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Action movie dreams are made of projects like Amazon MGM Studios’ The Wrecking Crew, which will see genre icons real-life man-mountains Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista joining forces for a Lethal Weapon-esque buddy-comedy. While updates have been few and far between since the project was announced a few years ago, Bautista and Momoa’s co-star, Spider-Man: No Way Home’sJacob Batalon, has arrived to provide just that, teasing some “crazy” and “ridiculous” action scenes.

Speaking with Joe, Batalon, who joins both Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, as well as Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, and Morena Baccarin in the action outing, also confirmed some plot details about The Wrecking Crew, revealing that the MCU and Dcu stars will play brothers hunting down their murdered father.

“It’s a lot of crazy, ridiculous action scenes for sure. It’s basically just about Hawaii and [Bautista and Momoa are] basically trying to...

On Sherwood Schwartz's 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's Island," every character represented a different American class, and each one served a vital social function. The Skipper (Alan Hale), for instance, could be seen as a representative of the American military, while his sailing know-how provided the Island with a better understanding of their surroundings. Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) was a working-class character with knowledge of farming, but she was also a barometer of the Island's general mood. If she was happy, then things were going well. Gilligan (Bob Denver), meanwhile, was the innocent of the island, providing a plucky spirit of survival, while also offering something like a childlike perspective to the plight of the castaways.

The itinerant actress Ginger (Tina Louise) was weirdly vital. Many feel that Ginger, because she was so glamorous, provided mere sex appeal to "Gilligan's Island," but one can see that she also served as something of a morale officer.

Exclusive: Lauren McQueen (Here) has been cast as the female lead opposite Jack Patten in MGM+‘s upcoming series Robin Hood.

Rounding out the main cast of the drama are Lydia Peckham (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Steven Waddington (The Trap), Marcus Fraser (Foundation), Angus Castle-Doughty (Shadow and Bone) and actor/digital creator Henry Rowley. In addition to Patten, they join previously cast Sean Bean.

Lydia Peckham, Steven Waddington, Marcus Fraser, Angus Castle-Doughty and Henry Rowley

From Lionsgate TV and showrunner John Glenn, Robin Hood is described as a sweeping, romantic adventure, a modern take of the classic tale that brings historical authenticity, psychological depth, and a heightened focus on the relationship between Rob and Marian.

In the series, following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Patten) – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian, the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom.

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of March titles. The Tubi March 2025 slate features new Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller and Western titles.

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Dave Bautista's time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is likely over. The Guardians of the Galaxy actor recently stated that there is only one way he'd consider coming back to the universe as Drax the Destroyer.

Bautista likely disappointed more than a few MCU fans when he told ComicBook.com earlier this week that "Drax is completely closed to me." The actor, who was promoting his new movie In the Lost Lands, shared that the only way he would even consider reprising the Guardians character would be if James Gunn, who wrote and directed all three installments, asked him to come back. "Unless James Gunn called me and asked if I would do something as Drax again, I just wouldn’t be interested. If James called me, which obviously is not gonna happen. He’s doing okay, he’s gone a different route," he explained, referencing Gunn's move to...

Dave Bautista is returning to the sci-fi genre. After starring in Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy and Denis Villeneuve's two-part film adaptation of Dune, the actor has been tapped to headline the upcoming dystopian thriller, Dreadnought.

According to Deadline, Bautista will reunite with his Bushwick directors, Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott, for Dreadnought. The screenplay, written by Joseph Greenberg, follows "Max (Bautista), whose world was devastated when an alien species crash-landed on Earth, unleashing a deadly plague that claimed his wife and much of humanity. In the fragile society that remains, humans have learned to coexist with their extraterrestrial invaders. But for Max, survival isn’t enough," reads the synopsis.

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Morena Baccarin and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson have been cast in the upcoming live-action feature film “Masters of the Universe,” based on the iconic Mattel franchise, Amazon MGM and Mattel announced on Monday.

Baccarin is playing the Sorceress and Jóhannesson is playing Fisto. Both actors would star alongside Nicholas Galitzine in the role of He-Man, Camila Mendes, who is playing Teela, Alison Brie as “Evil-Lyn,” and Idris Elba (Duncan/Man-at-Arms), which TheWrap first exclusively reported.

