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Guy Ritchie’s next action thriller In the Grey won’t be coming out on Jan. 17, 2025 as previously scheduled as the movie isn’t finished. Lionsgate has taken the title off the calendar for the time being. The trailer debuted for exhibitors back at CinemaCon where the movie received its title.

Pic reteams Ritche with Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal. Eiza González, also stars. In the Grey follows two extraction specialists who must designate a route of escape for a senior female negotiator.

Ritchie wrote, directs and produces. Other producers are Ivan Atkinson and John Friedberg.

Ritchie released via Lionsgate this past spring the Cavill WWII movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare which made $20.5M domestic, $27M WW. Lionsgate also had the Ritchie directed Jason Statham-Aubrey Plaza action title, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, which made $6.5M stateside and close to $49M worldwide.

Last year, Ritchie released The Covenant, a...

Veterans Day is a federal holiday that honors the men and women who served.

Countless films have been made about their bravery, heroism and sacrifice.

Here are seven films to stream on Veterans Day this year:

“Saving Private Ryan”

Steven Spielberg’s ode to World War II veterans won five Oscars including Best Director for Spielberg — his second — while famously missing out on Best Picture to “Shakespeare in Love.” It is a visceral, emotional story of a group of soldiers, led by Tom Hanks, who are tasked with finding a private after the invasion of Normandy and bringing him home. Through their journey, Spielberg showcases the perspectives of everyone touched by the war, and the many different kinds of soldiers who fought for their country.

“Saving Private Ryan” is streaming on Paramount+ and Fubo.

“1917” (2019)

Sam Mendes directs this harrowing tale of survival. When the British army receives vital intel about German battle plans,...

The movie is likely to head to MGM+ over Prime Video, but when?

If a billionaire invited you to his private island, how could you say no? Especially if he looks like Channing Tatum? Audiences will have to confront that question when watching “Blink Twice,” the new thriller premiering in theaters on Friday, Aug. 23. Keep reading for The Streamable’s prediction on when you’ll be able to stream it at home!

Key Details: “Blink Twice” has compiled a 78% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with special praise for first-time director Zoë Kravitz. The film is distributed under the MGM label, and will likely stream on the MGM+ App first. It’s quite likely that “Blink Twice” will take at least 90 days to arrive on MGM+. 7-Day Free Trial $6.99+ / month via amazon.com Watch the Trailer for ‘Blink Twice’:

“Blink Twice” stars Tatum as Slater King, a billionaire tech mogul...

‘Challengers’ has a brand-new release date, and is getting ready to bow in cinemas across the United States.

Zendaya is ready to serve up some love, and a few nasty tennis shots as well in her newest movie “Challengers.” The film has seen its release date bounce around and was due to premiere in theaters in September 2023 before seeing the date shift because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes to Friday, April 26, 2024.

Key Facts: “Challengers” has built a 90% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. MGM+ could get the film first, but it’s more likely to make its streaming debut on Prime Video. Fans should expect a wait of at least 100 days before seeing “Challengers” on Prime Video.

Tennis player turned coach Tashi (Zendaya) has taken her husband Art (Mike Faist) and transformed him into a world-famous Grand Slam champion. To snap him out of his recent losing streak, she...

The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare Box Office (Domestic): Henry Cavill Led Guy Ritchie Helmed Film’s Opening Weekend Collections Are Here! (Photo Credit – IMDb)

The box office verdict for Henry Cavill’s film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare on its opening weekend is in, and it is not so bleak. The action comedy also features the Reacher star Alan Ritchson in a vital role. The renowned director Guy Ritchie directed the film, which is now one of his movies with the biggest 3-day opening weekend. Keep scrolling for more.

Henry has been experiencing a dry spell regarding box office collections as his last release, Argylle, failed to create any magic on the big screen. The movie, however, is reportedly doing well on the digital platform. The actor is going through a beautiful phase in his personal life as he and his partner, Natalie Viscuso, expect their first child. The actor is thrilled about it,...

It’s a close contest at the domestic box office, with the opening day gross of Universal’s ballerina vampire film “Abigail” leading Lionsgate’s fellow new release “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” and the second frame of A24’s dystopian thriller “Civil War.”

