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I don’t think it’s a controversial opinion to state that, of all the RoboCop movies, only Paul Verhoeven’s original 1987 film deserves to be called a classic. However, a lot of us have always thought that the ultra-violent sequel, RoboCop 2, was better than its reputation suggests. I know from our Original Video on the movie that it has more than a few fans, so it’s exciting to reveal that RoboCop 2 is finally getting a 4K Blu-ray release via Scream Factory.

The news was broken by our friends at Blu-ray.com. The company has also licensed José Padilha’s 2014 remake for release. No RoboCop 3 yet. I suppose the company just decided to let that one go, and you can’t really blame them, as it just might be one of the worst sequels of all time.

No news yet on whether RoboCop 2 will contain any special features.

Plus-2 streaming services with plus signs: Epix will be rebranded as MGM+ in January 2023, the company revealed Wednesday. Also Wednesday: Starz announced it will rebrand international streaming service Starzplay as Lionsgate+. We’re told this was coincidence but still, good grief.

While Lionsgate has long stated that it plans to sell or spin off Starz, Lionsgare also filed this SEC statement today: “Despite the volatile market environment, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. remains on a path to separating our Starz and studio businesses. As negotiations progress, we have increased our focus on the possibility of spinning our studio business, creating a number of financial and strategic benefits. In that regard, we are continuing productive negotiations with prospective strategic and financial partners on both sides of our business.”

In other words, it still may sell or spin off Starz; or, it might spin off the Lionsgate studio instead. Decisions, decisions, which require buyers,...

MGM’s streaming service, Epix, will rebrand as MGM+ on Jan. 15, 2023, in conjunction with the platform’s release of “Godfather of Harlem” Season 3. The relaunched network also announced an upcoming slate of scripted and unscripted series that were greenlit.

According to the announcement, the platform will continue providing premium and commercial-free content, including TV, movies and a curated library of acquired releases from MGM and other studios.

In addition to the Forest Whitaker-starring series, Epix is also behind the epic romantic adventure “Billy the Kid,” sci-fi horror “From”, historical limited drama series “Belgravia” and upcoming “Rogue Heroes.” MGM+ will continue to be available in the U.S. on Prime Video, cable, telco, satellite and digital distribution services.

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Exclusive: Tippett Studio and Ultra 8 Pictures today announced that Phil Tippett’s directing feature debut Mad God has sold to a host of key international territories following a theatrical run in the US.

The film has sold to King Records for Japan, Carlotta Films for France, Plaion Pictures for Germany and Italy, and Njuta Films & Night Visions Distribution for Scandinavia. All international sales were brokered by Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures on behalf of the filmmakers.

Tippett’s Mad God premiered last year at the Locarno Film Festival and has played at more than 20 festivals, including the Edinburgh Film Festival and Fantasia Film Festival. The film was released theatrically and streaming via Shudder. The film’s limited theatrical release grew to include 130 bookings across North America, and producers say it became one of this year’s most-watched premieres on Shudder.

In Mad God, a corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city,...

Exclusive: On the heels of Oscar winner Phil Tippett’s directorial debut Mad God, the film’s producers Tippett Studio and Ultra 8 Pictures are teaming up on Tippett Productions, a new Canadian-based venture.

Tippett Canada President Gary Mundell (who also serves as California-based Tippett Studio’s COO) is spearheading the new production label with Toronto-based Colin Geddes of Ultra 8 Pictures.

Tippett is the two-time Oscar-winning VFX veteran known for his pioneering work on franchises including Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Twilight and RoboCop. Geddes is a producer, Shudder curator and longtime former TIFF Midnight Madness programmer, who served as exec producer on Mad God.

The team is launching Tippett Productions to make film and TV projects from a roster of animation and VFX artists, including several IPs from Tippett himself.

Development at the new shingle, Tippett Productions, will be led by Geddes and his partner, writer-producer Katarina Gligorijevic, who will...

Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman are set to team up in "Sympathy for the Devil," a new film from director Yuval Adler. The project is currently filming on location in Las Vegas. 

Nicolas Cage is just coming off of his critically acclaimed performance as a fictional version of himself in the Tom Gormican film "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent." Joel Kinnaman is currently starring in the Apple TV+ space exploration series "For All Mankind." He'll be seen next in the John Woo action-thriller "Silent Night." 

"Sympathy for the Devil" will be set up by Capstone Global for worldwide sales, with a title introduction at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The event runs from September 8 through September 16, 2022.

