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THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS: Family Falls Apart In The First Official Trailer

Ask anyone up until now if you thought the ever-loyal Toretto family wasn’t going to have its share of trials and tribulations, and they’d probably tell you you were up your own ass for even asking that. Well, leave it to A Man Apart and Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray and his band of miscreants at Universal Pictures to turn things upside down for those naysayers who have been in for a huge surprise during the trailer launch on Sunday night for the new film, The Fate Of The Furious which now puts the famed love story between Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) in sheer jeopardy, leaving a lot of people asking a series of WTFs online and such. It’s great dialogue for Universal though as I expect it may be, further driven by whatever past updates from the film’s other major star, Dwayne Johnson, may […]

Universal Announces THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS As The Official Title Of Upcoming Fast Saga Installment

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Plotting the continuing course that lies ahead of the “open road” for The Fast And The Furious franchise hasn’t been an easy feat to achieve in the last few years. Thankfully we’ve seen Universal Pictures deliver on this tenfold in 2015 having endured the trauma of real life tragedy a few years earlier and the production challenges that ensued thereafter for its seventh installation, Furious Seven. And so it begins once again – the journey to explore what remains of a story to tell centered on our group of gearheads, racers, hackers and special ops agents as they continue to take on the residual swarm of villains stemming from Furious 6 joining the likes of Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Michelle Rodriguez and Elsa Pataky once again with Jason Statham, Nathalie Emmanuel and Kurt Russell along with Scott Eastwood and actresses Charlize Theron and Dame Helen […]

The Rock Sends His Regards From Prison With The FAST 8 Stunt Team

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Forgetting any of the other infractions being discussed in other headlines, what the production of F. Gary Gray’s Fast 8 is about this week is the sick action that awaits when the film opens next year in April. In that respect, leave it to co-star and producer Dwayne Johnson who has been on the warpath promoting the film with various bits and pieces of video from the set, including updates on what’s expected to be the prison fight scene of all prison fight scenes. For this, we get the latest ceremonial Instagram post courtesy of Johnson, accompanied by the team led by stunt and fight coordinator J.J. Perry – best known for his work on Undisputed: Last Man Standing, The Tournament, Warrior, The Expendables 3 and Chad Stahelski’s upcoming action sequel, John Wick: Chapter Two. Might I add, I had the humbling opportunity of chatting with Perry late last year […]

Dwayne Johnson Boards Jay Longino's SON OF SHAOLIN As Producer For Sony

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Well, he’s set to play Black Adam in Shazam, he’s set to play Doc Savage, he’s set to tackle monsters, ancient underground wizards, earthquakes, footballers, sun and sand in several other properties, and he’s even taking on digital media as we speak. Thus, it begs wondering just when exactly Dwayne Johnson will give himself a break, and apparently, like the proper bankable action hero he is, he’s far from done. As we speak, Johnson is set to produce and possibly appear in an adaptation of the forthcoming graphic novel publication, Son Of Shaolin. Deadline reports that Sony Pictures acquired the rights to the feature pitch inspired by the novel written by Jay Longino. Plot details are nil at the moment but the report maintains the film will host a modern day Kung Fu story that mingles Shaolin mythology with contemporary issues faced by teens today. Johnson and the lot at […]

The Rock Will Tackle DOC SAVAGE For Sony

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I’m pretty glad that The Nice Guys helmer Shane Black’s idea of killing off Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon 2 never came to fruition. Those are just my two cents on the matter while nowadays fans are looking forward to what he has coming up for his take on Predator for Fox, needless to say, and so am I. In the meantime, the word now is that Black’s 2013 involvement in the development of an adaptation of the 1933 Street & Smith pulp magazine publication, Doc Savage now has Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson set to star. Johnson himself took to social media to let the fans know what was up in the following post: It’s OFFICIAL: For all comic book fans you already know the world’s first superhero (pre-dating Superman) is the “Man of Bronze” himself Clark “Doc” Savage. Want to thank my bud director/writer Shane Black and his writing […]

The Rock Gets A New Look In Latest FAST 8 Photo

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If there’s one thing that the Fast And Furious franchise has achieved in its 15-year history, it is its ability to take a seemingly rigid character or philosophy, embrace it and mold it into an evolution of itself that works in the most interesting of ways. That especially seems to be an underlying theme when it comes to the lawmakers and lawbreakers, namely actor Paul Walker at the time in the role of undercover officer Brian O’Connor on a mission to bring lead actor Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto to justice. The film ultimately became the first building blocks toward what would become an arc bigger than what one film could achieve and after 2 Fast 2 Furious and The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, the helmer of the latter, Justin Lin, oversaw this theme brilliantly for the next three films, including the 2011 movie, Fast Five where Dwayne “The […]

