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Former Zorro Antonio Banderas trades swords and swashbuckling for grit and guns in one of his most underrated action thrillers, which is now streaming free. Released back in 2017, Acts of Vengeance evokes the best kind of action B-movie in this tale of a lawyer who never shuts up, vowing silence and revenge after his family is murdered.

Directed by Isaac Florentine, who has demonstrated his affinity for the genre before with frequent collaborations with action icon Scott Adkins in the likes of Ninja: Shadow of a Tear, Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, and Close Range, Acts of Vengeancestars The Boys’ Karl Urban alongside Banderas. The action outing, which proved divisive at the time, is well worth a second shot, and is available to stream free now on Tubi. You can check out the official synopsis for the revenge flick below.

“A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence,...

Antonio Banderas and Karl Urban's 2017 action/thriller movie, Acts of Vengeance, is now streaming for free. The film is available on Tubi.

Acts of Vengeance was directed by Isaac Florentine and stars Banderas as Frank Valera, a lawyer who goes on a mission to avenge the death of his wife and daughter. Frank soon takes a vow of silence, which will not be broken until he finds who killed his family and gets his vengeance. The film also features Karl Urban as Officer Hank Strode, a Pittsburgh Police officer who rescues Frank early in the film. Paz Vega and Cristina Serafini also have supporting roles in the film.

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UK soap star Helen Worth was given an emotional send-off by the cast and crew of Coronation Street, a show she left on Christmas Day after 50 years.

The actress took to X to send a video thanking fans for their support through the decades, and ITV also shared a video in which Worth was seen overwhelmed by the cast and crew gathering to bid her farewell.

Ladies and gentlemen, that is a wrap on Helen Worth ❤️ ✨

Take a look behind the scenes into the moment Helen was wrapped on Coronation Street for the final time. #Corrie @ITV pic.twitter.com/WTALw0EqFn

— Coronation Street (@itvcorrie) December 26, 2024

Worth has played Gail Platt for 50 years – during her time on the show, she was married five times and been featured in a catalogue of dramatic storylines including widowhood, the death of her husband, and her discovery that one husband Richard Hillman was a serial killer.

One of the most tragically unsung heroes in action movies, Scott Adkins, has declared that he would love to return to one of his most popular martial arts franchises. Known for roles in the likes of Ninja, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Ip Man 4, The Expendables 2, and John Wick: Chapter 4, the character that put Adkins on the map of many an action movie fan is that of the most complete fighter in the world, Yuri Boyka. And Adkins wants to return to the ring for more.

Answering fans questions on X/Twitter recently, Adkins responded to the idea of returning as Boyka in an Undisputed 5. Introduced back in 2006s Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, Yuri Boyka began life as the villain, going up against Michael Jai Whites more heroic ex-boxer as the pair are forced to fight while serving time in a Russian prison. Since then, Adkins Boyka has become the lead,...

NBA star Dikembe Mutombo has passed away at the age of 58 after suffering from a brain tumor for almost two years. The basketball legend is recognized as one of the best defenders ever in the game, famous for his finger-wag move that represented a “not-on-my-watch” gesture. Over the span of 18 seasons in the NBA, Mutombo earned a huge net worth from his salary and endorsement deals.

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Mutombo’s 7’2″ height was valuable for multiple NBA teams who signed him on for deals worth millions of dollars. His net worth doesn’t even paint a picture of what he actually earned during his career from 1991-2009. He was one of those rivals whom basketball legend Michael Jordan hugely respected.

Dikembe Mutombo’s Humongous Salary In The NBA Was Not Reflected In His Net Worth Dikembe Mutombo in a still from...

Exclusive: Eight-time NBA All-Star Paul George is launching film and TV outfit The Pack Productions.

First up, George is joining basketball-themed documentary Amongst the Trees as an executive producer. The film will get its world premiere at the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival.

George is launching The Pack Productions with his sister Teiosha George, who is also an executive producer on the film, which follows an upstart men’s basketball program at Copper Mountain College – a tiny community college in the middle of the Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree, California – during the final week of their season. In just its second year of the team’s existence, the film drops viewers into the action as the Fighting Cacti make one last push for the playoffs.

The film is co-directed and co-produced by Trent Ubben and Jack Jensen of The Rec League in their feature documentary debut, and produced by...

