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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 […]

Dave Bautista Set To Play KILLER’S GAME For STX

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Remember last February when Jason Statham was set to star in D.J. Caruso’s adaptation of Jay Bonansinga’s 1997 novel, Killer’s Game? Well, that’s over and done, and as long as it takes for proper developments to cook with feature films, we now have word from Jeff Sneider at Collider that Dave Bautista (Hotel Artemis, Blade Runner 2049) is taking a stab at the pic. The fourth and latest actor known to be chosen for the long-gestating project, Bautista will star as Joe Flood, a principled, veteran assassin who learns he is dying. Thinking his days are numbered, he stakes a multi-million dollar prize on his own life, only to realize that he’s been misdiagnosed and is still in perfect health, and is now forced into a breakneck fight for survival against hungry gamesmen out for blood and a six-figure boost. Steve Richards will produce with Andrew Lazar of Mad Chance. […]

RUSH HOUR: Li Bingbing Reportedly Circling Female-Centric Reboot Of Current Chan/Tucker Trilogy

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Until today, at least one more Rush Hour film was said to be happening as it has been hyped with franchise stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker possibly slated to reunite on the big screen. It’s anyone’s guess at this point when that film will start, although thanks from a report over at That Hashtag Show on Tuesday, fans can now add not one, but a second iteration, this time from STX. Word has it that a female line-up is percolating at the studio, and with actress Li Bingbing (The Meg, The Forbidden Kingdom, Transformers: Age Of Extinction) being courted for a principal role. Plot details are unknown as to how this one will follow up on the rousing adventures and misadventures of Chan’s Hong Kong detective Lee and Tucker’s reluctant partnering L.A. detective Carter; CBS took to task with a TV series that lasted only one season in 2016 […]

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ROGUE: David S. Goyer Developing Female-Led CIA Op Thriller For STX, Tencent

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There’s not much to go on here but Anthony D’Alessandro’s exclusive at Deadline is up for an original project called Rogue from Phantom Four’s David S. Goyer and Keith Levine. T.J. Fixman, who penned up to six game installments of the Ratchet & Clank franchise as well as a 2016 animated movie, wrote the film which is described as in the spirt of Die Hard and “follows a deep-cover CIA operative on the longest night of her life.” Rogue is being set up at STX Entertainment with Tencent Pictures co-financing and shepherding its release in China. Fixman is also behind a number of projects that are in tow, including Dope helmer Rick Famuyiwa’s in-development vigilante actioner, Past Midnight with the Russo brothers producing, and John Wick franchise star, actor Keanu Reeves still attached to lead as of last March.

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Vin Diesel To Flex Some MUSCLE For STX

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Vin Diesel is currently set to turn the wheel for director Justin Lin on the ninth installment of the long-running Fast saga for its April 2020 release with Kin scribe Daniel Casey penning the script. He’s also poised to headline a live-action adaptation of the Valiant Comics property, Bloodshot, for Sony Pictures in addition to enacting on his latest deal with H Collective for a fourth xXx film to shoot in December with D.J. Caruso to helm. It’s a loaded list, for sure, but there’s several other projects I’m willing to bet the actor is sitting as the right time approaches for each. That doesn’t mean he’s finished planning more to delve into, and this week’s trade news cycle has all but confirmed this with word of his attachement to star in action comedy franchise hopeful, Muscle, for STX Entertainment. Plot details are unknown for the project but I’m pretty […]

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WARRIORS: Live-Action CG-Hybrid Cat Clan Tale Moves Forward At STX

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It was in 2016 that Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced a pairing with Harry Potter producer David Heyman to adapt Warriors for the big screen. Two years later, their efforts now have more push courtesy of STX Entertainment board member Greg Pritzker who joins in to produce the adaptation of pennamed three-way author collective “Erin Hunter’s” 2003 HarperCollins YA book series which is described as follows: For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their ancestors. But the warrior code has been threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger. The sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying—and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In the midst of this turmoil appears an ordinary housecat named Rusty… who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all. Award-winning scribes Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger […]

ZOMBIE BROTHER Launches At STX, Tencent And Tatum’s Free Association

ZOMBIE BROTHER Launches At STX, Tencent And Tatum’s Free Association

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While it’s still nice to know that actor Channing Tatum is still circling Gambit for 20th Century Fox, the word now from the online trades insist he’s partaking in a new producing venture at Free Association with fellows Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan. According to a new announcement on Wednesday this week, Zombie Brother is now in the works in co-productions partnership with Robert Simonds’ STX Entertainment and Tencent’s film and TV shingle, Tencent Pictures. Cast and crew details remain pending while Deadline – by way of Variety, highlights Matt Lieberman was previously attached to pen the script for David Sandberg who is currently taking off with the Kung Fury feature sequel, Kung Fury 2: The Movie. The film’s casting call and film description reads as follows: Zombie Brother is a genre-bender — a big adventure-comedy with a splash of sci-fi and a good dose of horror, all with the […]

