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John Wick: Chapter 4 star Scott Adkins continues to cement himself as the best-kept secret in action movies, with the actor now combining martial arts spectacle with the drama of war in the first trailer for his upcoming action thriller, Prisoner of War. The movie was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA at the end of last year, with Prisoner of War now all set to land on VOD on September 19, 2025, in the United States. You can check out the gripping footage below.

Directed by Louis Mandylor, who previously shared the screen with Adkins in the Debt Collector franchise, Prisoner of War is based on the unbelievable true story of the Bataan death march, which saw thousands of Filipino and U.S. prisoners of war being forced to walk between 60 and 70 miles following the Japanese victory at the Battle of Bataan. The movie finds Adkins taking the lead...

Looks like Antonio Banderas is trading in his black Corinthian leather boots for the wide, open sea because the longtime actor is set to lead a new action-packed thriller titled Above and Below. According to Variety, Banderas will star alongside Disney alum Laura Marano, who famously starred in the 2011 Disney Channel series Austin & Ally and the 2013 series Liv and Maddie. Marano also appeared in 2016's Oscar-nominated film, Lady Bird. As stated by the outlet, Banderas and Marano will star beside Christina Ochoa and Mario Tardón (Risen). Variety also reported that filming for the upcoming action flick has officially begun in Spain.

Though Above and Below is still in early production, the film is described as an “action-packed thriller, full of twists,” so it sounds like it will be a certified must-watch for movie-goers. The movie is set to follow a group of friends who set out for a memorable vacation.

Antonio Banderas has boarded Jesse V. Johnson’s action thriller “Above and Below,” produced by Spain’s Af Films, with Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Pictures acquiring worldwide distribution.

Laura Marano stars alongside Christina Ochoa, Mario Tardón (“Risen”) and Banderas.

Written by Tony Giordano and helmed by British stuntman turned writer-director Johnson, “Above and Below” has begun filming in Spain.

Capstone Global will oversee worldwide distribution, with London-based Capture, Capstone’s recent joint venture with Signature Ent., handling international sales.

Described as an “action-packed thriller, full of twists,” the film starts with a group of friends setting off for an unforgettable vacation. What begins as an adventure of partying and diving quickly turns into a nightmare when they are attacked by criminals in open waters.

Trapped in the depths of the ocean, surrounded by sharks and with a ruthless enemy lurking above, Tatiana – the lead role played by Marano – must use...

John Wick star, and somehow still the most underrated action icon fighting the good fight, Scott Adkins, has teased the intense action to come in his latest action thriller. As well as revealing our first look at the movie, which finds Adkins once again in a deadly situation that only his particular skills can get him out of, the actor and martial artist has also now confirmed the release date of the new action outing, which will drop his high kicks and powerful punches in World War II.

Directed by Louis Mandylor, who previously shared the screen with Adkins in the Debt Collector franchise, Prisoner of War is based on the true story of the Bataan death march and follows Adkins as a pilot who finds himself captured and forced to fight for his life. Adkins has now confirmed that Prisoner of War will be released in September, and you...

Underrated action movie superstar Scott Adkins finds himself in an awkward situation in this new clip from his upcoming action thriller, Diablo. Of course, any awkward situation can be solved with a flurry of fists and feet. And that’s exactly what Adkins is forced to do after coming face-to-face with a gang of do-gooders unaware of the dangerous situation the John Wick star is in.

The footage finds Adkins amid his dangerous plan to kidnap the daughter of a powerful gangster. Unfortunately, she has no idea he’s the hero of this story and, the first chance she gets, runs away from him and into the arms of a group of soccer-playing friends. Of course, they have no idea who they’re about to mess with, and after trying to calm the tension with his words, Adkins is forced to demonstrate his particular set of skills. You can check...

John Wick star and action favorite Scott Adkins is unleashed in a new clip from Day of Reckoning, which mashes together western sensibilities with action movie thrills. The western action thriller is now available on Digital and On Demand, with the newly released footage teasing Adkins’ biker villain as he leads a classic shootout. You can check out the Day of Reckoning clip below.

Directed by Shaun Silva and written by Travis J. Opgenorth, Day of Reckoning stars Titanic andWaltzing with Brando star Billy Zane, The Vampire Diaries’ Zach Roerig, Cara Jade Myers, country singer and actor Trace Adkins, and Travis Hammer alongside Adkins. After getting a limited release in theaters in the United States back in March, Day of Reckoning is now available via premium digital ownership and 48-hour rental, and you can check out the official synopsis for the western action outing below.

“On the verge of losing...