Exclusive: Michel Gondry’s Partizan and Rtg Features have tapped Christopher Makoto Yogi (I Was a Simple Man) to direct Merv and the Miracles, a feature-length doc that explores the legendary college basketball game between Chaminade and number-one ranked Virginia in 1982.

The film, currently in the early stages of production, is being co-produced and co-financed by Partizan and Rtg Features, with Julie Fong (Dave Chappelle’s Block Party), Brian Yang (Linsanity), and Justin R. Ching (Ritual) producing.

During the opening weekend of the 43rd annual Hawai’i Film Festival, Artistic Director Anderson Le will give attendees an early first look at the film during a panel conversation with Yogi, who is himself an Hiff alum. Pic will be one of two Hawaiian indies spotlighted during the 90-minute program taking place on Saturday, October 14th at Entrepreneurs Sandbox in Honolulu.

Merv and the Miracles picks up on December 23, 1982 with Coach Merv...

London, Aug 4 (Ians) Irish singer Sinead O’Connor’s body has been released to her relatives following an autopsy.

The music legend, famed for her powerful voice, died aged 56 on July 26 at her home in south-east London.

At the time, it was believed her death was not being treated as suspicious.

Later her body was taken for an autopsy in order to “secure a medical cause of death”, but a post-mortem examination report may not be received for “some weeks”, mirror.co.uk reported.

The London Inner South Coroner’s Court confirmed that they would make a decision as to whether they will open an inquest after the results of the autopsy are known and following submissions from her relatives.

John Thompson, clerk at the London Inner South district court, confirmed in a statement on behalf of senior coroner Andrew Harris that the conclusion of the autopsy will be publicly disclosed if an inquest is opened.

Exclusive: Sean Menard (299 Queen Street West) has been set to direct the docuseries The Sneaker Boom, on basketball shoe marketing of the ’90s, for Rtg Features, the sister studio to basketball-focused media company Slam. Rtg Features CEO Aron Phillips is among the producers of the project, which Sean Menard Productions is co-producing.

Currently in post-production, the series is set amidst the NBA’s rise in global popularity during the early ’90s, watching as a group of marketing mavericks and advertising execs bet millions on unproven rookies as they enlist their talents for wildly creative television commercials. As the players grow into superstars, basketball sneakers go from being a niche sportswear product to everyday fashion, en route to becoming a multi-billion-dollar industry.

The story of The Sneaker Boom is told through the lens of ’90s NBA legends including Dee Brown, Larry Johnson, Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill — who were respectively sponsored by Reebok,...

Exclusive: Former NFL player Andrew Hawkins and his Parks Tower Studios banner have entered into a co-production agreement with Rtg Features, the sister studio to basketball-focused media company Slam, to develop and produce a slate of cross-platform scripted and unscripted projects that spotlight sports and culture.

Hawkins comes to the deal after working with Rtg’s CEO Aron Phillips at Uninterrupted, the L.A.-based athlete empowerment brand co-founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter.

As part of the deal, Rtg will come aboard to produce Hawk, a biopic first announced a few years ago that’s based on the true story of Hawkins’ journey to the NFL. Directing the pic is Qasim Basir, the filmmaker with whom Hawkins most recently collaborated as an EP on his critically acclaimed Sundance 2023 drama, To Live and Die and Live.

The film to be produced by Andre Gaines (The One and Only Dick Gregory...

Exclusive: Newly launched Rtg Features, the sister studio to basketball media company Slam, has set one of its first projects, co-financing and co-producing a documentary about Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson, who died in August at age 78.

Kirk Fraser, whose credits include ESPN 30 for 30’s Without Bias, is directing the docu and will also produce under his May 3rd Films banner. Jimmy Jenkins (Showtime’s Basketball County: In the Water) and Ronny Thompson, the son of Coach Thompson, will also produce.

Thompson spent almost 30 years as the coach of Georgetown’s men’s basketball team, leading them to three Final Four appearances and one national championship. In 1984, he made history as the first Black head coach in college basketball to lead his team to an NCAA Division I title. The legendary coach was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 and was a pioneer credited with opening the...

The third entry in the popular action-thriller Olympus Has Fallen series will be unleashed into a theater near you next month. It stars Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman. And today we have the new trailer for director Ric Roman Waugh's London Has Fallen follow-up, Angel Has Fallen for you guys to check out.