What We Think Sympathy For The Devil Will Be About

"Sympathy for the Devil" is described as a psychological thriller. Here is the synopsis for the film:

Written by Luke Paradise...

Offering rides to strangers can often lead to trouble, and in Sympathy for the Devil, one driver is about to discover that not every passenger is worth picking up. Production is underway in Las Vegas on Sympathy for the Devil, starring Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman.

Yuval Adler directs from a script written by Luke Paradise (Lost on a Mountain in Maine). Sympathy for the Devil follows “The Driver” (Kinnaman), who finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being forced to drive a mysterious man, “The Passenger” (Cage). As their white-knuckle ride progresses, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

“This is a tour de force featuring two incredible actors,” said producer Allan Ungar. “As an acclaimed filmmaker, Yuval has assembled the perfect cast and brought a unique and gritty vision to this film that will be sure to capture audiences.

There might be a real-life crime behind Netflix’s “Narcos.”

Director and producer José Padilha (“Robocop”) has officially sued production partner Eric Newman over allegations that Newman is hiding millions of dollars worth of profits from the critically acclaimed series. Padilha listed in the suit that Newman is concealing revenue from Gaumont Television, which violates their profit-sharing agreement.

Newman’s production company Spahn Ranch was supposed to be sharing reports and proceeds from “Narcos” with Padilha’s production company Cold Mountain. The contract states “each party receives an equal amount of Gross Proceeds at all times.” However, Padilha alleges Newman is hiding money because the contract is structured so the amount paid to Newman by Gaumont isn’t transparent.

“Despite having voluntarily accepted the trust reposed in him by Plaintiffs, and in violation of this relationship of trust, Newman (both individually and on behalf of Spahn Ranch) caused Narcos Revenues...

Another week, another episode of the Pop Addled podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly!

Pop Addled is a pop culture podcast with nerd tendencies. Join Keenan, Sam and Timmy as they discuss movies, music, video games, sports, TV, comics, and any intersection thereof. Their brains have been thoroughly addled by pop culture and they’re here to share their twisted thoughts with you!

If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out old episode on Libsyn and iTunes; and we’ll be bringing you the latest episodes each and every week.

Pop Addled – Episode 400: Doom Thugs – Robocop 3

We got a real special episode for you this week. It’s our 400th episode and we had the Doom Addled crew live and in person to record. We continue our look at the Robocop series. Give a listen and if you like what you hear,...

Guillermo de Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is officially in production.

Netflix confirmed the start of the Toronto-based production of the all-new, live-action genre-defining and chilling collection of distinct stories.

"Acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror," reads the logline.

"From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original works by del Toro) will be brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro."

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is created and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro and executive produced by Academy Award winner J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water; Sex/Life), who also serves as co-showrunner; and Gary Ungar.

Regina Corrado serves as co-executive producer.

Below is...

With cities across the US experiencing a crime-wave fueled by politicians defunding the police, then refusing to prosecute dangerous felons, Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Teyon are ushering in the return of crime-fighting android killing machine 'RoboCop' to again patrol and protect the streets of 'Old Detroit', in the upcoming video game "RoboCop: Rogue City", based on the first three films in the original "RoboCop" movie franchise, available in 2023 for console and PC:

" ...become the iconic hero whose part man...

"...part machine, all cop...

"...as you attempt to bring justice...

"...to the dangerous, crime-ridden streets of 'Old Detroit' in 'RoboCop: Rogue City'..."

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More than 30 years after the franchise was introduced, RoboCop still has a large and dedicated following among film fans. In fact, there’s enough interest that a new documentary about the films, RoboDoc, is on the way. The documentary features the full cooperation of the man who brought the character to life on the screen, […]

The post Domo Arigato, Mr. RoboCop, Oh! Peter Weller On How He Played The Metallic Crimefighter appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.

We're about to enter the prime Oscar-hopeful months of the year. Excited? But before we do, here's a quick look back at August at Tfe. In case you missed any of this baker's dozen...

Some Highlights

• Interview Nine Perfect Strangers Abe interviews Michael Shannon

• Emmy Categories -we've analyzed many of the top races

• Spencer tease - will Kristen Stewart be up for gold?

