Many people have dreams of being an actor, sometimes in film and sometimes in television roles.
Some actors fall into the opportunity through lots of auditions, training, and from knowing the right people. But others get their start by becoming a famous name first.
Athletes are often in the public eye, gaining a following for being good at their chosen sport. Once they retire from their profession, some continue to grow their popularity through other ventures.
Many athletes turn to acting, whether through television advertisements and commercials like Coach Prime, Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, Derek Jeter, Eli Manning, and Kevin Durant.
Other athletes like Travis Kelce, Pat McAfee, Deion Sanders (Prime), and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. do podcasts to attract a following.
Some celebrities do one-shot cameos, like Michael Jordan and LeBron James in Space Jam, Uncle Drew starring NBA star Kyrie Irving, Airplane! with Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and Blue Chips...
Some actors fall into the opportunity through lots of auditions, training, and from knowing the right people. But others get their start by becoming a famous name first.
Athletes are often in the public eye, gaining a following for being good at their chosen sport. Once they retire from their profession, some continue to grow their popularity through other ventures.
Many athletes turn to acting, whether through television advertisements and commercials like Coach Prime, Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, Derek Jeter, Eli Manning, and Kevin Durant.
Other athletes like Travis Kelce, Pat McAfee, Deion Sanders (Prime), and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. do podcasts to attract a following.
Some celebrities do one-shot cameos, like Michael Jordan and LeBron James in Space Jam, Uncle Drew starring NBA star Kyrie Irving, Airplane! with Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and Blue Chips...
- 5/28/2024
- by Sara Trimble
- TVfanatic
Brendan Fraser has been seeing a revival in his career after he won the Oscar for his role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale. However, the actor will always be known for his role as Rick O’Connell in the horror adventure film The Mummy. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film made him a bonafide star and turned the franchise into a huge asset for Universal Studios.
While Fraser shot to worldwide fame with The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, the latter also turned another upcoming actor into a star. Dwayne Johnson, who was a rising star at WWE at the time, made a cameo as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns, leading him to receive his own spinoff film a year later.
Dwayne Johnson’s Cameo Inspired The Mummy Filmmaker To Write A Solo Film Dwyane Johnson in The Scorpion King
Dwayne Johnson is one of the...
While Fraser shot to worldwide fame with The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, the latter also turned another upcoming actor into a star. Dwayne Johnson, who was a rising star at WWE at the time, made a cameo as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns, leading him to receive his own spinoff film a year later.
Dwayne Johnson’s Cameo Inspired The Mummy Filmmaker To Write A Solo Film Dwyane Johnson in The Scorpion King
Dwayne Johnson is one of the...
- 5/12/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Dwayne Johnson has been busy with his return to the WWE and seems to have taken a break from his acting career. While the actor will be next seen in this year’s Moana 2 in a voice role, Johnson has yet to announce a large-scale blockbuster as he has not seen a hit in the past few years.
Johnson’s last film role was in the Dceu film Black Adam, which turned out to be a box-office disaster. The film saw him finally enter the DC universe after years of speculation but the film ended up being a failure. However, the actor has now been rumored to have been offered a place in the MCU and if insider information is to be believed, he will be playing a popular X-Men villain.
Dwayne Johnson Might Play This X-Men Villain In The MCU Dwayne Johnson in and as Black Adam
Dwayne...
Johnson’s last film role was in the Dceu film Black Adam, which turned out to be a box-office disaster. The film saw him finally enter the DC universe after years of speculation but the film ended up being a failure. However, the actor has now been rumored to have been offered a place in the MCU and if insider information is to be believed, he will be playing a popular X-Men villain.
Dwayne Johnson Might Play This X-Men Villain In The MCU Dwayne Johnson in and as Black Adam
Dwayne...
- 5/8/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Bernard Hill, who played Captain Edward Smith in Titanic and King Théoden in two of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films, died early Sunday morning, his agent Lou Coulson confirmed. He was 79. No cause has was given.
His breakout role was in BBC TV drama Boys from the Blackstuff, where he portrayed Yosser Hughes, a character who struggled — and often failed — to cope with unemployment in Liverpool.
Hill will be seen in Season 2 of The Responder, a BBC drama starring Martin Freeman, which begins airing on Sunday.
Along with Best Picture Oscar winners Titanic and The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King and the latter’s predecessor The Two Towers, his credits also included the 1976 BBC TV series I, Claudius, an appearance in 1982’s Gandhi, True Crime (1999) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999). The Scorpion King in 2002 and the 2008 Tom Cruise film Valkyrie.
The Manchester...
His breakout role was in BBC TV drama Boys from the Blackstuff, where he portrayed Yosser Hughes, a character who struggled — and often failed — to cope with unemployment in Liverpool.
Hill will be seen in Season 2 of The Responder, a BBC drama starring Martin Freeman, which begins airing on Sunday.
