Oi there, listen up! Amazon Prime Video’s list of new releases for June 2024 includes another season of its biggest, bloodiest hit.
The Boys season 4 premieres its first three episodes on Thursday, June 13. Based on the trailers, The Boys is really leaning into the political side of its social satire with a presidential election underway and Homelander on trial for the small matter of killing a guy last season. The season will continue to air on Thursdays, culminating with the finale on July 18.
Amazon is really leaning into its sports offerings this month as well. Fans will get to watch the New York Yankees, the WNBA, and the Nwsl several times throughout June. That’s in addition to a couple of sports docs: Power of the Dream on June 18 and Federer: Twelve Final Days on June 20.
But if you’re looking for something even more explosive than Homelander and Roger Federer,...
The Boys season 4 premieres its first three episodes on Thursday, June 13. Based on the trailers, The Boys is really leaning into the political side of its social satire with a presidential election underway and Homelander on trial for the small matter of killing a guy last season. The season will continue to air on Thursdays, culminating with the finale on July 18.
Amazon is really leaning into its sports offerings this month as well. Fans will get to watch the New York Yankees, the WNBA, and the Nwsl several times throughout June. That’s in addition to a couple of sports docs: Power of the Dream on June 18 and Federer: Twelve Final Days on June 20.
But if you’re looking for something even more explosive than Homelander and Roger Federer,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Shameik Moore and Paris Jackson have grabbed lead roles in the drama One Spoon of Chocolate, which has started production in Atlanta.
Rapper and filmmaker Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, also known RZA, is directing from his own screenplay. The feature follows an ex-military convict leaving the city for a small town where he ends up finding love, danger and more trouble than he can handle, according to a synopsis from the producers.
RZA made his directorial debut with 2012’s The Man With the Iron Fists, in which he starred as the title character and penned the script alongside producer Eli Roth. His directorial follow-up, the Lionsgate rap and poetry drama Love Beats Rhymes, starred Azealia Banks, Common, Jill Scott and Lorraine Toussaint.
RZA’s acting credits include Paul Walker’s final film Brick Mansions, Fox’s Gang Related (as a series regular) and Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, for which he...
Rapper and filmmaker Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, also known RZA, is directing from his own screenplay. The feature follows an ex-military convict leaving the city for a small town where he ends up finding love, danger and more trouble than he can handle, according to a synopsis from the producers.
RZA made his directorial debut with 2012’s The Man With the Iron Fists, in which he starred as the title character and penned the script alongside producer Eli Roth. His directorial follow-up, the Lionsgate rap and poetry drama Love Beats Rhymes, starred Azealia Banks, Common, Jill Scott and Lorraine Toussaint.
RZA’s acting credits include Paul Walker’s final film Brick Mansions, Fox’s Gang Related (as a series regular) and Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, for which he...
- 4/23/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Henry Golding, Noomi Rapace, Sam Neill, and Daniela Melchior have all joined the same prestigious club—for assassins. Golding, fresh off his ninja training in this year's G.I. Joe prequel, "Snake Eyes," will star in "Assassin Club," which has already finished production in Italy.
This is the first we've heard of "Assassin Club," which is helmed by Camille Delamarre, who served as an editor on films like "Transporter 3," "Colombiana," "Locke," and "Taken 2" before he crossed over into directing with films like "Brick Mansions" and "Transporter: Refueled." Producer Jordan Dykstra describes the movie as "a fast-paced mix of pulse-pounding action and espionage — all set...
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This is the first we've heard of "Assassin Club," which is helmed by Camille Delamarre, who served as an editor on films like "Transporter 3," "Colombiana," "Locke," and "Taken 2" before he crossed over into directing with films like "Brick Mansions" and "Transporter: Refueled." Producer Jordan Dykstra describes the movie as "a fast-paced mix of pulse-pounding action and espionage — all set...
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- 9/23/2021
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
By the power of Grayskull, Netflix’s list of new releases for July 2021 is here!
As you may have been able to tell by that clever opening, July is the month that Masters of the Universe: Revelation arrives on Netflix. This animated series from Kevin Smith continues the classic stories of He-Man and his buff friends. If nostalgia not be what ye seek, Netflix has plenty other original series this month as well. The amazingly hilarious sketch series I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson returns for season 2 on July 6. Also returning for a second season are Beastars, Never Have I Ever (both on July 15), and Outer Banks (July 30).
Netflix’s movie offerings are pretty thick this month since July marks the real beginning of the summer blockbuster season. The streamer is bringing not one, but three Fear Street films based on R.L. Stine’s classic book series. They...
As you may have been able to tell by that clever opening, July is the month that Masters of the Universe: Revelation arrives on Netflix. This animated series from Kevin Smith continues the classic stories of He-Man and his buff friends. If nostalgia not be what ye seek, Netflix has plenty other original series this month as well. The amazingly hilarious sketch series I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson returns for season 2 on July 6. Also returning for a second season are Beastars, Never Have I Ever (both on July 15), and Outer Banks (July 30).
Netflix’s movie offerings are pretty thick this month since July marks the real beginning of the summer blockbuster season. The streamer is bringing not one, but three Fear Street films based on R.L. Stine’s classic book series. They...
- 7/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Duncan Jones is no stranger to adapting video games for the big screen, as the co-writer of Universal Pictures’ 2016 “Warcraft” adaptation, which he also directed. That film was an infamous critical flop, but it hasn’t deterred Jones from giving other video games the movie treatment. Case in point: A 92-page script adaptation of the 1995 video game “Full Throttle” written in quarantine during a bit of writer’s block. Jones self-published the script for free on Dropbox.
“I enjoy writing. I also hate writing. Sometimes, when I cant squeeze out the thing I want to write, I write something else. This has happened a lot during Covid,” Jones wrote on Twitter, adding that he was inspired to pivot to adapting “Full Throttle” after he saw a friend’s animated reimagining of the video game on Vimeo. “If nothing else, it gave me a chance to do a bit of action comedy.
“I enjoy writing. I also hate writing. Sometimes, when I cant squeeze out the thing I want to write, I write something else. This has happened a lot during Covid,” Jones wrote on Twitter, adding that he was inspired to pivot to adapting “Full Throttle” after he saw a friend’s animated reimagining of the video game on Vimeo. “If nothing else, it gave me a chance to do a bit of action comedy.
- 1/12/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Mo Scarpelli’s documentary follows a turbulent film shoot.
El Father Plays Himself, Mo Scarpelli’s documentary about a turbulent film shoot that is currently screening at IDFA, has been picked up by Dutch distribution outfit Picl for the Netherlands.
The deal was secured directly with Manon Ardisson’s production company Ardimages UK. Picl is planning a theatrical and digital platform release from December 17.
The film marks the third documentary feature from Italian-American director and cinematographer Scarpelli, whose Frame By Frame began a long festival run at SXSW in 2015 and whose Anbessa premiered at the Berlinale in 2019.
In El Father Plays Himself,...
El Father Plays Himself, Mo Scarpelli’s documentary about a turbulent film shoot that is currently screening at IDFA, has been picked up by Dutch distribution outfit Picl for the Netherlands.
The deal was secured directly with Manon Ardisson’s production company Ardimages UK. Picl is planning a theatrical and digital platform release from December 17.