• Jennifer Hudson in Respect a big new role for a fine singer

• The Green Knight -Matt has a big crush on Dev Patel

• Phil Tippet -Elisa meets the "mad god" of vfx

• Jeanette Goldstein in Aliens Nick gives a strong genre turn its due

• Gay Best Friend: Chuck and Buck - with White Lotus all the rage, Christopher looks back at Mike White's breakout

• A Room With a View a long-read team retrospective

• How had I never seen...Blue Velvet Ben has never been a...

Matthew Byrd May 20, 2019

We'll probably never get the John Wick Nes game we deserve, but one fan has given us something pretty close.

We have no doubt that some studio would have adapted John Wick into an Nes game had the action film franchise begun in the '80s, but since it didn't, we're left with this fanmade take on that appealing concept. 

This project, which is simply known as John Wick: The Nes Game, isn't a fully-fledged Nes adaptation (at least not yet) but rather a single YouTube video that showcases what such a game might look like. Specifically, it showcases a level that covers the events of the 2014 film's ending. In classic Nes fashion, though, it sees John Wick face-off not against a human final boss but rather a giant, well-armed helicopter. 

Anyone familiar with that era of action games (and video game adaptations for that matter), will...

Having family secrets is one thing, but having a family secret that flips your world upside down in such a way that messes with your cultural and genetic identity can be a heavy burden for you to carry on your shoulders. For Kulap Vilaysack, she faced a hard truth as a teenager when she learned the man that raised her wasn’t her real father. It complicated her relationship with her mother and it marked the start of an emotional journey of uncovering more truths in her entangled family tree that would lead to her documentary Origin Story, which will screen at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 7 ahead of its debut on May 10 on Amazon — all appropriate for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The documentary will also have a limited theatrical run at the Arena Cinelounge in Hollywood.

When Vilaysack was 14 years old, she sided with...

"Dead or alive, you're coming with me." Want to deter burglars from entering your home? Replicating Peter Weller's appearance in the seminal 1987 sci-fi action film, Sideshow Collectibles' RoboCop life-size bust might make thieves think twice about entering your house (unless they're diehard RoboCop fans).

Check out photos and additional details on Sideshow's RoboCop life-size bust below, and visit their website for more information.

RoboCop Life-Size Bust: "Few films capture the imagination of fans like that of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 cinematic masterpiece RoboCop. RoboCop’s struggle to come to terms with his own reality while ridding Detroit City of crime continues to resonate with fans, both old and new, around the world. We at Omni Consumer Products, er, Chronicle Collectibles, are excited to bring fans the chance to own the definitive life-size bust of the ultimate man & machine… RoboCop!

This magnificent 1:1 scale RoboCop bust stands atop a futuristic base...

“I’d buy that for a dollar!” Actually, you’ll be paying significantly more than a dollar for this life-size RoboCop bust that is available for pre-order today from Chronicle Collectibles. It’s a completely new sculpt from the one they previously created for the 1/2 scale bust a little while back, and it’ll make creeps think twice […]

The post Cool Stuff: Life-Size Bust of ‘RoboCop’ Needs You to Come Quietly, Or There Will Be Trouble appeared first on /Film.

The Titans season finale explores what happens when Dick Grayson returns to Gotham City to confront a Batman who crossed the line.

This Titans review contains spoilers.

Titans Episode 11

As good as Titans has been during its first season, and I do believe that the balance of these episodes have been very good, with moments that approach greatness, it really hasn’t done itself any favors. Unfortunately, the Titans finale is a particularly egregious example of the show playing into the outside perceptions of the show.

From the first trailer, Titans has been a little...confusing. That early footage made it seem like the series was going to lean into the worst instincts of the early Dceu, or that the show was trying far too hard to distinguish itself as a piece of “adult” television, along the lines of the Marvel Netflix shows. The awkward first episode aside, and accounting...

Artist Craig Drake has returned with his fifth solo art show at Hero Complex Gallery, and with it comes a stellar collection of new posters created by the artist in his signature style. The new Craig Drake art honors some of the strongest, fiercest, feistiest and most memorable females in films like Blade Runner, The […]

The post Cool Stuff: Craig Drake’s Latest Art Show Honors ‘Star Wars’, ‘Lost in Translation’, ‘RoboCop’ & More appeared first on /Film.

Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Richard Anastasios, Melanie Vallejo, Richard Cawthorne, Harrison Gilbertson | Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell

Writer/director, and regular James Wan collaborator, Leigh Whannell puts the reigns of horror on hold and surprisingly turns his attention to the action genre with the effective, intellectual and engaging Upgrade.

