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Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista fend off hordes of enemies in a brand-new clip for In the Lost Lands, a new movie from director Paul W.S. Anderson, based on the short story by Games of Thrones author George R.R. Martin.

In the brand-new clip provided by DiscussingFilm, Jovovich and Bautista are seen taking out a plethora of enemies in a barrage of gun violence, reminiscent of Anderson's prior Resident Evil films. Jovovich once again reunites with her longtime collaborator and husband, alongsideGuardians of the Galaxystar Bautista, who is no stranger to action films. Bautista recently starred in the action comedy Killer's Game and Denis Villeneuve's Oscar-nominated film Dune: Part Two. In addition to Jovovich and Bautista, In the Lost Lands also stars Arly Jover, Amara Okereke, Fraser James, Deirde Mullins, and Sebastian Stankiewicz. Check out the latest clip for In the Lost Lands below.

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Exclusive: Sophie Telegadis (One Stupid Thing), Mohana Krishnan (It Lives Inside), Aidan Laprete (The Wilds) and Lilah Pate (Outer Banks) are set to star alongside Sam Nivola, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon in Driver’s Ed, Bobby Farrelly’s new comedy for AGC Studios, which enters production in North Carolina today.

Written by Thomas Moffett, Driver’s Ed is about teens who steal their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip to help a high school senior (Nivola) track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.

Telegadis plays Evie, an art-school-bound student who recently dropped her friend group, dyed some of hair blue and gave up on love. Krishnan plays Aparna, a hardworking and anxious high school senior who wants to go to MIT to subsequently save the world. Laprete portrays Yoshi, the resident high school dealer who buries his feelings in drugs and sarcasm. Pate will play Samantha,...

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in March. The Starz March 2025 schedule includes the premiere of Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4 and a selection of films celebrating Women’s History Month.

The Starz app expands in March with an exciting mix of films, including Fast X, Reagan, The Killer’s Game, Never Let Go, Bagman, White Bird, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and more.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4 Starz Highlight

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4

In Season Three, Kanan Stark finally stopped living in the shadow of his mother and assumed control of his life, taking matters into his own hands by orchestrating the deaths of Ronnie and Detective Howard. In season four, slates have seemingly have been wiped clean for Kanan, Raq and the rest of the Thomas family. Kanan’s drug business has hit its stride.

Exclusive: Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) and SNL alum Molly Shannon have signed on to star in Driver’s Ed, the teen road trip comedy from director Bobby Farrelly (Champions) on which we were first to report in December.

Set to enter production in North Carolina in March, with AGC Studios co-producing and fully financing, Driver’s Ed centers on a group of teens who steal their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip to help a high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.

AGC International launched sales at the European Film Market in Berlin last week, with additional castings to be announced soon. UTA Independent Film Group is co-repping US rights with AGC.

Farrelly — one half of famed comedy filmmaking duo The Farrelly Brothers — will direct from an original screenplay by Thomas Moffett. Producers include Jonas Pate, Jennifer Pate (Amazon’s upcoming The Runarounds), and David Stone, co-founder of Tfc Management and Tfc Productions. Exec producers include AGC’s Stuart Ford and Aghi Koh, Lorelle Lynch, Farrelly and Scott Lambert.

Coming off of roles in Only Murders in the Building and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Nanjiani will next be seen in Poker Face Season 2, James L. Brooks’ Ella McCay, and Dylan Meyer’s recently announced Neon drama The Wrong Girls opposite Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat. He is repped by UTA, Mosaic, and Schreck Rose Dapello.

Also recently seen on Only Murders, Shannon’s other upcoming projects include Balls Up, Peter Farrelly’s action comedy for Amazon MGM and Skydance, in which she stars alongside Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser, as well as Netflix and 3000 Pictures’ rom-com People We Meet on Vacation. She is repped by UTA, Framework Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.

AGC EVP of Legal & Business Affairs Anant Tamirisa negotiated deals for AGC Studios.

John Wick: Chapter 4 star Scott Adkins and Gladiator actor Djimon Hounsou join forces for a new action thriller from the director of Undisputed II: Last Man Standing.

Per Variety, Adkins and Hounsou are set to star in the action thriller, One Last Fight, from director Isaac Florentine. The new action film reunites Adkins and Florentine, who had worked together previously on both Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and Undisputed III: Redemption. The two most recently collaborated on another action film, Seized, back in 2020. Adkins recently starred in The Killer's Game with Dave Bautista and had a show-stealing appearance as the mob boss "Killa" in John Wick: Chapter 4. His One Last Fight co-star, Hounsou, is best known for his roles in Gladiator and Guardians of the Galaxy. Hounsou was recently seen in the horror prequel, A Quiet Place: Day One, which saw him reprise his role as Henri from A Quiet Place: Part II.

Dave Bautista’s best and most remarkable role after transitioning from his prolific professional wrestling career to one of the most interesting actors in Hollywood’s entertainment industry has been none other than that of Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A Guardians of the Galaxy member, the actor did an epic job in bringing him to life.