Along with Best Picture Oscar winners Titanic and The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King and the latter’s predecessor The Two Towers, his credits also included the 1976 BBC TV series I, Claudius, an appearance in 1982’s Gandhi, True Crime (1999) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999). The Scorpion King in 2002 and the 2008 Tom Cruise film Valkyrie.
The Manchester...
- 5/5/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Dwayne Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is a legendary actor with a plethora of movies throughout his career. From starring in movies that become blockbusters to fighting in rings that draw millions of fans to the WWE, Johnson has done it all.
Being a charming and much-loved actor, there were recent rumors that Johnson was late on the set of his upcoming film. Having his fan following in the millions, people took to X (formerly Twitter) to defend the actor and called the rumor fake.
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in a still from Jungle Cruise Fans Call Rumors About Dwayne Johnson “Bullsh*t”
From starring in The Mummy Returns as The Scorpion King to starring in his own production of Black Adam, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has come a long way. Being a wrestler-turned-actor, Johnson has a fan following in the millions.
Dwayne Johnson and...
Being a charming and much-loved actor, there were recent rumors that Johnson was late on the set of his upcoming film. Having his fan following in the millions, people took to X (formerly Twitter) to defend the actor and called the rumor fake.
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in a still from Jungle Cruise Fans Call Rumors About Dwayne Johnson “Bullsh*t”
From starring in The Mummy Returns as The Scorpion King to starring in his own production of Black Adam, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has come a long way. Being a wrestler-turned-actor, Johnson has a fan following in the millions.
Dwayne Johnson and...
- 4/30/2024
- by Visarg Acharya
- FandomWire
Universal Pictures’ The Mummy franchise was a fan favorite when it starred Brendan Fraser as the leading man Rick O’Connell. The first two films in the trilogy were directed by Stephen Sommers, also starred Rachel Weisz and John Hannah, and were box office successes. However, the reboot starring Tom Cruise was a gigantic failure critically and commercially.
While Cruise’s film ended what Universal planned as a series of monster films with a shared universe, a recent fan-made trailer seemed to have followed it up with a new cast. The new trailer is titled The Mummy: Resurrection and sees Keanu Reeves take over the franchise to battle a new evil spirit buried in an Egyptian tomb.
Keanu Reeves Takes Over The Mummy Franchise In A New Fan-Made Trailer Tom Cruise in The Mummy (2017)
The popular early 2000s adventure franchise The Mummy was a fan favorite. Actors such as Brendan Fraser...
While Cruise’s film ended what Universal planned as a series of monster films with a shared universe, a recent fan-made trailer seemed to have followed it up with a new cast. The new trailer is titled The Mummy: Resurrection and sees Keanu Reeves take over the franchise to battle a new evil spirit buried in an Egyptian tomb.
Keanu Reeves Takes Over The Mummy Franchise In A New Fan-Made Trailer Tom Cruise in The Mummy (2017)
The popular early 2000s adventure franchise The Mummy was a fan favorite. Actors such as Brendan Fraser...
- 4/23/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Conor McGregor vs. Dwayne Johnson: Who Cashed the Bigger Check?
Did Conor McGregor really set a world record with his Road House payday? That’s what the onetime UFC superstar has been bragging about in recent weeks, claiming he’s now “the highest paid first-time actor of all time.” If true — and McGregor, 35, hasn’t disclosed how much he got for his debut role in Amazon’s reboot of the 1989 kickboxing flick — he would beat Dwayne Johnson’s record of $5.5 million for 2002’s Scorpion King. While some have scoffed at his claim, sources indicate he was indeed paid in that ballpark, and given the Irishman’s stature in the martial arts world and the offers he has turned down (he accepted a role opposite Vin Diesel in 2017’s xXx: Return of Xander Cage, only to back out before filming began) it wouldn’t be surprising if some sort of record was broken.
Did Conor McGregor really set a world record with his Road House payday? That’s what the onetime UFC superstar has been bragging about in recent weeks, claiming he’s now “the highest paid first-time actor of all time.” If true — and McGregor, 35, hasn’t disclosed how much he got for his debut role in Amazon’s reboot of the 1989 kickboxing flick — he would beat Dwayne Johnson’s record of $5.5 million for 2002’s Scorpion King. While some have scoffed at his claim, sources indicate he was indeed paid in that ballpark, and given the Irishman’s stature in the martial arts world and the offers he has turned down (he accepted a role opposite Vin Diesel in 2017’s xXx: Return of Xander Cage, only to back out before filming began) it wouldn’t be surprising if some sort of record was broken.
- 4/10/2024
- by Edited by Benjamin Svetkey and Edited by Julian Sancton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WWE fans from around the world are tuning in for the biggest event in the wrestling world. WrestleMania 40 is currently underway in Philadelphia and is already well on its way to becoming a spectacular success. A big part of its hype is due to the presence of none other than wrestling legend Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson himself.
Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam
The action superstar was one of the marquee draws of the night when he returned to team up with Roman Reigns against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. The icing on the cake was his historic win after an 11-year hiatus. But WWE buffs were concerned with footage that showed the possibility of The Rock suffering an injury, which was a reminder of a serious one he had during his confrontation with John Cena in WrestleMania 29.
Fans Are Worried That Dwayne Johnson Injured Himself On His Big WrestleMania Return...
Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam
The action superstar was one of the marquee draws of the night when he returned to team up with Roman Reigns against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. The icing on the cake was his historic win after an 11-year hiatus. But WWE buffs were concerned with footage that showed the possibility of The Rock suffering an injury, which was a reminder of a serious one he had during his confrontation with John Cena in WrestleMania 29.
Fans Are Worried That Dwayne Johnson Injured Himself On His Big WrestleMania Return...
- 4/7/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
Before becoming an action superstar in Hollywood, Dwayne Johnson made his name in the WWE circuit and went on to become one of the iconic wrestlers of the league. Over the years, The Rock has locked horns with many legendary fighters and has come out on top numerous times to be crowned WWE champion.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Among Johnson’s memorable rivals, another wrestler-turned-actor, John Cena and Philip Jack Brooks, aka Cm Punk, have given him a run for his money multiple times. But The Scorpion King actor named WWE legend and mentor Brooklyn Brawler as the toughest opponent he has ever faced to date.
Dwayne Johnson Rates Brooklyn Brawler As His Most Difficult WWE Opponent
It is common knowledge that Dwayne Johnson is a bonafide superstar in Hollywood. The actor, though, became an icon much before his acting career when he stepped into the...
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Among Johnson’s memorable rivals, another wrestler-turned-actor, John Cena and Philip Jack Brooks, aka Cm Punk, have given him a run for his money multiple times. But The Scorpion King actor named WWE legend and mentor Brooklyn Brawler as the toughest opponent he has ever faced to date.
Dwayne Johnson Rates Brooklyn Brawler As His Most Difficult WWE Opponent
It is common knowledge that Dwayne Johnson is a bonafide superstar in Hollywood. The actor, though, became an icon much before his acting career when he stepped into the...
- 4/6/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
After making his name in the wrestling industry, Dwayne Johnson finally decided to try his hand at acting and The Mummy Returns (2001) helped his dreams become a reality. Unfortunately, the role given to him was not what his fans would have imagined at all. Dwayne Johnson played the role of The Scorpion King, an unintentionally hilarious CGI demigod.
Dwayne Johnson in the prologue of The Mummy Returns
While the character was supposed to be intimidating, viewers couldn’t help but spare a laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. A giant scorpion with Dwayne Johnson’s face? There’s no way the audience was going to have nightmares about this. However, the horrible presentation of the character was not Dwayne Johnson’s fault.
Why Was Dwayne Johnson’s Scorpion King So Laughable? Dwayne Johnson’s CGI Scorpion King
The Mummy Returns marked Dwayne Johnson’s entry into the film industry and how.
Dwayne Johnson in the prologue of The Mummy Returns
While the character was supposed to be intimidating, viewers couldn’t help but spare a laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. A giant scorpion with Dwayne Johnson’s face? There’s no way the audience was going to have nightmares about this. However, the horrible presentation of the character was not Dwayne Johnson’s fault.
Why Was Dwayne Johnson’s Scorpion King So Laughable? Dwayne Johnson’s CGI Scorpion King
The Mummy Returns marked Dwayne Johnson’s entry into the film industry and how.
- 3/25/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Dwayne Johnson is a household name in the entertainment industry—a name that is widely recognized worldwide. From wrestling to acting, the actor, businessman, and professional wrestler has built an impressive empire worth $800 million. Yet, despite his achievements, there is one regret that still haunts him to this day: not being able to say goodbye to his father before he passed away.
Like us, The Rock, 51, has always considered his dad to be a role model for his professional wrestling career. In contrast, they had an uneven personal relationship that got better and stronger right up until Johnson’s father passed away. With over 390 million followers on Instagram, The Scorpion King actor made a public confession about not being able to say goodbye to his father.
Dwayne Johnson in Ballers Season 5
His father, Rocky Johnson, died on January 15, 2020, before they could make amends for their “complicated relationship”.
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Like us, The Rock, 51, has always considered his dad to be a role model for his professional wrestling career. In contrast, they had an uneven personal relationship that got better and stronger right up until Johnson’s father passed away. With over 390 million followers on Instagram, The Scorpion King actor made a public confession about not being able to say goodbye to his father.
Dwayne Johnson in Ballers Season 5
His father, Rocky Johnson, died on January 15, 2020, before they could make amends for their “complicated relationship”.
