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Initially released in 2021, the action thriller film The Protégé has been finding streaming success after landing on Netflix.

Three years after its original release, The Protégé became a global success after finding itself on Netflix. Per Screen Rant, the Martin Campbell-directed film has placed seventh in Netflix's top 10 movies of the week. With a total of 6.3 million views, the film is seeing a bit more success than its initial release.

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Alongside Keaton, who plays the mysterious Michael Rembrandt, The Protégé stars Maggie Q as Anna Dutton, a skilled assassin rescued by and trained by fellow killer Moody Dutton, played by Samuel L. Jackson. When Moody is killed, Anna seeks revenge. The film additionally features performances from Patrick Malahide, David Rintoul, Ori Pfeffer, Ray Fearon, and Robert Patrick.

Image Source:: Lionsgate Over the years, streaming platforms have breathed new life into movies that might have stumbled in theaters but found unexpected success with a wider audience later on. One such film is the 2021 action-packed thriller The Protégé. Initially, the movie didn’t make much noise at the box office, earning only $8 million during its theatrical run. However, since landing on Netflix, it has experienced a remarkable resurgence becoming one of the platform’s most-watched films. The movie boasts an impressive cast, including Maggie Q, Academy Award nominated actors Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Keaton. Directed by Martin Campbell, The Protégé revolves around Anna, who was rescued as a child by Moody, a legendary hitman. Trained to be a lethal contract killer herself, Anna becomes the best in the world. But when Moody is brutally murdered, she is driven to seek vengeance for the man who shaped her life.

One of the Terminator franchise's biggest commercial disappointments has found streaming success on Netflix. Since the first movie was released in 1984, there have been six Terminator movies and two television series in the long-running franchise. The franchise's first movie, directed and written by James Cameron, set the tone and established Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, along with presenting the now iconic characters of Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese.

The first sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, is widely considered to be the franchise's best movie, along with being one of the best all-time movie sequels. None of the ensuing movies, released from 2003-2019, were able to reach the same level of acclaim as the original two installments. The franchise expanded onto television with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which aired from 2008-2009, along with Terminator Zero, an anime series that debuted on Netflix in 2024.

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Christmas action turned out to be a widely popular genre this year, with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Red One taking over Prime Video and Taron Egerton's Carry-On breaking records on Netflix. The two action films have received a lot of popularity, and Carry-On continues to be a huge success for the streaming service.

Netflix confirmed Carry-On continues to be a major hit on the streaming service, topping the charts for the week between Dec. 16 and Dec 23 with 55.1 million views, equivalent to 110.2 million hours viewed. This is an even stronger week than the first one, as the film debuted with 42 million views. It beat other Christmas titles from the streamer, becoming the number-one movie in 88 countries in its second week, including the U.S. and Canada.

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Michael Keaton's action thriller that made only $8.7 million at the box office in 2021 becomes a global Netflix hit three years later. After gaining recognition for his comedic performance in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice in 1988, Keaton rose to greater fame for his portrayal of the iconic superhero in Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). In the following years, Keaton starred in various comedies and dramas, such as Clean and Sober, Much Ado About Nothing, The Paper, Multiplicity, Jack Frost, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and The Other Guys.

Keaton's career saw a resurgence in 2014 after starring in Birdman, playing a washed-up actor seeking a comeback and earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Since then, he's starred in several dramas, such as the Best Picture winner Spotlight, while also returning to his iconic roles as Batman in 2023's The Flash and in 2024's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. In recent years, Keaton has also...

Carry-On, a film about traveling through the airport at Christmas, is on course to break into Netflix’s top ten films of all time.

The thriller, which stars Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, and Sofia Carson, bested its performance last week by adding another 55M views on top of last week’s 42M number. It remains number one on Netflix’s weekly film charts, having already become Netflix’s biggest launch of a film this year.

Given that it has scored 97M views in its first ten days, Carry-On, which was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and produced by Amblin Partners, it could well enter Netflix’s top ten films of all time. For reference, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery wrapped up 136.3M views in its first month to take the ten spot, Jennifer Lopez’s The Mother is number nine with 136.4M views, We Can Be Heroes got 137.3M for...

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Blood, violence, and suspense all collide in director Martin Campbell’s new action thriller, Dirty Angels. But the film isn’t all that blessed when it comes to character development and the kinds of depth audiences appreciate when watching a posse of frenzied folks trying to save the day. Machine guns go off. The body count mounts. Our emotions are put to the test as the lives of young hostages hang on the edge. It’s a shame we don’t know more about any of these people. But we’ll know just enough, and that’s what the filmmakers may be banking on.