Much like the previous two movies in this rock 'em, sock 'em action movie trilogy, Angel Has Fallen looks to be brutal and bloody good times to this here movie fan. And while the new trailer does make all of it seem like tip-top action, I do have to put out there that some of that CGI presented in the preview looks a bit on the shoddy side. But that said, I'm thinking they will correct all of that before the movie finally storms it's way into theaters next month. Fingers crossed that is.

As mentioned above,...

Next month Game of Thrones and Hannibal director Niel Marshall will unleash his new version of Mike Mignola's classic character Hellboy onto the masses in a theater near you and on your local IMAX screens. This new version of the Big Red One with the Right Hand of Doom is played by David Harbour - or as he's better known around these parts, Sheriff Jim Hopper from Netflix and The Duffer Brothers' hit series Stranger Things - and Milla Jovovich will join him as the film's villain, Nimue, the Blood Queen. This new big-budget, R-rated film hasn't even opened in a theater near you yet, and already it seems that the powers that be behind the scenes are planning for potential sequels. At least in a very "vague sense." To be a bit more specific, producer Lloyd Levin says:

"Not in a No. 2 will be this and No. 3 will be that,...

Exclusive: Millennium Media has set an agreement with China’s Jl Vision Film for the latter to distribute the 2019 Hellboy reboot in the Middle Kingdom. Starring Stranger Things’ David Harbour and Resident Evil’s Milla Jovovich, the Neil Marshall-directed monster movie will begin its international rollout April 10. Lionsgate is opening it domestically April 12. The China date is not yet set, though April 12 is the aim.

Harbour plays the titular dark hero who first came to life in Mike Mignola’s graphic novels. An immensely powerful demon who works for the government’s Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, he returns with a vengeance in this update. Assigned a mission in London, where the ancient spirit of an evil witch has come back from the dead, he’s caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human as he battles the sorceress. Ian McShane, Daniel Dae Kim and Sasha Lane also star.

Millennium Films have teamed up with the estate of Curious George creators H.A. and Margaret Rey, and Lay Lee Ong, estate literary executor, for an untitled new Curious George Biopic project that will chart the origin story of this iconic character. This comes just weeks after Millennium brought on new president Jeffrey Greenstein and co-president Jonathan Yunger, who had both been chasing this project for over two years. Writer Sam Cohn brought the project to the studio, who was thanked by Jonathan Yunger in his statement.

"We are incredibly fortunate to have the Rey estate's complete confidence and consent, and the approval of Lay Lee, to tell this story. We are also grateful to our friend and writer, Sam Cohan, for bringing us the project."

It was Sam Cohan who introduced Greenstein and Yunger to Ema Ryan Yamazaki, the director of the documentary Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators,...

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The first female heroine with her own comic book title, Sheena: Queen Of The Jungle is heading back to cinemas.

Inspired by the success of Wonder Woman, Millennium Films is eyeing to bring the comics world’s first headlining heroine Sheena: Queen Of The Jungle to the silver screen.

The first female comic book character with her own title, Sheena, Queen oOf The Jungle launched in 1938. As an orphan stranded in the jungle, Sheena earned her name growing up inside the animal kingdom, crafting makeshift weapons to battle evildoers inside and out of the jungle. The character was portrayed by model Irish McCalla in a Us television series which aired in 1955-56 for 26 episodes, then by Tonya Roberts in a 1984 feature film for Columbia. Sheena then had a second life on TV in the year 2000 on the television series, Sheena. So it appears the new Sheena will...

Ric Roman Waugh, who wrote and directed the Stephen Dorff-starrer Felon, will helm the Olympus Has Fallen sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Gerard Butler will reprise his role in Millennium Films' Angel Has Fallen, a threequel following the action flicks Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. Waugh will direct Butler as the Secret Service agent who has kept American presidents safe — but this time, he's the attackers' target.

Among those also at risk is the commander-in-chief, whose official plane Air Force One is code-named Angel. Butler will produce with Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, John Thompson and Matt...

Millennium Films announced today that Rod Lurie (Straw Dogs, Nothing but the Truth) has been tapped to direct Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson’s (The Fighter) adaption of Jake Tapper’s The Outpost: An Untold Story Of American Valor.

Paul Merryman developed the script, which Tamasy and Johnson co-wrote, and will produce alongside Tamasy and Marc Frydman under their Battle Plan Productions banner. Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon, and Matt O’Toole are also producing for Millennium Films, with John Thompson, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, and Yariv Lerner executive producing.