Travis Knight is directing the film from a screenplay by Chris Butler. Plot details are being kept under wraps for the film, which will be released exclusively in theaters worldwide on June 5, 2026. The movie will be produced by Escape Artists and Mattel Films.

Mattel introduced the world to He-Man in 1982 with the launch of a toy line (dubbed Masters of the Universe) and the debut of the animated series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” the following year.

Exclusive: Travis Knight’s live-action Masters of the Universe from Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel has added Morena Baccarin in the role of The Sorceress and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson in the role of Malcolm/Fisto, we can tell you first.

The duo joins Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, Camila Mendes as Teela, Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Jared Leto as Skeletor, Idris Elba as Duncan/Man-at-Arms, Sam C. Wilson as Trap Jaw, Hafthor Bjornsson as Goat Man, and Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops in the screenplay by Chris Buttler with first draft by David Callaham, and Aaron and Adam Nee.

Plot details are under wraps for the Escape Artists and Mattel Films production. In the 1982 conceived toy line and early 1980s cartoon series, Castle Greyskull is the target of numerous attacks by Skeletor, Hordak and the Snake Men, all of whom believe that the secrets inside will allow them to conquer Eternia and the entire universe,...

Aaron Rabin is set to write Universal Pictures’ film adaptation of Square Enix and Avalanche Studio’s bestselling video game franchise, ”Just Cause,” TheWrap has exclusively learned.

“Blue Beetle” director Ángel Manuel Soto, who just wrapped production on Amazon MGM’s “The Wrecking Crew,” is attached to direct.

Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, producers of action films “The Fall Guy,” “Bullet Train,” “Nobody” and “Violent Night,” will produce through 87North’s first-look deal with Universal.

The team behind “Tomb Raider” and Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” will also be producing via Story Kitchen’s Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg and Timothy I. Stevenson, with Dan Jevons executive producing.

Debuting in 2006, the video game series follows the adventures of Rico Rodriguez, an operative for a fictional U.S. covert agency sent to destabilize and overthrow oppressive regimes. “Just Cause” is well regarded for its wide-open sandbox environments, over-the-top action and humor.

It's official: Jason Momoa is finally going to play Lobo in a live-action DC project. It was recently revealed that he'd been cast in the role and is set to make his debut in the upcoming movie Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

On Instagram, Momoa shared a video to hype his debut as Lobo in the film. From the actor's point of view, the video reveals Momoa sitting by a fire with a lit cigar in one hand. On his lap is the script for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which bears a watermark reading, "For Lobo's Eyes Only." The actor can be heard giggling before the video cuts out, while Momoa added in the caption of hte post, "Boom Day 3 of 2025 I Am Lobo." Check out the Instagram post below.

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Jason Momoa, star of Warner Bros and DC’s Aquaman films, has been tapped to play Lobo in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Deadline has confirmed.

Momoa has been linked to the Lobo role since before James Gunn came in to lead DC alongside Peter Safran. He’s been vocal in the past about his interest in the part and today confirmed his attachment to the role in a post on Instagram, where he screenshotted comments from a past interview.

“I collect comics, and I don’t do so much anymore, but was always my favorite, and I always wanted to play Lobo, because I’m like, ‘Hello? It’s the perfect role,'” said the actor. Momoa went on to say that should DC come around asking him to play Lobo, it would be “a f*ck yeah.” Alongside the Instagram screenshot, Momoa posted a caption this morning that reads,...

As soon as credits began rolling on The Batman, so did the rumor mill about when The Batman, Part II would hit theaters. Every nerd on the planet knew Matt Reeves could not allow that film to end with just a singular offering.

However, it has felt that way with what is now the third delay since that amazing film ended. At CinemaCon 2022, Wbd motion picture major domo Toby Emmerich joyously announced that The Batman was coming back to the big screen. Then, Matt Reeves said this from the stage:

"Thank you all for your tremendous support for The Batman. We couldn’t have gotten here without the faith and enthusiasm of all your teams around the world. I’m excited to jump back into this world for the next chapter," Matt Reeves told Deadline in April 2022.

Amid the ballyhoo of other CBMs and other nerd-laden entertainment like Black Adam,...

Wedding bells are stinging (sorry) in a new action comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Dave Bautista. Jonathan Tropper, who wrote 2014's This is Where I Leave You and The Adam Project in 2022 (and was the creator and showrunner of Banshee) is scripting the new film for Amazon MGM Studios and Agbo. In an exclusive Deadline report, the outlet says that the two stars have signed onto the project and will co-produce with each of their respective companies.

