LAST SAMURAI STANDING Debuts First Look At Junichi Okada And Cast Of New Netflix Action Series
The new historical action drama series premieres in November, only on Netflix.
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GANGS OF LONDON Debuts Official Trailer For Season Three Of The Hit Crime Drama Coming In March
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Joe Cole are back to reprise their roles along with a slate of new additions, including “Warrior,” and “Boy Kills World” actor Andrew Koji!
THE BEAST IN ME: Get A Ringside Look At The Cast In New BTS Images From The Upcoming MMA Drama
Very little can be officially said early on with Tyler Atkins’s new MMA drama, The Beast In Me, save for what’s available now via Instagram. Thanks to actors Daniel MacPherson (Land Of Bad) and Bren Foster (Life After Fighting), we now have a brief look behind-the-scenes showcasing the looks of their characters in the film, including a polaroid of a bruised MacPherson which you can see in the first slide of his most recent Instagram post from over the weekend. The post comes a few weeks after Foster also teased his role in a seperate post hinting with the caption reading in part “New hair, new character, new movie, new fights!!…”. Filming took place over the weekend set against the backdrop of an event at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, as announced last Fall. Atkins directs a cast led by MacPherson, Foster, and Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator), from […]
DEATH CYCLE Fuels Up With Fresh New Key Art + Stills From Gabriel Carrer’s New Motorcycle Revenge Slasher
It’s a new year, kids. That means new film festival editions in the coming months and, undoubtedly, scores of potential audiences for Gabriel Carrer’s newest giallo-inspired motorcycle revenge slasher, Death Cycle. A new round of images is now circulating courtesy of Latefox Pictures who are now in post-production on the upcoming thriller starring Matthew Ninaber (Psycho Goreman), Justin Bott (Hyperborean), Kristen Kaster (Death Valley), James Fler (For the Sake of Vicious), Sasha Ormond (A Knights War) and Wes Hill. After the death of her sister, a woman is visited by a man looking to solve a series of murders by a motorcycle riding maniac. As their shared fear escalates, the killer’s rampage continues in the city, leaving them both questioning who the real monster is. ‘DEATH CYCLE’ revisits a mix of classic giallo themes with the modern slasher genre. Carrer directs from a script by Dave McLeod. Death Cycle hails […]
SUPERMAN – DID THE DOG STEAL THE SHOW!?
On Thursday 19th December 2024 DC fans from around the World were treated to the highly anticipated teaser trailer for James Gunn’s Superman. There has been much speculation surrounding the film’s cast and storyline. Check out the teaser trailer below –
UNSTOPPABLE: New Stills And Poster Revealed For TIFF-Selected Inspiring New Wrestling Drama
What you’re seeing below is the first official poster and stills to inaugurate the release campaign for new wrestling drama, Unstoppable. William Goldenberg (Academy Award-winning editor for Argo) makes his directorial debut for an an all-star ensemble cast led Jharrel Jerome, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña with Don Cheadle and Jennifer Lopez. Unstoppable is the inspiring true story of Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) who was born with one leg but whose indomitable spirit and unbreakable resolve empowered him to defy the odds and pursue his dreams. With the unwavering love and support of his devoted mother Judy (Jennifer Lopez) and the encouragement of his coaches, Anthony fights through adversity to earn a spot on the Arizona State Wrestling team. But it will demand everything he has, physically and mentally, to achieve his ultimate quest to become an NCAA Champion. Goldenberg directs from a script by Eric Champnella, Alex Harris and John […]
UPRISING Reveals Two Stills For The Busan-Selected Park Chan-Wook-Produced Period Actioner For Netflix
Netflix unveiled a pair of stills for a first look at Uprising, a new period thriller directed by Kim Sang-man, and produced by legendary auteur Park Chan-wook. Uprising is slated for an opening night world premiere at the 29th Busan International Film Festival on October 2. Set against the chaos of war, Uprising takes viewers on a gripping journey through the lives of two childhood friends-turned-adversaries. The cast of the film includes Gang Dong-won, Park Jeong-min, and Cha Seung-won, along with Kim Shin-rock, Jin Sun-kyu, and Jung Sung-il. Kim directs from a script by Park and co-scribe Shin Chul. Check out the stills below!
