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Amy Johnston Gets A Rude Welcome In Kellie Madison’s Fantasy Action Pitch, THE GATE!

Recent sudies and headlines have revealed a major spike in demand for a stronger female presence behind the camera in today’s film industry. In that case, today would mark the perfect opportunity to welcome filmmaker Kellie Madison to the fray in the wake of the latest online release of her eight-minute martial arts feature pitch video, The Gate, following a hardcore crowdfunding campaign last summer…and boy does this pitch or what??! Chalk it all up to Madison’s own affinity for director Gareth Huw Evans’s Indonesian crime film saga, The Raid, essentially laying the groundwork firmly with upcoming Lady Bloodfight star, actress Amy Johnston in the role of a gifted MMA boxer and silat fighter who wages a one-woman vigilante war against Indoesian gangsters and evil forces on different planes. The addition of The Raid franchise co-stars Yayan Ruhian, and then Cecep Arif Rahman shortly thereafter when Ruhian couldn’t make it to the […]

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Norwegian Thriller, IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE, To Be Remade As A Liam Neeson Headliner!

Actor Liam Nesson is already stacking up these days with several titles that ought to continue keeping him releavant a few years longer with historical dramas Operation Chromite and Silence forthcoming. Currently he’s at work in reunion with director Jaume Collet-Serra’s The Commuter from StudioCanal and it’s not stopping there. For this, we turn to the Norwegian thriller, In Order Of Disappearance with actor Stellan Skarsgård who stars as an introverted snow plow driver determined to find answers behind the death of his son, only to land him in the crosshairs of two opposing sides of a violent underworld gangwar. That film, following its 2014 premiere in Berlin and subsequent wins and nominations in the festival circuit throughout Europe and the U.S., is now getting a North American remake from StudioCanal starring Neeson, and from none other than the film’s original director, Hans Petter Molland, and its original producers, Finn […]

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Jordan To Reunite With Coogler For BLACK PANTHER

Actor Chadwick Boseman is currently reigning at the box office having just debuted as Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War and the forthcoming solo film for which he’s been slated is due to start filming early next year. As such, casting is currently underway and with acclaimed actress Lupita Nyong’o now gearing up for a possible role as the title character’s love interest as of Thursday. On Friday, word now brings straight from THR that actor Michael B. Jordan is being tapped for a role as well with reason to speculate that it would be to play a villain. The film would mark a third reunion for Jordan who has packaged nothing short of winning titles under director Ryan Coogler whose attachment was confirmed earlier this year amid the buzz of their latest film together, Creed, which could very well be on the way for a sequel at MGM. […]

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The Body Count Rises In The Violent New Trailer For DON'T KILL IT

Leave it to actor Dolph Lundgren to cause a stir with the interwebs by endsoring a hopeful role in 20th Century Fox’s forthcoming Marvel sequel, Deadpool 2 as capable. You can look at the latest piece from Nerdist to see what he has to say on it, and he wouldn’t be too far off the marker either as he’s managed to sustain his relevance as a bonafide action star from a bygone era of R-rated action flicks. Save for a few Expendables movies though, you would be hard pressed to find him in any where else other than today’s limited release circuit. His latest, however, looks pretty appealing in all its badassery with director Mike Mendez at the helm for the carnage on display for the new movie, Don’t Kill It, which sees Lundgren as a demon hunter in a rural Alaskan town facing off with a body-hopping evil spirit […]

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Antics Ensue In The New Trailer For Wong Jing's MISSION MILANO

Actor Andy Lau will be someone to keep an eye on this year, particularly if you’re curious about his international appeal with the Matt Damon epic, The Great Wall opening later this year. In the meantime, he’s recently come off appearing in director Wong Jing’s third From Vegas To Macau 3 installation and now he’s featured in the latest trailer for Jing’s newest action comedy, Mission Milano. The film was announced back in March as one of a slate of pictures on the to-do list for Warner Bros.’s Asian production shingle, Flagship Entertainment. Lau joins actor Huang Xiaoming in the respective roles of an inspector sent to help a wealthy entrepreneur who goes incognito to prevent a new famine-ending invention from falling into the wrong hands. The latest trailer is finally making the rounds with a release date pending. Check it out below!

