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AFM 2017: Bareknuckle Brawl Pic DONNYBROOK Starts Filming As Sierra/Affinity Readies Sales

Following news from two weeks earlier, Sierra/Affinity will be handling international sales at the American Film Market this month for writer and director Tim Sutton’s new bareknuckle fight thriller, Donnybrook. Hailing from Rumble Films and Backup Media, cameras have begun rolling in Cincinnati for the film now being planned for a 2018 release with Frank Grillo (Beyond Skyline), Margaret Qualley (Death Note), James Badge Dale (Spectral), and Jamie Bell (6 Days) headlining the cast. Adapted from Frank Bill’s 2013 noir novel of the same name, DONNYBROOK is a wild, backwoods version of FIGHT CLUB meets NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, a man hard up for cash and determined to support his family competes in the Donnybrook, a legendary, bare-knuckle brawl where a $100,000 prize goes to the last man standing. Tim Sutton’s previous writing/directing credits include the critically acclaimed Memphis (2013) and Dark Knight (2016), which premiered last year at […]

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Review: WHEELMAN Takes You For A Thrilling High-Speed Crime Noir

The inaugural production of WarParty-produced thriller, Wheelman, continues the proliferation of actor Frank Grillo in a string of varying action roles – some more physical than others like his most recent international summer hit, Wolf Warrior 2 with star and director Wu Jing or that of upcoming sci-fi, Beyond Skyline. This one, hailing from writer and director Jeremy Rush, doesn’t trade as many blows or bullets but still bodes as an exciting thrill ride from start to finish. The film keeps you in the driver’s seat as we meet our titular driver (Grillo), an ex-con who finds himself way in over his head whilst committing to what was supposed to be an in-and-out job for two bank robbers. With a bag of hot money in his trunk, a high-speed cat and mouse game of phone tag on wheels ensues when he learns he’s been double-crossed, forcing him to deal with […]

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DONNYBROOK: Grillo And Bell Knuckle Up Next Week For The New Bare Knuckle Fight Flick

With Wheelman pulling up around the corner and production underway for Allan Ungar’s Decoy, there’ll be no shortage of Beyond Skyline star Frank Grillo from here on as developments accrue with Tim Sutton’s gritty new indie fight thriller, Donnybrook. The film shoots in Cincinatti, Ohio on October 23 with Grillo leading a cast that so far lists Jamie Bell (6 Days), Margaret Qualley (Death Note) and James Badge Dale with a script by Sutton, and Rumble Films’s David Lancaster producing with financing by BackUp Films. As The Hollywood Reporter’s exclusive update on Tuesday details it, the premise is described as a hybrid cross between Fight Club and True Romance with a story centered on the titular underground bareknuckle fight circuit known as Donnybrook, competing for the top prize of $100,000. Its two journeying contestants are Chainsaw Angus (Grillo), a murderous drug dealer with serious anger issues, and Jarhead Earl (Bell), […]

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BEYOND SKYLINE Lands A December Release And A U.S. Trailer!

There’s nothing new about the latest trailer for Liam O’Donnell’s new sci-fi action adventure, Beyond Skyline. What has changed, thusfar, is the addition of a theatrical release date now set for December 15 from Vertical Entertainment, so if you live in the states and you’re pining for some cult action and fantasy fandom with Frank Grillo and Iko Uwais in the spotlight, best check your local listings. Taking its cues from INDEPENDENCE DAY, ALIENS and DIE HARD, the film is a fantastic crowd-pleasing fusion of epic sci-fi, alien horror and hardcore action.  When his son gets abducted by a terrifying alien mothership that’s covered the Los Angeles skyline, a tough-as-nails cop (THE PURGE’s Frank Grillo) embarks on a relentless journey to rescue him and defeat the vicious extraterrestrial invaders. Joining him in the fight are the stars of THE RAID Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian, who also acted as fight […]

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WHEELMAN: Frank Grillo Goes Full Throttle In The Newest Trailer

Just two weeks out from its Netflix premiere, Jeremy Rush’s Wheelman has a brand new trailer now online. The film is poised for an October 20 release with actor Frank Grillo front and center who has been keeping busy with this as one of several films he’ll be appearing in within the coming months. The wheelman is Grillo – a getaway driver thrust into a high stakes race-to-survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong. With a car full of money and his family on the line, the clock is ticking to figure out who double-crossed him, and the only person he can trust… his fourteen-year-old daughter. All reasons to think fast, and drive faster. Check out the trailer!