The film marks the third documentary feature from Italian-American director and cinematographer Scarpelli, whose Frame By Frame began a long festival run at SXSW in 2015 and whose Anbessa premiered at the Berlinale in 2019.
In El Father Plays Himself,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Like many of its counterparts worldwide, the Guadalajara Int’l Film Festival (Ficg), Mexico’s largest film festival, faced the quandary of whether to go online, reschedule or cancel altogether because of the pandemic.
It opted for a rescheduled hybrid 35th edition which would serve those either unable or afraid to travel and those without an internet connection in Mexico.
“We struck a deal with Canal 44 to have them air some of our films,” said festival director Estrella Araiza, who is adamant that despite the challenges and complications, the film community will prevail in the end. “We have to believe in cinema,” she declared. Outdoor screenings and restricted indoor cinema screenings are on the schedule while most of the master classes and conferences are online.
Ficg was pushed from its traditional March dates to the fall, where it’s now been running over Nov. 20-27.
Its inauguration on Friday Nov.
It opted for a rescheduled hybrid 35th edition which would serve those either unable or afraid to travel and those without an internet connection in Mexico.
“We struck a deal with Canal 44 to have them air some of our films,” said festival director Estrella Araiza, who is adamant that despite the challenges and complications, the film community will prevail in the end. “We have to believe in cinema,” she declared. Outdoor screenings and restricted indoor cinema screenings are on the schedule while most of the master classes and conferences are online.
Ficg was pushed from its traditional March dates to the fall, where it’s now been running over Nov. 20-27.
Its inauguration on Friday Nov.
- 11/22/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Mo Scarpelli’s El Father Plays Himself, which premiered at Visions du Réel, is now at Doc NYC and will next be hitting IDFA, is one complicated multilayered journey, both logistically and emotionally. It began when Scarpelli decided to train her documentary lens on a narrative feature in the making — specifically her partner Jorge Thielen Armand’s La Fortaleza (which premiered at Rotterdam). La Fortaleza in turn is based on the hard-hitting, hard-drinking life of Jorge Roque Thielen, the director’s father, who stars as himself in his own story. That “el father” remains as wild and unpredictable […]
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- 11/13/2020
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Mo Scarpelli’s El Father Plays Himself, which premiered at Visions du Réel, is now at Doc NYC and will next be hitting IDFA, is one complicated multilayered journey, both logistically and emotionally. It began when Scarpelli decided to train her documentary lens on a narrative feature in the making — specifically her partner Jorge Thielen Armand’s La Fortaleza (which premiered at Rotterdam). La Fortaleza in turn is based on the hard-hitting, hard-drinking life of Jorge Roque Thielen, the director’s father, who stars as himself in his own story. That “el father” remains as wild and unpredictable […]
The post “There is No Film Safe from Some Version of Exploitation...”: Mo Scarpelli on her Doc NYC Feature El Father Plays Himself first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
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- 11/13/2020
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
As subscription-based, on-demand gaming services have gained popularity in recent years, both PlayStation Now and Xbox Game Pass have established their positions at the top of the market by offering a variety of content and great value for subscribers. There’s just one burning question demands to be answered: Which one is better?
It’s a tough one. Each has advantages over the other – Ps Now has more attractive pricing plus its library of 700+ titles makes Game Pass’ library of around 200 look paltry in comparison, whereas Xbox Game Pass tends to offer more recent games as well as including first party titles on the day of release.
It’s hard to say which one is better overall, but taken one month at a time, we may get our answer. So join us as we look at what’s been added and what was removed from each service and declare which...
It’s a tough one. Each has advantages over the other – Ps Now has more attractive pricing plus its library of 700+ titles makes Game Pass’ library of around 200 look paltry in comparison, whereas Xbox Game Pass tends to offer more recent games as well as including first party titles on the day of release.
It’s hard to say which one is better overall, but taken one month at a time, we may get our answer. So join us as we look at what’s been added and what was removed from each service and declare which...
- 10/26/2020
- by Jonathan Jones
- The Cultural Post
The name EuropaCorp might not mean much on first glance, but any self-respecting fan of the action genre has seen at least a handful of the production company’s movies. Founded by Luc Besson, EuropaCorp specializes in mid-budget and almost universally mediocre actioners that tend to provide a halfway decent slice of Friday night entertainment before fading entirely from memory. Responsible for the Transporter and Taken franchises along with Colombiana, Lockout, 3 Days to Kill, Brick Mansions, Anna and many more, you know exactly what to expect when you see their logo play in front of the credits.
Now, one of the studio’s more forgotten titles has become the latest unremarkable movie to have found an unexpected second life on Netflix, as From Paris with Love currently ranks as the eighth most-watched film on the streaming service in the United States. Though the reason behind its sudden burst of...
Now, one of the studio’s more forgotten titles has become the latest unremarkable movie to have found an unexpected second life on Netflix, as From Paris with Love currently ranks as the eighth most-watched film on the streaming service in the United States. Though the reason behind its sudden burst of...
- 9/15/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Hulu is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in the month of September — and everything that’s leaving.
Highlights in the new category include Season 2 of “Pen15,” which stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as their middle school selves, out Sept. 18. Another highlight is the series premiere of “Woke,” inspired by the life and work of American cartoonist Keith Knight. That’s out Sept. 9.
Leaving at the end of the month are movies like “50 First Dates,” “A Mighty Wind,” and “Best in Show.”
See the full list below.
Sept. 1
Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Season 4 (Adult Swim)
Jeopardy!: Episode Refresh (ABC)
50 First Dates (2004)
Absolute Power (1997)
Aeon Flux (2005)
American Dragons (1998)
An American Haunting (2006)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Anywhere but Here (1999)
Back to School (1986)
Bad Girls from Mars (1991)
The Bank Job (2008)
Because I Said So (2007)
The Birdcage (1997)
Broken Lizard’s Club Dread (2004)
Call Me (1988)
Carrington (1995)
The Cold Light Of Day...
Highlights in the new category include Season 2 of “Pen15,” which stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as their middle school selves, out Sept. 18. Another highlight is the series premiere of “Woke,” inspired by the life and work of American cartoonist Keith Knight. That’s out Sept. 9.
Leaving at the end of the month are movies like “50 First Dates,” “A Mighty Wind,” and “Best in Show.”
See the full list below.
Sept. 1
Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Season 4 (Adult Swim)
Jeopardy!: Episode Refresh (ABC)
50 First Dates (2004)
Absolute Power (1997)
Aeon Flux (2005)
American Dragons (1998)
An American Haunting (2006)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Anywhere but Here (1999)
Back to School (1986)
Bad Girls from Mars (1991)
The Bank Job (2008)
Because I Said So (2007)
The Birdcage (1997)
Broken Lizard’s Club Dread (2004)
Call Me (1988)
Carrington (1995)
The Cold Light Of Day...
- 9/1/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Three of Argentina’s foremost auteurs – “Rojo’s” Benjamin Naishtat, “The Third Side of the River’s” Celina Murga, and “Two Shots Fired’s” Martin Rejtman – will present new movie projects at a 9th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, the industry centerpiece at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival.
They will be joined by up-and-coming directors such as “The Heiresses’” Marcelo Martinessi, “The Sharks’” Lucia Garibaldi and “The Future Perfect’s” Nele Wohlatz in a lineup that is long on strong and fairly established Argentine talent, has a clutch of new Colombian directors, and presses the urgent social-issue concerns that have come to characterize Latin American cinema.