Based on CNN news correspondent Jake Tapper’s bestselling book, The Outpost tells the epic true story of the 50 soldiers who battled a force of over 400 Taliban in Northeastern Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Originally built to engage the locals in community development projects and help the spread of democracy, Outpost Keating faced a constant threat of being attacked by the Taliban,...

Though the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre (yes, that’s how the title was spelt) is a classic in the horror genre, none of the following sequels, reboots or prequels have been very good. The franchise currently boasts 7 films, and as those who’ve seen them all can tell you, each one changed things up a bit, and not for the better. The result has been a tonally inconsistent and often ridiculed series of movies, with each one being worse than the last – for the most part.

Despite this, the producers aren’t giving up and sensing that there’s still a fanbase out there for Tobe Hooper’s iconic slasher flick that started it all, they’re now bringing us Leatherface. Set to be a prequel to the original, the project has been sitting on the shelf for a while now, having been shot back in 2015. It’s been...

An anonymous former employee of “Expendables” production company Millennium Films is claiming the company fostered a “discriminatory, harassing and misogynistic work environment” in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The suit filed by “Jane Roe,” a former director of development at the company, alleges top-level Millennium execs including CEO Avi Lerner, head of development Boaz Davidson, head of production John Thompson and president of international sales and distribution Jeffrey Greenstein referred to women as “whores” and “mistresses” — as well as other less-charitable and more vulgar names — and dismissed female actresses as “too old,” “too fat”...

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Warning: This news bulletin contains a trailer with a suggested parental guidance notice, should be the words uttered when witnessing the brand new red band trailer for Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson’s hilarious profanity-laden The Hitman’s Bodyguard.

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Reynolds and Jackson team us as a formidable pair in the trailer for The Hitman’s Bodyguard, which is set to Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You (a tongue in cheek nod to her film The Bodyguard), see’s Reynolds as the world’s top protection agent, looking slick in his grey suit, good looks and vanity-fuelled personality getting more than he bargains for when he is called upon to guard the life of notorious hitman played by an angry potty-mouthed Jackson. It’s an all out gun totting action comedy that from the trailer alone will have you doubled up...

If you've been dreaming of the day where Deadpool and Nick Fury trade R-rated barbs on the big screen, you may have to just keep dreaming. But, if you'll settle for Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson cursing and shooting up a storm in a non-superhero movie, then the red band trailer for The Hitman's Bodyguard should be right up your alley, along with a new photo. Fans and exhibitors who attended CinemaCon earlier this month got to see an early screening of this action thriller, the rest of us will have to wait until August 18, and judging from this trailer, this could be a sleeper hit of the summer

The world's top protection agent (Ryan Reynolds) is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world's most notorious hitmen (Samuel L. Jackson). The relentless bodyguard and manipulative assassin have been on the opposite end...

Gerard Butler has signed on to return as embattled Secret Service Agent Mike Banning in the new Millennium Films sequel Angel Has Fallen, a follow-up to 2013's Olympus Has Fallen and this year's London Has Fallen. The actor will team up with Millennium Films yet again on this action sequel, which doesn't have a director locked in quite yet. Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, who wrote the first two movies and created the franchise, are returning to write the script.

The original action-thriller followed Gerard Butler's Mike Banning as he saved President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) from a terrorist attack at the White House. This year's sequel London Has Fallen took the action across the pond, as a terrorist organization tried to take out several world leaders at once, during the funeral for the late British Prime Minister. Deadline reports that this new tale features Mike Banning himself as the target,...

Following on from news that Starz's critically acclaimed pirate drama "Black Sails" will finish up with its fourth season next year, the show's leading man Toby Stephens has been announced as the co-star of the upcoming action thriller "Hunter Killer" at Millennium Entertainment.

The story revolves around an American submarine commander (Gerard Butler) sent into Russian waters to save the Russian President in the midst of a military coup. Stephens will play Lieutenant Beaman, who heads up the black ops squad.

Peter Craig and Jamie Moss penned the script based on George Wallace and Don Keith's novel "Firing Point". Butler, Neal Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Alan Siegel, Tucker Tooley, Mark Gill, John Thompson and Matt O'Toole will produce.

Source: Deadline...

With X-men: Apocalypse hitting theaters tomorrow, what better way to prep than to have an Exclusive chat with Simon Kinberg, the writer-producer on Star Wars Rebel, X-men: Days Of Future Past, The Fantastic Four and of course X-men: Apocalypse.

