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Mystery Jason Statham/Ric Roman Waugh Project Now Filming In The UK And Ireland

You know the first reactions that comes out when news breaks of a new Jason Statham film being shot is excitement. To this, expect as much now that we know that the Transporter and Expendables franchise cohort is now in toe with a new film from Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh. What are the details, exactly? We know the project was launched by international sales outlet Black Bear at the Marche du Film last year with 2 Guns director Baltasar Kormakur attached before having to leave. Also, there’s no title or any real core plot details to divulge, save for the vague outline reported by Andreas Wiseman in a Deadline exclusive on Tuesday, describing a story that follows “a man pulled back towards the ghosts of his violent past”. That whole entire quote is a subgenre of its own, practically, right along with the cadre of Dad-Action films like Nobody, […]

KANDAHAR: Gerard Butler Is Trapped Behind Enemy Lines In The Official Trailer

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Ric Roman Waugh’s new actioner, Kandahar, is out and about on Tuesday with a brand new trailer as the film inches closer to its May 26 release. The pic hails from Open Road Films and stars Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Elnaaz Norouzi. Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.

KANDAHAR Trailer Teases An Explosive Thrill-Ride Ahead!

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Great news for any and all who’ve been riding the Gerard Butler train following the success of Plane with co-lead Mike Colter over at Lionsgate. The actor’s next big swing is set to arrive in time for Memorial Day weekend on May 26 as Angel Has Fallen helmer Ric Roman Waugh’s new action adventure, Kandahar, now lands an official trailer from Open Road Films. Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down. The cast includes Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel, and Elnaaz Norouzi. The trailer is exactly the kind of stuff that promises a thrillride for a flick like this. Hence the headline, and I’m not […]

KANDAHAR Unveils A Pair Of Stills From The New Gerard Butler Action Epic

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Wrapped reportedly as of last month, filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh’s (Greenland, Angel Has Fallen, Shot Caller) new action thriller, Kandahar, has a pair of photos currently circulating online, two of which you can view above. The film marks a rare opportunity for a Hollywood production shoot in Saudi Arabia, billed as one of the first big-budgeted studio titles to shoot in the region. The cast is headlined by Gerard Butler, Ali Fazal and Navid Negahban, with a script penned by Waugh and co-writer Mitchell LaFortune. According to the official logline, Butler leads the international thriller as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. He must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding the elite special forces tasked with hunting them down. Kandahar is produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Brendon Boyea for Thunder Road, G-Base’s […]

NIGHT HAS FALLEN Sees Butler, ‘Fallen’ Franchise Reteam For Fourth Installment

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Indeed, Millenium Media will ‘fall’ even further with a fourth installment into their Fallen franchise with Greenland star Gerard Butler headlining Night Has Fallen. The actor will also reteam with Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh back at the helm with Robert Mark Kamen penning the script. Butler will also produce with Les Weldon, Yariv Lerner and Alan Siegel, with Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Millennium Media president Jeffrey Greenstein and Jonathan Yunger exec producing. The film will shoot at Millennium Media’s Nu Boyana Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria and throughout Europe, according to the report. The franchise launched in 2013 under Antoine Fuqua’s direction for Olympus Has Fallen, followed by Babak Najafi’s London Has Fallen, and Ric Roman Waugh’s Angel Has Fallen. The trilogy, in sum, sees Butler in the role of Secret Service Agent Mike Banning, battling terroristic threats from enemies invading the White House to mercs […]

GREENLAND: Gerard Butler Action Adventure Reroutes Release Plans To PVOD, HBO/HBO Max

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Director Ric Roman Waugh’s new disaster survival epic, Greenland, is instead resolving toward home release status, according to a company press release issued on Thursday by ErosSTX Global Corporation. The Gerard Butler action adventure will debut on HBO, and then stream on HBO Max in the U.S. in early 2021, following a domestic release on Premium Video On-Demand (PVOD) beginning October 13. The film had been previously set to release in the summer before pushing to last month last month, only to pull its planned theatrical release as the pandemic crisis continued to affect theatrical exhibitors’ ability to open. The film centers on John Garrity (Gerard Butler), who along with his estranged wife and son, make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary in a race against a planet-killing comet. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the family experiences […]