BROKEN RAGE: Get A First Look At The New Takeshi Kitano Crime Flick Coming In 2025
A new poster is out touting Takeshi Kitano’s new subversive crime comedy, Broken Rage. Kitano directs a cast that also lists fellow Kubi co-stars Tadanobu Asano and Shidō Nakamura, and Nao Omori, along with career cohort Hakuryu for the Amazon MGM Studios-produced flick. Kitano’s Broken Rage explores “comedy within a violent film,” to redefine the norms of the yakuza crime genre. According to the film’s description, “the first half follows a hitman, Nezumi (played by Takeshi Kitano), fighting for his survival when he’s caught between the police and yakuza. But in the second half, the gritty crime-action thriller takes an unexpected turn, evolving into a self-parodying comedy that retells the same story with a captivatingly humorous touch.” Broken Rage makes history as the first Japanese film produced for streaming to be officially festival-selected, with an Out Of Competition premiere slated for September 6 at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. […]
Luke Sparke’s PRIMITIVE WAR Treads Prehistoric Battleground In New Stills From The Upcoming Adaptation
Dinosaurs in the Vietnam warA new mature take on the dinosaur genre. Live-action adaption of popular book and comic series by Ethan Pettus. Writer/director Luke Sparke’s new action adventure, Primitive War, is setting up a release in 2025. The first official poster is here along with a trio of stills to take a gander at featuring the cast on hand. It’s a small, albeit intense-looking taste of things to come, particularly with a tagline like “This Ain’t No Walk In The Park!” as the selling point. Cheeky! Vietnam. 1968. A recon unit known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon. They soon discover they are not alone. The cast of Primitive War includes Ryan Kwanten, Tricia Helfer, Jeremy Piven, Nick Wechsler, Carlos Sanson, Aaron Glanane, Anthony Ingruber, Albert Mwangi, Adolphus Waylee , Henry Nixon, […]
THE SHADOW STRAYS Gets An October Date And New Stills For The Netflix Action Flick
A small, albeit growing festival audience of late is still recovering from a rare big screen presentation of Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes For Us on Sunday evening. Alas, it is hours later into Monday with the director now keeping the momentum going with a brand new teaser poster signaling an October 17 launch date on Netflix for upcoming thriller, The Shadow Strays. Perfect timing, I’d say. Setting up for four dates following its World Premiere on September 10 at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Shadow Strays stars Aurora Ribero in the role of Codename 13, an assassin sent to Jakarta on disciplinary probation after a botched job in Japan. When she crosses paths with a young boy who runs afoul of a local crime boss, the beleaguered assassin is forced to take matters into her own hands. Check out the stills and new poster below, and stay tuned […]
THE FIRE INSIDE Heats Up With New Stills From The Toronto-Selected Clarissa Shields Biopic!
