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This Hobbs/Shaw FAST Spin-Off Hype Teaser Is All That Matters

Universal Stating flatly for the record, I don’t give a single, fresh dump of cowshit about siding with anyone regarding the overprivileged douchecanoe beefery that has stemmed from Dwayne Johnson’s infamous Instagram post last August. I only care about one thing, and it’s the thriving franchise at Universal Pictures that is Fast And Furious and its future potential regarding spin-offs, and I’ve been more than pleased with the news about Johnson’s planned spin-off with franchise co-star and famed action hero Jason Staham with respect to the intial Fast saga from here on. That said, Johnson’s latest Instagram teaser was a nice little gem to see apart from most of his caption reaffirming the spin-off for a 2019 release as reported last week. I especially appreciate the portion where Johnson states “I want to use my spinoff platform to create new characters that fans will ultimately love to have fun with […]

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Universal’s FAST Spinoff Starring Johnson, Statham, Dated For July 2019

Lee B. Golden III

Universal The addition of a long-anticipated spin-off certainly threw things in a refreshing gear for Universal’s Fast saga. Following a date change for the ninth installation from April 19, 2019 to April 10, 2020, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are set to reunite for their own film when it hits theaters on July 26, 2019. Johnson, who voiced his interest for a spin-off back in 2013 while doing press for Justin Lin’s Furious 6, has been with the franchise since debuting the role of D.S.S. Agent Luke Hobbs in Lin’s Fast Five in 2011. Its predecessor, Fast And Furious, was bolstered by franchise star Vin Diesel’s return to the fray in a starring and producing role with Lin succeeding his work on The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift. As the hit film series pivoted from street racing to heist adventures and high speed action, Statham emerged in the post-credits of the sixth […]

DARK UNIVERSE: Welcome To A New World Of Gods And Monsters

Lee B. Golden III

The June 9 release of Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy isn’t coming light this summer. The film, as per the efforts of past several years is just one in several forthcoming steps toward what Universal Pictures, on Monday, branded as the Dark Universe, spearheaded by Kurtzman and The Fate Of The Furious scribe Chris Morgan in a sequential effort to adapt classic cinematic icons of the studio for the big screen. The official Dark Universe logo as shown above and unveiled at the official website will make its debut preceding The Mummy starring Tom Cruise along with title actress Sofia Boutella and actor Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll, and featuring a new musical theme by Academy Award® nominee Danny Elfman’s Danny Elfman. The new theme will also accomodate the DU’s remaining properties, including the February 14, 2019 release of Bride Of Frankenstein, written by David Koepp and for which actor Javier […]

Chris Morgan, Voltage To Produce Revenge Thriller Spec, THE PRODIGAL

Lee B. Golden III

Writer Chris Morgan seems to be having a great run this season with the current billion dollar success of his latest script entry into Universal’s Fast saga, The Fate Of The Furious. It certainly helped in nearly attaching him to the studio’s current development of a spin-off with two of the franchise’s co-stars and now we’re learning that Morgan is part of another venture with Voltage Pictures. The news at Deadline regards Luke Paradise’s speculative script for The Prodigal, an action title now moving forward with a story centered as a modern revenge tale about a soldier’s return home and his subsequent inquiry surrounding his brother’s mysterious death. Morgan will produce with development head Ainsley Davies at Chris Morgan Productions, next to Voltage’s Alissa Phillips and Nicolas Chartier producing and Jonathan Deckter executive producing. Morgan, who has been with the Fast saga since The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, […]

Universal On Deck For Hobbs/Shaw Spin-Off From FAST Franchise

Lee B. Golden III

Universal Pictures It was to be expected since its confirmation in late 2015, and now it looks as if things will officially take shape for the spin-off corner of Universal Pictures’s Fast And Furious saga. On Friday, new report from Deadline presented news on good terms that the studio is keen on efforts to manifest a spin-off that will join action movie stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in their own movie with a script by franchise scribe Chris Morgan. The news comes following the latest release of the eighth installment of the high speed action movie franchise, The Fate Of The Furious, and while I won’t divulge the specific twists and details that outline the prospects of this union, the film did greatly in invoking a buddy element that would bode well for both actors in their current positive chemistry. Ironically it also comes in the wake of other […]

THE A-TEAM Is Coming Back To TV

Lee B. Golden III

No matter how I look at it, it simply just doesn’t feel right that director Joe Carnahan’s 2010 reboot of the classic television series, The A-Team, never got its just dues for a sequel. Tonally, it felt right and had Liam Neeson leading the way with a great cast that embodied all the tropes of its predecessor. And it had Jessica Biel for the win. Nonetheless, another big screen take ain’t happening for a long time, if ever. That said, reading the news as of late will take you to any number of reports regarding films being adapted for television. It’s an interesting thing to observe, and that interest now extends itself to The A-Team with word from Deadline. Fast And Furious franchise writer and producer Chris Morgan is pairing with televsion director Tawnia McKiernan, daughter of the original show’s co-creator and late TV veteran Stephen J. Cannell, and writer […]

Conan Screenwriter: 'The New Film Will Be An Unforgiving, Primal Dance Of Death!'

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For those who’ve been praying to Crom for the lasy thirty years for another Conan film, it’s fair to say the fictional Hyborian deity has heard you! The franchise itself, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is based on the work of 1930’s pulp-fiction author Robert Howard, whose story finally lended itself a path through past a series of challenges up to its release of the first film in 1982. Writers Oliver Stone and director John Milius adapted the material to their script which begins its story with young Conan witnessing the brutal murder of his family and people at the hands of a snake cult leader and his army and growing into a mighty Cimmerian warrior with a thirst for vengeance! The film was a commercial success and grew its following from there with a sequel under director Richard Fleischer, and while its continued success led to the hopes of a third […]