This fast-paced, inventive, sci-fi thrill-ride, swirling together RoboCop, Death Wish and The Terminator and numerous Cronenberg body horror influences, is set in the near future, where technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when self-identified technophobe Grey Trace is made quadriplegic in a car accident his world is turned upside down. His only hope for closure and possible revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem that allows him to achieve miraculous feats of mind and strength. But then Stem starts to take full control of his body and the true nano nightmares begin.

What’s most surprising in...

Guy Pearce (Memento) is in talks to join Vin Diesel in Sony Pictures' film adaptation of Bloodshot. According to Deadline, he will replace Michael Sheen who ended up having to drop out of the project due to scheduling and family conflicts.

There's no information on who Pearce is playing in the film, but he's a great actor and it's awesome to see him land another big comic book movie role. He previously starred in Iron Man 3.

Diesel is set to play the title role Bloodshot, a super-soldier created by the secret government organization Project Rising Spirit when he was brought back from the dead through the use of nanotechnology and suffering total memory loss, and struggles to reconnect with who he was while learning what sort of weapon he has become, with the help of a group of other augmented combatants called Chainsaw.

Bloodshot has powers of regeneration,...

Guy Pearce is in talks to replace Micahel Sheen in Sony’s “Bloodshot,” an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.

Scheduling issues forced Sheen to leave the film which is currently in production.

Pearce would play Dr. Emil Harting, the genius responsible for the cutting-edge nanotechnology that exists inside the human body to not only repair it, but push it further than normal human limitations.

Also Read: Vin Diesel's 'Bloodshot' Gets 2020 Release Date

Aside from Vin Diesel, who is starring in the film in his live-action superhero role, Pearce joins the likes of Toby Kebbell, Eiza González, Talulah Riley, Alex Hernandez and “Outlander’s” Sam Heughan for the project.

The film will also reunite Diesel with “Fast and Furious” mega-producer Neal Moritz. This is the first time that Moritz and Diesel have worked together outside of the “Fast and Furious” franchise. Dan Mintz, founder of...

Cassidy Lange and Adam Rosenberg promoted to work on slate including next Bond film.

MGM has promoted Cassidy Lange and Adam Rosenberg to co-presidents of production.

The two executives, who will work on MGM’s film franchises and reimagined library IP as well as original productions, will report to MGM Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman.

Lange joined MGM in 2011 as senior vice president of development and production, after stints at Fox Atomic and Spyglass Entertainment. At MGM she has shepherded films including Me Before You, Tomb Raider and the recent remake of Overboard. She is currently developing the third...

Cassidy Lange and Adam Rosenberg promoted to work on slate including next Bond film.

MGM has promoted Cassidy Lange and Adam Rosenberg to co-presidents of production.

The two executives, who will work on MGM’s film franchises and reimagined library IP as well as original productions, will report to MGM Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman.

Lange joined MGM in 2011 as senior vice president of development and production, after stints at Fox Atomic and Spyglass Entertainment. At MGM she has shepherded films including Me Before You, Tomb Raider and the recent remake of Overboard. She is currently developing the third...

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has promoted veteran executives Cassidy Lange and Adam Rosenberg to co-presidents of production.

Jonathan Glickman, president of MGM’s Motion Picture Group, made the announcement on Thursday. The pair will report to Glickman and be responsible for MGM’s growth in film franchises, re-imagined movies based on the studio’s library, and original productions.

“Cassidy and Adam are the perfect pair to seamlessly lead MGM’s production team into the future,” Glickman said. “They have worked collaboratively for seven years, supervising a diverse slate of films ranging from revitalizing a franchise like ‘Creed’ to the international breakout romance ‘Me Before You’ and everything in between. As I’ve seen firsthand, they balance their strong business sense with extraordinary creative passion and we couldn’t have a more complementary and formidable team overseeing theatrical production.”

MGM’s upcoming slate includes the 25th James Bond movie, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Daniel Craig.

MGM Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman has promoted Cassidy Lange and Adam Rosenberg to be Co-Presidents of Production. They will report to Glickman, and will be charged with continuing to grow film franchises from re-imagined IP from the studio’s library, and ramping up original productions.

“Cassidy and Adam are the perfect pair to seamlessly lead MGM’s production team into the future,” Glickman said in a statement. “They have worked collaboratively for seven years, supervising a diverse slate of films ranging from revitalizing a franchise like Creed to the international breakout romance Me Before You and everything in between. As I’ve seen firsthand, they balance their strong business sense with extraordinary creative passion and we couldn’t have a more complementary and formidable team overseeing theatrical production.”