Dirty Angels was written by Alissa Sullivan Haggis and Jonas McCord. Martin, reportedly a fan of “mission movies” from the 1960s like The Guns of Navarone and The Dirty Dozen,...

The mission of the Spidey Universe of Cinematic Killers at Sony, commonly known as Sucks, has been completed. Venom has been unleashed, some profits have been made, the character license has been extended, and Dakota Johnson has successfully avoided drinking a Pepsi. This means that Kraven—you guys know Kraven?...

Martin Campbell, director of such great films as The Protegé, Casino Royale, and Golden Eye, is no stranger to crafting gripping action thrillers. Even if they must include violence. That's the case with Campbell's latest thrill ride, Dirty Angels, a non-stop action film about an all-women commando unit set on liberating a group of schoolgirls taken hostage in Afghanistan. Bottom line: Martin Campbell does not disappoint as a director. In a recent MovieWeb interview, Campbell defended the use of graphic violence here, noting:

"These are six women. They're military trained, right? I wanted all the violence to be realistic… to the point that those girls could actually do it. This is not heightened violence. This is violence on a military level. And I didn't want any superhero stuff. And it is fun, obviously, but they [the commando team] are well-trained, they are very good at their job. When push comes to shove,...

50 Cent, the Grammy-winning rapper and star of such high-octane films as “Setup” and “Freelancers,” is curating his own action channel on Roku.

In partnership with Lionsgate, the free, ad-supported channel will launch Dec. 10 on The Roku Channel. It will feature 50 Cent’s personal favorite films and TV series drawn from Lionsgate’s library of 20,000-plus titles, including “The Expendables,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “Rambo” and a handful of movies starring the rapper himself. The 50 Cent Action Channel will also run episodes of “Power,” the drama series executive produced by 50 Cent that spawned the Power Universe.

The channel will also connect its programming to 50 Cent’s music, including a heist-themed stunt tied to his landmark album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” with films like “Empire State,” “Reservoir Dogs” and “Man on a Ledge” — as well as a female-led action stunt based on his album “I Like the Way She Do It,...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will curate a new Fast channel in partnership with Roku and Lionsgate.

The 50 Cent Action Channel, which is slated to launch on Dec. 10, will draw from Lionsgate’s library of more than 20,000 titles to curate the media mogul’s favorite TV shows and movies, including “The Expendables,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “Rambo” and the original “Power” series. The channel, which marks one of the first talent-branded Fast channels, will also feature over a dozen films featuring 50 Cent himself.

“Roku’s reach and success in the free TV space make them the perfect launch partner for 50 Cent Action,” the rapper said in a Thursday statement. “My channel created in partnership with Lionsgate will deliver exactly what my audience loves to watch all in one place. We’ll be No. 1 in no time.”

The channel will also feature programming in line with his albums — such as heist-themed films like “Empire State,...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Film & Television along with Lionsgate are debuting the 50 Cent Action Channel on The Roku Channel next Tuesday, Dec. 10.

Curated by the Grammy winner and Emmy winning multihyphenate, the 50 Cent Action Channel will feature 50 Cent’s favorite movies and TV series drawn from Lionsgate’s library of more than 20k-titles, i.e. box office hits like The Expendables, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, and Rambo as well as over a dozen films featuring 50 Cent. The channel will also include the 50 Cent produced original TV series Power which spawned that TV franchise. Lionsgate also plans to air themed programming stunts around 50 Cent’s No. 1 albums that lend themselves to the action genre. Examples include a heist-themed stunt tied to his album Get Rich or Die Tryin’, including films like Empire State, Reservoir Dogs and Man on a Ledge as well as a female-led action stunt based...

The film that Daisy Ridley told MovieWeb "feels to me like the first action movie I've done," Cleaner, now has a release date. Quiver Distribution announced today that it has acquired North American rights to the Anton and Qwerty Films production, directed by James Bond mastermind Martin Campbell and co-starring Clive Owen. The epic action film that tested Ridley's physicality is set in, around, and on the side of one of the UK’s tallest buildings, One Canada Square. Quiver will release the film in theaters on February 21, 2025. The synopsis reads as follows:

"Cleaner is set in present-day London. A group of radical activists, led by Clive Owen, take over an energy company’s annual gala, seizing 300 hostages in order to expose the corruption of the hosts. Their just cause is hijacked by an extremist within their ranks, who is ready to murder everyone in the building to send...

A seriously underrated action thriller series has just landed on Prime Video. Beginning back in 2010 before coming to an end in 2013, Nikita finds Mission: Impossible III and Die Hard 4 star Maggie Q taking the lead as a woman with a particular set of skills who escapes from the mysterious, nefarious organization in which she was trained and disappears...before returning three years later to take them down.

