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Some More Wu V. Jaa In The New Trailer For For SPL 2: A TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES

It’s clear that the biggest highlight of the upcoming release of director Soi Cheang‘s SPL 2: A Time For Consequences will be the cinematic match up between action stars Wu Jing and Tony Jaa. Much to our favor though, we now get to sample just a little bit more of the two going head-to-head in a brand new trailer following the first trailer last month; both take on similar tones, but this one has plenty of new footage between the action and drama that set it all up for the brutal finale to ensue. Plus, seeing Wu in a role completely opposite of what he played in the first film in 2005 opposite Donnie Yen will be a sure treat as well. SYNOPSIS: After busting a local gangster Hong in an undercover operation, hard-boiled cop Kit is captured by Hong’s men and wakes up in jail in Thailand facing a […]

JARHEAD: THE SIEGE Wraps With New Set Pic And Details

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Scott Adkins in upcoming film, CLOSE RANGE (Studio: Company B) Action star Scott Adkins is having quite the bustling year having made number one in China opposite action star and debut director Wu Jing in Wolf Warrior upon nabbing several roles with other expected appearances to come. One such role includes director Willam Kaufman‘s upcoming military actioner, Jarhead: The Siege, and we now have official information on the what cast and story will entail unveiled a few days ago via Scott Adkins‘s official website. Read on: A routine assignment explodes into an international crisis in Jarhead 3: The Siege, the newest chapter of the revelatory military franchise from Universal 1440 Entertainment. A timely story about a U.S. Embassy under attack and the important role of Marines in keeping U.S. citizens safe abroad, the film offers a gritty and unsettling foray into the real lives of today’s volunteer warriors and wrapped […]

FURIOUS 8 Gets A Release Date. You Read That Correctly.

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With events at this year’s CinemaCon underway, it’s been announced that Universal Pictures has officially planted a flag for Furious 8 on April 14, 2017. The recent seventh installment, Furious Seven, became a billion-dollar box office smash hit with domestic and global acclaim, continuing the fifteen-year long saga built on speed, in addition to a diverse cast and a sprawling narrative built on cars, thrilling action, and the biggest most thematically prevalent element within the film series, family. The eighth installment will no doubt continue its story without one of its leads, late actor Paul Walker whose primary character, Brian O’Connor, was given a final send-off in Furious Seven under director James Wan, completed with real footage with Walker and footage rendered with his image through digital hybrid performances with the help of doubles, including brothers Caleb and Cody Walker. Previous reports have speculated as to whether or not Justin […]

OPINION: Too Many Robins Spoil The Soup

What do Warner Bros., Sony, Disney, and Lionsgate have in common nowadays? Robin Hood on the brain. Do we really want to hop on this bandwagon again? It seems to me that the British character has been done to death so many times that it’s been seeped into parody like the 1993 Mel Brooks version, Men In Tights. Or perhaps on television you remember When Things Were Rotten (1975). That one had Dick Gautier and Misty Rowe as Robin and Marion. But let’s not go to Robin & Marion (1976) where Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn are our main characters. That was a drama but it looked like a parody in my eyes. Another TV version was The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) which had comedic actor George Segal, Morgan Fairchild, and the late Roddy McDowall as Robin, Marian, and King John, respectively. This one, I must say, I enjoyed. If […]

STAR WARS: REBEL ONE To Possibly Add Sam Clafin And Riz Ahmed

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Star Wars fandom continues to take full effect even after the events in Anaheim, especially while there’s plenty of time between now and this December’s eventful release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That film is expected to begin a new canon beyond the previous six films with several memorable character to join the fresh faces of the galaxy, but equally as important, other faces will be attached to this new universe as well. Specifically speaking, it will be Godzilla helmer Gareth Edwards‘s film, Star Wars: Rebel One that will first bridge the gap between episodes three and four as the first of several anthology films to come, from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta with a script by Chris Weitz. Actress Felicity Jones and actor Ben Mendelsohn are set to star in the film which will forsee a tales of resistance fighters plot a mission to steal […]