After a recent shakeup that saw the exit of Gary Barber, MGM has been empowered to create content for theatrical.

Boom! Studios' "RoboCop: Citizen's Arrest #1, now available is written by Brian Wood and illustrated by Jorge Coelho, with covers by Nimit Malavia and David Rubin:

"...in a provocative vision of a future where justice is crowd-sourced -- and lethal, it's been decades since the 'RoboCop' program first began.

"Corporations have taken over the schools and the government and law enforcement is the biggest private contract of all.

"Traditional police forces no longer exist as all citizens are encouraged and rewarded to spy on their neighbors. 

"There is only one authority on the streets: 'RoboCop'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "RoboCop"...

Find "Robocop" Comic Books Here...

Former One Direction singer Zayn Malik returns to the action-movie mode of his 2017 “Dusk Til Dawn” video with the latest from his forthcoming second album, “Let Me.”

According to a press release, the video for the track was creatively developed by Malik himself, working closely with director and producer Jose Padilha (“Narcos,” “Robocop”) and co-starring with actor Steven Bauer (“Scarface,” “Breaking Bad”). The clip is the official sequel to “Dusk Til Dawn,” which won ‘Best Video’ at the 2017 Mt VMAs.

In it, we see Malik consorting with shady-looking underworld figures in an unspecified nefarious activity involving aggressively exchanged briefcases, opulent Miami hotels and nightclubs, suits, yachts, a fight and and of course a beautiful young woman, with whom Malik sails off in a speedboat at the end as the song ends and a “To be continued” rolls across the screen.

The song was produced Malik with Mykl, the British production...

Boom! Studios' "RoboCop: Citizen's Arrest #1, available April 11, 2018, is written by Brian Wood and illustrated by Jorge Coelho, with covers by Nimit Malavia and David Rubin:

"...in a provocative vision of a future where justice is crowd-sourced -- and lethal, it's been decades since the 'RoboCop' program first began.

"Corporations have taken over the schools and the government and law enforcement is the biggest private contract of all.

"Traditional police forces no longer exist as all citizens are encouraged and rewarded to spy on their neighbors. 

"There is only one authority on the streets: 'RoboCop'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "RoboCop"...

He stayed home during his family's vacation to work, but businessman Bart Hughes (Peter Weller) might lose his mind instead in 1983's Of Unknown Origin, coming to Blu-ray this May from Scream Factory with a new 2K scan from the interpositive and several new bonus features that have now been revealed:

Press Release: When not mired in the corporate rat race, Wall Street executive Bart Hughes is king of his sleek Manhattan brownstone … until he finds his castle under siege by the most determined of home intruders. Forced to enter a rat race of an entirely different sort, Bart takes a stand, with his survival and sanity at stake. Making its Blu-ray debut May 22nd, 2018 from Scream Factory, Of Unknown Origin also includes a number of bonus features, including a new interview with executive producer Pierre David, a new interview with writer Brian Taggert, a new interview with actor Louis Del Grande...

Boom! Studios' "RoboCop: Citizen's Arrest" #3, available June 13, 2018, is written by Brian Wood and illustrated by Jorge Coelho, with covers by Nimit Malavia and David Rubin:

"...when 'Alex Murphy', the original 'RoboCop', appears to side against 'Ocp', news reports appear that call into question if he's a risk to the public, or if 'Ocp' needs to take drastic measures..."

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Holdover “The Death of Stalin” (IFC) led the way as the specialized market transitions to post-awards season titles. Its second weekend was at the level of “Wind River,” the last specialized success without an award-season boost ($33 million total).

This is balm for art houses starving for new product after the long run of awards titles has run its course. Wes Anderson’s “The Isle of Dogs” will be next up among hopefuls to equal its success.

Still, the weekend yielded two new limited openings with better than expected results. “Flower” (The Orchard) with rising star Zoey Deutch as a lively Valley Girl showed some initial New York/Los Angeles success despite mixed reviews. And “Keep the Change” (Kino Lorber) in a single Manhattan theater delivered a decent first weekend result.

Opening

Flower (The Orchard) – Metacritic: 51; Festivals include: Tribeca 2017

$57,851 in 3 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $19,284

The queen of social media...

In the grand tradition of Deliverance (1972), Rituals (‘77), and Up the Creek (1984) comes Hunter’s Blood (’86), a backwoods hicksploitation actioner that more than gets by with a cast handpicked by the B movie gods and a script wittier than it has to be. Who says the outdoors hold no charm? (Well, normally that would be me.)

