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RLJE Films Nabs PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND

Ahead of its forthcoming Sundance world premiere, RLJE Films is officially announcing its acquistion of action thriller, Prisoners Of The Ghostland. Sono Sion (Why Don’t You Play In Hell?) directs the pic from a script by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Prisoners Of The Ghostland is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman—and his own path […]

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WILLY’S WONDERLAND: Get Caged In Horror With Cage In The Official Trailer

While Nicolas Cage educates the masses about foul language on Netflix, fans of the actor are guaranteed an even more swell time when his newest thriller, Willy’s Wonderland, opens in select theaters and on VOD from February 12 from Screen Media. A quiet loner (Nic Cage) finds himself stranded in a remote town when his car breaks down. Unable to pay for the repairs he needs, he agrees to spend the night cleaning Willy’s Wonderland, an abandoned family fun center. But this wonderland has a dark secret that the “The Janitor” is about to discover. He soon finds himself trapped inside Willy’s and locked in an epic battle with the possessed animatronic mascots that roam the halls. To survive, he must fight his way through each of them. Kevin Lewis directed the pic. Also starring are Emily Tosta, Beth Grant, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Caylee Cowan, Jonathan Mercedes, […]

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PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Brandishes A Shotgun-Wielding Nicolas Cage In New Stills For The Sion Sono Thriller

I’m sorry… was that a Nicolas Cage film you wanted? Invariably folks got plenty of Cage this season in sci-fi thriller, Jiu Jitsu, and lo and behold, that won’t be all going forward as the 2021 festival circuit revs up a potential premiere with one other Cage spectacle: Sion Sono’s new film, Prisoners Of The Ghostland. Fandango put out some new stills of the movie on Twitter on freakin’ Sunday of all days, and you’re welcome to check them out for yourselves in the gallery above. I’d provide a plot/synopsis for this thing but Cage, being the awesome man he is, provided an even better take on the project back during a masterclass he hosted at the third IFFAM in Macau in 2018 (via Screen Anarchy): “I’m thrilled about it! It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read before. It might be the wildest movie I’ve ever made, and that’s saying something. […]

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JIU JITSU Review: Logothetis’s New Martial Arts Sci-Fi Has Blockbuster Ambitions, Barely Gets A Grip

Best known for reimagining 1989’s Kickboxer with two storied back-to-back reboots, filmmaker Dimitri Logothetis segways into the comic book genre for the first time, adapting Acme Rocket Fuel’s in-house IP, Jiu Jitsu. Teeming with action-heavy talent per usual, the film rejoins Logothetis with Kickboxer Vengeance and Kickboxer Retaliation star Alain Moussi, having since escalated from stunt performance to achieving leading man status for the martial arts niche. It’s not too long before the film’s biggest players join the fray setting our story in Burma, namely Nicolas Cage who appears briefly in one of the film’s opening moments following an eruptive chase sequence opener that leaves Moussi’s character injured, unconscious, and floating in the water. Pulled to safety by a farm couple and escorted to a nearby Army base, our protagonist is treated, and sooner interrogated by Army intel officer Myra (Marie Avgeropoulos) who tries to mitigate whether or not she […]

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JIU JITSU: Win A Digital Download Code For The New Martial Arts Sci-Fi Thriller

Right about now if you’re a Nicolas Cage or Tony Jaa fan and you’ve been caught up in the buzz for the new film, Jiu Jitsu, chances are you’re already lining up your viewing plans for next Friday going forward. The new sci-fi martial arts thriller is set to release theatrically in the U.S., as well as on demand and digital on November 20, and rejoins Kickboxer reboot star Alain Moussi with director Dimitri Logothetis who adapts his own comic book publication with scribe Jim McGrath. An ancient order of Jiu Jitsu fighters faces a vicious race of alien invaders in an epic battle for the survival of Earth. Expect my own review later this week. In the meantime, we’re giving away three (3) digital codes for folks to use upon release. All you need to do is send me an e-mail at filmcombatsyndicate@gmail.com ahead of November 19 at 10:00pm, […]

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JIU JITSU Will Save The World In The Official Trailer For The Martial Arts Sci-Fi With Alain Moussi, Tony Jaa And Nicolas Cage