Airing on The CW, the series adapts Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, and Taken filmmaker Luc Besson's French 1990 action movie La Femme Nikita for U.S. audiences. While the series has largely been forgotten, it’s well worth taking another look, as Nikita boasts not only the action movie talents of Maggie Q, but also an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes. All four seasons of Nikita are now available to stream on Prime Video, and you can check out the official synopsis below.

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Samuel L. Jackson, aka Nick Fury of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is one of Hollywood’s most recognized actors. He is not only one of the most prolific but also among the highest-paid actors in the industry. Jackson has starred in more than 150 movies, including live-action features and animated flicks. He has worked with many notable filmmakers and has achieved numerous accolades over the years.

Jackson gained recognition with movies like School Daze and Do the Right Thing, but his breakthrough came with Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. he won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Jules Winnfield in the cult classic film by Tarantino. He has worked with Tarantino in a few other films as well. Before the MCU, he was also a part of another popular film franchise. Samuel played Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

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If you were waiting for John Woo‘s latest action thriller film The Killer, featuring his signature action style and a thrilling story. Then the wait is finally over as the Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy-led film is finally available to stream on Peacock. Based on Woo’s 1989 film of the same name, the Peacock film is co-written by Brian Helgeland, Josh Campbell, and Matt Stuecken and it follows the story of a deadly assassin as she refuses to kill a young blind woman and in turn her employer puts out a hit on her, forcing her to kill the people coming after her while being hunted by a relentless cop. So, if you loved the high-octane action, thrilling story, and interesting characters in The Killer here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Exclusive: Mohit Ramchandani (City of Dreams) has co-written and will direct Asphyxia, a new survival thriller for Capstone Studios.

Daniel Negret and Ramchandani penned the script for the pic, to be produced by the Warner Bros-based Hunt Lowry. Capstone is fully financing with casting currently underway and production to kick off in Q1 2025. The project marks Ramchandani’s sophomore feature on the heels of City of Dreams, an enslaved child labor thriller that Roadside Attractions releases nationwide on August 30.

Asphyxia follows Dr. Joanna Miller, a marine biologist specializing in migratory and birthing patterns in whales, whose ship capsizes in a storm during a routine expedition, killing her entire crew. She’s left stranded in an air pocket inside the mess hall, trying to signal the patrolling coast guard rovers, when she comes across an unexpected survivor, the captain’s daughter. As...

Exclusive: Rob Minkoff (The Lion King) is set to direct Tenor by Night, a live-action comedy musical fantasy based on the Chinese-themed stage musical of the same name, created and produced by James Chiao.

Written by Peter Barsocchini (High School Musical franchise), the film is described as a whimsical, cross-cultural comedy about a Chinese American businessman who gives up his dreams of becoming a world-famous singer to build a successful mannequin business to support his family. Through a series of magical misadventures, a group of mannequins are brought to life which leads to a second chance to fulfill his dreams.

The project is believed to be the first Chinese-themed musical coming up for production in Hollywood since Flower Drum Song in 1961. Hope is for it to draft on the success of such recent Chinese American-themed box office hits as Everything Everywhere All at Once and Crazy Rich Asians. Casting for the pic is now underway.

It’s official. Amazon has confirmed the casting of Maggie Q as star of the upcoming Renée Ballard Bosch spinoff series, which Deadline previously exclusively reported. We’re also getting a first look at Maggie Q and Titus Welliver in sneak peek photos of the Renée Ballard crossover episode in the Bosch: Legacy Season 3 finale. You can see above and below. Additionally, Jet Wilkinson has been tapped to direct the first two episodes of the Untitled Renee Ballard series for Prime Video. Wilkinson also will direct the Season 3 finale of Bosch: Legacy, a crossover which serves as the introduction of Maggie Q as Renée Ballard.

The Untitled Renée Ballard series follows Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q), who is tasked with running the LAPD’s new cold case division—a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the largest case load in the city. Ballard approaches these frozen-in-time cases with empathy and determination.

Maggie Q is officially set to star in the “Bosch” spinoff centered on cold case detective Renée Ballard.

Q will make her first appearance as the character in the Season 3 finale of “Bosch: Legacy,” the first look at which can be seen above and below.

Jet Wilkinson is set to direct the Season 3 finale of “Bosch: Legacy,” along with the first two episodes of the untitled Renee Ballard series for Prime Video.

