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We've another bumper-sized edition of the Empire Podcast in store for you this week, folks, with a double whammy of top notch guests — so buckle up! Our first guest is legendary director Barry Levinson, who sat down with our very own Chris Hewitt on the eve of the release of his new gangster joint The Alto Knights to discuss working with Robert De Niro, Robert De Niro, aaaand Robert De Niro's dogs, as well as the life-changing impact Marlon Brando putting on a glove in On The Waterfront had on him as a young whippersnapper. [23:31 — 40:13 approx] Then, we also hear from Latvian indie animation hero Gints Zilbalodis, the director of this year's Oscar-winning animated movie Flow, in an exclusive excerpt from a recent Empire VIP Club event hosted by resident superfan Beth Webb. [59:44 — 1:13:04 approx]

Either side of those stellar chats, Chris is joined back in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara, James Dyer and,...

This month brings bad news for action, Tom Hardy, and Mad Max fans, and it’s all thanks to Netflix. Beginning back in 1979 and starring the now controversial Hollywood icon (and “Special Ambassador”) Mel Gibson as the titular “Mad” Max Rockatansky, Oscar-nominee and Venom star Tom Hardy took over the lead role in the critically acclaimed 2015 sequel, Mad Max: Fury Road.

While the Mad Max movie has now sparked a spin-off in last year’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, fans don’t have long to once again bask in the high-speed action delight of the Fury Road, as the Tom Hardy-led sequel is all set to leave Netflix on March 30, 2025. Mad Max: Fury Road was co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller, and sees Hardy take over from Gibson as the post-apocalyptic survivor and road warrior "Mad Max" Rockatansky, joining forces with Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa. Mad Max: Fury Road...

A painfully unappreciated series led by Oscar-nominee and Mad Max: Fury Road star Tom Hardy is finally finding some success thanks to free streaming. Only running for one season, the period psychological thriller Taboo has now entered the free streaming charts, and finds Hardy in the lead as the mysterious and mercilessly intense James Keziah Delaney, an adventurer who returns to 1812 London to rebuild his late father's shipping empire.

Debuting back in 2017, Taboo was created by Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight, Tom Hardy, and his father, Chips Hardy. Featuring a stellar cast that includes Leo Bill, Jessie Buckley, Oona Chaplin, Stephen Graham, Jefferson Hall, and David Hayman alongside Hardy, Taboo more than lives up to its title as it plunges audiences into the dark side of 19th-century London and the political and business corruption, violent gangs, and misery that plagued the city.

Taboo is now in the top 10 on Freevee, reaching...

Havoc director Gareth Evans recently opened up about the fight sequences in his upcoming Netflix movie, which will be led by Oscar nominee Tom Hardy. Evans first gained global recognition for his incredible work in the 2011 Indonesian action thriller The Raid.

During a recent interview with Empire, Evans confirmed that Havoc won’t be like his previous action movies, such as 2009's Merantau and the popular The Raid franchise, where the action sequences heavily featured martial-arts fights. Instead, the movie would feature more gunplay. "It was never going to be a martial-arts film," he said. "I wanted this to feel like the gunplay stuff that I love watching." Evans also hyped up Hardy's performance, teasing that the viewers would get to see the Mad Max: Fury Road actor deliver brutal and intense fight sequences.

"Tom came to us in f***ing beast mode," Evans explained. "I tapped him on the shoulder,...

When there aren’t Avengers to save you, who you do call on in world-ending circumstances? You plump for the members of Thunderbolts*, with a ragtag bunch of anti-heroes and former villains teaming up in search of a bigger purpose. The new issue of Empire gets the inside story on the MCU’s most unexpected movie yet – and you can find it on newsstands from Thursday 13 March.

Before it hits the shelves, here’s a sneak peek inside the issue.

Thunderbolts*

Get ready for a very different kind of Marvel team-up. Empire goes on set of Thunderbolts*, speaking to the likes of Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, director Jake Schreier – and many more – about the misfits and misanthropes tasked with saving the world.