John Wick star, and still the most underrated action icon fighting the good fight, Scott Adkins will bring his particular set of skills to World War II later this year. Adkins, who is well-known to action fans thanks to his roles in the likes of the Undisputed franchise, Accident Man, Avengement, and One Shot, has finally seen his star rise thanks to his scene-stealing part as Killa Harkan, the head of the German Table, in John Wick: Chapter 4. Now, he’s fighting for his life as a prisoner of war.

New details have now emerged about the project, with the war action thriller changing its title from Death March to Prisoner of War. The movie was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA at the end of last year, with Prisoner of War having now been given a September release window (via Action-Flix).

Directed by Louis Mandylor, who previously...

John Wick star and underrated action icon Scott Adkins goes head-to-head with Titanic and The Phantom star Billy Zane and The Vampire Diaries’ Zach Roerig in the upcoming action western, Day of Reckoning. Adkins, best-recognized for his role as Killa in John Wick: Chapter 4, as well as Accident Man and the Undisputed franchise, breaks bad as the leader of a biker gang, with Zane starring as “bullish” U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden and Roerig as “put-upon lawman” John Dorsey. You can check out the action-packed trailer for Day of Reckoning, which crushes together western aesthetics with action movie flair to create the perfect genre-spliced fist, below.

Directed by Shaun Silva and written by Travis J. Opgenorth, Day of Reckoning stars Cara Jade Myers, country singer and actor Trace Adkins, and Travis Hammer alongside Adkins, Zane, and Roerig. Set for a limited release in theaters in the United States on March...

Two of the scene-stealing stars of action movie magnum opus John Wick: Chapter 4 reunite, and throw fists and feet, in our first look at the upcoming action thriller Diablo. Action stars and martial artists Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror reunite in Diablo following their roles alongside Keanu Reeves in the fourth John Wick. The former starred as the scenery-chewing Killa Harkan, the head of the German Table, while the latter starred as the human battering ram Chidi, the second-in-command of Bill Skarsgård’s Marquis Vincent Bisset de Gramont. Now, the pair are together again and lighting up the screen in this tale of kidnapping, gangsters, redemption, and a psychopathic killer. You can check out the first image from Diablo below.

Scott Adkins took to social media to share the new image, providing a caption that should have action fans everywhere excited. “Are you ready for the best martial arts...

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Hulu is one of the best places to find the best movies and TV shows you can watch on any streaming service. Every month, it adds hundreds of new titles to its content library, but with that, there are also some titles that have got to go. So, today, we are here to tell you about the best film you should watch before it leaves Hulu in February 2025.

The Beta Test (February 3) Credit – IFC Films

The Beta Test is a dark comedy thriller film co-written and co-directed by Jim Cummings and Pj McCabe. The 2021 film follows an engaged Hollywood agent, who has an intimate night with an anonymous woman but he soon becomes paranoid that his fiancée will find out about his infidelity. The Beta Test stars Jim Cummings, Pj McCabe, Virginia Newcomb, and Jessie Barr.

Spencer (February...

Scott Adkins has worked in Hollywood for over two decades, and conversation has recently begun suggesting the actor could play a role like Batman in the upcoming DC Universe and its film The Brave and the Bold. Following a career of many straight-to-video movies like Accident Man and One More Shot, the actor has built a strong reputation for himself as an actor, writer, producer, and fight choreographer. With roles in films like The Killer's Game, however, it seems that the actor's star is rising, leading to speculation where he could fit into the DC Universe's upcoming slate of films.

Adkins is no stranger to superhero cinema. While Scott Adkins did not return in Deadpool & Wolverine, the actor previously worked as a stunt double for Ryan Reynolds, playing the role of Wade Wilson after he was transformed into Weapon XI in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. While this iteration of the Deadpool character was not beloved,...

Pierre Morel, the director behind the huge action movie hit Taken which transformed Oscar nominee Liam Neeson into a bona fide action hero, returns to the genre with the new trailer for the Amazon Prime Video action thriller Canary Black (2024). If the Taken filmmakers involvement is not enough to excite you, then perhaps the fact that the movie stars Underworld star Kate Beckinsale, Hitman: Agent 47 star Rupert Friend, and the late, great Punisher: War Zone star Ray Stevenson will achieve the desired effect.

You can check out the newly released trailer for Canary Black below.

Directed by Pierre Morel and written by Matthew Kennedy, Canary Black sounds like the perfect no-nonsense action spy thriller, with Kate Beckinsale leading the movie as a CIA agent on the run. Beckinsale, Rupert Friend, and Ray Stevenson are joined by the likes of Saffron Burrows (The Bank Job), Ben Miles (Andor), Goran Kosti...