Q is known for her starring roles as F.B.I Agent Hannah Wells on ABC and Netflix’s drama “Designated Survivor” and the title role of the CW action series “Nikita.” She was most recently seen in the Skydance and Apple TV+ action comedy “The Family Plan” with Mark Wahlberg. Her other film credits include “The Protégé,” “The Divergent Series,” “Live Free Or Die Hard” and “Mission Impossible III.”

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Exclusive: Jeffrey Greenstein’s new sales and production company A Higher Standard has hired Thayer Juergens as Head of Development for Film & Television. Juergens will report to Greenstein.

Juergens will focus on sourcing, vetting and developing projects and will also be involved in production and sales.

Before joining A Higher Standard, Juergens served as Director of Development at Maniac Productions, where he managed the studio deal with Blumhouse Television. Prior to his time at Maniac, he worked in an assistant capacity at Millennium Media, contributing to films including The Protégé, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Jolt, Till Death, and The Outpost.

He recently co-produced the independent feature film Junkie, which was shot in Atlanta and Los Angeles last year, and before that assisted on marketing campaigns for NBCUniversal, A&e, and HBO, working on projects including Silicon Valley, Westworld, and Game of Thrones.

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Exclusive: Maggie Q is set to headline Prime Video’s Untitled Renée Ballard series, a Bosch spinoff about the LAPD’s Cold Case Division. This marks the first series in Amazon MGM Studios’ Bosch franchise, inspired by the work of bestselling author Michael Connelly, which is not led by Titus Welliver. Amazon declined comment.

The untitled series follows Detective Renée Ballard (Q), who is tasked with running the LAPD’s new cold case division—a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the largest case load in the city. Ballard approaches these frozen-in-time cases with empathy and determination. When she uncovers a larger conspiracy during her investigations, she’ll lean on the assistance of her retired ally, Harry Bosch (Welliver), to navigate the dangers that threaten both her unit and her life.

Connelly, Michael Alaimo, and Kendall Sherwood executive produce. Henrik Bastin and Melissa Aouate executive produce for Fabel Entertainment, with Jasmine Russ as co-executive producer.

Riverdale star Madelaine Petsch just dropped a teaser and revealed the date to Renny Harlin’s remake of the 2008 movie, The Strangers, which will haunt theaters on May 17, 2024. More movies, exhibitors, filling vacancies on next year’s theatrical schedule.

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Froy Gutierrez (Cruel Summer) and Gabriel Basso (Hillbilly Elegy) also star in the movie, which is being plotted as a trilogy.

The original movie was a home invasion pic that Bryan Bertino wrote and directed in his feature debut, with Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman starring. It was followed up by a sequel in March 2018, The Strangers: Prey at Night. Together they made over $113M at the global box office.

The new movie centers around Petsch’s character as she drives cross-country with her longtime boyfriend (Gutierrez) to begin a new life in the Pacific Northwest. When...

Fast Charlie, starring Pierce Brosnan, is a thrilling addition to action cinema with a suspenseful plot filled with intrigue. The film showcases Brosnan's skilled portrayal of a ruthless hitman navigating the dangerous world of crime. The inclusion of James Caan in the cast adds a poignant touch, blending the old guard of cinematic excellence with contemporary storytelling.

The upcoming film Fast Charlie emerges as a noteworthy addition to action cinema landscape. This new offering stars Pierce Brosnan, renowned for his charismatic roles in various genres, from the suave spy in the 007 series to his lighthearted turn in Mamma Mia! In Fast Charlie, Brosnan portrays a seasoned hitman named Charlie Swift, embarking on a mission that challenges his expertise and wit.

The story revolves around Charlie's task to prove he eliminated a target, despite the absence of the victim's head. This premise alone sets the stage for a film rich in suspense and intrigue.

Go undercover with a new breed of spy in Dark Asset, a brand new, slick action-thriller with a sci-fi edge, from writer-director Michael Winnick (Guns, Girls and Gambling), is out now in the UK on Digital from 101 Films.

Prepare for a high-octane ride as acclaimed action star Byron Mann (Wu Assassins, The Big Short) takes the lead as an undercover operative with a dark secret who takes no prisoners with his ruthless fighting skills. He stars alongside Robert Patrick (The Protégé, Terminator 2) and Helena Mattsson (American Horror Story, Seven Psychopaths) in this all-out action feature.

When stylish and mysterious John (Byron Mann) meets the distinctly unimpressed Jane (Helena Mattsson) in a bar, he tries to win her over with tales of spies, implanted microchips and a dangerous scientist Dr. Cain (Robert Patrick), who is hunting him down. But is this tantalising tale more than mere fiction, is enigmatic...