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BEYOND SKYLINE: Liam O’Donnell’s Sci-Fi Action Sequel Scores Multi-Platform U.K. Releases This Winter

Signature Entertainment has dibs for the upcoming U.K. release of Liam O’Donnell’s long-awaited sci-fi sequel, Beyond Skyline. A Digital HD release is in tow for December 15 followed by Blu-Ray and DVD on January 8, 2018 while the best and earliest place UK fans can screen the film will be at the Horror Channel Fright Fest on October 28, provided that tickets are still available! In the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2010 breakout blockbuster hit SKYLINE, tough-as-nails detective Mark (THE PURGE star Frank Grillo) embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his embittered rebellious son Trent (INSURGENT/ALLEGIANT star Johnny Weston) from a nightmarish alien warship as the extraterrestrial menace continues its human harvest. Set concurrently with the original sci-fi shocker, with Mark and Trent trapped on a subway train as the intergalactic invasion begins, THE RAID franchise martial arts star Iko Uwais joins the thrilling turbo-charged action adventure as a […]

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Action Thriller DECOY Casts Grillo, Posey, Garcia To Star

Save for the short-lived run of MMA series drama, Kingdom, actor Frank Grillo is establishing himself very well this year. He already has several titles completed and in development and as of Thursday, you can add action thriller, Decoy, to the list ahead of its expected presence at TIFF for buyers courtesy of 13 Films. Grillo will headline from a script by David Benullo that has lead actor Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf series) starring as an identity thief whose latest heist finds him on the run from the NSA. As THR writes, Grillo is starring as the task force leader on the hunt for Posey’s character with Andy Garcia (Max Steel) starring as the CEO of a private defense contractor who holds the cards over Posey’s role. Tapped Out and Gridlocked helmer Allan Ungar is directing the film with Gunn Films’s Andrew Gunn (Sky High) and Cedarvale Pictures’s Michael Bien […]

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East L.A. Crime Drama, EL CHICANO, Taps Ben Bray To Direct, WarParty To Produce

Nearing forty five years as a stunt professional with several televsion and shortfilm directing credits in his wake, filmmaker and stunt coordinator Ben Bray is now setting the stage for his feature directing debut, El Chicano. The film marks Bray’s latest partnership with producer Joe Carnahan whose WarParty banner just secured its WarChest Fund with help from a Calgary-based investment group in Alberta, Canada for four-to-five films budgeting under $20 million dollars. via Variety: The new pic tells the story of two fraternal twin brothers, Pedro and Diego Hernandez, both raised in the toughest barrio of East L.A. Pedro is 10 years old, and a Vato Loco in the making, while his brother Diego follows his brother’s stylistic lead and influence but is, at the same time, his diametric opposite in both bearing and character: Pedro is the dark to Diego’s light, but as young chavalitos on the mean streets […]

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WHEELMAN: Frank Grillo Puts The Pedal To The Metal In The First Teaser

Set the date and feast your eyes on the first official teaser for Jeremy Rush’s directorial debut, Wheelman. The Netflix-bound action thriller has upcoming Beyond Skyline star, actor Frank Grillo leading the way among the cast as well as producing with partner Joe Carnahan – the team repping its WarParty production banner ahead of its ambitious upcoming remake of Indonesian action thriller, The Raid next to XYZ Films. Obviously the task here is to showcase their efforts in a way that means business with Rush shepherding the production centered on a getaway driver as he’s thrust into a high stakes race-to-survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong. With a car full of money and his family on the line, the clock is ticking to figure out who double-crossed him, and the only person he can trust is his fourteen-year-old daughter…All reasons to think fast, and drive faster. Grillo is […]

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BEYOND SKYLINE: One Girl Is The Key To It All In The Latest Trailer

If last week’s trailer reveal for Liam O’Donnell’s new sci-fi, Beyond Skyline wasn’t enough, a second trailer has arrived for your viewing pleasure ahead of its upcoming releases. This one delves more into the story and crux of the character played by Frank Grillo who lands in Indonesia at somepoint amid the invasion. Among our characters, we meet the role played by actress Bojana Novakovic, as well as the image of a young girl who turns out to be the subject of the dialogue as some kind of “key”. This, next to the story of a cop trying to rescue his son from an alien ship just adds more stakes to take in…and from O’Donnell’s own script at that. Topping it all off course is some tasty action shots featuring Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian, adding further excitment to the film’s push. It comes out in November in Indonesia with […]