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After waiting several years for its arrival, the action movie majesty of Havoc, which sees The Raid director Gareth Evans join forces with Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy for this Netflix thriller, is almost upon us. And it certainly sounds like it could boast not just one of Hardy’s best performances, but Havoc has the potential to be one of the best action movies of all time, with Evans promising that the actor is in “f*cking beast mode.”

Speaking with Empire, who have also revealed a new image from Havoc which you can check out below, Evans teased how Havoc will differ from his previous action masterpieces The Raid and The Raid 2. Havoc will involve far more gunplay, and a little less martial arts, than Evans’ previous works, with Hardy at the center as an unstoppable, granite-built action hero.

“It was never going to be a martial-arts film. I wanted...

Tom Hardy is set to lead a new action thriller, Havoc, for Netflix next month, and the director of the film just shared an explosive update ahead of its streaming premiere. Hardy stars alongside Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker in Havoc, which is set to debut on April 25. The film follows a bruised detective who must fight his way through the criminal underworld after a drug deal gone wrong. The journey unravels a web of corruption and conspiracy that runs deeper than anyone could have imagined. During a recent interview with Empire Magazine, Havoc writer/director Gareth Evans teased a vicious version of Tom Hardy through his character, Walker, and also described a particular action scene that’s like a “relentless attack”:...

Gareth Evans’ Havoc has been a long time coming, but the gritty action flick is finally set to be released next month on Netflix. As a massive fan of The Raid and The Raid 2, I’m hugely excited to see what Evans has up his sleeve this time. The director told Empire that Havoc marks a shift from martial arts action to gritty gunplay and that Tom Hardy was more than up for the challenge.

“It was never going to be a martial-arts film,” Evans explained. “I wanted this to feel like the gunplay stuff that I love watching… Tom came to us in f***ing beast mode. I tapped him on the shoulder and it was just like granite. He came fully physically prepared.“

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Havocwriter and director Gareth Evans explains how his upcoming Netflix action movie features Tom Hardy in "f*cking beast mode." Known for directing action movies like The Raid: Redemption (2011) and The Raid 2 (2014), Evans' new movie follows Hardy's Walker, a detective who must fight his way through the criminal underworld to rescue a kidnapped politician's son. In addition to Hardy, the Havoc cast features Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, and Luiz Guzmán, with the initial teaser trailer promising that the film will be a violent ride for audiences.

In a recent interview with Empire ahead of the Havoc release on Netflix on April 25, Evans previews some of what's to come from the film. The movie will mark a subtle shift away from something like The Raid 2 in the sense that Evans says, “It was never going to be a martial-arts film." Instead, he explains, "I wanted this to feel like...

Gareth Evans is undeniably one of the greatest action directors working today. And now, over a decade after he delivered The Raid 2, he’s back with his first action movie since that head-exploding sequel. Make way for Havoc, a bruising crime thriller packed with wince-worthy action – this time with Tom Hardy in the leading role. And where The Raid and its follow-up leaned into the martial arts prowess of Evans’ regular collaborator Iko Uwais, the brawls in Havoc are tailored to Hardy’s hulking physique.

“It was never going to be a martial-arts film,” Evans tells Empire, speaking to a subtle shift in action sub-genres. “I wanted this to feel like the gunplay stuff that I love watching.” You’ll see Hardy blasting a shotgun above, but Havoc also makes use of the A-lister’s sheer heft. “Tom came to us in fucking beast mode,” says Evans. “I tapped...

As major streaming services are looking to cut their annual content budgets, Netflix is looking to grow theirs. In a recent Morgan Stanley-hosted investor conference, Netflix's Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann revealed the streaming giant will be spending $18 billion on content in 2025, and could grow it further in the future. He said:

"We look at it every quarter, every year and iterate. We are not anywhere near a ceiling. We also balance having enough for the long-term investment to continue to drive growth. I do think we are still just getting started."

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The powers that be have assembled various teams across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We’ve had the Avengers, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes; then intergalactic ‘a-holes’, the Guardians Of The Galaxy; see also, the god-like Eternals. But there’s never been a superhero team-up like the Thunderbolts. In part because they’re not exactly heroes, consisting of grey-area allies at best (Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes), and borderline-villains at worst. But also because they’re not exactly ‘super’ either, with barely a special power between them. So, what happens when a motley crew of not-super not-heroes is tasked with saving the world?