King of Killers is an action thriller film directed by written and directed by Kevin Grevioux. The action film follows the story of Marcus Garan (Alain Moussi), a member of a group of international hitmen who are contacted to kill the most dangerous killer of all time, but soon they realize that they are the ones being hunted. King of Killers also stars Frank Grillo and Marie Avgeropoulos. So, if you loved the action film here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug’s latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe – all with connected, yet conflicting,...

It’s curious to see writer-director Neil Labute merge into the 2020s with power plays between genders again, first in House of Darkness and now Fear the Night, which hits theaters and digital platforms July 21. Avid filmgoers no doubt appreciated Labute’s deep dive into the messiness of human emotion and behaviors in films like The Shape of Things and In the Company of Men back in the 1990s. His work after those two great films never felt quite as elevated, however some have been downright engaging nonetheless.

Fear the Night falls nicely into that slot. It’s a throwback to those 1970s action thrillers that so often filled the screen and, for some reason, have made a resurgence in the early 2020s. Those were B movies, to be sure, and Fear the Night feels like another one. Hey, there’s room for all kinds of “art” on screen. But...

Romania’s culture minister Lucian Romașcanu is confident that the country’s beleaguered cash rebate system is back on track, insisting in Cannes on Sunday that the government is committed to “repairing” a scheme that has ground to a halt in recent years.

“Everyone in politics, starting with the future Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, understands the importance of that,” said Romașcanu, outlining plans to rebuild confidence in an incentive program that faces stiff competition in the region. “There is definitely a ‘yes’ from the political world.”

According to Romașcanu, the administration is now determined to clear a backlog of roughly €100 million ($108.2 million) owed to foreign productions that have lensed in the Eastern European nation since the rebate was introduced, after a host of lawsuits over outstanding payments pushed the cashback program to a breaking point.

He was also optimistic that those payments will begin to flow by this fall, and...

Exclusive: Producer Moshe Diamant, film financing company Chiltern Media, and the Santa Monica-based sales firm Film Bridge International have set a sales and production partnership to launch at this week’s Cannes Market.

The trio will develop a slate of features, including the alligator survival thriller Little House on the Bayou from director Darren Lynn Bousman and executive producer Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), and the father/daughter action pic The Minder from stunt director Gary Powell (Spectre), also executive produced by Campbell. Other upcoming titles from Diamant include Davey Berman’s War, directed by Campbell, and an undisclosed project directed by Philip Noyce.

Financing will be provided through Simon Fawcett and Mark Brooke’s Chiltern Media, which recently co-financed Tin Soldier, starring James Foxx and Robert de Niro.

“We are thrilled to announce a partnership with Moshe on an upcoming slate of rich and engaging material that...

Simmons/Hamilton Productions aims to produce 25 theatrical features over initial five-year period.

Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons and Arclight Films chairman Gary Hamilton have launched Simmons/Hamilton Productions (working title) to develop, finance and produce features kicking off with Renny Harlin’s Deep Water.

Arclight has launched worldwide sales in Cannes on the survival thriller about international passengers whose plane is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters.

Production is scheduled to begin later this year with Simmons, Hamilton, Arclight Films’ Ying Ye and Rob Van Norden (Martin Campbell’s The Protégé) serving as producers.

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Kiss rocker Gene Simmons and Gary Hamilton, Chairman of sales and production company Arclight Films, have launched a new production company called Simmons/Hamilton Productions.

The production banner will produce 25 movies over an initial five-year period, with a focus on action, thriller, and genre titles. In a statement announcing the news, the company said it is backed by a “multi-billion dollar fund manager” who is providing slate financing through a “revolving finance facility.” Arclight Films’ CFO Brian Beckmann was responsible for closing the slate funding deal. All films created under the banner will be produced by Simmons and Hamilton.

The first greenlit project is Deep Water, a survival thriller directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2). Scheduled to go into production later this year, the pic tells the adventurous tale of an eclectic group of international passengers whose plane, en route from LA to Shanghai, is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters.

Saban Films has secured global distribution rights to the crime thriller “Clean Up Crew” in all territories but Spain and Italy.

“The Survivalist” helmer Jon Keeyes directs Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Oscar winner Melissa Leo and Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas in the tale of a crime scene clean-up crew that finds a briefcase full of cash on a routine job. The discovery sends them unwittingly into battle with mobsters, hitmen and a corrupt government hellbent on the briefcase’s return.

