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Universal’s FAST Spinoff Starring Johnson, Statham, Dated For July 2019

Universal The addition of a long-anticipated spin-off certainly threw things in a refreshing gear for Universal’s Fast saga. Following a date change for the ninth installation from April 19, 2019 to April 10, 2020, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are set to reunite for their own film when it hits theaters on July 26, 2019. Johnson, who voiced his interest for a spin-off back in 2013 while doing press for Justin Lin’s Furious 6, has been with the franchise since debuting the role of D.S.S. Agent Luke Hobbs in Lin’s Fast Five in 2011. Its predecessor, Fast And Furious, was bolstered by franchise star Vin Diesel’s return to the fray in a starring and producing role with Lin succeeding his work on The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift. As the hit film series pivoted from street racing to heist adventures and high speed action, Statham emerged in the post-credits of the sixth […]

Untitled Statham/Chasman Action Project Gets A Title

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been a year and a half since we last heard on action star Jason Statham’s prior attachment to a Hong Kong action film project. Given whatever may likely have changed or still may, gladly it still appears to be active by way of Road Pictures’s newly announced production slate which lists a variety of titles in different genres slated for televised and theatrical production and release according to Screendaily. That report now includes Straw, the title of said thriller currently being scripted by Kurt Wimmer which last had Statham written to play an ex-pat in Hong Kong joined by a female high-level Chinese operative to solve a kidnapping case with global implications. Statham and Chasman are still reportedly producing through their SJ banner with Road also involved. Production was set for last Fall but should likely advance with the title still in circulation in the news. At any rate, fans still […]

Universal On Deck For Hobbs/Shaw Spin-Off From FAST Franchise

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Universal Pictures It was to be expected since its confirmation in late 2015, and now it looks as if things will officially take shape for the spin-off corner of Universal Pictures’s Fast And Furious saga. On Friday, new report from Deadline presented news on good terms that the studio is keen on efforts to manifest a spin-off that will join action movie stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in their own movie with a script by franchise scribe Chris Morgan. The news comes following the latest release of the eighth installment of the high speed action movie franchise, The Fate Of The Furious, and while I won’t divulge the specific twists and details that outline the prospects of this union, the film did greatly in invoking a buddy element that would bode well for both actors in their current positive chemistry. Ironically it also comes in the wake of other […]

Review: MECHANIC: RESURRECTION Primes With Experient Action Stardom Far From Fading

Lee B. Golden III

Jason Statham has a checkered past when it comes to action movies. This is a man who has subjected himself to the direction – if we can call it that- of the infamous Uwe Boll (In The Name of The King: A Story With An Already Ridiculous Enough Title That It Didn’t Need A Subtitle to Make it Worse), confused the shit out of us as Jake Green in 2005’s Revolver, and still found time in his schedule to make basketball interesting again in 2010 with The Expendables. From the cartoonishness of his survival spree as Chev Chelios in the Crank series to his Bond-on-wheels turn as The Transporter, I would argue in gest that said past and all its turbulent splendor has contributed significantly to the cultivation of that bitchin’ perpetual scowl Statham sports. But I fear he wouldn’t appreciate the joke and thus proceed to openly diss superhero […]

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

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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 […]

MEG Begins Principal Photography With Jason Statham And Li Bingbing, Sets 2018 Initial China Release

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He’s fought gangsters, criminals, time traveling serial killers, drug traffickers and terrorists. Now, action star Jason Statham’s latest challenge is yet to come, and in the form of a one long-forgotten shark of legend in the new action adventure, Meg, with production underway and China first up for grabs with the film’s premiere release. The details are in the following announcement from Warner Bros and Gravity Pictures along with the first official set photo with Statham next to actress Li Bingbing. Peep it. (L-r) JASON STATHAM is Jonas Taylor and LI BINGBING is Suyin in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Gravity Pictures’ action adventure “MEG,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Daniel Smith BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Principal photography is underway in New Zealand on the science fiction action thriller “Meg,” being directed by Jon Turteltaub (the “National Treasure” movies, “Last Vegas”). The film stars Jason Statham (“Spy,” “Furious 7,” “The Expendables” […]

MECHANIC: RESURRECTION Takes A Leap Of Faith With A New Clip And Red-Band Trailer

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Director Dennis Gansel’s Mechanic: Resurrection is less than a week away and it’s high time the promotional campaign picked up the pace some. The film is set to release in theaters on August 26 and stars Jason Statham in the returning role of the world’s best assassin following the 2011 remake of the 1972 action classic. SYNOPSIS Arthur Bishop [Jason Statham] returns as the Mechanic in the sequel to the 2011 action thriller. When the deceitful actions of a cunning but beautiful woman [Jessica Alba] force him to return to the life he left behind, Bishop’s life is once again in danger as he has to complete an impossible list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world. Lionsgate has a new clip from the movie now up and and running along with firey new red-band trailer exclusively from action star Jason Statham’s Facebook page which you can […]