Stars: Louis Koo, Michelle Ye, Stanley Fung, Lam Suet | Written by Szeto Kam-Yuen, Nicholl Tang Nik-Kei | Directed by Soi Cheang

Accident opens on a seemingly innocuous occurrence, as a short-tempered man worries that he will be late while stuck behind a car with a flat tyre. As the man takes drastic action to drive around the car, the unfolding scene results in a chain reaction that ends with his death. What may seem like an accident for the man – revealed to be a Triad elder – is actually a carefully orchestrated assassination courtesy of the Brain (Louis Koo).

With a team made up of the voice of reason known as The Woman (Michelle Ye), the increasingly forgetful Uncle (Stanley Fung), and the unfortunately nicknamed Fatty (Lam Suet), the Brain has built a career from making his hits look like unfortunate accidents. Director Soi Cheang showcases the planning process in fascinatingly methodical ways,...

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Future Today has inked new content licensing deals with Gravitas Ventures, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures that will allow it to deliver more films through its Fawesome streaming platform.

Films and shows that will be coming to the platform include “Taxi,” “Hamlet,” “Queen of the North,” “Mean Guns,” “Two Rode Together,” “The Fog” and “Silent Hours,” among others.

“Fawesome’s growing audience has come to expect engaging and entertaining content,” said David Di Lorenzo, the Senior Vice President of Content Acquisitions & Partnerships at Future Today. “Our new deals with these major studios allow us to continue to expand our premium content offering while satisfying the wants of our audience.”

A full list of titles coming to Fawesome as announced by Future Today follows below:

2036 Origin Unknown (Gravitas Ventures) Above the Shadows (Gravitas Ventures) Accident Man (Samuel Goldwyn) Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn) The Baader Meinhof Complex (Samuel...

Pluto TV, Paramount’s free streaming service, has revealed its July highlights. The Pluto TV July 2024 schedule includes a new Westerns category and a Yellowstone Fourth of July marathon.

You can also expect fireworks at the Big Brother house when season 26 premieres, and with Pluto TV’s dedicated 24/7 live feeds, you won’t miss a second of the drama. Fans can also relive past seasons of the competition series on a new dedicated channel.

Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service, delivering hundreds of live, linear channels and thousands of titles on-demand to a global audience. The Emmy Award-winning service curates a diverse lineup of channels in partnership with hundreds of international media companies.

Pluto TV offers various genres, languages, and categories featuring movies, television series, sports, news, lifestyle, kids, and much more. The service can be easily accessed and streamed across mobile, web, and connected TV devices.

Scott Adkins joins upcoming Kickboxer reboot, Kickboxer: Armaggedon, as sadistic cult leader Cesare in final chapter of trilogy. Adkins, a martial arts legend, is praised by the director for his unique action style. The Kickboxer return has been praised for skilled fight choreography and exciting action sequences.

John Wick: Chapter 4 star Scott Adkins will continue to ply his trade as he joins the upcoming Kickboxer reboot, Kickboxer: Armaggedon. According to THR, Adkins, who has long been the best kept secret in martial arts and action cinema thanks to the likes of the Undisputed series, Avengement, and Accident Man, has now joined the final chapter in the Kickboxer reboot trilogy.

Based on the 1980s action franchise which began way, way back in 1989 with the first Kickboxer. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Kurt Sloane a young man out for revenge, the Kickboxer franchise is now made up of several sequels starring different action movie leads.

Filmmaker Jesse V. Johnson discusses his long-gestating passion project, Boudica: Queen of War, and how finding the right person to play Boudica was crucial for the film's development. Johnson highlights the unique challenges of directing Boudica, a historical epic, compared to his previous action and martial arts films, emphasizing the need for authenticity and realism in portraying ancient warfare. The director expresses his admiration for leading lady Olga Kurylenko, praising her performance as Boudica and her ability to embody both the wife and mother as well as the warrior aspects of the character.

Filmmaker Jesse V. Johnson is a well-seasoned stuntman and stunt coordinator, which prepared him well for the travails of directing action movies. Johnson is well known for such action movie hits as Accident Man, Triple Threat, Avengement, and The Debt Collector movies, with his films often teaming him with high-level and respected martial arts stars like Scott Adkins,...

Martial arts films are well-suited for team-up storylines, often featuring multiple co-lead characters who unite against a common enemy. Team-ups can occur between initially perceived enemies who later realize they are on the same side, adding excitement and conflict to the plot. Martial arts movie team-ups provide thrilling action sequences and chemistry between the heroes, creating an engaging and enjoyable viewing experience.

Martial arts films are often headlined by one main protagonist, but there are also many great martial arts movie star team-ups, as well. More so than many other movie genres, martial arts films are uniquely well-suited to facilitate heroic team-ups of multiple co-lead characters. Usually, this comes about with multiple heroes realizing they share the same enemy, and joining forces to bring them down.

Martial arts movie team-ups also frequently occur in stories in which two heroes at first perceive each other to be enemies. After an initial confrontation,...