“Abigail” earned $4 million from 3,384 theaters across its opening day and preview screenings, making it the top performer of the weekend so far. But, after factoring out the $1 million that the horror film earned from screenings before Friday, it comes up behind A24’s “Civil War,” which was actually the top grosser for April 19, taking in roughly $3.3 million.

Meanwhile, Lionsgate’s “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” fired off about $3.7 million from 2,845 locations — a figure that includes $1.45 million across earlier preview screenings. All three films are eyeing weekend grosses in the low-teens or high-single-digits.

For “Abigail,” that’d come up a bit short of industry projections, which floated...

Amazon MGM Studios has closed a three-year first-look film deal with Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories following the rousing success of his movie Road House on Prime Video, which was the most watched original movie for the studio ever with 50 million global viewers in the pic’s first two weeks.

Under the actor’s new deal, Amazon MGM will have a first look on narrative features Nine Stories intends to produce for both theatrical and streaming.

Prior to the Doug Liman-directed Road House, Gyllenhaal made the movie Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant with Amazon MGM. The pic was released last year in theaters.

Oscar- and Tony-nominated Gyllenhaal founded Nine Stories in 2015 with Riva Marker, a fully capitalized production company dedicated to working with visionary storytellers in all fields. Most recently, Nine Stories produced Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty, starring Gyllenhaal, which was Netflix’s No. 1 film for more than three weeks.

Fresh off the release of “Road House,” Amazon MGM Studios has closed a three-year, first-look film deal with Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories. Under the pact, Amazon MGM Studios will have first dibs on narrative features that the actor’s production company makes. The deal includes theatrical, as well as streaming releases.

Gyllenhaal most recently starred in “Road House,” a remake of the cult Patrick Swayze film, which was released on Amazon’s streaming service, Prime Video. The film debuted on March 21 and has reached over 50 million worldwide viewers on the service. Prior to that, Gyllenhaal starred in “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant,” which the studio released theatrically last year.

Gyllenhaal founded Nine Stories in 2015 with Riva Marker. Most recently, Nine Stories produced Antoine Fuqua’s “The Guilty,” which starred Gyllenhaal and debuted on Netflix. It also produced “Wildlife,” which marked Paul Dano’s directorial debut and starred Carey Mulligan; David Gordon Green’s “Stronger,...

MGM+ has ordered a limited series adaptation of the George R. Stewart sci-fi novel “Earth Abides” with Alexander Ludwig set to star.

The streamer has ordered six episodes of the series, with Ludwig set to play the role of Ish. Production will begin in Vancover in April with the show slated for a late 2024 debut.

The official logline for the series states, “When a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out. In the aftermath, as the great machine of civilization slowly and inexorably breaks down, only a few shattered survivors remain to struggle against the slide into extinction.”

The character of Ish is further described as “a brilliant but solitary young geologist living a semi-isolated life who awakens from a coma only to find that there is no one left alive but him. A plague of unprecedented virulence has swept the globe,...

Most true film aficionados can spot a Guy Ritchie film within just a few minutes of watching. The British director has a patented and unique style that he has parlayed into several fantastic UK mobster movies like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and the action-adventure franchise that is Sherlock Holmes. But in Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, there are no hard Cockney accents, gratuitous violence, and the slow-motion style of delivering the action that is synonymous with the 55-year-old filmmaker. Instead, he opts to tell a character-driven story about the war in Afghanistan and just how far one will go in order to save another and the debt that is left with the benefactor of such an act of bravery and selflessness.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys

2024 Oscars Predictions:

Best Original Score Killers of the Flower Moon Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone Credit: AppleTV+

Weekly Commentary: It’s Ludwig Göransson taking home another Oscar for “Oppenheimer,” following his first win for “Black Panther.”

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Will Win: “Oppenheimer” (Ludwig Göransson)

Could Win: “Killers of the Flower Moon...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys

2023 Oscars Predictions:

Best Original Screenplay Past Lives, from left: Teo Yoo, Greta Lee, John Magro, 2023. © A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection

Weekly Commentary: Following its victories at the Golden Globes for best screenplay and the BAFTA for original screenplay, it appears almost inevitable that “Anatomy of a Fall” will secure the Oscar for its co-writers,...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys

2024 Oscars Predictions:

Best Actor The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti, 2023. ph: Seacia Pavao / © Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection

Weekly Commentary: The realm of lead actor has been ruled by Cillian Murphy’s captivating portrayal in Nolan’s cinematic opus “Oppenheimer.” However, the final stretch of voting has seen two seasoned industry...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys

2024 Oscars Predictions:

Best Achievement in Directing The Zone Of Interest, 2023. © A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection

Weekly Commentary: Christopher Nolan… in a walk. It’s not really worth going over any other potential upsets, but if you prefer — Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest.”