MECHANIC: RESURRECTION Delivers An International Trailer For Japan's Release

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Director Dennis Gansel’s forthcoming sequel, Mechanic: Resurrection, has been a little light in its marketing since debuting an official trailer a few months ago. Some promotional spots are online as well but there’s not a lot of noise, although I do know that there have been a few early screenings and the mood I’m getting is for that of what sounds like an imperfect, albeit kick-ass thrillride to enjoy when it hits theaters. All in all, fans of action star, actor Jason Statham may have something worthwhile awaiting them this summer with a story that follows up Simon West’s efforts back in 2011 remaking the Charles Bronson action classic. Actresses Jessica Alba and Michelle Yeoh, and actor Tommy Lee Jones are also in the midst and with an August 26 U.S. release not too far off, we now have an international trailer with extra doses of new footage in which […]

Statham Is Geared Up In New Stills For MECHANIC: RESURRECTION

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Director Dennis Gansel is bringing the heat this summer with the new action sequel, Mechanic: Resurrection. Jason Statham is back and reprising his role once more from the 2011 reboot of Michael Winner’s 1972 film, and here, with actress Jessica Alba as our hero is forced away from his new life and back behind the trigger in order to save the woman he loves. Also starring are actor Tommy Lee Jones and actress and well-noted martial arts star, Michelle Yeoh, who you may not have known was in the film since she was nowhere to be seen in the first trailer. Well, here she is in several exclusive stills hosted by the good folks at HeyUGuys, and much more. You can check ten of them out below or feel free to view all twenty at HeyUGuys as well. Mechanic: Resurrection opens in the U.S. on August 26. View post on […]

Jason Statham Takes Killing To New Heights In The First MECHANIC: RESURRECTION Trailer

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: “ca-pub-3215146966481847”, enable_page_level_ads: true }); It almost feels like a return to normalcy now that we have action star Jason Statham back on our screens with the newest trailer for Dennis Gansel’s Mechanic: Resurrection. The footage is as explosive and fun as you might imagine with Statham back in the role of Arthur Bishop following the firey finish of Simon West’s 2011 remake of the Charles Bronson original. SYNOPSIS: Arthur Bishop [Jason Statham] returns as the Mechanic in the sequel to the 2011 action thriller. When the deceitful actions of a cunning but beautiful woman [Jessica Alba] force him to return to the life he left behind, Bishop’s life is once again in danger as he has to complete an impossible list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world. The film itself endured quite a journey toward its completion nearing the end […]

Take Aim At The Latest International Poster For MECHANIC: RESURRECTION

Lee B. Golden III

Action star Jason Statham’s career has seen its share of highs and lows outside of being an Expendable. Films like Parker and Wild Card have been a less-receiving, yet notable examples shedding light on questions regarding whether or not he can sustain his starpower, whilst his biggest success to date has been a Transporter between 2002 and 2008. This year, that same question gets the sequel nod with director Dennis Gansel’s forthcoming title, Mechanic: Resurrection following Simon West’s 2011 remake of Michael Winner’s 1972 Charles Bronson headliner. The new movie continues the story of master assassin Arthur Bishop, who, having thought to have moved on with his new life, is now forced to take out a list of the world’s most dangerous men in order to rescue the woman he loves from captivity. Jessica Alba also stars in the film as shown in the first official image unveiled a few months […]

Russian/Chinese Adventure Epic, VIY 2, Casts Jackie Chan And Jason Statham

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Oleg Stepchenko is currently filming his latest sequel endeavor, Viy 2 following the success of his arduously-produced first film released in 3D back in 2014 with actors Jason Flemying and Charles Dance starring. As such, set video can be seen online as recently as February featuring action star Jackie Chan’s stunt team on the set of the new film which now adds Rutger Hauer and actress Anna Yao, and now leads to some exciting news that actor Jason Statham will also star. Reportedly the first-ever join Russian-Chinese film production, writer Aleksandr Karpov is back penning the new movie, of which both are inspired by Russian author Nikolai Gogol’s 1835 manuscript of the same name. Flemying, whose select shared credits with Statham includes Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and Transporter 2, returns as cartographer Jonathan Green who now finds himself on a new adventure in China after being commissioned by […]

Shark Thriller MEG Joins Jason Statham With Fan Bingbing, Gets A Release Date, Plot Info

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The prospect of actor Jason Statham starring in a shark movie isn’t something I’m immediately keen on, but I can imagine his latest, Meg will be a worthwhile wait. The new thriller now comes packaged this week with a release date, story details and the promise of actress Fan Bingbing to help make her latest foray into Hollywood stardom. Read on: BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Warner Bros. Pictures has set a March 2, 2018 U.S. release date for the new science fiction action thriller based on Steve Alten’s book, ”Meg.” The film will be co-financed by Flagship Entertainment; Gravity Pictures, a division of China Media Capital (CMC); and Warner Bros. Pictures. Gravity Pictures will distribute the film in China and Warner Bros. will distribute the film throughout the rest of the world. Jon Turtletaub (the “National Treasure” movies, “Last Vegas”) will direct the film. The film stars Jason Statham (“Spy,” “Furious 7,” […]