Catapulted to fame when Martin Scorsese executive produced “The Third Side of the River,” Murga will present “The Smell of Freshly Cut Grass,” a high-concept gender drama starring “Paulina’s” Dolores Fonzi and co-written with partner and fellow film director Juan Villegas (“Las...
They will be joined by up-and-coming directors such as “The Heiresses’” Marcelo Martinessi, “The Sharks’” Lucia Garibaldi and “The Future Perfect’s” Nele Wohlatz in a lineup that is long on strong and fairly established Argentine talent, has a clutch of new Colombian directors, and presses the urgent social-issue concerns that have come to characterize Latin American cinema.
Catapulted to fame when Martin Scorsese executive produced “The Third Side of the River,” Murga will present “The Smell of Freshly Cut Grass,” a high-concept gender drama starring “Paulina’s” Dolores Fonzi and co-written with partner and fellow film director Juan Villegas (“Las...
- 8/13/2020
- by John Hopewell and Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
There are few surefire successes in television. It just so happens that with its new releases for May 2020, Hulu almost certainly found itself one. May 8 sees the debut of all eight episodes of Solar Opposites, the latest sci-fi animated effort from Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland. This is a brand new story featuring a family of aliens crashing to Earth and learning to live amongst the rest of us weirdos. But the animation style and sci-fi themes hew so closely to Rick and Morty that there’s no way this won’t be a hit.
On the off chance Solar Opposites doesn’t set the world ablaze, Hulu has some other intriguing content lottery tickets for May. The Great premieres on May 15 and is a comedic period piece about Catherine the Great starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. You can’t accuse Hulu of not taking big swings this month!
On the off chance Solar Opposites doesn’t set the world ablaze, Hulu has some other intriguing content lottery tickets for May. The Great premieres on May 15 and is a comedic period piece about Catherine the Great starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. You can’t accuse Hulu of not taking big swings this month!
- 4/30/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
It goes without saying that the pandemic is keeping everyone stuck inside with little to do besides watch television, play video games, and read. Here’s some great news, though: There’s plenty coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Amazon Prime in May, so put away the books and the games, and get ready to binge some excellent shows and films.
On Netflix, you can catch some notable comedy entries next month like the Jim Carrey-led Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Fun with Dick and Jane, while action-horror fans may be delighted to hear that multiple Underworld films will be dropping on the service. The lesser-known Jarhead trilogy will be available on the 1st, and the first two pics in the Back to the Future trilogy will join the third film for streaming. Dozens more movies and shows will join these as well to ensure that Netflix reigns as...
On Netflix, you can catch some notable comedy entries next month like the Jim Carrey-led Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Fun with Dick and Jane, while action-horror fans may be delighted to hear that multiple Underworld films will be dropping on the service. The lesser-known Jarhead trilogy will be available on the 1st, and the first two pics in the Back to the Future trilogy will join the third film for streaming. Dozens more movies and shows will join these as well to ensure that Netflix reigns as...
- 4/24/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
20 producers/producer teams will receive £2m across two years.
The BFI has selected twenty producers and producer teams to receive £2m of funding across the next two years in the first edition of the revamped Vision Awards.
The selection comes as part of a £2.5m total investment in UK producers, with 12 emerging producers also selected for the new BFI Network Insight professional development programme.
Among those chosen are Manon Ardisson and Chiara Ventura of Ardimages UK. Ardisson won the Bifa for best British independent film in 2017 for God’s Own Country, one of four prizes for the film at the ceremony.
The BFI has selected twenty producers and producer teams to receive £2m of funding across the next two years in the first edition of the revamped Vision Awards.
The selection comes as part of a £2.5m total investment in UK producers, with 12 emerging producers also selected for the new BFI Network Insight professional development programme.
Among those chosen are Manon Ardisson and Chiara Ventura of Ardimages UK. Ardisson won the Bifa for best British independent film in 2017 for God’s Own Country, one of four prizes for the film at the ceremony.
- 4/22/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
The BFI has revealed this year’s Vision Awards, its funding awards for UK production companies. Scroll down for the list of recipients.
Those selected this year include the producers of BAFTA winner Bait, Sundance title God’s Own Country, Tiff feature Saint Maud and upcoming Kate Winslet starrer Ammonite.
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The BFI will invest up to £2M in the producers over two years. The organization has also revealed the 12 newcomers (yet to make their first feature) selected for its new professional development program BFI Network Insight.
The BFI said today that recipients of the two programs are 35% from outside London and the South East, more than 70% are female or part of a female producing duos, and more than 35% identify as underrepresented ethnicities.
Those selected this year include the producers of BAFTA winner Bait, Sundance title God’s Own Country, Tiff feature Saint Maud and upcoming Kate Winslet starrer Ammonite.
More from DeadlineBritish Film Institute Outlines $5.7M Covid-19 Support MeasuresUK's Covid-19 Film & TV Emergency Relief Fund Swells To $3M, Now Open For Cash-Strapped WorkersBBC Joins Netflix In Making $600,000 Donation To Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund
The BFI will invest up to £2M in the producers over two years. The organization has also revealed the 12 newcomers (yet to make their first feature) selected for its new professional development program BFI Network Insight.
The BFI said today that recipients of the two programs are 35% from outside London and the South East, more than 70% are female or part of a female producing duos, and more than 35% identify as underrepresented ethnicities.
- 4/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu is out with its list of new additions coming in May, and everything that will be leaving the streaming service at the end of the months.
Highlights include Season 2 of “Ramy,” from Muslim American comedian Ramy Youssef, a new episode of “Into the Dark” called “Delivered,” in which a pregnant woman’s life is thrown into jeopardy when she realizes someone close to her has dark plans for her and the baby, and the series premiere of Hulu original series “The Great” about Catherine the Great, the famous Empress of Russia.
Leaving at the end of the month is “Good Will Hunting,” all three “Free Willy” films, 2006’s “Night of the Living Dead” and 2012’s “Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection,” “Zombieland,” 2002’s “Spider-Man,” and more.
Also Read: Julia Child Documentary From 'Rbg' Directors Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
Here is the full list of everything coming and going...
Highlights include Season 2 of “Ramy,” from Muslim American comedian Ramy Youssef, a new episode of “Into the Dark” called “Delivered,” in which a pregnant woman’s life is thrown into jeopardy when she realizes someone close to her has dark plans for her and the baby, and the series premiere of Hulu original series “The Great” about Catherine the Great, the famous Empress of Russia.
Leaving at the end of the month is “Good Will Hunting,” all three “Free Willy” films, 2006’s “Night of the Living Dead” and 2012’s “Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection,” “Zombieland,” 2002’s “Spider-Man,” and more.
Also Read: Julia Child Documentary From 'Rbg' Directors Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
Here is the full list of everything coming and going...
- 4/17/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
It’s been nearly five months since a wave of austerity measures, proposed by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, sent Chile spiraling into civil unrest. Outside the grounds of the 60th annual Viña del Mar International Song Festival on Monday night — the longest-running music festival in Latin America — up to 800 protesters demanded justice for human rights violations committed by Chilean police and military during the 2019 protests — including but not limited to murder, rape, and torture.
Headlining Monday night’s show was 31-year-old Francisca Valenzuela, one of Chile’s most beloved, and outspoken,...