The cast is rounded out by Ekaterina Baker (“The Protégé”), Andy Kellegher (“Game of Thrones”) and Laurence Kinlan (“Ned Kelly”). The project hails from Yale Entertainment and was produced by the label’s Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Michael J. Rothstein, with Richard Bolger and Conor Barry from Hail Mary Pictures. Additional producers include Richard Clabaugh, Stephen Braun and Kurt Ebner.

Executive producers include Scott Levenson, Jason Kringstein, Lee Broda,...

Exclusive: Maggie Q, Zoe Colletti, Van Crosby and Ciaran Hinds have rounded out the cast of Apple Original Films and Skydance Media’s action comedy The Family Plan starring Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan. Simon Cellan Jones, who recently collaborated with Wahlberg on Arthur the King, will direct.

Written by David Coggeshall, The Family Plan tells the story of a suburban dad who must take his family on the run when his past catches up with him. Municipal Pictures’ Stephen Levinson and Wahlberg will produce with Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger.

Maggie was most recently seen in the Lionsgate action thriller The Protege opposite Michael Keaton. She is repped by CAA. Colletti was most recently seen in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. She is repped by Cesd, Industry Entertainment and The Nord Group.

Hinds is coming his Oscar-nominated performance in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast.

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In the 30 years since Avi Lerner founded Millennium Media, then Nu Image, in 1992, the company, legendary at the American Film Market for its straight-to-video mockbusters (Freefall, Cyborg Cop), creature features (Crocodile, Killer Rats) and cookie-cutter macho action mov- ies (Operation Delta Force, Deadly Outbreak) has grown up. A bit.

Millennium hasn’t abandoned its genre roots, but by focusing on fewer, bigger movies that can secure proper theatrical releases — most of them economically shot at the company’s Nu Boyana studios in Bulgaria and Greece— the company has built up an impressive library of blockbuster franchises, from Gerard Butler’s Has Fallen series to action comedy romps The Hitman’s Bodyguard, featuring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek, to the AARP all-star actioners The Expendables, which revived the careers of many a Millennium veteran. Expendables 4 hits the- aters next year.

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Part of the reason why "The Strangers" has endured as an effective horror movie is that we've all had that feeling of being home alone at night, yet it still feels like there's something else watching us from the shadows. After 85 minutes of homebound terror, the words "because you were home" make all of the preceding violence sound so hauntingly meaningless. A couple on the rocks is thrust into a harrowing night of survival for no other reason besides that their lights were on.

It wasn't until a decade later that a sequel came to theaters with "The Strangers: Prey at Night," which /Film's Chris Evangelista called a "schlocky slasher showcase." Rather than rehashing the hopelessness of Bryan Bertino's 2008 home invasion thriller, the follow-up from Johannes Roberts saw the human prey actually landing a few blows in against their stalkers, and living to see another day. I truly believe...

Rachel Shenton (All Creatures Great and Small) is the newest addition to Lionsgate’s remake of the 2008 horror The Strangers. She joins an ensemble led by Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez which also includes Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath, as previously announced.

The original film released in 2008 starred Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman as a couple contending with a terrifying home invasion, registering as a sleeper hit upon its release and coming to be appreciated in subsequent years as a cult classic.

The new film follows Petsch’s character as she drives cross-country with her longtime boyfriend (Gutierrez) to begin a new life in the Pacific Northwest. When their car breaks down in Oregon, they’re forced to spend the night in a secluded Airbnb, where they are terrorized from dusk till dawn by three masked strangers. Lionsgate plans to expand the story in new and unexpected ways with a pair of sequels,...

Exclusive: Robert Patrick has joined the cast of 1923, the Paramount+ series led by Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, Deadline has learned. He portrays Sheriff William McDowell, a friend of the Dutton family.

The new installment from Taylor Sheridan will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family and explore the early 20th century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression all plague the Mountain West, and the Duttons who call it home.

The cast also includes James Badge Dale, Brandon Sklenar, Sebastian Roché, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, and Julia Schlaepfer.

1923 is currently in production in Montana and will debut on Paramount+ in December 2022.

The Dutton family’s saga began with Yellowstone, led by Kevin Costner in the role of John Dutton, returning with its fifth season on November 13. The series follows the drama involving...

French star excited to “sink my teeth into a pure action role”.

Eva Green will reunite with her Casino Royale director Martin Campbell on Millennium Media’s action film and TIFF sales title Dirty Angels.

Campbell co-wrote the screenplay with Alissa Silverman. The story takes place against the backdrop of the US withdrawl from Afghanistan in 2021 and follows a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief who are dispatched to rescue kidnapped teenagers caught between Isis and the Taliban.

“It’s great to be working with Millennium Media and producer Moshe Diamant for the third time,” said Campbell. “I...