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- 3/1/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
There’s no doubt that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is an A-list star. The professional wrestler turned actor started making waves thanks to The Mummy Returns as the Scorpion King. Terrible effects aside, that skyrocketed him into different roles, and slowly, but surely, Johnson was one of the most well-known names in the mainstream. Johnson was very experimental early in his career; bouncing between comedy (Be Cool), drama (Gridiron Gang), horror (Doom), family (The Game Plan), and Thriller (Southland Tales). We got to see Johnson in sentimental affairs that proved his dramatic chops thanks to films like The Gridiron Gang. His...
- 2/21/2024
- by Jeffrey Bowie Jr.
- TVovermind.com
The latest feature from David Fincher, a big-budget drama series from Steven Knight and Shawn Levy, and an Oscar hopeful starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster are among the standout new additions hitting Netflix in November.
With The Killer, Fincher reteams with Seven writer Andrew Kevin Walker to adapt the graphic novel written by Alexis Nolent. The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival this year and debuts on Netflix on Nov. 10, stars Michael Fassbender as a shadowy unnamed assassin and features a cast that includes Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Gabriel Polanco, Kerry O’Malley, Emiliano Pernía, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton.
The Hollywood Reporter‘s review of The Killer described the film as “a satisfyingly retro, location-hopping genre exercise with fisticuffs, gadgets (albeit ones bought from Amazon) and smooth-talking antagonists that all plays like a tongue-in-cheek spoof of James Bond movies.”
All the Light We Cannot See...
With The Killer, Fincher reteams with Seven writer Andrew Kevin Walker to adapt the graphic novel written by Alexis Nolent. The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival this year and debuts on Netflix on Nov. 10, stars Michael Fassbender as a shadowy unnamed assassin and features a cast that includes Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Gabriel Polanco, Kerry O’Malley, Emiliano Pernía, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton.
The Hollywood Reporter‘s review of The Killer described the film as “a satisfyingly retro, location-hopping genre exercise with fisticuffs, gadgets (albeit ones bought from Amazon) and smooth-talking antagonists that all plays like a tongue-in-cheek spoof of James Bond movies.”
All the Light We Cannot See...
- 11/2/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Dexter Sol Ansell, David Edward-Robertson, Sophia La Porta, Mark Peachey, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Vicki Hackett, Bernard Hill | Written by Paul Thomas | Directed by Chris Cronin
The Moor opens in 1996 as young Claire (Billie Suggett) convinces the even younger Danny to distract a shopkeeper with a story about getting separated from his father while she steals some candy for them. It all goes according to plan until a strange man claims to be the boy’s father and takes him away. A suspect is caught and convicted, but neither Danny’s body nor those of several other missing boys was ever found.
Twenty-five years later Danny’s father Bill contacts Claire He plans to find his son’s body to help keep his killer from being released and he wants her to use her podcast to help document it. Out of her sense of guilt, she agrees.
Bill’s method of...
The Moor opens in 1996 as young Claire (Billie Suggett) convinces the even younger Danny to distract a shopkeeper with a story about getting separated from his father while she steals some candy for them. It all goes according to plan until a strange man claims to be the boy’s father and takes him away. A suspect is caught and convicted, but neither Danny’s body nor those of several other missing boys was ever found.
Twenty-five years later Danny’s father Bill contacts Claire He plans to find his son’s body to help keep his killer from being released and he wants her to use her podcast to help document it. Out of her sense of guilt, she agrees.
Bill’s method of...
- 8/31/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
It has been more than a decade since John Cena and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson faced off in a pair of WrestleMania matches influenced by Cena’s frustrations with Johnson leaving WWE behind for Hollywood. Now, with Cena taking the same path, he says he was a “hypocrite.”
“I got selfish, and me living WWE at the point and not having any concept of growth or someone else’s perspective, I took Dwayne’s comments as not genuine,” the 15-time WWE champion said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “My view was, if you love something, be there everyday. What a hypocrite I am, because I still love WWE and I can’t go all the time. And I just didn’t see that, I was so selfish.”
Back in 2008, during the height of Cena’s run as a perennial WWE Championship contender, he said in an interview with British...
“I got selfish, and me living WWE at the point and not having any concept of growth or someone else’s perspective, I took Dwayne’s comments as not genuine,” the 15-time WWE champion said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “My view was, if you love something, be there everyday. What a hypocrite I am, because I still love WWE and I can’t go all the time. And I just didn’t see that, I was so selfish.”
Back in 2008, during the height of Cena’s run as a perennial WWE Championship contender, he said in an interview with British...
- 5/20/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The year was 1999, and the world was presented with a cinematic masterpiece that would go down in history as one of the greatest Universal Monster movies of all time: The Mummy. Starring the illustrious Brendan Frasier and the effervescent Rachel Weisz, this film captured the hearts of moviegoers worldwide with its thrilling action, impeccable humor, and unforgettable characters.