Dave Bautista as Drax the Destoyer. | Credits: The Guardians of the Galaxy Trilogy / Marvel Studios.

However, that character has run its course now – at least for the actor, he has – and it’s time for Bautista to shine in a different role other than Drax the Destroyer now that he has already said yes to returning to the franchise. Thus, here are three characters that would fit the 56-year-old actor if the Russo Brothers decide to bring him back through Avengers: Doomsday.

Dave Bautista is open to returning to the MCU – but...

Two of the scene-stealing stars of action movie magnum opus John Wick: Chapter 4 reunite, and throw fists and feet, in our first look at the upcoming action thriller Diablo. Action stars and martial artists Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror reunite in Diablo following their roles alongside Keanu Reeves in the fourth John Wick. The former starred as the scenery-chewing Killa Harkan, the head of the German Table, while the latter starred as the human battering ram Chidi, the second-in-command of Bill Skarsgård’s Marquis Vincent Bisset de Gramont. Now, the pair are together again and lighting up the screen in this tale of kidnapping, gangsters, redemption, and a psychopathic killer. You can check out the first image from Diablo below.

Scott Adkins took to social media to share the new image, providing a caption that should have action fans everywhere excited. “Are you ready for the best martial arts...

Scott Adkins has carved himself an impressive niche as a go-to action star, landing roles in franchises such as John Wick, The Expendables, and Universal Soldier. Now, one of his most non-stop brutal movies of the last few years has found its way to the top of the Hulu Top 10. Take Cover was one of several Adkins-led movies released in 2024, and it was also one of his best reviewed of the year.

Directed by Nick McKinless, the British action movie features Alice Eve, Jack Parr, and Madalina Bellariu Ion alongside Adkins. The synopsis of the film reads:

“Scott Adkins has got no cover, no back-up, and no way out in this claustrophobic action thriller. Sam Lorde has spent a lifetime killing people. After a hit gone wrong, he finds himself disillusioned and lacking purpose, deciding to retire as a hitman. His final job however, results in him being a target himself.

Scott Adkins, whose action resume includes John Wick: Chapter 4, Undisputed, The Killer's Game, and many, many more, has landed his next project, and it appears to be a relentlessly brutal western. For such a popular action star, we're surprised Adkins hasn't lent his martial arts skills to the world of six shooting cowboys yet, but Day of Reckoning sounds like the perfect first time.

Per Deadline, Scott Adkins, along with country music star, Trace Adkins (no relation), have joined the cast of Day of Reckoning, which is being produced by Esx Entertainment. The movie is being directed by Shaun Silva (Ride), based on a script penned by Travis J. Opgenorth (Supernatural). Day of Reckoning already features a packed cast that includes Billy Zane, Zack Roerig, and Cara Jade Myers. No release date or window has been revealed for Day of Reckoning. You can check out the synopsis for the movie,...

Exclusive: Scott Adkins and Trace Adkins are joining the Esx Entertainment western Day of Reckoning, which stars Billy Zane, Zach Roerig and Cara Jade Myers. Shaun Silva of TackleBox Films is directing.

The Ali Afshar production follows put-upon lawman John Dorsey (Roerig), who is on the verge of losing his wife and his job as sheriff and posses up with bullish U.S. Marshal Butch Hayden (Zane) to hold outlaw Emily Rouse (Myers) hostage. A battle of wills ensues as Emily turns the posse on themselves, but as her marauding husband and his gang approach, Emily and John realize they will need each other to survive.

Scott Adkins recently just wrapped Joe Carnahan’s Netflix feature film Rip opposite Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. He recently starred in Lionsgate’s Killer’s Game opposite Dave Bautista and Sofia Boutella. Scott Adkins can also be seen in Netflix’s action-comedy Day Shift opposite Jamie Foxx,...

J.J. Perry’s The Killer Game is a test of endurance. It pushes you to the edge with its stultifying low intelligence, plodding derivativeness and plain awfulness. There’s nothing redeeming about the narrative and direction, plunging into the world of assassins: it’s as deathly dull as it is stubbornly uninspired. Not a thought is spared on etching vivid, specific characterization, or detailing motivations. You wonder what made a titan like Ben Kingsley agree to sign up for this. Probably the check was irresistible.

From the very opening, the film gives it away that it’ll just be another generic trainwreck so overconfident it stretches out into almost two hours despite an absolute lack of substance. The writing is flat, characters shorn of layers, friendships and romance cursory and yet deep it gets tricky to reconcile the weight they gather with the impetuousness of their execution. The film is full of foolish,...

Dave Bautista usually manages to draw a crowd for his movies as one of the elite group of wrestling stars to have made the move to Hollywood blockbusters. However, The Killer's Game arrived in 2024 to one of the actors' worst set of reviews, and an equally dismal box office, in recent years, but that hasn’t stopped the film from shooting to the top of the Prime Video global movie chart, even without it being available in the U.S.

