with Asia’s various locals, namely in and around Thailand, and aptly enough for the production schedule back in 2015 with his recent crime thriller, The Asian Connection. Produced by Damiano Tucci (Shark Lake), actor John Edward Lee (Terminator: Genysis) leads the cast along with actress Pim Bubear (The Man With The Iron Fists 2) for the story of two American robbers, Jack and Sam, committing a spate of heists when one of their jobs lands them in danger after learning they’ve stolen from a local crime boss. eOne has since released the film with much of the artwork featuring actor Steven Seagal front and center who […]

Check Out A Short Trailer For Shin Dong-Yeop’s Martial Arts Comedy, DUEL: FINAL ROUND

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Press is lackluster from time to time with certain films and it can be a matter of just poor marketing or poor filmmaking. Hopefully the latter isn’t the case in the wake of Untouchable Lawmen helmer Shin Dong-Yeop’s latest, Duel: Final Round, which released in South Korea back in September but now has a small trailer going viral at least following an early character tease over the summer. SYNOPSIS: Poong-Ho (Lee Joo-Seung) makes money from fighting. His older brother, Kang-Ho (Lee Jung-Jin), is a conscientious detective. He doesn’t like Poong-Ho fighting for money. Kang-Ho investigates a “player kill” (someone who has a dispute online and then meet face–to–face to fight). One day, Kang-Ho is killed during the investigation. Poong-Ho decides to take revenge on the person who killed his older brother. Poong-Ho finds Han Jae-Hee (Oh Ji-Ho). Han Jae-Hee is the CEO of a game company, but he is also […]

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Deepika Kicks All The Butts In The Second Trailer For xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE

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Director D.J. Caruso’s latest investment in Vin Diesel fandom, xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage, doesn’t arrive until January from Paramount. Nonetheless, marketing is already underway and taking quite an odd shape as of late. The first official trailer premiered only two months ago and delivered a pretty nifty tease of some ridiculous, crazy action to accomodate the grade-A cast at hand which also includes Kris Wu and Nina Dobrev and professional fighter Michael Bisping, with martial arts stars Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa standing out the biggest and best. Serving as the female lead, however is Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone who, up until now has only ever been hinted as the sultry love interest for our character. On Sunday evening, a second official trailer went viral online and showcased plenty more of Deepika being way more than just sultry. Bottomline, her stunt double makes her shine here as a […]