Set in 1920s Egypt, the movie follows charming adventurer Rick O’Connell (Frasier) as he teams up with clumsy but endearing librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Weisz) and her bumbling brother Jonathan (John Hannah) to uncover the secrets of an ancient curse and defeat the resurrected mummy of the evil Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo). From O’Connell almost getting hung by the gallows in the first act, to the epic showdown between O’Connell and Imhotep atop the Great Pyramid, The Mummy is a wild ride from start to finish.
But what makes this film stand out...
Set in 1920s Egypt, the movie follows charming adventurer Rick O’Connell (Frasier) as he teams up with clumsy but endearing librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Weisz) and her bumbling brother Jonathan (John Hannah) to uncover the secrets of an ancient curse and defeat the resurrected mummy of the evil Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo). From O’Connell almost getting hung by the gallows in the first act, to the epic showdown between O’Connell and Imhotep atop the Great Pyramid, The Mummy is a wild ride from start to finish.
But what makes this film stand out...
- 5/4/2023
- by Ian Banks
It only seems like five minutes since the motley crew of misfits, malcontents and vegetation that make up the Guardians Of The Galaxy first came together. We’ve got all the key players together in the new issue of _Empire to talk about the end of an era – plus, plenty of other first-look exclusives and brand new interviews on the biggest releases. We’ve got Lin Manuel-Miranda, Ari Aster, Bill Hader, and more. Also, the inside story of Donald Duck’s fight against Hitler. How’s that for variety?
You can find the Guardians Vol. 3 issue on newsstands from Thursday 13 April – but before then, here’s a sneak peek inside the pages of the June 2023 issue.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
Nearly a decade since Peter Quill first jammed to Redbone, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 is almost here – and with it, a changing of the guardians. Director...
You can find the Guardians Vol. 3 issue on newsstands from Thursday 13 April – but before then, here’s a sneak peek inside the pages of the June 2023 issue.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
Nearly a decade since Peter Quill first jammed to Redbone, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 is almost here – and with it, a changing of the guardians. Director...
- 4/12/2023
- by Tom Nicholson
- Empire - Movies
Exclusive: Jamie Campbell Bower – you know him best for his work as the Stranger Things’ villain Vecna – will star for director Chuck Russell in a new version of the ‘80s fright franchise Witchboard. Russell and Greg McKay wrote the script and are producing with Kade Vu and Bernie Gewissler, in an A-Nation Media production. The film shoots in May in Montreal and New Orleans.
Emily, her fiancé Christian and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. But a darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits. Christian seeks help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste, but Babtiste has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth,...
Emily, her fiancé Christian and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. But a darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits. Christian seeks help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste, but Babtiste has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Tubi originals for April include “Dead Hot,” co-starring Vanessa Hudgens and Gg Magree. They play witchcraft students who long to connect with the spirit world. But when a ghost hunt goes wrong, they head to Salem, Massachusetts, for a masterclass.
“A Good Man,” another streamer original, lands on April 13. A man enters a new relationship in the aftermath of his wife’s affair. But soon, things go awry when he notices familiar signs of betrayal.
The four movies that comprise “The Scorpion King” arrive April 1. A prequel and spinoff of “The Mummy,” the first movie, in 2002, is a sorcery action-adventure film starring starring Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan. An evil ruler wants to conquer the tribes of the desert.
Jim Carrey fans will want to revisit the two “Ace Ventura” comedies. Carrey shows off his gift for physical comedy, while creating a wacky...
“A Good Man,” another streamer original, lands on April 13. A man enters a new relationship in the aftermath of his wife’s affair. But soon, things go awry when he notices familiar signs of betrayal.
The four movies that comprise “The Scorpion King” arrive April 1. A prequel and spinoff of “The Mummy,” the first movie, in 2002, is a sorcery action-adventure film starring starring Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan. An evil ruler wants to conquer the tribes of the desert.
Jim Carrey fans will want to revisit the two “Ace Ventura” comedies. Carrey shows off his gift for physical comedy, while creating a wacky...
- 3/31/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Stars: Nicole Cinaglia, Vienna Hayden, Robbie Dias, Dakota Jans, Jared Rivet | Written by Deanna Gomez | Directed by Alex T. Hwang
An early news report provides the film’s backstory, as a U.S. Senator committed suicide after a report was released detailing his involvement with drug trafficking. After her expose’s release, writer Nora Thompson (Nicole Cinaglia) is excited by the wider engagement her social media has received as a result. Her enjoyment is shattered when she’s taken hostage by Carolyn Morrison (Vienna Hayden), the senator’s vengeful daughter who subsequently lost her inheritance. As they venture into the woods, a creature stalking them forces the pair to work together to survive.
Director Alex T. Hwang sets his sights on delivering a tense scenario, as these two characters must rely on whatever they can find in the unforgiving elements for protection. The reality is far less promising, as there...