Directed by J. J. Perry and written by Rand Ravich and James Coyne, Bautista’s action comedy promised to tick all the boxes that his fans have come to expect. The Killer's Game follows Bautista's hitman, Joe Flood, who orders a hit on himself after being told by a doctor he's suffering from a terminal illness. But, in an unfortunate twist, he discovers he was misdiagnosed, and despite his attempts to call the hit off,...

The film that would become The Killer’s Game has been hanging around for roughly three decades now – the first draft having been penned way back in 1995. While it has, perhaps admirably, finally made its way to the screen, the final result might indicate why it took 30 years to get there: the film is a hodgepodge of hitman clichés, cartoonish ultra-violence, and underwritten character drama that emerges both undercooked and endlessly reheated, a forgettable John Wick knock-off.

It’s not for lack of trying. Eventual director J.J. Perry has assembled an all-star cast for his hitman face-off, across the spectrum of hulking hardmen, dependable action stars, and pure thespian talent. But these pieces never cohere into a satisfying whole – the character work is flatly directed and the visuals often dour and desaturated, clashing awkwardly with the outlandish action and video-gamey roster of colourful assassins. While a mid-movie twist lands well, The Killer’s Game...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for The Last Showgirl.

The Last Showgirl further displays Dave Bautista's growing strength as an actor and could see him achieve Oscar success in the future. Directed by Gia Coppola, The Last Showgirl looks at the life of Shelley Gardner (Pamela Anderson), a showgirl who has had a successful career as part of the La Razzle Dazzle revue in Las Vegas. After a run of 30 years on the Las Vegas strip, Shelley and her fellow dancers face the news that their revue is scheduled to close, leaving Shelley facing an uncertain future as she decides what to do next in her life.

The Last Showgirl is critically acclaim, receiving praise for its screenplay, soundtrack, casting, and its depiction of the themes of self-discovery, uncertainty, and friendship. It has been cited as the best performance of Pamela Anderson's career and has received multiple award nominations,...

Dave Bautista passed on the opportunity to join the Fast & Furious franchise, but had he accepted, we would have gotten a crossover that had been years in the making. Fast & Furious' lively and chaotic universe looked like a great fit for the actor, as Dave Bautista's best action movies suggest he could fit in effortlessly, but he ultimately rejected the chance to join the iconic saga. Having been part of popular franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Dune, Bautista is no stranger to huge blockbuster action, but he is just as enthusiastic about working with lesser-known IPs.

His performances in The Killer's Game and Knock at the Cabin were both incredibly memorable despite being potential risks. In addition, his work in Glass Onion and Blade Runner 2049 highlighted his versatility, showcasing why he's so in demand. Unfortunately, Fast & Furious was less appealing to him, as according to Collider,...

Update: 2025/01/12 08:02 Est By Brennan Klein

Den Of Thieves 2 Holds Its Position At No. 1 With $0.5 Million Boost

This article was originally written Saturday Am and has been updated Sunday Am with up-to-date box office projections (in bold), a full chart, and further analysis.

The heist movie sequel Den of Thieves 2: Pantera has kicked off Lionsgate's 2025 with a bang, while the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, featuring the pop star as a CGI monkey, flounders in its wide expansion. Lionsgate, which is both a production company and distributor, released a string of notable flops into theaters in the second half of 2024, including White Bird, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis, The Crow, Borderlands, and The Killer's Game. While movies like November 2024's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever did make their money back, Lionsgate has not had a substantial blockbuster hit in some time.

Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning,...

With the holidays over, the box office is expected to see a significant slowdown until the release of “Captain America: Brave New World” in February. But there is some intrigue this weekend with the release of “Den of Thieves: Pantera,” which is the start of Lionsgate’s campaign to turn around their woeful box office fortunes.

From 15 films released last year, Lionsgate grossed a mere $244.7 million at the North American box office, according to data from The Numbers. To put that into perspective, 2024’s highest grossing film, Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out 2,” made more in its first week in U.S./Canada theaters than the theatrical runs of all of Lionsgate’s 2024 films combined.

The studio was able to end the year on a positive note with Kingdom Story Company’s low-budget family film “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” which grossed a decent $40 million. But that wasn’t enough...

False rumors surfaced online alleging the death of actor and comedian Terry Crews.

These claims quickly spread across social media, leaving fans shocked and concerned.

However, the rumors have been debunked, with Crews himself confirming that he is alive and well.

The hoax gained traction through social media posts and misleading reports that falsely claimed Crews had passed away.

Monsters and Critics has not independently verified the origin of the hoax but some sources suggest it began on Facebook.

Despite the rapid spread of these claims, no credible news outlets or official sources confirmed the actor’s death.

Terry Crews posts on social media show he is alive and well

Terry Crews has since addressed the rumors indirectly by continuing to engage with fans and maintain a public presence.

On January 2, 2025, Crews posted a message on Instagram, expressing gratitude for the previous year and excitement for 2025.

“So many blessings in 2024!!! Feeling thankful,...

