It’s a busy week for John Woo related news, with his new thriller Manhunt landing on Netflix this Friday, and now Deadline reporting that the remake of his own 1989 classic The Killer, has found its assassin in the form of Lupita Nyong’o. The Oscar winning actress will take on the role made famous by […]
John Woo to remake The Killer for Peacock
Peacock has wooed John Woo into directing an English language remake of his 1989 Hong Kong action classic The Killer, the streamer has announced. One of Woo’s early heroic bloodshed hits, The Killer saw Chow Yun-Fat starring as an assassin who ends up accidently blinding a nightclub singer on what is meant to be his […]
Exclusive Interview – Green Lantern: Beware My Power co-writer John Semper on John Stewart’s popularity and legacy
DC Animation’s latest feature film Green Lantern: Beware My Power is notable for several reasons. First off, it showcases DC fan-favourite John Stewart as the lead in his first feature film in an origin story detailing how he became chosen as a Green Lantern and second, it launches DC’s new continuity into the cosmos as John and […]
PCS unveils Apollo Creed 1:3 collectible statues from Rocky II and Rocky IV
Sideshow and Premium Collectibles Studio have unveiled their new 1:3 scale Apollo Creed collectible statues, based on the likeness of Carl Weathers as seen in Rocky II and Rocky IV. Limited to 325 pieces each, the statues are available to pre-order now, priced at $1,205 apiece; check out the official promotional images below… Apollo […]
Russell Crowe is The Pope’s Exorcist in first image from new horror
Fresh from his turn as Zeus in Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder, Russell Crowe is now in production on his next role, also God-related, as he portrays the real life priest and Vatican exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth in The Pope’s Exorcist. With production now underway on the horror, Sony Screen Gems has unveiled the first-look […]
Horror-comedy When the Screaming Starts gets a UK trailer, poster and images
Ahead of its UK release this September, Signature Entertainment has shared a trailer, poster and images have arrived online for the horror-comedy When the Screaming Starts which follows aspiring serial killer Aidan and failing filmmaker Norman as they do whatever it takes to help them achieve their ambitions; take a look here… Aidan Mendle has […]
Thomas Jane is made to Dig by Emile Hirsch in trailer for new thriller
Saban Film has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming thriller Dig. Directed by K. Asher Levin, the film stars Thomas Jane as a widowed father who is taken hostage along with his daughter (Harlow Jane) by a dangerous couple (Emile Hirsch & Liana Liberato) attempting to retrieve something underneath his house; take a […]
Movie Review – Bullet Train (2022)
Bullet Train, 2022. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Zazie Beetz, Bad Bunny, Andrew Koji, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sandra Bullock, and Logan Lerman. SYNOPSIS: Five assassins aboard a fast-moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common. Aboard the titular bullet train (a high-speed […]
Shout! Factory bringing Ralph Bakshi’s Cool World to Blu-ray
Director Ralph Bakshi’s (The Lord of the Rings) cult 1992 live-action/animated hybrid Cool World – starring Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger and Gabriel Byrne – is coming to Blu-ray this September with a special Collector’s Edition release from Shout! Factory. Check out the artwork here, along with the bonus features… When ex-con cartoonist Jack Deebs (Gabriel […]
Ben Foster is going Medieval with Michael Caine in trailer for historical epic
Historical epic Medieval has assembled an impressive cast to place in formation on the frontline of battle in this tale of corruption and Kings in the Middle Ages. Led by Ben Foster’s mercenary for hire, the Petr Jákl directed film also stars Michael Caine (The Dark Knight Trilogy), Sophie Lowe (Blow the Man Down), Til […]
