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Jason Statham says Fast & Furious spinoff will be “gritty, and real, and f*cking hardcore”

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Before we get to the ninth instalment of the series, the Fast & Furious franchise will be taking a bit of a detour next year for the first spinoff film, Hobbs and Shaw, featuring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. Hobbs and Shaw is being directed by David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2), and […]

Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt announce start of production on Disney’s Jungle Cruise

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As Disney continues to enjoy enormous success with its various Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm properties, not to mention its live-action retellings of its animated classics, the Mouse House has now decided to turn to an old trick of looking to its theme park attractions for its next franchise hopeful. Disney’s Jungle Cruise, a long time popular […]

Blu-ray Review – Rampage (2018)

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Rampage, 2018. Directed by Brad Peyton. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, P.J. Byrne, Marley Shelton, Breanne Hill, Jack Quaid, Matt Gerald, Jason Liles, Demetrius Grosse, and Will Yun Lee. SYNOPSIS: When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team […]

Movie Review – Skyscraper (2018)

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Skyscraper, 2018. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Noah Taylor, Hannah Quinlivan, Roland Møller, McKenna Roberts and Noah Cottrell. SYNOPSIS: A father goes to great lengths to save his family from a burning skyscraper. The plot for Skyscraper is unbelievably stupid and the various death-defying set pieces even more […]

Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper crumbles at the box office as Hotel Transylvania 3 takes off

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In a rare box office misfire for Dwayne Johnson, his latest film Skyscraper has underperformed, with the film coming in under projects with $25.4 million in North America, placing it third in the weekend chart behind Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($44.2 million) and Ant-Man and the Wasp ($28.8 million). Skyscraper marks Johnson’s lowest domestic […]

Second Opinion – Skyscraper (2018)

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Skyscraper, 2018. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Noah Taylor, Roland Møller, Hannah Quinlivan, McKenna Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Byron Mann, Matt O’Leary, and Chin Han. SYNOPSIS: When former FBI agent Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) takes a lucrative building safety job at the behest of his friend Ben (Pablo Schreiber), […]

Dwayne Johnson confirms Black Adam still happening despite DC’s reconfiguration

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Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that Black Adam is still on the way and is not impacted by DC’s reconfiguration. The DCEU is a strange entity and with the recent disappointment of Justice League there have been some significant changes behind the scenes. Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam is a film that has been long talked about […]

Movie Review – Skyscraper (2018)

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Skyscraper. 2018. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Noah Taylor, Roland Møller, Hannah Quinlivan, and Chin Han. SYNOPSIS: A father goes to great lengths to save his family from a burning skyscraper. Skyscraper isn’t *just* Rawson Marshall Thurber’s first written/directed non-comedy. It’s The Towering Inferno meets Die Hard meets […]

Idris Elba and Vanessa Kirby join Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (Skycraper) and Jason Statham (The Meg) may have found their antagonist for their upcoming Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw. According to Variety, Idris Elba (Luther) has begun final talks to go up against the pair as the film’s villain. Elba isn’t the only one to join the cast, however. Variety also reported […]