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Sydney Sweeney teams with Justin Lin for That Man From Rio remake

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With her new film Christy set to open in cinemas this week [read our review here], Deadline is reporting that Sydney Sweeney has signed on to produce star in a remake of the 1964 French adventure comedy film That Man From Rio, which Fast & Furious veteran Justin Lin is directing for Apple Original Films. […]

Trailer for Justin Lin’s Last Days depicts tragic true story of a misguided missionary

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Vertical Releasing has dropped the trailer for Fast and Furious-director Justin Lin’s Last Days, a based-on-a-true-story tale of a 26-year old missionary who ignores all advice and travels to a remote island in order to deliver his message to an uncontacted tribe. Adapted by Ben Ripley (Source Code) from Alex Perry’s Outside magazine article ‘The […]

Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig set for Two for the Money from director Justin Lin

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THR is reporting that Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig are set to star in Two for the Money, a heist thriller from director Justin Lin which has just been picked up as a package by Apple Original Films after a hotly-contested studio bidding war. The project was conceived by Lin and co-writer Dan Mazeau during […]

Star Trek: Beyond Awful Marketing

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Tony Black on the marketing campaign for Star Trek Beyond… So did you notice this week that a third, albeit fairly brief trailer for Star Trek Beyond went online? Probably not. If you’re in the UK, you’ve been too busy watching Game of Thrones or England disgrace themselves in Europe in more ways than one, […]

Justin Lin and the Battle for Axanar

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Tony Black on the legal dispute over Star Trek: Axanar… Fan films have existed in the Star Trek universe almost as long as the licensed ones. Just look at Star Trek: New Voyages which frequently includes major stars from Voyager or as far back as The Original Series, frequently playing the roles they are beloved […]

Paramount dropping lawsuit against Star Trek: Axanar fan film

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Back in December, Paramount Pictures launched a lawsuit against the crowdfunded fan film Star Trek: Axanar for infringing “innumerable copyrighted elements of Star Trek, including its settings, characters, species, and themes” – a move that drew heavy criticism from fans of the sci-fi franchise.  Well, it seems that the lawsuit is set to be dropped, as […]

Justin Lin to direct LeBron James in Space Jam 2

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This project has been brewing a long time, and now it’s finally happening: The Looney Tunes are back in action, and will be taking to the basketball court once more for another big screen adventure. This time though, they’re trading 1990s basketball superstar Michael Jordan for 2000s basketball star LeBron James. According to THR, Space Jam […]

Justin Lin talks Idris Elba’s villain in Star Trek Beyond

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On Monday, Paramount Pictures unleashed the trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third movie in the studio’s rebooted Trek universe. Featured in the trailer was our first glimpse of Idris Elba’s villain Krall, and speaking to Slash Film and Collider, director Justin Lin has offered up some details on the alien bad guy and his motivations. […]