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MILE 22 Takes Aim With A New Still From The Movie, As Well As A New Release Date

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Actor Mark Wahlberg’s previously announced stake in producer Sue Kroll’s Six Billion Dollar Man remains pending. Until then, moviegoers can expect the star to appear in his latest pairing with Peter Berg, Mile 22, and a brand new still from the film has arrived for the STXfilms release which you can view below. The exclusive from USA Today also notes a new release date set for August 3, signaling a rollback from the initial announcement in February for a July 20 upon officially wrapping in Bogota, Colombia. Walhberg leads Mile 22 along with international action star Iko Uwais and UFC-turned-WWE starlet Ronda Rousey for a story centered on an elite American intelligence officer on a mission to smuggle a cop with sensitive information out of a foreign country. The film also stars John Malkovich and Lauren Cohan. Berg, who produces, is also spearheading efforts toward a film franchise, as well […]

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STX Entertainment Readies VR Agenda With MILE 22 Spin-Off, Dave Bautista, ‘John Wick’ Writer And More

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STX Entertainment has been stirring quite a bit behind the scenes in the last few years. As such, we can now list some of those prospects courtesy of a new press announcement detailing several new short form series projects for the company’s VR and immersive content channel, STXSurreal which will premiere later this year via apps or VR headsets. The two of five projects listed include live-action comedy programs featuring Ed Helms, and comedy duo Jason Mewes and Kevin Smth, a.k.a. Jay and Silent Bob. The other three pertain to a different nature more to our liking if you’re a reader of this site and are fully aware of previous reports on Dave Bautista’s STX-related endeavors last October, as well as that of John Wick trilogy scribe Derek Kolstad earlier this year, and the franchise-to-be following the July 20 release of Peter Berg’s Wahlberg/Uwais/Rousey headliner, Mile 22. UNTITLED DAVE BAUTISTA […]

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STXFilms Dates MILE 22 For A Summer 2018 Release

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Ronda Rousey’s career with the WWE remains pending following recent headlines. In the meantime, she’s got goals set in cinema and with none other than director Peter Berg and a rousing list of heavy hitters for potential franchise vehicle, Mile 22. ComingSoon.net reports that production on the new action thriller which also headlines Mark Wahlberg and international superstar Iko Uwais, has wrapped principal photography following shoots in Atlanta, GA and Bogota, Colombia. A newly announced theatrical rollout has been set for July 20, 2018 from STXfilms while the studio further preps for a multiplatform STX release via STXtv and STXsurreal VR, as well as a sequel. Mile 22 marks the fourth collaboration between Berg and Wahlberg after Patriots Day, Deepwater Horizon and Lone Survivor. Written by Graham Roland and Lea Carpenter, the film centers on an elite American intelligence officer who, when aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries […]

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DEN OF THIEVES 2 Is Officially In Development At STX

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Antia Busch over at Deadline is putting the word out that the wheels are officially turning for Den Of Thieves 2 with Christian Gudegast back to direct from his own script. Gerard Butler, who steered the action-packed L.A. set crime tale will return to star along with O’Shea Jackson Jr. with a story following the aftermath of the first film that now sees Jackson Jr.’s role embroiled with the Panther mafia in lieu of an ambitious diamond heist. The news is the result of the first film’s reported overperformance at the box office having so far earned up to $57 million dollars, making it a worthy reward to reap for a 15-year effort from producers Mark Canton and Tucker Tooley. Pre-sales and tax incentives were also a factor in funding for the January thriller, along with news of growing audience appeal per polling of male moviegoers. Butler is producing the […]

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Jason Statham Readies Action Thriller In China With STX And Tencent

Lee B. Golden III

Flagship Entertainment Jon Turtletaub’s shark thriller, The Meg, is currently poised for an August 10 release. This leaves off any number of projects that lie in wait for action star Jason Statham whose latest comes across as one of the actor’s several career maneuvers toward the Chinese market. Such is also what appears to be according to Tuesday’s exclusive over at The Hollywood Reporter citing a new deal between Statham, STX Entertainment and Tencent Pictures. Statham, who currently reigns in box office success next to his fellow headliners in Universal Pictures’s Fast saga, will reportedly star and produce the project which will be a Chinese co-production. Further details about the movie itself remain unknown as we await further news on a director and other cast. This comes after a year since it was confirmed that the star’s recent pairing between Statham and partner Steven Chasman for Hong Kong action thriller, […]

Untitled Action Comedy Franchise Being Developed At STX With Dave Bautista Starring

Untitled Action Comedy Franchise Being Developed At STX With Dave Bautista Starring