Intergalactic Pandemonium In The New Trailer For Sci-Fi Space Epic, INFINI

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Aussie director Shane Abbess was sure to find his way to better prospects in Hollywood following his directorial debut in the 2007 winning Andy Whitfield starrer, Gabriel. Of course, that was before he decided that much of the progress he’d hoped for in Hollywood wasn’t going to come anytime soon due to market saturation and the unpopularity of original content and evidently moved back to Australia where he eventually found himself in greener pastures for his latest contribution to the sci-fi action genre, Infini, which surely looks to give longtime sci-fi fans something to celebrate. SYNOPSIS: An elite ‘search and rescue’ team transport onto an off-world mining-facility to rescue Whit Carmichael, the lone survivor of a biological outbreak. A teaser went viral last year and now we have a full trailer for the film’s upcoming May 8 limited release from Vertical Entertainment. Daniel MacPherson and Grace Huang are joined by […]

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WB, DC & Mattel To Deliver DC SUPER HERO GIRLS This Fall!

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It took awhile for Warner Bros. to get on board with a Wonder Woman movie long after several failed attempts to rebrand the popular female-centric property on television reprising. And rest assured, even that effort a snag recently before recovering with a new director. All in all, it’s understandable that one can be led to wonder if the studio cared at all about lending a female the spotlight in today’s movie and television fandom. Thankfully, the studio is making up for it; Other networks have some properties on the way, but Warner Bros. is going all-in with a number of digital products for the female-centric DC Super Hero Girls with toy company, Mattel. The studio’s press release from Wednesday has more details and specs about what fans of comic book lore can expect below. Kudos WB! Beginning in Fall 2015, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Consumer Products and […]

Wagner Moura Adds To Fuqua's THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

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For all the bruhaha from some critics over director Neill Blomkamp’s 2013 sci-fi epic, Elysium, at best, it was a film I ultimately enjoyed. It especially landed actor Wagner Moura on my radar while I haven’t yet seen his previous films, Elite Squad and Elite Squad 2 – they’re on my watchlist, so all things in good time. Meanwhile, Moura‘s screen presence is defintely something I look forward to, particularly with director Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming remake, The Magnificent Seven. The film itself is one that’s come up on occasion in the last few years, interestingly enough with the previously-mentioned and hopeful involvement of Martin Scorsese and action duo Donnie Yen and Yuen Woo-Ping for a remake of Seven Samurai, the 1954 Kurosawa Akira classic on which helmer John Sturges’s 1960 western in question was based. For now though, it’s Sturges’s movie in the headlines and Training Day trio, stars Denzel […]

My Two Cents: SPECIAL ID (2013)

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Director Teddy Chen’s Kung Fu Killer is getting a limited theatrical and digital release here in the U.S. starting this Friday. In light of this, I decided to rent action star Donnie Yen‘s 2013 cop thriller, Special ID, one in a thematic trilogy of stylish MMA-formated Hong Kong action movies following the hits he’s had with director Wilson Yip on S.P.L. in 2005, and Flash Point several years later. Yen‘s role is one that transcends between actors on all three films in line with the familiar plot centric on an undercover cop in danger of being found out by the very criminal outfit he is investigating with every minute he gets closer to ending it. Here, Yen‘s iteration of said character, Chen Zilong, has been under for so long that even his own standing among his police force is dwindling whilst he adheres to his status as ‘big brother’ in […]

Besson And Hoene Head For WARRIOR'S GATE Next Month!

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Within the last few years following Luc Besson’s co-production partnering of EuropaCorp with Shanghai-based Fundemental Films for a slate of English-language films, its package also included a fantasy martial arts film titled Warrior’s Gate. Scant info has been granted for the latter, but thankfully things are about to change as production finally begins next month in lieu of current events at this year’s Beijing International Film Festival. THR reports that helmer Matthias Hoene is directing this, his second feature since winning acclaim with the 2012 action horror romp, Cockneys Vs Zombies. Rising star Uriah Shelton, Flowers Of War actress Ni Ni and Taiwanese-Canadian actor Mark Chao (Black And White 1 & 2) are joining the $48 million dollar French-Chinese co-production with a script by Besson and Robert Mark Karmen which centers on teenager who gets magically transported to China where he ultimately trains in kung fu in order to save […]

Season Two Of Marvel's DAREDEVIL Is Coming To Netflix!