The story is based on a wild series of actual events where two FBI agents played a couple in order to infiltrate a criminal enterprise in, you guessed it, New Jersey. The sting operation came to a head at the couples' staged wedding, where the criminal bosses were arrested as they checked in for their table assignments. While it sounds like a plan slightly more sophisticated than a free boat giveaway that would nab Homer Simpson,...

Exclusive: Anne Hathaway and Dave Bautista will star in an untitled action comedy that Jonathan Tropper is scripting for Amazon MGM Studios and Agbo. The film is inspired by an actual sting in which agents posed as a couple to infiltrate global criminal enterprises. It culminated in a staged wedding in New Jersey. When the crime bosses checked in for their table assignments, they were arrested and dragged away so as not to tip off the next suspect.

The film will be produced by Agbo principals Joe and Anthony Russo, along with Angela Russo-Otstot, Michael Disco and Tropper. Agbo brought the package to Amazon MGM, its partner on a second season of Citadel and the upcoming feature The Bluff. Also producing are Hathaway through her Somewhere Pictures banner and Bautista through his Dogbone Entertainment banner.

The story will be refashioned into a mismatched partner story of two undercover FBI agents...

Sharon Tate, a name that once sparkled with promise, became synonymous with tragedy the night of 1969. The very woman who once graced magazine covers with a smile, was now at the mercy of one of the most horrific crimes in Hollywood history. She was the radiant actress, the model, the adored wife of director Roman Polanski, and, above all, the expectant mother who would never see her dreams realized.

Sharon Tate in Valley of the Dolls (1967) | Credit: 20th Century Fox

However, fate dealt a cruel hand on the night of August 9, 1969, when she and four others were brutally murdered by the notorious Manson Family, a crime that rippled through Los Angeles and left a lasting scar far beyond. This devastating event took not only her life but also her unborn child’s.

But beyond the glamorous image Hollywood painted, her last words before her murder, spoken in sheer desperation, remind...

Not even Jason Momoa’s towering charisma could save this one! Fresh off Game of Thrones, the man who made Khal Drogo a household name took a swing at a $90M blockbuster that had all the ingredients for success—but ended up tasting like a burnt soufflé. The problem? Way too many chefs meddling in the cinematic kitchen.

Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke in Game Of Thrones | Credit: HBO

What should’ve been a post-Westeros win turned into a hot mess of conflicting visions and underwhelming execution. Momoa, being the force of nature he is, still managed to shine, but the movie itself? Let’s just say it didn’t earn any Iron Throne-level glory. Sometimes even the fiercest warriors can’t conquer chaos—and this film proved exactly that.

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Prior to "Gilligan's Island" in 1964, Tina Louise was already a long-working actress. Indeed, Louise worked her first modeling gig at the age of two, appearing in an ad campaign for her father's candy store. In high school, she started studying acting, and landed her first professional gig in 1956, appearing in an episode of the TV series "Studio One." She made her feature film debut in Anthony Mann's celebrated drama "God's Little Acre," in which Louise played Griselda, the wife of a character played by Jack Lord. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance. 

Louise went on to star in other high-profile film projects, including Michael Curtiz's "The Hangman," and the 1960 Italian historical epic "The Siege of Syracuse," in which she played three different roles. Louise also played the poet Sappho in a film called "The Warrior Empress." In 1964, she appeared in a film called "For Those Who Think Young,...

After The Killer's Game misfires at the box office, Dave Bautista's new film shoots onto video-on-demand faster than expected. The recently-released action comedy confirms the date audiences can watch the movie from home.

Lionsgate has confirmed The Killer's Game will become available to rent or purchase via major digital outlets on Oct. 4. Fans can buy the J.J. Perry-helmed film for the standard $24.99 or rent for 48 hours for $19.99 on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play and Fandango at Home. There is no word yet on what featurettes or other bonus content will be included on the digital edition of The Killer's Game.

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After Sherwood Schwartz's hit sitcom "Gilligan's Island" wrapped in 1967, actress Tina Louise, who played the glamorous movie star Ginger Grant, was finished. While most of Louise's co-stars would return for "Gilligan's Island" TV movies and spinoffs, she would stay away from the franchise, pursuing other film and TV projects as her whims dictated. Louise's refusal to make more "Gilligan's Island" after 1967 led to persistent rumors that she hated the show and didn't enjoy her time on it. While Louise might have been a little cold to her co-stars, she has revealed that she never resented them for any reason, and actually very much enjoyed her time on "Gilligan's Island."