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Ben Affleck Kicks Ass And Takes Numbers In The New Trailer For THE ACCOUNTANT

Actor Ben Affleck is having a pretty good year so far coming off from a terrific start at Warner Bros. for what lies ahead in all things Batman. He’s sinking his feet deep into action roles apart from the DC Comics property and so it’s always welcoming to see him keeping the genre alive as he does under Warrior helmer Gavin O’Connor for the new film, The Accountant. SYNOPSIS: Christian Wolff (Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department’s Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk (Anna Kendrick) has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian […]

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Adkins And Zaror Reunite For Jesse V. Johnson's SAVAGE DOG

One may have wondered exactly when Undisputed 3: Redemption character opposites, Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror would reunite for another round. Well, leave it to Zaror to tease the masses on Thursday with a little bit of Cannes sales art from Bleiberg Entertainment for the new action thriller, Savage Dog. Plot details and crew informantion are unavailable at present. The folks over at Bleiberg Entertainment are shopping the film at Cannes this week with the artwork seen below, and plans to shoot the film in June, reuniting Adkins with director Jesse V. Johnson since cameoing in Johnson’s Dominique Vandenberg-led 2005 action thriller, Pit Fighter. The film is also the latest to come from Johnson since wrapping and festival circulating his latest noir action drama, The Beautiful Ones which currently awaits a release. Also starring is actress and martial artist JuJu Chan, notably credited for her role opposite actress Maria Tran […]

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Netflix Series ALTERED CARBON Sets Joel Kinnaman To Star

Actor Joel Kinnaman’s next move as of Thursday will be back to Netflix following the four season run of The Killing. Various trade sites are now confirming the actor’s attachment to Skydance’s series adaptation of Richard Morgan’s 2002 novel, Altered Carbon, for which Miguel Sapochnik will direct for ten episodes. Laeta Kalogridis, who reportedly wrote a script treatment based on the novel, will provide the script which takes place in the 25th century with a story that attributes to tropes such as digitizing the mind and the transference of souls from one body to another. In this cyberpunk millieu, Kinnaman in the role of Takeshi Kovas – a former elite interstellar warrior known as an Envoy imprisoned for 500 years and is trapped in future he tried to avoid, and must solve a seemingly impossible murder to set himself free. Kalogridis, serving as showrunner, will executive produce with Skydance’s David […]

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GIVEAWAY: Win A KILL ZONE 2 Prize Pack!

*THIS CONTEST HAS EXPIRED Director Soi Cheang made a whirlwind of magic happen for martial arts fans back in 2014 when congregating with the likes of action stars Tony Jaa and Wu Jing for the production of the hit crime sequel, SPL 2: A Time For Consequences. The film has its mix of criticisms but the popular narrative thusfar is a positive one and with all the more to hope for with the otherwise tentatively-titled SPL 3: War Needs Lord in the works. As such, North America is finally getting its turn to enjoy the superb feats displayed by our stars now in the form of its North American title, Kill Zone 2, in theaters and on demand, and Well Go USA is releasing the film in select theaters this weekend. To celebrate, Film Combat Syndicate is running a GIVEAWAY for readers between now through Friday, May 20 at 12:00pm […]

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David Oyewolo Going 'Express' In Nash Edgerton's New Action Comedy

STX Entertainment has a few titles in its catalogue that I’m very much into. This week they’re in Cannes making their agenda clear while currently underway in Mexico City filming an unofficially titled action comedy in partnership with Amazon Studios. The film, unofficially presented at CinemaCon back in March as American Express, sees actor David Oyewolo (Selma, Captive, Nina) in the role of Harold Soyinka, a newly married, mild-mannered American businessman whose prospects in the pharmaceutical field turn null and void when he ends up stranded South of the border with a price on his head, and questions about the life he had which never existed. Veteran stunt professional and producer Nash Edgerton makes his sophomore directorial offering from a script by producer Anthony Tambakis and Matt Stone with actresses Amanda Seyfried, Charlize Theron and Thandie Newton, and actors Yul Vazquez and Hardcore Henry co-star Sharlto Copley also starring. Amazon […]

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THE WARRIOR'S GATE Opens With A New Trailer

