In this edition of Sequel Bits: Daniel Craig is rumored to want Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve to direct James Bond 25 Escape Plan 3: Devil’s Station adds a new cast member The Equalizer 2‘s release date has been bumped up Casting has begun on Blumhouse’s The Purge: The Island prequel WB’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to […]
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- 9/25/2017
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Corbin Bernsen, Louis Mandylor, Jocelyn Osorio, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Eddie J. Fernandez, David Fernandez Jr., Luis Gatica, Steven Dell, Mauricio Mendoza, Geoffrey Ross | Written by Benjamin Budd, Scott Windhauser | Directed by R. Ellis Frazier
Jack (Lundgren) is a former CIA contractor who now oversees a team of elite thieves. One night in a small Mexican town, they flawlessly execute an intricate heist. On the way to a lucrative payout the Mexican authorities suddenly apprehend them. When the authorities bring them in, Jack finds himself face-to-face with Agent Price (Bernsen), his former CIA handler. Agent Price informs Jack that he s being sent to La Muerte, a high-tech, impenetrable fortress. La Muerte operates as a black site for high profile detainees from Mexico’s war against the Cartels. No one knows where it is…or that it even exists, and those who enter do not leave the facility alive.
Jack (Lundgren) is a former CIA contractor who now oversees a team of elite thieves. One night in a small Mexican town, they flawlessly execute an intricate heist. On the way to a lucrative payout the Mexican authorities suddenly apprehend them. When the authorities bring them in, Jack finds himself face-to-face with Agent Price (Bernsen), his former CIA handler. Agent Price informs Jack that he s being sent to La Muerte, a high-tech, impenetrable fortress. La Muerte operates as a black site for high profile detainees from Mexico’s war against the Cartels. No one knows where it is…or that it even exists, and those who enter do not leave the facility alive.
- 9/22/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Escape Plan 2: Hades hasn't even been released yet, but that didn't stop Sylvester Stallone and director Steven C. Miller from starting work on Escape Plan 3: Devil's Station. The third film in the franchise is currently in production and Stallone has shared a couple fun videos from the set showing off the shooting location. You even get to see co-star Dave Bautista in costume.
The film is currently shooting at Mansfield prison, which is where all the exterior shots for The Shawshank Redemption were filmed. I thought that was pretty cool! When talking about it, Stallone says:
“On location doing Escape Plan 3 at Mansfield prison, where they filmed The exterior shots for the film Shawshank redemption but they never filmed the inside of this place. Trust me, doing hard time in here must have been Hard core Hell!! Hanging With my good buddy and costar @davebautista. The...
The film is currently shooting at Mansfield prison, which is where all the exterior shots for The Shawshank Redemption were filmed. I thought that was pretty cool! When talking about it, Stallone says:
“On location doing Escape Plan 3 at Mansfield prison, where they filmed The exterior shots for the film Shawshank redemption but they never filmed the inside of this place. Trust me, doing hard time in here must have been Hard core Hell!! Hanging With my good buddy and costar @davebautista. The...
- 9/20/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
2017-08-01T07:25:08-07:0050 Cent Threatens to Leave 'Power' (Again)
50 Cent lashed out on Instagram Monday over what he claims is inadequate treatment by Starz, following Sunday night’s explosive new episode.
The rapper, who executive produces the series and stars as Kanan, said he feels “a little different about ‘Power'” and threatened to leave the show, which is one of Starz’s highest-rated series and is currently in its fourth season.
Sunday’s episode, which saw the deaths of two major characters played by Anika Noni Rose and J.R. Ramirez, was originally planned to be a two-parter to include some additional storylines. However, according to showrunner Courtney Kemp, Starz didn’t agree to extend the episode order, resulting in just one packed episode. Kemp said that as a result, the episode lost some story elements.
“Unfortunately, Starz would not give us the extra episode,...
50 Cent lashed out on Instagram Monday over what he claims is inadequate treatment by Starz, following Sunday night’s explosive new episode.
The rapper, who executive produces the series and stars as Kanan, said he feels “a little different about ‘Power'” and threatened to leave the show, which is one of Starz’s highest-rated series and is currently in its fourth season.
Sunday’s episode, which saw the deaths of two major characters played by Anika Noni Rose and J.R. Ramirez, was originally planned to be a two-parter to include some additional storylines. However, according to showrunner Courtney Kemp, Starz didn’t agree to extend the episode order, resulting in just one packed episode. Kemp said that as a result, the episode lost some story elements.
“Unfortunately, Starz would not give us the extra episode,...
- 8/1/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
2017-07-27T06:56:53-07:0050 Cent Thinks 'Power' Lawsuit Is Bogus
As fans and even Starz themselves have learned over the years, Curtis ’50 Cent” Jackson is not exactly known for verbally pulling his punches. Now, the Power executive producer and star wants a copyright lawsuit against the ratings shattering drama unplugged.
“Other than the fact that both works involve an African-American protagonist , they bear no similarities beyond the generalized theme of a crime drama and stock creative elements that flow from this most basic of premises,” says a motion (read it here) to dismiss the amended complaint of Larry Johnson and Blake Keller’s initially filed copyright infringement and fraud suit of last October.
In the fall of 2016, Johnson went after the premium cabler, the multi-platinum rapper and actor, Power creator Courtney Kemp, CBS Television and others alleging that they had access to his Tribulation of...
As fans and even Starz themselves have learned over the years, Curtis ’50 Cent” Jackson is not exactly known for verbally pulling his punches. Now, the Power executive producer and star wants a copyright lawsuit against the ratings shattering drama unplugged.
“Other than the fact that both works involve an African-American protagonist , they bear no similarities beyond the generalized theme of a crime drama and stock creative elements that flow from this most basic of premises,” says a motion (read it here) to dismiss the amended complaint of Larry Johnson and Blake Keller’s initially filed copyright infringement and fraud suit of last October.
In the fall of 2016, Johnson went after the premium cabler, the multi-platinum rapper and actor, Power creator Courtney Kemp, CBS Television and others alleging that they had access to his Tribulation of...
- 7/27/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Fans of trippy horror are going to love this new music video. Produced by Kevin Antreassian (guitarist of Dillinger Escape Plan), New Jersey psych-doom-rock outfit Super Snake just released the twelve-track album Leap Of Love this past February, and today we’re incredibly thrilled to exclusively debut their new music video for the track ‘Lavish Sum of Dread.’ The video is a psychedelic […]...
- 6/20/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Assorted recommendations inspired by the multifarious sequel.Sorry, Marky Mark, but you’ve already got a car-based franchise.
By the time you’re done watching The Fate of the Furious, you’re likely to have forgotten some of its distinctly differing parts. The sequel begins as one thing then becomes another and another and another, delivering a thrilling mix of action sequences that don’t quite fit together as a fluid and cohesive whole.
I was reminded of a number of dissimilar movies while watching the eighth Fast and the Furious installment, so this week’s list of recommendations could be an even more mixed assortment than usual. But I have no interest in prescribing bad-tasting medicine like The Game Plan in response to Dwayne Johnson’s soccer dad scene. I’m also ignoring Jason Statham’s cheeky insult reminding Johnson and us all of his dumb Hercules movie.
Instead of going with the usual chronological trip...
By the time you’re done watching The Fate of the Furious, you’re likely to have forgotten some of its distinctly differing parts. The sequel begins as one thing then becomes another and another and another, delivering a thrilling mix of action sequences that don’t quite fit together as a fluid and cohesive whole.
I was reminded of a number of dissimilar movies while watching the eighth Fast and the Furious installment, so this week’s list of recommendations could be an even more mixed assortment than usual. But I have no interest in prescribing bad-tasting medicine like The Game Plan in response to Dwayne Johnson’s soccer dad scene. I’m also ignoring Jason Statham’s cheeky insult reminding Johnson and us all of his dumb Hercules movie.