The Rock Will Be At The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time In China-Set Action Thriller, SKYSCRAPER

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Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is keeping himself busier and busier as the days go by. He’s currently onto his reprisal for Fast 8 after wrapping the newly adapted feature iteration of the hit TV show, Baywatch, and he’s got a batch of titles with his name attached, including a remake of Big Trouble In Little China, and the recently-announcent forward movement of a cinematic universe to build from his upcoming role in The Janson Directive. There’s more in store, but if you think he’s stopping anytime soon, you may want to guess again following developments on Wednesday evening with a mystery action script nearing the end of a bidding war between several studios. On Thursday evening, the news finally broke that the script in question, Skyscraper, which would star Johnson, was acquired by Legendary Pictures to the tune of $3 million dollars. The film’s plot hasn’t been publicly addressed […]

Universal's THE JANSON DIRECTIVE Will Kick Off A Robert Ludlum-based Cinematic Universe

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Director Paul Greengrass’s Jason Bourne is not too far off from its theatrical release on July 29, which could be all the more better timing with news now officially being made clear on Universal Pictures’s newest efforts toward another movieverse. The one question will encompass that of the millieu established in late author Robert Ludlum’s posthumously published 2002 novel, The Janson Directive, which took off with headlines in the summer of 2014 before being confirmed the following Fall with actor Dwayne Johnson and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman attached. This week, the studio is putting its hunger on full display for more than just a franchise according to THR’s Heat Vision Blog which writes that Johnson’s The Janson Directive will be first of Universal’s Ludlum movieverse out of the woodworks. Goldsman will be joined by screenwriter James Vanderbilt and his partners at Mythology Entertainment to get a script going for an interweaving […]

The Rock's Seven Bucks Digital Studios Makes Its Way To YouTube

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Don’t even try and stop or slow downbactor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. If the last fifteen to twenty years haven’t proven anything else, they have proven that the former wrestler-turned-actor, action movie star, producer and media magnate is only growing beyond his current feature film prospects. Alas, with shows like Ballers and films like the game adaptation, Rampage, a sequel to earthquake thriller San Andreas, as well as Fast 8 and other forthcoming titles aciton comedy Central Intelligence, Baywatch, Big Trouble In Little China and The Janson Directive aren’t enough, Johnson is now turning heads with a move to YouTube for the launch of Seven Bucks Digital Studios. Check out the announcement below! NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Seven Bucks Productions, co-founded by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, today announced the launch of a new YouTube Channel, Seven Bucks Digital Studios, to their ever-expanding media footprint. The multi-platform production company has partnered with Studio71, […]

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Tests Kevin Hart's Limits In The New Trailer

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Actor Dwayne Johnson has come a pretty long way since his heyday in wrestling and with a bolstering career that has propelled him to bonafide action stardom, which is fitting even while doling out major laughs in the process. In an effort with the latter, teaming up with actor and comedian Kevin Hart who gave moviegoers two hit comedies in a row with Ride Along and its sequel, serves chuckles aplenty with the current campaign now running for Rawson Marshall Thurber’s Central Intelligence. June 17 is the date to catch the pair with Johnson in the role of a once bullied fat kid in high school whose commitment to change made him a muscle bound and deadly top tier agent for CIA, and ultimately on a top-secret mission and in need of serious help from the man who was once the coolest kid in the halls, played by by Hart. […]

Dwayne Johnson Announces Details On RAMPAGE

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Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is getting ready to hunt down some monsters this summer following word of his attachment to star in an upcoming live-action adaptation of the hit 1986 Midway video game, Rampage. The actor just announced the core team in an Instagram post which you can read below along with other plans he will be making in accordance with the film: EXCLUSIVE: Cool news we just hired Carlton Cuse & Ryan Condal (creators of COLONY) to write our big screen adaptation of RAMPAGE for New Line. Carlton also wrote SAN ANDREAS for us, so he excels at writing big scale with family and heart as the anchor. We have a shot to raise the bar and make something cool with this one as the basic storyline is three mutated gigantic monsters (Silverback, Alligator and Wolf) destroy major cities and landmarks across the US. This summer I’ll spend […]

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SAN ANDREAS Star And Director Reunite For RAMPAGE Next Year!