Let’s face facts here – the “boy traveling back in time to ancient China to help solve problems” plot is something we’ve seen before in some fashion or another. This time it’s Cockneys Vs. Zombies helmer Matthias Hoene on deck for his own take on the subject matter with actor Uriah Shelton playing our would-be virtual kung fu warrior in the new film, The Warrior’s Gate. The film is releasing this August in China thusfar while the promotional campaign itself finally starts taking shape with our first look at the all English-speaking cast Francis Ng, Taiwanese actor Mark Chao of Black And White fame and co-star of Derek Kwok’s upcoming Wu Kong, actress Ni Ni. Also leading are Marvel familiar Dave Bautista, actress Sienna Guillory, and Eurokicker Ron Smoorenburg (Who Am I?, Time Rush) as the heroic Black Knight, as well as our dose of CGI monsters for good measure. […]

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Studio 8 To Adapt Ken Liu's Sci-Fi Action Short Story, THE HIDDEN GIRL

According to Deadline, short story author Ken Liu is something of a feat to keep an eye on for the next few years. He’s since been an award-winner with titles such as the Hugo winning 2012 publication, “Mono no Aware”, and the multi-award Spring 2015 print, “The Grace of Kings”, and now he’s making headway toward the big screen thanks in large part to the efforts of Studio 8. For this, we look toward next year’s print, The Hidden Girl, which is described as a story with tones similar to that of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, and Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The premise? Well, plot info is mininal at the moment while what is known is that the story revolves around a team of assassins capable of interdimensional travel. I don’t know about you, but I read the above paragraphs and unless we’re given a closer look, I can’t […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Nevsky Gets The Last Word In The New International Trailer For SHOWDOWN IN MANILA

It’s Cannes time this week and Russian action star, actor and producer Alexander Nevsky is continuing the campaign for his newest ensemble actioner, Showdown In Manila with the international sales representatives at Lightining Entertainment hitting the trail. The film, marking the directorial debut of action star Mark Dacascos, has since become a hit following its theatrical CIS release in Russia in February and subseqent home and digital releases. Now with the film pressing onward through the markets this year, Film Combat Syndicate has the distinct honor of presenting the exclusive and explosive new trailer which you can view below. SYNOPSIS: Private detectives Nick (Alexander Nevsky) and Charlie (Casper Van Dien) live and work in Manila. A murder investigation leads them to the jungle camp of an international terrorist called The Wrath. Not trusting the police, Nick and Charlie assembly a team of daredevils to walk straight into the Wrath’s lair […]

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Michael Fassbender Is A Dead Man Freerunning In The New Trailer For ASSASSIN'S CREED

Long since the days of early Hong Kong cinema and the more recent successes of folks like David Belle, parkour now flourishes on the big screen with an identity all its own; It depends on which examples you look at while you’re more likely to catch independently-produced videos translating the art with much grace and splendor than in big budget productions. Still, that won’t, and shouldn’t deter efforts to do so on any scale. Parkour is an amazing art with physical feats worth an audience. The same can be said for video game adaptations and some are way more prominent than others. Well, now and thanks to the gang at 20th Century Fox and Ubisoft, the latest presentation to hit the masses with an appeal to both niches will be live-adaptation of the hit game, Assassin’s Creed, reuniting the director and stars of last year’s Shakespearean epic drama, MacBeth. SYNOPSIS: […]

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Cam Cigandet Stars In Jesse Gustafson’s THE BASE, Now Filming

Look out for actor Cam Cigandet between now and next year. He’s back on set this week for the new action thriller, The Base following an announcement made on Tuesday, and to boot, an official first look is making the rounds courtesy of XLrator Media who’ve stamped a 2017 release through their Turbo label. Read on! LOS ANGELES (May 10, 2016) – XLrator Media and Benattar/Thomas Productions announced the start of principal photography on the action-thriller THE BASE, starring Cam Gigandet (The Magnificent Seven, Twilight) and directed by Jesse Gustafson (Day 39). XLrator Media will release the film worldwide in 2017 on its “TURBO” action label. Based on an original story by Nigel Thomas and Rick Benattar and written by Guy Stevenson (The Last Heist), THE BASE stars Cam Gigandet as the leader of a “Dirty Dozen” band of military prisoners who have to fight off a terrorist attack on […]