At long last after two Kickboxer reboots, martial arts fans can now take a gander at what director Dimitri Logothetis has in store with sci-fi thriller, Jiu Jitsu, starring Nicolas Cage, and Kickboxer reboot star of late, actor and martial artist Alain Moussi. And if you’re gettin’ some Mortal Kombat-meets-Predator vibes, I guess you’re not alone! Every six years, an ancient order of expert Jiu Jitsu fighters faces a vicious race of alien invaders in a battle for Earth. For thousands of years, the fighters that protect Earth have won…until now. When celebrated war hero Jake Barnes (Alain Moussi) is defeated by Brax, the indomitable leader of the invaders, the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Injured and suffering from amnesia, Jake is rescued by Wylie (Nicolas Cage), Keung and his team of fellow Jiu Jitsu fighters. They must help Jake to regain his strength in order to band […]

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JIU-JITSU: Alain Moussi Action Sci-Fi Bows In November Launching The Avenue Distrib Banner

Dimitri Logothetis is currently plotting a return to Cyprus for the production of Man Of War, details pending. In the meantime, his new sci-fi martial arts adventure, Jiu-Jitsu, will bow on November 20 courtesy of The Avenue Entertainment, Highland Film Group’s U.S. theatrical release venture announced on Wednesday. Jiu-Jitsu hails the reunion of Logothetis and actor, martial arts star Alain Moussi, since reviving the Kickboxer franchise for two films with superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme in a supporting capacity. Moussi plays Jake Barnes, a war hero championing Earth’s liberation in an epic BJJ match that happens every six years against waves of alien invaders. Actor Nicolas Cage stars as Wylie, the leader of a team of jiu-jitsu fighters who take in Jake must and help him recover his memory and strength following his foreboding defeat at the hands of Brax, the indomitable alien leader. Rounding out the cast are Frank Grillo, […]

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COLOR OUT OF SPACE Lights Up In The Official Trailer For Nicolas Cage’s New Sci-Fi

Normally, resident “book dragon” Christina Ortega Phillips takes it upon herself for the website to lock in on the more fantastical and supernatural stories that are in-bound. She’s busy working on something a bit more near and dear at the moment while I’m compelled now to help introduce the first official trailer for director Richard Stanley’s latest H.P. Lovecraftian opus, Color Out Of Space. After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a living nightmare. Stanley makes his return to directing in a little over twenty years since falling out with the production of The Island Of Dr. Moreau. It’s a welcome feat for folks who have a keen interest on grisly-toned and intriguing sci-fi with none other than actor […]

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PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Reunites Sono, Sakaguchi And Young Dais For Nic Cage Thriller, Boutella And Skrein Also Join Cast

One of the best things to come out of Japanese cinema in the last twenty years is the budding friendship between actor Tak Sakaguchi and director Sion Sono. To date, their bloodlettingly hilarious 2014 action comedy, Why Don’t You Play In Hell? is one of my own loosely listed top-ten favorite films in the last ten years (I’ll probably make a decent list before the year is out… we’ll see), and it’s been an especially wonderful journey of my own to discover Sono during my readership of his work on numerous sites before launching my own. This, coupled with Sakaguchi’s own renewed success in the last five years rejoining longtime friend and film cohort Yuji Shimomura for CQC revenge thriller, Re:Born, in addition to partaking on subsequent projects like Red Blade and Shinsuke Sato’s dazzling period action manga adaptation epic, Kingdom, makes following these two so much more worthwhile with […]

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RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL Brings Fishburne And Cage Together In The First Official Trailer

Collider’s own Haleigh Foutch brought the latest look at writer and director Jason Cabell’s new crime thriller, Running With The Devil. Central to the narrative is a union of talent such as Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne, and with Barry Pepper headlining the story. I’m not too sure if we’ll get some new key artwork before then, either, although Collider did hint at such with a new visual featuring Cage and Fishburne. Moonstone Films bares the artwork which you can see at the very bottom as well as the lead pic. When a cocaine shipment is compromised to the dismay of a drug cartel’s CEO, known simply as The Boss, he orders his most trusted henchman, The Cook, and his partner, another master drug trafficker known as The Man, on a dangerous journey to audit the company’s supply chain. As the drugs make their perilous trek across international borders, past gangsters, […]

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A SCORE TO SETTLE: Nicolas Cage Makes ‘Em Pay In The Official Trailer

RLJE Films is proudly presenting Shawn Ku’s latest directorial feat with actor Nicolas Cage in A Score To Settle. The film also stars Benjamin Bratt, Karolina Wydra, Mohamed Karim and Noah Le Gros and looks to open in select theaters, VOD and Digital HD on August 2. Cage plays Frankie Carver, an ex-con fresh out after serving 19 years of hard time. Diagnosed with a fatal condition, he sets out on a desperate quest to make amends with his son while plotting a bloody course of revenge against his old gang.