Kinberg and I spoke about all things X-men: Apocalypse, and he even clears up some rumors spreading throughout the web. He also speaks about where he sees the X-men franchise going in the future, briefly talks about his involvement in Star Wars, and a whole lot more.

So lets get to it. It's a bit of a long interview but a good one!

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Lrm: I saw the [X-men: Apocalypse] a few days ago and I really like this film because it had a lot of heart. As a writer,...

The Hitman’s Bodyguard has officially been handed his assignment and dispatched into production.

Patrick Hughes’ (The Expendables 3) action-comedy, one led by Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds, has now been ushered in front of the cameras for a rip-roaring adventure that also features Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Daredevil starlet Elodie Yung and Gary Oldman as Vladislav Dukhovich, a bloodthirsty Eastern European dictator. Well, you know how Oldman likes to play the baddie.

For the flick, Reynolds will take point as Michael Bryce, the “world’s top protection agent” who find himself protecting the most unusual client – a notorious hitman. Playing the ice-cold role of that hired gun is Samuel L. Jackson, and much of The Hitman’s Bodyguard is said to revolve around the pair’s comedic dynamic.

For Hughes’ picture, Reynolds and Jackson have “been on opposite ends of a bullet for years. They hate each other. Now...

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Principal photography began today on Millennium Films’ The Hitman’S Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung and Salma Hayek. The film is directed by Patrick Hughes (Expendables 3) from a script by Tom O’Connor. Lionsgate is distributing in the Us and the UK.

The Hitman’S Bodyguard is an action comedy about the world’s top protection agent (Reynolds) and his new client: a notorious hitman who came in from the cold (Jackson). They’ve been on opposite ends of a bullet for years. They hate each other. Now they’re stuck together and have 24 hours to get from England to The Hague. The only thing standing in their way is everything a murderous Eastern European dictator (Oldman) can throw at them.

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The film stars Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, The Proposal) as protection agent Michael Bryce, Samuel L. Jackson (The Legend of Tarzan,...

Principal photography began today on Millennium Films' The Hitman's Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung and Salma Hayek. The film is directed by Patrick Hughes (Expendables 3) from a script by Tom O'Connor.  Lionsgate is distributing in the Us and the UK. 

 

The Hitman's Bodyguard is an action comedy about the world's top protection agent (Reynolds) and his new client: a notorious hitman who came in from the cold (Jackson).  They've been on opposite ends of a bullet for years.  They hate each other.  Now they're stuck together and have 24 hours to get from England to The Hague. The only thing standing in their way is everything a murderous Eastern European dictator (Oldman) can throw at them.

 

The film stars Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, The Proposal) as protection agent Michael Bryce, Samuel L. Jackson (The Legend of Tarzan, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Django Unchained,...

Ryan Reynolds has finally decided what comes next after the blockbuster superhero adventure Deadpool. And that movie is The Hitman's Bodyguard. Principal photography began today on Millennium Films' The Hitman's Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung and Salma Hayek. The film is directed by Patrick Hughes (Expendables 3) from a script by Tom O'Connor.&#160Lionsgate is distributing in the Us and the UK.

The Hitman's Bodyguard is an action comedy about the world's top protection agent (Reynolds) and his new client: a notorious hitman who came in from the cold (Jackson). They've been on opposite ends of a bullet for years. They hate each other. Now they're stuck together and have 24 hours to get from England to The Hague. The only thing standing in their way is everything a murderous Eastern European dictator (Oldman) can throw at them.

The film stars Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, The Proposal...

Ryan Reynolds-fronted actioner The Hitman’s Bodyguard has placed its crosshairs on a new director, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Before a recent scheduling conflict scupper plans, Jeff Wadlow had been attached to helm the starry thriller, which already boasts Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Daredevil starlet Elodie Yung and Gary Oldman. But one filmmaker that’s well versed in dealing with star-studded lineups is The Expendables 3‘s Patrick Hughes, and that’s exactly the man that will be taking over for Wadlow at the helm.

Featuring a screenplay by Tom O’Connor, The Hitman’s Bodyguard places Ryan Reynolds in the shoes of the best bodyguard in the business. His latest gig is anything but ordinary, after he’s approached by an assassin and old rival looking to forfeit a boatload of evidence. Begrudgingly, Reynolds’ hired gun teams with his frenemy, as the pair set about fending off villains from left,...

