Rocketman star Taron Egerton has joined Charlize Theron in Netflix’s upcoming wilderness thriller Apex from director Baltasar Kormákur (Touch). Apex is billed as “Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs” with Theron starring as a rock climber who finds herself being hunted in the wilderness. Egerton’s role is being kept under wraps for the time being. The film […]
Jason Statham sets two new films with directors Baltasar Kormakur and Jean-François Richet
As the Cannes Film Festival and market prepares to kick off, action veteran Jason Statham is keeping himself busy, having signed on for two new action thrillers to be directed by Jean-François Richet (Plane) and Baltasar Kormakur (Everest) respectively. First up is Mutiny from Richet, which will begin filming in the UK in September and will […]
Movie Review – Beast (2022)
Beast, 2022 Directed by Baltasar Kormákur Starring Idris Elba, Sharlto Copley, Iyana Halley, and Leah Jeffries SYNOPSIS: A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator. Centering on a family fending for their lives against a rogue lion […]
Video Review – Beast sees Idris Elba face an evil lion in a lackluster battle
EJ Moreno with a video review of Beast… With the premise of Idris Elba fighting a lion, you’d expect an epic battle of campiness and brutality. Sadly, Beast lacks both in what our critic EJ Moreno describes as a lackluster human vs. animal film. In the grand tradition of films like Jaws, Orca, or Anaconda, […]
Beast trailer pits Idris Elba against a bloodthirsty lion
Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Beast, the upcoming survival thriller from director Baltasar Kormákur which stars Idris Elba, Iyana Halley and Leah Sava Jeffries as a father and his two teenage daughters who come under attack from a vengeful lion during a long-planned family trip to South Africa. Check it out here… […]
Mark Wahlberg reteaming with Baltasar Kormakur for Arthur the King
Back in July it was announced that Mark Wahlberg had been cast as the lead in the adventure film Arthur the King, and now comes word that the project will see him reuniting with his Contraband and 2 Guns director Baltasar Kormakur. Based on Mikael Lindnord’s memoir Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to […]
Second Opinion – Adrift (2018)
Adrift, 2018. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin. SYNOPSIS: A true story of survival, as a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. Adrift opens with the aftermath of […]
Movie Review – Adrift (2018)
Adrift, 2018. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas and Elizabeth Hawthorne. SYNOPSIS: A young couple find themselves forced to battle for survival when the pleasure yacht they are sailing to California is caught in the midst of a horrific storm, leaving them drifting in the Pacific Ocean. There’s […]
Movie Review – Adrift (2018)
Adrift., 2018 Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas, and Elizabeth Hawthorne. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of survival, a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded […]
Hugh Jackman may play The Good Spy for director Baltasar Kormakur
Hugh Jackman and director Baltasar Kormakur (Adrift) are said to be eyeing The Good Spy, which would see Jackman portraying Robert Ames, a CIA operative who pushed for breaking down barriers in the Middle East, and was killed during the 1983 American Embassy bombing in Beirut. The project, scripted by F. Scott Frazier and based […]