An early news report provides the film’s backstory, as a U.S. Senator committed suicide after a report was released detailing his involvement with drug trafficking. After her expose’s release, writer Nora Thompson (Nicole Cinaglia) is excited by the wider engagement her social media has received as a result. Her enjoyment is shattered when she’s taken hostage by Carolyn Morrison (Vienna Hayden), the senator’s vengeful daughter who subsequently lost her inheritance. As they venture into the woods, a creature stalking them forces the pair to work together to survive.
Director Alex T. Hwang sets his sights on delivering a tense scenario, as these two characters must rely on whatever they can find in the unforgiving elements for protection. The reality is far less promising, as there...
- 2/28/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
What began in 2002 as a spin-off of The Mummy series grew into a series of its own franchise with the many The Scorpion King films. In Hollywood, prequels, sequels, and spinoffs are often necessary to help clarify or expound storylines and plots. However, with The Scorpion King film series, audiences have perhaps had too many movies, with five films and an upcoming reboot movie in the franchise. The franchise revolves around the life and times of Mathayus, a skilled Egyptian warrior who eventually becomes the Scorpion King. The Scorpion King character first appeared in The Mummy (1999) sequel, The
Wait – Why Are There So Many Scorpion King Films?...
Wait – Why Are There So Many Scorpion King Films?...
- 2/23/2023
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: Kelly Hu has joined the cast of the CBS series East New York in a recurring role. She will make her debut in episode 112 titled “Up in Smoke,” airing February 19.
She will play Allison Cha, a tenacious and straightforward political policy advisor brought into shadow Suarez (Jimmy Smits) to understand the day-to-day duties of the NYPD.
From William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, East New York follows Regina Haywood (Amanda Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
The series also stars Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Olivia Luccardi, and Lavel Schley.
William Finkelstein, Mike Flynn, Michael M. Robin,...
She will play Allison Cha, a tenacious and straightforward political policy advisor brought into shadow Suarez (Jimmy Smits) to understand the day-to-day duties of the NYPD.
From William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, East New York follows Regina Haywood (Amanda Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
The series also stars Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Olivia Luccardi, and Lavel Schley.
William Finkelstein, Mike Flynn, Michael M. Robin,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
When The Mummy Returns was released in 2001, the movie had the notable film debut of WWE wrestler, The Rock. His scenes were more of a wrap-around story device that bookends the movie with a prologue and the finale as the Scorpion King. The Rock would never actually meet his co-stars that played the characters who had journeyed to stop him, as his presence in his final end sequence was of a monstrous form of half-man, half-scorpion. The CGI, even at the time, was criticized for looking sub-optimal and has current notoriety of bad special effect filmmaking.
But Brendan Fraser, the star of the film, will not take the criticism anymore. Variety reports that Fraser recently did a GQ profile, where he reflected on the movie and acknowledged the reputation of the CGI. However, he was quick to point out that it was not done to the best of the artists...
But Brendan Fraser, the star of the film, will not take the criticism anymore. Variety reports that Fraser recently did a GQ profile, where he reflected on the movie and acknowledged the reputation of the CGI. However, he was quick to point out that it was not done to the best of the artists...
- 11/18/2022
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
The Mummy star Brendan Fraser has defended the “janky” CGI in the film’s sequel, The Mummy Returns
The action-adventure movies were released between 1999 and 2008 and starred Fraser as the lead, Rick O’Connell.
In The Mummy Returns (2001), Dwayne Johnson made his acting debut as the Scorpion King, a role that inspired the following year’s prequel film The Scorpion King.
Unfortunately, The Mummy Returns is known in part for its notoriously bad CGI work on Johnson, dspite grossing over 435m at the global box office.
Asked about this in a GQ video interview, however, Fraser defended the movie and suggested there was a ‘charm’ to the dated technology.
“I know, I know, be kind,” he began.
“The guys who did the CGI of the Scorpion King, at the premiere, they were like, ‘hey, how are you, good job. You know, we did the CG for the Scorpion King.’ And they kind of went,...
The action-adventure movies were released between 1999 and 2008 and starred Fraser as the lead, Rick O’Connell.
In The Mummy Returns (2001), Dwayne Johnson made his acting debut as the Scorpion King, a role that inspired the following year’s prequel film The Scorpion King.
Unfortunately, The Mummy Returns is known in part for its notoriously bad CGI work on Johnson, dspite grossing over 435m at the global box office.
Asked about this in a GQ video interview, however, Fraser defended the movie and suggested there was a ‘charm’ to the dated technology.
“I know, I know, be kind,” he began.
“The guys who did the CGI of the Scorpion King, at the premiere, they were like, ‘hey, how are you, good job. You know, we did the CG for the Scorpion King.’ And they kind of went,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Film
The question that “Black Adam” poses is a simple one: What happens when Hollywood’s most risk-averse movie star collides with Hollywood’s most risk-averse movie genre? The answer provided by complex is, of course, even simpler: Exactly what you’d expect. Only worse.