Headlining Monday night’s show was 31-year-old Francisca Valenzuela, one of Chile’s most beloved, and outspoken,...
- 2/25/2020
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
It's been a good year for Blumhouse Productions so far with Get Out and Split delivering impressive returns on minuscule budgets. This weekend their latest, Happy Death Day, hopes to follow suit as it targets a #1 finish, pushing WB's Blade Runner 2049 into runner-up position after just one week in theaters. Additional new releases include Stx's The Foreigner, Annapurna's Professor Marston & the Wonder Women and Open Road's Marshall as there's a little something for everyone in theaters, though it doesn't appear that little something will deliver big numbers at the box office collectively. On the heels of a very strong year so far, Blumhouse brings Happy Death Day to 3,149 theaters nationwide. The film takes the Groundhog Day concept and turns it into a horror film with Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones director, Christopher Landon, at the helm. Industry expectations are for a debut in the mid-teens, though we're anticipating a result just a bit higher.
- 10/12/2017
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.
For being a summer month, July only having two sequels (yes, An Inconvenient Sequel in limited release on the 28th counts) and one reboot is kind of an astonishing realization.
It’s a tough market for originality out there, but maybe we’re turning a corner. A24 is bringing its niche auteurs to wide release, big studios like Warner Bros. are affording A-listers the room for passion projects, and no matter how misguided The Emoji Movie (July 28) seems, the reality of it not having a number after its...
For being a summer month, July only having two sequels (yes, An Inconvenient Sequel in limited release on the 28th counts) and one reboot is kind of an astonishing realization.
It’s a tough market for originality out there, but maybe we’re turning a corner. A24 is bringing its niche auteurs to wide release, big studios like Warner Bros. are affording A-listers the room for passion projects, and no matter how misguided The Emoji Movie (July 28) seems, the reality of it not having a number after its...
- 7/2/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Shanghai-based company deepens ties with Besson’s Paris-based mini-major.
Shanghai-based production and distribution company Fundamental Films is set to take a 27.9% stake in Luc Besson’s mini-major EuropaCorp.
The Paris-based company announced on Thursday that its board had approved the creation of 11,4208,572 shares, representing a $67m (€60m) capital increase, which would be reserved for Ff Motion Invest, a subsidiary of Fundamental Films.
Under the deal, Ff Motion Invest will pay $5.90 (€5.25) per share, nearly 40% more than its recent average market value.
If approved as expected at an exceptional Agm due to take place by the end of 2016, Ff Motion Invest will become EuropaCorp’s second biggest shareholder after Besson.
The filmmaker and producer currently owns a 43.8% stake through his Front Line holding company. This will fall to 31.6% if the Ff Motion Invest deal is sealed.
“This capital increase is going to improve EuropaCorp’s ability to produce and distribute English-language films and series worldwide,” said Besson...
Shanghai-based production and distribution company Fundamental Films is set to take a 27.9% stake in Luc Besson’s mini-major EuropaCorp.
The Paris-based company announced on Thursday that its board had approved the creation of 11,4208,572 shares, representing a $67m (€60m) capital increase, which would be reserved for Ff Motion Invest, a subsidiary of Fundamental Films.
Under the deal, Ff Motion Invest will pay $5.90 (€5.25) per share, nearly 40% more than its recent average market value.
If approved as expected at an exceptional Agm due to take place by the end of 2016, Ff Motion Invest will become EuropaCorp’s second biggest shareholder after Besson.
The filmmaker and producer currently owns a 43.8% stake through his Front Line holding company. This will fall to 31.6% if the Ff Motion Invest deal is sealed.
“This capital increase is going to improve EuropaCorp’s ability to produce and distribute English-language films and series worldwide,” said Besson...
- 9/29/2016
- ScreenDaily
EuropaCorp USA released their new action movie, "The Transporter Refueled," into theaters today, September 4th, 2015, and all the top, major movie critics have turned in their reviews. It turns out that it didn't quite resonate too good with most of them, getting just an overall 31 score out of a possible 100 across 18 reviews at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: Anatole Taubman, Ed Skrein, Gabriella Wright, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Loan Chabanol, Radivoje Bukvic, Ray Stevenson and Tatiana Pajkovic. We've provided blurbs from a few of the critics, below. Kyle Anderson from Entertainment Weekly, gave it a 67 grade. He stated: "It’s hard to deny the hedonistic joy in the way Delamarre plays with his various toys, and the goofball stunts—including the yacht-based finale, with a special appearance by a jet ski—are generally worth wandering through the dialogue desert." Andrew Barker over at Variety, gave it a 60 grade. He said:...
- 9/4/2015
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
The Transporter franchise heads to the south of France in this weekend’s The Transporter Refueled. This time, Frank Martin’s “cargo,” if you will, is a femme fatale and her flunkies who are all up against the Russian mob.
Taking over the role of Frank, “The Transporter,” is Ed Skrein, an English rapper-turned-actor who you may recognize as “Game of Thrones”’ Daario Naharis (before season four when Skrein was mysteriously and unceremoniously replaced). Miss the O.G. Daario? Well, after Refueled, Skrein joins the Marvel Universe in February 2016 as the villain Ajax opposite Canada’s Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool!
The Transporter Refueled – in theatres now! – is again written and produced by Luc Besson (The Professional, Taken), and directed by Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions). Delamarre also has history with the Transporterfranchise, as he was the editor on Transporter 2.
Watch Ed Skrein talk about taking over the role of The Transporter from Jason Statham,...
Taking over the role of Frank, “The Transporter,” is Ed Skrein, an English rapper-turned-actor who you may recognize as “Game of Thrones”’ Daario Naharis (before season four when Skrein was mysteriously and unceremoniously replaced). Miss the O.G. Daario? Well, after Refueled, Skrein joins the Marvel Universe in February 2016 as the villain Ajax opposite Canada’s Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool!
The Transporter Refueled – in theatres now! – is again written and produced by Luc Besson (The Professional, Taken), and directed by Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions). Delamarre also has history with the Transporterfranchise, as he was the editor on Transporter 2.
Watch Ed Skrein talk about taking over the role of The Transporter from Jason Statham,...
- 9/4/2015
- by Sasha James
- Cineplex
Ed Skrein takes over from Jason Statham in this lazy reboot of the franchise, with glibly efficient car chases and disastrous handbrake-on plotting
With Jason Statham having paid all dues, unrepentant wheeler-dealer Luc Besson here reboots his handy chauffeur franchise with a catalogue-model lead (Ed Skrein) and so much drooling placement for one German luxury car manufacturer you wonder why they didn’t sell ad space in the title.
Brick Mansions’ Camille Delamarre shapes the odd, glibly efficient chase sequence, but these are small bursts of acceleration amid disastrous, handbrake-on plotting that tangles Skrein with a gang of bum-wiggling sex workers. Only the ultra-impressionable will be thrilled: not a single blow in its posy, prop-dependent fight scenes looks as though it connected, let alone hurt. The Stath wouldn’t stand for such nonsense.
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With Jason Statham having paid all dues, unrepentant wheeler-dealer Luc Besson here reboots his handy chauffeur franchise with a catalogue-model lead (Ed Skrein) and so much drooling placement for one German luxury car manufacturer you wonder why they didn’t sell ad space in the title.