The new issue of Empire goes on set of Marvel’s Thunderbolts* in search of answers, speaking to the starry cast – including Pugh, Stan, John-Kamen and Russell, plus David Harbour and Lewis Pullman – and director Jake Schreier about creating the unlikeliest team-up this side of the multiverse.

Dirigida por Gareth Evans. © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de Havoc, titulada en España Estragos, la película de acción escrita y dirigida por Gareth Evans.

Havoc sigue a Walker (Hardy), un magullado detective que lucha por abrirse camino en el submundo criminal que amenaza con hundir su ciudad. Cuando una venta de drogas se tuerce, se convierte en el principal objetivo de una banda criminal sedienta de venganza, un político corrupto y sus propios compañeros. Al intentar rescatar al hijo del político, cuya implicación en el negocio destapa una trama de corrupción y conspiración, Walker se ve obligado a enfrentarse a los fantasmas de su propio pasado.

La película está protagonizada por Tom Hardy. Le acompañan en el reparto Jessie Mei Li (Sombra y hueso), Justin Cornwell (The Umbrella Academy), Quelin Sepúlveda (Good Omens), Luis Guzmán (Miércoles), Michelle Waterson (Noche de miedo), Sunny Pang (Headshot), Jim Caesar...

The first look at Guy Ritchie's new crime series, MobLand, has been released. Tom Hardy stars in the upcoming Paramount+ with Showtime series opposite Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren.

People has unveiled three images for MobLand, offering current (and potential) Paramount+ subscribers their first look at Hardy, Brosnan, and Mirren in the series. Hardy leads the crime drama as Harry Da Souza, a "fiercely loyal" fixer charged with protecting the Harrigan family. Brosnan is playing Conrad Harrigan, the head of a very successful Irish crime family based out of London, while Mirren stars as his wife, Maeve, the Harrigan family matriarch. The first look images arrive one day after Paramount+ with Showtime announced the official title and premiere date for the series.

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The latest episode of the Empire Podcast is brought to you on a challenging week, one in which we have sadly had to bid farewell to some incredibly talented souls — Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Michelle Trachtenberg, Star Trek producer Roberto Orci, and the great Gene Hackman, who passed away at the age of 95 along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their family dog. Chris Hewitt, James Dyer, Alex Godfrey, and Helen O'Hara take a moment to discuss these monumental losses in this week's episode, but will convene to pay more in-depth tribute to Hackman in particular on next week's podcast, as news of his passing broke so quickly and unexpectedly on Thursday morning.

On with the show, and we have a brace of brilliant guests for your pod listening pleasure. First up, Pamela Anderson, star of Baywatch and Barb Wire, sits down with Alex Godfrey to tell him about...

Tom Hardy is headed back to television this year with MobLand, which hails from The Gentlemen director Guy Ritchie, and the first look at the series as the Venom star ready to break bones in the criminal underworld. Set to stream on Paramount+ this year, MobLand follows Hardy as a "fixer" caught in between dueling crime families in London. The series finished production in 2024, but the streamer has finally unveiled the star-studded cast in their lead roles.

After announcing the March release date yesterday, Paramount+ released three first-look images (below) of the three main cast members, which include Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan. Hardy is set to play Harry Da Souza, a fixer for the Harrigan crime family, headed by Mirren as Maeve Harrigan and Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan, who are vying for power in a "global crime syndicate." The show has been described as a globe-trotting drama that tackles the criminal underworld,...

Guy Ritchie is one busy man, having his hands in multiple projects across film and television. His latest TV show is the upcoming crime drama MobLand, and once you learn more about it, you'll want to watch it right away. Fortunately, you won't have to wait long, as it will be released on Paramount+ this year.

You might know Ritchie from his work on movies such as Sherlock Holmes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Gentlemen and Wrath of Man. Or maybe you watched his hit Netflix crime drama series The Gentlemen, which is a spinoff of his 2019 movie of the same title. Now, you have another thrilling Ritchie project to look forward to with MobLand.