All due respect to whatever unique and illustrious history Black Adam may have developed since his DC Comics debut in 1945, but the lifeless spectacle that director Jaume Collet-Serra — who made some nifty thrillers before “Jungle Cruise” reduced him to the John Ford of Rawson Marshall Thurbers — has cobbled together for the character’s big screen origin story is so exhaustingly derivative of other superhero movies that the ancient Egyptian antihero might as well not have any history at all.
The problems stem from an irreconcilable mismatch between star and subject. Part of the issue is that playing the Scorpion King does not, in fact, make someone...
All due respect to whatever unique and illustrious history Black Adam may have developed since his DC Comics debut in 1945, but the lifeless spectacle that director Jaume Collet-Serra — who made some nifty thrillers before “Jungle Cruise” reduced him to the John Ford of Rawson Marshall Thurbers — has cobbled together for the character’s big screen origin story is so exhaustingly derivative of other superhero movies that the ancient Egyptian antihero might as well not have any history at all.
The problems stem from an irreconcilable mismatch between star and subject. Part of the issue is that playing the Scorpion King does not, in fact, make someone...
- 10/18/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: The following review contains mild spoilers for “Black Adam.”
It’s kind of a cheat, casting someone as massive as Dwayne Johnson to play a DC superhero — or antihero, in the case of “Black Adam,” an action-packed, adolescent-skewing stand-alone that presents the swole Samoan star as a nearly invincible global threat. Black Adam is basically an A-bomb in human form, whose emergence from a 5,000-year lockdown calls for emergency intervention by the Justice Society of America, or Jsa, which dispatches four glorified benchwarmers to contain the situation: Hawkman, Atom Smasher, Cyclone and Doctor Fate.
Ex-wrestler The Rock is built on an altogether different scale from everyone else in the DC universe (the next-closest hulk would be “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa), suggesting by body type alone that he could beat anyone “from this planet.” Wink wink. Was it an accident or shrewd marketing strategy that leaked an end-credits scene...
It’s kind of a cheat, casting someone as massive as Dwayne Johnson to play a DC superhero — or antihero, in the case of “Black Adam,” an action-packed, adolescent-skewing stand-alone that presents the swole Samoan star as a nearly invincible global threat. Black Adam is basically an A-bomb in human form, whose emergence from a 5,000-year lockdown calls for emergency intervention by the Justice Society of America, or Jsa, which dispatches four glorified benchwarmers to contain the situation: Hawkman, Atom Smasher, Cyclone and Doctor Fate.
Ex-wrestler The Rock is built on an altogether different scale from everyone else in the DC universe (the next-closest hulk would be “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa), suggesting by body type alone that he could beat anyone “from this planet.” Wink wink. Was it an accident or shrewd marketing strategy that leaked an end-credits scene...
- 10/18/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Universal Pictures' infamous Dark Universe was not an inherently bad idea. The studio had enjoyed great success crossing over its classic monster movie series going back to the 1940s, at one point even pairing them with comedy duo Abbott and Costello for a run of films. Then, director Stephen Sommers gave "The Mummy" a fresh coat of paint with his 1999 remake, a delightfully cheeky mix of "Indiana Jones"-style action/adventure and supernatural horror that would spawn two sequels and a series of spinoff films about The Scorpion King (a role originated by Dwayne Johnson in 2001's "The Mummy Returns").
Since then, however, Universal has struggled to effectively re-imagine most of its other monsters for the 21st century. Many of its attempts to do so have seen the studio trying to repurpose these characters as superheroes, starting with Sommers' 2004 movie "Van Helsing" and continuing on to 2014's "Dracula Untold," a...
Since then, however, Universal has struggled to effectively re-imagine most of its other monsters for the 21st century. Many of its attempts to do so have seen the studio trying to repurpose these characters as superheroes, starting with Sommers' 2004 movie "Van Helsing" and continuing on to 2014's "Dracula Untold," a...
- 10/12/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Hollywood star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was ordered to lose weight, drop his stage name and stop talking about wrestling if he wanted to make it in Hollywood. The ‘Fast and the Furious’ star shot to fame in the mid-1990s as a regular performer with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) adopting the name ‘The Rock’ and becoming one of the franchise’s most recognisable wrestlers before making a crossover to movies with a role as the Scorpion King in 2001’s ‘The Mummy Returns’, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
However, Johnson has now shared that he was asked to make some serious changes if he wanted to be taken seriously as an actor. Speaking on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’, he said: “They said, ‘Okay, great. But now here’s what you have to do: You have to stop working out as much. You have to lose weight. You can’t call yourself The Rock.
However, Johnson has now shared that he was asked to make some serious changes if he wanted to be taken seriously as an actor. Speaking on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’, he said: “They said, ‘Okay, great. But now here’s what you have to do: You have to stop working out as much. You have to lose weight. You can’t call yourself The Rock.