Based on the novel by Jere Cunningham (who later wrote the story for Judgment Night, which is just the urban version of the same tale), Hunter’s Blood was released by Palace Pictures in the U.K. in September, and picked up by Roger Corman’s Concorde Pictures for release stateside in January of ’87, where soon after it was destined to languish on home video shelves, with store clerks puzzled as to where it should be stocked. (By the by, I always saw it in the Horror section, where I think it rightfully belonged.) Hard...

Recognizable actors always help a film to secure financing and may increase the interest of potential audiences, but they often work against the aims of a film based on real-life events. That may be especially true for films that endeavor to dramatize events that took place more than 40 years ago, as in 7 Days in Entebbe, which is based on a hijacking and subsequent rescue attempt in the summer of 1976. Directed by José Padilha, known for action thrillers like Elite Squad (2007) and RoboCop (2014), as well as the startling Bus 174 (2002), the film effectively recreates the insane rush of the hijacking and the building tension that surely must have swamped the terrorists and their victims as the real-life drama played out...

[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...

Leigh Whannell has been one of the leading voices in modern horror ever since Saw arrived on the scene in 2004. For his second time taking the directorial reins, Whannell ventures into the realm of science fiction with Upgrade, his beautifully brutal action flick that turns Logan Marshall-Green into a living, breathing weapon hell-bent on revenge after an accident and a run-in with some hired thugs leaves him paralyzed and grieving his wife, who is killed by the group of unknown assailants.

Clearly influenced by films like The Terminator, Videodrome, The Matrix, RoboCop, and there may even be a little bit of Johnny Mnemonic in there as well (hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?), Whannell transports us into the future where technology has taken over nearly ever facet of our lives, but Grey Trace (Marshall-Green) still clings to his analog-loving existence by working on classic cars and expressing his...

Update: Vin Diesel has now been confirmed to star in Bloodshot, a sci-fi/action movie based on Valiant comic books, per Deadline. Dave Wilson remains on board to make his directorial debut, aiming to make a franchise starter in the tone of 1980s monster hits like Robocop, The Terminator and Total Recall. Production is scheduled to get underway in July. (Original post follows.)   While his Fast and Furious costar Dwayne Johnson is currently having huge success at the box office (and will soon be detouring with a Fast and Furious spin-off), Vin Diesel is looking at his own potential next franchise. The star of such continuing series as xXx and, in vocal form, Guardians of the Galaxy could reportedly add another comic book role to his docket...

A couple of months ago we learned that Vin Diesel was in talks to join Sony Pictures' feature film adaptation of Valiant Comics' Bloodshot. The movie is set to be directed by Dave Wilson, who is Deadpool director Tim Miller's partner at Blur Studios. 

Diesel is said to take on the role of Bloodshot, a super-soldier created by the secret government organization Project Rising Spirit when heHe was brought back from the dead through the use of nanotechnology and suffering total memory loss, Ray struggles to reconnect with who he was while learning what sort of weapon he has become, with the help of a group of other augmented combatants called Chainsaw.

Bloodshot has powers of regeneration, technomancy and meta-morphing, which was made possible through nanites that were injected into his blood. 

The film is being written by Eric Heisserer (Arrival) and the studio is looking to develop...

You may know him as Georgie, the boy who talked to Pennywise through the sewer drain one fateful rainy day in Derry in the new It movie, but Jackson Robert Scott is wasting no time taking on other roles in the genre, as the young actor will play one of the lead roles in an untitled horror movie from director Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact) and screenwriter Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train), which is in development at Orion Pictures:

Press Release:Los Angeles – March 2, 2018 — Orion Pictures announced today that breakout star Jackson Robert Scott will play the young lead in Nicholas McCarthy’s upcoming untitled horror film, formerly known as Descendant, the announcement was made today by John Hegeman, President, Orion Pictures. Scott, most recently seen as Georgie Denbrough in the blockbuster Stephen King adaptation of It, joins previously announced Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black...

Chicago – He has been cleaning up in the preliminary awards so far in 2018, and he’s an odds-on favorite to take the Oscar for Best Actor on Sunday, March 4th. Veteran actor Gary Oldman donned make-up and found the right accent to portray Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour” (also nominated for the Best Picture).