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Deadline is bringing word that star of the upcoming action comedy, Central Intelligence, actor Dwayne Johnson will be sustaining his action star-status in the forthcoming production of the live-action game adaptation, Rampage, reteaming once again with director Brad Peyton. The two previously worked on Johnson‘s latest role in Peyton‘s new disaster flick, San Andreas, which grossed up to $460 million dollars in theaters, so it appears this latest update is one that clearly makes sense. Johnson was initially reported as the first addition to the film back in June with Non-Stop scribe Ryan Engle on scripting duties. Nil is currently known about the plot in the public eye, although the gist of it will largely follow Johnson by way of the classic 1986 Midway game as he takes on three giant monsters – a gorilla, a lizard and a werewolf – rampaging the city. Hence, the title, obviously, or however […]

Live Action Game Adap, RAMPAGE, Casts Dwayne Johnson!

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Hmk… it hasn’t exactly been very long since actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made headlines with the upcoming remake of Big Trouble In Little China, on top of the latest series premiere of the HBO original series, Ballers. Point in fact, he’s also just off of a hugely successful run having starred in director Brad Peyton’s disaster flick, San Andreas lending further credence to his starpower, so it’s no wonder that Johnson is still one of the most sought after actors today. Well, leave it to the various trade sources on Tuesday, including Deadline now circulating the news of Johnson‘s latest attachment to the forthcoming adaptation of the classic 1986 Midway game, Rampage. New Line Cinema is backing the film with producer Beau Flynn and a script by Non-Stop scribe Ryan Engle which sees Johnson taking on three monsters who ramble and pillage major cities – a gorilla, a lizard […]

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA Gets A Remake With Dwayne Johnson In Talks To Star

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Dwayne Johnson in WALKING TALL (2004) – MGM Well, as if coming off of a successful first weekend at the box-office with the release of the new earthquake epic, San Andreas, Dwayne Johnson is making another move to star in a remake of the 1986 cult classic, Big Trouble In Little China. The news should be a treat to first-generation fans long drawn toward ire against the idea of any remake, particularly with regard to actor Kurt Russell who starred in the original whilst other plans are currently underway to remake another Russell-classic, Escape From New York. The Wrap confirmed the news (following a span of uninformed rumors pertaining to sequel following a sequel released in comic book form last year) in writing that Johnson and his team consisting of producing partners Dany and Hiram Garcia pitched the idea to Twentieth Century Fox with X-Men: First Class scribes Ashley Miller […]

Dwayne Johnson And Kevin Hart Begin Filming CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE For Warner Bros.

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Following last year’s report, actors Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart are back in the headlines for Rawson Marshall Thurber‘s new movie, Central Intelligence. Both actors are huge favorites with a pending workload between now and next year with Johnson still on deck for disaster flick, San Andreas later this month and Hart‘s pending sequel romp, Ride Along 2. On that note, it’ll be fun to watch these two take on each other in a setting perfect enough for some action and laughs to take place. Filming officially started this week in Boston, Massachusetts, so hopefully we’ll see some cool set pics along the way. Cue the specifics below! BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Production has begun in Boston on the action comedy “Central Intelligence,” for New Line Cinema and Universal Pictures. The film, starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, will be directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, director of the hit comedies […]

HERCULES Gets A Full Cast

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Pro-wrestler. Scorpion King. Bounty hunter. Tooth fairy. Mutant supersoldier. Transformer. Cop. Football coach. Town sheriff. G.I. Joe. Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been a busy man throughout his career, illuminating his enduring versatility as the actor of choice who can sell a movie for the studio lucky enough to work with him. Well, now its time for MGM to have its turn with Paramount Pictures, as Live For Films has rounded up the latest reporting that Johnson will appear in the August 1, 2014 release of co-producer and director Brett Ratner’s HERCULES, produced by Beau Flynn, Barry Levine with Peter Berg, Sarah Aubrey and Jesse Berger serving as executive producers. Johnson will also be joined by an ensemble cast of actors that will include Rufus Sewell, Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes, Rebecca Ferguson, Askel Hennie and John Hurt. The film will be based on a screenplay by Ryan Condal and […]

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New International Teaser For G.I. JOE: RETALIATION

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Poster source:Screenrant The new international trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation has been released. Like the previous trailers we have seen, including the French international teaser, the footage is mostly more of the same, but is edited with Korean subtitles. What is interesting to me so far is the distinct possibility that Storm Shadow, played by Byung-hun Lee could be siding with the heroes this time around, after his last appearance in the first film. Other than that, I am open to seeing how the film plays out when it hits theaters on its new release date, March 29, 2013, since the pushback of post-production to include 3D conversion, among other reasons. Synopsis via GIJoeMovie.com:: A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: RISE OF COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with HASBRO, commenced the di Bonaventura production of G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. […]