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JIU-JITSU: Grillo, Chan, Jaa And More Join Moussi/Cage Martial Arts Sci-Fi Thriller

Following events at FilMart upon announcing intergalatic martial arts adventure, Jiu-Jitsu, trade news at Screendaily is confirming a quintet of casting additions. Actor Frank Grillo, and acting and martial arts star talents Tony Jaa and JuJu Chan will appear in the film with cameras set to role on June 24. Joining the trio are Rick Yune and Marie Avgeropoulos with Alain Moussi and Nicolas Cage leading. Moussi will star as Jake Barnes, a war hero championing Earth’s liberation in an epic BJJ match that happens every six years against waves of alien invaders. Cage will play the role of Wylie, the leader of a team of jiu-jitsu fighters who take in Jake must and help him recover his memory and strength following his foreboding defeat at the hands of Brax, the indomitable alien leader. Dimitri Logothetis will produce with Martin Barab, and will direct from a script he wrote with […]

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10 DOUBLE ZERO Clocks In Nicholas Cage For Christian Sesma’s Latest Cop Actioner

AWOL-72 helmer Christian Sesma is reteaming with Vigilante Diaries team, screenwriters Nick Vallelonga and Paul Sloan for Nicolas Cage action thriller, 10 Double Zero. Andreas Wiseman reported the news out of Cannes over at Deadline with news that Wonderful Global is selling the film internationally. 10 Double Zero heads to Louisiana for a July shoot with Cage leading the story of two police officers who take on a personal vendetta to hunt down cop killers, only to find themselves targets of a conspiracy in the ranks of the police force with the investigation leading right back to them. Wonderfilm’s Jeff Bowler and Bret Saxon will produce next to Vallelonga Productions, Mike Hatton’s Ton of Hats and Josh Mandel’s First J Productions. “We are thrilled to introduce 10 Double Zero to audiences around the globe for the first time in Cannes,” said Bowler, founding partner of Wonderfilm Media. “With Nick’s amazing […]

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JIU-JITSU: Nicolas Cage Joins Alain Moussi Martial Arts Thriller

Much has been ado with Alain Moussi and the Kickboxer reboot franchise which still awaits a third entry in Kickboxer: Armageddon. In the meantime the Canadian martial arts star is also attached to lead the cast of upcoming comic book adaptation, Jiu-Jitsu, in which he will also reportedly be joined by Mandy and 211 star Nicolas Cage. Dimitri Logothetis will produce with Martin Barab, and will direct from a script he wrote with Jim McGrath based on the 2017 Acme Rocket Fuel comic. Every six years, an ancient order of expert Jiu Jitsu fighters faces a vicious race of alien invaders in a battle for Earth. For thousands of years, the fighters that protect Earth have won…until now. When Jake Barnes, a celebrated war hero and master Jiu Jitsu fighter, is defeated by Brax, the indomitable leader of the invaders, the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Injured and […]

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Sono Sion’s PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Haunts With Imogen Poots Joining Nicolas Cage

Alex Ritman’s newest exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter is continuing the stimulus from last year’s news with Nicolas Cage addition to Sono Sion’s American debut, Prisoners Of The Ghostland. Set to begin production in the Spring, Cage will be joined by Green Room actress Imogen Poots who now joins the film which is currently being shopped in Berlin from XYZ Films. When a notorious criminal, Hero (Cage), is sent to rescue an abducted girl (Poots) who has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe, they must break the evil curse that binds them and escape the mysterious revenants that rule the Ghostland. The news comes after Cage sliced and buzzsawed his way into 2019 with Panos Cosmatos’s bloody, psychedelic action horror opus, Mandy, whose SpectreVision has since also boarded the actor’s recently-announced H.P. Lovecraft nod, Color Out Of Space, also on XYZ’s Berlin slate. Cage took to the 3rd International Film […]

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MANDY Trailer: Nicolas Cage Wields Axes And Chainsaws Against Pure Evil!

