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News Briefs: ASSASSIN & SON Adaptation; Foxx & De Niro in TIN SOLDIER; Keaton To Helm And Star In KNOX GOES AWAY; PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN Confirms Circling ‘Suicide Squad’ Star

• I don’t know how this got past my radar, but the word is State Street Pictures has optioned independent comic, Assassin & Son, for a film adaptation – about an assassin forced back into the violent world he left when his wife gets brutally murdered in front of him and his young son. Scout Comics & Entertainment are producing the pic based on the comic created by ex-wrestlers Marc Copani and the late Shad Gaspard, who tragically passed away after getting caught in a riptide while saving his son in May of 2020. (Deadline) • Jamie Foxx will star in Tin Soldier, a new revenge actioner that sees a military operative recruit a soldier with a vulnerable past to infiltrate an impenetrable cult of soldiers and veterans led by an enigmatic leader known as “The Bokushi”. Robert De Niro, Scott Eastwood and John Leguizamo will also star with shooting […]

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Is Getting A Franchise Reboot At Disney

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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve had my fill of Captain Jack Sparrow. As such, I’m open to what new stories lie ahead as Disney opens its doors to screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick for a Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise reboot. That’s the word now over at Deadline as Jerry Bruckheimer is also reportedly coming aboard to produce another swashbuckling tale with other potential new characters to center on. Pirates Of The Caribbean launched in 2003 as the first of five films that have seen Johnny Depp as its centerpiece opposite Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Chow Yun-Fat, Ian McShane, Javier Bardem and many more for its marquee legacy. Gore Verbinski directed the first three titles in the well-over $4.5 billion dollar-earning pirate adventure pentalogy preceding Rob Marshall, and directing pair Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. Reese and Wernick are the minds behind […]

Action Stream: BAD BOYS, MORTAL KOMBAT, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, 24 HOURS TO LIVE And More!

Welcome to the April 2018 edition of ACTION STREAM! Compared to the blowout that was March, this month seems a little anemic. Of course, the one-two punch of Wolf Warrior 2 and Blade of the Immortal (not to mention Power Rangers and Jessica Jones) is a hard act to follow. Action fans may not be gaining much, but we’re also not losing much either. Between last month’s holdovers and a few pleasant surprises this month, it’s doubtful that anyone will be at a loss for entertainment. Netflix is the clear winner for April thanks to one film in particular, 24 Hours to Live. The film has been lauded as the DTV John Wick and Ethan Hawke continues to build an interesting filmography of genre films that are better than they have any right to be. The streaming giant will also be the home of celebrated Donnie Yen/Andy Lau headliner, Chasing […]