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FAST 9 Adds #2 UFC Heavyweight, Francis ‘The Predator’ Ngannou

Francis “The Predator” Ngannou, the UFC’s #2 in the heavyweight division, is joining the ninth installment of the Fast And Furious saga according to Dino-Ray Ramos’ coverage at Deadline on Wednesday. Ngannou joins the ranks of previous MMA stars appearing in the longstanding Universal franchise like Gina Carano (Furious 6) and Ronda Rousey (Furious Seven). Details on Ngannou’s role are being kept under the hood for now along with any and all story details, save for what one might be able to derive from the current casting and summation of events from F. Gary Gray’s The Fate Of The Furious. Small recap: Gray’s film saw Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) on vacation in the Dominican Republic where renegade cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron) emerges. Cipher takes Dom’s entire life hostage, forcing him to turn on his own team as they chase him through the streets of New York and […]

HEROINE: Winston Duke To Wear Metal Armor And Beat Up Aryan Scum In Paramount Players Actioner

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Dan Casey (Secrets Of Fenville, The Death Of Michael Smith) is poised to make his next directorial move on action thriller, Heroine. Monday’s report at THR lists actor Winston Duke (Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War) will star in the film now currently set to shoot in the Spring. According to the report, Heroine foresees the story of a mother, a domestic abuse survivor who finds herself in danger when she witness an Aryan gang kidapping only after just moving into her new neighborhood. The aforementioned actor who memorably played M’Baku in the current MCU will tackle the role of her neighbor, a man who has crafted his own metal suit for the purpose of fighting crime and now has his sights set on the Aryans. Matt Kaplan (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) is producing the film at Ace Entertainment for Paramount Players. Casey is best known of late […]

KILL OR BE KILLED: ‘John Wick’ Team To Tackle Image Comics Adaptation

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Stunt veteran and second unit director-turned filmmaker Chad Stahelski has his plate full going into 2018. With John Wick: Chapter Three currently in pre-production and a reboot of sword-swinging immortal saga, Highlander, still cooking under the pen, Stahelski is reportedly attached to another project as of this week with word from The Hollywood Reporter on Ed Brubaker’s Sean Phillips-inked 2017 Image Comics publication, Kill Or Be Killed. The project tells of a depressed college student who attempts suicide. He survives due to unlikely events but is soon visited by a demon who explains that he was the one who spared the student’s life. But there’s a price to be paid: Going forward, the young man will be allowed to live one month for every person he kills. Stahelski is reteaming with John Wick franchise producer Basil Iwanyk who will produce Kill Or Be Killed with Erica Lee at Thunder Road along […]