Throughout 2024, various different exciting action movies have hit the big screens, but not all of them got their proper due. The best action movies of 2024 have drawn significant attention from audiences in the past year. Filmmaking is constantly evolving, and this year's harvest was huge. It's a privilege to have enough action films in one year to even have subcategories in the action genre like the best war movies of 2024. With such a massive influx of action films this year, it's inevitable that some numerous hidden gems have flown completely under the radar.

With today’s over-saturation of media, every year will find some films that deserve better being robbed of recognition. Like the best fights in 2024 movies, these films are as fleeting as they are entertaining. It's a shame to see so many of these action-packed movies go unwatched as they deserve a chance to entertain. With so many...

Exclusive: Dave Bautista and his production company Dogbone Entertainment have signed with WME.

Currently, Bautista is shooting The Wrecking Crew, a buddy cop action comedy for Amazon MGM Studios, in which he stars opposite Jason Momoa. Written by Jonathan Tropper and directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, the film is about an unlikely duo of half-brothers — one, an impulsive detective, and the other, a disciplined Navy Seal— who are drawn together by their father’s murder in Hawaii, leading them on a perilous journey to expose a far-reaching conspiracy.

Upcoming on the distribution front is Paul W.S. Anderson’s In the Lost Lands, a fantasy pic in which he stars opposite Milla Jovovich, which Vertical releases on February 28.

Bautista is also currently set to star opposite Anne Hathaway in an untitled action comedy that Tropper is scripting for Amazon MGM Studios and Agbo, on which we were first to report. Additionally,...

Wedding bells are stinging (sorry) in a new action comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Dave Bautista. Jonathan Tropper, who wrote 2014's This is Where I Leave You and The Adam Project in 2022 (and was the creator and showrunner of Banshee) is scripting the new film for Amazon MGM Studios and Agbo. In an exclusive Deadline report, the outlet says that the two stars have signed onto the project and will co-produce with each of their respective companies.

The story is based on a wild series of actual events where two FBI agents played a couple in order to infiltrate a criminal enterprise in, you guessed it, New Jersey. The sting operation came to a head at the couples' staged wedding, where the criminal bosses were arrested as they checked in for their table assignments. While it sounds like a plan slightly more sophisticated than a free boat giveaway that would nab Homer Simpson,...

An activist investor has snapped up Lionsgate stock and is pushing leadership on a several paths, including a sale of the Jon Feltheimer-led studio after it has officially separated from Starz.

Anson Funds Management — an alternative asset manager led by chief investment officer Moez Kassam with activism strategy run by Sagar Gupta — has nabbed a stake in the studio and is now one of the top shareholders of Lionsgate stock, a source confirms to The Hollywood Reporter.

When asked for comment, a Lionsgate rep replied, “We always welcome the ideas and input of our shareholders.” The company declined to comment on how Anson had approached Lionsgate brass or what proposals that leadership may have fielded from the activist investor. Bloomberg first reported Anson’s move.

Lionsgate’s vast 20,000-title film and television library — home to franchises like John Wick, Saw, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Now You See Me and...

Exclusive: Following the November 25 Paramount+ launch of his holiday comedy Dear Santa, Bobby Farrelly has closed a deal to direct Driver’s Ed, a teen ensemble comedy to be fully financed and co-produced by Stuart Ford’s AGC Studio.

While we’d reported in October that Sporkinfeesten, a “finding your roots” style family vacation comedy loosely inspired by true events, would be Farrelly’s next project after Aaron and Will Eisenberg’s hot spec landed at Amazon MGM Studios, Driver’s Ed has gained traction first and moved to the top of the filmmaker’s docket, with casting underway for an early 2025 shoot in North Carolina.

Driver’s Ed centers on teens who steal their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip to help a high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back. Jonas Pate, co-creator of Netflix’s smash hit YA series Outer Banks,...

Blumhouse and Universal’s Speak No Evil, a remake of the Danish horror film, is now available to buy on Digital and Blu-ray. The movie will soon be available to stream, starting December 6, only on Peacock.

Directed by James Watkins, the film stars Mackenzie Davis, James McAvoy, and Scoot McNairy (Argo).

Speak No Evil remake is about “a family invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them.”

As of November 13, 2024, Speak No Evil has grossed $36.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $39.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $76.7 million.

In the United States and Canada, Speak No Evil was released alongside The Killer’s Game and Am I Racist?, and was projected to gross $10–13 million from 3,375 theaters in its opening weekend.

The film made $4.9 million on its first day,...

Terry Crews has signed with CAA for representation.

Crews started his career as a professional linebacker and defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers and Washington Commanders before he retired from the NFL in 1997 and pursued acting.

His breakout role was in the 2004 comedy “White Chicks,” and since then he has starred in “Everybody Hates Chris,” “The Expendables” franchise, “Idiocracy” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” in which he portrayed the eccentric Lieutenant Terry Jeffords.

Crews is also seen as the host of “America’s Got Talent” for the past six seasons, and he also held hosting duties on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” and Netflix’s “Ultimate Beastmaster.”