Amid a host of lawsuits by foreign productions looking to recoup money from Romania’s beleaguered cash rebate system, industry insiders say the situation has reached a crisis point, with one leading U.K. financier and executive producer warning that the government runs the risk of “obliterating foreign direct investment” into Romania if a resolution isn’t reached in the coming weeks.

Nearly a dozen lawsuits are currently active in the Romanian court system, which last month ordered the government to pay roughly 642,000 plus legal fees to the producers of “The World to Come” (pictured), writer-director Mona Fastvold’s romantic frontier drama starring Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston, which filmed in Romania in 2019. The government has appealed the ruling.

The U.K. financier, who has two decades of experience in the country, says that an impasse now dragging into its third year has caused “immense reputational damage” to both the government and the industry.

Frank Grillo is set to star in Liam O’Donnell’s horror-thriller Merciless, which Sentient Pictures International is shopping here in Cannes this week. The company also has announced that Columbian actor Juan Pablo Raba has been tapped to lead Antonio Negret’s new action thriller Sombra.

Merciless is directed by Liam O’Donnell, the director behind XYZ Film’s Skylines franchise. Renee Tab, Pierre Morel and Tuffin will produce alongside Andy Schefter for Spi. Tuffin developed the story with The Cooler writer Frank Hannah, who wrote the script. Principal photography is set to commence on location in Alabama in August 2022.

In Merciless, when his wife is possessed by a malevolent spirit, the government’s top interrogator seeks vengeance on those who were closest to the entity in its previous life in order to drive it out of her body only to discover that everything is not what it appears to be.

The return of Martin Campbell, the Brit director who successfully rebooted the James Bond franchise not once but twice, on opposite sides of the millennium and gave English-language audiences Antonio Banderas as the title character in The Mark of Zorro, counts as something to both welcome and/or celebrate. That's especially true after a prolonged absence from the kind of stylish, slick entertainments (2011's headache-inducing Green Lantern misfire notwithstanding) that made Campbell one of Hollywood's go-to directors for more than a decade. After two middling, modestly budgeted, ultimately disposable efforts, and now a third, underwhelming film in a row, Memory, a remake of a little-known, barely remembered 2003 Belgian crime-thriller, The Memory of a Killer (aka The Alzheimer Case),...

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Fourteen years after the release of “Taken,” there’s a certain understanding of Action-Neeson movies that audiences have come to accept: Never ask questions about his Irish accent, even when he’s playing characters who shouldn’t have one; understand that, whatever the situation, Neeson and his “very particular set of skills” will prove indomitable; and never, ever think too hard about the real-world implications of these shoot-’em-up fantasies, lest the whole house of cards collapse.

“Memory,” the latest Action-Neeson release, is a terrible movie, and the fact that it’s trying to tweak the Action-Neeson formula isn’t even in the top 20 reasons of why it’s so awful. But if the paradigm of this subgenre is going to be changed in any way, it’s going to have to happen in a film far, far more competent than this one.

Director Martin Campbell — who made 2006’s “Casino Royale,...

Neil Labute and Maggie Q will team up for “Fear the Night,” a new action-thriller from Quiver Distribution. Principal photography began earlier this month in Los Angeles.

“Fear the Night” centers on an Iraqi war veteran named Tes as she prepares for her sister’s bachelorette party. As the festivities unfold, the party is abruptly interrupted by a group of home invaders who quickly take the house under siege looking for a hidden fortune. Surrounded by the frightened party-goers, Tess soon discovers that the ruthless attackers are hellbent on not leaving any witnesses behind. That’s when Tess strikes back.

Highland Film Group is handling international sales at the upcoming Marché du Film in Cannes.

Eric Brenner will produce alongside Berry Meyerowitz, Jeff Sackman and Larry Greenberg of Quiver Distribution. This marks Quiver’s second collaboration with Labute, following the upcoming “Out of the Blue.” That film stars Diane Kruger,...

Exclusive: Lucy Hale (Ragdoll), Ashley Greene (The Immaculate Room), Vincent Laresca (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood), Jake Cannavale (The Offer), Robert Davi (The Goonies), Greg Finley (I Love Us), Bo Dietl (Godfather of Harlem), Sid Rosenberg (Gravesend), Jeremy Luke (Pep) and James Russo (Gravesend) have signed on to star alongside Emile Hirsch in director Danny A. Abeckaser’s crime thriller Gemini Lounge, which marks the first feature from Rush Hour producer Arthur Sarkissian’s new media and entertainment company, Global Ascension Studios.