When the new crime drama was first ordered in February 2024, it had a different title. Originally titled The Donovans, the show was intended to be loosely based on the popular Showtime series Ray Donovan,...

Netflix has officially released the teaser for its upcoming action-packed crime thriller, Havoc, starring Tom Hardy in a gripping and intense role. Directed by Gareth Evans, the mastermind behind The Raid series, Havoc promises a thrilling ride through a city plagued by crime, corruption, and personal vengeance. The teaser offers a glimpse into the dark and chaotic world Hardy’s character must navigate, setting the stage for one of the most highly anticipated action films of the year.

Tom Hardy as a Gritty and Relentless Detective

In Havoc, Tom Hardy takes on the role of Walker, a seasoned detective who is drawn into a web of crime after a drug deal spirals out of control. Assigned to rescue the estranged son of a prominent politician, Walker finds himself up against ruthless criminals, deep-seated corruption, and a system designed to work against him. The film follows his brutal journey through the city’s underworld,...

Apple TV+ has revealed the trailer for the highly anticipated two-part documentary film event ‘Number One on the Call Sheet,’ premiering on Friday, March 28.

With unprecedented access and candid interviews, the doc takes us on an intimate journey with some of Hollywood’s most extraordinary leading Black men and women as they shine a light on the joys and challenges of being a Black actor, share breakthrough moments, discuss blueprints for success, and honour legends, while recognizing the next generation’s enormous potential.

The two-parter delivers an in-depth look at some of Hollywood’s biggest stars as they reveal their journeys to game-changing leading roles. The films are produced for Apple by Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart, Datari Turner and Dan Cogan. Jamie Foxx produces through his Foxxhole Productions with Datari Turner, Kevin Hart produces through HartBeat and Dan Cogan produces through Story Syndicate.

With Foxx and Hart lending their voices to the documentary,...

Tom Hardy Havoc Trailer ( Photo Credit – Netflix )

Tom Hardy returns to the Ott screen in an action-packed avatar! Netflix released the teaser trailer for Tom Hardy’s upcoming film Havoc on February 26, 2025. The teaser, although almost a minute long, only features about 40 seconds of footage from the upcoming film.

Netflix releases teaser trailer for upcoming action film Havoc

In this short teaser, we see Tom Hardy in the role of a detective. The teaser opens with the actor mentioning a crime scene with nine bodies. The scene shifts to an underground operation which introduces us to Timothy Oliphant’s character. Then Hardy’s character comes face to face with the antagonist (played by Forest Whitaker) who threatens him. According to Variety, Tom Hardy’s character is tasked with rescuing the son of a politician, and that leads him to a messy web of conspiracy.

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Tom Hardy is going through it in the first teaser trailer for his upcoming movie Havoc!

The 47-year-old actor not only stars in the Netflix action thriller, but he also serves as a producer.

Keep reading to find out more…

Here’s a synopsis: Walker (Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

Also starring in the movie are Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang,...

Tom Hardy is on the hunt for a politician’s missing son in the trailer for the Netflix movie Havoc.

Writer-director Gareth Evans’ feature is set to begin streaming on April 25. Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li and Luis Guzmán round out the cast.

Havoc centers on Walker (Hardy), a jaded detective forced to confront his past mistakes after he sets out to find a politician’s estranged son who disappeared following a botched drug deal.

The trailer shows Hardy butting heads with authority figures, including one played by Whitaker. “And don’t forget, I know what you did,” Whitaker says ominously in the footage. This leads Hardy to reply, “You have no idea what I did.”

Evans helmed the film from his own script. Hardy, Evans, Ed Talfan and Aram Tertzakian serve as producers.

Hardy led the 2024 features The Bikeriders, which also stars Austin Butler and Jodie Comer,...

“Havoc” is a new live-action crime thriller, directed by Gareth Evans (“The Raid”), starring Tom Hardy (“Venom”) and Jessie Mei Li, streaming April 25, 2025 on Netflix:

“…’Walker’ (Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city.

“In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

“When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past..”

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Havoc has finally been unleashed!

Fans of Gareth Evans' acclaimed The Raid movies have been eagerly awaiting news on his next feature, which we haven't heard much about since the filmmaker signed a multi-year deal with Netflix several years ago.

