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SONGBIRD: Dystopian Pandemic Pandemonium In The First Teaser Trailer

If there was one movie that appears to actually tap into subjective perceptions of folks keen on criticizing the actual science behind the Covid-19 pandemic, you could rightly enlist Adam Mason’s new film, Songbird. The addition of Michael Bay as toplining producer certainly bodes well to promise this ought to be a heavy-handed and menacing enough thriller for the history books. EW got first dibs on images and key poster art, the latter which you can view just below the following synopsis and press details courtesy of STX Films, as well as the official trailer above. A release date remains pending. Four years into quarantine the virus has changed and so have we… In the terrifying thriller SONGBIRD, the COVID-23 virus has mutated and the world is in its fourth year of lockdown. Infected Americans are ripped from their homes and forced into quarantine camps known as Q-Zones, from which […]

REMOTE CONTROL: Gerard Butler Partners With STX, Hyde Park, ‘Bond’ Producers For Espionage Thriller Novel Adap From ‘The Rhythm Section’ Scribe

Lee B. Golden III

Gerard Butler is off to the races with his latest involvement with STX at EFM in Berlin for Remote Control, which has been in the works for more than a decade. The project was at one point shopped to Sony back in 2009. Star from a script by Mark Burnell whose 2011 novel serves as the film’s basis, Butler will play ex-war correspondent Michael Rafter-turned-corporate security consultant. In the wake of a mysterious phone call, Rafter’s life is turned upside down when he becomes the target of shadowy organization, the 212. His identity is soon rewritten as notorious international assassin Julian Irving, forcing him on the run while in search for answers, with the only person he can trust: his ex-lover, Tracy, who is also implicated in the conspiracy. Oscar-nominated director of photography John Mathieson (Gladiator, Logan, Pokèmon Detective Pikachu) is directing from a script by Burnell whose The Rhythm […]

NIGHT WOLF: Kevin Hart To Star And Produce New Twist On Superhero Genre

Lee B. Golden III

STX Entertainment’s STXfilms is continuing its partnership with actor Kevin Hart’s HartBeat Productions for high-concept superhero comedy, Night Wolf. Detective Pikachu screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit pitched it to the studio and are developing a new twist on the superhero genre with Hart attached to star. Night Wolf follows a Meet the Parents-esque encounter where a man (Hart) meets his future father-in-law for the first time only to discover he is secretly the superhero known as the Night Wolf. Hart previously starred in The Upside, the $100 million grossing hit which STX distributed earlier this year. Night Wolf marks a third outing for both companies with the film overseen by HartBeat and by STXfilms’ SVP of Production Drew Simon. “After we acquired Night Wolf, we submitted it to Kevin Hart and the Team at HartBeat hoping they would love it as much as we did.” said Chairman of STXfilms […]

MY SPY: STX Reveals Dave Bautista’s Mystery Action Comedy Franchise Vehicle

Lee B. Golden III

It was last October that actor Dave Bautista was tapped for an STXfilms starring vehicle – unnamed at the time but reported as bearing franchise potential. The status of that mystery project remained so even right when scribes John and Erich Hoeber were tapped to pen the script back in April. As of this week, it’s a mystery no more with word exclusively from The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit as of Monday for family action comedy pic, My Spy. Grudge Match and upcoming Second Act helmer Peter Seagal is directing the new film with Bautista producing next to Jonathan Meisner and Chris Bender. ‘My Spy’ will tell the story of a hardened CIA operative (Bautista) who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family. According to the report, My Spy is but one of several projects on which the studio […]

PEPPERMINT: Evil Hangs In The Name Of Justice In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Five years of doing action on television well over a decade ago haven’t waned on actress Jennifer Garner. She’s back this Fall for upcoming STX Entertainment release, Peppermint, from none other than Pierre Morel back the helm and much to our delight judging by the official trailer now online. Peppermint is an action thriller which tells the story of young mother Riley North (Garner) who awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack on the family. When the system frustratingly shields the murderers from justice, Riley sets out to transform herself from citizen to urban guerilla. Channeling her frustration into personal motivation, she spends years in hiding honing her mind, body and spirit to become an unstoppable force – eluding the underworld, the LAPD and the FBI- as she methodically delivers her personal brand of justice. Garner is joined by John Ortiz, John […]

Jason Statham Up To Play KILLER’S GAME At STX For D.J. Caruso To Helm

Lee B. Golden III

You can always count on news of a Jason Statham action thriller on the rise to rouse the fanboy feels and of course The Meg is first on the menu this August with a Fast saga spin-off filming next year with Dwayne Johnson. Time will tell what else arises in the big screen prospects for the knife-chucking, brass knuckle-wielding, football deflating Expendable apart from an update from Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter announcing Killer’s Game from STX. The film, based on Jay Bonansinga’s 1997 novel, will center on a principled, veteran assassin who learns he is dying. Thinking his days are numbered, he stakes a six-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. After more than 20 […]