Headed for a Special Presentation at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival is The Fire Inside, the new biopictoral sports drama opening on Christmas later this year. The film is written by Barry Jenkins and directed by Rachel Morrison, and stars Bryan Tyree Henry (Godzilla x Kong: The New Age), and lead actress Ryan Destiny. THE FIRE INSIDE is the inspirational true story of Claressa Shields, arguably the greatest female boxer of all time. Claressa, a high school Junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. But even at the pinnacle of success, Claressa has to reckon with the fact that not all dreams are created equal, and the real fight has only just begun. The film is set to go before the Toronto crowd on Saturday, September 7, […]
THE GHOST: John Farrelly’s Trailblazing Debut Irish-Language Horror To Haunt Frightfest In August
New stills are out and about for The Ghost (a.k.a. An Taibhse), from writer/director John Farrelly. The film hails from Jackpot Films and marks a world-first in that it is the first Irish-langauge horror film to come from the region. Farelly’s The Ghost stars Tom Kerrisk (Different, A Hollow Tree) who also composed the film’s score as he did for Farrelly’s previous film. Casting further reunites Kerrisk with Livvy Hill who previously performed together in Farrelly’s 2022 Star Wars shortfilm, “The Lost Jedi,” and also includes Anthony Murphy whose select film and TV credits include Tango In D Minor, Charlie Casanova, and Irish soap “Fair City”. The Ghost is set in the bleak landscape of post-famine Ireland in 1852 where Éamon (Tom Kerrisk) and his daughter Máire (Livvy Hill) take on a tranquil caretaker role at a secluded Georgian mansion during the harsh winter months. However, what begins as a […]
KUNG FU Shapes Up For Giddens Ko’s Latest Film Adaptation In New Stills
Golden Horse is at the Marche du Film touting its package with the rest of the global film bunch at Cannes. Included in the slate is Kung Fu, ten years in the making and now adapted for the screen by Giddens Ko (Mon Mon Mon Monsters, Miss Shampoo) whose own 2005 novel serves as the basis for the new martial arts flick he directs. High school loser student Yuan accidentally aids a bullied, homeless man, only to find out later that this man is a Kung Fu master resurrected for a 500-year entanglement with his berserk, evil fellow swordsman. Present day, Yuan and his own fellow Ah-yi are taken as disciples by the master. At first, they enjoy following the master’s order to uphold justice, while also earning a brief satisfaction and the favor of Yi-jing, another female disciple. But soon they will also face the hard side of humanity, […]
GAME OF DEATH: THE SIX DOORS TO HELL: A Look At Timo Rose’s Psychedelic New Fantasy Martial Arts Indie Thriller [EXCLUSIVE]
German filmmaker and musician Timo “Norris” Rose’s resumé might stand familiar for anyone in the niche who regularly consumes indie horror. He’s got thirty years in the field and his latest now comes primed with martial arts fan fare in English-language indie fantasy actioner, Game Of Death: The Six Doors To Hell. Rose is directing the film from a script he wrote with Asian film expert Nando Rohner, who birthed the idea. It features actor and martial arts master David Ruessel (The Last Kumite), Deena Unverzagt (SOKO Hamburg), Carlos Nikolai (Gunpowder Milkshake), Maya Trojanowski (Death Wish Zero), Annelie Harner, and Li Yan-Long of 1984’s South Shaolin Master fame. Touting a blend of elements from “Dante’s Inferno” and Bruce Lee’s seminal final film, Game Of Death, Rose’s film is billed as a love letter to Hong Kong cinema and manga/anime nods like Story Of Ricky and Fist Of The North Star. […]
THE CROW Takes Off With New Stills From The Upcoming Remake From Lionsgate
New stills are out for Rupert Sanders’s The Crow as Lionsgate plots a June 7 release. The film stars Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs and Danny Huston in a story based on the hit graphic novel by James O’Barr. Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgård) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right. The stills first made their debut over at Vanity Fair on Wednesday, with an in-depth look at Skarsgård and the cast, as well as statements by Sanders on the production, his motivations and working with the cast. It wasn’t long after the stills made the rounds on social media and ardent fans of […]
EASTBOUND TRAFFIC Flows With Behind-The-Scenes Photos From Chuck Johnson’s Feature Directing Debut [EXCLUSIVE]