Back in 2021, we learned that Evans was set to team with Tom Hardy for his first project for the streamer, and the first trailer for action thriller Havoc has now been released online.

According to the official synopsis: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a...

“Havoc” is finally here. Almost.

The underworld thriller starring Tom Hardy was announced back in 2021 and it arrives on Netflix on April 25. And now you can watch the brand-new, bone-crunching teaser below.

“Havoc” hails from writer/director Gareth Evans, who wrote and directed modern action classics “The Raid” and “The Raid 2.” His last film was the underrated 2018 Netflix folk horror film “Apostle,” starring Dan Stevens as a man searching for his missing sister on an island gripped by a strange cult. He also co-created “Gangs of London,” the cult series based on the PlayStation game.

The official logline for “Havoc” reads: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

Netflix has debuted the official trailer for the Tom Hardy-led high-octane action thriller ‘Havoc.’

Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with several factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, and his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

Directed by Gareth Evans, the cast includes Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

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The movie premieres on Netflix on April 25th.

It’s been nearly five years since it was first announced that Tom Hardy would star in Havoc, a new action thriller from The Raid director Gareth Evans. The film has certainly been a long time coming, but it will finally be released on Netflix this April. The streamer has released the new hard-hitting trailer that showcases Evans’ signature chaotic style that helped made his Raid movies a big staple of the action movie genre.

The cast includes Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones with Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker.

The official synopsis reads,

“Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate,...

Tom Hardy is returning to the action genre for Havoc. Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming action movie from The Raid director Gareth Evans.

Havoc marks Evans' first directorial feature since 2018 when he helmed the gothic horror movie Apostle. The filmmaker is best known for directing the 2011 Indonesian action thriller The Raid, which critics have called one of the best action movies of the decade. He also directed the 2014 sequel The Raid 2. In Havoc, Hardy plays a bruised detective named Walker, who must fight his way through a criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city to rescue a politician's estranged son. Check out the teaser trailer and poster for Havoc below.

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Tom Hardyis heading for our screens sooner than we think in his latest action-packed thrill ride, Havoc. Netflix has just announced that the pulse-pounding thriller from The Raid mastermind Gareth Evans, set to debut on April 25, meaning we don't have too much longer to wait for Hardy's first movie role since he said goodbye to his symbiotic soul mate in Venom: The Last Dance, and this one looks like it's going to pack a punch.

With the Netflix March 2025 titles now revealed, it’s time to move on to April, and first up we’ve got the action thriller Havoc. Havoc is a high-octane thriller written and directed by Gareth Evans.

In the film, Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city.

In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.

In addition to Tom Hardy, the cast includes Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar and Xelia Mendes-Jones,...

"This is my town! And don't forget, I know what you did..." "You have no idea what I did."...

After several delays, The Raid director Gareth Evans’ action thriller Havoc, starring Tom Hardy, is finally set to hit Netflix in April.

We’ve been waiting for Gareth Evans’ Havoc for a long time. Originally announced and filmed in 2021 only to face several delays, Havoc is finally heading to our screens in just a couple of months.

Netflix has officially set Havoc to be released on the streaming service on 25th April. The film at one point was supposed to be released in 2024 after undergoing some reshoots, but ended up being pushed back once more. Hopefully, the wait is finally over.

Netflix has released a short, action-packed teaser trailer to go with the date announcement. Take a look below.

The film’s cast includes Tom Hardy as a world-weary detective, supported by Jessie Mei Li, Luis Guzmán, Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker. Evans, who previously directed The Raid (2011) and its...

Venom star Tom Hardy smashes his way onto Netflix in the adrenaline-fueled first trailer for the long-awaited action thriller, Havoc. Directed by Gareth Evans, who has proven his unmatched affinity for the action genre with the likes of The Raid and The Raid 2, as well as the crime series Gangs of London, Havoc finds Hardy charging his way into the criminal underworld as a world-weary detective on the hunt for a politician’s estranged son.

