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Military Drama SGT. WILL GARDNER Hails A January Release From Cinedigm

Cinedigm has acquired U.S. rights to Sgt. Will Gardner. Actor Max Martini (Redbelt, 13 Hours, Captain Phillips) takes on multiple facets this time starring, as well as directing from his own script. He produces as well with Michael Hagerty, under their Mona Vista Productions banner. Sgt. Will Gardner sees Martini in the title role, an Iraq War veteran who suffers from PTSD and the lingering effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), which he sustained years earlier when he and his platoon, led by his fellow soldier and best friend, Tops, came under attack. Enduring painful flashbacks to his harrowing combat days and humiliating setbacks in the present, Will sets out on a spirited motorcycle journey across America in hopes of reconciling with his young son and former wife. Along the way, he encounters other veterans and a young woman who will push him to confront some of his most […]

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THE WANDERING EARTH: Mankind Tries To Move A Planet In The Official Trailer

Aiming for bigger and better is still the pattern for China these days and director Frant Gwo is making his case with an adaptation of Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin’s short story, The Wandering Earth. A new teaser trailer is online delving aplenty into the post-apocalyptic veneer of Gwo’s sci-fi foray that also saw Weta Digital lending morsels of its own muscle to aid its production. Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior 1 & 2), Li Guangjie (Drug War) and Qu Jingjing (Birth Of The Dragon) stakes their claim in the cast with the heavy-handed sci-fi underway as a bold new program is implemented to find a new solar system for Earth after succumbing to deadly climate change, forcing mankind underground. An official release date hasn’t been set yet, though it’s safe to say this one probably won’t see the light of day until 2019, so sit tight and keep warm until […]

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FAST: Taylor Sheridan Taps Chris Pratt To Star

There are no setbacks for actor Chris Pratt who is now in discussions to star in Taylor Sheridan’s next venture according to Variety on Wednesday evening. Under the working title, Fast, the project centers on a special forces commando tapped by the DEA to lead a black-ops unit targeting drug dealers protected by the CIA. The move would be especially pivotal for Pratt following the fallout over the recently-shelved Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 3 in what would have been the actor’s fourth Star-Lord reprisal in Disney’s MCU. Sheridan work continues to be celebrated stemming from screenwriting duties on 2016 crime opus, Sicario, and his riveting must-see 2017 directorial feature, Wind River. Sheridan is set to direct the tentatively titled Fast from his own script with David Heyman producing.

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COLD PURSUIT: Liam Neeson Goes From Plowing Snow To Plowing Gangsters In The First Official Trailer

It’s easy to gripe with studios over remakes. It’s another to take your case to directors who’ve chosen explicitly to make such a move and while there are plenty in the past century to choose from, expect to see Hans Petter Molland’s name in the history books with Cold Pursuit from Lionsgate via Summit Entertainment. COLD PURSUIT, an action thriller infused with irreverent humor, stars Liam Neeson as Nels Coxman, a family man whose quiet life with his wife (Laura Dern) is upended following the mysterious death of their son. Nels’ search for justice turns into a vengeful hunt for Viking (Tom Bateman), a drug lord he believes is connected to the death. As one by one each of Viking’s associates “disappear,” Nels goes from upstanding citizen to ice-cold vigilante, letting nothing — and no one — get in his way. Formerly known as ‘Hard Powder’, Molland directs as he […]

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MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY Offsets Max Zhang’s One-Man Martial War In The Official Trailer

Yuen Woo-Ping’s new entry into martial arts cinema fan service with Master Z: Ip Man Legacy now has its first local release date slated for December 21. It also has a new official trailer to accomodate fans eager gague the next spun-off chapter of the Wing Chun saga that now sees Max Zhang reprising his role from Ip Man 3. The prospectively cast Michelle Yeoh also weighs in as the villain next to cohorts Dave Bautista and Zhang’s fellow SPL 2 co-hort, action star Tony Jaa among the cast line-up as our hero, having retired his fists, is forced to pick up the craft once more and face off with drug-pushing Triads. It’s also been a long minute since Well Go USA acquired this film among several titles starring Zhang so we’ll see if this stick going into the next few months. One certainly hopes!