The title refers to one of the most challenging moments of Churchill’s career. Newly minted as Britain’s prime minister in 1940, he faces the onslaught of Adolf Hitler’s attack on his homeland, including the surrounding of the British troops at Dunkirk. Gary Oldman embodies the pugnacious bulldog that characterized Churchill at the height of his power, including the soaring rhetoric that strengthened the morale of the British people.

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour”

Photo credit: Focus Features

Oldman was born in London, studied acting with the Young People’s Theatre and made...

Stars: Colin Paradine, Raven Cousens, Ashley Armstrong, Dennis Andres, Jamie Tarantini, Nick Smyth, Ry Barrett, Andrei Preda, Christopher Spaleta, Erin Stuart, Neil Affleck, Diana Goldman | Written and Directed by Reese Eveneshen

Well well, it would seem that someone has been watching a little too much RoboCop (or maybe read too much Judge Dredd?) and decided that they had an idea for a sequel, expanding on the concept of the Ocp and the police state they wanted to bring in with the Ed-209 bots… only no-one would a) let them make a sequel; and b) no-one would give them a budget to make a film anywhere near as good either.

So what do we end up with? Defective. A film that loving lives up to its title.

In the near future, the corporation S.E.A., has implemented North America’s first and only police state. Uniformed, anonymous Preservers of Peace investigate, judge,...

Even with Ash vs. Evil Dead still kicking all kinds of ass, one can never be too sure of the longevity of any given series. Really, decisions regarding renewals and cancellations are ultimately up to the networks themselves, so all we the viewers can ever do is to keep on watching and hope for the best.

Still, even with serialized formats allowing for broader storytelling and more character development, fans clamor for a fourth entry set in the original Evil Dead timeline of films. In fact, the demand has been there since after Army of Darkness had its run, but nothing ever came to fruition.

The possibility for another theatrical outing exists, though, but it’s contingent on the fate of the currently running series. For more on that front, check out what Bruce Campbell had to say in a recent discussion with Entertainment Weekly:

“We won’t know [if we’ve been renewed] till the middle of March.

As Hollywood looks to genres other than comic book movies to reinvigorate, it seems another “grounded cop thriller with sci-fi elements” is on the way, in the form of Hypnotic. Studio 8 has announced that director Robert Rodriguez and writer Max Borenstein will collaborate on the upcoming project – with Borenstein tasked with re-writing an original script by Rodriguez, and Rodriguez directing and producing.

Over the years, we’ve seen this specific type of movie repeatedly – from I, Robot and Minority Report, to Demolition Man and two versions of Robocop – culminating, most recently, with Bright on Netflix. The important point to note there, though, is the vast range of premise and plot involved in each instance. This specific genre is not simply the same story retold in a slightly different time or setting – but is, instead, fertile ground for the exploration of bigger themes.

The fact, then, that Max Borenstein has...

The sooner Jared Kushner brokers peace in the Middle East, the sooner we’ll stop being forced to suffer through an endless stream of casually entertaining, cable television-worthy movies about the region’s cyclical violence. Films like José Padila’s “7 Days in Entebbe” — a competent but highly compromised dramatization of the 1976 hijacking of Air France Flight 139 — may not be the most dire consequence of the ongoing turf war between Israel and Palestine, but they’re enough to make you wish that Trump’s beleaguered son-in-law would get to work on the negotiation process, no matter his dubious qualifications.

Actually, when you get right down to it, sending Kushner to get the job done in real life isn’t all that different from sending the director of 2014’s “Robocop” remake to do it on screen. At this point, there’s only so much left to say about the most knotted political conflict in modern history,...

If you are a fan of retro games, there is always one genre that has survived, and that is the side-scrolling beat ‘em up. Depending on your age you may remember the likes of RoboCop, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Batman and even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. What these titles prove is just how versatile the genre is. Wulverblade is a new beat ‘em up based on British history, giving you the chance to bash some Roman brains in.

While some games of this kind like to create a basic story then just let you fight anything that moves, Wulverblade feels like the makers of the game actually care about the story they are telling. With the Romans taking over Britain, you and your friends play as barbarians from the north fighting traitors who have joined the Roman forces, and then the Romans themselves.

While there is a definite...

Before he was Alex Murphy from RoboCop, Peter Weller was Bart Hughes, a slick Wall Street executive who must fend off home invaders in Of Unknown Origins (1983). Bonus extras have not been revealed at this time, but the Blu-ray from Scream Factory will be released on May 22nd and we have a look at the cover art.