Martial arts films with ensemble casts feature an array of heroes and villains, resulting in epic fight scenes and diverse characters. Films like Shaolin Temple and Five Shaolin Masters showcase the talent of established martial arts actors in the genre. John Wick: Chapter 4 boasts an incredible ensemble cast, with Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Marko Zaror joining the franchise, promising a thrilling combination of gun-fu and martial arts.

The martial arts genre is chock full of exciting ensemble movies with large casts of both heroes and villains. In most martial arts films, it's easy to assume there will be one primary protagonist, one major villain, and a handful of supporting characters for each side. However, since martial arts films need as many great fighters on their roster as possible, they are uniquely positioned to expand into big ensembles.

Oftentimes, these can even turn out to be the best kinds of martial arts films,...

Action movie giant Michael Jai White returns to the world of satire in the latest trailer for the upcoming Western adventure flick, The Outlaw Johnny Black. Released courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films, The Outlaw Johnny Black has been described as the “spiritual sequel” to White’s 2009 action comedy cult hit Black Dynamite, and finds the actor and martial artist seeking vengeance in the Old West. Check out the newly released trailer for The Outlaw Johnny Black below.

“Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron,” reads the official synopsis for The Outlaw Johnny Black, which sees Michal Jai White bring his talents for comedy, martial arts, and his effortless charm to the Western genre,...

Director J. J. Perry is eager to return to the world of vampire-hunting and family life in a sequel to the Netflix action movie, Day Shift. During an appearance on the YouTube channel Corridor Crew, Perry revealed that he is now in discussions with the streaming platform about a sequel, which he reveals will be titled Night Shift, and recently pitched the project.

"We are hopefully going to do Night Shift. We just put that pitch out there, we’re hoping to get the writer who did John Wick 4."

The martial artist and stunt man-turned-filmmaker is clearly hopeful that Night Shift will get the green light, and plans to bring the writer behind the recent action epic John Wick: Chapter 4, Michael Finch, into the fray. Finch teamed up with Day Shift co-writer Shay Hatten for the fourth John Wick outing, and with John Wick: Chapter 4 director Chad Stahelski...

Martyn Ford (“Shao Kahn”), Desmond Chiam (“King Jerrod”), Ana Thu Nguyen (“Sindel”), and Damon Herriman (“Quan Chi”) have been cast in the sequel to New Line’s hit 2021 action adventure “Mortal Kombat” based on the blockbuster video game franchise, New Line announced on Thursday morning.

The new additions join a cast which include Karl Urban as “Johnny Cage,” Tati Gabrielle as “Jade,” and Adeline Rudolph as “Kitana.”

The returning cast from “Mortal Kombat” includes Lewis Tan as “Cole Young”; Jessica McNamee as “Sonya Blade”; Josh Lawson as “Kano”; Tadanobu Asano as “Lord Raiden”; Mehcad Brooks as “Jax”; Ludi Lin as “Liu Kang”; Chin Han as “Shang Tsung”; Joe Taslim as “Bi-Han” and “Sub-Zero”; Hiroyuki Sanada as “Hanzo Hasashi” and “Scorpion”; Max Huang as “Kung Lao.”

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Simon McQuoid, who directed the 2021 film, is set to return.

For those unfamiliar with Tubi, they are a completely free streaming service which has an absolutely ridiculous selection of films, many of which offered in high quality high-definition transfers. For those not in the know, they are also one of the services that pays filmmakers the best and are very open to smaller budget films. They do present the films with ads, but that is a small price to pay for a great selection of fun films. Scrolling their offerings by genre is also the closest one can get to the video store experience of yesteryears. Here’s a list of five fun action movies on Tubi, kind of like a “Staff Suggestions” section at your local Mom & Pop video store.

Crackerjack (1994)

The first in a series of mid-range budget action films, although each movie had a different lead (with Judge Reinhold an unlikely action hero in the first sequel...

Actor Ray Stevenson has passed away. Variety reports that Stevenson died on Sunday with his publicist confirming the news, but as of now, no information has been shared regarding a cause of death. He was 58 years old, passing just days ahead of his 59th birthday.

The news of Stevenson's passing arrives as a shock, as it comes days after he was announced to be starring in Frank Ciota's upcoming drama film Cassino in Ischia, and there had been no indications that the actor was in ill health. It has also been revealed that Stevenson had completed work on the upcoming Star Wars series Ahsoka, which will feature him posthumously and may serve as his final role. A first look at him in the role was unveiled last month.

Our first look at Baylan, played by Ray Stevenson, in #StarWars: #Ahsoka.

According to reports this afternoon, British-Irish actor Ray Stevenson has tragically passed away this week. The Punisher: War Zone star was just 58 years old.