After "Gilligan's Island," Louise starred in several high-profile films, including the Matt Helm spy spoof "The Wrecking Crew," the sci-fi horror film "The Stepford Wives," and the made-for-tv sequel "Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby." Her most recent performance came...

Jason Momoa has been named as the subject of the worst-ever celebrity interaction ever witnessed by the popular live streamer Valkyrae. It's been alleged that Momoa was "yelling" at crew members on the set of A Minecraft Movie, which Valkyrae found to be "disappointing" to see.

Valkyrae discussed the situation during a recent conversation with fellow streamer JasonTheWeen. She shared how she has a cameo in A Minecraft Movie, and that led into the claim that she'd seen Momoa mistreating others on the set. When asked to name her worst "celebrity or streamer experience," Valkyrae said, "How do I say this? So, Minecraft movie. I have a cameo in the Minecraft movie that's coming out. So, I would have to say Jason Momoa."

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Exclusive: Lydia Peckham (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Roimata Fox (Chief of War) and Branscombe Richmond (Renegade) have joined the cast of The Wrecking Crew, Amazon MGM Studios’ action comedy from Blue Beetle helmer Ángel Manuel Soto.

Details as to the trio’s roles are under wraps. As previously announced, Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa lead the ensemble, which also includes Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, and Morena Baccarin.

Set to enter production in New Zealand in October, The Wrecking Crew centers on a pair of half-brothers — one, a loose-cannon cop (Momoa), and the other, a disciplined Navy Seal (Bautista). After 20-odd years of bad blood, the duo must work together to unravel the conspiracy behind their father’s murder in Hawaii.

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Dave Bautista has always been known in part for his sheer size, going back to his rise to fame as a pro wrestling star in WWE. He's now slimmer than he's been in many years, and the Guardians of the Galaxy star has commented on his physical transformation.

Bautista, whose latest film is the new action movie The Killer's Game, commented on his weight loss in an interview with Chris Van Vliet. His comments follow recent social media attention that has been given to his weight loss, with fans analyzing before-and-after photos to highlight the difference. Bautista explained that the change comes from overdoing it with his weight gain for 2023's Knock at the Cabin. After packing on some pounds for that movie role, Bautista worked hard to take the weight back off, only he found himself pushing it further.

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Speaking to the press on the Toronto International Film Festival red carpet, Bautista revealed acting legend Jamie Lee Curtis left him in awe when they first met. The wrestler-turned-Hollywood mainstay recalled meeting Curtis in his native Washington D.C. during the '90s. "I was in Washington D.C. and still bouncing at the time. I got dropped off at this convenience store and it was raining. I got out of the car, and I was running into the store, and I almost ran into this woman, and I looked up, and it was Jamie Lee Curtis," he said.

Dave Bautista might have put Drax the Destroyer behind him, but he's game to reunite with the Guardians of the Galaxy cast anytime soon.

While discussing his new action-comedy The Killer's Game with The Hollywood Reporter, Bautista touched upon the film's inclusion of former Guardians actor Pom Klementieff as supporting character Marianna. "When we started throwing around names, especially for Antoinette, Pom came up, and my first question was, 'Can we afford Pom?'" he said, revealing that he was willing to take a reduced fee or work out of pocket to bring Klementieff onboard.

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The upcoming action movie The Wrecking Crew just added another familiar face, this time from Deadpool's universe.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Morena Baccarin has been cast as the girlfriend of Jason Momoa's character, a "loose cannon cop" who must team up with his Navy Seal half-brother (played by Dave Bautista) to solve a family murder together. The film is expected to begin production sometime next month in New Zealand, though an official release date hasn't been announced yet.

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Deadpool & Wolverine's Morena Baccarin has joined the cast of The Wrecking Crew. The upcoming action comedy film's cast also includes Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, Temuera Morrison, and Jacob Batalon, and is directed by ngel Manuel Soto.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Baccarin is the latest addition to The Wrecking Crew, which revolves around two contentious half-brothers having to work together after their father's murder.

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Morena Baccarin, coming off her appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine, has joined Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa in The Wrecking Crew, an action comedy from Amazon MGM Studios.

Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root and Claes Bang are already on the call sheet for the feature, which will have Ángel Manuel Soto in the director’s chair when cameras roll in October in New Zealand.

Crew has a script by Jonathan Tropper and follows two half-brothers — one a loose-cannon cop (Momoa) and the other a disciplined Navy Seal (Bautista). After 20-odd years of bad blood, they must work together to unravel the conspiracy behind their father’s murder in Hawaii.

Baccarin will play Momoa’s girlfriend, who is growing increasingly frustrated by his antics.

Producing are 6th & Idaho’s Lynn Harris and Matt Reeves, as well as Bautista, Momoa and Jeffrey Fierson.

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In an exciting development for action-comedy enthusiasts, Temuera Morrison and Jacob Batalon, partly known for their roles in the Aquaman and Spider-Man respectively, have joined the cast of The Wrecking Crew.

This highly anticipated film by Amazon MGM Studios will star heavyweights Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa in a buddy cop narrative that promises both action and humor. Directed by ngel Manuel Soto, the filmmaker behind Blue Beetle, the movie is set to begin production in October in New Zealand and Hawaii. This news comes to us from The Hollywood Reporter.

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The Wrecking Crew brings together an impressive ensemble cast. Joining Morrison and Batalon are Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, and Claes Bang, each contributing to the diverse and dynamic roster.

Temuera Morrison, beloved for his portrayal of Boba Fett in the Star Wars franchise, and Jacob Batalon, known for his role as Ned Leeds in the Spider-Man films, have officially joined the cast of the upcoming action-comedy The Wrecking Crew. Directed by Blue Beetle filmmaker ngel Manuel Soto, the movie is set to be an explosive addition to Amazon MGM Studios' slate of projects. Joining Morrison and Batalon are Frankie Adams (The Expanse), Japanese musician and actor Miyavi (Unbroken), and seasoned actor Stephen Root (Barry). They will star alongside lead actors Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa, who are set to bring their signature action-packed performances to this highly anticipated film. The casting news marks the first official development of the film in some time, having gone quiet following reports that the two leads were in negotiations to star prior to last summer's lengthy SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

Temuera Morrison, best known for playing Boba Fett in the Star Wars franchise, and Spider-Man actor Jacob Batalon have joined Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa in The Wrecking Crew, an action comedy from Amazon MGM Studios.

Frankie Adams, Miyavi and Stephen Root are also joining the crew roster, which additionally includes Claes Bang.

Blue Beetle filmmaker Ángel Manuel Soto is directing the feature, which heads into production in October in New Zealand.

Crew has a script by Jonathan Tropper and follows two half-brothers — one a loose cannon cop (Momoa) and the other a disciplined Navy Seal (Bautista). After 20-odd years of bad blood, they must work together to unravel the conspiracy behind their father’s murder in Hawaii.

Morrison will play the governor of Hawaii, while Batalon is a street-savvy, foul-mouthed private investigator who knew the brothers’ father.

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After two successful collaborations in Dune and See, Jason Momoa will again team up with Dave Bautista in a buddy comedy titled The Wrecking Crew. Bautista himself pitched the idea for the feature in a 2021 X (formerly Twitter) post before Amazon MGM came on board. Since nabbing a director last year in Blue Beatle's ngel Manuel Soto, the project appeared to have been placed on the back burner with its progress seemingly hampered by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. However, we are now learning via The Wrap that the project is now receiving more attention with a new cast update. Danish actor Claes Bang (The Square) has been tapped for a role in the movie that will pit him against Momoa and Bautista's characters.

It's hard to believe it's been almost three years since we first reported that Dune and See co-stars Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa are set to team up on buddy comedy The Wrecking Crew. But now, at long last, we've finally got an exciting new update on the movie that started with a tweet (see below). Per The Wrap's reporting, the Ángel Manuel Soto (Blue Beetle) helmed film has found its lead villain in the shape of The New Look and Bad Sisters star Claes Bang.

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Action movie stars and real-life living man-mountains Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista will star together in a Lethal Weapon-esque buddy-comedy movie titled The Wrecking Crew, it has been confirmed. The project, which began life as a suggestion by Bautista back in 2021, is moving forward at Amazon MGM Studios, and the movie has now found the perfect villain in Dracula star Claes Bang.