After a year hit with Hollywood...

We present our red carpet interviews from the Global Premiere of Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen TV Series from Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London

The event was attended by Ritchie, Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Ray Winstone, Joely Richardson, Max Beesley and many more.

Related – See our junket interviews with the cast here

The series, which is inspired by the original film with the same title, stars Emmy-nominated The White Lotus 2 star, Theo James, alongside Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Chanel Cresswell (This is England), Michael Vu, Max Beesley (Hijack), Jasmine Blackborow (Marie Antoinette), Harry Goodwins (In His Hands: The Emergence), Dar Salim (The Covenant), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), Ruby Sear and Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick).

Award-winning filmmaker Guy Ritchie is at the helm of the production, serving as creator,...

Dar Salim has joined the cast of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf. The show is a prequel to Prime Video's The Terminal List following Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch). Chris Pratt will also reprise his Terminal List role as James Reece.

The Terminal List: Dark Wolf has cast another important role. The upcoming show is a prequel to the Chris Pratt-led The Terminal List, a Prime Video show that follows Navy Seal Lieutenant Commander James Reece, who returns home only to find himself embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy. Dark Wolf will star Taylor Kitsch reprising his role as Reece's ex-teammate Ben Edwards. The cast also includes Jared Shaw, Tom Hopper, and Luke Hemsworth alongside Pratt reprising his role as Reece.

Per Variety, the Terminal List: Dark Wolf show has added a new cast member to its ranks. Dar Salim has been added to the show as a recurring guest star.

Four new guest stars will make their way to The Chi.

Kadeem Hardison (Teenage Bounty Hunters, A Different World), Leon (Swarm, The Temptations), Brett Gray (On My Block, I’m A Virgo) and Daniel J. Watts (The Last O.G.) are set to recur in the second half of Season 6, premiering Friday, May 10 on Showtime, Deadline reports.

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“The Terminal List” prequel series at Amazon Prime Video has cast Dar Salim in a key recurring guest star role, Variety has learned.

Salim has joined “The Terminal List: Dark Wolf” in the role of Mohammed “Mo” Farooq. He joins previously announced series lead Taylor Kitsch as well as cast members Chris Pratt, Jared Shaw, Tom Hopper, and Luke Hemsworth. Kitsch, Pratt, and Shaw will all be reprising the roles they played in “The Terminal List,” while Hopper will be playing Raife Hastings and Hemsworth will be playing Jules Landry.

Farooq is described as “An Iraqi Special Operations Forces (Isof) officer, formerly trained in the CIA Scorpions program. Mo was raised in a world of dictatorship and war. His mission is to strengthen his country and defend it against enemies without and within.”

Salim most recently starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in the Guy Ritchie film “The Covenant,” which was released by Amazon and MGM Studios.

Dar Salim (The Covenant) has joined the cast of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf in the recurring role of Mohammed ‘Mo’ Farooq.

Mo is an Iraqi Special Operations Forces officer, formerly trained in the CIA Scorpions program. He was raised in a world of dictatorship and war. His mission is to strengthen his country and defend it against enemies without and within.

Co-created by The Terminal List author Jack Carr and Season 1 creator-showrunner David Digilio, the prequel, set five years before the mothership series, is an elevated espionage thriller that takes viewers on Ben Edwards’ (Taylor Kitsch) journey from Navy Seal to CIA paramilitary operator, exploring the darker side of warfare and the human cost that comes with it.

Tom Hopper, Luke Hemsworth, Chris Pratt and Jared Shaw also star.

In addition to starring in the series, Kitsch executive produces alongside Pratt through Indivisible Productions, Antoine Fuqua and Kat Samick,...

Buckle up, Ray Donovan fans. There's more to the hit crime drama coming soon. 

After the poorly received television ending and the subsequent movie following, fans are still hungry for more of the Donovan family. 

Fortunately for fans, Deadline reports that there's a new Ray Donovan series coming to Paramount+ later this year.