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Watch The Trailer For Alain DesRocher's Canadian Action Sequel, NITRO RUSH

Filmmaker Alain DesRochers’s Canadian action thriller, Nitro, was a hit in 2007 following actor Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as a former drag racer on a mission to save his girlfriend’s life. Fast forward to 2016 and while DesRochers’s momentum will see him through to next year with the Antonio Banderas-led action flick, Security, fans of Nitro may be delighted for its forthcoming sequel. For this, we get Nitro Rush with Lemay-Thivierge back in action from a script by Martin Girard that now sees our protagonist forced to escape prison and play by the rules of an elaborate criminal organization in order to save his 17 year-old son. Alas, it’ll take a lot more than swift turns behind the wheel as indicated by the latest official trailer below which locks, loads and doesn’t pull punches on the action at the least. Check it out below!

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Netflix's VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENDER Assembles In The Official Trailer

Surf the internet long enough and you may come across mentions of a live-action adaptation of the classic anime, Voltron in development. Relativity Media officially announced those efforts in 2011, but I’m not holding my breath until I see something solid on that end. In the meantime though, you can count on Netflix and DreamWorks Animation to pick up the slack as it has been doing since launching its promotional campaign this year for Voltron: Legendary Defender this year. Its roots as a remix of an earlier Japanese animated property have proven fruitful over the years with an array of merchandising, so there’s plenty of fervor to go around. The Netflix original series DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender reimagines one of the most popular fan-favorite shows of all time in this all-new comedic action-packed show from executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender) and co-executive […]

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Action Thriller VILLA CAPRI Sets Ron Shelton To Direct, Freeman And Jones To Star

White Men Can’t Jump and Raging Bull helmer Ron Shelton is making a comeback as of this week with the new action comedy, Villa Capri. Sierra/Affinity is taking the film to Cannes this week with Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones set to star. The film is a return to the chair for Shelton following his his last two misfires, boxing road comedy Play It To The Bone in 1999 and Hollywood Homicide. This Summer will see him rolling cameras in New Mexico with his own script, in the vein of the 1988 comedy, Midnight Run, centering on a former FBI agent and former mob boss who are forced to cast their petty differences aside in order to fend off a mob hit. THR reports eOne has already snagged rights to territories in Europe and Australia/New Zealand and will finance the film with Endurance Media, whose own Steve Richards will […]

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Frank Grillo Takes The Wheel For Jeremy Rush's WHEELMAN

Universal Pictures Actor Frank Grillo is having a good year so far with prospects now propelling in the wake of his latest villainous appearance in Captain America: Civil War for Disney. The next few months will see him returning to the fray in the July 4 release of sci-fi action horror threequel, The Purge: Election Day while he stays the course to film Greg Plotkin’s Wolf In The Wild for the newly-launched Awesomeness Films. As of this week however, action fans can expect to see the Kingdom series star in thrilling fashion with Jeremy Rush making his directorial debut for Wheelman – which I think is a perfect title for any action film. Here, Grillo will also make his debut as producer, reuniting with The Grey (2011) helmer Joe Carnahan in addition to Myles Nestel for The Solution Entertainment Group who will present the film at Cannes. Rush’s script, as […]

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Simon West's SALTY Peppers Its Cast With Antonio Banderas To Lead

As lackluster as most of The Expendables 3 felt back in 2014, the film had some delightful moments worth basking in, namely the parts with actor Antonio Banderas playing an aging mercenary going through a midlife crisis. He continues to leave a presence for me long after my first viewing of him in the 90’s sequelizing the title role of El Mariachi in Desperado and I’m glad to see him sticking around. Nowadays, the star of the 2014 sci-fi thriller, Automata and co-star the 2015 rescue biopic, 33 días can be expected to appear in a few noteworthy titles in the next few years. More relevantly, you can add the new independent action comedy effort, Salty, which attached filmmaker Simon West (Con-Air, The Mechanic, The Expendables 2) successfully broke records upon meeting its crowdfunding target of £1.8 million pound sterlings via the Syndicate Room last year. via THR: Billed as […]

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