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FURIE: A Question Of Strength Lingers In The Official Teaser For Veronica Ngo’s New Thriller

Actress Veronica Ngo has surged from singer, model and actress to a local phenomenon and source of inspiration. Films like The Rebel, Clash, CTHD: The Green Destiny, Bright and Star Wars: The Last Jedi certainly propel the boost now moving things a little further going into 2019 with Furie, launched in sales at Cannes back in May signaling another prospective turn in Vietnamese action for its February 22 release. Hailing from Studio 68 and international sales company Arclight Films, the first official teaser is out now to the credit of director Le Van Kiet who guides our heroine from the comforting trenches of her secluded village life back into the seedy criminal underworld with her daughter now in the throes of an organ trafficking ring. One of the biggest feats will certainly be the action courtesy of Kefi Abrikh who has been the center of attention a few times here […]

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Is Getting A Franchise Reboot At Disney

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve had my fill of Captain Jack Sparrow. As such, I’m open to what new stories lie ahead as Disney opens its doors to screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick for a Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise reboot. That’s the word now over at Deadline as Jerry Bruckheimer is also reportedly coming aboard to produce another swashbuckling tale with other potential new characters to center on. Pirates Of The Caribbean launched in 2003 as the first of five films that have seen Johnny Depp as its centerpiece opposite Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Chow Yun-Fat, Ian McShane, Javier Bardem and many more for its marquee legacy. Gore Verbinski directed the first three titles in the well-over $4.5 billion dollar-earning pirate adventure pentalogy preceding Rob Marshall, and directing pair Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. Reese and Wernick are the minds behind […]

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THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING Crowns Joe Cornish’s Athurian Adventure Tale With An Official Trailer

Wednesday’s official trailer launch for The Kid Who Would Be King comes as delightful memory jogger roughly a year-and-a-half since its announcement. The new Joe Cornish-directed family action adventure is poised for a 2019 release pitting Ashbourne Serkis front and center with Patrick Stewart and Mission: Impossible franchise darling Rebecca Ferguson. Old school magic meets the modern world in the epic adventure THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING. Alex (Ashbourne Serkis) thinks he’s just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical Sword in the Stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard Merlin (Stewart), take on the wicked enchantress Morgana (Ferguson). With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be. There’s a March 1 date ahead for its release from 20th Century Fox, though this being from the […]

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MISS BALA Fires Away With The First Official Trailer

Gerardo Naranjo’s 2011 crime drama, Miss Bala, was a ripped-from-the-headlines sensation that traversed with decor after its Cannes premiere that year. Whatever the appeal then was remake it was since left at the controls of Twilight helmer Catherine Hardwicke with TV star Gina Rodriguez front and center for the new incarnation now slated for February. Gloria (Gina Rodriguez) finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Hardwicke directs from a script by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, and with Ismael Cruz Córdova and Anthony Mackie starring.

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WUSHU ORPHAN: Kung Fu Gains And Growing Pains In The Official Trailer

Looking at the most recent trailer for Huang Huang’s martial arts youth drama, Wushu Orphan, certainly amps up the Painted Faces feels a bit. There’s plenty of core introspective and gritty drama next to some impressive physical performances to highlight the bustling setting of an isolated school where one student consistently tries to escape due to bullying. Such is the crux of our story from the aforementioned writer and director whose newest outing will make its case next Friday and Sunday for the Asian Future line-up at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival. Tickets are still up for grabs for hopeful attendees curious about the new youth drama which now bares a pending Asia release from Autumn Sun, as well as artwork to boot. Inland China in the late 90s. A new Chinese teacher is at first overwhelmed by the junior high school’s focus on martial arts. Upon getting used […]

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Zeze Takahisa’s THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE GUILLOTINE Screens At The Tokyo International Film Festival Next Month

Strayer’s Chronicle helmer Zeze Takahisa‘s latest period drama, The Chrysanthemum And The Guillotine, released in Japan over the summer and is now poised to screen at the Tokyo International Film Festival as of November 1. The film also screened at Busan and there are a few reviews I’ve spotted to its credit that lend some perspective about the film as the weeks move forward with any potential international release news pending. Zeze co-wrote the script which sets its tale in the murky aftermath of the 7.1 magnitude Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 that set off economic and social depression, and the rise of militarism. At the core of this setting lies a female troupe of dedicated sumo wrestlers whose paths cross with a band of anarchists and what ensues in between is a story of romance and love amidst an ideological battle for equality with both groups trying to achieve […]

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