Here's everything we know about the new series offshoot coming to Paramount+ later this year. 

The Donovans to Come From Guy Ritchie and Ronan Bennett: Plot, Cast, and Everything We Know 

The Donovans is loosely based on the original Showtime drama, but there will be some major changes. 

Guy Ritchie is set to direct and executive produce, with Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett penning all 10 episodes of the series. 

The series acts as an extension of the Ray Donovan franchise from Showtime/MTV Studios and 101 Studios. 

The Donovans is to take place in Europe, focusing...

Filmmaker Guy Ritchie is set to direct The Donovans, a spinoff based on Ray Donovan set in London. The Paramount+ series includes powerful clients, risky ventures, and unpredictable betrayals. The Action-packed 10-episode show expected to premiere on Paramount+ later this year.

A new spinoff of the Showtime TV series Ray Donovan has been confirmed, with filmmaker Guy Ritchie attached to direct. The original series follows its titular Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber), a fixer who cleans up after often-famous clients embroiled in illegal activities. The show ran for 7 seasons, ending with a TV movie in 2022. However, a possible follow-up had been teased for Paramount+ in 2023.

Now, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the action-packed Ray Donovan is getting a spinoff on Paramount+, with Ritchie set to direct and executive produce the show. The series, titled The Donovans, is loosely based on the original series, situated in London. The 10-episode show is...

The Donovans, a new series loosely based on Showtime’s popular drama Ray Donovan, is set at Paramount+, with Guy Ritchie attached to direct and executive produce. Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett will pen all 10 episodes of the series, an extension of the Ray Donovan franchise, from Showtime/MTV Studios and 101 Studios. The Donovans will debut on Paramount+ for subscribers with the Paramount+plan with Showtime later this year.

With the most powerful clients in Europe, The Donovans will see family fortunes and reputations at risk, odd alliances unfold, and betrayal around every corner; and while the family might be London’s most elite fixers today, the nature of their business means there is no guarantee what’s in store tomorrow.

The Donovans follows two generations of gangsters, the businesses they run, the complex relationships they weave and the man they call upon to fix their problem.

The series is executive produced by Ritchie,...

Paramount+ has ordered a spinoff of its crime drama Ray Donovan that will be directed and executive produced by Guy Ritchie.

Titled The Donovans, the new series is “loosely based” on the successful series that ran for seven seasons on Showtime and starred Liev Schreiber as a professional “fixer” in Los Angeles.

The official description: “With the most powerful clients in Europe, The Donovans will see family fortunes and reputations at risk, odd alliances unfold, and betrayal around every corner; and while the family might be London’s most elite fixers today, the nature of their business means there is no guarantee what’s in store tomorrow.”

Award-winning Irish writer Ronan Bennett (Top Boy) will write all 10 episodes. “We’re going to deliver a show which provides massive thrills, entertainment and a huge rush of adrenaline for audiences around the world,” Bennett said. “At the same time, I’m totally focused on exploring real characters,...

We don’t step evenly into Sons. Over the stretch of a long, grim elevator ride––face-to-face with Eva (Sidse Babett Knudsen), a middle-aged woman working as a guard in the Danish prison system––we descend into it. The initial reveal is light-hearted, the opposite direction one might expect from a prison thriller. But only briefly. Like its Scandinavian neighbors, Denmark has been renowned for its relatively humane approach to mass incarceration: low rates of recidivism, fewer instances of violence, and anti-punitive philosophies. But “relatively” and “has been” are the key words here.

The Danish Prisons and Probation Service is still a modern, westernized prison-industrial complex. And one in sharp decline. Where it once swam upstream alongside its Nordic siblings in the name of ethics, it’s now accused of taking cues from more penal, profit-bent countries such as the US. In 2019, Bo Yde Sørensen, Head of the Danish Prison Federation,...

Noble Team's absence in Halo season 2's "Reach" may disappoint fans hoping for their inclusion in the series down the line. The Fall of Reach plotline differs greatly from what happens in Halo: Reach, but still features some odes to the game. Despite Noble Team's significance, their role in the series may be unnecessary due to the presence of Master Chief and Silver Team.

