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Wrestler-turned-actor John Cena built his second career on star turns in franchise hits like Peacemaker and the various Fast & Furious sequels. It's a particularly impressive Hollywood ascension considering Cena's first leading role was in one of this generation's most infamous B-movie flops: The Marine. The so-bad-it's-good rookie effort was recently announced to receive a streaming spotlight, the film landing on Tubi March 1.

John Cena's First Leading Role Finds Streaming Home At Tubi The Marine Offers A Glimpse Into Cena's Unlikely Shift From Ring to Screen Image via 20th Century Fox

The Marine hit theaters in 2006 as WWE grappled with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's departure from the company in pursuit of greener movie-star pastures. It's no coincidence, then, that the production marked both WWE Studios' first major theatrical release and its, at the time, rising star, John Cena's silver-screen debut. The film flopped, earning a measly $22.2 million, barely lapping a reported $15 million budget.

Becky Lynch has joined Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which adds a global WWE superstar to its already stacked cast. Executive produced by co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is currently filming in Toronto. With a cast led by Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter and Academy Award-nominee Paul Giamatti, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has already received an early season 2 renewal on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is set in the late 32nd century after the end of Star Trek: Discovery. Reopened after a century following the galactic calamity of The Burn, Starfleet Academy welcomes a new and diverse class of Starfleet hopefuls, under the guidance of Holly Hunter's Captain, who is also Starfleet Academy's Chancellor. However, a new threat to the United Federation of Planets emerges, likely tied to Paul Giamatti's recurring villain. Becky Lynch plays one of the Starfleet Officers potentially encountering this new enemy.

Not your average average Starfleet officer!

It’s official. Starfleet Academy has enlisted one of the toughest women on the planet by way of WWE superstar Becky Lynch, who will be joining the series for its inaugural season. Firsts are nothing new to Lynch in the world of wrestling, as she was the first-ever SmackDown women’s champion, the first to ever hold both the SmackDown and Raw women’s championships at the same time, and one of the first three women to headline WrestleMania along with Charlotte Flair and former UFC fighter Ronda Rousey.

The Irish-born lass-kicker – whose real name is Rebecca Quin – took to X to share the news with her followers, posting a video (seen below) that opened with her saying,"You know when you’ve already been champion of the world, there’s only one place to go next, and that’s to the stars." Quin then broke the news that she...

Its mean streak doesn’t get much press, but the hippopotamus is actually an incredibly dangerous creature. They’re so aggressive, they’re officially the deadliest large land mammal on the planet and are said to kill around 500 people every year in Africa. Now their rampage is set to extend to the screen, as Variety reports that the “nature run amok” survival thriller Hungry, which “pits a hungry hippo against a group of tourists,” is currently filming in Malta. Of course, the fact that a killer hippo movie is going by the title Hungry is a nod to Hasbro’s popular tabletop game Hungry Hungry Hippos, but this movie doesn’t have anything to do with Hasbro.

Written and directed by James Nunn, Hungry tells the story of a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo on the loose after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.

One More Shot features a strong ensemble cast of familiar faces from the action genre. The main cast of the movie includes action icons Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, and Tom Berenger. The supporting cast of the movie features a returning star and former stunt performer alongside quite a few newcomers.

The One More Shot cast contains a robust roster of fresh and familiar faces. The new movie, which premiered in theaters and via VOD in early 2024 before a streaming release on Netflix in May, is a sequel to the 2021 British action-thriller outing One Shot. Both movies were directed by James Nunn from a screenplay by Jamie Russell, though Nunn also has story credit on the pair. Other returning behind-the-scenes figures include producer Ben Jacques, composer Austin Wintory, and editor Liviu Jipescu.

The 2024 action movie is presented as a single, continuous take just like the previous installment in the franchise,...

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.

Stars: Scott Adkins, Ashley Greene, Waleed Elgadi, Ryan Phillippe, Emmanuel Imani, Dino Kelly, Jack Parr, Jess Liaudin, Lee Charles | Written by Jamie Russell | Directed by James Nunn

One Shot is both the title of the new Scott Adkins film, it’s also the film’s gimmick and reason for being made in the first place. Director James Nunn, working from a script by Jamie Russell, has given us a feature-length action film shot in one continuous take.

Needless to say, One Shot keeps the plotting to a minimum. CIA operative Zoe Anderson has been assigned to bring terrorist Amin Mansur (Waleed Elgadi; Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar) from a Black Site to the US for questioning. The base’s commander Jack Yorke doesn’t think that’s a good idea and is refusing to release him.

Lt. Jake Harris (Scott Adkins) and his team, Whit (Emmanuel Imani; Hold the...

Awe-some! WWE wrestler Mike “The Miz” Mizanin is set to host USA Network’s upcoming competition series “Cannonball,” TheWrap has learned exclusively.

Joining Mizanin (“Miz & Mrs”) on the “Wipeout”-like show are co-host Rosci Diaz and sideline reporter Simon Gibson.

The 10-episode “Cannonball” will premiere on USA in the summer. “Cannonball” will feature contestants from across America who face off in the “biggest, wettest, slippery-est water sports competition ever created,” according to the popular cable channel. From sliding off a 100-foot waterslide to rocketing off one of the world’s fastest drop towers, “Cannonball” contestants will battle a variety of water obstacles to win a $10,000 cash prize.

“Cannonball” is produced by ITV America’s ITV Entertainment, based on the original format by ITV Studios Netherlands Content B.V. and licensed by ITV Studios. The series was created by John de Mol, who serves as executive producer along with Shye Sutherland,...

Paramount Animation is teaming with WWE Studios on the upcoming summer 2020 release Rumble, which is set in a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes.