Ray Stevenson was most recently seen in the Academy Award-winning action movie Rrr, playing the critically acclaimed Indian film’s central villain.

Stevenson memorably played Frank Castle in 2008’s Punisher: War Zone, a violent comic book movie that cemented him as many fans’ all-time favorite Punisher actor.

Beginning his screen career in 1993, Ray Stevenson amassed over 60 credits in film and television, including the films King Arthur, Outpost, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, The Book of Eli, The Other Guys, Kill the Irishman, Thor, The Three Musketeers, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Thor: Dark World, Divergent, Big Game, The Transporter Refueled, Insurgent, Cold Skin, Thor: Ragnarok, Accident Man, Memory, and Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday.

On the small screen, Ray Stevenson appeared in “The Dwelling Place,” “Band of Gold,...

Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror, who played, respectively, the heavies Killa and Chidi in John Wick 4, will reunite in the upcoming action film Diablo.

Chilean director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, known for such action films as The Fist of the Condor and Redemer, is set to direct Diablo from a screenplay by Mat Sansom. Diablo is being set up as a co-production between Film Mode Entertainment and Wonder Street, with Film Mode handling foreign sales, and collaborating with Wonder for domestic. The filmmakers will hold a buyers presentation for the project in Cannes on May 15.

Adkins will play Kris Chaney, a recently released ex-convict embarking on a perilous mission. He kidnaps Elisa, the daughter of a powerful gangster, which puts him in danger. Zaror will portray El Corvo, a psychopathic killer seeking revenge against Vincent’s family.

Diablo is currently in pre-production and will shoot Chile, the home country of Zaror and Espinoza.

Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was given a nine day theatrical release in the US back in February, and now it has received a digital release! Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is available for rent or purchase on Amazon’s Prime Video at This Link.

A.A. Milne’s 1926 children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh and the characters in it lapsed into the public domain at the start of last year, and that’s how Frake-Waterfield was able to make this movie happen, no permission required. The filmmaker explained to Variety that Pooh and Piglet (go) on a rampage after being abandoned by a college-bound Christopher Robin. “Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he’s not [given] them food, it’s made Pooh and Piglet’s life quite difficult. Because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral. So...

With John Wick: Chapter 4 exploding at the box office and Donnie Yen experience a new wave of popularity in North American, now’s the time to look at another of the movie’s stars who’s been around for a long time but is consistently underrated. Of course, that man is the great Scott Adkins! Those who know him, love him. With over 70 movies to his credit, the man has been in at least one thing everyone has seen, from Doctor Strange to X-Men Origins: Wolverine (as Weapon X), The Pink Panther, and so many more, He has been in something for everyone. For us, the highlights of his career are not necessarily the obvious titles when glancing at his resume.

Here are our some of our favorite Scott Adkins movies:

The Expendables 2 (2012)

Admittedly not as good as the first film, The Expendables 2 did bring a few good villains to the screen.

Warning: Spoilers for John Wick: Chapter 4 Below!

Scott Adkins finally joins the John Wick franchise in John Wick: Chapter 4, and it was well worth the wait. In John Wick: Chapter 4, John (Keanu Reeves) fights for his freedom from the High Table, but faces enemies at every possible turn. One of them is the German crime boss Killa (Adkins), who proves to be a significant obstacle in John’s quest for freedom.

As one of numerous martial arts stars in John Wick franchise, Scott Adkins is well-known to action fans and martial arts lovers around the world for his work in straight-to-video martial arts films like the Undisputed franchise and the Accident Man movies. Adkins and John Wick director Chad Stahelski had also previously had discussions about the former appearing in both John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, but were not able to make them happen. With Adkins...

The “John Wick” franchise has a reputation for razzle-dazzle filmmaking and serving as demo reels for some of the world’s finest – or at least most promising – action movie stars. “John Wick: Chapter 4” is no exception, with Donnie Yen taking center stage alongside franchise star Keanu Reeves, as Hiroyuki Sanada and Marko Zaror lend prestige and support. Bringing the opposite of “prestige,” at least in terms of the role he plays in the Chad Stahelski-directed actioner, is Scott Adkins.

Adkins has made a name for himself as one of the preeminent filmmakers in the world of direct-to-consumer (DVD/VOD/streaming/etc.) action movies. The likes of Adkins, Michael Jai White, Tony Jaa, Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren hold court in low-budget genre flicks helmed by directors like Isaac Florentine, Jesse V. Johnson, Christian Sesma, and the Kirby Brothers, that emphasize quality action sequences delivered with visual...

