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Dave Bautista says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is “on permanent hold for now”

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Although it was set to begin shooting early in the New Year ahead of an expected 2020 release, James Gunn’s firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has left big question marks hanging over the cosmic superhero threequel. It was reported in the trades last week that Marvel had decided to put the project […]

Is Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 irretrievably damaged?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the fallout of James Gunn’s sacking, and whether the next Guardians of The Galaxy is damaged beyond repair…. In case it’s all bypassed you, recent weeks have seen a furore surrounding the director, James Gunn. He’s the man that brought, very successfully I might add, the Guardians of the Galaxy to life. […]

Movie Review – Final Score (2018)

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Final Score, 2018. Directed by Scott Mann. Starring Dave Bautista, Lara Peake, Ray Stevenson, Amit Shah, Alexandra Dinu and Pierce Brosnan. SYNOPSIS: An army veteran must defend 35,000 people whose lives are at risk when terrorists take over West Ham football ground Upton Park on the hunt for a former revolutionary leader, who is hiding […]

Dave Bautista does Die Hard in new clips from action thriller Final Score

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With a little over two weeks to go until its release, Sky Cinema has revealed two new clips from the Dave Bautista-headlined action thriller Final Score, which sees the Guardians of the Galaxy star doing his best John McClane impersonation when a group of criminals take over a football stadium during a game. Check them […]

Dave Bautista “thanks” Disney for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 firing

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Earlier this week it was confirmed that, despite a wave of support for the filmmaker, The Walt Disney Company will not reverse its decision to fire James Gunn from the Marvel threequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and now star Dave Bautista – a.k.a. Drax the Destroyer – has taken to social media to […]

Dave Bautista will ask for his Marvel release if James Gunn’s script isn’t used for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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Dave Bautista has been very vocal in support of his Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn since the filmmaker’s firing from Guardians Vol. 3, stating yesterday that he’d return for the threequel due to contractual obligations, but would find it “nauseating” working for Disney. Well, Bautista has now been chatting to Shortlist about the […]

Dave Bautista will return for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but will find it “pretty nauseating” to work for Disney

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While the full cast of Guardians of the Galaxy released a rather measured open letter in support of director James Gunn following his removal from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 due to offensive historic tweets, Dave Bautista certainly hasn’t held back from letting his feelings on the subject be known. Immediately following Gunn’s dismissal, […]

Peter Segal to direct Dave Bautista in action comedy My Spy

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Back in October of last year it was announced that Dave Bautista (Blade Runner 2049, Avengers: Infinity War) had signed on to star in a potential action-comedy franchise with STX Entertainment, and now comes word that Peter Segal (Fifty First Dates, Get Smart) is set to direct. The film, titled My Spy, will see Bautista […]

Poster and trailer for action thriller Final Score starring Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan

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Sky Cinema has released a new poster and trailer for Scott Mann’s upcoming action thriller Final Score which stars Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson, Ralph Brown, Lara Peake, and Amit Shah; check them out here… A group of heavily armed criminals take control of a stadium packed with 35,000 football fans. Ex-soldier Michael Knox […]

Dave Bautista is not happy with James Gunn’s firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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After old tweets from Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn resurfaced, angering fans for their offensive humour involving rape and pedophilia, Disney took the step to quickly fire Gunn from directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a movie he was already actively working on writing. While the speed of Disney’s decision was surprising, there hasn’t been […]