Exclusive: Hunter Killer, the Gerard Butler-Gary Oldman action drama that got stalled by Relativity’s plunge into Chapter 11, has a new director and a start date from Millennium Films. iNumber Number director Donovan Marsh has taken the helm, and a July 25 start date has been set in London. Original Film’s Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe — who fought to extricate the film from Relativity when its production start was stalled while Martin Campbell was directing — is producing with Butler, Tooley Productions CEO Tucker Tooley, Alan Siegel, and Mark Gill.

Peter Craig and Jamie Moss wrote the script based on the George Wallace and Don Keith novel Firing Point, and Arne Schmidt is also a writer and producer on the pic. It’s an action thriller about an American submarine commander sent deep in Russian waters to save the elected Russian president in the midst of a military coup.

Elodie Yung ("Daredevil") and Salma Hayek will join Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman in Jeff Wadlow's high octane action thriller "Hitman's Bodyguard" for Millennium Films and Lionsgate.

Reynolds, in his first post-"Deadpool" role, plays the world's top protection agent who gets a new client: a hit man who came in from the cold (Jackson). They've been on the opposite ends of a bullet for years and hate each other.

The pair become stuck together and have 24 hours to get to the Hague, past a murderous Eastern European dictator (Oldman) and all the bad guys he can throw at them.

Tom O'Connor penned the script and filming kicks off April 2nd in London before moving to Amsterdam and Sofia. Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole and Les Weldon will produce.

Source: Deadline...

Witness the beginning of your end. Evocative words for a movie poster, and it’s rather apt for one depicting the origin tale behind the Sawyer family and its chainsaw-wielding maniac. The old and horrifying Texan tale is no stranger to the big screen, but Millennium Films’ upcoming feature is taking the story back its dark beginnings with Leatherface.

Picking up the infamous chainsaw and mask will be Sam Strike, the British actor best known for his appearance on BBC’s soap drama, Eastenders. Once Millennium locked down the actor earlier in the year, progress on the prequel has been ramping up ever since, with Vanessa Grasse and Stephen Dorff also on board for the scarefest. The pair are set to play the young and innocent (first victim?) Lizzy and a lawman hellbent on unravelling the unspeakable evil haunting the Texas state. Beyond that, Leatherface will also star Lili Taylor as Verne Sawyer,...

Thriller stars Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett and Robert Forster.

Alchemy has acquired Us rights to Survivor.

James McTeigue’s thriller centres on a Foreign Service officer who, when trying to prevent a terrorist attack, is forced to go on the run after she is framed for crimes she didn’t commit.

Written by Phil Shelby, the film stars Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett and Robert Forster.

It will receive a multi-platform release later this year.

Alchemy CEO Bill Lee commented: “We’re so pleased to add Survivor to our slate. It’s a wonderful film that features an all star cast and non-stop action. The acquisition of Survivor is a great demonstration of the ongoing relationship between our two companies. We’re thrilled to continue to acquire and release select films from Millennium Films’ production pipeline.”

Survivor was produced by Charles Winkler, Irwin Winkler, Matt O’Toole...

Alchemy has acquired U.S. distribution rights to James McTeigue’s terrorism thriller “Survivor,” which stars Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett and Robert Forster. “Survivor,” which will receive a multi-platform release later this year, follows a Foreign Service officer in London as she tries to prevent a terrorist attack in New York. She’s forced to go on the run after she is framed for crimes she didn’t commit. Charles Winkler, Irwin Winkler, Matt O’Toole and Les Weldon produced “Survivor,” while Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson and Jason Bloom executive produced. Phil Shelby wrote the screenplay.

Earlier today, rumors surfaced that British actor Sam Strike (EastEnders) was playing the new Spider-Man, after the actor and his manager teased that he was up for the lead role in a "major Us film." As it turns out, Sam Strike was not offered the lead in Spider-Man, but in Millennium Films' Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel Leatherface. The Wrap reports that Sam Strike is "nearing a deal' to star in this origin story, set in the 1970s.

Sam Strike will play Jackson, the teenager who eventually grows up to become the maniacal Leatherface. No other story details were given at this time. We reported in October that the French filmmaking due Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (Paris I'll Kill You, ABCs of Death 2) are directing from a screenplay by Seth M. Sherwood.

Texas Chainsaw 3D's Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman and Carl Mazzocone are reuniting to produce Leatherface alongside Les Weldon.