Instead of going with the usual chronological trip...
- 4/14/2017
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
In this edition of sequel bits: A new actor boards Escape Plan 2. Producer David Ellison hopes that David Fincher will direct World War Z 2. Director Brett Ratner comments on the status of Rush Hour 4. Jay Baruchel is more than confident How to Train Your Dragon 3 will satisfy fans. Principal photography is underway […]
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- 3/27/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Need to catch up? Check out the previous Homeland recap here.
Carrie admitted defeat to Dar Adal this week on Homeland to get a chance to see her daughter Franny. But look out, Dar: Your evil empire has some cracks in the foundation.
Carrie’s excited for her supervised visit with Franny, but first, she has to meet with Keane’s Doj nominee and testify against Dar (and Saul) in the whole Berlin mess. When the driver drops her off to testify, though, he makes an ominous reference to her visit with Franny. Carrie quickly calls the child-services worker Christine,...
Carrie admitted defeat to Dar Adal this week on Homeland to get a chance to see her daughter Franny. But look out, Dar: Your evil empire has some cracks in the foundation.
Carrie’s excited for her supervised visit with Franny, but first, she has to meet with Keane’s Doj nominee and testify against Dar (and Saul) in the whole Berlin mess. When the driver drops her off to testify, though, he makes an ominous reference to her visit with Franny. Carrie quickly calls the child-services worker Christine,...
- 3/27/2017
- TVLine.com
In this edition of Sequel Bits: The new Friday the 13th is still on and it’s apparently titled Friday the 13th Part 13. Mission: Impossible 6 is looking to film in Paris. Bryce Dallas Howard says Jurassic World 2 is about to begin filming. Escape Plan 2 is still happening and it will be a […]
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- 2/3/2017
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Even if they don’t hold the same clout as, say, Stallone and Schwarzenegger, Van Damme and Lundgren are two names that are often revered in Hollywood’s action scene, and over the years fans have lapped up their on-screen battles in the likes of Universal Soldier and its widely derided sequel, Universal Soldier: Regeneration.
But it appears Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are ready to let bygones by bygones, for The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the duo has been cast in Black Water, a new action-thriller in which they’ll play on-screen allies for the very first time. No director is attached just yet, but THR reveals that the script by Chad Law revolves around a “deep cover operative (Van Damme) who awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.” Little is known about Lundgren’s involvement, but we assume his character...
But it appears Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are ready to let bygones by bygones, for The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the duo has been cast in Black Water, a new action-thriller in which they’ll play on-screen allies for the very first time. No director is attached just yet, but THR reveals that the script by Chad Law revolves around a “deep cover operative (Van Damme) who awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.” Little is known about Lundgren’s involvement, but we assume his character...
- 1/5/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Christmas arrived early and this Black Friday is not over.
Lionsgate has a Black Friday digital sale with dozens of their titles. It is a collector’s movie dreams with more than a dozen titles. You can save up to 40 percent on some of the best movies and TV shows.
Click here to jump to begin your shopping with your first title Kick-ass and more!.
In the shopping giveaway spirit, Lionsgate will grant one lucky reader of Lrm for codes to all of the following titles:
· The Bank Job
· Dredd
· Escape Plan
· The Expendables 3
· From Paris With Love
· Kick-ass
· The Last Stand
· A Most Wanted Man
· Pulp Fiction
· Rambo First Blood
· Sin City
· Sicario
· The Expendables
· Gods Of Egypt
· I Am Wrath
· The Last Witch Hunter
The codes are Ultraviolet codes. No Blu-ray or DVD copies will be part of this contest.
To enter this giveaway contest, send an e-mail to contest@lrmonline.
Lionsgate has a Black Friday digital sale with dozens of their titles. It is a collector’s movie dreams with more than a dozen titles. You can save up to 40 percent on some of the best movies and TV shows.
Click here to jump to begin your shopping with your first title Kick-ass and more!.
In the shopping giveaway spirit, Lionsgate will grant one lucky reader of Lrm for codes to all of the following titles:
· The Bank Job
· Dredd
· Escape Plan
· The Expendables 3
· From Paris With Love
· Kick-ass
· The Last Stand
· A Most Wanted Man
· Pulp Fiction
· Rambo First Blood
· Sin City
· Sicario
· The Expendables
· Gods Of Egypt
· I Am Wrath
· The Last Witch Hunter
The codes are Ultraviolet codes. No Blu-ray or DVD copies will be part of this contest.
To enter this giveaway contest, send an e-mail to contest@lrmonline.
- 11/26/2016
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Sonic the Hedgehog: Deadpool director Tim Miller, who recently dropped out of the Deadpool sequel, has now taken over development duties on Sonic the Hedgehog, a CGI/live-action movie based on the video game. The project has been in the works at Sony since 2014; current plans are for Miller to serve as executive producer and his longtime collaborator Jeff Fowler to direct. Patrick Casey and Josh Miller are currently writing a script. [THR] Escape Plan 2: A sequel to...
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- 11/1/2016
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Even though San Diego Comic-Con has famously grown bigger and bigger, welcoming an ever-wider variety of fare, some may still ask: What qualified Prison Break to be a part of this year’s event?
Well, just as Michael Scofield can hatch an escape using a piece of chewing gum, Wentworth Miller is here to craftily justify the action-thriller’s invite to the epic fanfest.
RelatedPrison Break @ Comic-Con: Michael’s New Ink, T-Bag’s ‘Epiphanies’ and More
Visiting Michael Ausiello at TVLine’s Comic-Con studio presented by Zte, Prison Break’s co-lead says the series “has always been comic book-like” with its heightened reality,...
Well, just as Michael Scofield can hatch an escape using a piece of chewing gum, Wentworth Miller is here to craftily justify the action-thriller’s invite to the epic fanfest.
RelatedPrison Break @ Comic-Con: Michael’s New Ink, T-Bag’s ‘Epiphanies’ and More
Visiting Michael Ausiello at TVLine’s Comic-Con studio presented by Zte, Prison Break’s co-lead says the series “has always been comic book-like” with its heightened reality,...
- 7/25/2016
- TVLine.com
The clock. The boxes. The dink! dink! dink! dink! ticking. They’ll all be there when 24: Legacy debuts in February, producers and stars of the Fox series assured fans during a San Diego Comic-Con panel on Sunday. And please, don’t call it a “reboot.”
“This is more of an expansion of the 24 universe,” producer Manny Coto told fans in Hall H, likening the upcoming series to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. “It’s really just another story in the same world” that introduced us to the original version’s Jack Bauer, played by Kiefer Sutherland.
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“This is more of an expansion of the 24 universe,” producer Manny Coto told fans in Hall H, likening the upcoming series to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. “It’s really just another story in the same world” that introduced us to the original version’s Jack Bauer, played by Kiefer Sutherland.
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- 7/24/2016
- TVLine.com
Prison Break‘s Dominic Purcell remembers very clearly the first time he met co-star and on-screen brother Wentworth Miller.
Miller was was a “private” and “gentle” man, Purcell recalled during Fox’s Action Showcase at San Diego Comic-Con on Sunday, “and the most beautiful-looking man I had ever seen in my life.” He laughed. “And I was like, ‘Hang on, I thought I was the stud on the show.”
VideosPrison Break Sneak Peek: By Gum, Michael Has a New Plan!
Purcell, Miller and co-stars Sarah Wayne Callies and Robert Knepper joined producer Vaun Wilmott on Fox’s Action Showcase...
Miller was was a “private” and “gentle” man, Purcell recalled during Fox’s Action Showcase at San Diego Comic-Con on Sunday, “and the most beautiful-looking man I had ever seen in my life.” He laughed. “And I was like, ‘Hang on, I thought I was the stud on the show.”
