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MAX STEEL Finally Suits Our Hero Up For Battle In The New Japanese Trailer

Dolphin Films International marketing seems to be the key here given the global appeal of Mattel toy property, Max Steel. The new live-action movie from director Stewart Hendler is currently bound for a release later this year in the U.S. courtesy of Open Road Films and a trailer remains pending following the Latin American promo which went viral earlier this month. This week, the film is now revving up its campaign to Japan by way of Nikkatsu, now host to a new trailer with a ton of new footage that delivers heavily on what the first trailer didn’t. That includes finally putting lead actor Ben Winchell in the hero’s energized armor, as well as further teasing glossy visual effects and epic action sequences tethered nicely to the appeal of martial arts fans with fight choreography by Larnell Stovall. SYNOPSIS: 16 year old Max McGrath is discovering that he’s got a […]

MAX STEEL Whips Out Some New Tricks In The First International Teaser!

Lee B. Golden III

One might agree that its been too long since we heard anything on director Stewart Hendler’s latest adaptation of Mattel franchise property, Max Steel. Well, now we have an international trailer of sorts while more may be forthcoming, and with none other than Ben Winchell in the title role. SYNOPSIS: 16 year old Max McGrath is discovering that he’s got a strange electric energy that emanates from him when he’s upset or excited, and it’s starting to grow beyond his control. With his scientist father dead and his mom Molly unwilling to talk about what really happened in the accident that killed him, Max is resigned to trying to fit in to yet another new school–where he finds himself attracted to the quirky, independent-minded Sydney and develops a friendship with an old colleague of his dad’s, Miles Edwards. But the most startling thing that happens to Max is the arrival […]

Turbo Power Lights Up The MAX STEEL Set In A New Behind-The-Scenes Clip!

Lee B. Golden III

Moviefone delivered the first slate of stills this week for the upcoming 2015 release of the live action adaptation for Max Steel, starring Ben Winchell and Anna Villafañe and directed by Stewart Hendler. On Friday, the official Facebook page for the film launched the first behind-the-scenes footage from the set which you can check out at the bottom of the page. Based on Mattel’s franchise property of the same name, Max Steel is described as an action-packed origin story of an aspirational high school student and his alien counterpart, Steel, who combine turbo powers to become the titular superhero. As these two unlikely friends struggle to accept their oddly connected fates, they begin to uncover unimaginable secrets, working together to find the truth and fight the mysterious forces threatening their world. The film is written by Christopher Yost with Andy Garcia, Maria Bello and Billy Slaughter rounding out the main […]

MAX STEEL Nabs Ben Winchell And Anna Villafañe To Lead

Lee B. Golden III

As recently as last September, a press release was unveiled detailing the latest developing live-action treatment of Max Steel for the big screen to be released this Winter. This week, Dolphin Films is updating the status of the film’s development with some confirmed casting news, announcing actor Ben Winchell and actress Anna Villafañe for the two principal lead roles of Max McGrath and Syndey Gardner in the new film. Based on Mattel’s franchise property of the same name, Max Steel is described as an action-packed adventure suitable for all ages, centered on the story of an aspirational high school student and his alien counterpart, Steel, who combine turbo powers to become the titular superhero. Thor: The Dark World and newly announced Thor 3 writer Christopher Yost is penning the script with Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn helmer Stewart Hendler directing for the film’s pending 2015 theatrical release, courtesy of Open Road […]