It seems like forever since we last heard about the planned big screen adaptation of Hot Wheels, but now it looks like Legendary Pictures is revving up its engines on the Mattel toy adaptation with Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond) signing on to produce and direct the film.Lin – who may also co-finance the movie […]
Eight Potential Directors for Marvel’s Avengers: Secret Wars
Liam Hoofe takes a look at potential directors for Marvel’s Avengers: Secret Wars…Marvel’s long-awaited San Diego Comic-Con panel has come and gone, and it certainly managed to live up to expectations. The company revealed their plans not just for Phase Five, but also there three big movies for Phase Six as well. The biggest talking […]
Fast & Furious director Justin Lin set to helm live-action One Punch Man movie
Saitama may still be seeking his worthy opponent, but he’s found a director for his Hollywood debut.A One Punch Man film is coming, with Sony heading production on this live-action adaptation of the hit anime. Now, Deadline reports the film has a director as Justin Lin joins the project. Lin is fresh off exiting Fast […]
Fast X adds Alan Ritchson as Louis Leterrier confirmed to replace Justin Lin as director
The Fast X saga continues as Deadline reports that Jack Reacher star Alan Ritchson has become the latest to join the film’s cast, while Louis Leterrier has been confirmed to replace Justin Lin as the director on the two-part finale to Universal’s mega-franchise.Franchise veteran Lin left the film after creative differences with Universal and reports of tension […]
Fast X halts production as director Justin Lin exits over creative differences
The Fast and Furious family will be down one member for the tenth entry as Deadline reports that Justin Lin has stepped away from the director’s chair, and Fast X’s production is going on a brief hiatus.Lin will remain on as a producer of the film, and Universal Pictures execs and producers are already on […]
Justin Lin confirms final two Fast & Furious films will be “one chapter in two movies”
Following the successful release of F9: The Fast Saga, it was announced that the next two instalments in the long-running action franchise will mark the end of the main series.Now, in an interview with Collider, director Justin Lin has confirmed that Fast & Furious 10 and Fast & Furious 11 will be “one chapter in two movies” to conclude the […]
Movie Review – F9 (2021)
F9, 2021.Directed by Justin Lin. Starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Cena, Sung Kang, Jordana Brewster, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell, Lucas Black, Shad Moss, Anna Sawai, Vincent Sinclair Diesel, Finn Cole, Thue Ersted Rasmussen, Don Omar, Shea Whigham, Vinnie Bennett, J. D. Pardo, Michael Rooker, Jim Parrack, Jason […]
F9 preview clip pits Vin Diesel against John Cena in rooftop chase
F9 has been stuck in the pits for well over a year now, and even though it has already done a few laps at the international box-office, raking in $260M in the process, North American audiences will have to wait until June 25th for the light to go green on the vehicular blockbuster. Until then we’ll […]
F9 roars out of the blocks with $162.4 million at the international box office
Hopes were high that F9 would use all of its franchise powered NOS to deliver a box-office performance in line with a pre-pandemic world when it opened in eight international markets this weekend, and those expectations were met as Universal’s vehicular tentpole raced off with $162.M overseas.Unsurprisingly most of the money came from China, where […]
F9 revving up for a huge $150M overseas opening weekend
F9 gets to speed out of the blocks in overseas territories this weekend, leaving the U.S. release stuck on the grid awaiting a July 25 greenlight, followed a few weeks later by the stalled U.K. getaway on July 8th. Experts are predicting that the latest entry in Universal’s phenomenally successful franchise will make the most […]