Spoilers are ahead for Halo season 2, episode 4, "Reach."In the wake of Halo season 2, episode 4, "Reach," the inclusion of Noble Team in the Paramount+ series seems like a pipe dream. Ahead of the highly anticipated fourth entry in the show's sophomore season, which chronicles Halo's Fall of Reach plotline, the series gave no indication that Noble Team would join the fray. However, given that the Spartan squad plays a central role in the Halo: Reach video game, long-time fans of the franchise remained hopeful about Noble Team's eventual inclusion.

Netflix has debuted the official full trailer from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming ‘The Gentleman’ series.

The story sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it.

The series, which is inspired by the original Miramax film with the same title, stars Emmy-nominated The White Lotus 2 star, Theo James, alongside Kaya Scodelario (Crawl, The Pale Horse), Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Chanel Cresswell (This is England), Michael Vu,...

Enter the fast and turbulent world of underground crime in the new trailer from the Netflix original series The Gentlemen. The new show is inspired by Guy Ritchie‘s film of the same name. The trailer sees an unsuspecting chap get in over his head as he unintentionally becomes involved with his family’s drug dealings. This new peek at the series showcases the signature aggressive manic style of Guy Ritchie’s gangster films. Ritchie himself is wearing multiple hats behind the scenes as the creator, writer, and executive producer. He has also directed the first two episodes of the series. The show was also previously known to premiere sometime next month, but we now have a release date as Netflix announced the premiere will be on March 7.

The official logline from Netflix reads,

“The Gentlemen sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizable country estate – only...

Exclusive: Lionsgate’s John Wick spinoff Ballerina starring Ana de Armas will be delayed a year from June 7, 2024 to June 6, 2025. The move comes as John Wick architect Chad Stahelski has inked a new deal with Lionsgate to oversee the franchise. He’s working with Ballerina director Len Wiseman on additional action sequences for the movie, to amp it up even more than it is.

Advance tracking is already hot on Ballerina, Lionsgate just wants to make the feature, produced by Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee’s Thunder Road even better. Currently, the Ballerina stands alone on her new summer 2025 date.

Now, there’s nothing for exhibition to fret, for the Rupert Sanders’ redux of The Crow will be taking over Ballerina‘s summer date of June 7 this year. Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of The Crow in this modern reimagining of the original graphic novel by James O’Barr.

Let’s get one thing out of the way first. The Road House remake looks badass. I was among those who were wary of director Doug Liman remaking the Patrick Swayze action classic, especially when I heard Jake Gyllenhaal would be leading the cast. Gyllenhaal is a great actor, but would he be good as Dalton the bouncer? And what about the hair??? Could he ever compare to the late Crazy Swayze? But, over the last few months, the buzz has been building that this Road House remake is terrific. It’s apparently one of the highest-testing movies in Amazon-MGM history, and the trailer rocked the internet when it came out about a month ago. Against all odds, it looks like Liman and Gyllenhaal have made a slam-bang action flick that updates and pays homage to the original film without being derivative. So why isn’t it going to theaters?...

Spoilers are ahead for Halo season 2, episode 3.

Cobalt Team's fate is confirmed: They were killed by the Covenant, just as Master Chief suspected. Admiral Keyes learns that Master Chief was right about the Covenant being on Reach, despite dismissing it as a delusion. Ackerson lied about Cobalt Team's disappearance because he didn't want the information about the Covenant's invasion to get out.

The mystery of what happened to Cobalt Team has plagued Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber), prompting him to take matters into his own armored hands at the end of Halo season 2, episode 2, "Sword." After going above James Ackerson's (Joseph Morgan) head and looking into Cobalt's flightplan, the Chief learned that his fellow soldiers never left Reach. Instead, the squadron was sent to Visegrád, one of the planet's comms relays. When John-117 rounds up Silver Team, he reveals something he's felt in his gut since the glassing of...

Jake Gyllenhaal and Doug Liman recently collaborated for the reboot of the 1989 cult favorite, Road House. But while the movie was initially set to premiere at SXSW on March 8, it got plagued with controversies that delayed its release until March 21. The upcoming release became the subject of controversy, following Liman’s Deadline op-ed piece.

Jake Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man: Far From Home

According to Doug Liman, he wanted Jake Gyllenhaal’s Road House to have a theatrical release, especially since it tested extremely well with audiences. But after Amazon bought the storied movie studio MGM, according to Variety reports, Liman was offered and agreed to an $85M budget for a streaming release of the film. Fans are now confused about whom to believe.