VideosPrison Break Sneak Peek: By Gum, Michael Has a New Plan!
Purcell, Miller and co-stars Sarah Wayne Callies and Robert Knepper joined producer Vaun Wilmott on Fox’s Action Showcase...
- 7/24/2016
- TVLine.com
Someone shine a spotlight signal into the sky, because we’ve got a tantalizing Gotham Season 3 scoop for all to hear.
RelatedGotham @ Comic-Con: Bruce’s Double Trouble, Jim’s New Gig, But No Ra’s (Yet) — Plus, Watch a Season 3 Teaser
When the cast of Fox’s Batman prequel series visited TVLine’s Comic-Con studio presented by Zte, Michael Ausiello requested a parting gift before they moved on — any scoopy little something to whet viewers’ whistles. And boy, did one cast member come through big time, revealing that [Spoiler] will become at some point during the coming season. (You’ll...
RelatedGotham @ Comic-Con: Bruce’s Double Trouble, Jim’s New Gig, But No Ra’s (Yet) — Plus, Watch a Season 3 Teaser
When the cast of Fox’s Batman prequel series visited TVLine’s Comic-Con studio presented by Zte, Michael Ausiello requested a parting gift before they moved on — any scoopy little something to whet viewers’ whistles. And boy, did one cast member come through big time, revealing that [Spoiler] will become at some point during the coming season. (You’ll...
- 7/24/2016
- TVLine.com
Lionsgate's illusionist heist caper film "Now You See Me" surprised in 2013, chalking up a strong $351 million worldwide gross despite tepid reviews. It was more than enough for the studio to think it had a potential franchise and so quickly assembled a sequel that opened earlier this year.
That film wasn't quite a success, nabbing $241 million worldwide with only $62 million of that from North American ticket sales. Earlier the studio indicated they are proceeding with a third film, and while that's still the case - it looks to be taking on another form. THR reports that Lionsgate is now looking at a spinoff movie featuring a Chinese cast and will be a Chinese-language co-production with Leomus.
The move is understandable, "Now You See Me 2" grossed $94.5 million in China alone - more than various other American features this Summer. A Hollywood screenwriter will be employed to pen the script to make sure it all comes together.
That film wasn't quite a success, nabbing $241 million worldwide with only $62 million of that from North American ticket sales. Earlier the studio indicated they are proceeding with a third film, and while that's still the case - it looks to be taking on another form. THR reports that Lionsgate is now looking at a spinoff movie featuring a Chinese cast and will be a Chinese-language co-production with Leomus.
The move is understandable, "Now You See Me 2" grossed $94.5 million in China alone - more than various other American features this Summer. A Hollywood screenwriter will be employed to pen the script to make sure it all comes together.
- 7/17/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Oliver Kassman, former head of production over at Qwerty Films, has departed to form his own production outfit, Escape Plan Productions; and the label will focus on genre fare including horror, comedy, noir, sci-fi, and period pieces. Today brings word… Continue Reading →
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- 12/23/2015
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Ruth Platt horror on slate for new UK production outfit.
Former Qwerty head of production and development Oliver Kassman has left the company to set up production outfit Escape Plan Productions.
While reporting to Qwerty chairman and former Polygram Filmed Entertainment boss Michael Kuhn, Kassman worked across the development and production of titles including The Last Days on Mars and Suite Francaise.
He played a key role in bringing in scripts including Nicholas Martin’s Florence Foster Jenkins and Matthew Orton’s Brit List project Clean.
London-based Escape Plan will focus on genre including horror, comedy, noir, sci-fi and period pieces and will also look to produce TV drama.
The first film to go into production is due to be writer-director Ruth Platt’s (The Lesson) second feature Martyr’s Lane, a psychologically driven haunted house film, which Kassman hopes to shoot in summer 2016.
Kassman told Screen: “Working at Michael Kuhn’s Qwerty Films has been...
Former Qwerty head of production and development Oliver Kassman has left the company to set up production outfit Escape Plan Productions.
While reporting to Qwerty chairman and former Polygram Filmed Entertainment boss Michael Kuhn, Kassman worked across the development and production of titles including The Last Days on Mars and Suite Francaise.
He played a key role in bringing in scripts including Nicholas Martin’s Florence Foster Jenkins and Matthew Orton’s Brit List project Clean.
London-based Escape Plan will focus on genre including horror, comedy, noir, sci-fi and period pieces and will also look to produce TV drama.
The first film to go into production is due to be writer-director Ruth Platt’s (The Lesson) second feature Martyr’s Lane, a psychologically driven haunted house film, which Kassman hopes to shoot in summer 2016.
Kassman told Screen: “Working at Michael Kuhn’s Qwerty Films has been...
- 12/22/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
“Everyone thinks they’re the hero of their own story.” It may sound like a somewhat obvious thing to say, but at the point in Tales From The Borderlands‘ final episode when the statement was levelled at my bewildered character, I found it invoking an enormously poignant sense of responsibility in me for what I had been doing for the past four episodes. It surprised me that a game which so regularly presented remarkable violence and crass humour could have such an instant effect on its player, and then cemented the belief I have been holding that this series has been about more than just a joyride.
The Vault Of The Traveller is full of moments that will make its player gasp, wince and even cry as it culminates all of the events of the previous four instalments. I want to try to keep this review as spoiler-free as possible,...
The Vault Of The Traveller is full of moments that will make its player gasp, wince and even cry as it culminates all of the events of the previous four instalments. I want to try to keep this review as spoiler-free as possible,...
- 10/21/2015
- by Gareth Cartwright
- We Got This Covered
Tales From The Borderlands is wrapping up its first season this month and in anticipation of its coming finale, Telltale is throwing in the pilot episode for free. The point-and-click adventure series’ introductory episode, Zer0 Sum, will be free for digital download on consoles and mobile devices while its endgame, The Vault of the Traveler, will hit on October 20th.
We happened to love Zer0 Sum a lot as a strong debut for a thus far promising series, while we thought that the season’s penultimate episode, Escape Plan Bravo, was a “great appetizer” for what will hopefully be an equally entertaining conclusion. It’s hard to think that Telltale would drop the ball at this point in the game, so we’re certainly looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us with the finale.
Tales From The Borderlands is available via Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation Vita,...
We happened to love Zer0 Sum a lot as a strong debut for a thus far promising series, while we thought that the season’s penultimate episode, Escape Plan Bravo, was a “great appetizer” for what will hopefully be an equally entertaining conclusion. It’s hard to think that Telltale would drop the ball at this point in the game, so we’re certainly looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us with the finale.
Tales From The Borderlands is available via Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation Vita,...
- 10/8/2015
- by Tim Gruver
- We Got This Covered
If there is one thing you can say about Telltale Games, it’s that they take themselves too seriously at times. The Walking Dead hit hard at your emotions, Game of Thrones has tried the same. Tales from the Borderlands brings back the fun – for the most part – it also tried to keep things light. Episode 4, Escape Plan Bravo manages to hit a sucker punch you weren’t expecting, while at the same time showing a sense of humour that makes it the best episode yet.
Taking the action up to Space Station Helios there is plenty to enjoy in the story, and I won’t be spoiling it here. What I will say though is that there are moments of sadness, pure silliness and lots of humour that fits perfectly with the Borderlands series.
I will admit that I’ve made a choice that will probably have a big effect on the final episode,...
Taking the action up to Space Station Helios there is plenty to enjoy in the story, and I won’t be spoiling it here. What I will say though is that there are moments of sadness, pure silliness and lots of humour that fits perfectly with the Borderlands series.
I will admit that I’ve made a choice that will probably have a big effect on the final episode,...