In Gemini Lounge, demoted detective Bobby Belucci (Hirsch) is given the opportunity to go undercover and take down the mob’s most ruthless killer, but his life and only chance at redemption spiral out of control as he loses himself in the role. Global Ascension is producing in partnership with Abeckaser’s 2B Films and Kyle Stefanski’s Wild7 Films, with Stefanski also set to appear in the feature,...

Exclusive: Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) has signed on to star in the crime thriller Gemini Lounge, marking the first feature from producer Rush Hour producer Arthur Sarkissian’s new media and entertainment company Global Ascension Studios.

In the film directed by Danny A. Abeckaser (Mob Town), demoted detective Bobby Belucci (Hirsch) is given the opportunity to go undercover and take down the mob’s most ruthless killer, but his life and only chance at redemption spiral out of control as he loses himself in the role.

Global Ascension is producing in partnership with Abeckaser’s 2B Films and Kyle Stefanski’s Wild7 Films.

“My goal with Global Ascension is to create quality films that attract the top talent in the industry, and I’m thrilled that Emile has signed on to play in the lead role in Gemini Lounge, for which he is perfectly cast,” said Sarkissian, who heads...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: No Way Home lead this year’s film nominations for the Critics Choice Association’s second annual Super Awards, with five noms apiece including Best Superhero Movie. Evil and Midnight Mass tied for the most television nominations, each earning six noms including Best Horror Series.

The Critics Choice Super Awards, are designed to honor the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across movies and TV, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror and Action categories. Winners will be revealed on Thursday, March 17. The Super Awards, which will not be telecast this year, are a separate entity from the Critics Choice Awards, which honor the best in film and TV and will air on the CW and TBS on Sunday, March 13.

Here are the nominations for the second annual Critics Choice Super Awards nominations:

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The Critics Choice Association announced the nominations for the 2nd annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across film and television.

Destin Daniel Cretton’s “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and Jon Watts’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” led the film nominations with five noms each. Two of the three Peter Parkers landed acting mentions for Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland, but Tobey Maguire was omitted from the list.

“Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” the four-hour cut of his superhero film with Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot, also landed in the best superhero movie category alongside “Black Widow,” “Eternals,” “Shang-Chi,” “Spider-Man” and “The Suicide Squad.”

On the television side, Paramount Plus’ “Evil” and Netflix’s “Midnight Mass” led with six apiece. Disney Plus dominated the superhero categories with multiple nominations for “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” “Hawkeye,” “Loki” and “WandaVision.”

The winners will...

The long-awaited fourth season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” isn’t the only new thing coming to Amazon Prime Video in February. Below we’ve assembled a full list of every new movie and TV show being added to the streaming service this month, including both Prime Video originals and library titles.

The new season of the Emmy-winning “Maisel” arrives on Feb. 18, the same day the first season of the new animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina” drops. But on Feb. 4, Prime Video will debut the brand new original series “Reacher,” based on author Lee Child’s beloved Jack Reacher book series. The new show stars Alan Ritchson in the titular role, putting a new spin on the character who was previously played by Tom Cruise in two feature films.

In terms of library titles, Feb. 25 sees the addition of the action thriller “The Protégé,” which was released in...

February 2022 is a big month for Prime Video. We’re talking “hands the size of dinner plates” big.

Highlighting Amazon Prime Video’s list of new releases for February 2022 is Reacher, the saga of one very large boy. Reacher premieres on Feb. 4 and is based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child. The titular hero (played by Alan Ritchson) is a former major in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps who now travels the country looking for trouble to get into. His hands are very large.

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Also coming to Prime Video this month is the return of one of Amazon’s biggest originals. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel premieres on Feb. 18. Season 4 will find Midge seeking creative freedom in the 1960s. The one big Prime Original Movie of note...

Two fans filed a federal class action lawsuit on Friday alleging they were duped into renting the 2019 film “Yesterday” because Ana de Armas appeared in the trailer.

Conor Woulfe, 38, of Maryland, and Peter Michael Rosza, 44, of San Diego County, Calif., say they each paid $3.99 to rent the movie on Amazon Prime, only to discover that de Armas was removed from the final cut of the film.

The suit accuses Universal of engaging in deceptive marketing, and seeks to recoup at least $5 million on behalf of affected consumers.

“Because consumers were promised a movie with Ana De Armas by the trailer for ‘Yesterday,’ but did not receive a movie with any appearance of Ana de Armas at all, such consumers were not provided with any value for their rental or purchase,” the lawsuit states.

“Yesterday” stars Himesh Patel as Jack Malik, a singer-songwriter who, through a supernatural occurrence, is the only...