Written and directed by Evans, Hardy will be joined in this action-packed adventure by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker and star of Justified and The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant. Making up the rest of the supporting cast are Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Sunny Pang, and Michelle Waterson. You can check out the newly released trailer and the official synopsis for Havoc below.

After a drug deal gone wrong,...

After beginning production way back in 2021, The Raid director Gareth Evans’ action thriller Havoc will finally see the light of day. Led by Tom Hardy in his first straight-up action movie since Mad Max: Fury Road, Netflix has now released the first brief trailer ahead of an April 25 release.

Here’s the synopsis: “Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail; a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.”

See the first trailer below for the film also starring Jessie Mei Li,...

It’s been a hot minute since we’ve had a movie from action filmmaker Gareth Evans, who gave us two bone-breaking installments in “The Raid” saga and is reuniting with Netflix for his latest effort “Havoc” after working with them on the 2018 gothic folk horror film, “Apostle.” There is now a first-look trailer for the film that stars British actor Tom Hardy (“The Bikeriders”) in his role as Walker, a disillusioned detective who has to wade into the waters of the criminal drug underworld that lead to some unsettling and dangerous events.

Continue reading ‘Havoc’ Trailer: Tom Hardy & Gareth Evans Team-Up For Netflix’s High-Octane Action Thriller On April 25 at The Playlist.

Buckle up, everyone: Gareth Evans is back in action. Literally. After the gore-strewn one-two punch of The Raid and The Raid 2 – a duology which quite literally reshaped the action movie genre as we know it – the director moved on to gnarly folk horror (Apostle) and small-screen crime sagas (Gangs Of London Season 1). But with his long-awaited Havoc, he’s back in movie mode for the first time since 2017 – and plunging back into the all-out action with which he made his name. And this time, he has a mega A-list star leading the way in the shape of Tom Hardy. The results promise to be thrilling and bruising in equal measure – and the first teaser has arrived, offering a glimpse of the… well, havoc to come.

Boom. This is just a brief look for now, but the combination of Evans and Hardy seems to be as no-holds-barred as you’d hope.

Picture: Empire Online / Netflix

Havoc is the long-awaited crime drama starring Tom Hardy. Directed and written by Gareth Evans, the movie has been coming for a long time but will finally hit our screens in early 2025. Here’s everything we know about the action thriller as of late 2024, including all the first looks, the first trailer, and the all-important release date.

Gareth Evans is best known for his Indonesian martial arts films, The Raid, The Raid 2, and Merantau, through which he brought the Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat into world cinema. The Welsh native is also known for creating and directing Sky Atlantic’s critically acclaimed series Gangs of London, which stars Joe Cole (Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders) and Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones).

Gareth Evans on the set of Gangs of London

Havoc was first announced publicly in early 2021 when it was also revealed that he was...

Tom Hardy is back in action — literally. The “Venom” star leads Gareth Evans’ highly-anticipated Netflix action-thriller, “Havoc.” Hardy plays Walker, a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld that is threatening to engulf an entire city.

The film’s official synopsis reads: “In the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with a number of factions on his tail: a vengeful crime syndicate, a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops. When attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, he is forced to confront the demons of his past.”

“The Raid” filmmaker Evans writes and directs the film, which co-stars Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang, Jim Caesar, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Yeo Yann Yann, Timothy Olyphant, and Forest Whitaker. Evans also produces along with Hardy,...

Tom Hardy is no stranger to playing gritty roles in TV and film, taking on historical figures and criminals in period pieces, as well as iconic villains. Now the Oscar-nominated actor will star in the upcoming action-thriller Havoc.

The high-octane film follows Walker (played by Hardy), a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his city. After a drug deal gone wrong, Walker finds himself with several factions on his tail, including a vengeful crime syndicate and a crooked politician, as well as his fellow cops.

While attempting to rescue the politician’s estranged son, whose involvement in the drug deal starts to unravel a deep web of corruption and conspiracy, Walker is forced to confront the demons of his past.

Havoc is written and directed by Gareth Evans, who also produces alongside Hardy, Ed Talfan, and Aram Tertzakian.