Rhys Frake-Waterfield is plotting a horror cinematic universe based on beloved children’s story characters that are in the public domain. He was the director of the recently released Winnie-the-Pooh horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (read our review Here), and he’s in development on movies like Bambi: The Reckoning and Peter Pan: Neverland Nightmare. Since these characters are public domain, he doesn’t have to ask anyone’s permission to put a horrific twist on their stories. But if copyright wasn’t an issue, Frake-Waterfield would also like to make horror movies featuring characters like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Teletubbies.

Speaking with Collider, Frake-Waterfield said, “I’ve really been excited by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lately because I think the story has a very kind of horrifying undertone anyway because it’s these half-human, half-turtles who live in the sewer who have a rat king who they follow,...

Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey will be getting a nine day theatrical release though Fathom Events in the US on February 15th – and not only is there already a sequel in the works, but Frake-Waterfield has also confirmed that all of the horror movies he’s making based on public domain characters from children’s stories (including Bambi: The Reckoning and Peter Pan: Neverland Nightmare) exist within the same cinematic universe, which will allow for crossovers down the line!

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Frake-Waterfield said, “The idea is that we’re going to try and imagine they’re all in the same world, so we can have crossovers. People have been messaging saying they really want to see Bambi versus Pooh.“

And while Peter Pan, Bambi, and Winnie the Pooh are all characters that have also been brought to the screen by Disney,...

Scott Adkins must return for the next Universal Soldier to pay off the last movie's cliffhanger. The Universal Soldier movie franchise only became stranger the more it evolved. From Roland Emmerich's original shoot-em-up to a couple of silly, non-canonical Universal Soldier TV movies or the trippy Day Of Reckoning, there's an entry to suit every mood. Jean-Claude Van Damme's Luc evolved from hero to villain in later outings too, with his performances in his first and final appearances feeling like two completely different characters. Adkins joined the series with the most recent outing, 2012's Day Of Reckoning.

Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning is so suffused with dread and gore that it's basically a horror movie, and finds Adkins John on a quest to find out why Luc murdered his family. During this era, Adkins was making a name for himself as the next big martial arts star. Adkins...

Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey will be getting a nine day theatrical release though Fathom Events in the US on February 15th – but a couple weeks away from that date, Frake-Waterfield has revealed that he’s already working on a sequel! And while developing the follow-up, he’s drawing inspiration from last year’s indie hit Terrifier 2…

Speaking with SFX Magazine (we send our thanks out to Games Radar for spreading the word), Frake-Waterfield said that he had Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Wrong Turn on his mind while he was crafting Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. “And as we’re going into the sequel soon, Terrifier 2 is going to be one of my key reference points. I want to make sure I go as big and epic as they went with that. I want to try and push it even more.

Here's every Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins movie collaboration ranked from worst to best. Dolph made his screen debut with a mute appearance in 1985 Bond adventure A View To A Kill, but it was his turn as hulking box Ivan Drago in that same year's Rocky IV that made him a star. Like Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lundgren became one of the defining action movie stars of the '80s and '90s, starring in gems such as Showdown In Little Tokyo or Universal Soldier. He feels more active than ever, appearing in The Expendables movies or the Aquaman series.

Adkins grew up idolizing the martial arts stars of the Dolph era and would go on to co-star with many of them, including Van Damme. In his own way, Adkins has kept the flame of that era alive with modern favorites like the Undisputed series or the Accident Man movies. This...

John Wick has become one of the most exciting movie franchises ever, and once director Chad Stahelski is finished with the franchise, he will direct the assassin movie Shibumi. It isn't surprising that Stahelski was chosen to helm Shibumi, and it'll undoubtedly be influenced by the gun-fu and stylish action of the John Wick franchise.

But Shibumi won't be the first movie to be inspired by John Wick's combat and visual flare. Ever since the first film's release in 2014, myriad action movies have tried to imitate the distinct look and tone of the series, making it has become the most influential action film of the 2010s. Between cyberpunk fourquels, Dceu releases, and has-been actors' comeback movies, they all lead back to John Wick.

The Matrix Resurrections (2021) - 2.89

The Matrix certainly influenced the John Wick franchise in certain ways, whether it's the main characters' mannerisms or the cast, and there's even...

Stars: Perry Benson, Michael Head, Terry Stone, Sam Gittins, Ricky London, Emily Wyatt, Rachel Warren | Written by Michael Head, Lucinda Royden | Directed by Coz Greenop

The Last Heist opens with Mick talking to his son Slips telling him he doesn’t want him following in his footsteps. And that he has an “insurance policy” to help prevent that from happening.

In the next scene, we’re at his funeral. He went to the grave with the nature of that policy still a secret. But Slips believes it’s stashed in a safe deposit box his father kept under an alias. With no other options, he pulls his old crew, Waldorf, Prozac and Fisherman (Ricky London) together for what should be the last heist they’ll need to pull off.

Director Coz Greenop and writers Michael Head and Lucinda Royden don’t structure The Last Heist as a straightforward bank robbery film.