As per a report by The Wrap, Claes Bang, who is best known for his role as Dracula in the BBC/Netflix series based on Bram Stokers novel, as well as Ruben stlund's 2017 black comedy The Square and Robert Eggers' historical epic The Northman, will be the one to go up against Momoa and Bautista. Which, for any ordinary mortal, would be a hugely intimidating prospect, but Bang has proven time and again to be rather adept at portraying the kind of terrifying villain necessary to make the rivalry in any way believable.

In a coup of casting, Danish star Claes Bang has been cast as the villain in The Wrecking Crew, a buddy cop pic featuring heavyweights in action -- Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa. He is best known for his starring role in Ruben stlund's 2017 film The Square. Bang will star with the ensemble in the Amazon MGM Studios production.

The project was first teased by Bautista in 2021, in a post that really took off and snowballed into a full movie. In the X (then Twitter) post, Bautista voiced his interest in making a buddy cop film with Momoa. Immediately, this piqued the interest of fans and the industry at large. The first vision had The Fall Guy director David Leitch attached, though he has since been replaced by ngel Manuel Soto, who made his debut with Blue Beetle for Warner Bros. and DC.

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Danish star Claes Bang, best known for playing the leading role of Christian in Ruben Östlund’s 2017 film “The Square,” has been cast opposite Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa as the villain in “The Wrecking Crew” for Amazon MGM Studios.

The project began with a tweet from Bautista back in 2021, which quickly snowballed into an actual movie (see tweet below).

Just going to throw this out into the atmosphere and see what happens. Here we go… Me and Momoa in a Lethal Weapon type buddy cop movie directed by David Leitch. Ok! There it is. Now we wait.

— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) August 19, 2021

After the project was assembled, it landed at MGM. The only thing different from the tweet was that instead of landing “The Fall Guy” director David Leitch, the directorial duties would be handed to Ángel Manuel Soto, who directed “Blue Beetle” for Warner Bros. and DC.

The script...

On a balmy Thursday night, at the corners of Broxton and Weyburn Avenues in Westwood Village, a smattering of movie lovers bathed in yellow and blue neon lights snapped photos of a marquee.

They came to pay last respects to the Fox Bruin Theater, whose 7:30 p.m. screening of Twisters would be its last, the first time the Streamline Moderne landmark would shutter since opening its doors in 1937.

Regency Theatres, which in 2010 swooped in to save the movie house from potential extinction, opted not to renew its lease on that 670-seat theater, nor the 1,400-seat Fox Village Theater across the street.

But the Village found a savior in director Jason Reitman, who earlier this year led a consortium of 35 fellow filmmakers who banded together to purchase the property, with plans to renovate it and eventually reopen. No timeline or details have yet been announced on the project.

The Bruin,...

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Hemsworth and Grayson will produce through their Wild State shingle, and Apple Studios will serve as the studio. Tropper will write the screenplay and produce through his shingle Tropper Ink.

The Corsair Code is described as a high-octane, sci-fi mystery adventure, but they are keeping plot specifics under wraps.

Tropper already is in business with an overall TV deal at Apple TV+, where he created and is the showrunner of Your Friends and Neighbors, which is in production, with Mad Men’s Jon Hamm the EP and star of the series. Tropper has two films heading into production this fall: The Wrecking Crew with Angel Manuel Soto...

Updated: Westwood Village’s Bruin Theatre and Fox Village Theatre will screen their last films — for now — on Thursday as Regency Theatres’ lease comes to an end at the two historic Los Angeles venues.

Opened in 1937, the streamline-moderne style Bruin is being represented by commercial real estate firm Newmark, which repped the sale of the Fox Village. Steven Salas, managing director of Newmark, said the property is not formally on the market yet, so it hasn’t been decided whether it would be for lease or for sale. Several parties have expressed interest in the theater for “multiple uses,” Salas said, including Jason Reitman’s consortium.

With 670 seats, the Bruin smaller than the Fox Village Theatre across the street, which currently has about 1400 seats. Both venues have a long history of hosting movie premieres, while the Bruin also played an important role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

"Gilligan's Island" wasn't the most sophisticated television series ever to beam into our living rooms. For three seasons between 1964 and 1967 (and over decades of syndication thereafter), viewers turned in to watch seven castaways stranded on an uncharted island somewhere far off the coast of Hawaii attempt and inevitably fail to find their way back to civilization. In just about every case, their endeavors were bungled by Gilligan (Bob Denver), an energetic young shipmate with a heart of gold and a headful of rocks.