His credits also include “Norbit,” “Balls of Fury,” “Street Kings,” “Get Smart,” “Bridesmaids,” “Blended,” “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” “Sorry to Bother You,” “Sandy Wexler,” “Deadpool 2” and 2024’s “The Killer’s Game.” On the television side, he led the...

Roadside Attractions released the first official teaser trailer for The Last Showgirl, a drama that earned critical praise during its festival run. Critics are calling Pamela Anderson’s performance powerful and vulnerable, with the film sitting at 81% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of its theatrical release.

In addition to Anderson, the cast features Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Dave Bautista (The Killer’s Game), Brenda Song (Station 19), Kiernan Shipka (Totally Killer), and Billie Lourd (American Horror Story). Gia Coppola directed from a screenplay by Kate Gersten, with Coppola, Robert Schwartzman, and Natalie Farrey serving as producers.

Miley Cyrus sings “Beautiful That Way” on the soundtrack, an original song written by Cyrus, Oscar nominee Andrew Wyatt, and Lykke Li.

“The Last Showgirl, a poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers, stars Pamela Anderson as Shelly, a glamorous showgirl who must plan for her future when her show...

Exclusive: Paradigm Talent Agency on Wednesday announced the launch of The Sports Group, a dedicated, all-encompassing division established to represent a roster of elite athletes and iconic teams.

Led by seasoned agents Nick LoPiccolo and Brett Hansen, The Sports Group will consist of a specialized team of agents across Paradigm’s departments, offering full-service representation.

By harnessing Paradigm’s extensive network and expertise across all the agency’s key disciplines — Talent, Scripted Literary, Unscripted, Book Publishing, Broadcasting, Media Rights, Content Finance, Digital Ventures, Brand Partnerships, and Speaking Engagements — The Sports Group will look to mine best-in-class opportunities for clients. This includes assisting athletes in pivoting from sports into the entertainment industry and working closely with teams to craft compelling storytelling, develop authentic brand partnerships, and uncover new revenue opportunities. Dedicated agents across these departments include Varun Monga, Jake Dexter, Ian Kleinert, Richie Kern, Joshua Finn, Jeff Kolodny, Ashley Hanley, Babacar Diene,...

John Wick: Chapter 4 star Scott Adkins is set to join Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in their upcoming Netflix crime thriller.

Per Deadline, Adkins has joined the cast for Rip, a crime thriller starring Damon and Affleck. Adkins will reportedly play the brother of Affleck's character in the film. In addition to Adkins, Affleck, and Damon, Rip also stars Sasha Calle, Teyana Taylor, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Nestor Carbonell. The film is written and directed by Joe Carnahan, best known for films such as Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, and The Grey. Adkins was most recently seen in The Killer's Game, an action comedy starring Dave Bautista and Sofia Boutella. Adkins is perhaps best known for playing Killa in John Wick: Chapter 4, one of the many antagonists that Keanu Reeves' vengeful hitman had to battle throughout the course of the film.

Related Matt Damon's Bourne 6 Gets Unfortunate Update From...

The studio bosses overseeing Joker 2 and Borderlands have been talking about their respective box office disappointments.

2024 has seen a some big hit movies on the big screen, but also some sizeable swings that didn’t quite pay off. In Warner Bros’ corner, there’s the recent Joker sequel, Joker: Folie A Deux. For Lionsgate meanwhile, it uncharacteristically pumped over $100m into the videogame adaptation Borderlands.

It would be fair to say that neither struck box office gold.

We’re in the part of the financial cycle where bosses do earnings calls to talk through their more recent performance. Warner Bros Discovery boss and movie deleter David Zaslav was up first, in a widely-reported chat where he’s hoped that the results of the US election help allow big businesses to consolidate more.

“Inconsistency also remains an issue at our motion picture studio, as reinforced recently by the disappointing results...

Deadline reports that Scott Adkins (John Wick: Chapter 4) has joined the cast of Rip, Joe Carnahan’s (Narc) upcoming crime thriller for Netflix. The film is set to star Matt Damon (Oppenheimer) and Ben Affleck (The Accountant 2) and follows a “team of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray when they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything for the team is called into question — including who they can rely on.“

In the movie, Adkins is set to play Affleck’s brother, and looking at the picture above… I can buy it. There’s definitely a resemblance. The rest of the cast includes Catalina Sandino Moreno (From), Néstor Carbonell (Lost), Sasha Calle (The Flash), Teyana Taylor (A Thousand and One), and Kyle Chandler (Lanterns). In addition to directing Rip, Carnahan also wrote the script.

Related...

Exclusive: Count John Wick: Chapter 4 actor Scott Adkins in on Joe Carnahan’s movie Rip at Netflix.

Rip follows a team of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray when they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything for the team is called into question — including who they can rely on. The Artists Equity production cast includes Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Sasha Calle, Teyana Taylor, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Nestor Carbonell.

Adkins, we hear, will be playing the brother of Affleck’s character. Carnahan also wrote the movie.

Actors Equity is the the artist-led studio founded by Affleck and Damon. They’re producing for the studio in addition to Luciana Damon and Dani Bernfeld. Executive producers are Michael Joe and Kevin Halloran for Artists Equity.