September 14, 2018 is looking awesome as shit now. Shane Black’s The Predator bodes even more promising following a second trailer airing this week, and now pairing up with a more public view of Panos Cosmatos’ new thriller from RLJE Films, Mandy, which has been the proverbial talk of the town following its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year. Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire. You can pretty much chuck this right next to Mom And Dad and 211 if you’re keeping up lately with all the Nicolas Cage fan fare and he’s not stopping anytime soon now that he’s got a Sion Sono film lined-up. Cage absolutely […]

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Nicolas Cage’s PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Sets Sono Sion’s English Debut

It’s pretty much Nicolas Cage’s world and were all just living in it. Indeed, that makea three headlines this week for the upcoming 211 star whose latest attachment comes by way of Japanese auteur Sono Sion’s new post-apcolyptic actioner, Prisoners Of The Ghostland, which XYZ Films has included in its sales raft at Cannes. News comes just a day following Cage’s attachment to Millenium’s forthcoming detective noir thriller, Kill Chain. Sono, the acclaimed helmer of such favorites as Love Exposure, Tokyo Tribe and Why Don’t You Play In Hell will make his English language debut from a script by Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai. As Patrick Hipes at Deadline reports, Prisoners Of The Ghostland sees Cage in the role of notorious criminal Hero, who is sent to rescue an abducted girl who has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe. They must break the evil curse that binds them and […]

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Noir Thriller KILL CHAIN Sets Up Nicolas Cage To Star

It’s a great time to be Nicolas Cage amidst week with several films coming down the pipeline. His latest, Mandy, directed by Panos Cosmatos, internationally sold out EVERYWHERE at Cannes according to an exclusive at Variety this week and now Alex Ritman at The Hollywood Reporter is telling of what’s being described as in the vein of the “greatest detective noir films”. Kill Chain is the name of the project to be directed by Numb3rs series producer and The Replacement Killers scribe Ken Sanzel with a story centered on the lives of three strangers who inevitably become entangled in a conflict none of them are prepared for. Paul Hertzberg is producing the film which Millenium is selling in its catalogue next to the like of Rambo V, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, The Expendables 4, and more. Cage’s 211, also being sold at Cannes from Millenium, arrives in the U.S. on […]

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211: Ride Along With Nicholas Cage In A Hail Of Gunfire In The Official Trailer

York Alec Shackleton’s attentiveness to real world events is now subject to audience fan fervor with Nicholas Cage thriller, 211 – such is what is hinted at in the synopsis included in Monday’s info. Momentum Pictures is releasing it on June 8 in select theaters and on VoD and Digital HD, and now we get a trailer that invites the usual action movie crowd for something to whet the appetite until they get to see Panos Cosmatos’s Mandy. Inspired by one of the longest and bloodiest real-life events in police history. Officer Mike Chandler (Nicolas Cage) and a young civilian passenger find themselves under-prepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely in the crosshairs of a daring bank heist in progress by a fearless team of highly trained and heavily armed men. Also starring are Cory Hardrict, Michael Rainey Jr., Ori Pfeffer, Weston Cage, Sophie Skelton, and Alexandra Dinu. Check out the trailer!

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RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL: Nicolas Cage To Lead Ensemble Cast For Former SEAL's Drug Thriller

The summer should hail a festive  affair for actor Nicolas Cage in the wake of positive reviews of his upcoming RJLE Films release, Panos Coamatos’s Mandy. Until then, adding to the list of success is the latest is going into production with Jason Cabell at the helm for the new drug trade thriller, Running With The Devil. As Borys Kit’s post at The Hollywood Reporter, the plot encircles a drug shipment from Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Cabell is directing from his own script, drawn from career moments of his life serving America’s Drug Enforcement Agency in Colombia in addition to his prior service as an active combat Navy SEAL service in more than 100 countries. Production is underway in New Mexico this week with Cage joined by Barry Pepper, Lawrence Fishburne, Leslie Bibb, Adam Goldberg, Clifton Collins Jr, Cole Hauser and Peter Facinelli. The story is set in […]

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