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One of the most intriguing upcoming action projects from Netflix has now been given a release window. Gloriously titled Last Samurai Standing, the upcoming series is based on the manga “Ikusagami” by Shogo Imamura and Katsumi Tatsuzawa and centers on 292 warriors who gather at a temple for a battle royale and the allure of a 100-billion-yen prize. And it has now been revealed that this hugely intriguing Squid Game with samurai will land on the streamer in November 2025.

The release window has been revealed as part of Netflix’s International release announcements (via What’s on Netflix), with Last Samurai Standing being just one of several action projects on the horizon for the streaming platform. Led by Jun'ichi Okada as our hero, who must survive the slashing of samurai swords to save his wife and child, Last Samurai Standing is set to be directed by Michihito Fujii. You can check...

The director behind the acclaimed action movie saga The Raid and The Raid 2, Gareth Evans, has now said exactly what fans want to hear about his upcoming collaboration with Tom Hardy. Havoc, which, after years of waiting, is now set to hit Netflix later this year, has now been described as a “love letter to the heroic bloodshed genre” by the filmmaker. Does he really need to say anything else?

Discussing the long-awaited action thriller at the recent Next on Netflix showcase (via What’s on Netflix), Evans offered some insight into Hardy’s character (“a corrupt American detective on a relentless mission to rescue a mayoral candidate’s son from the criminal underworld in Chinatown”), and revealed that, much like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, and Carry-On before it, Havoc is a Christmas action movie.

Set over two nights during the festive season, Evans did joke that “It’s not really a Christmas movie,...

Last Updated on February 3, 2025

The Raid director Gareth Evans is ready to unleash Havoc — but don’t worry, it won’t last too long, as Evans himself revealed that his next movie will have a runtime of 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Following his appearance at the Next on Netflix event this week, Gareth Evans confirmed the runtime of Havoc — the subject of some discussion and speculation as of late — would be a “tight one.” Posting on Instagram, Evans wrote, “Oh and to clarify as have seen rumours rumbling… the runtime for the film is a tight as a drum 1hr 45mins (Inc credits) and will be out this spring (sorry for being cryptic – I’m not allowed to say exactly when just yet!).” While we don’t have a release date, knowing that the runtime for the movie itself is likely somewhere around 1:40 or less is encouraging.

With that runtime,...

Timothy Olyphant is set to join Anya Taylor-Joy in Lucky, an Apple TV+ limited series based on the bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley of the same name.

The series centers on “a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.” Olyphant will play Lucky’s father, John. Jonathan Trooper (Banshee) created the series and will serve as co-showrunner alongside Cassie Pappas. Production is expected to kick off in spring 2025. Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine banner will produce the series. In addition to starring in Lucky, Taylor-Joy will also executive produce alongside Witherspoon and Tropper.

“Hello Sunshine continues to do a fantastic job of championing women’s voices and I’m thrilled to be joining the team alongside Jonathan, Cassie and Apple TV+ to bring Lucky to life,...

Great action movies come to those who wait, and our patience has finally paid off as, after four years, Tom Hardy and The Raid director Gareth Evans’ Netflix thriller Havoc is all set to land on the streamer later this year. Recent rumors claimed that the action outing would be a lengthy 2 hours and 30 minutes long. However, during yesterday’s “Next on Netflix” event, Evans revealed the real runtime. And while it's considerably shorter, this may, in fact, be a good thing.

Responding to the rumors, the filmmaker revealed that, rather than a sprawling action epic, Havoc will instead be a much tighter, fast-paced fist to the face, and clocks in at “a tight as a drum” 1 hour and 45 minutes. Which, rather than spending time on a lot of chatter, should mean that Hardy and Evans will hit the ground running when Havoc lands on Netflix in the spring. Check...

While Netflix just made a lot of subscribers very happy, revealing a packed slate of movies and shows for 2025, some of its biggest franchises were noticeably absent from the schedule. The new year sees many popular franchises, like The Old Guard, Knives Out, Stranger Things, and more return to our screens, with shows like Stranger Things releasing its final ever season. But, fans of Netflix's newer hits may be waiting until 2026, or even longer, for their faves to return.

