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Though we still don't have an exact date for when The Diplomat Season 3 will premiere, Netflix has complete confidence that it will be a hit, as they've already renewed the popular political thriller for another season. Debuting back in 2023, The Diplomat stars Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, the new United States ambassador to the United Kingdom who works to defuse an international crisis, forge strategic alliances and adjust to her new place in the spotlight.

News of The Diplomat Season 4 was announced yesterday during Upfront presentations in New York by Bela Bajaria, Chief Content Officer for Netflix. There's no word yet on when it might head into production, but given the fact that Season 3 is expected to premiere in the fall, it could be soon, as the series has managed to maintain a steady pace of releasing one season a year rather than taking lengthy breaks like some other Netflix shows.

"She's coming closer…" Get a first look at this!! An early trailer has been unveiled for an action adventure movie titled We Hunt Giants, made by Swedish filmmaker Titus Paar. It's being shot and filmed entirely on location in the snowy hills of Sweden, produced by an FX company who is helping handle the creation of the dinosaurs on screen. In a world where cavemen and dinosaurs share the world, a tribe is plagued by a man-eating giant T-Rex that hunts them all. Rougu, the son of the village chief, realizes the only way he can stop the beast is to hunt it down. Nothing else will make it stop. Titus explains that he, "wanted this to be the first gritty high-end R-rated Dino movie. A bloody adventure about survival and risking everything for the ones you love." Starring Andreas Rylander and Magnus Samuelsson, with Urban Bergsten. This is only...

"Legend Of Dark Rider: The Beginning" Award-winning Fantasy By Titus Paar now online! A mix of Game of Thrones and Conan with Titus own spice The multi Award-winning fantasy epic by Titus Paar starring Stefan Cronwall, Ralf Beck, Urban Bergsten, Jd Glickman, Tommi Korkeamäki, Pontus Olgrim, Linda Palmcrantz, Andreas Rylander and Faravid Af Ugglas This is the first 20 min of an upcoming feature, currently in development. contact.paarproductions@gmail.com if you are interested...

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Stars: Steven Seagal, Sasha Jackson, Richard Tyson, Johnny Messner, Vernon Wells, Lance E. Nichols, Kimberly Battista, Emilien De Falco | Written by Titus Paar, Alex Brenner, Jesse Cilio, Ulysses Oliver | Directed by Titus Paar

When you see a DVD cover like the one pictured above, for Steven Seagal’s latest opus, you expect yet another derivative action movie in which Seagal will, probably, lumber around the screen, trying to act like his old bad-ass self and failing miserably. What you Don’T expect, and what you get here with The Perfect Weapon, is a cyberpunk, Blade Runner-esque sci-fi action thriller in which Seagal plays The Bad Guy and our hero is an unstoppable assassin played by Johnny Messner, in total hard-ass, take no prisoners, mode!

The Perfect Weapon is set in a not too distant future, where a totalitarian state secret government organization controls all aspects of life. All “Enemies of the State...

Boundless Pictures' Founder Courtney Lauren Penn and Co-Founder Brandon Burrows have announced the launch of their new subsidiary label Firebrand, which will now handle its growing slate of elevated-genre pictures $10 million and under in budget.

Firebrand's inaugural picture is "The Perfect Weapon," which wrapped production last week (Monday, Oct 26th) starring Steven Seagal, Johnny Messner ("Tears of the Sun"), and Sasha Jackson ("'Till Death," "One Tree Hill"). The sci-fi actioner is directed by Titus Paar, written by Jessie Cillio, Alex Brenner, Ulysses Oliver, produced by Rafael Primorac, Andre Relis, Brandon Burrows, Courtney Lauren Penn and financed by the Fyzz Facility and Boundless Pictures through its Firebrand label. Next up for Firebrand is "Dead on Arrival."

Burrows will oversee finance and production for Firebrand's slate, while Penn will continue on in her position as President and Founder of Boundless Pictures, overseeing the parent company's slate of larger-budget, theatrical fare, $10 million and above. They include the upcoming time-travel thriller "Timeless," actioner "Run N Gun," K9 cop drama "Cry Justice," and a sequel to its Wesley Snipes actioner "Gallowalkers."

"Firebrand gives us the opportunity to ignite fierce, thrilling, elevated-genre stories and characters that, with the right tincture of release strategy and star power, demand a focused producing strategy of it's very own. We're thrilled to have partners like the Fyzz, work with a legend like Steven and from here on out, give this core part of our company focus and it's own development team," said Brandon Burrows

"We recognized a bifurcation in our slate and the growing need to allocate our resources accordingly. We've been fortunate lucky enough, since our inception in 2010 to developmentally and strategically grow such that we can now grant each label the attention and support it needs to serve the stories and storytellers to the best of our ability. All storytelling is enhanced by focus and I'm thrilled that my partner Brandon is picking up our proverbial Firebrand and running with it," added Courtney Lauren Pen.

Firebrand has access to a private lending facility and Boundless Pictures Parent Company is backed by UK and Us-based private equity.

Vmi Worldwide has been tempting Croisette buyers with action titles Riot starring Dolph Lundgren and Perfect Weapon with Steven Segal.

Riot falls under the company’s new multi-title production deal with Lundgren and goes out in North America via output partner Cinedigm.

Director John Lyde is in production in Utah on the revenge story about a former police officer who infiltrates a prison to strike at a mob boss. Matthew Reese and Chuck Liddell also star.

“This is now the third time that we’ve had the pleasure and honour to work with action Legend Dolph Lundgren and it’s looking like there will be many more film collaborations to come,” said Vmi president Andre Relis. “We couldn’t be happier to once again be associated with such a professional and inspiring partner.”

Lundgren also stars alongside Mickey Rourke, Liddell and Luke Goss in the WWII action title War Pigs.

The $3m action...