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Sakaguchi Tak Celebrates His Birthday Ahead Of Next Month's Filming For RE:BORN

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It’s been a while since we last heard much of anything about director Shimomura Yuji‘s latest action production, Re:Born, following a small batch of pre-production videos with longtime friend, lead actor and action star Sakaguchi Tak in training. The film is setting up to be Sakaguchi‘s final feature film after spending the last few years stating the possibility of his retirement since his eclectic career in Japanese action cinema took off at the top of the new millenium having worked on quite a few films with Shimomura on such titles as Versus, Aragami and Death Trance. That said, it was Sakaguchi‘s 40th birthday on Sunday, and specifically among other things, it also meant receiving his own copy of the script, according to a Facebook post on Sunday in which Shimomura also included the art you now see on this page – one of two pieces of early promo art for […]

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MAXX To Begin Filming In Five Days, Kosugi Kane To Star With Wych Kaosayananda Directing

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From L to R: Mori Ko, Kosugi Kane and Wych Kaosayananda location scouting for MAXX There’s still some fervor among fans that bigger and greater days are still ahead for martial arts action star Kosugi Kane following his better known contributions as of late to the genre in films like Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear and last year’s Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge. That said, leave it to director Wych Kasosayananda to tackle Kosugi’s current forthcoming nod to the spy genre a la James Bond, with a twist. Maxx is the name of the new film from Eleven Arts and Kaos Entertainment, set to kick off production in five days with locations set to include Thailand, Phuket and others. The film will ultimately reunite Kaosayananda with Kosugi since serving as director of photography on Kosugi’s lead role last year in Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge, whilst reconvening with Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear stunt […]

Sex, Pirates And Rock & Roll Headline Simon West’s New High-Seas Action Comedy, SALTY

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Likely following the production of the new British SAS thriller, Stratton, ConAir and The Expendables 2 helmer Simon West will be tackling a dose of comedy for another new action flick he’ll be directing later this year. Salty is the title with billing that references it as a cross between The Hangover and Get Him To The Greek, which already lends an idea of the kind of action comedy we’ll be in for coupled with a plot that goes a little something like this: The film follows an ageing rock star, and reformed sex addict, who is persuaded to take a holiday by his wife, a former supermodel. Things take a turn for the worse when she’s kidnapped by Thai pirates raising money to buy a new boat. Variety reports that Carnaby has boarded the film as its international sales agent following the film’s venture into crowdfinancing via SyndicateRoom since […]

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CONtv Launches, Fans Rejoice!

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Will Smith To Star And Produce BOUNTY For Paramount

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Actor Will Smith may not be battling aliens anytime soon in any capacity for an Independence Day sequel, and following 2013’s After Earth, the jury is still out on how he feels about doing big-scale films aside from his current obligations to director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad over in Vancouver this April. His latest film, Focus, with Suicide Squad co-star and leading lady Margot Robbie is certainly an exemplary change of pace and one that will hopefully set Smith in a more comfortable state of mind when it comes to doing bigger films. For now though, his attention is slightly geared toward more smaller projects which still sound equally intriguing given the plot set ups. In this instance, Paramount Pictures’s newly announced action flick, Bounty, serves quite the example. The film’s Boston, Massachusetts setting will accomodate Smith‘s role as a man wrongfully convicted for a murder he didn’t commit, now […]

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CONtv Gets A Launch Date

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Are you ready for another awesome entertainment network? If so, then ConTV may be right up your alley, with an assortment of content guaranteed to nourish your fandom in film and television. The line-up has already started taking shape with several programs already in place geared toward the comic-con community, and now we have an official launch date as of a few days ago with a slightly larger list of titles that are forthcoming. Be prepared this Spring and check your local listings! Details below: Cinedigm (NASDAQ:CIDM) and Wizard World (OTCBB: WIZD) today announced that CONtv, the multi-platform OTT service geared toward the Comic Con community, will be available to consumers on March 3, 2015. The digital service will bring fans their favorite films, television series, comics, behind the scenes access to Wizard World Comic Cons and more. CONtv will be offered as a free ad-supported platform as well as […]

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BLOODLINE: THE ANIMATED SERIES Returns With New Kickstarter Campaign Push!

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Last October saw the initial launch of a new Kickstarter campaign for the dazzling new animated project, Bloodline: The Animated Series, from New York-based company, Visionary Outlook, LLC and its CEO, Alphonso Devon Blackwood. Since then, Blackwood and the company evidently cancelled promoting the fundraiser to re-evaluate and analyze their platform a bit more, and they’ve now made the few necessary changes to re-launch a fresh new effort in funding their ambitious new series, with some amazing perks to boot. There are quite a few layers and different pieces and details to this epic saga, although in my own summation, here’s the skinny: Hopeskin, a distant planet falls in upheaval as its King lay ill, ensuing a forbidden ritual by His majesty’s inner circle to scan the galaxy in search of his true heir, forcing an unwitting young 16-year old boy into an epic battle against dark intergalactic forces as […]

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The Latest Indiegogo For Austin St. John Starrer, SURVIVAL'S END, Asks One Question