From Scream Factory: "Experience a home invasion tale you’ll never forget when the 1983 thriller Of Unknown Origin comes scurrying to Blu-ray for the first time this Spring!

When not mired in the corporate rat race, Wall Street executive Bart Hughes is king of his sleek Manhattan brownstone ... until he finds his castle under siege by the most determined of home intruders. Forced to enter a rat race of an entirely different sort, Bart takes a stand, with his survival and sanity at stake. Stars Peter Weller (RoboCop, Sons of Anarchy) and directed by George P. Cosmatos (Tombstone,...

Like its predecessors, the third film in the hit Shade series Fifty Shades Freed has debuted number one at the box office with an estimated $38.8 million. The final film in the trilogy was able to hold off fellow newcomers Peter Rabbit and The 15:17 to Paris. Freed earned an estimated $98 million overseas for a weekend debut of $139 million total worldwide.

For comparison, 2015’s Fifty shades opened with $85 million domestically and 2017’s Fifty Shades Darker opened with a $45 million weekend. While Freed earned less than its two predecessors, the franchise has crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide.

Peter Rabbit finished second with a domestic estimate of $25 million. The new Sony animated film is the 80th best all-time February opening weekend, finishing a mere $4,500 behind 2014’s Robocop remake which sits uncomfortably at 79. Rabbit opened in 3,768 theaters, which is the fifth largest per-screen-February-opening of all time.

Third place finisher The 15:17 to Paris opened with an estimated $12.6 million.

Malevolent is the first animated horror feature made in the Us and something that is in many ways, unlike anything we've seen before. Co-produced by Mem Ferda, Malevolent is set in a world where intergalactic gamblers bet on human conflicts as a blood sport.

Malevolent stars Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, Firefly) Ray Wise (Robocop, Swamp Thing). Dani Lennon (Bite Me) Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II), and William Shatner (Star Trek, Boston Legal) as The Overseer.

Synopsis:

Malevolent tells the story of...

Ryan Lambie Feb 7, 2018

With only mild spoilers, we look at the key way in which Blade Runner 2049 expands on Ridley Scott's 1982 classic...

Lieutenant Joshi: “You've been getting on fine without one.”

K: “What's that, ma'am?”

Lieutenant Joshi: “A soul.”

Bigger, louder, more violent: sequels almost seem duty-bound to one-up what came before. Unfortunately, history's also littered with film sequels that, for all their sound and fury, soon slip from memory. Even if they deliver on the higher bodycount or more over-the-top action, they often lose the character and storytelling of their predecessors. Jaws and RoboCop are examples of classic movies with less than stellar sequels. Blade Runner 2049, on the other hand, arguably ranks alongside Terminator 2, Aliens and Mad Max: Fury Road on the list of best sequels ever made.

Blade Runner 2049 succeeded, in no small part, because of the specific way it expanded on the 1982 original.

Chicago – Gary Oldman has been generating memorable film portrayals since he broke through in the 1980s. From Sid Vicious (“Sid and Nancy”) to Lee Harvey Oswald (“JFK”) to Jim Gordon (Dark Knight Series), Oldman is a consummate actor. That is expressed in his latest role, as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.”

The title refers to one of the most challenging moments of Churchill’s career. Newly minted as Britain’s prime minister in 1940, he faces the onslaught of Adolf Hitler’s attack on his homeland, including the surrounding of the British troops at Dunkirk. Gary Oldman embodies the pugnacious bulldog that characterized Churchill at the height of his power, including the soaring rhetoric that strengthened the morale of the British people.

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour”

Photo credit: Focus Features

Oldman was born in London, studied acting with the Young People’s Theatre and made his professional...

Simon Brew Dec 8, 2017

A historical plane hijacking serves as the inspiration for Entebbe, which stars Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike.

Arriving in cinemas in the spring of 2018 is Entebbe, a new film from director Jose Padilha. Padilha has most recently been directing the TV show Narcos, but is also known too for the likes of the brilliant Elite Squad, and the RoboCop reboot.

Entebbe, known as 7 Days In Entebbe in the Us, heads into cinemas in March, and boasts a cast that includes Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Ben Schnetzer, Lior Ashkenazi, and Denis Ménochet .

The plot is inspired by the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight on the way from Tel Aviv to Paris, and tells the story of the rescue mission that followed.

The first trailer for the movie – penned by ’71 writer Gregory Burke – has now landed. And it looks like this…

More on the movie as we hear it…...