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I admit, Marvel’s Daredevil is a show that I definitely have to catch up on, especially with A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist on the way. This show’s getting a second season as per the latest announcent with Charlie Cox back to reprise his role as the title hero, no less. I might have an awesome weekend on my hands coming. Deets below! Marvel and Netflix are proud to announce that “Marvel’s Daredevil” will receive a second season, available only on the streaming service in 2016! With the first season of “Marvel’s Daredevil” proving a smash success with both audiences and critics, Netflix and Marvel will continue to create further adventures of the Man Without Fear! Doug Petrie (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “American Horror Story”) and Marco Ramirez (“Sons of Anarchy”), who worked closely with Executive Producers Steven S. DeKnight and Drew Goddard during the first season, will […]

Watch The Latest Trailer For MMA Fight Drama, STREET

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The mixed-martial arts genre saw its theatrical prominence close to a decade ago with any number of films hitting mainstream and independent audience with much fervor. Since then, it’s become pretty clear that the genre still remains in demand for its niche and director and producer Bradford May is answering that call with his latest MMA drama from Skinfly Entertainment, Street. SYNOPSIS: Remo Street is a 23-year-old former wrestling champion spends his days job searching and with great ingenuity forces himself to train at night whenever and however he can. It seems his life long dream of becoming a professional fighter just might elude him until one fateful night when destiny takes him an entirely new direction. While finishing one evening from a days job hunt this young man is forced to fight for his life when a chance encounter with a beautiful woman puts him in the corner of […]

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Valiant, Sony Rev Up HARBINGER WARS With Stahelski, Leitch To Direct And More!

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Independent comic book platform Valiant Comics struck big with a nine-figure deal a month and a half ago when it partnered with Chinese investment firm, DMG Entertainment to help pitch its numerous comic book properties with a lean toward film production. What’s as important as this, though, is how the source material gets tackled, which means who will be the team behind the forthcoming productions of such titles as Bloodshot and Harbinger. Well, for starters, at least two people so far, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, who have made their way in the ranks as stunt professionals and second unit directors through their directorial debut, John Wick, late last year are now up to helm the former with producers Fast And Furious franchise Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe producing, while the latter seeks a director. These morsel are included in a flurry of other exciting new details announcing Valiant’s official […]

Cam's Eye Review: DRACULA UNTOLD (2014)

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SYNOPSIS: In 15th-century Transylvania, Vlad III (Luke Evans), prince of Wallachia, is known as a just ruler. With his beloved wife, Mirena (Sarah Gadon), Vlad has brokered a prolonged period of peace and ensured that his people are protected, especially from the Ottoman Empire. However, when Sultan Mehmed II (Dominic Cooper) demands 1,000 of the country’s boys, including Vlad’s son, for his army, Vlad makes a deal with a monster that will enable him to defeat the Turks — but cost him his humanity. REVIEW: Better Left Untold. “Bats don’t come out during the day. Something’s disturbed them,” Prince Vlad Tepes muses out loud to two of his best fighting men outside a cave they investigate. He discovers an ancient monster instead as he becomes the lone survivor of a vampire attack. Luke Evans (The Hobbit) plays the doomed creature in this new retelling of his death/birth into our classic […]

THE HIT LIST – April 20, 2015

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The past week has been a bit crazy for me, although I wasn’t going to let it stop me from putting together this week’s new Hit List article. Indeed it’s shorter than usual as I’m sure I missed some gems that may be floating around out there, but there’s always time to share those as well, at best. Alas, we get to see some new reels featuring amazing stunt feats by Sarah Belala, Niki Whalen, Samantha J. MacDonald, Kendall Wells, Isaac Bernauer, Dennis Ruel and Tyler Williams! And now we get fighting! To kick things off though, the first short comes from independent filmmaking troupe, The Collective with Jeff Lunzaga at the helm. Hetja 2 is the name following last year’s Hetja, and I tried to share it in last week’s Hit List article when it was taken down for further edits before being uploaded again. And so I’m reintroducing it this week, […]

[UPDATED] A Soldier's Homecoming Invites A New War In The New Military Drama Short, ABYSS OF BEING