MECHANIC: RESURRECTION Awakens With Its First Still From Dennis Gansel’s Sequel

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Don’t write off actor Jason Statham just yet. He may not be “transporting” anymore, but the 2011 release of Simon West’s adaptation of Michael Winner’s 1972 Charles Bronson action classic, The Mechanic, boasted high marks of its own at the box office for a worthy sequel as of late 2014, which still very much makes this one prospective of its own success. Said sequel now comes in the form of Summit Entertainment’s Mechanic: Resurrection, having recently undergone extensive reshoots in the last several months. As such, with a release of date reset from this past January to August 26, 2016, the first image can be seen below. (H/T ComingSoon.net). Dennis Gansel directs from a script by Philip Shelby, Tony Mosher, Rachel Long and Brian Pittman. Featuring action sequences by J.J. Perry (The Expendables 3) and Allan Poppleton (Allan Poppleton), the new film sees Statham returning as master assassin Arthur Bishop following the […]

Statham Boards Shark Attack Thriller, MEG, For Warner Bros

Lee B. Golden III

Action star Jason Statham’s recently hyped announcement for upcoming action thriller, High Value Target, is apparently still on the backburner, and it’s a bit of a bummer. At any rate though, I guess seeing him take on a giant shark will do, as per the latest reports from last week so state for the new thriller, Meg. Jon Turtletaub is directing from a script by Dean Georgaris which takes its inspiration from Steve Alten’s 1997 novel, “Meg: A Novel Of Deep Terror”. The film sees Statham going to head to head with a shark killing swimmers along the China coast, and one that turns out to be a Megaladon – a prehistoric shark with a bite that real-life research cites once a measurement of at least 11 feet long before its extinction about a million and a half years. The film hails from Warner Bros with Lorenzo di Bonaventura is […]

Statham And Chasman Join Road Pictures For New Kidnapping Thriller

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There’s no question regarding action star Jason Statham‘s sustenance and especially with the help a strong fanbase. Hype especially plays a big role and for this, even talks of a possible third Crank film continue making the rounds. Until then, sticking with the headlines is better suited so as to avoid confusion, so keep in mind previous reports of his forthcoming move to television with Layer Cake sequel series, Viva La Madness. Furthermore and much more to the point is Statham‘s newly reported attachment to an untitled action thriller he will produce with producer Steven Chasman, according to Screendaily. The new film will be written by Kurt Wimmer who supplied the screenplay for the upcoming remake of Point Break opening next month, as well as a treatment for Salt 2. Statham will star as an ex-pat in Hong Kong who is joined by female high-level Chinese operative to solve a […]

Glu Launches Statham-Themed SNIPER X For Mobile Platforms!

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It’s gametime for Statham fans! Sniper X is here courtesy of Glu following its announcement earlier this year. Proceed! SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU), a leading global developer and publisher of free-to-play games for smartphone and tablet devices, today announced the availability of Sniper X with Jason Statham on the App Store and Google Play. Featuring the name, likeness, and voice of the world-renowned action star, Sniper X with Jason Statham features high-octane, first person shooter gameplay. Players are immersed into their very own action film as they experience console-quality graphics, intense missions, and intuitive controls. “As Glu’s first male celebrity partner, Jason Statham’s over 55 million* social followers add a new demographic to the company’s celebrity gaming platform,” said Niccolo de Masi, Glu Chairman and CEO. “Mr. Statham’s creative input throughout the game’s development has ensured a unique and authentic action-adventure experience his fans will enjoy worldwide.” Known […]

FAST 8 Directors' Shortlist Nails Down To Four

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The past several weeks have been pretty rickety with the development of the upcoming eighth installment of the Fast And Furious saga. Actor and series producer Vin Diesel‘s name has been one in the rumor mill for sometime now along with an array of contentious blurbs from around the web regarding troubles finding a director, issues which Diesel at one point made clear were non-existent with the congruent search for a director. Alas, the search continued and while Rob Cohen, director of the very first film of the franchise, The Fast And The Furious was up for the seat this go-around, it’s also been reported not meant to be. And with that, Variety now concludes the search is down to four directors: F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton), Adam Wingard (The Guest), Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me) and Will Eubank (The Signal). News also started picking up recently with […]

Statham Actioner, VIVA LA MADNESS, Goes To TV

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Action star Jason Statham made headlines two years ago with producer Steve Chasman upon the announcement of their acquisition of UK crime novelist, author J.J. Connolly’s 2011 literary Layer Cake sequel Viva La Madness. Since then the plan was to adapt it for film following the first film adap in 2004 which featured Daniel Craig in the role of a nameless drug dealer whose exit from the field gets a monkey wrench tossed in with Neo-Nazis in search of missing Ecstasy and a wealthy socialite’s missing daughter. This week, reporting from THR is news that instead of the big screen, Connolly’s work is now headed to television. Gaumont International Television is producing the series with a script by Connolly himself who journeys our character from the Caribbean back in the throes of the criminal underworld thanks to two money launderers, only to see himself caught in the middle of a […]