Brick Mansions’ Camille Delamarre shapes the odd, glibly efficient chase sequence, but these are small bursts of acceleration amid disastrous, handbrake-on plotting that tangles Skrein with a gang of bum-wiggling sex workers. Only the ultra-impressionable will be thrilled: not a single blow in its posy, prop-dependent fight scenes looks as though it connected, let alone hurt. The Stath wouldn’t stand for such nonsense.
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- 9/3/2015
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
There isn’t a single level on which this crass reboot operates that isn’t a disaster. There is all sorts of stupid at work here, and all sorts of offensive. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of the earlier films
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There isn’t a single level on which this cheap, crass reboot/sequel/whatever-the-hell operates that isn’t a disaster. Often an embarrassing disaster. Very often a disaster so disgusting that, its endless 90-plus minutes later, I was in desperate need of a shower to get the ick off me.
The Jason Statham-as-a-badass-chauffeur action franchise was not demanding another installment; the first three films did only moderately well at the box office, and likely only off Statham’s popularity anyway. Yet here we are, Statham wisely nowhere in sight and his replacement,...
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of the earlier films
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There isn’t a single level on which this cheap, crass reboot/sequel/whatever-the-hell operates that isn’t a disaster. Often an embarrassing disaster. Very often a disaster so disgusting that, its endless 90-plus minutes later, I was in desperate need of a shower to get the ick off me.
The Jason Statham-as-a-badass-chauffeur action franchise was not demanding another installment; the first three films did only moderately well at the box office, and likely only off Statham’s popularity anyway. Yet here we are, Statham wisely nowhere in sight and his replacement,...
- 9/2/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Stripped and chopped for parts, the Transporter trilogy could be reassembled into a single solid (and undoubtedly short) action movie. The first one had a fight scene where Jason Statham whirled around poles and through grease like a lethal Magic Mike; the second featured cinema’s first aerial undercarriage bomb disposal; the third contrived a reason to always keep Statham within 75 feet of the franchise’s real star, an Audi automobile. As a whole, however, the three movies were a shoddy refurbishing of American gearhead actioneers into Euro-thriller jalopies. Returning sans Statham, avec everything else, The Transporter: Refueled makes a poor case for rescuing this series from the scrapheap.
Though the franchise has been kept on dialysis via a TV series for a couple years, this is the first “Transporter” property to be produced by series-creator Luc Besson since 2008’s Transporter 3. That same year, Besson unleashed the Taken franchise on the world,...
Though the franchise has been kept on dialysis via a TV series for a couple years, this is the first “Transporter” property to be produced by series-creator Luc Besson since 2008’s Transporter 3. That same year, Besson unleashed the Taken franchise on the world,...
- 9/2/2015
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
"It's time for revenge." If you're still not convinced this is going to be action spectacle of the summer, here's one more trailer to get you in the mood for mayhem. EuropaCorp has debuted another official trailer for The Transporter Refueled, the return of the Transporter franchise. Technically this is the 4th film in the series, following Jason Statham's trilogy. And technically this is the third trailer, even though they're calling it "trailer #2". Ed Skrein takes over and becomes the "Transporter" this time, driving a few special packages in nice cars all over Europe. I'm honestly not sure if this is going to be any good. We'll know soon. Here's the latest trailer for Camille Delamarre's The Transporter Refueled, from YouTube: You can still catch the last official trailer for The Transporter Refueled here, if you're interested. The Transporter Refueled is directed by Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) and...
- 8/13/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
First announced at Cannes two years ago, Luc Besson and his EuropaCorp accomplices' Transporter reboot is now almost upon us. Ed Skrein (Ill Manors and, more recently, Deadpool's Ajax) takes over the driving seat from Jason Statham this time in The Transporter Refuelled, directed by Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions). And here's the latest trailer, in which the unusually decent Audi driver hurts a number of fools and wrecks a number of vehicles, as is traditional and required. There's also a snazzy jump over a plane. We do love a good car jump.Should you be wondering, the re-casting of the main role has not also prompted the creation of a new character. This is not, we're to accept, a different transporter, but the very same Frank Martin (although we're possibly in prequel territory, which explains the hair). Martin is, you'll recall, the driver who never changes the deal and...
- 8/13/2015
- EmpireOnline
For many, Jason Statham’s hard-boiled Frank Martin is The Transporter, given that the British hard man injected the cult action series with a tenacity that saved it from mediocrity. Now that The Stath has moved on to pastures anew, there are a lot of understandable concerns looming over Camille Delamarre’s (Brick Mansions) reboot effort, though the latest trailer and action-packed clip are an effective one-two punch that prove that, above anything, The Transporter Refueled will retain the franchise’s boisterous action sensibilities.
Supplanting Statham in the lead role is newcomer Ed Skrein, who plays a slightly different version of Frank Martin. While enjoying a holiday with his old man in southern France, Frank’s idyllic downtime is unceremoniously upended by a femme fatale and her group of highly-trained, seductive associates, who together convince our protagonist to orchestrate one of the ambitious bank heists in history.
Taking a turn for the generic,...
Supplanting Statham in the lead role is newcomer Ed Skrein, who plays a slightly different version of Frank Martin. While enjoying a holiday with his old man in southern France, Frank’s idyllic downtime is unceremoniously upended by a femme fatale and her group of highly-trained, seductive associates, who together convince our protagonist to orchestrate one of the ambitious bank heists in history.
Taking a turn for the generic,...
- 8/12/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
It may not be Father's Day, but if you need some dude time with your dear ol' Dad, perhaps you can buy a pair of tickets to "The Transporter Refueled." It's got all the requisite ingredients — action, babes, explosions — and even a plot involving badass Frank Martin having to save his gruffly lovable father. Read More: Watch: First Trailer For Luc Besson’s ‘The Transporter Refueled’ Starring Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson & More Starring Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol, Gabriella Wright, Tatiana Pajkovic, Wenxia Yu, Rasha Bukvic, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Anatole Taubman, and Noemie Lenoir, and directed by Camille Delamarre ("Brick Mansions") the story finds Jason Statham's franchise character rebooted but given the same basic task: deliver dangerous packages for shady people. But this time around, things go wrong for Frank when he's roped into a bank heist by some beautiful ladies. Here's the synopsis: Frank Martin (played by newcomer Ed.
- 8/12/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Es Skrein (Game of Thrones) takes the wheel in The Transporter: Refuelled, the latest chapter in Luc Besson’s explosive thrill-ride series. A relentless, high octane ride that takes the Transporter franchise to explosive new heights, The Transporter: Refuelled is set to hit UK and Irish cinemas, courtesy of Icon Film Distribution, on September 4th.
Frank Martin (Ed Skrein) is The Transporter; the best driver and mercenary money can buy. Frank will deliver anything for a price and abides by 3 simple rules: never change the deal, no names, never open the package… Shot on location throughout the South of France, The Transporter Refuelled also stars Radivoje Bukvic (Run All Night), Ray Stevenson (Thor), Anatole Tubman (Captain America: The First Avenger), Gabriella Wright, Loan Chabanol and Tatiana Pajkovic.
The Transporter: Refuelled was conceived by action master Luc Besson (Leon, Taken, Lucy) and is directed by Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions...