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UPDATE (8/4/15): The short is currently circulating festivals, so the embed has since been removed and no viewing will be available until the festival run is done. Cerebrus Entertainment’s own, actor Cloud Mykals has a new military drama shortfilm now circulating the web, and it’s not at all hard to see why this one deserves some attention. Abyss Of Being, also written by Mykals, scribe Steve Dawson and co-star Byron James centers on Mykals in the role of Tex, a solider home from Iraq whose exposure to the trauma of war triggers PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), ultimately affecting everyday life for himself and with wife, Sara, played by Arron Fenton. Cameron Mark Lewis makes his directorial debut here alongside Mykals and James, and suffice it to say they’ve definitely got the formula down for presenting pure drama and poignance, further peppered with a sharp, visceral look into a number of issues […]

The New Trailer For JURASSIC WORLD Shows You Its Teeth!

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Dinosaur movie auteur Steven Spielberg left a stark legacy in the world of creature features when he directed the 1993 blockbuster hit, Jurassic Park. The film branched out to massive franchise popularity with books, theme park attractions and more with at least two sequels through 2001 which underperformed the first film but still did excellently for themselves, and now Spielberg, wearing his executive producer hat this time around, has helped bring his latest prehistoric revival with the fourth film, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow is at the helm with action star Chris Pratt whose post-Guardians Of The Galaxy careers has seen a huge uptick since last summer, which is probably an understatement considering the titles he’s lined up for by now. Here, Pratt gets down to the nitty gritty with the beasts as he bridges the gap as the world’s only hope against the park’s most dangerous creation to date – […]

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Kinyumba Mutakabbir Has Sheena Chou's Back In A New Clip From Upcoming 'Minifeature', BLACK SALT

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Currently underway with additional crowdfunding efforts is Blood And Bone helmer Bem Ramsey‘s latest directorial effort, Black Salt. Currently in short form, the project launched in late 2013 through initial crowdfunding which became a success before filming and completion, and there are already MANY awesome pictures from the production to share. Not to be underdone by itself though, funding still continues through the hopes of stretch goals as Ramsey and the rest of the production can market the shortfilm as a potential live-action feature, which has plenty to offer judging by the original comic book source material: SYNOPSIS: With only four days left the clock ticks down towards a new world holocaust. The only thing standing in its path is Interpol’s deadliest black-ops agent, Samuel Tharpe (Kinyumba Mutakabbir). Sam hunts down the path of a game-changing weapon of mass destruction called the Exterminatus. He follows hot on its trail deep […]

'Bullets' Trilogy Star/Director Jiang Wen To Helm Wuxia Finale, THE HIDDEN WARRIOR

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Wuxia will be setting the stage once more for another actioner for actor and director Jiang Wen who recently celebrated his twenty-year career in filmmaking announcing his new film, The Hidden Warrior. The film will cap off its 1920’s-set quasi-trilogy beset by the box-office success of its predecessors, Let The Bullets Fly (2010) and Gone With The Bullets (2014), the first which became China’s highest grossing film at the time and spawned numerous awards and nominations. Jiang himself starred in, as well as helped pen both films so far – the first in which he played a bandit leader who moonlights as the governor of Goose Town opposite a local mobster played by Chow Yun-Fat, before paying a 1920’s showman headlining a beauty pageant in Shanghai amid one contestant’s pursuit for the crown. As reported by Film Business Asia, the new film, however, will be based on a wuxia novel […]

'Doom' Arrives In The New Trailer For FANTASTIC FOUR

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It’s been a big, fan-heavy week between all things Star Wars and DC, so it was probably a better idea for Twentieth Century Fox to wait until Sunday to release a fresh new trailer for the upcoming Marvel franchise reboot, Fantastic Four. An alternative take on its two-film predecessor by director Tim Story, Josh Trank is at the helm for this one, and with a few teasers and stills having already granted fans a small look and despite some earlier criticisms, the reaction to this one is a lot better than expected. Of course, a merge with other franchise feels unlikely at this point unless we hear different soon enough, so this feels pretty good for now, as it certainly shows Trank’s ability to take a pre-existing property like this to the next level. SYNOPSIS: FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four […]