MUTINY: Jason Statham Shipwrecks A Ship Fool Of Bad Guys In The Official Trailer
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MUTINY: First Look At Jason Statham In Latest From ‘Plane’ Director
Fans of “The Stath” will be sure to get some more action in 2025 with Mutiny, from Plane director Jean-François Richet. Actor Jason Statham revealed a first look at the film in an Instagram post on Monday with production already underway in the UK. After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime — leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy. Lionsgate took North American rights on the pic ahead of Cannes earlier this year and is releasing the film wide in theaters in 2025. Richet is directing from a script by Lindsay Michel and Plane scribe JP Davis. Munity also stars Annabelle Wallis, and hails from Mad River Pictures and Statham’s Punch Palace label. Check out the post below!
Trailer: PLANE Crashes Gerard Butler And Mike Colter Into Hostile Territory
The film may be something else entirely, but the award for mundane movie title of the year could go to Jean-François Richet’s new thriller, Plane. The official trailer is out as of Thursday and looks absolutely great featuring leads Gerard Butler and Mike Colter as two odd-couple would-be John McClaines forced to leap into action to save hostages from a bunch of terrorists when their plane crashes into a remote island bundle. In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue […]
THE EMPEROR OF PARIS: ‘Blood Father’ Director’s New Period Crime Thriller Now Available In The U.S. From Gaumont
At some point, Mesrine and Blood Father helmer Jean-François Richet managed to make landfall for his new period crime thriller, The Emperor Of Paris, starring the impeccable Vincent Cassel. The film has already rolled out several territories including festival presentations, the last of which was in June this year in time for Edinburgh. As of a few days ago, Gaumont made its U.S. release official on VOD and Digital. POLDARK meets GAME OF THRONES in this historical true story epic about the underworld battle during the reign of Napoleon in 1805’s France. Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq, the only man who escaped from the greatest penal colony of the country, is a legend of the low-Parisian fund. Left for dead after his last spectacular escape, the ex-penal colony prisoner tries to make him forget under the traits of a single trader. Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) is the perfect […]
THE EMPEROR OF PARIS: Vincent Cassel Is The Long Arm Of The Law In The Latest Teaser
Assault On Precinct 13 helmer Jean-François Richet just recently saw a thrilling foray with Mel Gibson pic, Blood Father, and is now back on track after filming is latest period venture, The Emperor Of Paris. Richet pens the script witn Eric Besnard in reunion with his Mesrine leading man, actor Vincent Cassel of The Brotherhood Of The Wolf and The Crimson Rivers fame who here stars in the title role based on the real-life legendary ex-con-turned-sleuth in his latest screen iteration following treatments in 1939 and 2001. At the height of Napoleon’s reign, Vidocq – the only man who successfully broke out of prison 27 times – is a legend. Left for dead after his latest, dazzling escape, the ex-con is lying low as a modest cloth merchant. When his past catches up with him, he is framed by former cellmates for a murder he didn’t commit. To prove his […]
BLOOD FATHER Gets A Close Shave In The New Poster!
On the hinges of its forthcoming premiere at Fantasia Festival, director Jean-François Richet’s latest novel adaptation, Blood Father, is getting a limited theatrical release in the U.S. on August 12. Further details will follow, though needless to say its easing on the soul for many a Mel Gibson fan who’ve spent the past few years waiting on this one. SYNOPSIS: BLOOD FATHER stars Mel Gibson as John Link, an ex-convict who fights to protect his estranged daughter from the drug cartel that is hunting her down. In this thrilling action film, John must use his connections from his past life and his skills as an ex-criminal to keep him and his daughter alive. The good folks over at Yahoo! Movies are keeping fans abreast this week, and in large part with a brand new poster showing a clean-shaven Mel ready to do some damage! Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks, […]
It’s All About Choices In The U.S. Poster And Trailer For BLOOD FATHER
Author Peter Craig’s 2005 crime novel, Blood Father, sure found its appeal when it landed in the purview of Assault On Precinct 13 and Mesrine helmer Jean-François Richet. Eleven years later, it is now a feature-length thriller adapatation in full-bloom and making the rounds among critics for some time now. The responses have been an albeit positive mix otherwise measuring the film as more of a pulpy grindhouse-type of thriller, here and now with the rewarding addition of lead actor Mel Gibson with recent titles like The Expendables 3 and El Gringo in his wake among others. The currently poised for some screentime at the bottom of this year’s Fantasia on August 3 before hitting French cinemas on August 25, and with that, here is Fantasia fest’s own Éric S. Boisvert summarizing his take on the film: Leading a quiet life as a tattoo artist since his release from prison, […]