The show never deviated from this stupidly simple setup (despite the network's initial efforts), but it was so good-naturedly silly and energetically performed that you excused the rigid repetition. Kids loved the broadly visual gags, while parents could appreciate the ensemble chemistry generated between old pros like Jim Backus, Alan Hale, Jr. and Natalie Schafer.

Ensemble dynamics are tricky things. When casting a sitcom this formulaic, creators...

The next video game to get a feature film adaptation will be Just Cause. From Square Enix and Avalanche Studios, the game has a movie in the works at Universal Pictures, and its director has just been found.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, ngel Manuel Soto will direct the Just Cause movie. David Leitch and Kelly McCormick will also reunite to produce the film under their 87North label as part of their first-look deal with Universal. Story Kitchen's Timothy I. Stevenson, Dmitri M. Johnson, and Mike Goldberg are also producing. Dan Jevons will executive produce.

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Along with Just Cause, Soto is set to direct the action movie The Wrecking Crew, which stars Guardians of the Galaxy actor Dave Bautista and Aquaman star Jason Momoa.

Hit video game franchise Just Cause has gotten a new lease on life.

The video game from Square Enix and Avalanche Studios has landed at Universal Pictures with Blue Beetle director Ángel Manuel Soto set to helm the adaptation.

Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, the producing duo behind the studio’s The Fall Guy and Nobody, will produce through their 87North banner. The company has a first-look deal with Universal.

Also producing are Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg and Timothy I. Stevenson of Story Kitchen. The team is already involved in the video game space with adaptations of the Tomb Raider and Sonic the Hedgehog titles.

Since its 2006 debut, the video game puts players on deadly missions as Rico Rodriguez, an operative who is a regime change specialist. Armed with a grappling hook and wingsuit, he goes on race-against-time missions to stop The Black Hand, a lethal mercenary group.

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Exclusive: After successfully launching the Extraction film franchise at Netflix, director Sam Hargrave has his eyes set on another potential franchise with a piece of IP that is revving its engines to get out the gate. Sources tell Deadline that Skydance and Mattel Films have closed a deal with Hargrave to direct a live-action movie based on Matchbox, Mattel’s iconic real-world die-cast toy vehicle line. David Coggeshall and Jonathan Tropper are penning the script.

Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce alongside Robbie Brenner for Mattel Films. The project will be shepherded by Aimee Rivera for Skydance and Elizabeth Bassin and Andrew Scannell for Mattel Films.

The iconic Matchbox brand was invented in 1953 by automotive enthusiast Jack Odell to solve a challenge for his daughter, who was allowed to take a toy to school only if it was small enough to fit in a matchbox.

Skydance Sports, the media company’s Jv with the NFL, has made some key appointments to its creative and production leadership across film and television, hiring Nancy Cotton and Sandino Moya-Smith as, respectively, EVP, Television, and SVP, Feature Film. Both were previously at Amazon MGM.

Danette Trosclair was promoted to EVP, Production, moving from Skydance Television to oversee all physical production for the Skydance Sports’ slate of scripted series including production, finance, and post-production.

As EVP, Television — a newly created role — Cotton will lead development and production of the sports studio’s scripted series across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. She will be responsible for sourcing material and shepherding series through development, packaging, production and beyond.

Cotton and Trosclair will report to Jason Reed, Head of Skydance Sports.

Moya-Smith will be responsible for bringing in feature projects to the studio and overseeing the films throughout every phase from inception to release.

Sherwood Schwartz's 1963 sitcom "Gilligan's Island" was a high-concept series that, thanks to the gods of syndication, remained in the public consciousness for decades after it went off the air. The show's impeccable theme song, written by Schwartz and George Wyle, may be the best theme in television history, as it handily explains the premise using a hummable sea shanty: five tourists boarded the S.S. Minnow -- manned by Captain Jonas Grumby (Alan Hale) and his first mate Gilligan (Bob Denver) -- for a three-hour tour off the coast of Honolulu. When the tiny ship hit some bad weather, the seven characters landed on a desert island, stranded. The series followed their merry attempts to survive. 

"Gilligan's Island" ran for 98 episodes, ending its initial run in 1967, but reruns continued to air well into the 1990s. Yes, there was a time when "Gilligan's Island" was a reliable TV staple, occupying...