- 8/21/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
When last we left the ragtag heroes of Tales From The Borderlands, things were looking somewhat bleak. An Empire Strikes Back-esque ending saw the gang outnumbered and outgunned by the vicious Vallory, and any hopes of an escape seemed unlikely or foolhardy. Now, as the action picks back up right where players last left off, it seems escape was even more than unlikely. Dragged into an unwilling – let’s say – alliance with Vallory, Rhys and Fiona have to come up with a plan to lead their friends back toward Helios, where they will have to retrieve the final Gortys piece for the Queenpin.
After a quick spell in the storytelling present, Escape Plan Bravo wastes little time in getting its players back to the heart of the adventure. This part of the story is still kept mysteriously unclear for the episode, and it’s actually surprising how much of a...
After a quick spell in the storytelling present, Escape Plan Bravo wastes little time in getting its players back to the heart of the adventure. This part of the story is still kept mysteriously unclear for the episode, and it’s actually surprising how much of a...
- 8/18/2015
- by Gareth Cartwright
- We Got This Covered
Pact covers titles such as Now You See Me 2 and Age of Adaline [pictured].
Lionsgate and Hunan TV have outlined details of their long-anticipated pact, under which the Chinese broadcaster’s subsidiary Tik Films will co-finance “all qualifying Lionsgate feature films annually for the next three years”.
The pact covers titles such as action adventure Gods of Egypt; Now You See Me 2, the sequel to Lionsgate’s 2013 hit which grossed more than $350m; supernatural action thriller The Last Witch Hunter, starring Vin Diesel; thriller Sicario and romantic thriller Age of Adaline, starring Blake Lively and Harrison Ford.
Tik Films is also partnering with local distributor Leomus Pictures to distribute up to four of the co-financed films each year in China. In addition, Lionsgate, Tik and Leomus are planning several features together as Us-China co-productions.
Leomus recently handled China distribution of Now You See Me and Escape Plan from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label. Escape Plan grossed...
Lionsgate and Hunan TV have outlined details of their long-anticipated pact, under which the Chinese broadcaster’s subsidiary Tik Films will co-finance “all qualifying Lionsgate feature films annually for the next three years”.
The pact covers titles such as action adventure Gods of Egypt; Now You See Me 2, the sequel to Lionsgate’s 2013 hit which grossed more than $350m; supernatural action thriller The Last Witch Hunter, starring Vin Diesel; thriller Sicario and romantic thriller Age of Adaline, starring Blake Lively and Harrison Ford.
Tik Films is also partnering with local distributor Leomus Pictures to distribute up to four of the co-financed films each year in China. In addition, Lionsgate, Tik and Leomus are planning several features together as Us-China co-productions.
Leomus recently handled China distribution of Now You See Me and Escape Plan from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label. Escape Plan grossed...
- 3/18/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
When I go to the Berlin Talents every February where I talk about the international film business, or when I teach at the Deutsche Welle Akademie to Film Festival Directors from Asia, Africa and Latin America, I am inspired to see the diversity of the well educated, articulate and idealistic younger generation.
This new generation is organizing festivals as new channels of distribution, creating new audiences from heretofore little heard-of places in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and via the Talents, everywhere else in the world. The Talents themselves are living all over the world, and their parents often come from still other faraway and little known countries and cities. These "third culture kids" aka Tck may well be running things very soon.
Last year when a young woman director, seeking some guidance began to explain to me that she knew being a woman with an Egyptian father and a Somalian mother, living in London was not exactly a recipe for success, I interrupted her to tell her never to explain, apologize or negate herself; that her origins and parentage are the new normal and they can make our world a new diverse world in which everyone has a share and in which unique stories that others want to hear can find their audiences.
My own proclivities to diversity -- I belong to a minority group that is increasingly vilified and yet is always at the forefront of every field (except sports and dance) -- that is, I am Jewish -- sensitizes me to what is good or bad for the Jews.
My reflex reaction to every news item reflects this. For example, Bernie Madoff : Bad for the Jews. Nobel prize winner? Good for the Jews.
I am also an American. And I am thrilled when I see The Americas bonding together to make movies. Los Cabos International Film Festival, with its motto, "Get to know your neighbors" and its mission of unifying a production community of both indies and studios from Mexico, U.S. and Canada (and the rest of the Americas) brought this exciting development to the forefront of my mind.
On the Jewish side of this development, it is also great because in our business there are always Jews, no matter where, even in Palestinian production, thanks to Katriel Schory of the Israel Film Fund. That is, in fact, why I entered this crazy business in the first place.
Recently I read the front page of the L.A. Times and saw that China is really seeking a foothold in our U.S. business. Megaconglomerate, Dalian Wanda -- employer of our dear friend, Rose Kuo, and employer of the former President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Hawk Koch -- is eyeing Lionsgate (and MGM who still produces the James Bond franchise) for acquisition. Lionsgate already has a streaming VoD deal with the other Chinese megaconglomerate, Alibaba, which looks like it is about to dwarf Amazon.
That is natural connection in many ways. Lionsgate has a stable and friendly team whose players, from Jon Feltheimer, Michael Burns, John Dellaverson, Steve Beeks, Jason Constantine, Eda Kowan, and even the comparatively newcomer to LG, Patrick Wachsberger and his team, have been together a very long time making LG one of the most stable companies in the business. At face value, when reckoning the Us $40.9 million gross in China of "Escape Plan", a Us $25.1 million grosser in U.S., or "The Hunger Games" which in China grossed U.S. $27.9 million and in U.S. Grossed Us $408 million, this looks like a good match.
Let me go back one step before I step forward into the Dance of the New Year with the points I want to make in this blog.
One step back:
Three years ago, the Chinese paid for the most lavish Cannes Market Opening Night party we had seen in a very long time. The following year India hosted the party on a decidedly lesser budget. The following year it reverted to the Chinese. The Chinese firework display, their food, their extravaganza entertainment that first year had everybody buzzing, "The Chinese are taking over." This was said as a fearful revelation and with a tinge of xenophobia.
U.S. Debt: owned by China
African developing industry: owned by China
All the factories and steel of Germany: bought and exported by China
Cannes Market: owned by China (not so)
Everybody recognizes the might of China's economic power. Are we friends? Are they potential enemies? In trade we know friendliness is much more profitable than enmity, which is why the world needs to live in peaceful coexistence. China has 4,000 years of business dealings and bureaucratic and political infrastructure building, quite a jump over our measly 125 years of Capitalism.
That is Step One.
Steps Forward: Two and Three, Four, Five and Six
Step Two:
If Wang Jianlin, owner of Dalian Wanda Group buys Lionsgate and MGM, which seems likely in 2015, what does that mean for us? Lionsgate already has a deal for digital on demand with the Chinese megaconglomerate Alibaba.
One, as Jews, it is like the 1948 novel Peony by Pearl Buck. The Chinese don't care that the waves of Chinese populations act like tsunamis. And being engulfed in a tsunami does not mean an end to life. It means the continuation of new, formerly small forms of life which are presently defining themselves as recognizable market forces and which resemble the Afghan-Chinese children who were born in Africa but live in London, or The Jews who look Chinese or Indian rather than "white". These are the "Third Culture Kids", aka Tck, and they are our future.
Steps Three, Four, Five and Six
Lionsgate owns “The Hunger Games” franchise, The Tyler Perry franchise, and it has a solid share in The Eugenio Derbez (read "Latino") franchise, 3Pas Studios. What this promises for diversity is phenomenal:
Three:
Women have a share in "The Hunger Games"...and I hope that a new twosome for the big screen will soon be Reese Witherspoon and Eugene Derbez who have the potential of becoming this century's Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. "It Happened One Night" remains a classic.