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BEYOND SKYLINE: Frank Grillo And Iko Uwais Battle Aliens In The International Teaser Trailer

The past few years have been a vigorous tug-and-pull over just how long it would be before actor and martial artist Iko Uwais would see a more principal role than in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Landing a more definitive English speaking line in this year’s thriller, Headshot, was just another layer on the waiting cake added until more time passed until now, with actor Frank Grillo front and center with the cast that outlines the first of possible prospects to come between two actors who’ve gotten their start in different markets. I speak of prospects with a certain action crime saga remake in mind, but in the good name of staying on topic, let’s bring things back into focus. For this, we now turn to the long-awaited first official teaser trailer for the new sci-fi thriller, Beyond Skyline from writer/producer/director Liam O’Donnell who served on the first film from […]

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Liam O’Donnell’s BEYOND SKYLINE Gets Its First Release Date Stamped For Indonesia This November

It’s sure been a long time since we heard anything major on director Liam O’Donnell’s new sci-fi thriller, Beyond Skyline. Production wrapped in 2015 and it was a year later in December that footage eventually leaked following an unveiling at an X-Spatial 4D presentation in Hong Kong. The footage itself is just a tad hard to come by these days though folks who’ve seen it at least know now what they’re in for to a certain extent. That, along with the story that encircles actors Frank Grillo, Johnny Watson and actress Bojana Novakovic among others in a story about a detective on a relentless search for his son amid the world wide alien invasion that ensues as seen in the film’s 2010 predecessor, Skyline. Of course, today’s fandom now accomodates the addition of Indonesian action talents like co-star Iko Uwais who plays the leader of an underground resistance whose skirmishes […]

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WOLF WARRIOR 2 Lands An August 4 U.K. Release!

Starting this Friday will be a limited theatrical rollout in sync with China’s Friday release of star and director Wu Jing’s new movie, Wolf Warrior 2, in two English territories. Well Go USA’s release will be this Friday and will then follow through with a U.K. release a week later on August 4 from Cine Asia and CMC Pictures. China’s deadliest Special Forces operative, known as the Wolf Warrior (Wu Jing – Call of Heroes, Kill Zone), hopes to settle into a quiet life by the sea. But after he crosses paths with a ruthless band of mercenaries, overseen by a volatile and sadistic leader (Frank Grillo – Warrior, Captain America: Civil War), he must reaffirm his duty as a soldier to put an end to the terrorizing of innocent civilians. Fists, bullets, tanks and missiles will fly in this tour-de-force of bravura action filmmaking, all culminating in a climactic […]

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Watch The North American Trailer For WOLF WARRIOR 2!

Action star and filmmkaer Wu Jing’s sophomore outing, Wolf Warrior 2 is getting a same-day theatrical release in the U.S. and China on July 28. I would say next to Well Go U.S.A.’s forthcoming release of The Villainess next to any number of hot titles on the way, this pretty much completes my summer. The Wolf Warrior is back, bigger and badder than ever, in this action-packed sequel to the 2015 blockbuster hit. With his career in tatters, China’s deadliest Special Forces operative has settled into a quiet life on the sea. But when he crosses paths with a sadistic band of mercenaries terrorizing innocent civilians, he must reaffirm his duty as a soldier and save the day once again. Fists (and bullets, tanks, missiles and much more) will fly in this adrenaline-fueled tour de force of bravura action filmmaking, all culminating into a climatic battle between the Wolf Warrior […]

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The New Trailer For WOLF WARRIOR 2 Is All About The Click-Click-Boom!

