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FALL Franchise Lands Sequel Directors, Plots Course For Trilogy

A seuquel to Scott Mann’s 2022 sleeper hit, Fall, is moving forward from acclaimed horror and thriller directors Michael and Peter Spierig (Lionsgate’s Jigsaw). Mann will pen the script with Jonathan Frank ahead of camera roll in June, as announced on Thursday by Capstone Studios’ CEO Christian Mercuri. Mark Lane and James Harris of Tea Shop Productions (47 Meters Down) are producing once more along with Capstone’s Mercuri. Mann will also produce via Flawless alongside David Haring. Dan Asma, John Long, and Roman Viaris will also reunite as exec producers alongside Capstone’s Ruzanna Kegeyan. Capstone Global is handling worldwide rights to the franchise. Capstone Studios announced plans late last year for a back to back trilogy; Mann is set to write and direct the third installment. Fall 2 and Fall 3 will bring back original characters from the first film, while also leaving room for new ones to be introduced. […]

Review: FINAL SCORE Is No ‘Sudden Death’ Tie Breaker, But ‘Die Hard’ Enough For The Right Crowd

Lee B. Golden III

There’s no question going into director Scott Mann’s latest, Final Score. Hailing actor Dave Bautista in his second outing with Mann since the 2015 film, Heist, you get a solid, simple, genuine and bare-bones hostage flick with some really cool and fun moments and thrilling sequences. Similarly, might also wonder if Mann ever pondered a scenario in today’s era where a film in the vein of John McTiernan and Peter Hyams might earn the appeal of twenty-something moviegoers today. It’s an admirable idea worth discussing, although with Final Score playing front to back, it doesn’t change the fact that you’ve probably seen this movie already. Whether or not that’s a good thing is up to you to decide… Clearly taking a nod from action cinema of yesteryear is a story that reunites Mann with his fellow Heist co-star, actor Dave Bautista in the role of Michael Knox, a traveling ex-soldier […]

Dave Bautista Action Thriller, FINAL SCORE, Lands A September 14 U.S. Release!

Lee B. Golden III

Sky Cinema already has the UK and Ireland for Scott Mann’s new action adventure, Final Score. Accordingly, Saban Films is officially declaring a win with a VOD/Digital HD and select theatrical release for September 14, and a U.S. trailer to boot! After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills (Dave Bautista) wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction. Bautista is joined by Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson, Julian Cheung, Lara Peake, Alexandra Dinu and Ralph Brown from a script by Jonathan Frank, David T. Lynch and Keith Lynch.

FINAL SCORE: Dave Bautista Ups His Game In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

The Tournament and Heist helmer Scott Mann’s latest follow-up, Final Score, has been a long-awaited one. Nowadays with a teaser in its wake, an official trailer arrived this week with plans for a theatrical and on-demand release in Ireland and the UK from Sky Cinema starting September 7. It’s “Die Hard in a soccer stadium” when ex-soldier Michael Knox (Dave Bautista) has to use all his military skills to save the 35,000 capacity crowd at a top flight football match when they’re held hostage by armed kidnappers demanding a ransom. Bautista, of Marvel’s MCU, fame is joined by Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson, Amit Shah, Lara Peake and Ralph Brown. There are currently no release plans elsewhere but we’ll be sure to help provide those updates in due time.

Bautista, Brosnan Tally Mann's FINAL SCORE Starting In August

Lee B. Golden III

Fans of actor and Marvel prospect Dave Bautista (Guardians Of The Galaxy 1 & 2, Spectre) aren’t too far off for some big screen time; Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion’s Bushwick is currently in post-production while Matthias Hoene’s Warrior’s Gate opens in China on August 12, ahead of Bautista’s re-envisioning of classic martial arts villain, Tong Po in Kickboxer: Vengeance on September 2 in the U.S. In the meantime, there’s still news to report on his end, especially if you’ve enjoyed his recent work under director Scott Mann in the 2015 thriller, Heist. Screendaily reports the two will reunite once more along with actor Pierce Brosnan for the new action thriller, Final Score, produced by Signature Entertainment’s Marc Goldberg and The Fyzz Facility’s Robert Jones, James Harris, Mark Lane, and Wayne Marc Godfrey with co-producer Babak Eftekhari. The Brothers Lynch and Jonathan Frank wrote the script which sees the story […]

Scott Mann's FINAL SCORE Films In London This Year For 2017

Lee B. Golden III

Fans looking toward Heist helmer director Scott Mann for a follow-up of his 2009 action thriller, The Tournament, may be in for a longer wait. For now though, you can expect to find him around London sometime this Summer or Fall for the upcoming production of his newest hostage thriller, Final Score. The Brothers Lynch – David and Keith, are penning the script which sees a former soldier who must use his skills amid a bustling stadium during a major sporting event to rescue its 35,000 occupants, including the daughter of his fallen comrade, from a squad of heavily armed captors. Highland Film Group is representing the film at the European Film Market in Berlin next week, with Highland’s own Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier executive producing. Producing are Wayne Marc Godfrey and Robert Jones from The Fyzz Facility with Signature Entertainment’s Marc Goldberg who stated the following, as per […]

Gina Carano Holds Her Own In A New HEIST Clip

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This Friday, it’ll be up to actress Gina Carano to contain the carnage that awaits in Scott Mann’s new movie, Heist. Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars as a distraught father desperate to save his dying daughter by robbing his former employer’s Casino, and what ensues, of course, is an epic on-road stand off. Clips are now surfacing and you can catch a new one below with Carano in quite a compromising spot with a real pissed off Dave Bautista. As things are, don’t be surprised if more surface online.

Go Behind The Scenes In An International Featurette For Scott Mann's HEIST

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Director Scott Mann’s latest, Heist, arrives in theaters this Friday in the U.S. from Lionsgate via Grindstone. It’s also coming to theaters in Taiwan as well which brandishes the roughly translated title, Key Rescue: Bus 657, a variant of the film’s previous working title, which also gives us some new footage to look at in some behind-the-scenes action courtesy of Taiwanese distributor, Skyfilms Entertainment Co. SYNOPSIS: When their attempt to rob a casino owned by the feared gangster Pope (Robert De Niro) goes awry and a shootout ensues, Vaughn (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Cox (Dave Bautista) are forced to flee on foot and hijack city Bus 657 and take the passengers hostage. Now, in a high speed chase, Vaughn will not only have to outwit the police, led by Officer Bajos (Gina Carano) who are in hot pursuit, but he will have to contend with Pope’s maniacal right hand man, […]

Carano, Morgan, Bautista And DeNiro Board BUS 657

Lee B. Golden III

It was recently reported throughout the media that MMA superstar and actress Gina Carano would not be returning to the ring anytime soon, logically due to her current commitment to her newfound film career. As such, the Fast And Furious 6 co-star and In The Blood leading lady of action has been the subject of numerous talks for roles in various films, including the forthcoming productions live-action comic book adaptation of Avengelyne and The Film House’s The Opium War. While updates are still pending on those projects, Carano is now being reported to star in The Tournament (2009) helmer Scott Mann‘s new film, Bus 657 which kicks off production on October 13 in Mobile, Alabama with Emmett/Fula/Oasis Films backing the project. Carano joins the ensemble cast that so far includes lead actors Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista, Kate Bosworth and Robert DeNiro from a script by Stephen Sepher and Max […]