Millenium Films has found a new Leatherface. Multiple sources close to the studio’s planned Texas Chainsaw prequel, simply called Leatherface, confirm that EastEnders actor Sam Strike is in negotiations to pick up the iconic mask and chainsaw.

After the studio’s last attempt to revitalize the classic horror franchise, 2013’s Texas Chainsaw 3D, was met with paltry reviews that caused it to sink like a stone at the box office, Leatherface finds Millenium hitting the reset button. The prequel will go back to the 1970s to focus on the early years of Jackson (Strike), the young man who will eventually become a masked killer. Strike’s casting, which comes after an extensive search, is major news – the studio is banking on his performance to endear the franchise to a new generation of horror fans.

French filmmakers Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, who made the terrific Inside, have been tasked with directing Leatherface.

Christopher Cosmos has been brought onboard to write a brand new script for a "Red Sonja" movie.

Nu Image/Millennium Films has long been developing a "Red Sonja" movie based on the flame-haired female warrior character created by "Conan the Barbarian" author Robert E. Howard and comic writer Roy Thomas.

No director or actors are attached at this stage. Robert Rodriguez, Simon West, Rose McGowan and Amber Heard were linked to previous incarnations of the project.

Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Christa Campbell, and Lati Grobman will executive produce.

Source: Heat Vision...

After several years of delays without any significant movement, Nu Image/Millennium Films is finally moving forward with their Red Sonja movie, hiring screenwriter Christopher Cosmos to handle scripting duties. No details were given regarding the new writer's take on the project, which is based on the character created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel, which was loosely based on the character Red Sonya of Rogatino in Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard's 1934 short story .

The project has been in the works for nearly a decade, with Robert Rodriguez initially developing Red Sonja as a starring vehicle for his girlfriend at the time, actress Rose McGowan. Douglas Aarniokoski (Nurse 3D) was also attached to direct at one point, but he is no longer involved as well. The last we heard about the project was back in 2011, when producer Avi Lerner revealed that Amber Heard was being...

After several years of delays without any significant movement, Nu Image/Millennium Films is finally moving forward with their Red Sonja movie, hiring screenwriter Christopher Cosmos to handle scripting duties. No details were given regarding the new writer's take on the project, which is based on the character created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel, which was loosely based on the character Red Sonya of Rogatino in Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard's 1934 short story .

The project has been in the works for nearly a decade, with Robert Rodriguez initially developing Red Sonja as a starring vehicle for his girlfriend at the time, actress Rose McGowan. Douglas Aarniokoski (Nurse 3D) was also attached to direct at one point, but he is no longer involved as well. The last we heard about the project was back in 2011, when producer Avi Lerner revealed that Amber Heard was being...

New films on Screenbase this week include action-thriller London Has Fallen, Alan Bennett’s motion-pictured memoir The Lady in the Van and Chadwick Boseman’s newest venture Message from the King.

Principal photography has begun on Millennium Films’ and Focus Features’ London Has Fallen, the sequel to 2013’s action-thriller Olympus Has Fallen.

Gerard Butler returns as secret service agent Mike Banning who discovers a plot to assassinate world leaders at the British Prime Minister’s funeral in London. Aaron Eckhart reprises his role as Us President Benjamin Asher. Morgan Freeman will also return as Vice President Trumbull.

Babak Najafi (Snabba Cash II) will direct the thriller (the first film was directed by Antoine Fuqua) from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (Olympus Has Fallen), Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.

Focus Features will release London Has Fallen on Oct 2, 2015. Producers include Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, John Thompson, Les Weldon, and [link=nm...

Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Alba and Michelle Yeoh have joined Jason Statham in the sequel to 2011's The Mechanic. Summit will release the next installment in the Millennium Films action franchise on Jan. 22, 2016. Summit also dated Millennium Films' thriller Criminal, which includes Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds and Jones among its cast, for August 2015. Dennis Gansel is directing Mechanic: Resurrection, which follows the hitman Arthur Bishop (Statham) as he struggles to complete a list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world. William Chartoff, David Winkler, John Thompson and Frank DeMartini are producing, and Avi Lerner is executive producing. Principal

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Millennium Films and Focus Features have posted a press release announcing the start of principal photography on "London Has Fallen," the sequel to 2013's action thriller hit "Olympus Has Fallen".

Set to return are Gerard Butler as Secret Service agent Mike Banning, Aaron Eckhart as the President of the United States, Morgan Freeman, as Vice President Trumbull, Angela Bassett as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan, Robert Forster as General Edward Clegg, Sean O'Bryan as Nsa Deputy Director Ray Monroe, and Radha Mitchell as Leah Banning.

