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Dave Bautista thinks Drax will be disappointed that he didn’t get to kill Thanos

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Dave Bautista thinks that Drax will be left feeling unsatisfied that he didn’t get to kill Thanos himself in Avengers: Endgame. Drax’s biggest driving motivator in life was getting to kill Thanos – the being who wronged him so gravely in the past. But now that Thanos has been killed thanks to Iron Man’s use […]

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead adds Omari Hardwick, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garrett Dillahunt and more

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As director Zack Snyder is set to begin rolling cameras on his zombie heist thriller Army of the Dead next week, the full cast for Netflix’s upcoming action film has been revealed. Joining the previously announced Dave Bautista (Stuber) and Ella Purnell (Sweetbitter) in the film are Omari Hardwick (Power), Chris D’Elia (You), Hiroyuki Sanada (Westworld), Raul Castillo […]

Movie Review – Stuber (2019)

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Stuber, 2019. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani, Mira Sorvino, Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpen, Jimmy Tatro, Karen Gillen, and Iko Uwais. SYNOPSIS: Short on time and heavily visually impaired, a police detective recruits an Uber driver to escort him across town on the hottest day of the year, following clues to lead […]

Movie Review – Stuber (2019)

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Stuber, 2019. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista, Iko Uwais, Natalie Morales, Karen Gillan, Jimmy Tatro, Amin Joseph, Betty Gilpin, Joshua Mikel, Julia Vasi, and Mira Sorvino. SYNOPSIS: A detective recruits his Uber driver into an unexpected night of adventure. The weirdo step-son of Collateral and Planes, Trains and Automobiles nobody asked for has arrived, […]

Exclusive Interview – Stuber star Dave Bautista on finding his funny bone, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and the Fast & Furious franchise

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Tom Beasley chats to WWE star turned Hollywood leading man Dave Bautista about his role as a near-blind cop who teams up with a kind-hearted Uber driver in action-comedy Stuber… Sometimes, comedy premises are so absurd that there’s no way they can completely fail. Stuber, from Goon director Michael Dowse, is one of those movies. […]

Exclusive: Dave Bautista didn’t know Drax’s fate in Avengers: Infinity War and thought he’d be cut from Endgame

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Dave Bautista has described working on the last two Avengers movies as “the oddest way I’ve done a film” and said he didn’t even know Drax would be turned to dust at the end of Infinity War. In an interview with Flickering Myth to promote his new action-comedy Stuber, Bautista discussed his time on the […]

Exclusive: Dave Bautista was “floored” when Denis Villeneuve called him for Dune role

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Dave Bautista has described getting the call from Denis Villeneuve for his Dune role as a “monumental moment” in his career, because the director didn’t originally want him for Blade Runner 2049. Bautista is reuniting with Villeneuve on Dune, having previously played rogue replicant Sapper Morton for the director in his lavish sci-fi sequel to […]

Movie Review – Escape Plan 3 (2019)

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Escape Plan 3, 2019. Directed by John Herzfeld. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Jin Zhang, Harry Shum Jr., Jaime King, and Devon Sawa. SYNOPSIS: Security expert Ray Breslin and his cohorts have to break into a prison to rescue a billionaire’s daughter from the clutches of a former colleague’s son out […]

Movie Review – Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)

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Escape Plan: The Extractors, 2019. Directed by John Herzfeld. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Jaime King, Max Zhang, Harry Shum, Jr., Devon Sawa and Daniel Bernhardt. SYNOPSIS: After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin’s […]