Frank Martin (Ed Skrein) is The Transporter; the best driver and mercenary money can buy. Frank will deliver anything for a price and abides by 3 simple rules: never change the deal, no names, never open the package… Shot on location throughout the South of France, The Transporter Refuelled also stars Radivoje Bukvic (Run All Night), Ray Stevenson (Thor), Anatole Tubman (Captain America: The First Avenger), Gabriella Wright, Loan Chabanol and Tatiana Pajkovic.
The Transporter: Refuelled was conceived by action master Luc Besson (Leon, Taken, Lucy) and is directed by Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions...
- 7/28/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"No one is getting out of the car, now drive!" "Seatbelts – now!" EuropaCorp has debuted the new trailer for The Transporter Refueled, the return of the Transporter franchise. Technically this is the 4th film in the series, following Jason Statham's trilogy. "Game of Thrones" actor Ed Skrein takes over and becomes the "Transporter" this time, driving a few special packages in slick cars all across Europe. This very much feels like just another retread of the same material, throwing lots of stunts and action into a weird storyline about a driver. It actually doesn't look so bad, but I think I prefer Hitman: Agent 47 a bit more. Take a look! Here's the second trailer (+ new poster) for The Transporter Refueled, found on YouTube: The Transporter Refueled is directed by Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) and written by Bill Collage & Adam Cooper (Exodus: Gods & Kings, Tower Heist). This time, it's...
- 7/2/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
There's no Jason Statham, but there is a new Transporter movie. Something doesn't quite add up here...
There's something that seems inherently wrong to us in making a Transporter film that doesn't have the mighty Jason Statham on board. Nonetheless, the plan is in place for a new trilogy of films, telling the earlier stories of Frank Martin.
Stepping into The Statham's shoes is Ed Skrein, and he headlines The Transporter Refuelled, which arrives in cinemas from September 4th. This time, the film has been directed by Camille Delamarre (who helmed Brick Mansions, starring the late Paul Walker), and in the cast are also Ray Stevenson, Radivoje Bukvic and Anatole Tubman.
A new trailer and poster for the film have now been released, so let's deal with them in turn. Here's the trailer first...
And here's the new poster....
More on The Transporter Refuelled in due course...
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There's something that seems inherently wrong to us in making a Transporter film that doesn't have the mighty Jason Statham on board. Nonetheless, the plan is in place for a new trilogy of films, telling the earlier stories of Frank Martin.
Stepping into The Statham's shoes is Ed Skrein, and he headlines The Transporter Refuelled, which arrives in cinemas from September 4th. This time, the film has been directed by Camille Delamarre (who helmed Brick Mansions, starring the late Paul Walker), and in the cast are also Ray Stevenson, Radivoje Bukvic and Anatole Tubman.
A new trailer and poster for the film have now been released, so let's deal with them in turn. Here's the trailer first...
And here's the new poster....
More on The Transporter Refuelled in due course...
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- 7/2/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
A new trailer for the upcoming reboot of the Transporter franchise, The Transporter Refueled, has been released. I'm not sure if Jason Statham said "No" to another film (that seems unlikely) or if Europacorp was merely interested in saving a little money on their leading man, but this time around it's Ed Skrein (Daario Naharis on "Game of Thrones") in the leading role and Brick Mansions helmer, Camille Delamarre, directing. They haven't changed the name of the lead character as Skrein will be playing Frank Martin, hired by Anna (Loan Chabanol) and her three sidekicks, only to realize he's been played. Anna and her cohorts have kidnapped Frank's father (Ray Stevenson) in order to coerce Frank into helping them take down a ruthless group of Russian human traffickers. Additional members of the cast include Lenn Kudrjawizki, Radivoje Bukvic, Gabriella Wright and Anatole Taubman The Transporter Refueled will release in theaters on Sept.
- 7/1/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
No Statham? No problem. The Transporter Refuelled is speeding into view.
After an action-packed movie trilogy (and a TV series we'd rather not talk about), The Transporter franchise is switching things up by replacing Jason Statham with former Game of Thrones star Ed Skrein.
Scant details are available on the storyline, but expect this to be a clean reboot of the series with courier Frank Martin at the heart of the action.
Luc Besson is again on board to produce the movie with Brick Mansions director Camille Delamarre calling the shots.
The Transporter Refuelled will arrive in cinemas on September 4.
After an action-packed movie trilogy (and a TV series we'd rather not talk about), The Transporter franchise is switching things up by replacing Jason Statham with former Game of Thrones star Ed Skrein.
Scant details are available on the storyline, but expect this to be a clean reboot of the series with courier Frank Martin at the heart of the action.
Luc Besson is again on board to produce the movie with Brick Mansions director Camille Delamarre calling the shots.
The Transporter Refuelled will arrive in cinemas on September 4.
- 7/1/2015
- Digital Spy
There may be a new Transporter in town but the game hasn’t changed too much since the Jason Statham era. At least, not judging by the new trailer for The Transporter Refuelled. Click on the YouTube link to blow it up… pretty much literally.Ill Manors’ Ed Skrein is the man stepping into the sharp suit as deliveryman-with-a-difference Frank Martin. It’s business as usual for Frank in a promo set to The Heavy's trailer favourite 'How You Like Me Now?’ There's car chases, beat downs, quick cuts and extended sequences where villains speechify and then Frank opens whole barrels of kick-ass. The rules - never change the deal, no names, never open the package - remain the same but the villains are a lot nicer looking this time out.Brick Mansions man Camille Delamarre is directing this one, working from a script that producer Luc Besson handed to...
- 7/1/2015
- EmpireOnline
China’s Fundamental Films is extending its output deal with Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp and will invest up to $50m into Besson’s Valerian, starring Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne.
Under the renewed deal, Fundamental will continue to distribute EuropaCorp films in China for another five years, in addition to co-producing several other titles. The Shanghai-based company will handle Chinese distribution of Valerian, while owning a substantial share of the film’s international box office.
“We are proud of our ongoing partnership with EuropaCorp, and the successes achieved to date. With several co-productions in development and a number of first-rate films soon to reach enthusiastic Chinese and worldwide audiences, we can look forward to a hugely exciting next five years,” said Fundamental Films chairman Mark Gao.
EuropaCorp CEO Christophe Lambert added: “Fundamental Film’s vast experience and expertise within the Chinese market has ensured our films continue to land in the territory with a real bang. As...
Under the renewed deal, Fundamental will continue to distribute EuropaCorp films in China for another five years, in addition to co-producing several other titles. The Shanghai-based company will handle Chinese distribution of Valerian, while owning a substantial share of the film’s international box office.
“We are proud of our ongoing partnership with EuropaCorp, and the successes achieved to date. With several co-productions in development and a number of first-rate films soon to reach enthusiastic Chinese and worldwide audiences, we can look forward to a hugely exciting next five years,” said Fundamental Films chairman Mark Gao.
EuropaCorp CEO Christophe Lambert added: “Fundamental Film’s vast experience and expertise within the Chinese market has ensured our films continue to land in the territory with a real bang. As...
- 5/18/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Universal
Some actors hit the ground running, starting as they mean to go on by giving career-making debut performances in commercial and critical hit films. Some even win awards for their first either feature film roles, like Lupita Nyong’o, who scooped tonnes of awards for her part in 12 Years A Slave. And then there are the actors who started their career in the likes of 1986 Troma horror comedy Monster In The Closet.