Joining them for this outing are the likes of Jackie Earle Haley ("Watchmen"), Alon Aboutboul ("The Dark Knight Rises"), Charlotte Riley ("In the Heart of the Sea"), and Waleed Zuaiter ("Omar"). Babak Najafi ("Snabba Cash II") directs from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.

There's also a new official synopsis out...

Out of the two dueling White House takeover pics that vied for box office dominance in 2013, it’s safe to say that Olympus Has Fallen emerged victorious against White House Down (though there are some, myself included, who feel that the latter film was far superior). While White House Down disappointed at the box office, Olympus Has Fallen made more on a smaller budget and certainly did well enough to warrant a sequel, which kicked off production in London today.

Rather obviously titled London Has Fallen, the follow-up reunites stars Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett and Melissa Leo. This time around, Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) and President of the United States Benjamin Asher (Eckhart) find themselves battling a terrorist threat in London.

Check out the official press release, which includes an updated synopsis for the pic. Then let us know, will you be lining up...

Principal photography has begun on Millennium Films’ and Focus Features’ London Has Fallen, the sequel to the worldwide smash hit "Olympus Has Fallen."

Gerard Butler again stars as Secret Service agent Mike Banning, alongside Aaron Eckhart as the President of the United States. Also returning are Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman, as Vice President Trumbull, Academy Award® nominee Angela Bassett, as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, and Academy Award®winner Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan.

Babak Najafi ("Snabba Cash II") directs the thriller from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt ("Olympus Has Fallen"), Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.

The story begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world. However, what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders,...

Principal photography has begun on Millennium Films' and Focus Features' London Has Fallen, the sequel to the worldwide smash hit Olympus Has Fallen.

Gerard Butler again stars as Secret Service agent Mike Banning, alongside Aaron Eckhart as the President of the United States.&#160 Also returning are Academy Award&#174&#160winner Morgan Freeman, as Vice President Trumbull, Academy Award&#174&#160nominee Angela Bassett, as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, and Academy Award&#174 winner Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan.

Babak Najafi ("Snabba Cash II") directs the thriller from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt (Olympus Has Fallen), Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.

The story begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world. However, what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders,...

Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo reprise starring roles.

Principal photography has begun on Millennium Films’ and Focus Features’ London Has Fallen, the sequel to action thriller Olympus Has Fallen.

Gerard Butler has returned as secret service agent Mike Banning, alongside Aaron Eckhart as the Us President. Also returning are Morgan Freeman as Vice President Trumbull, Angela Bassett as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, and Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan.

Babak Najafi (Snabba Cash II) directs the thriller (the first film was directed by Antoine Fuqua) from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (Olympus Has Fallen), Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.

According to the official synopsis: “The story begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has died in mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world.

“But what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly...

Principal photography has begun in London on director Ariel Vroman’s thriller Criminal.

Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve and Gal Gadot star in the Millenium Films backed-film written by Douglas Cook and David Weisberg.

Criminal charts how in a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets and skills are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous prison inmate in the hopes that he will complete the operative’s mission.

Producers are J.C. Spink, Chris Bender, Mark Gill and Matt O’Toole.

Executive producing is Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Doug Urbanski, Les Weldon, Christine Crow, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell and Jason Bloom. Paul Ritchie is co-producer.

Star Trek Into Darkness actress Alice Eve will join Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Oldman in the thriller Criminal. Ariel Vromen, who wrote and directed The Iceman, will helm the film. In the Millennium Films project, a dead CIA operative's memories are implanted into a dangerous convict in hopes that he will stop a diabolical plot. Douglas Cook and David Weisberg wrote the script. Chris Bender, J.C. Spink, Mark Gill and Matt O’Toole are producing. Avi Lerner, John Thompson, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell, Christine Crow and Jason Bloom are executive producing. Eve,

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This Summer… Get ready for one last ride! The Expendables 3 is opening in theaters on August 15th and Wamg has your tickets to see the film early! Are we cool or what??!!

The Expendables 3 team includes your favorite action heroes – Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews …and a new generation of badasses – Wesley Snipes, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Kelsey Grammar, Harrison Ford, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Victor Ortiz, and Glen Powell.

In The Expendables 3, Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables — but Barney has other plans.