Adkins starred recently in Lionsgate’s Dave Bautista action movie Killer’s Game,...

Borderlands was a genuine bomb. No doubt about it. The adaptation of the acclaimed video game franchise grossed just $33 million in theaters and was absolutely trashed by critics. During a recent earnings call, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer spoke about the epic failure of Borderlands.

“On Borderlands, nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong: it sat on the shelf for too long during the pandemic, and reshoots and rising interest rates took it outside the safety zone of our usual strict financial models,” Feltheimer said. With a budget of around $120 million, Borderlands stands to lose the studio a lot of money. Although Lionsgate did mitigate some of the risks by selling foreign rights, sources told Deadline that Borderlands could still lose as much as $30 million. “The success of our financial models doesn’t take the place of also getting the creative right,” Feltheimer added

Borderlands wasn’t the only...

“Borderlands,” Lionsgate’s star-studded video game adaptation, is standing out as one of the biggest bombs at the box office this year. The film budgeted at $115 million earned just $32.9 million globally, a “disaster” for the studio considering the high hopes the studio had to turn into a franchise based on the game series’ huge popularity.

The performance of the film was so poor, Lionsgate could not ignore it during its earnings for the summer quarter.

“On ‘Borderlands,’ nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong,” CEO Jon Feltheimer said in his prepared opening remarks on Thursday. “It sat on the shelf for too long during the pandemic, and reshoots and rising interest rates took it outside the safety zone of our usual strict financial models.”

Feltheimer then noted that Lionsgate’s other releases this quarter also “didn’t live up to either our standards or our projections.” The studio...

When it came to the bombing of Borderlands, among other late summer and fall releases, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer made no bones about emphasizing culpa nostra.

“On Borderlands, nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong: it sat on the shelf for too long during the pandemic, and reshoots and rising interest rates took it outside the safety zone of our usual strict financial models,” the Lionsgate boss said during Thursday’s on today’s earnings call to discuss second-quarter 2024 earnings.

The $120 million feature adaptation of the famed video game starred Jack Black, Kevin Hart and, most glaring of all, two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett in a renegade action role. The movie grossed $15.4M domestic and close to $33M worldwide. Lionsgate mitigates risk on its movies by selling off foreign rights. Still, Borderlands, per sources, is expected to lose as much as $30M. It was a clear case of...

Lionsgate’s Motion Picture segment saw revenue nose up 3% to $40 million last quarter on more theatrical wide releases, but profit fell to $2.8 million as those movies underperformed, especially Borderlands.

“In a transitional, disrupted and difficult year for our industry, we reported disappointing financial results in the quarter,” said Lionsgate Studios CEO Jon Feltheimer after the company reported second-quarter 2024 earnings Thursday.

He said the results underscore “the need to adhere even more rigorously to the risk mitigated business models, slate diversification and strict financial discipline that have always served us well. The combination of a return to strong content slates, the continued stellar performance of our film and television library and sure-handed execution will put us back on the path to solid growth and shareholder value creation.”

The company also noted in its earnings release for the September quarter that about 8% of its eligible U.S. employees elected to take advantage...

There's a new Star Wars trilogy in the works. Writer/producer Simon Kinberg (The Killer's Game) has signed on to write and produce a new trio of space operas for Lucasfilm. Deadline reports that Disney's parent, Lucasfilm, has no comment on the news. Mike Fleming Jr. reports that there's conflicting information regarding whether this trilogy of films will serve as episodes ten, eleven, and twelve of the Skywalker Saga that began with George Lucas' Star Wars in 1977, was revisited by Lucas in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the prequel trilogy, and was seemingly concluded with Disney's sequel trilogy in the 2010s; that may be the case, or it may begin an entirely new saga.

A studio that is in desperate need of a hit might have just landed a big one: Lionsgate has seen a string of flops this year alone, all the expensive variety, but the studio is hoping to turn its fortunes around by teaming up with three of the biggest stars working today The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keoghan.

Per Variety, Lionsgate has landed worldwide theatrical distribution rights to Hurry Up Tomorrow, a film described as a "musically driven psychological thriller" starring Abel Tesfaye, otherwise known as The Weeknd, Ortega, and Keoghan. The film marks The Weeknd's feature debut as an actor, and it's directed by Trey Edward Shults, who earned critical acclaim for his film Waves a film that also relied heavily on music to propel its narrative. When Hurry Up Tomorrow was announced last year, it was said to be based on an idea from The Weeknd, with...

J.J. Perry is back in the director's chair with the romantic action comedy The Killer's Game. Perry began his career working on the stunt side of the industry, having worked on everything from the original Mortal Kombat movies in the '90s to the Wesley Snipes-led Blade and Three Kings before working his way up to being a stunt coordinator and second unit director on such hits as Tom Hardy's Warrior to The Fate of the Furious and John Wick: Chapter 2. Perry recently took a major step forward with his directorial debut in the Jamie Foxx-led Day Shift, which garnered mixed-to-positive reviews.