Controversial Prime Video Release of Jake Gyllenhaal’s Road House

Serving as a remake of Patrick Swayze’s 1989 film, Road House, Doug Liman came up with the reboot in 2024 featuring Jake Gyllenhaal.

British Buggery.

After closing out January with the very gay (and very terrible) The Covenant (listen) and the pseudo-remake of Single White Female: The Roommate (listen), we kicked off February with journey to the world of H.P. Lovecraft in Re-Animator. Now, we’re traveling back in time to discuss Albert Lewin‘s 1945 adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray.

In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders), tells his friend Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) that men should pursue their sensual longings, but laments that only the young get to do so. Taken with the idea, Dorian inadvertently makes a Faustian bargain to stay young forever. His wish comes true, and his boyish looks aid him as he indulges his every whim. Unfortunately, his sins take physical form on a portrait of himself, and as the years go by he must decide what type of man he wants to be.

Jake Gyllenhaal's best war movie is "The Covenant" due to its intense combat scenes and visceral experience on the frontlines. "The Covenant" focuses on the connection formed between two opposing countrymen, while "Jarhead" explores the psychological effects and isolation of military routine. "The Covenant" tells an inspiring tale of unsung heroism, highlighting the bond and sacrifices made between two strangers with opposing ideologies.

Jake Gyllenhaal has starred in three extremely different kinds of war movies in his career to date. The first war movie Gyllenhaal starred in was Jarhead in 2005, directed by Sam Mendes from a memoir of the same name by former U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford. The story takes place in the first Gulf War and explores the psychological ramifications of U.S. Marines combating boredom, downtime, isolation, and alienation as they bond together and await battle.

The second war movie Gyllenhaal starred in was Brothers in 2009, directed...

Silly Done Right

January featured plenty of highs and lows on Horror Queers. We started with the brilliant sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (listen) and the silly subversiveness of German film Killer Condom (listen). Then we descended into trash for two weeks with The Covenant (listen) and The Roommate (listen).

Thankfully we wrapped the month on a high with Stuart Gordon‘s playful, gory and mean-spirited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s Re-Animator (1985).

Featuring a career defining performance by Jeffrey Combs, the film follows eccentric burgeoning scientist Herbert West (Combs) as he befriends/seduces aspiring doctor Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), much to the chagrin of Dan’s girlfriend, Megan (Barbara Crampton) and her secret admirer, creepy Dr. Hill (David Gale).

As the experiments – and the corpses – begin to pile up, it’s unclear who the real villain is. Will Herbert successfully test his serum? Will Dan live to become a doctor? Or...

Avatar: The Way of Water, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Star Trek: Picard were among the main winners Sunday at the 51st Saturn Awards, which honor the best in genre entertainment.

Winners across film, TV and home media were revealed Sunday during a ceremony at the L.A. Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel hosted by Joel McHale. The awards are presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

James Cameron’s Avatar sequel won a leading four awards on the film side for Best Science Fiction Film, Direction, Screenwriting and Visual Effects after coming in to the night with a leading 12 nominations. Oppenheimer, which had 11 noms, was named Best Thriller and won for Best Editing while the film’s Emily Blunt won Best Supporting Actress. Blunt also presented Nolan with the honorary Saturn Visionary Award.

Other honorary awards went to Life Career honoree Jodie Foster, Keanu Reeves, Seth MacFarlane,...

"This is an unsanctioned, unauthorized mission." Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for Guy Ritchie's new WWII action film titled The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, arriving in theaters this April. Ritchie already deliver another war film last year with The Covenant, and also has The Gentlemen series coming up, now he's heading back to WWII to tell the origin story of covert Black Ops missions. The British military recruits a small group of highly-skilled soldiers to strike against Nazi forces behind enemy lines. Billed as a true story about a secret British World War II organization: the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Nazis helped to change the course of the war and gave birth to modern black operations. The massive ensemble cast features Henry Cavill as Gus March-Phillips, with Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun,...

You have to be careful with verbosely-named action teams, cinematically-speaking. You’re looking for that mismatched bunch of violent oddbods, but are you after The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Or the spooky kids of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children? Or could it even be, um, The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society? If you’re Guy Ritchie, the answer you’re looking for is The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare – that’s the name of his next film, the latest from the ludicrously busy British filmmaker, who also has The Gentlemen spin-off series (unrelated to Gentlemanly Warfare) readying to launch on Netflix soon. This one’s a wartime romp based on a historical World War 2 mission – with Henry Cavill letting loose as an agent whose unconventional methods might just reap results. Watch the trailer:

Looks fun, right? While Cavill is seen in cinemas this week in Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle,...