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It’s been well over a decade since TV movie director and documentation, award-winning filmmaker Daniel E. Springen has sat in the director’s chair, although much of his career has been spent as a producer for films like Contract Killer, Just Another Day, and last year’s Frank vs. God. This year however, Springen is coming back to the fray in an all-new feature-length film now crowdfunding via Indiegogo for the brand new apocalyltic survivalist action thriller, Survival’s End, the story set in a version of America ravaged by the virility of the Ebola virus where an ex-military specialist must use his tactical survial skills to help a band of survivors escape government-imposed death squads. This, right here, sounds like a truly badass plot line worth selling as an action feature with all the potential to serve to sci-fi fans as well as action junkies. Of course though, every action movie needs […]

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EFM 2015: Scott Adkins Actioner, CLOSE RANGE Gets U.S. Distribution

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Be ready for what comes later this year when cult action directorial favorite Isaac Florentine releases his latest new action thriller, Close Range. Production wrapped last week reuniting our dear director with elite Brit kicker and cinematic action hero, actor Scott Adkins who plays Colton McReady, a former soldier-turned-vigilante forced to defend his sister and niece in their own home against a ruthless drug cartel and a swarm of police under the command of their courrpt sheriff. Such a plot line bodes perfectly well for the Adkins/Florentine duo whose work dates back close to twelve years of making solid and memorable action movies together, now with co-star and martial artist, actor Jeremy Marinas taking the reigns as the action director. It’s an exciting feat to welcome this year, and even more so as it gained ground over at this year’s European Film Market in Berlin where the film, represented by […]

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TURBO KID Powers Up In The Newest Teaser!

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Just heading into the last leg of its current run at Sundance is the much-hyped BMX-charged fantasy thrill-ride from Canada-New Zealand film collective, R.K.S.S., Turbo Kid. A few clips have already made their way online but we now have an official teaser as of a few days ago, and it’s every bit of nostalgic fun you could probably imagine. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1997. In a ruined post-apocalyptic world, the orphaned Kid survives on his own through drought-ridden nuclear winter, traversing the Wasteland on his BMX, scavenging for scraps to trade for a scant supply of water. When his perpetually chipper, pink-haired new best friend Apple is kidnapped by a minion of evil overlord Zeus, the Kid summons the courage of his comic book hero and prepares to deliver turbocharged justice to Zeus, his buzzsaw-handed sidekick Skeletron, and their vicious masked army. Bolstered by a pitch-perfect synth score, and clever and cheeky […]

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You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down In The New US Trailer For EVERLY

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Well, it’s about that time. If there was ever a point you wanted to get away from life for a little while and want a good movie to help you do just that, director Joe Lynch has you covered with the long-awaited release of his newest action thriller, Everly. Playing the lead is sexy lead actress Salma Hayek whose roles in action films extend as far as films like Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado and Once Upon A Time In Mexico, and to say the least, watching Hayek in action isn’t something a lot of people would say no to, and based on some of the responses following the film’s presentation at Fantastic Fest late last year, it’s fair to say she’s proved it. SYNOPSIS: It’s Christmastime, but all is not well in the world of Everly (Salma Hayek). A call girl by trade, Everly has turned against her gangster boss Taiko […]

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PSYCHO PASS Releases In Japan With US Date Pending

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Following its serial run since 2012, director Shiotani Naoyoshi‘s latest feature-length installment of Production I.G.’s action packed sci-fi anime, Psycho Pass is making its theatrical run as of January 9 courtesy of Toho. Funimation currently has the rights while North American audiences await a release date, but those familiar with the franchise may enjoy what the film has to offer from Urobuchi Gem’s screenplay with Fukami Makoto. SYNOPSIS: The year is 2112. Rookie inspector Akane Tsunemori and enforcer Shinya Kogami cross paths with one man. That man, Shogo Makishima, turns out to be the mastermind of a past case and Kogami’s target for revenge. When Makishima goes on to shake the foundations of a peacekeeping system, he poses the question about where justice exists. In time, Kogami takes justice into his own hands against Makishima before he goes into hiding… In the year 2116, the government of Japan begins exporting […]

Natalie Burn Takes On An Island Of Killers In The Latest Trailer For AWAKEN

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Films like The Condemned and Escape Plan come to mind when watching the latest trailer for Mark Atkins‘s newest survival thriller, Awaken, which pits a random group of captives on a secluded island against a swarm of killers in a sinster plot to hunt them for their organs. Actress Natalie Burn stars and also produces and wrote the screenplay, and she displays some pretty good physical prowess based on the footage below; Point in fact, she appears briefly in last year’s The Expendables 3 alongside Mel Gibson and I never would have suspected it was her, so I’m glad she stands out much more this time around in such a strong female role, and I certainly hope to see more of her in the long run as well. Actress Daryl Hannah gives her latest sinister performance to date as the villainess alongside Jason London, and actors Vinnie Jones and Robert […]

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NBC's New Martial Arts Drama, WARRIOR, Now In Development