Released in some countries under the title Hounded, a “Most Dangerous Game“-type action thriller from director Tommy Boulding is now set to reach theatres in the U.S. as Hunted tomorrow, October 21st. In anticipation of the film’s U.S. release, we’ve gotten our hands on an Exclusive clip from the movie that shows how its “humans hunting humans” scenario gets started. Check it out in the embed above!

Hunted will also be receiving a VOD release on October 25th.

Scripted by Ray Bogdanovich and Dean Lines, Hunted follows a gang of young thieves in the midst of a home robbery who get more than they bargained for when they are captured by the property owners. Attacked and bound by their captors, they are spirited away from the home and released in the middle of nowhere tracked, hunted and to be killed like animals. Pursued by bloodhounds and a heavily armed family,...

Iconic action star Scott Adkins returns to discuss a few of his favorite comedies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Day Shift (2022)

John Wick (2014)

Accident Man (2018)

Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday (2022)

Deadpool (2016)

Rrr (2022)

The Evil Dead (1981) – Fede Alvarez’s trailer commentary

Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn (1987) – Mike Mendez’s trailer commentary, Alex Kirschenbaum’s review

Army Of Darkness (1992)

Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary

Snatched (2017)

Snatch (2000)

Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

The Pink Panther (1963) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary

A Shot In The Dark (1964) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary

The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

Dumb And Dumber (1994)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Bad Trip (2020)

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)

Airplane! (1980) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary

Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) – Eli Roth’s trailer commentary

Zero Hour!

"There's a gaggle of assassins about to turn up!" Goldwyn Films has revealed the official US trailer for an action comedy sequel titled Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday. It's the second movie after the original Accident Man in 2018, directed by Jesse V. Johnson, bringing back Adkins as the "accident man" in the title. Scott Adkins returns as Mike Fallon, a tough hitman who makes his hits look like accidents or suicide. The Accident Man is back again and this time he must fight all the top assassins to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend, and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father figure. Sounds wild! In addition to Adkins, the cast includes Ray Stevenson, Perry Benson, Sarah Chang, Flaminia Cinque, Faisal Mohammed, Peter Lee Thomas, and Beau Fowler as "Poco The Killer Clown". This does look ridiculous in a self-aware way, and...

A.A. Milne’s 1926 children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh and the characters in it lapsed into the public domain at the start of this year – and as soon as that happened, writer/director Rhys Frake-Waterfield was right there to take advantage of their public domain status. For his feature debut, Frake-Waterfield has dropped the iconic characters of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet into a slasher called Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. A trailer for the film has now been released, and you can watch it in the embed above.

Frake-Waterfield explained to Variety that Pooh and Piglet

(go) on a rampage after being abandoned by a college-bound Christopher Robin. “Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he’s not [given] them food, it’s made Pooh and Piglet’s life quite difficult. Because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral. So they’ve gone back to their animal roots.

Last Friday, Netflix released a fun vampire slayer action flick called Day Shift (you can read our 7/10 review Here)… and if you watched the movie, you may have noticed that it had a goofy end credits song called “Mowing Down Vamps”, which built a tune around a line spoken by the character played by Dave Franco (The Disaster Artist). The song around Franco’s line was performed by The Bsb Boys (J Young Mdk and Sam Pounds) alongside the film’s star Jamie Foxx (Spider-Man: No Way Home) – and now Foxx has released a video for the song.

The music video, directed by Taylor Chien, features Foxx, Franco, some vampire fights, and a good dose of silliness. You can check it out at the bottom of this article.

Day Shift marks the feature directorial debut of stunt coordinator and second unit director J.J. Perry. It was also the first produced screenplay for Tyler Tice,...

Dolph Lundgren made his name as a physically imposing '80s action hero, but he has been carving out a unique second career for himself, largely with roles in movies like "Aquaman" and "Creed II." And he's also taking an eye towards directing more, resulting in his most recent project, a heist/action flick titled "Castle Falls." This movie unites him with one of cinema's current premier action stars, Scott Adkins. While he may not be a household name, action aficionados are certainly familiar with his work, which ranges from "Accident Man" to smaller parts in major blockbusters like "Doctor...

The post Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins on Castle Falls, Aquaman 2, John Wick 4 & More [Interview] appeared first on /Film.

John Wick 4 continues to add action movie legends to its ever-growing roster, with Boyka: Undisputed and The Expendables 2 star Scott Adkins reportedly in talks to join the franchise. While the actor has not yet signed on to the role, which is currently being negotiated, Adkins would join the likes of Donnie Yen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rina Sawayama and Shamier Anderson, as well as Keanu Reeves who will reprise the title role for the fourth installment in the John Wick saga.