Has anyone told Guy Ritchie that it's totally okay to take a nap, get some water, or slow down before he burns himself out? The prolific English film director, producer, and screenwriter has been firing on all cylinders for the last 25 years, churning out thrillers, action comedies, spy dramas, and even a live-action Disney movie to boast one of the most impressive filmographies of any director working today. Last year saw the release of both "Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre" and "Guy Ritchie's The Covenant," with the latter hitting theaters in April. Now, Ritchie's next film is slated for release almost a year later to the day with "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." I say this with the utmost love and respect — that's a title that sounds like the result of a "Guy Ritchie Movie" movie title generator. This is to say, I'll absolutely be there on opening night to catch this nonsense.

Fedora fashion.

After kicking off 2024 with discussions on the better-than-it-has-any-right-to-be sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II (listen), the surprisingly progressive Killer Condom (listen) and the very gay (and very terrible) The Covenant, we’re wrapping up January with a conversation about Christian E. Christiansen‘s pseudo-remake of Single White Female: The Roommate.

The Roommate sees Sara (Minka Kelly), a young design student from Iowa, arrive for college in Los Angeles. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca (Leighton Meester), is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. This brings out her more psychotic tendencies as she embarks on a mission to prove that Sara only needs one best friend: her.

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Season 2 of Halo picks up after a time gap, with changes in the relationship between Master Chief and Cortana. The show aims to evolve the relationship seen in the video games, allowing for character arcs and storytelling opportunities. The first two episodes of Halo season 2 will premiere on February 8.

Master Chief actor Pablo Schreiber breaks down how Halo season 2 picks up from the first season's cliffhanger ending, teasing how much time has passed and how the supersoldier's relationship has changed with AI Cortana (Jen Taylor). The Paramount+ show is based on Microsoft's videogame franchise of the same name, as season 2 takes viewers into Humanity's darkest hour as The Covenant invades Reach. In season 1's finale, Cortana assumes control of the Master Chief in a climactic fight, merging their consciousnesses and allowing them to win at the apparent cost of his humanity.

With Halo season 1 ending with the Chief unresponsive...

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant was filmed in Spain, not Afghanistan, but managed to beautifully capture the visual identity of the Middle East. Alicante, a popular tourist destination, was an interesting choice to represent Afghanistan due to its temperate hilly desert countryside. The Covenant also utilized locations such as Sax and Villajoyosa, which provided the rocky terrain and a central firefight location, respectively, adding to the authenticity of the film's setting.

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant was filmed in a variety of locations that helped bring the setting of Taliban-occupied Afghanistan to life — and considering how immersive the 2023 movie is, it's amazing that it wasn't even filmed on the same continent. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Sergeant John Kinley, a war-hardened soldier who hires a local interpreter, Ahmed (Dar Salim), who saves an injured Kinley after a disastrous ambush. After returning to civilian life, Kinley is tortured by abandoning his companion, and so...

Forgiven for Forgetting

After starting the year with one of the best horror sequels of all time in Hellbound: Hellraiser II, we moved into the hilariously smart German satire Killer Condom. Trace and I should have known the good times wouldn’t last!

With this week’s discussion of Renny Harlin‘s The Covenant, we begin a two-week stretch of poorly rated, very dumb thrillers. In the film, Caleb (Steven Strait) is a member of the popular Boys of Ipswich at an elite boarding school. He also has a dangerous birthright: the men in his family can use The Power to get what they want.

The trade-off? The more they use their abilities, the faster they age, as evidenced by his father’s (Stephen McHattie) condition.

Things change with the arrival of dangerous bad boy Chase (Sebastian Stan). Suddenly both Caleb’s relationship with Sarah (Laura Ramsey) and his 18th birthday ascension are under threat.

Guy Ritchie loves working with the same actors over and over again. So is it any surprise that Eiza González joins his upcoming pic “Fountain Of Youth“? Deadline reports that the actress joins John Krasinski and Natalie Portman on the Apple adventure film, her third Ritchie film in a row. “The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare“ with Henry Cavill and González hits theaters on April 19, while an untitled actioner with Cavill, González and “The Covenant” star Jake Gyllenhaal is in post-production now.