During the streamer's "New on Netflix" presentation, fans couldn't help but notice some major absences in the 2025 line-up. Many were expecting Season 2 of Guy Ritchie's hit series, The Gentlemen, to return this year, but it was nowhere to be found. The final season of Outer Banks was also expected to release in 2025, as was Season 2 of Netflix's live-action One Piece adaptation.

The list goes on, as Season 7 of Virgin River,...

Tom Hardy is getting back into the action game courtesy of Netflix’s upcoming film, Havoc. Today, the streamer has announced that the Gareth Evans-helmed feature has officially set a release window for this Spring meaning that the production — like warmer days here in the Northern Hemisphere — is just around the corner. This will be the The Bikeriders star's first role since he wrapped his time as Eddie Brock in Sony and Marvel’s Venom franchise last fall, so audiences will be more than excited to see Hardy back on their screens — in another butt-kicking performance nonetheless. Now that we finally have the title’s arrival date, we can also expect a trailer to pop up somewhere in the — hopefully — near future.

Netflix showed off its sprawling footprint across Europe during its Next on Netflix event, held simultaneously in multiple locations on Jan. 29. Hotly anticipated titles were teased, such as the Omar Sy movie “French Lover,” Italy’s reimagining of the classic novel “The Leopard,” Norwegian action-adventure movie “Troll 2” and Lena Dunham’s upcoming series “Too Much.”

Netflix’s international original content strategy for 2025 looks to bank on flagship IP, big local stars and romance and crime titles, underscoring its foothold in local industries and an ambition to appeal to all demos as well as dive deeper into crowd-pleasing movies.

“French Lover,” which unveiled a first look (above) at the Paris presentation, is a sexy romantic comedy starring Omar Sy, the charismatic French actor of heist show “Lupin,” alongside Sara Giraudeau (“Bernadette”). In the high-concept movie, Sy stars as Abel Camara, the biggest star of the moment, who crosses paths with...

Netflix revealed updates for its 2025 film slate — including Knives Out 3, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Noah Baumbach’s new George Clooney-Adam Sandler feature — at its annual media day held Wednesday.

During the streaming service’s Next on Netflix presentation at its headquarters in Los Angeles, attendees were treated to previously unseen looks at a number of forthcoming film, TV and game projects, with chief content officer Bela Bajaria highlighting notable releases. The streamer also held 11 local presentations at destinations across the globe, including ones in the U.K., Mexico and Canada.

The event in L.A. included video presentations from special guests. In his message, Del Toro noted that he has been wanting to make a feature version of Frankenstein for 50 years. “Over the decades, the character has fused with my soul in a way that it has become autobiography,” the Oscar-winning filmmaker said. “It doesn...

Netflix and British docs producer Rogan Productions are to attempt to “connect the long and disturbing chain of events” that led to the disastrous Grenfell Tower fire in London.

The pair are teaming on a Grenfell [working title] doc feature that will air later this year and was revealed last night at the Next on Netflix event in London.

The feature will give a voice to survivors, bereaved families and firefighters, while “tracing the chain of events that led to the disaster,” according to Netflix. In 2017, the Grenfell Tower fire claimed the lives of 72 people and has led to a huge deal of introspection for the past eight years including a major national inquiry.

Netflix UK boss Anne Mensah said last night: “From pure entertainment to the most important stories – this year you will see a number of big British documentary series and films on Netflix UK. These are the important stories that demand to be told.

Netflix unveiled their feature slate for this year, dating a handful of titles, along with some first look photos and teasers to come this morning. For all the headlines that they’ve cut back on their feature slate, what’s clear below is that the streamer continues to commit to event films.

Among those pic’s receiving premiere dates, either specific or general, are the Stephen Chbosky directed comedy Nonnas starring Lorraine Bracco, Linda Cardellini and Drea de Matteo, the long-awaited Charlize Theron Skydance action sequel The Old Guard 2, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, the Gareth Evans action thriller Havoc, Fear Street: Prom Queen, A Merry Little Ex-Mas, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, the Ben Affleck and Matt Damon cop thriller Rip, The Woman in Cabin 10, Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow’s next untitled movie, and the highly anticipated Rian Johnson threequel Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.