Amazon MGM Studios has shared a new trailer, poster and a behind the scenes featurette for Mercy, the upcoming sci-fi thriller from director Timur Bekmambetov. The film centres on Christopher Raven, a detective who is put on trial after being falsely accused of murdering his wife, and is given just 90 minutes to prove his […]
Chris Pratt faces trial by AI in trailer for sci-fi thriller Mercy
Amazon MGM Studios has released a poster and trailer for director Timur Bekmambetov’s sci-fi thriller Mercy. Chris Pratt stars as a detective who has just 90 minutes to prove his innocence to an A.I. judge (Rebecca Ferguson) and avoid execution after he is accused of murder. The cast also includes Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris […]
Ice Cube battles an alien invasion on a single computer screen in War of the Worlds trailer
Universal and Amazon MGM Studios has released the trailer for the latest adaptation of H.G. Wells classic science-fiction War of the Worlds. Produced by Patrick Aiello (As Above, So Below) and Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch), and directed by music video alum Rich Lee, this iteration transfers the action onto a single computer screen operated by […]
Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson sci-fi Mercy gets summer 2025 release date
Amazon MGM has announced a theatrical release date for its upcoming sci-fi thriller Mercy which will star Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Rebecca Ferguson (Dune: Part Two), per The Hollywood Reporter. Mercy will be directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) from a script by Marco van Belle (Arthur & Merlin). The film will see “Pratt as […]
Rebecca Ferguson teaming with Chris Pratt for Amazon MGM Studios’ Mercy
Fresh off playing a huge role in Dune: Part Two‘s success, Rebecca Ferguson is dusting off the spice in order to team up with Chris Pratt for sci-fi thriller Mercy. According to Deadline the Mission: Impossible actor is set to star in the Amazon MGM Studios’ action film for Night Watch and Wanted director Timur […]
Movie Review – Profile (2021)
Profile, 2021. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Starring Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh, Emma Cater, and Morgan Watkins. SYNOPSIS: An undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State, only to be sucked in by her recruiter. The first thing that sticks out about Profile is that director Timur […]
Timur Bekmambetov’s screenlife terrorism thriller Profile gets a first trailer
Focus Features has released a trailer for director Timur Bekmambetov’s (Night Watch, Wanted) new ‘screenlife’ thriller Profile. Based on Anna Erelle’s non-fiction book, In the Skin of a Jihadist, the film plays out entirely on a computer screen similar to 2018’s Searching (which Bekmambetov produced) and follows an undercover British journalist as she tries to […]
Movie Review – Ben-Hur (2016)
Ben-Hur, 2016. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov Starring Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi, Rodrigo Santoro, Sofia Black D’Elia, Ayelet Zurer, Moisés Arias, Marwan Kenzari and Pilou Asbæk. SYNOPSIS: Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at […]