Lee B. Golden III

I’m probably not the only blogger to have affirmed and re-affirmed exactly how befitting actor Dave Bautista has grown toward acting since getting his start in wrestling. He’s certainly worked his way up well into the mainstream and having performed a number of roles to showcase his versatility, STX has evidently taken notice. Thus, the independent studio has reportedly closed a deal to partner with the Marvel Cinematic Universe actor and co-star of Guardians Of The Galaxy and its 2017 sequel to develop an action comedy franchise in which he will star as well as produce. Jonathan Meisner will co-produce alongside the actor while Drew Simon will oversee for the studio. The move marks just the latest foray for Meisner who shares multiple credits on projects attributed to Bautista. He has served in some producer capacity on up to five current titles in which Bautista stars, notably Kickboxer: Vengeance and […]

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Mark Wahlberg And Peter Berg Stretch MILE 22 Into Franchise Territory At CinemaCon

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Development of STX Entertainment’s long-awaited Asian action thriller, Mile 22, has been on hold for sometime now. Call it a really slow brew – nearly two years, in fact. Thankfully though, the film is in play at the studio where the film has taken shape to some degree with a few changes since then. Graham Roland’s script currently has Deepwater Horizon star/director pair Mark Wahlberg and producer Peter Berg attached with the actor cast for the role of Silva – last described as a “complex” character, “a salty intelligence hack who has shoveled shit on four continents”. His newest shot at redemption now sees him battling through corrupt cops, criminal overlords and heavily-armed locals in order to escort a compromised informant to an airport 22 miles away. As of this week, Deadline and Variety have it on good terms from events at CinemaCon that they’re looking toward the film as a […]

HARDCORE HENRY Gets An April 8 Release

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Following its ceremonious receival late last year at the Toronto International Film Festival and subsequent climatic rights acquisition by STX Entertainment, Ilya Naishuller’s newest thrilling actioner, Hardcore, has been re-titled as Hardcore Henry for an April 8 release. Deadline reports the film’s release date coincides with STX Entertainment’s release strategy to target college Spring breakers and 18-to-25 year olds alike with the company expected to launch a massive screening and promotional campaign between now and then. SYNOPSIS: You remember nothing. Mainly because you’ve just been brought back from the dead by your wife (Haley Bennett). She tells you that your name is Henry. Five minutes later, you are being shot at, your wife has been kidnapped, and you should probably go get her back. Who’s got her? His name’s Akan (Danila Kozlovsky); he’s a powerful warlord with an army of mercenaries, and a plan for world domination. You’re also in an unfamiliar […]

MILE 22 Brings New Character Details, Script Changes For Rousey, Wahlberg

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In a story published at The New Yorker, writer Tad Friend centers his latest piece on the dealings that encircle the business model of STX Entertainment and its chairman Adam Fogelson. One such segment places a little bit more light on the development on the latest international action thriller, Mile 22, which was announced last March. Then-UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Indonesian action star Iko Uwais were the first two to be cast with The Rundown and Battleship helmer Peter Berg intially producing for STX. The story, from a script by Graham Rowland, centers on a CIA agent stationed in Indonesia, tasked with transporting an informant from the center of the city with the help of a local cop, to an awaiting getaway plane 22 miles away with a gauntlet of corrupt cops and heavily armed locals aimed at taking them out before they escape. By July 2015, Mark Wahlberg […]

THE FOREIGNER Enlists Martin Campbell To Direct Jackie Chan's Next Action Thriller

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It was late last year that Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell was a frontrunner to direct Relativity Media’s forthcoming book adaptation, Hunter Killer. That was long before this week’s news of the studio’s current financial troubles started making headlines, which now appears to be a reverting point for Campbell who is now in the running to direct one of several of action star Jackie Chan’s upcoming films, STX Entertainment’s The Foreigner with Wayne Godfrey producing. The film, which Deadline states will be retitled between now and throughout the course of production, was announced back in June off the heels of another busy season of Chan-related announcements with the film set to go into production this October. Chan will lead the film, based on an adaptation of the 1992 Hodder and Stoughton publication by author Stephen Leather with a script by David Marconi and Peter Buchman, as a former member of […]

Wahlberg Joins Talks For MILE 22 With Berg, Rousey And Uwais

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The internet broke back in March when it was announced that Peter Berg would produce forthcoming action thriller, Mile 22 with The Raid star Iko Uwais and The Expendables 3 co-star Ronda Rousey attached. The prospects of this happening bode excellently for fans of both action actors with Uwais still brimming with popularity as the third film in the Raid franchise awaits its 2017/2018 arrival and Rousey maintaining her professional fighting career as well as acting. That said, casting is still underway through press announcements and this week’s latest trade reports include actor and Ted 2 star Mark Wahlberg who is in talks with fellow Lone Survivor cohort Berg and newly established STX Entertainment to star in the film as well as produce with producer Stephen Levinson. The film’s script by executive producer Graham Roland will center on a CIA agent stationed in Indonesia tasked with transporting an informant from […]