The Killer's Game serves as an adaptation of Jay Bonansinga's 1997 novel of the same name, chronicling the story of Joe Flood, a seasoned hitman who, during a job, crosses paths and falls in love with a dancer named Maize. Their fairytale romance hits a major...

Dave Bautista, Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz are starring in 'Alpha Gang'.The trio have boarded the cast of the alien invasion comedy where they will feature with Steven Yeun, Lea Seydoux, Riley Keough and the previously announced Cate Blanchett.The film is set "in a heightened reality" and tells the story of a group of alien invaders who disguise themselves as a 1950s biker gang on their mission to conquer Earth.However, their invasion plans go wrong when they catch humanity's most contagious condition – emotions.The picture will be directed by sibling filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner and is set to be distributed to international buyers at the American Film Market in Las Vegas next week.Blanchett and Coco Francini will serve as producers on the movie for their Dirty Films banner.The pair said in a joint statement: "The Zellner brother's work never fails to surprise and delight us.

Dave Bautista has become a well-established actor over the course of a 18 year acting career, and his chance to lead The Killer's Game turned out to be a low point in one specific area. The former wrestler got his big break by joining the Marel Cinematic Universe as Drax, and that role gave him more opportunities to join other franchises and standalone projects. The 2024 action movie represented the continued evolution of his career, as it put him back in the lead role of an action movie, one that could launch a new franchise after The Killer's Game's ending.

Bautista is no stranger to being part of franchises and projects that are successful overall. He's been in franchises - Dune, Blade Runner 2049, and Bond, and he started his own franchise with My Spy. He's also made an effort to work with Rian Johnson, M. Night Shyamalan, and other notable directors.

Lionsgate’s genre-spanning 2024 slate of heist comedies, weepy coming-of-age tales, cheeky video game adaptations and horror stories was aiming to fill a void. Most of these were the kinds of movies that major Hollywood studios have either stopped making entirely or largely relegated to streaming services.

And yet, instead of packing seats at multiplexes due to pent-up demand, everything from director Eli Roth’s irreverent console-to-screen adventure “Borderlands” ($32 million globally), the “Crow” reboot ($23.7 million) and historical crime drama “1992” ($2.9 million) to Halle Berry’s post-apocalyptic horror story “Never Let Go” ($16.2 million), Dave Bautista-led action-comedy “The Killer’s Game” ($5.9 million), Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi epic “Megalopolis” ($11.2 million) and “Wonder” prequel “White Bird” ($6.8 million) has sputtered at the box office. That’s a string of seven consecutive flops — each with paltry single-digit debuts — in the nine weeks between early August and mid-October.

“It was a pretty diverse slate and certainly wasn’t cannibalization of films,...

Quick Links Lionsgate Has Had 13 Flops or Underperformances in 2024 What Does This Mean for Lionsgate?

Lionsgate cannot catch a break this year. While several studios have continued to struggle at the box office in the post-covid landscape, Lionsgate, the home of beloved franchises like John Wick, The Hunger Games, and Saw, has had an uncharacteristically poor 2024, and it's had a massive effect on their box office haul.

Hollywood mythology is filled with tales of studios going bankrupt after a single failed project. Battlefield Earth flat-lined Franchise Pictures, New Line Cinema couldn't recover after The Golden Compass, and even It's a Wonderful Life forced Liberty Films to be bought out by Paramount Pictures. But what happens when a studio has 13 financial duds in a single year? If you've spent more than five minutes among online movie fan circles, you undoubtedly know about Megalopolis, The Crow, and Borderlands having horrendous box office...

Dave Bautista just obliterated Trump with a diss targeting one of his biggest fanbases: the manosphere.

Despite the disgraced former president’s laundry list of felony convictions, additional charges, and innumerable policy failures, some misogynists gravitate towards his unapologetic cruelty, viewing it as strength.

It’s time for a reality check.

And Dave Bautista, who is both an actor and a retired professional wrestler, is here to deliver it.

For Jimmy Kimmel Live, actor and retired professional wrestler Dave Bautista tore into disgraced former president Donald Trump’s attempts at projecting a “strong” and “masculine” image by administering a dose of reality. (Image Credit: ABC) Dave Bautista was a natural choice to diss Donald Trump

After Jimmy Kimmel noted how some men in recent polls claim to perceived the disgraced former president as a “strong, alpha man,” he introduced a skit of Dave Bautista.

In the video, the actor and...

Update: This past week, it was being said by sources close to Ballerina that John Wick director, Chad Stahelski, reshot most of the film without the original director, Len Wiseman. The production is now saying those claims are inaccurate. According to them (who contacted us directly), director Len Wiseman led the additional photography on set in Budapest with producer Chad Stahelski there to help in the creation of action design on the new scenes that would enhance the film and create bigger action sequences. As per usual procedure on films, Ballerina‘s reshoots were not out of the ordinary, and the process had taken place in less than a month.