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The recent successes over the years with animated action adventure shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Attack On Titan and The Legend Of Korra are certainly lending some credence to the notion that a bit of live-action fanfare is in order, especially with everything that has been happening online with shows like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. Alas, NBC is currently working on trying to muscle up its own programming according to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter (via AV Club & i09). Crossbones series co-executive producer David DiGilio will write and executive produce the series with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald for a new female-centric martial arts drama titled Warrior, and it goes a little something like this: In a grounded, contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu, a damaged heroine works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down an international […]

"MacReady" And "Cruz" Headline First Look Pics From The Set Of CLOSE RANGE

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Actor Scott Adkins and co-star/fight choreographer Jeremy Marinas took to social media this week to share a first look at the characters they’re be playing on the set of currently-filming new thriller, Close Range. There isn’t much to add on to the updates here aside from their roles since it’s very early and these photos are from the first day of filming, but it’s the first of many methodically published teases we can expect as the month progresses. Check them out: Day 1! @87elevenaction @scott_adkins_official #stunts #stuntlife #filmmaking #film A photo posted by Jeremy Maddox Marinas (@jermskillz) on Jan 8, 2015 at 11:47am PST My boys killed it today!! Thanks so much to the guys that made it all work out!! @scott_adkins_official @georgecrayton @hurricane_cartago @jimmychhiu @danielgraham85 @hollanddiaz @theoutlawjoseywales A photo posted by Jeremy Maddox Marinas (@jermskillz) on Jan 9, 2015 at 2:38pm PST Close Range is the latest action movie […]

CHAPPIE Takes On Big Robots And Bigger Dreams In A New Trailer!

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If not for the fact that District 9 and Elysium helmer, South Africa’s own Neill Blomkamp was the go-to-guy at one point earlier on for an Alien film, there’s a reason why filmgoers love him. Simply put, while the former title does outweigh the latter in some areas, he’s good at what he does, and clearly it shows. Alas when you look at his latest offering in the new sci-fi thriller, Chappie, of course you might be thinking Short Circuit by way of iRobot and Robocop, and you may be right, as well in for another possible cinematic treat! SYNOPSIS: Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings – some good, some bad – and he will rely on his heart and soul to find […]

Armor-Up For New Trailer For Down Under Zombie Apocalypse Thriller, WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD!

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It’s been a long road for Aussie filmmaking/producing duo, brothers writer/director Kiah and co-writer Tristan Roache-Turner, but now their long-awaited zombie apocalypse thrill ride is ready to make a splash on the big screen for Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead. The largely independently funded road killer thriller is four years in the making, intially shooting throughout parts of Austrailia over 20 weekends without a script. The film originally landed perpetual acclaim among critics throughout the film festivals last fall with screenings in Busan, Toronto and over at Fantastic Fest in Texas upon landing several release deals since then, including IFC Midnight and Studiocanal for the U.S. and U.K. respectively, and with Anchor Bay/Raven Banner for Canada as of several days ago. As such, we now have a fresh new trailer this week to help build anticipation over a film that’s sure to impress more audiences. In the aftermath of a […]

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Long Awaited Superhero Flick, GARUDA SUPERHERO, Bows Domestically This Weekend!

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Indonesia’s film industry doesn’t always garner the support of big budgets for its more ambitious titles, but the vision is applied nonetheless when possible. It can be a noteworthy achievement depending on how you look at it, and you can certainly add writer and director x.Jo‘s latest offering with Garuda Superhero to that same list. The film took roughly ten years to evolve from concept to production with a few conceptual reels having went viral earlier on. Granted, if you’ve seen those reels and CGI tends to be a touchy subject for you, then this particular venture may not be for you. Otherwise, comic book fans and followers of the superhero genre, and those who are generally sympathetic to the overall ambitious growth of Indonesia’s film industry can probably take a liking to it. At any rate, the film bows for its audience this weekend with actor and model Rizal […]

Profile The Mind Of A Cyberterrorist In A New Featurette For BLACKHAT

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Bearing in mind all of the hectic news late last year regarding hacking, the topic couldn’t have come at a better time with director Michael Mann‘s latest spotlight on the subject matter with the upcoming international thriller, Blackhat. Actor Chris Hemsworth stars in the new film that takes on real world grittiness and cyberworld intrigue and espionage, and we now have a new featurette making the rounds with segments by Hemsworth, Mann and actor Leehom Wang joined with the perspectives of computer and cyberterrorism experts to highlight developing the proper virtual backdrop for a film of this caliber. It all goes down on January 16, 2015. In the meantime, check it out below along with a new TV spot!

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TAK3N Contest: Get Endorsed By Bryan Mills For The Holidays!

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Six years, two films and nearly six-hundred million dollars in, 20th Century Fox is rolling out an awesome campaign ahead of the release of Tak3n, the third installment of the hit franchise. Director Oliver Megaton is back at the helm with a mix of returning and new stars led by seasoned action hero Liam Neeson in what is expected to be one of the most celebrated finales for any franchise for anyone who thoroughly enjoyed the first film as much as the next one. Point in fact, it is the very nature of the success of the first and second films that have materialized Neeson as a leading face of cinematic badassery, and the memes you’ll find online are all the proof you need. In essence, he’s built a cult following, and I won’t be surprised if the studio finds a way to carry this character over with either a […]