Lest we lose track of the trailer profusion for Wu Jing’s forthcoming sequel thriller, Wolf Warrior 2, a fourth has now made its way online ahead of its July 28 release. It’s a three-week wait until the film’s open in China so one might expect to see a lot more from the from’s current campaign and with some hopeful tidbits on its release. Wu makes his return following the 2015 blockbuster as a maverick sniper who takes his next fight to a wartorn African country pitting him against actor Frank Grillo. You get a few glimpses of that action along with a heavy-handed dose of unrelenting villainy from Grillo and co-star, action actor Aaron Toney, as well as loads of slickness and coolness between the editing, shots, money shots and perpetual gun cocking all to let you know that this is going to be one cool action movie for your […]

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The Newest Trailer For WOLF WARRIOR 2 Ensues In An All-Out Tank War

With the first having become a box office hit, the best and obvious direction was a sequel with what now lies ahead for the upcoming release of Wu Jing action thriller, Wolf Warrior 2. Wu stars and directs with a story that sees him reprising his role as a maverick-minded sharpshooter swept once again into battle in a wartorn village in Africa between Government and rebel forces. Wu is joined by his fellow Legendary Assassin star, actress Celina Jade who plays a doctor aiding in the treatment of Ebola victims in the region with a production further emboldened by Hollywood’s auspices. Kingdom series star Frank Grillo is assuredly taking the mantle here for the villain role, and with actress Nan Yu reprising her role from the first film in addition to actors Gang Wu and Han Zhang also starring. Wolf Warrior 2 is due on July 28 in China. Watch […]

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THE RAID: Carnahan, Grillo Dish The Details For Their Vision, Motivation, Risks And More

Yes, that is the movie that War Party duo, Frank Grillo and director Joe Carnahan are setting out to remaster with their own vision. It’s been an epicenter of much brouhaha for many a fan who already think that the 2011 Iko Uwais-led starrer and its sequel from director Gareth Huw Evans is enough with a third pending and a fanbase this apprehensive toward anything they love like The Raid being remade in any capacity is likely hard to please. Seriously. Just go on any chatboard or any Facebook group where fans gather to discuss the upcoming re-imagining of the hit action film and you will find yourself amid some of the most stubbon fans you’ll ever see. It’s a fun conversation at that, really, but it’s also important to highlight some specific points about just what the heck is going on about The Raid under War Party’s watch alongside […]

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Peep The Sales Art For Frank Grillo, Iko Uwais Sci-Fi, BEYOND SKYLINE

The internet may have been busy spoiling itself rotten with the footage tentatively available above and on other YouTube accounts as per its leak from last year’s X-Spatial event. In the meantime, director Liam O’Donnell’s new sci-fi, Beyond Skyline, is now here to accomadate with sales art currently available, and visible over at worldwide sales rep Red Sea Media’s official website. The artwork is part of the pitch for the film over at EFM in Berlin which finishes running its course later this week. The film follows-up the 2010 endeavor in the same narrative timeline wherein here, actor Frank Grillo plays a tough detective battling aliens amid an invasion while in search of his son. He’s joined by a cast that also includes Bojana Novakovic and Callan Mulvey, and notable Indonesian martial arts film stars Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian. The Brothers Strause – Greg and Colin, who directed the […]

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Wu Jing Flips Frank Grillo A Double In The First Teaser For WOLF WARRIOR 2

It’s a rewarding thing to see action star and filmmaker Wu Jing (SPL 2, Call Of Heroes) back in the fray since the strenuous production of his solo directorial debut, Wolf Warrior, took an already accumulating toll on his physical health to the point of needing surgery. Seeing him bounce back as he has, that he’s come back to conquer the sequel is telling of just how much he probably loves the film property, and perhaps no less with the helpful potential forseen by the first film’s box office success two years ago. Thus, with the behind-the-scenes bridging of shared production muscle between China and the U.S., Wolf Warrior 2 has arisen online with new assets for its promotional campaign ahead of its July 28 release. Specific plot details are nil but the first teaser and stills are making the rounds, setting the stage in a war-torn African country for […]

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Frank Grillo: “Joe Carnahan And I Are Relaunching THE RAID!”

The Raid At least two things could be said regarding the forthcoming remake of director Gareth Huw Evans’s hit 2011 crime thriller, The Raid – One: That it’s long overdue (depending on who you ask), and Two: Any mention of it is nothing short of a conversational powder keg for avid martial arts cinema fans. Some could care less, I suppose, but people have their tastes and The Raid assuredly caters to those of its target audience. The movie drew swelling audiences around the world in the span of a few years lending an electrifying, much-needed surge for Indonesian action cinema, and featuring some of the most physically arduous and tough performances in fight scene choreography ever shot on film. Much to our delight, it led to a sequel that immersed us even more than before, and in all their glory, further added to the genre fervor with actor Iko […]

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