Film Combat Syndicate was allowed to present a raft of exclusive behind-the-scenes photos from the set of upcoming crime drama, Eastbound Traffic. The film is written and directed by Tokyo-based actor, stunt performer and filmmaker Chuck Johnson who just completed the first full rough edit of the film following pre-production a little over a year ago, and rolling cameras late last year. Ten years in the making, Eastbound Traffic marks the first of five films out of Johnson’s Quiet Flame production outfit, packaging social impact-driven narratives and messaging with compelling stories and stylish action. The movie also serves as the feature launchpad for Quiet Flame following its 2015 start-up as Japan’s first and only English-first stunt team before evolving into a training institution. To its credit, performers out of Quiet Flame have since appeared in numerous projects including – but not limited to – Jared Leto’s 2018 Netflix yakuza drama […]
THE ASTRONAUT Teases Kate Mara In New Still From Jess Varley’s Upcoming Sci-Fi
Actress Kate Mara (A Teacher) can now be seen in a first look above at Jess Varley’s (Phobias), making her solo writing and directorial debut, The Astronaut. The new sci-fi thriller also stars Laurence Fishburne (John Wick films, The Matrix trilogy) and Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate, “The Last Of Us”). When astronaut Sam Walker (Mara) returns from her first space mission, she’s found miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Expecting to be reunited with her husband (Luna), she finds herself placed under intense NASA surveillance in a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing under the control of General William Harris (Fishburne). However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth. The Astronaut is currently in post-production with Highland Film Group repping international sales on the EFM floor […]
THE PRINCESS WARRIOR Reimagines A Mongolian Legend This March From Film Movement
Omnibus Entertainment is proudly advancing Mongolian war epic, The Princess Warrior, for a release on digital and on-demand beginning March 8. The film marks the latest iteration of an historical heroine heralded over the last four centuries around the world in literature, theater and film, most notably in Giacomo Puccini’s famed opera, “Turandot.” Intially releasing in late 2021 from Shuuder Productions and Voo Broadcasting as Princess Khutulun, The Princess Warrior was debut-directed by S. Baasanjargal, and by celebrated author Baatarsuren Shuudertsetseg in her second directing credit following her 2013 solo debut, Queen Ahno – Spirit of a Warrior, based on her 2010 novel. Equally, The Princess Warrior takes its cues from Shuudertsetseg’s own 2017 publication. Descended from Genghis Khan and skilled in all forms of military combat, Princess Khutulun (Tsedoo Munkhbat) is one of the fiercest warriors in the Mongol Empire. Despite her talents on the battlefield, Khutulun is still […]
OFFICER BLACK BELT First Look Teases The Wear And Tear That Comes With The Job As A Martial Arts Cop
Netflix’s K-content announcement is making the rounds these days. Worth spotlighting in my book is Officer Black Belt which comes from “Bloodhounds” shepherd, writer/director Jason Kim and announced last year with actors Kim Woo-bin and Kim Sung-kyun. The action flick is expected to arrive in the Fall of this year and we now have our first look at the latter cast member in a still from the streamer which you can view below. This one looks like it’s gonna go as hard as the director’s hit show did for sure, or maybe even harder – at least one can hope. This action-drama film follows the antics of Lee Jung-do, who boasts a 9th degree expertise in taekwondo, kumdo and judo combined, when he lands a job as a martial arts officer electronically monitoring criminals, along with Kim Sun-min, a probation officer who recognizes Jung-do’s crime-detecting abilities and martial arts skills. […]
Netflix’s THE GENTLEMEN Introduced In New Stills For Guy Ritchie’s Crime Drama Series Spin-Off
With The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare still in toe among other prospects, director Guy Ritchie is also adding streaming to his 2024 itinerary with the upcoming episodic premiere of The Gentlemen, loosely spinning off his crackling British 2019 crime drama thriller of the same name which starred Matthew McConaughey. The series follows Eddie Halstead, who has inherited his father’s sizeable estate only to discover that it’s sitting on top of a weed empire owned by the legendary Mickey Pearson. Has this straight-up soldier got what it takes to master the dark arts of the British criminal underworld and take control of the entire operation? Ritchie directs the first two episodes as well as serves as executive producer, and co-writer alongside Matthew Read. The Gentlemen stars Theo James and Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, along with Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Chanel Cresswell, Michael Vu, Max Beesley, Jasmine Blackborow, Harry Goodwins, […]