Following guest appearances on TV soap operas The Young And The Restless and Touched By An Angel, that’s where Paul Walker began his career. But it’s not about where you start off, it’s where you end up – and a good couple of decades after his role as “Professor” Bennett in a movie that’s one long mildly homophobic gag, he had built up a truly impressive filmography.
Who knows where his career might have taken him in later life,...
Some actors hit the ground running, starting as they mean to go on by giving career-making debut performances in commercial and critical hit films. Some even win awards for their first either feature film roles, like Lupita Nyong’o, who scooped tonnes of awards for her part in 12 Years A Slave. And then there are the actors who started their career in the likes of 1986 Troma horror comedy Monster In The Closet.
Following guest appearances on TV soap operas The Young And The Restless and Touched By An Angel, that’s where Paul Walker began his career. But it’s not about where you start off, it’s where you end up – and a good couple of decades after his role as “Professor” Bennett in a movie that’s one long mildly homophobic gag, he had built up a truly impressive filmography.
Who knows where his career might have taken him in later life,...
- 4/3/2015
- by Tom Baker
- Obsessed with Film
As the late actor takes his final ride in Fast & Furious 7, we explore the key attributes that made him the most lucrative B-movie actor of the noughties
No one chucked a police badge away like Paul Walker. His straight-arrow cop literally does that in 2014’s Brick Mansions, when he realises it’s the mayor who has hoodwinked him into detonating a neutron bomb in the heart of the ghetto (bomb’s combination: the ghetto’s own zipcode). But Walker had been doing it since day one, since his first moment in the sun in 2001, when he handed over the keys to his Toyota Supra and let dodgy Dom Toretto skip justice at the end of The Fast and the Furious. That was Paul Walker: the boy with the right stuff on the wrong side of the tracks. The noughties saw him gear-shift through variations on this persona in...
No one chucked a police badge away like Paul Walker. His straight-arrow cop literally does that in 2014’s Brick Mansions, when he realises it’s the mayor who has hoodwinked him into detonating a neutron bomb in the heart of the ghetto (bomb’s combination: the ghetto’s own zipcode). But Walker had been doing it since day one, since his first moment in the sun in 2001, when he handed over the keys to his Toyota Supra and let dodgy Dom Toretto skip justice at the end of The Fast and the Furious. That was Paul Walker: the boy with the right stuff on the wrong side of the tracks. The noughties saw him gear-shift through variations on this persona in...
- 4/2/2015
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Too long, too convoluted, too sentimental, and too ridiculous. Some will say those are its good points. Will they embrace the homoeroticism too? I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): mostly not a fan of the series
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
We are through the looking glass here, people. We have reached peak Hollywood. There is nothing negative anyone can say about Furious 7 (aka Fast & Furious 7) that cannot be taken as a positive. There is the “review-proof movie” that will gather a massive audience no matter what we egghead critics think of it, and then there’s the movie that is actually hardened against reviews like it’s coated in Teflon: scoffing just slides right off it.
I could say that this is the kind of movie in which, when someone says to a child who has just tossed a toy,...
I’m “biast” (con): mostly not a fan of the series
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
We are through the looking glass here, people. We have reached peak Hollywood. There is nothing negative anyone can say about Furious 7 (aka Fast & Furious 7) that cannot be taken as a positive. There is the “review-proof movie” that will gather a massive audience no matter what we egghead critics think of it, and then there’s the movie that is actually hardened against reviews like it’s coated in Teflon: scoffing just slides right off it.
I could say that this is the kind of movie in which, when someone says to a child who has just tossed a toy,...
- 3/30/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Here's the trailer for a Transporter movie that, er, doesn't seem to have Jason Statham in it.
We're still a long way from sold on the idea of The Transporter without Jason Statham, but, y'know, here we are.
The new film goes by the name of The Transporter Refueled (our spell checker - yep, we do own one somewhere - keeps wanting to add an extra 'l' there, but we've gone with the spelling the film's distributors use), and it sees Stath..., sorry Ed Skrein, star as Frank Martin. The idea here is that it'll kick start a new trilogy, and in this one, Frank is hired by a mysterious women. Things seem to get tits up quickly though, and lots of action ensures.
Camille Delamarre, who previously helmed Brick Mansions, is directing this one.
The film has a Us release date of June 19th (it's down for the same date in the UK,...
We're still a long way from sold on the idea of The Transporter without Jason Statham, but, y'know, here we are.
The new film goes by the name of The Transporter Refueled (our spell checker - yep, we do own one somewhere - keeps wanting to add an extra 'l' there, but we've gone with the spelling the film's distributors use), and it sees Stath..., sorry Ed Skrein, star as Frank Martin. The idea here is that it'll kick start a new trilogy, and in this one, Frank is hired by a mysterious women. Things seem to get tits up quickly though, and lots of action ensures.
Camille Delamarre, who previously helmed Brick Mansions, is directing this one.
The film has a Us release date of June 19th (it's down for the same date in the UK,...
- 3/19/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
It’s only been six years since the original Transporter trilogy came to a close, but now, Luc Besson’s production outfit is reviving the franchise’s still-twitching corpse.
The Transporter Refueled (previously dubbed Legacy) is a cunning title that points toward its rebooty-ness. The film stars Game Of Thrones‘ Ed Skrein as another incredibly skilled transporter. If you hadn’t already guessed; Jason Statham isn’t back in the saddle, but his replacement is more than capable of steering this latest offering.
Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) directs this first in a new trilogy from a script by Bill Collage and Adam Cooper (Exodus: Gods and Kings). Wiping the slate clean of Statham’s character, Refueled follows Skrein’s transporter as he vows to take out a bunch of Russian human traffickers holding his father hostage. A Euro-centric actioner in every sense, this teaser highlights the movie’s exotic locales,...
The Transporter Refueled (previously dubbed Legacy) is a cunning title that points toward its rebooty-ness. The film stars Game Of Thrones‘ Ed Skrein as another incredibly skilled transporter. If you hadn’t already guessed; Jason Statham isn’t back in the saddle, but his replacement is more than capable of steering this latest offering.
Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) directs this first in a new trilogy from a script by Bill Collage and Adam Cooper (Exodus: Gods and Kings). Wiping the slate clean of Statham’s character, Refueled follows Skrein’s transporter as he vows to take out a bunch of Russian human traffickers holding his father hostage. A Euro-centric actioner in every sense, this teaser highlights the movie’s exotic locales,...
- 3/19/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Who is Ed Skreinc Well, you don't know him now, but he will be starring in the upcoming Deadpool movie alongside Ryan Reynolds. Before that, however, he's filling in for Jason Statham in The Transporter Refueled, the next installment in the Transporter series as they've decided to reboot (excuse me, refuel) the franchise. I guess it would have been too hard to pretend there could possibly be more than one person in this world that drives things from one place to another for the bad guys. Skrein plays the role of Frank Martin, hired by cunning femme fatale Anna (Loan Chabanol) and her three stunning sidekicks, he quickly discovers he's been played. Anna and her cohorts have kidnapped his father (Ray Stevenson) in order to coerce Frank into helping them take down a ruthless group of Russian human traffickers. Fueled by revenge, he will break all his rules and stop...
