Stephen Amell

HEELS: Stephen Amell And Alexander Ludwig Take It To The Ring In The Official Series Trailer

https://youtu.be/dKFfSSXavYc STARZ is proudly taking its latest television efforts to Comic-Con@Home 2021 this Friday, July 23 at 10am PT/1pm ET, to reveal more of what’s in store for wrestling drama series, Heels. In the meantime, the network just dropped the official trailer which you can view above. Lionsgate TV produced the series for STARZ in association with Paramount Television Studios. “Heels” is a story about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to – or hard to leave behind. Stephen Amell (“Arrow”) stars as Jack Spade, with Alexander […]

C2E2 2020: Farewell To Arrow Panel Did Not Fail Its Fans

Christina Ortega

When it comes to being a geek, depending on when you grew up, it used to be lonely. It used to be something that was made fun of, a reason to be bullied. And even though it’s gotten to be a bit better, within the geek community there is still separation and distance. You may do it, too, without even realizing it. For example, if someone is a Harry Potter fan, you may ask what house they are in. If someone is a Lord of the Rings or Hobbit fan, you may ask if they read the books. If someone is a comic book/comic book movie fan, you may ask if they like Marvel or DC. Marvel or DC. Should it matter? Events like C2E2 work to bridge the gap between geeks, embracing all levels of fandom, all shades of geek from the curious to hardcore. This is not to […]

CODE 8: Jeff Chan’s Crowdfunded Feature Sci-Fi Goes To Vertical

Lee B. Golden III

Three years in the making since the online release of the winning sci-fi short, Code 8 is now a feature film reality with a late 2019 day-and-date release in tow from Vertical Entertainment. The project is a culmination of efforts by director Jeff Chan who helmed the short that launched the successful Indiegogo campaign in 2016 fronted by cousins, lead actor Robbie Amell and co-star Stephen Amell. Code 8 takes place in a world where superhumans comprise 4% of the human population and are heavily policed and forced into poverty. For an “electric” named Connor Reed (Robbie Amell) things are no different now that he’s on the run after committing a petty crime. To make matters worse, paying for his ailing mother’s treatment hasn’t gotten easier. He soon aligns himself with a lucrative criminal network led by Garrett (Stephen Amell) who teaches him to use his powers to pull off […]

CODE 8: Jeff Chan’s Action Sci-Fi Now Filming And Still Needs Your Help!

Lee B. Golden III

Just over a year after debuting their winning independently-funded shortfilm, Code 8, production is already underway in Toronto. Actor Robbie Amell starring with Arrow series star, actor Stephen Amell executive producing and otherwise confirmed to star. Jeff Chan who directed the short is helming the film. Plot details remain pending which has the former Amell leading the cast -the shortfilm centers on a struggling daylaborer taught by a criminal how to use his superhuman powers in a world where “specials” are the oppressed minority and constantly targeted by militarized police forces, as told in the short. Also starring are Sung Kang, Aaron Abrams, Chad Donella and Greg Byrk. XYZ Films acquired the film in February for international sales. Co-writer Chris Paré is also executive producing as well as Thick Water Entertainment and Resolute Films’s own Lee Kim. The Code 8 short is still online and is 2.5 million views strong. […]

EFM 2017: Crowdfunded Sci-Fi Short CODE 8 Moves Forward As Feature Film At XYZ Starring Robbie And Stephen Amell And Sung Kang

Lee B. Golden III

Filmed in the summer of 2015, filmmaker Jeff Chan had hopes of advancing his 2016 crowdfunded sci-fi shortfilm, Code 8 into a feature film shoot late last year. That’s the proof of concept you now see above having risen more than $1.7 million dollars during its Indiegogo run and with well over 2 million views and already with one feature film under his belt on top of several other short film credits, clearly Code 8 was the next step. Since then, with actor Robbie Amell starring and cousin, actor Stephen Amell serving as executive producer up to this point, thankfully all efforts have not been for naught with word from Deadline that XYZ Films have nabbed international sales rights. Chan will direct the film with the former Amell reprising as a struggling daylaborer taught by a criminal how to use his superhuman powers in a world where “specials” are the […]

No Bows And Arrows For Amell's 'Jones' In A New TMNT 2 Set Pic!

Lee B. Golden III

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 comes out next year with David Green at the helm, and for what its worth, at least the fans have something to look forward to. The first film grossed well over $480 million dollars under Clash Of The Titans helmer Jonathan Libesman directing, so you can imagine there’s plenty of reason to move forward with a sequel that will further expand the franchise in a new age of fandom. Sure, its an age everyone has, and will always have an opinion on, and you can count on there being plenty, especially if you were waiting to see Arrow star, actor Stephen Amell as Turtles’ ally, the sportsgear-wielding masked vigilante Casey Jones with a full head of hair. Nope, not the case here, but this is the Casey we’re getting, so there’s that. There’s plenty to hope for though here. I’ve never seen Earth To Echo, […]

TMNT 2 Sequel, 'Half-Shell', Scores Stephen Amell For Casey Jones

Lee B. Golden III

Whether or not you’re a fan of Paramount Pictures’s and Platnum Dunes’s latest iteration of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the fact is that it’s getting a sequel with the likely reprisal of actress Megan Fox in her role of April O’Neil among other new and returning faces. On that note, Variety went underway on Tuesday with a report announcing the addition of fellow Turtles’ ally, New York City’s masked vigilante Casey Jones for actor Stephen Amell, star of the DC Comics-based CW series, Arrow. Earth To Echo helmer David Green is directing from a script by returning writer Josh Applebaum and Andrè Nemec with producers Michael Bay and Brad Fuller on hand. The plot is unknown and the cast isn’t clear just yet regarding whether or not the actors from the first film – motion capture principles Noel Fisher, Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Pete Plozek and Danny Woodburn, and voice […]

#WBSDCC: New Action-Packed SDCC Promo For Season ARROW Teases Deeper Story Layers And A New Villain

Lee B. Golden III

With the hype currently building for the third season of the hit TV series, Arrow, netizens got to check out some exciting new footage from the series over the weekend, with our lead hero played by Stephen Amell, as well as a look at actor Manu Lanzi‘s Deathstroke, Colton Haynes‘s Arsenal and Caity Lotz‘s Black Canary to name a few. However, it wasn’t until after the San Diego Comic-Con panel yesterday afternoon that fans everywhere were graced with a new version of the epic new teaser, which also offered new look at the forthcoming appearance of supervillian, Ra’s al Ghul. SYNOPSIS: After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. He returned home to Starling City, bent on righting the wrongs of his family and fighting injustice. To do this, […]