Four:
African Americans have a share as a recognizable market force as the Tyler Perry franchise proves. The “new” demographic can define and refine new audiences in the rising middle classes of Africa. The extraordinary numbers of African buyers at Afm this year attest to their rising economic power.
Five:
Asian Americans have a huge new market too. Finally the niche indie players will find kindred groups in So. Korea, China, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong, etc. who will show their appreciation of Hollywood trained talent who happen to also be Asian and have struggled for so long to find a foothold in this business.
Six:
And Latin America, the only region in the world without any vexing international competitive opponents, the only region never hit by the military war machine (not to say they have been free of military dictatorships in their histories or subjugated by colonial powers); Latam offers a potential audience of 470 million Spanish speakers.
The diversity of the niche streams will form a strong current. That is where I am seeing the excitement fomenting.
Giants do not live alone among themselves. Even in fairy tales, the people in the cities are the focus of their power. Analogous to that, the U.S. Major Studios, weakened by the growth of independent cinema are now finding major allies among the Chinese and Indians (Reliance does own Dreamworks and Im Global). And as they ever seek new talent to revitalize their propensity to grow fat and slower, so again we can watch and partake in a new growth, a new vitality in our worldwide moving picture industry. There is enough to go around. The majors, while guarding their lion’s share of the market still must spread the wealth because they no longer own all the means of production or distribution.
The 1% cannot hoard its wealth when a new giant is stalking the land and is spreading its wealth in creative ways which bring new life to the bit players looking for work.
More movies with bigger budgets and more megaplexes worldwide mean more actors, directors, writers, producers, teachers and trainers for both cineastes and the general public to buy more tickets...that is show business.
Out with the old stagnation, and in with the new currents. May they become a tonic wave of power that we all can ride into shore. (Thank you Stefan Zweig for your metaphor of 100 years ago.).
Have a healthy, happy and profitable 2015!
This new generation is organizing festivals as new channels of distribution, creating new audiences from heretofore little heard-of places in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and via the Talents, everywhere else in the world. The Talents themselves are living all over the world, and their parents often come from still other faraway and little known countries and cities. These "third culture kids" aka Tck may well be running things very soon.
Last year when a young woman director, seeking some guidance began to explain to me that she knew being a woman with an Egyptian father and a Somalian mother, living in London was not exactly a recipe for success, I interrupted her to tell her never to explain, apologize or negate herself; that her origins and parentage are the new normal and they can make our world a new diverse world in which everyone has a share and in which unique stories that others want to hear can find their audiences.
My own proclivities to diversity -- I belong to a minority group that is increasingly vilified and yet is always at the forefront of every field (except sports and dance) -- that is, I am Jewish -- sensitizes me to what is good or bad for the Jews.
My reflex reaction to every news item reflects this. For example, Bernie Madoff : Bad for the Jews. Nobel prize winner? Good for the Jews.
I am also an American. And I am thrilled when I see The Americas bonding together to make movies. Los Cabos International Film Festival, with its motto, "Get to know your neighbors" and its mission of unifying a production community of both indies and studios from Mexico, U.S. and Canada (and the rest of the Americas) brought this exciting development to the forefront of my mind.
On the Jewish side of this development, it is also great because in our business there are always Jews, no matter where, even in Palestinian production, thanks to Katriel Schory of the Israel Film Fund. That is, in fact, why I entered this crazy business in the first place.
Recently I read the front page of the L.A. Times and saw that China is really seeking a foothold in our U.S. business. Megaconglomerate, Dalian Wanda -- employer of our dear friend, Rose Kuo, and employer of the former President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Hawk Koch -- is eyeing Lionsgate (and MGM who still produces the James Bond franchise) for acquisition. Lionsgate already has a streaming VoD deal with the other Chinese megaconglomerate, Alibaba, which looks like it is about to dwarf Amazon.
That is natural connection in many ways. Lionsgate has a stable and friendly team whose players, from Jon Feltheimer, Michael Burns, John Dellaverson, Steve Beeks, Jason Constantine, Eda Kowan, and even the comparatively newcomer to LG, Patrick Wachsberger and his team, have been together a very long time making LG one of the most stable companies in the business. At face value, when reckoning the Us $40.9 million gross in China of "Escape Plan", a Us $25.1 million grosser in U.S., or "The Hunger Games" which in China grossed U.S. $27.9 million and in U.S. Grossed Us $408 million, this looks like a good match.
Let me go back one step before I step forward into the Dance of the New Year with the points I want to make in this blog.
One step back:
Three years ago, the Chinese paid for the most lavish Cannes Market Opening Night party we had seen in a very long time. The following year India hosted the party on a decidedly lesser budget. The following year it reverted to the Chinese. The Chinese firework display, their food, their extravaganza entertainment that first year had everybody buzzing, "The Chinese are taking over." This was said as a fearful revelation and with a tinge of xenophobia.
U.S. Debt: owned by China
African developing industry: owned by China
All the factories and steel of Germany: bought and exported by China
Cannes Market: owned by China (not so)
Everybody recognizes the might of China's economic power. Are we friends? Are they potential enemies? In trade we know friendliness is much more profitable than enmity, which is why the world needs to live in peaceful coexistence. China has 4,000 years of business dealings and bureaucratic and political infrastructure building, quite a jump over our measly 125 years of Capitalism.
That is Step One.
Steps Forward: Two and Three, Four, Five and Six
Step Two:
If Wang Jianlin, owner of Dalian Wanda Group buys Lionsgate and MGM, which seems likely in 2015, what does that mean for us? Lionsgate already has a deal for digital on demand with the Chinese megaconglomerate Alibaba.
One, as Jews, it is like the 1948 novel Peony by Pearl Buck. The Chinese don't care that the waves of Chinese populations act like tsunamis. And being engulfed in a tsunami does not mean an end to life. It means the continuation of new, formerly small forms of life which are presently defining themselves as recognizable market forces and which resemble the Afghan-Chinese children who were born in Africa but live in London, or The Jews who look Chinese or Indian rather than "white". These are the "Third Culture Kids", aka Tck, and they are our future.
Steps Three, Four, Five and Six
Lionsgate owns “The Hunger Games” franchise, The Tyler Perry franchise, and it has a solid share in The Eugenio Derbez (read "Latino") franchise, 3Pas Studios. What this promises for diversity is phenomenal:
Three:
Women have a share in "The Hunger Games"...and I hope that a new twosome for the big screen will soon be Reese Witherspoon and Eugene Derbez who have the potential of becoming this century's Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. "It Happened One Night" remains a classic.
Four:
African Americans have a share as a recognizable market force as the Tyler Perry franchise proves. The “new” demographic can define and refine new audiences in the rising middle classes of Africa. The extraordinary numbers of African buyers at Afm this year attest to their rising economic power.
Five:
Asian Americans have a huge new market too. Finally the niche indie players will find kindred groups in So. Korea, China, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong, etc. who will show their appreciation of Hollywood trained talent who happen to also be Asian and have struggled for so long to find a foothold in this business.
Six:
And Latin America, the only region in the world without any vexing international competitive opponents, the only region never hit by the military war machine (not to say they have been free of military dictatorships in their histories or subjugated by colonial powers); Latam offers a potential audience of 470 million Spanish speakers.
The diversity of the niche streams will form a strong current. That is where I am seeing the excitement fomenting.
Giants do not live alone among themselves. Even in fairy tales, the people in the cities are the focus of their power. Analogous to that, the U.S. Major Studios, weakened by the growth of independent cinema are now finding major allies among the Chinese and Indians (Reliance does own Dreamworks and Im Global). And as they ever seek new talent to revitalize their propensity to grow fat and slower, so again we can watch and partake in a new growth, a new vitality in our worldwide moving picture industry. There is enough to go around. The majors, while guarding their lion’s share of the market still must spread the wealth because they no longer own all the means of production or distribution.