- 3/19/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
"People will always need guys like me, right?" Jason Statham is no longer The Transporter, and instead the franchise is going in a new direction with Ed Skrein as Frank Martin, the most skilled man in his dangerous profession, in The Transporter Refueled. Known to his employers only as "The Transporter," he will transport anything, no questions asked, always on time. Skrein is doing his best gruff, intimidating voice, but it comes off as a weak impersonation of Statham, and it just makes me miss him. All the ridiculous action is here, but without Statham, this just feels like a terrible straight-to-dvd sequel. Watch? Here's the first trailer for The Transporter Refueled, originally from Apple: The Transporter Refueled is directed by Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) and written by Bill Collage & Adam Cooper (Exodus: Gods & Kings, Tower Heist). This time, it's Ed Skrein ("Game of Thrones") inheriting the action franchise as Frank Martin,...
- 3/19/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
This is a movie as its own death wish. To call it cheap, lazy, and perfunctory grants it a dignity that implies there was another path it could have taken. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of the franchise
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I figure French fauxteur Olivier Megaton (Taken 2, Colombiana) jumped his own shark when he chose that nom de cinema, but if not, he’s definitely done it now with Taken 3. It wouldn’t be fair to call this a movie: it’s more a phony, forced assemblage of stilted dialogue, incoherent action sequences, inexplicably sociopathic behavior on the part of its supposedly sympathetic protagonist, and bad self-referential “jokes” about the many idiocies of the franchise it has now, we can hope, killed for good. This is a movie as its own death wish.
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of the franchise
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I figure French fauxteur Olivier Megaton (Taken 2, Colombiana) jumped his own shark when he chose that nom de cinema, but if not, he’s definitely done it now with Taken 3. It wouldn’t be fair to call this a movie: it’s more a phony, forced assemblage of stilted dialogue, incoherent action sequences, inexplicably sociopathic behavior on the part of its supposedly sympathetic protagonist, and bad self-referential “jokes” about the many idiocies of the franchise it has now, we can hope, killed for good. This is a movie as its own death wish.
- 1/9/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The Wall Street Journal reports “overall North American box-office receipts and attendance for 2014 declined more than 5% to $10.35 billion from $10.92 billion in 2013, according to box-office tracker Rentrak Corp. – the worst results since 2011.”
Kicking off 2015 with “Best of” lists and awards season on the minds of many Cinephiles, we offer our look back at the worst of 2014. Some awful, some horrendous, we were disappointed and flummoxed by some of the movies Tinseltown released into theaters (and on moviegoers) over the past 12 months.
As we shake our Wamg heads over the biggest letdowns, here we go with our Top 10 list of the Worst Films of 2014.
Dishonorable Mention: Horns
In Horns Daniel Radcliffe played a grieving young man who inexplicably grows horns from his forehead after the community he lives in finds him culpable for the death and murder of his girlfriend. Horns was a mishmash of genres that never quite fit together; crime drama,...
Kicking off 2015 with “Best of” lists and awards season on the minds of many Cinephiles, we offer our look back at the worst of 2014. Some awful, some horrendous, we were disappointed and flummoxed by some of the movies Tinseltown released into theaters (and on moviegoers) over the past 12 months.
As we shake our Wamg heads over the biggest letdowns, here we go with our Top 10 list of the Worst Films of 2014.
Dishonorable Mention: Horns
In Horns Daniel Radcliffe played a grieving young man who inexplicably grows horns from his forehead after the community he lives in finds him culpable for the death and murder of his girlfriend. Horns was a mishmash of genres that never quite fit together; crime drama,...
- 1/6/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It wasn’t really a surprise to see The Hobbit hold on to the top spot this weekend; The Woman in Black sequel that doesn’t star Daniel Radcliffe was the only newcomer. It’s January so we get dumped releases (except for Taken 3 opening this week I guess) and holiday holdovers that keep making some money.
Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth finale crossed the $200 million mark in North America taking in another $22 million and The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, opened in fourth place with $15.1 million.
Into the Woods and Unbroken continued to take on each other in a close race; Disney’s musical brought in $19 million, less than one million behind Unbroken. The Woman in Black: Angel of Death didn’t hit the same mark as its original which opened to $20.8 million in early 2012. But it’s still pretty good considering the absence of a well-known star.
Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth finale crossed the $200 million mark in North America taking in another $22 million and The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, opened in fourth place with $15.1 million.
Into the Woods and Unbroken continued to take on each other in a close race; Disney’s musical brought in $19 million, less than one million behind Unbroken. The Woman in Black: Angel of Death didn’t hit the same mark as its original which opened to $20.8 million in early 2012. But it’s still pretty good considering the absence of a well-known star.
- 1/5/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
What better way to ring in the New Year than to spend time with Joey, Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler and Phoebe? That’s the question Netflix has posed to its subscribers across North America and Canada after all ten seasons of Friends arrived on the streaming service on New Year’s Day.
Heralding no less than 238 episodes of the beloved sitcom — which ran from 1994 up until 2004 — fans will be left spoilt for choice, and it’s an addition that will no doubt instigate its fair share of late-night marathons.
Friends isn’t the only new addition to the company’s online selection though, with the likes of Bad Boys II, Cast Away and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas also cropping up from January 1 onwards. From that point on, Netflix also has plans to introduce several new titles incrementally. For action devotees, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will make its bow tomorrow,...
Heralding no less than 238 episodes of the beloved sitcom — which ran from 1994 up until 2004 — fans will be left spoilt for choice, and it’s an addition that will no doubt instigate its fair share of late-night marathons.
Friends isn’t the only new addition to the company’s online selection though, with the likes of Bad Boys II, Cast Away and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas also cropping up from January 1 onwards. From that point on, Netflix also has plans to introduce several new titles incrementally. For action devotees, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will make its bow tomorrow,...
- 1/2/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
To celebrate the release of Sleepless Night, the fast-paced action thriller for fans of ”Taken“ and ”24″ – coming to DVD 12th January 2015 – we have a copy to giveaway courtesy of Icon.
With an exciting plot carried by charismatic and compelling performances, “Sleepless Night” is everything an action-fan could ever want. With the best kitchen-fight action-scene of the year and a wide-variety of original chase sequences – including one shot in first-person – “Sleepless Night” is shot by Clint Eastwood’s frequent cinematographer Tom Stern and is directed by Frédéric Jardin (Braquo).
“Like Die Hard meets 24 by way of Taken” – Slash Film. Available to order on Amazon today: http://amzn.to/1JNkvXt
To win a copy of Sleepless Night on DVD just answer the following question:
Which of the following films was also directed by Frédéric Jardin? Was it:
a) Braquo
b) Brick Mansions
c) Black Sails
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com,...
With an exciting plot carried by charismatic and compelling performances, “Sleepless Night” is everything an action-fan could ever want. With the best kitchen-fight action-scene of the year and a wide-variety of original chase sequences – including one shot in first-person – “Sleepless Night” is shot by Clint Eastwood’s frequent cinematographer Tom Stern and is directed by Frédéric Jardin (Braquo).
“Like Die Hard meets 24 by way of Taken” – Slash Film. Available to order on Amazon today: http://amzn.to/1JNkvXt
To win a copy of Sleepless Night on DVD just answer the following question:
Which of the following films was also directed by Frédéric Jardin? Was it:
a) Braquo
b) Brick Mansions
c) Black Sails
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com,...
- 12/27/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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