GREENLAND: Gerard Butler Races Against A Planet Killing Comet In The Official Trailer

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Soon landing another with Kandahar, the star/director pair that brought you Angel Has Fallen is set to heat up the summer a little more in disaster actioner, Greenland. The official trailer is live as of Thursday, returning Gerard Butler, alongside actress Morena Baccarin, with Ric Roman Waugh back at the helm. A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven. STX is releasing Greenland in theaters […]

KANDAHAR Reunites Butler, Waugh, Thunder Road And G-Base For Middle East Action Thriller

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Gerard Butler will soon be back to blow some more shit up once again with his Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh for Kandahar. The film aims to continue “the oeuvre of production powerhouse Thunder Road (John Wick and Sicario franchises) in bringing high intensity action to character-based stories.” The move marks the latest update for Thunder Road Films who acquired the hot screenplay back in 2016, written by Waugh and former military intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune, the latter whose experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Snowden leaks from 2013 onward, serve as the basis for the project. Kandahar will see Butler in the role of Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East. An intelligence leak dangerously exposes his classified mission and reveals his covert identity. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, Harris and his translator must […]

GREENLAND: ‘Angel Has Fallen’ Star And Director To Reteam For Diaster Pic

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Last weekend saw big news out of Berlin with actor Gerard Butler set to star in upcoming disaster pic, Greenland. STXinternational is repping the film intermatonally for buyers in Berlin and releasing in the UK. Production in Toronto is currently slated for May with the actor set to reteam with director Ric Roman Waugh, both whom are currently in talks. Greenland hails from Thunder Road and Anton, with Butler leading the tale about one family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. Producing the film is Thunder Road’s Films Basil Iwanyk (A Star is Born, Sicario, John Wick) who developed the project with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-BASE banner. Anton is fully financing with Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and Harold van Lier exec producing. CAA Media Finance reportedly arranged the film’s financing and will rep the film’s domestic rights alongside Anton. Butler and Waugh’s Angel […]

Ric Roman Waugh To Call The Shots As ANGEL HAS FALLEN Lands Director

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Saban Films is poised to release the new crime thriller, Shot Caller, on August 18 in theaters following its current availability on demand. For this, keep an eye out for more news thereafter regarding the film’s director, Ric Roman Waugh, who reportedly just landed Millenium Film’s trilogy finale, Angel Has Fallen. Actor Gerard Butler will reprise the role of secret service agent Mike Banning who now finds himself the target of killers while aboard Air Force One. Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, who wrote the first two titles in the trilogy – Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen – were last attached to pen the script. Morgan Freeman will also return to the role of Alan Trumbull who was Speaker Of The House in the first film and U.S. Vice President in the second. Butler is producing the film via his G-BASE banner next to Alan Siegel and Danielle Robinson, and […]

Crime Pic, SHOT CALLER, Lands At Saban With Early Teaser Poster Art

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Bold Films just presented its latest teaser poster for the upcoming crime thriller, Shot Caller, for which we now have word of its new home this week at Saban Films according to Deadline. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Snitch) from his own script, the film sees Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones) leading the tale of a prison gangster fresh out from behind bars only to be forced back into the underworld by his superiors in lieu of a a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California. Joining Coster-Waldau is actress Lake Bell and actor Jon Bernthal with Emory Cohen (Brooklyn), Omari Hardwick (Power), and Benjamin Bratt rounding out the cast. Waugh produced the film via his Cadre Filmworks banner next to Participant Media’s own Jonathan King, and Michel Litvak and Gary Michael Walters for Bold Films whose Jeffrey Stott and Lisa Zambri executive produced. […]