According to our source, Chad Stahelski’s involvement in building upon key action sequences was important to Wiseman; Stahelski has been an enormous champion of Wiseman from the onset of pre-production and Wiseman is equally appreciative of Stahelski’s support...

Fans of The Hunger Games are surely getting excited as details about the next entry in the franchise have been unveiled. Earlier this year, it was announced that author Suzanne Collins was developing a new book in The Hunger Games franchise that would also be adapted into a film. Titled Sunrise on the Reaping, it was previously announced that the book would center on Haymitch, one of the few winners from District 12 who mentored Katniss and Peeta in the original series and was played by Woody Harrelson in the films.

The Hunger Games publisher Scholastic, via The Hollywood Reporter, revealed the official synopsis for Sunrise on the Reaping. The story is set 24 years before The Hunger Games and takes place during the 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell, which Haymitch goes on to win. The novel will be released on March 18, 2025, five years after the publication of the previous Hunger Games novel,...

While much attention in the box office world has been on the catastrophic launch of Warner’s “Joker: Folie a Deux,” another new release this past weekend, “White Bird,” has deepened a two-month slump in theaters for distributor Lionsgate.

Beginning with the Eli Roth’s panned video game adaptation “Borderlands” in early August, the last six films from Lionsgate released in over 1,000 theaters each have grossed less than $50 million in the U.S. and Canada and have largely been critical busts. The other films include the actioner “The Killer’s Game” starring Dave Bautista, the horror title “Never Let Go” starring Halle Berry, the long-gestating remake of “The Crow” starring Bill Skarsgård and Francis Ford Coppola’s critically polarizing and audience alienating “Megalopolis.”

Lionsgate’s “White Bird,” a sequel to the inspirational film “Wonder” that hit $315 million worldwide for Lionsgate in 2017, opened last weekend in 1,018 theaters and grossed just $1.58 million. By comparison,...

On Friday 11 October 2024, Talk broadcasts Es.TV!

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The upcoming episode of “Es.TV” promises to be an exciting one, featuring a star-studded lineup. Aubrey Plaza, known for her role in “Agatha All Along,” will be making an appearance. Her unique style and humor are sure to bring a lively energy to the show.

Terry Crews, famous for his work in “The Killer’s Game,” will also join the lineup. His charismatic presence and infectious enthusiasm are expected to entertain everyone. Aisling Franciosi, who has made waves with her performance in “Speak No Evil,” adds depth to the episode with her thoughtful insights.

Jack Black, a beloved figure in the entertainment world, will be promoting his latest project, “Kung Fu Panda 4.” His playful personality is likely to create some memorable moments. The episode will also feature comic Jodi Miller, who is known for her sharp wit and humor, promising plenty of laughs.

“The Killer’s Game” is an action movie starring Dave Bautista with Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, and Ben Kingsley. It is directed by J.J. Perry.

Are you looking for a film you can watch countless times and always find something new to enjoy, as if it’s the first time? Are you searching for a movie that delivers a life-changing message? Well, keep searching, because “The Killer’s Game” won’t change your life, nor does it contain any profound message. Instead, it’s packed with car chases, fistfights, sword duels, gunfights, jokes, leaps, brawls, and gags galore that will, undoubtedly, brighten your day.

This film is neither original nor groundbreaking, but it’s an absolute delight to sit back, relax, and enjoy this parody of countless action movies. While it lacks originality, it manages to be entertaining, vibrant, and action-filled.

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Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool & Wolverine was made available through video-on-demand from October 1st. Fans can now rent the film for $24.99 or buy it for $29.99 on either Prime Video or AppleTV+ or Fandango At Home. According to reports, it has also beaten the viewership of last year’s summer blockbusters Oppenheimer and Barbie during the Live+5D window.

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine | Credits: Marvel Studios

It was released as the 34th film in the MCU after a series of underperforming projects from Marvel. The film became the top-grossing R-rated film of all time, grossing over $1.33 billion worldwide. The film ran for ten weeks straight in theaters before it was dropped for home viewing.

Hugh Jackman & Ryan Reynolds’ Marvel Film Beats Oppenheimer and Barbie‘s VOD Numbers A still from Barbie | Credits: Warner Bros.; A still from Oppenheimer | Credits: Universal Studios

Hugh Jackman returned...

Number two film of the summer “Deadpool & Wolverine” (Disney), held back from any home viewing until after its tenth weekend in theaters, took the #1 spot on both iTunes (ranking by transactions) and Fandango (by revenue). But perhaps only for a brief stay.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.), a major hit though not quite in the same league as the Marvel sequel ($235 million U.S./Canada gross so far versus $634 million; both films still in the top 10) will likely replace it when released Tuesday on PVOD after its fifth weekend. That feels a little early (32 days), more so since Tim Burton’s sequel is still #3, with over $10 million.

But if anything, it appears PVOD release boosts theatrical play as of late, at least in the short term. In any event, with the opening weekend debacle of “Joker: Folie à Deux” (revised downward to $37.8 million), it will provide some immediate cash to the Burbank studio.