The 1% cannot hoard its wealth when a new giant is stalking the land and is spreading its wealth in creative ways which bring new life to the bit players looking for work.
More movies with bigger budgets and more megaplexes worldwide mean more actors, directors, writers, producers, teachers and trainers for both cineastes and the general public to buy more tickets...that is show business.
Out with the old stagnation, and in with the new currents. May they become a tonic wave of power that we all can ride into shore. (Thank you Stefan Zweig for your metaphor of 100 years ago.).
Have a healthy, happy and profitable 2015!
- 1/1/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Both the 2014 Game Awards on Friday night and yesterday's all-day Playstation Experience event saw some major revelations, world premiere trailers and fresh gameplay footage on offer for quite a few of the biggest and most interesting games of next year. In this group of previews are some of the quirkier outings along with a glimpse of Nintendo's major upcoming "Zelda" game:
Zelda for Wii U
You're essentially watching two older Japanese man playing the game on a TV set rather than a clean glimpse of the game footage itself, but what we can see in the screen looks great. Link has never been this well-drawn and a Zelda game certainly has never sported this size of a world before. The clip just wets the appetite for a proper trailer release.
Mario Maker
For hardcore Super Mario fans who're also big into customisation, this is the game for you. You basically...
Zelda for Wii U
You're essentially watching two older Japanese man playing the game on a TV set rather than a clean glimpse of the game footage itself, but what we can see in the screen looks great. Link has never been this well-drawn and a Zelda game certainly has never sported this size of a world before. The clip just wets the appetite for a proper trailer release.
Mario Maker
For hardcore Super Mario fans who're also big into customisation, this is the game for you. You basically...
- 12/7/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
On Friday night in Brooklyn, Vice is throwing a party to celebrate its 20th anniversary. These sorts of shindigs happen from time to time. Less common: the event's sprawling lineup.This evening, Yeah Yeah Yeah's guitarist Nick Zinner, who will be part of the night's house band along with Raconteurs' bassist Jack Lawrence, Miike Snow singer-guitarist Andrew Wyatt, and Damon Albarn's drummer Pauli Psm, posted the event's roster on Twitter. Try to make sense of this: - Noted rap enthusiast Jonah Hill is performing with Spike Jonze. We're told he may be covering Drake songs. - Jarvis Cocker - Pussy Riot - Karen O - Stephen Malkmus - Lil Wayne - Chromeo - Andrew Wk - Raekwon - Action Bronson - Ghostface Killah - Nick Thorburn - A punk supergroup featuring members of Fucked Up and Dillinger Escape Plan, among others. - A metal supergroup featuring members of Megadeth and Testament,...
- 12/5/2014
- by David Marchese
- Vulture
As the cost of living continues to increase for most people, it sometimes becomes hard to find a good deal on the games you want to play. That is where Sony has stepped in. My goal is to inform the n00bs, and seasoned vets alike, of the monthly discounts offered through their store in hopes that, you too, will see the benefits of being a Plus member.
Well, it’s another month and another set of freebies from Sony’s PlayStation Plus.
PS3
First up on the PS3 we have Frozen Synapse Prime. Lead a small faction of, elite, futuristic soldiers in an attempt to take back the city of Markov Geist from an evil corporation in this turn based game.
Next up is Luftrausers, a cross-buy with the Ps Vita. Select over 125 combos of weapons, persons, and propulsion to take the skies for glory, honor, and high scores.
Well, it’s another month and another set of freebies from Sony’s PlayStation Plus.
PS3
First up on the PS3 we have Frozen Synapse Prime. Lead a small faction of, elite, futuristic soldiers in an attempt to take back the city of Markov Geist from an evil corporation in this turn based game.
Next up is Luftrausers, a cross-buy with the Ps Vita. Select over 125 combos of weapons, persons, and propulsion to take the skies for glory, honor, and high scores.
- 11/10/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Mike Petty)
- Cinelinx
To appease those fans left disappointed by DriveClub‘s exclusion from the Instant Game Collection recently, Sony has unveiled the software that PlayStation Plus subscribers will gain access to across December and January on PS4.
Warner Bros.’ mascot brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us and Secret Ponchos topline the December selection, with the former beat-‘em-up becoming the first tripe-a retail game to make it onto the Igc, given that Sony had to populate the free-to-play roster with indies and the ilk in the early months of the console’s life cycle.
Moving onto January and PlayStation 4 owners will find that those two aforementioned titles will be replaced with standalone Dlc inFamous: First Light and critically-acclaimed sci-fi title, The Swapper. For now, Sony is only revealing the PlayStation Plus titles on PS4 for the months of December and January, though the company noted that it will reveal more information regarding other...
Warner Bros.’ mascot brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us and Secret Ponchos topline the December selection, with the former beat-‘em-up becoming the first tripe-a retail game to make it onto the Igc, given that Sony had to populate the free-to-play roster with indies and the ilk in the early months of the console’s life cycle.
Moving onto January and PlayStation 4 owners will find that those two aforementioned titles will be replaced with standalone Dlc inFamous: First Light and critically-acclaimed sci-fi title, The Swapper. For now, Sony is only revealing the PlayStation Plus titles on PS4 for the months of December and January, though the company noted that it will reveal more information regarding other...
- 11/4/2014
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Sony has lifted the lid on the PlayStation Plus offerings for November across North America and Europe. As previous reports alluded to, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth will indeed join next month’s line-up on PlayStation 4, along with Image & Form’s Western-themed platformer, SteamWorld Dig.
As for PlayStation 3, users can expect Frozen Synapse Prime and the rather wonderful Luftrausers — a World War II dogfighting title that is as addicting as it is visually striking. Those two titles will swoop in to replace Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara and Batman: Arkham Asylum on November 4th.
Moving over to the PlayStation Vita, Sony has confirmed that the dedicated handheld will receive The Hungry Horde, a zombie-infested title that flips conventions and places you in the blood-drenched shoes of the flesh eaters. Tasked with infecting as many humans as possible, players are required to stay alive for as long as they can before...
As for PlayStation 3, users can expect Frozen Synapse Prime and the rather wonderful Luftrausers — a World War II dogfighting title that is as addicting as it is visually striking. Those two titles will swoop in to replace Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara and Batman: Arkham Asylum on November 4th.
Moving over to the PlayStation Vita, Sony has confirmed that the dedicated handheld will receive The Hungry Horde, a zombie-infested title that flips conventions and places you in the blood-drenched shoes of the flesh eaters. Tasked with infecting as many humans as possible, players are required to stay alive for as long as they can before...
- 10/29/2014
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Bruce Willis, John Cusack, and Jason Patrick in a lean little thriller: sometimes you just need a few simple ingredients, and 90-minutes, for an entertaining night at the movies. And we've got a couple of copies of "The Prince" for your next night in. Directed by Brian A. Miller, and from the folks who brought you "Escape Plan" and "Lone Survivor," the movie follows a mechanic with past ties to the underworld, who is unwittingly drawn back into the life he gave up when he suspects that his daughter has been kidnapped. He must team up with his old partner, Sam, to confront Omar, his former nemesis, in order to rescue her. So how can you snag yourself a copy? Follow us on Twitter and tweet: “I want to win The Prince from @ThePlaylist. #WinThePlaylistContest.” Your final step: just email us your tweet, your full name and address, and tell...
- 10/28/2014
- by The Playlist Staff
- The Playlist
Ouija opened last night at 8 Pm in 2,061 houses and scared in $911K to start its weekend off in what is expected to be a spirited opening for the micro-budgeted Blumhouse horror film. It is expected to best the other newcomer, the Lionsgate actioner John Wick, starring Keanu Reeves, which pulled $870K in over 2000 locales. A couple of comps to look at for this violent, R-rated film is last year’s Escape Plan (also R-rated and also opened in October), which ended up pulling in $258K for a $9M opening, and then the PG-13 rated Red 2 which bowed this summer to $825K for an $18M opening weekend. Others are looking at November Man which opened in August on a Wednesday grossing $862K and opened to $7.9M, but that had a very different demographic makeup — it skewed much, much older with both males and females.
