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Action stars Michael Jai White, Dolph Lundgren, Tyrese Gibson, and Kellan Lutz lead the charge the upcoming WWII action drama, Come Out Fighting, for which we have an exclusive clip. Coming to theaters and on demand beginning May 19th, courtesy of Lionsgate, Come Out Fighting finds martial artist and actor Michael Jai White starring as Sergeant Aj 'Red' McCarron who, alongside his squad of soldiers, is sent on a dangerous rescue mission behind enemy lines. Check out our exclusive clip from Come Out Fighting below.

Set during WWII, the military adventure Come Out Fighting follows a small, specialized squad of African American U.S. Army soldiers who are sent on an unofficial rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their missing commanding officer. The squad, upon battling their way through the German defenses, encounter more than they bargain for when they locate a downed U.S. Army fighter pilot. With the...

"Hell of a way to fight a war..." Screen Media has revealed an official trailer for Come Out Fighting, a WWII action thriller from the filmmaker Steven Luke - he has been making tons of these junk World War II films recently, including Battle of the Bulge: Winter War, and Operation Seawolf before this. His latest war movie follows a small, specialized squad of U.S. Army African-American soldiers sent on an unofficial rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their missing commanding officer. The action film stars Michael Jai White, Tyrese Gibson, Kellan Lutz, Hiram A. Murphy, and Dolph Lundgren. Come Out Fighting follows remarkable heroes making revolutionary strides during a grueling battle. Not much more than that, though... If you're not yet sold on all of that, then maybe this footage will help? Or maybe not... Take a look. // Continue Reading ›...

Production underway in Illinois.

Tyrese Gibson, riding high as F9 crosses $500m at the global box office, has joined the cast of Vmi Worldwide’s Cannes Marché sales title Come Out Fighting.

Vmi Worldwide, Schuetzle Company Productions and Deano Productions are producing the World War II action film about the 761st tank battalion known as The Black Panthers.

Gibson joins previously announced Kellan Lutz Hiram A. Murray and Michael Jai White on the project. He plays a hard-charging battalion sergeant who, along with his comrades, must put racial tensions aside when they encounter a downed fighter pilot behind enemy lines.

Four VOD titles reached #1 in a week with scattershot results across the board. “Mortal” (Saban), a contemporary action film with Nordic mythology roots, took first place at Apple TV. Meanwhile, the PVOD prison drama “The Informer” (Vertical) repeated at #1 at FandangoNow, Paramount’s horror entry “Spell” is first at Spectrum, and romance “After We Collided” from Briarcliff bested at Google Play. “Mortal” is a standard price entry, while “The Informer” is at $19.99 premium, with “Spell” at $9.99 finding a middle ground.

But the highest showing for a new release is #2 at Apple TV for Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York” (MPI). Its VOD showing comes three weeks after a token theatrical run, more than a year after it opened in most of the world, and after his latest, “Rifkin’s Festival,” premiered overseas.

Right now is something of an intermission period before a slew of studio releases, including several...

Every year, movie-preview pieces herald the holidays’ arrival; in 2020, the headlines are a little different. As USA Today proclaimed, “10 Must-See Movies to Stream Over the Holiday Season.” They include “Soul,” “Mank,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Let Them All Talk,” and “Small Axe” — major awards contenders, many of which would have have been theatrical releases. However, they all belong to streamers, not VOD.

Meanwhile, on Friday Vertical Entertainment dropped an action film, “The Informer,” which stars Joel Kinnaman as an ex-con who returns to prison undercover to expose a Polish drug cartel. Shot in 2017 and released in most of the world in 2019, this title from the director of “Escobar: Paradise Lost” is unlikely to show up on anyone’s awards-season list. However, even at $19.99 to rent, it topped two major VOD charts this weekend.

“The Informer” has a strong ensemble cast that includes Rosamund Pike, Common, Clive Owen, and Ana de Armas...