The pic will headline the voice cast of Will Arnett, Terry Crews, Geraldine Viswanathan plus WWE Superstars Becky Lynch (The Marine 6: Close Quarters) and Roman Reigns (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw). In addition, Tony Danza, Stephen A. Smith, Jimmy Tatro, Ben Schwartz and Michael Buffer will also be part of the voiceover cast.

Directed by Hamish Grieve, Rumble follows Winnie who seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a wrestling champion.

Pic is produced by Mark Bakshi and Brad Booker. Susan Levison and Richard Lowell will serve as EPs for WWE Studios. Reel FX and Walden Media are also producers on Rumble.

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Shawn Michaels is many things: a WWE legend, an actor, and a devout Christian. At times, a couple of those may not seem to jive together, something we asked the wrestling icon about ahead of his latest movie premiere.

In “90 Feet From Home,” which debuts Thursday night at Hollywood’s TLC Chinese Theater, Michaels plays a physically and emotionally abusive step-dad to a promising young baseball player. It’s a very un-Christian role, and Michaels had his doubts about accepting such gigs. But a fellow WWE Hall of Famer, who happens to also be an ordained minister, gave the Heartbreak Kid his blessing — and the rock-solid reasoning behind it.

“I’ve always been intrigued that, for whatever reason, when your life changes because of your faith, somehow you’re not allowed to act in a different way,” Michaels told TheWrap. “When I first got saved, I did struggle with it.

Exclusive: UK horror Demon Eye has sold around Europe and Asia for sales outfit Devilworks following its U.S. release last month via Vertical Entertainment.

Deals include Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Lighthouse Home Entertainment), Benelux and Scandinavia (TakeOne), UK and Eire (101 Films), Italy (CG Entertainment), Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Middle East (Gulf Film). The film is set for theatrical release in Turkey (Bir Film) and Philippines (Rafaella Films International).

Pic tells the story of Sadie, who returns to her father’s country house in the Moors following his mysterious death. There she discovers a cursed amulet which contains dark powers to unlock two deadly demons.

Starring are Brit actor Darren Day (The Krays: Dead Man Walking) and Ellie Goffe (The Marine 6: Close Quarters). Ryan Simons wrote the script and directed and also co-produced alongside Jamie Cymbal and Simon Denton under production houses Quickfoot Media and Bite Me films. Executive producers include Christopher Hirst,...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Teodora Duhovnikova, Martyn Ford, Brahim Achabbakhe, Emilien De Falco, Alon Aboutboul, Julian Vergov, Valentin Ganev | Written by David N. White | Directed by Todor Chapkanov

Infamous Russian Mma fighter Yuri Boyka (Scott Adkins) returns to the ring in the latest instalment of the Undisputed franchise, Undisputed: Fight For Freedom (aka Boyka: Undisputed) – the Fourth film in the series that a) refuses to die, and b) has never faltered since the original sequel and the first appearance of Scott Adkins as Boyka. In fact such was Adkins’ charisma that, in this and the previous film, his character has become the star of the franchise!

This time round Boyka is taking his new found freedom and pursuing his dream of becoming the ultimate fighter. But after the death of his ring opponent he finds himself questioning the decisions he has made in life. Seeking forgiveness from the fighter’s widow...

Stars: Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin, Shawn Michaels, Becky Lynch, Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Terence Maynard, Tim Woodward, Martyn Ford, Anna Demetriou, Michael Higgs, Daniel Adegboyega, Alec Newman, Hester Ruoff | Written by Craig Walendziak | Directed by James Nunn

WWE superstar The Miz and director James Nunn re-team for the sixth entry in the Marine franchise, filmed right here in the UK (though you’d be hard-pressed to tell thanks to some impressive set design), The Marine 6: Close Quarters.

This time round The Miz’s titular character, Jake Carter, teams with another WWE superstar, Shawn Michaels, who also plays a former Marine and Carter’s former Co, Luke Trapper. Stumbling across a terrorist plot (as one does) in a disused Oregon Brewery-turned squatters apartment block, the pair join forces to rescue a kidnapped girl (Louisa Connolly-Burnham) from a gang of international criminals, led by Maddy Hayes (Becky Lynch).

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“SmackDown Live” Women’s Champion Becky Lynch is out of her upcoming “Survivor Series” match versus Ronda Rousey due to injury.

Lynch sustained a “broken face and a severe concussion” while competing in the women’s brawl at the end of Monday night’s “Raw,” per WWE. Specifically, the injury came courtesy of a Nia Jax strike.

Due to a broken face, #SDLive #WomensChampion @BeckyLynchWWE will be unable to compete this Sunday at #SurvivorSeries. pic.twitter.com/47Gwh2Xava

— WWE (@WWE) November 14, 2018

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Lynch and fellow “SmackDown Live” wrestlers (storyline) invaded rival series “Monday Night Raw” last night as part of an angle setting up Sunday’s show vs. show pay-per-view event.

Below, see Lynch’s tweets from earlier Tuesday, regarding the match. At the time, it seemed she was still in for her showdown with Rousey.

She's the It Baby! WWE Superstars Mike "The Miz" Mizanin and Maryse Ouellet welcomed their first child together earlier this year — an adorable baby girl named Monroe Sky — and fans will get to follow along with the It Couple's journey to parenthood on their new, hit USA series Miz & Mrs. Now, in an exclusive interview with Life & Style, Mike and Maryse gushed about their daughter, revealed how they decided on their baby's name, and teased what fans can expect to see as Maryse heads into the delivery room later this season. "She’s got so much personality already — and if she’s 10 percent of her dad, we’re in trouble," Maryse told Life & Style, gushing over her four-month-old. "She's got all those faces, it's cute." Exclusive! #MizAndMrs is a Monster Hit so we are doing a special #MizTVOnInstagram I’ve got an interview w/ the star of @usa_network...