Comps for Ouija are Blumhouse’s own...
Comps for Ouija are Blumhouse’s own...
- 10/24/2014
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline
Avoids feeling as supremely calculated as it is, perhaps because Robert Downey Jr.’s snark and Robert Duvall’s crusty pragmatism vaccinate against it. I’m “biast” (pro): love Robert Downey Jr.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s kind of amazing how many classic Hollywood melodrama clichés are crammed into The Judge: father-son angst; small-town life; conundrums of American justice; there’s even baseball and pie. I’d even call it downright awards bait-y, except Robert Downey Jr.’s Oscar clip features too many fucks to work on network television. And yet, The Judge manages to avoid feeling as supremely calculated as it is, perhaps because Downey Jr.’s snark and Robert Duvall’s crusty pragmatism won’t allow it: the nearly trademarked qualities of the actors’ onscreen charisma vaccinate against it. So even as they play...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s kind of amazing how many classic Hollywood melodrama clichés are crammed into The Judge: father-son angst; small-town life; conundrums of American justice; there’s even baseball and pie. I’d even call it downright awards bait-y, except Robert Downey Jr.’s Oscar clip features too many fucks to work on network television. And yet, The Judge manages to avoid feeling as supremely calculated as it is, perhaps because Downey Jr.’s snark and Robert Duvall’s crusty pragmatism won’t allow it: the nearly trademarked qualities of the actors’ onscreen charisma vaccinate against it. So even as they play...
- 10/17/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
To mark the release of Sabotage on 15th September, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Directed by David Ayer (End of Watch), Sabotage stars Schwarzenegger (The Last Stand, Escape Plan) as commander of an elite yet volatile DEA task force, with support from an all-star cast, including Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans), Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike, TV’s True Blood), Josh Holloway (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, TV’s Lost), Terence Howard (Dead Man Down, Hustle & Flow), Mirelle Enos (World War Z, TV’s The Killing) and Olivia Williams (Hanna, The Sixth Sense).
After raiding a drug cartel’s mansion, John ‘Breacher’ Wharton (Schwarzenegger) and his team of rogue agents hide $10 million of the hoard for themselves. Returning to retrieve the money later, they find it’s vanished… and the carnage begins. As the agents find themselves taken down one by one in increasingly sadistic and horrific ways,...
Directed by David Ayer (End of Watch), Sabotage stars Schwarzenegger (The Last Stand, Escape Plan) as commander of an elite yet volatile DEA task force, with support from an all-star cast, including Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans), Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike, TV’s True Blood), Josh Holloway (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, TV’s Lost), Terence Howard (Dead Man Down, Hustle & Flow), Mirelle Enos (World War Z, TV’s The Killing) and Olivia Williams (Hanna, The Sixth Sense).
After raiding a drug cartel’s mansion, John ‘Breacher’ Wharton (Schwarzenegger) and his team of rogue agents hide $10 million of the hoard for themselves. Returning to retrieve the money later, they find it’s vanished… and the carnage begins. As the agents find themselves taken down one by one in increasingly sadistic and horrific ways,...
- 9/8/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Governator’s return to film has seen some pretty terrible outings for poor Arnie, like The Last Stand and Escape Plan. One of his better performances, however, was in Sabotage, a fast-and-furious action-thriller from End of Watch helmer David Ayer that opened earlier this year.
Schwarzenegger plays Breacher, the leader of an elite team of DEA agents who, after a high-stakes raid on a warehouse operated by one of the world’s most deadly cartels, find themselves hunted by a mysterious enemy. As the members of his team turn up dead, Breacher must uncover and track down the killer – before the team’s darkest and most damaging secrets see the light of day.
Though it wasn’t perfect, Sabotage blended a mysterious plot and jarringly brutal violence, often with pulpily enjoyable results. Now, We Got This Covered is happy to be giving away a copy of the Blu-Ray, which arrives on shelves July 22nd.
Schwarzenegger plays Breacher, the leader of an elite team of DEA agents who, after a high-stakes raid on a warehouse operated by one of the world’s most deadly cartels, find themselves hunted by a mysterious enemy. As the members of his team turn up dead, Breacher must uncover and track down the killer – before the team’s darkest and most damaging secrets see the light of day.
Though it wasn’t perfect, Sabotage blended a mysterious plot and jarringly brutal violence, often with pulpily enjoyable results. Now, We Got This Covered is happy to be giving away a copy of the Blu-Ray, which arrives on shelves July 22nd.
- 7/11/2014
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
In just 11 days, Transformers: Age of Extinction has already become the highest-grossing movie ever in China.Through Monday, the Michael Bay-directed sequel has earned a stunning $219.2 million there. That's slightly above Avatar, which grossed $204.1 million* in 2010 (Transformers is still a bit behind in local currency, but will pass Avatar in a day or two).The movie's phenomenal success in China can be chalked up to three main factors. First, it's important to remember that the franchise was already extremely popular in China. In Summer 2011, Transformers: Dark of the Moon earned over $165 million; in comparison, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides made around $70 million that Summer. Second, the market has expanded dramatically in recent years. Rapid growth in the middle class has increased the aggregate demand for movies, and new screens are being built at the rate of around a dozen per day. Through all of 2013, there were five...
- 7/8/2014
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
• True Detective’s Erin Moriarty will star opposite Mel Gibson (The Expendables 3) in the upcoming thriller Blood Father. Penned by The Town’s Peter Craig, the upcoming film focuses on an ex-con who reunites with his 16-year-old daughter in order to protect her from the drug dealers trying to kill her. [Variety]
• Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) is in talks to join Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) in his next comedy Grimsby. Strong would play a British Black Ops agent who must go on the run with his long-lost brother, played by Baron Cohen, who co-wrote the script with Phil Johnston...
• Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) is in talks to join Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) in his next comedy Grimsby. Strong would play a British Black Ops agent who must go on the run with his long-lost brother, played by Baron Cohen, who co-wrote the script with Phil Johnston...
- 4/25/2014
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
Bored with male protagonists? Blue Is the Warmest Colour and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire put women first
With the film industry's male bias once more in the headlines – a new study reveals only 15% of major releases feature a female protagonist – this week's top DVD releases are gratifying exceptions. For Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Artificial Eye, 18), the severe age certificate prompted by its explicit, exquisitely tender love scenes bars the audience who would most immediately identify with its delicate impressions of adolescent sexual curiosity and insecurity. Richly deserving of its Palme d'Or win at Cannes last year, Abdellatif Kechiche's porous, persuasive character study yields an astonishing performance from Adèle Exarchopoulos as a gangly secondary school student whose chance encounter with a blue-haired painter (Léa Seydoux) gradually unlocks her adult identity.
There are flashes of romantic need in the second outing for Katniss Everdeen, stoic warrior queen of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate,...
With the film industry's male bias once more in the headlines – a new study reveals only 15% of major releases feature a female protagonist – this week's top DVD releases are gratifying exceptions. For Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Artificial Eye, 18), the severe age certificate prompted by its explicit, exquisitely tender love scenes bars the audience who would most immediately identify with its delicate impressions of adolescent sexual curiosity and insecurity. Richly deserving of its Palme d'Or win at Cannes last year, Abdellatif Kechiche's porous, persuasive character study yields an astonishing performance from Adèle Exarchopoulos as a gangly secondary school student whose chance encounter with a blue-haired painter (Léa Seydoux) gradually unlocks her adult identity.