- 10/10/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Brendan Fraser received a rousing standing ovation at the screening of "The Whale" at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4. "The standing ovation for #TheWhale was so enthusiastic, Brendan Fraser tried to leave the theater but the crowd's applause made him stay," Variety's Ramin Setoodeh tweeted after the premiere.
In a reply to Setoodeh's tweet, Fraser's former costar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson celebrated the positive reception. "Man this makes me so happy to see this beautiful ovation for Brendan," Johnson wrote, going on to thank Fraser for helping him out when he first started acting. "He supported me coming into his Mummy Returns franchise for my first ever role, which kicked off my Hollywood career," the star wrote. "Rooting for all your success brother and congrats to my bud Darren Aronofsky."
Johnson's first-ever acting role was in 2001's "The Mummy Returns," in which he played the Scorpion King alongside Fraser's intrepid explorer Rick O'Connell.
In a reply to Setoodeh's tweet, Fraser's former costar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson celebrated the positive reception. "Man this makes me so happy to see this beautiful ovation for Brendan," Johnson wrote, going on to thank Fraser for helping him out when he first started acting. "He supported me coming into his Mummy Returns franchise for my first ever role, which kicked off my Hollywood career," the star wrote. "Rooting for all your success brother and congrats to my bud Darren Aronofsky."
Johnson's first-ever acting role was in 2001's "The Mummy Returns," in which he played the Scorpion King alongside Fraser's intrepid explorer Rick O'Connell.
- 9/7/2022
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is honoring Brendan Fraser’s return to the big screen.
Johnson credited former “Mummy Returns” co-star Fraser for helping launch his own film career after making history in the WWE. The “Black Adam” actor tweeted in support of Fraser after the standing ovation for the Venice Film Festival premiere of “The Whale,” starring Fraser as a 600-pound teacher, went viral.
“Man, this makes me so happy to see this beautiful ovation for Brendan,” Johnson wrote. “He supported me coming into his ‘Mummy Returns’ franchise for my first ever role, which kicked off my Hollywood career. Rooting for all your success, brother and congrats to my bud Darren Aronofsky. #TheWhale”
Johnson starred as the Scorpion King in 2001’s “The Mummy Returns” before landing his own eponymous character spinoff film in 2002. His career later took off with “Walking Tall,” “Be Cool,” “Doom,” “Gridiron Gang,” and “Get Smart.” Up next,...
Johnson credited former “Mummy Returns” co-star Fraser for helping launch his own film career after making history in the WWE. The “Black Adam” actor tweeted in support of Fraser after the standing ovation for the Venice Film Festival premiere of “The Whale,” starring Fraser as a 600-pound teacher, went viral.
“Man, this makes me so happy to see this beautiful ovation for Brendan,” Johnson wrote. “He supported me coming into his ‘Mummy Returns’ franchise for my first ever role, which kicked off my Hollywood career. Rooting for all your success, brother and congrats to my bud Darren Aronofsky. #TheWhale”
Johnson starred as the Scorpion King in 2001’s “The Mummy Returns” before landing his own eponymous character spinoff film in 2002. His career later took off with “Walking Tall,” “Be Cool,” “Doom,” “Gridiron Gang,” and “Get Smart.” Up next,...
- 9/6/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
There has been a lot of love and support pouring over Brendan Fraser. The actor has garnered much acclaim for his performance in the DC show Doom Patrol and recently, there has been much good buzz surrounding his comeback performance in the new Darren Aronofsky film, The Whale. In a viral video getting a ton of views over the weekend shared by Variety co-editor Ramin Setoodeh, Fraser was given a six-minute standing ovation after the screening of The Whale at the Venice Film Festival which brought the actor to tears.
His former Mummy Returns co-star, Dwayne Johnson, has taken to Twitter in support of the renaissance the actor is having following this movie. Johnson says,
Man this makes me so happy to see this beautiful ovation for Brendan. He supported me coming into his Mummy Returns franchise for my first ever role, which kicked off my Hollywood career. Rooting for...
His former Mummy Returns co-star, Dwayne Johnson, has taken to Twitter in support of the renaissance the actor is having following this movie. Johnson says,
Man this makes me so happy to see this beautiful ovation for Brendan. He supported me coming into his Mummy Returns franchise for my first ever role, which kicked off my Hollywood career. Rooting for...
- 9/6/2022
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
For his third feature, Jordan Peele ambitiously sets out to create a sci-fi spectacle, and he succeeds greatly with the magic he’s able to create in Nope. If there’s one thing I would say to readers out there before I get into the nuts and bolts of Peele’s latest (and just know that there will be no spoilers), it’s that if you think that you’re in for a traditional alien invasion story with Nope, you most definitely are not. For some out there, that might be an issue. But for this writer, that’s probably what I loved about it most. Don’t worry - there’s no bait and switch here. There are aliens. But what Nope really is about are powerful entities that are hellbent on consumption, with little regard for the lives they are affecting, and we see that play out in...
- 7/20/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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