Continue reading ‘Fountain Of Youth’: Eiza González Joins Jon Krasinski & Natalie Portman On Guy Ritchie’s Adventure Pic at The Playlist.

Critically acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie is reportedly no longer set to direct Disney's upcoming live-action remake of its 1997 animated classic Hercules.

According to scooper Daniel Richtman, Ritchie is too busy to make Hercules and has shifted his focus to other projects. The DisInsider Show has backed up Richtman's report, stating that they have also heard that Ritchie "has become too busy." Ritchie has been working non-stop lately, pumping out one action film after another. His latest, The Covenant, hit theaters in 2023, while his next, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, opens on April 19, 2024. He is also in post-production on an untitled action film and in pre-production on Fountain of Youth. With big-budgeted blockbusters sometimes being years-long commitments, it seems that Ritchie just doesn't have room in his schedule for Hercules.

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Season one of CBS’s NCIS: Sydney comes to an end with episode eight which finds Jd’s son in big trouble. “Blonde Ambition” was directed by Catherine Millar from a script by Morgan O’Neill and will air on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Season one stars Olivia Swann (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) as NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey, Sean Sagar (The Covenant) as NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson, and Todd Lasance (Spartacus: War of the Damned) as her 2Ic Afp counterpart, Sergeant Jim “Jd” Dempsey. The cast also includes Tuuli Narkle (Mystery Road: Origin) as Afp liaison officer Constable Evie Cooper, Mavournee Hazel (Shantaram) as Afp forensic scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson, and William McInnes (The Newsreader) as Afp forensic pathologist Dr Roy Penrose.

“Blonde Ambition” Plot: When Jd’s (Lasance) son is kidnapped by an international assassin in exchange for a wanted criminal in NCIS custody, the...

Netflix has debuted the teaser trailer from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming ‘The Gentleman’ series.

The story sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it.

The series, which is inspired by the original Miramax film with the same title, stars Emmy-nominated The White Lotus 2 star, Theo James, alongside Kaya Scodelario (Crawl, The Pale Horse), Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Chanel Cresswell (This is England), Michael Vu,...

Netflix’s The Gentlemen series doesn’t feature the same ensemble cast as Guy Ritchie’s 2020 film of the same name. However, Ritchie says his new series is set in the same sort of world as the film, and that’s confirmed in the show’s first official teaser trailer.

The R-rated feature film starred Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell, and Michelle Dockery. The ensemble of the 2024 series that it inspired is led by Theo James (The White Lotus 2) and includes Ray Winstone (The Departed) and Kaya Scodelario (The Pale Horse). Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), and Chanel Cresswell (This is England) also star.

The cast also includes Michael Vu, Max Beesley (Hijack), Jasmine Blackborow (Marie Antoinette), Harry Goodwins (In His Hands: The Emergence), Dar Salim (The Covenant), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), Ruby Sear, and Peter Serafinowicz (The...

Just four years after the movie hit theaters, Netflix has turned Guy Ritchie's "The Gentlemen" into a TV show. The above teaser trailer for the series offers proof of that, introducing a drug empire, a cast of criminals, and some vintage Ritchie shenanigans.

The teaser admittedly doesn't dive too deeply into the story, but it does do a great job of capturing the vibe. It's all set to the tune of "Time of the Season" by The Zombies, with some welcome narration by Giancarlo Esposito, of "Breaking Bad" and "The Boys" fame. Esposito is just one part of a pretty well-stacked ensemble led by Theo James ("The White Lotus"). Blood, boxing, and quips, this has all of the hallmarks of a classic Guy Ritchie production. It certainly has a similar feeling to the 2020 movie, but it also feels designed to satisfy "Snatch" fans. The official synopsis for the show...

Get ready to peek behind the curtains of British Aristocracy with the new teaser trailer from the Netflix original series, The Gentlemen. The new show is inspired by Guy Ritchie‘s film of the same name. Ritchie himself is wearing multiple hats behind the scenes as the creator, writer, and executive producer. He has also directed the first two episodes of the series.

The official logline from Netflix reads,

“The Gentlemen sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a clandestine cannabis empire. Moreover, many unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it.”

The teasing shot at...