There are flashes of romantic need in the second outing for Katniss Everdeen, stoic warrior queen of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate,...
- 3/17/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s headshot central down on Arnie avenue today. This new R-rated Sabotage trailer is a squib-tastic two minutes of people getting blown away by a vengeful Schwarzenegger as he pursues the baddies who have taken his wife and son.Sabotage finds the Austrian Oak in charge of an elite DEA unit that raids drug cartels and brings some very nasty criminals to justice. But on their latest bust, something odd happens: $10m in drug money goes missing, and someone starts killing off the squad members. Soon investigator Caroline Brentwood (Olivia Williams) is poking around, looking for whoever nicked the cash and trying to stop other members being offed.Arnold’s Taken, then? Just maybe his particular set of skills – kicking ass, driving around in big trucks, cigar puffing – will revitalise a comeback that looked to be flagging slightly after The Last Stand and Escape Plan.End Of Watch’s...
- 3/13/2014
- EmpireOnline
While it didn't come close to matching its predecessor, 300: Rise of An Empire still managed to dominate the weekend with over $45 million. Also opening this weekend, Mr. Peabody & Sherman became the latest DreamWorks Animation movie to disappoint at the domestic box office.Playing at 3,470 locations, 300: Rise of an Empire's $45.03 million debut was off 36 percent from the original 300, which opened on the same weekend in 2007. Adjusting for ticket price inflation and 3D premiums, Rise of an Empire sold roughly half as many tickets. Still, it was a step up from other comparable titles like G.I. Joe: Retaliation ($40.5 million), 10,000 B.C. ($35.9 million), Wrath of the Titans ($33.5 million) and Immortals ($32.2 million).Rise of an Empire was never expected to match the original 300 at the domestic box office. While marketing did a solid job positioning the movie as a revenge tale, the story just wasn't as compelling this time around. Also, the...
- 3/9/2014
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Winners were announced for the 34th Annual Razzie Awards during an hour-long ceremony in Hollywood on Saturday, March 1, the day before the Oscars. Below is the complete list of winners. And for our report on this year's winners, click here. Worst Picture "After Earth" "Grown Ups 2" "The Lone Ranger" "A Madea Christmas" X -- "Movie 43" Worst Actor Johnny Depp, "The Lone Ranger" Ashton Kutcher, "Jobs" Adam Sandler, "Grown Ups 2" X -- Jaden Smith, "After Earth" Sylvester Stallne, "Bullet to the Head"/"Escape Plan"/"Grudge Match" Worst Actress Halle Berry, "The Call"/"Movie 43" Selena Gomez, "Getaway" Lindsay Lohan, "The Canyons" X -- Tyler Perry, "A Madea Christmas" Naomi Watts, "Diana"/"Movie 43" -Break- Worst Sup...
- 3/1/2014
- Gold Derby
Director Colin Trevorrow has found his villain for Jurassic World. He has cast Vincent D’Onofrio -- whom you might know from Full Metal Jacket, Escape Plan, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and more -- in the film. Life of Pi co-star Irrfan Khan was also cast in the movie, but there's no word on who he'll be playing. D'Onofrio will make for a great bad guy though.
The actors will join Chris Pratt, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Josh Brolin, Bryce Dallas Howard, and possibly Jason Schwartzman. All we really know about the story at this point is that it takes place 22 years after the events of the first Jurassic Park. The movie is set to be released on June 12th, 2015.
The actors will join Chris Pratt, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Josh Brolin, Bryce Dallas Howard, and possibly Jason Schwartzman. All we really know about the story at this point is that it takes place 22 years after the events of the first Jurassic Park. The movie is set to be released on June 12th, 2015.
- 3/1/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Dave and Devindra try to figure out what the heck Shia Labeouf is doing, wonder if The Raid 2 has too much action, and get disappointed by Escape Plan. Chris Klimek from Washington City Paper joins us for this episode. Be sure to check out Chris’s Die Hard’s Guide to Die Hard. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, […]...
- 2/17/2014
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
What do you get when you cross puzzle-platformer Escape Plan, the artwork of Tim Burton, and the nightmare I had after eating an entire pepperoni pizza before bed? Something that looks an awful lot like Murasaki Baby, the dark action-adventure game coming to Playstation Vita from Italian developer Ovosonico.
Players control a mutant moppet by the name of Baby as she tries to navigate a terrifyingly surreal nightmare world using the Vita’s various control methods (touchscreen, gyro sensor, etc.) to solve the various puzzles the game throws at her. There’s little else known about the game (like why the hell Baby’s mouth is on her forehead), but we’ll be sure to keep our eye on this bizarre title.
Murasaki Baby ill be out in 2014 for the Playstation Vita.
[Source: VG24/7]...
Players control a mutant moppet by the name of Baby as she tries to navigate a terrifyingly surreal nightmare world using the Vita’s various control methods (touchscreen, gyro sensor, etc.) to solve the various puzzles the game throws at her. There’s little else known about the game (like why the hell Baby’s mouth is on her forehead), but we’ll be sure to keep our eye on this bizarre title.
Murasaki Baby ill be out in 2014 for the Playstation Vita.
[Source: VG24/7]...
- 2/11/2014
- by Carl Lyon
- FEARnet
Dallas Buyers Club Pretty solid week of new releases starting with one of the better films of 2013 and one we're sure to be talking about more leading up to the Oscars, Dallas Buyers Club featuring a pair of great performances from Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto and a strong performance from Jennifer Garner as well.
About Time Richard Curtis' About Time is one of the year's better romantic comedies along with the likes of Best Man Holiday. I'm sure there was at least one more, but those are the two that come to mind and with the unlikely pairing of Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson the movie comes as a nice little surprise. Oh, and it has The Wolf of Wall Street star Margot Robbie. So, that's a little bonus.
Jules and Jim (Criterion Collection) I still need to dig into this new Blu-ray edition of Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim,...
About Time Richard Curtis' About Time is one of the year's better romantic comedies along with the likes of Best Man Holiday. I'm sure there was at least one more, but those are the two that come to mind and with the unlikely pairing of Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson the movie comes as a nice little surprise. Oh, and it has The Wolf of Wall Street star Margot Robbie. So, that's a little bonus.
Jules and Jim (Criterion Collection) I still need to dig into this new Blu-ray edition of Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim,...
- 2/4/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
What’s new, what’s hot, and what you may have missed, now available to stream on Netflix and Amazon Instant Video.
streaming now, while it’s still in theaters
G.B.F.: sharp satire cutting through the sweet silliness makes this a refreshing change of pace for teen comedies [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video]
streaming now, before it’s on dvd
Captain Phillips: hijacking on the high seas is a chance for Tom Hanks to astonish you; gripping suspense from master director Paul Greengrass [at Amazon Instant Video] Rush: a thoroughly magnificent film on every level, with astonishing performances by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl in the leads; one of the very best films of 2013 [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video] About Time: it’s accidentally creepy where it wants to be charming and romantic, but the secondary cast is fun to spend time with; Bill Nighy and Tom Hollander steal the film [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video] Escape Plan: nothing here is as...
streaming now, while it’s still in theaters
G.B.F.: sharp satire cutting through the sweet silliness makes this a refreshing change of pace for teen comedies [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video]
streaming now, before it’s on dvd
Captain Phillips: hijacking on the high seas is a chance for Tom Hanks to astonish you; gripping suspense from master director Paul Greengrass [at Amazon Instant Video] Rush: a thoroughly magnificent film on every level, with astonishing performances by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl in the leads; one of the very best films of 2013 [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video] About Time: it’s accidentally creepy where it wants to be charming and romantic, but the secondary cast is fun to spend time with; Bill Nighy and Tom Hollander steal the film [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video] Escape Plan: nothing here is as...
- 1/21/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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