Adkins has long been the worst kept secret in action movies, with the talented martial artist racking up quite the body count in the likes of Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, Ninja, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Avengement, Accident Man, and The Debt Collector as well as more mainstream projects such as The Bourne Ultimatum, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, American Assassin, Ip Man 4: The Finale, Doctor Strange, and many,...

Rap icon Snoop Dogg and action movie legend Scott Adkins have signed on to join Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco in Netflix's upcoming vampire comedy, Day Shift. Meagan Good (Shazam!), Karla Souza (How to Get Away with Murder), Eric Lange (Escape at Dannemora) and Zion Broadnax (Sydney to the Max) are also tapped to star, joining an ensemble cast that will also include Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Oliver Masucci, Steve Howey (Shameless), and C.S. Lee.

Day Shift will mark the directorial debut of JJ Perry, and will follow Jamie Foxx will as a hardworking, blue collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 8-year-old daughter. By day he works a mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job, but really this is just a front for his real source of income - hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters.

Actor...

Thanks to the likes of Taken, the John Wick franchise, the presence of Jason Statham, and even Netflix's Extraction, there has been a real appetite over the last decade or so for no-nonsense, take no names, shoot first, then shoot again action movies. Well, an upcoming movie that is sure to appeal to this fanbase is Seized, starring action cinemas worst kept secret, Scott Adkins, for which a trailer has now been released.

The movie's official synopsis is as follows: "Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero's home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to slaughter the members of three rival crime syndicates. If he fails, Taylor will die. Now, with bullets flying and bodies dropping as Nero completes his mission, he races to find Mzamo's hideout and seek revenge.

Here’s the latest episode of the 365Flicks podcast, which serves as a bit of a backdoor pilot for a show he will be producing for Nerdly.co.uk. That’s right we’ve sanctioned a podcast all Nerdly’s own and Kevin of our good buddies at 365Flicks is going to run with it. The anem ot eh podcast? Nerdly Out Loud!

Nerdly Out Loud – Pilot Episode: Jesse V. Johnson Interview and more!

The format is as it sounds, we are bringing the website to your ears, so each episode we will be reading and contributing our thoughts to reviews of all the latest Movie, TV and Pop Culture reviews from the world of Nerdly. The main feature of these shows will be awesome interviews from directors, producers and people at all levels of the Independent film world. This episode is Jesse V Johnson an absolute powerhouse in the action genre scene.

Stars: Stu Bennett, Vinnie Jones, Jessica-Jane Stafford, Lee Charles, Joe Egan, Katrina Durden, Greg Burridge, Josh Myers, David Schaal, Bentley Kalu, Sam Benjamin, Mark Griffin, Lainy Boyle, Jean-Paul Ly, Leon Sua, Phoebe Robinson-Galvin | Written and Directed by Ross Boyask

It hasn’t taken long for writer/director Ross Boyask to follow up 2018’s Vengeance (aka I Am Vengeance) with a sequel, probably because that film struck a massive chord with genre fans across the globe – respecting the action genre’s vast, and may I say beloved, past, whilst delivering a modern take on the traditional Dtv action film; and, of course, featuring Stu Bennett in a compelling lead role. I’m guessing that the fact Bennett was on UK screens as part of World of Sport wrestling And had a huge name presence thanks to his former WWE career didn’t hurt either.

However Vengeance proved that Bennett was so...

There are few western action stars out there right now bringing the choreography and craftsmanship to their on-screen brawls quite like Scott Adkins. While the English actor and martial artist has been highkey wasted in Hollywood movies like Doctor Strange and The Expendables 2, he's a king of the Dtv action scene and nobody knows how to show of his ass-kicking abilities quite as well as Accident Man and Avengement director Jesse V. Johnson. With Debt Collectors, the pair are back at it again and we've got an exclusive first look at the film's trailer …...

Acclaimed stuntman and action director extraordinaire Jesse V. Johnson joins us to discuss the U.S. based action films and filmmakers that have influenced him the most.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

On The Waterfront (1954)

Fultah Fisher’s Boarding House (1922)

Undisputed (2002)

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)

Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)

Boyka: Undisputed (2016)

The Killer Elite (1975)

Convoy (1978)

The Osterman Weekend (1983)

Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

Straw Dogs (1971)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Birdcage (1996)

Cross of Iron (1977)

Electra Glide in Blue (1973)

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)

Easy Rider (1969)

Fail Safe (1964)

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Ride The High Country (1962)

Major Dundee (1965)

Jinxed! (1982)

Beowulf (2007)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)

The Girl Hunters (1963)

Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Point Blank (1967)

Falling Down (1993)

M (1951)

M (1931)

The Black Vampire (1953)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Scum (1979)

Elephant (1989)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), possibly Joe’s favorite John Ford...