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Dwayne Johnson tops the list of highest-paid actors once again

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For the second year in a row, Dwayne Johnson has topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actors in the world, with The Rock pulling in a reported $87.5 million during the period between June 1st 2019 and June 1st 2020. The bulk of Johnson’s earnings came from Netflix’s Red Notice, as well as his Under […]

Movie Review – The Iron Mask (2019)

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The Iron Mask, 2019. Directed by Oleg Stepchenko. Starring Jason Flemyng, Charles Dance, Rutger Hauer, Jackie Chan, Helen Yao and Arnold Schwarzenegger. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant English cartographer must travel to China in search of a fabled ‘Dragon Seal’ that holds supernatural powers, unaware that many dangerous and powerful figures are also seeking the treasure for […]

Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan join forces for Ex-Baghdad

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Action icons Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan are teaming up for the action thriller Ex-Baghdad, an $80 million budgeted Chinese production, which is being directed by Scott Waugh (Need for Speed). The official synopsis for Ex-Baghdad reads: “When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) is called […]

New poster for The Iron Mask featuring Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Following the release of the UK trailer for The Iron Mask, we’ve now got a new poster for the upcoming fantasy adventure featuring action icons Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger; check it out here… The Iron Mask sees action legends Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger team up in a high concept fantasyhistorical epic featuring breath-taking […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. Jackie Chan in The Iron Mask trailer

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It’s been a long time since the last update on Journey to China: The Mystery of the Iron Mask – now titled simply The Iron Mask – but the film is set for release in the UK this coming April and so we now have our first trailer. The highlight of the footage is Arnold […]

Jackie Chan debunks Rush Hour 4 reports

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With reports circulating once again that Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are gearing up for the long-rumoured Rush Hour 4, Chan’s representatives have released an official statement denying his involvement with both that project and a follow-up to “We have noticed that false information that Mr. Chan would act in the motion pictures Rush Hour […]

Jackie Chan to lend his voice to Once Upon a Zodiac

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Toonbox Entertainment and GAMA Entertainment announced that Jackie Chan has been tapped to lend his voice to the animated film Once Upon a Zodiac, as well as serving as executive producer. The official synopsis for the film reads: In a mystical, wondrous world populated with the animals of the Zodiac, a group of not-yet-friends are […]

Jackie Chan fights atop the Sydney Opera House in Bleeding Steel clip

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Coinciding with its release, Lionsgate has unveiled an action-packed clip from Bleeding Steel which sees Jackie Chan fighting atop the Sydney Opera House. Check it out here… https://youtu.be/ZX6oPhhtOEw In an action-packed drama reminiscent of ’80s techno-sci-fi thrillers, Jackie Chan stars as Lin, a police inspector in modern Hong Kong. While tracking down a deranged, mecha-enhanced […]

New poster and trailer for Jackie Chan action sci-fi Bleeding Steel

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Lionsgate has released a new poster and trailer for the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Bleeding Steel. Written and directed by Leo Zhang, the film sees Jackie Chan leading a cast that includes Show Lo, Nana Ou-yang, Erica Xia-hou, Callan Mulvey, and Tess Haubrich; check them out here… In an action-packed drama reminiscent of ’80s techno-sci-fi thrillers, […]