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Before John Wick ushered in a new era of stuntmen turned directors, Expend4bles director Scott Waugh was one of the few exceptions to pull off the feat. Following in the footsteps of his older brother Ric Roman Waugh, the younger Waugh made his own luck by funding 2012’s Act of Valor and co-directing the action film alongside Mouse McCoy. The film starred active-duty Navy Seals, and its success then opened the door for Waugh to direct Need for Speed for Disney, as well as DreamWorks head Steven Spielberg.

Expend4bles is now Waugh’s fifth feature film, and he managed to cross off a major bucket-list item in working with Sylvester Stallone. The duo were supposed to join forces with Jackie Chan on Waugh’s other 2023 film, Hidden Strike, but the volatility of Hollywood schedules led to Stallone’s exit. However, Waugh still managed to bring a bit of Chan’s...

When "The Expendables" first exploded into theaters back in 2010, the cast of aging action icons were already getting a little long in the tooth. Seeing Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis in the same scene together was still worth the price of admission, however. Incredibly, it's already been 10 years since "Expendables 3" came out as the weakest entry in the series, as it proved to be a marketing mistake to give the third installment a PG-13 rating. Part of the fun of this throwback franchise is seeing outlandish sequences of graphic violence. The audience for this wants to feel the arterial blood spray hitting the screen. As a result, the series has made the right course correction by making "Expendables 4" (aka "Expend4bles") R-rated. 

Opening this weekend, it will be interesting to see if "Expendables 4" can recapture the box office glory it once enjoyed by putting old faces...

Expend4bles director Scott Waugh has a huge affection for Spider-Man.

In an exclusive interview with ComicBook.com promoting the latest installment of The Expendables franchise, Waugh reveals his long-time fandom for Marvel's "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man." Waugh's interest in the wall-crawler dates back to the days when his stuntman father, Fred Waugh, would double for actor Nicholas Hammond in the late '70s Spider-Man television series for CBS. The director not only has the character tattooed on his arm but also wants a crack at helming a future Marvel Cinematic Universe project with Spider-Man.

Related: Expendables 4 Producers Say Fifth Movie Will Happen on One Condition

"I'm going to show you," Waugh said as he revealed his tattoo, pointing to a big Spidey on his shoulder. "Right here is Spider-Man. My father was the original Spider-Man in the TV show... So yes, I think I have comic book in my blood. I have...

With great power comes great responsibility. And the power of getting to don Peter Parker’s beloved red and blue tights has been bestowed only on a few. Despite it seeming like a new Spider-Man movie is coming to theaters every year—and to be fair that’s not too far from the truth—just three actors have played the character in live-action on the big screen. When the web is slightly widened to encompass television, the number of live-action Parkers increases, but they’re comparatively obscure.

Truth be told, there have only been a handful of Spider-Men, and each has left a strikingly distinct and unique spin on the old Web-Head. For that reason, we’ve decided to look back at the most renowned wallcrawlers and reexamine what each one brought to the table.

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The first live action Spider-Man came from a place you might not...

Mike Cecchini Dec 20, 2018

We look at why The Amazing Spider-Man TV show from the late '70s still has never had a DVD, Blu-ray, or digital release.

There's a good chance that if you're reading this, you've never really seen all that much of The Amazing Spider-Man, the live-action CBS TV series that aired between April 1978 and July 1979. The show produced a mere thirteen episodes (including two feature-length installments and an additional two-parter that sometimes aired as a TV movie), before vanishing into the abyss of infrequent basic cable airings, incomplete VHS releases, low-quality convention floor bootlegs, and finally, complete obscurity.

You've probably seen bits and pieces on the internet, wondered at the complete lack of memorable villains, been blinded by the '70s fashions (those ties...so very wide), or snickered about Spidey's rope web-shooters and the show's relatively (by today's standards) low-budget look. But look a little closer,...

Back in November, we showed you the first part of our Need for Speed edit bay visit, where we chatted with star Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), director Scott Waugh (Act of Valor), producer Mark Sourian (Delivery Man) and screenwriter John Gatins (Real Steel). That portion of our visit to the Bandito Brothers facility focused strictly on the practical stunts that will be on display when this video game adaptation hits theaters March 14 (clickHere to check out our first edit bay visit piece).

While the practical stunt work will be a big selling point of this high-octane thrill ride, we also talked about many more aspects of Need for Speed with the star and the filmmakers who brought this long-running video game franchise to life. The story centers on Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul), a talented mechanic and racer who is tasked with building a car for former Nascar driver Dino (Dominic Cooper...

Star Aaron Paul, director Scott Waugh and more, take us through the stunt work in Need for Speed

When the Breaking Bad series finale aired back in September, Aaron Paul's Jesse Pinkman was seeing driving off into the sunset, escaping the madness to start a new life. Those final scenes turn out to be a perfect segue into the actor's upcoming film Need for Speed, DreamWorks' adaptation of the popular Electronic Arts video game franchise, which hits theaters on March 14, 2014.

Last month, I was invited down to the Bandito Brothers facility in Los Angeles for an edit bay visit, where we saw brand new footage from this upcoming action-thriller, and had the chance to speak with Aaron Paul, director Scott Waugh, screenwriter John Gatins and producer Mark Sourian. Before we got to chat with the actor and these filmmakers, we were treated to roughly a half hour of new footage,...

Mike Cecchini May 10, 2019

Long before Agents of Shield, Cloak and Dagger, or Daredevil, Marvel tried to make its mark on TV...with mixed results.

Marvel TV shows, from the sorely missed Daredevil to Jessica Jones to Agents of Shield get themselves considerable critical acclaim on these days. But things didn't always go so smoothly for Marvel superheroes on the small screen. There have been plenty of attempts to capture Marvel's unique brand of superheroics on live action TV, and some worked better than others.

So here they are, from the iconic to the bizarre, the fairly and unfairly maligned...we present seven other attempts to bring Marvel superheroes to live-action via the small screen!

The Incredible Hulk

CBS: 1977-1982

It might be easy to forget that The Incredible Hulk, despite (or perhaps because of) the liberties it took with the source material, was one of the most successful superhero television shows of all time.

In “Snitch,” an action-drama film opening this weekend, veteran Latino actor Benjamin Bratt plays a ruthless cartel drug lord. He is portrayed differently from other movies to be a sophisticated villain with a human side in the film.

Here’s the synopsis of the film:

In the fast-paced action thriller “Snitch,” Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission — risking everything, including his family and his own life.

Latino-Review had a chance to speak with this well-respected actor about his character in the movie and working with director Ric Roman Waugh. We go into depth about his authenticity of his character.