Director Denny Tedesco previously scored a hit among music fans with his 2008 film “The Wrecking Crew,” a documentary about the battalion of 1960s studio musicians whose names were little known even among the cognoscenti, until these unknown soldiers started to quietly get their due decades later. Although it took another 15 years after that film to come to fruition, Tedesco had an easy go-to for an unofficial sequel. “Immediate Family” focuses on a smaller cadre of players that soon came to dominate the L.A. recording scene and who were, for a time, known collectively as the Section. One thing the earlier movie had that this one doesn’t was a sense of injustice corrected, because let’s face it — in the 1970s, everybody knew their names.

Well, let’s not exaggerate — maybe not quite everyone was devoted to fondling LP packaging and devouring it for information, even in the physical media era.

Jonathan Glazer’s unusual Holocaust film The Zone Of Interest opens in four theaters in New York and LA today as Cord Jefferson’s satirical comedy American Fiction debuts in seven, the latest trenchant specialty offerings in a fall market full of strong titles as year-end approaches and the awards season clicks into high gear after Golden Globe nominations this week.

From A24, The Zone of Interest premiered at Cannes (Deadline review here), winning the Grand Prix, and the Fipresci Prize. The (actual) commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their growing family in a lovely villa and garden whose back wall abuts the concentration camp. The film opens with the family picnicking and frolicking on a lush riverbank, then trekking happily home.

In The Wrecking Crew, Denny Tedesco lovingly chronicled a legendary collective of musicians, his father among them, who appeared on countless studio recordings in the 1960s, revered within the business but unsung in the public sphere. By contrast, the names of the four players he profiles in his new documentary appeared on nearly every record they worked on. Other musicians sought them out, fan bases were born, and careers flourished. And, it turns out, besides being extraordinary musical talents, they’re exceptionally charismatic interview subjects — sincere, soulful and effortlessly funny raconteurs.

Receiving a one-night theatrical release Dec. 12, three days before it’s available on demand, Immediate Family is an affectionate and insightful group portrait and a sweet jolt of nostalgia for boomers — but more than that, it’s time well spent with delightful subjects who played crucial roles in shaping the popular music of a ground-shifting era.

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Hulu remains one of the best value-for-money streamers out there in September, 2023, with a massive list of movie and TV additions coming to the service this month.

The big Hulu Original show this month is The Other Black Girl, and you’ll be able to binge the complete series when it arrives on September 13! The Other Black Girl is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, and focuses on Nella, who is an editorial assistant and the only Black girl at Wagner Books. When the company brings new girl Hazel aboard, Nella is delighted to finally see the staff hires at Wagner becoming more diverse, but everything is not as it seems, and things soon take a sinister turn. We will be watching!

Elsewhere on Hulu, the award-winning movie The Banshees of Inisherin lands on September 4, while the season two premieres of Welcome to Wrexham...

Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct a new Transformers movie after Blue Beetle and will continue working on the project after the writers' strike. The Transformers franchise has more in store for fans, including a planned trilogy and an animated origin story directed by Josh Cooley. There is still hope for a Bumblebee sequel, as the project has not been officially canceled despite no confirmed director or writer.

Angel Manuel Soto is ready to jump to his next big franchise after Blue Beetle, joining the world of Transformers. Back in 2021, it was announced that the Puerto Rican director would be helming a new movie for the Paramount Pictures saga, and it seems like the project is still alive.

Soto is currently working on the promotion of his latest film, Blue Beetle, which has him extremely busy considering the actors are not able to do any promotion due to the SAG-AFTRA strike,...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Blue Beetle, now playing in theaters

Ángel Manuel Soto has plans in mind for a Jaime Reyes/Ted Kord mentorship, should Blue Beetle return to the Dcu.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Soto teased the possibilities raised by Blue Beetle's mid-credits scene, which revealed that Jenny Kord's presumed-dead father and former Blue Beetle is still alive. "We really wanted to find a way to bring Ted Kord back. It'd not only be a part of the family drama that we've explored in the movie, but canonically, it's also something very special," he said. Soto also expressed interest in paring Jaime up with DC superhero and longtime Blue Beetle ally Booster Gold down the line, pointing out, "when James Gunn and Peter Safran came into power, they already promised the whole idea of exploring Booster Gold, and it helped us to keep the idea that Ted Kord is still alive.