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Few movie stars compare to Humphrey Bogart. The tough-as-nails actor embodied the very idea of American film noir in the 1940s and 1950s, having made 16 noir films in his lifetime and proved himself to be just as adept at playing snarling villains as he was at playing a heroic, star-crossed lover. You may know him best as Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon" or Rick in "Casablanca," but if you know Bogart's full history, you know that he transitioned away from playing nastier characters to more classically "good guys" over time. If you're not quite ready to dive into his full career, it's not hard to blame you; although he died relatively young, at age 57, he appeared in 75 films across a few decades. So, you might ask yourself, where to start?

Certainly an easy way to start is by checking Bogart's page on Rotten Tomatoes. As ever, it's worth...

Highland Film Group has unveiled the first image from Muzzle: City Of Wolves starring Aaron Eckhart, and announced key territory deals and additional casting as it continues sales at EFM this week.

Rights to the thriller about a retired police dog handler who gets pulled back into action to protect his family have closed with Vertigo Releasing for the UK, Australia, and New Zealand; Capelight Pictures for Germany; YouPlanet Pictures for Spain; and Italian International Film (Iif) for Italy.

Deals have also closed in Benelux (Three Lines Pictures), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Greece (Spentzos Film), Scandinavia (Mis. Label), Eastern Europe (Daro Film Distribution...

Align, the Los Angeles-based financier and production company launched by Adrian Politowski and Nadia Khamlichi in 2019, has closed its second fund, Take Two, to pump $120m worth of financing into international feature film and TV drama over the next four years.

The company, which provides bridge loans, and cash flows presales and tax credits as well as offering gap financing, is involved in three features premiering in Sundance this week: Sophie Hyde’s Jimpa, starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow; Bryn Chainey’s Rabbit Trap starring Dev Patel; and Dylan Southern’s The Thing With Feathers starring Benedict Cumberbatch, which...

Before films like The Wolf of Wall Street and other modern Hollywood movies explored the complexities of avarice, a Western known as The Treasure of Sierra Madre did it first, teaching audiences that gold has a way of "changing a man's soul so he ain't the same kind of guy he was before finding it." Released in 1948, John Houston's masterpiece starred Humphrey Bogart and became a powerful indictment of capitalism by focusing on the insidious way greed takes hold in the human soul when the opportunity presents itself.

In The Treasure of Sierra Madre, three men journey to a foreign country hoping to find gold. One of these men won't return home, and the other two will never be the same again because once that yellow metal gets hold of them, it blackens their souls. That lesson is as relevant today as ever, just like The Treasure of Sierra Madre.

Kiefer Sutherland returns his action roots in a new Sierra Madre image as hopes remain high he'll return for a 24 movie. Directed by Justin Chadwick, Sierra Madre stars Sutherland as Captain Jordan Wright, the leader of an elite squadron who finds himself in a battle with violent cartels after he and his men take leave for a wedding in Mexico. Delbert Hancock and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers penned the script for the film, which also stars Ashton Sanders, Laura Osma, Solly McLeod, and Omar Chaparro, among others.

Screen Daily now provides a first look at Sutherland in Sierra Madre, which they say is currently filming in Colombia. The image features Sutherland, sporting a beard and wearing a black jacket in a jungle-like environment, holding a submachine gun and looking worriedly at something off-screen. No other cast members are present in the image, unfortunately, but the star certainly looks right at home back in the action genre.

Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich is set to headline Protector, a Taken-esque action thriller that Highland Film is pitching to buyers at this year’s American Film Market. Adrian Grünberg (Rambo: Last Blood, Get the Gringo) is set to direct from a screenplay by Bong-Seob Mun. Production is slated to begin this winter in New Mexico.

The film’s log line has Jovovich playing Nikki, a former war hero who believed she had left her violent past behind to raise her daughter, Chloe, in peace. When she wakes up in an abandoned factory and learns that Chloe has been kidnapped, Nikki has navigate the city’s criminal underworld, pursued by both the cops and the military, to get her daughter back.

Protector is one of a slew of action projects heading to AFM this week as producers double down on a return to shoot-’em-up thrillers.

Kenneth Kim, Bang-Ok Joo...

Lionsgate has moved the release date for producer Graham King’s Michael from April 18 next year to October 3.

The move places the Michael Jackson biopic in a similar slot to King’s hugely successful Freddie Mercury film Bohemian Rhapsody, and positions it in next year’s awards corridor.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson as the pop music megastar, Michael is produced by King with John Branca and John McClain. John Logan wrote the script and also starring are Nia Long, Laura Harrier, Miles Teller and Colman Domingo.

The first footage from the film – which...

Kiefer Sutherland is making another return to the action genre with his new movie Sierra Madre, and fans have been given a first look at the 24 star in what is sure to be his latest hit. The gritty thriller set in Mexico sees Sutherland playing a military officer who finds himself and his squad caught up in a deadly battle with a local cartel while on leave of duty. For Sutherland, this kind of tough action role has been the backbone of his career for more than two decades, and the Justin Chadwick-directed film seems certain to deliver another role to be savored by his fans. The synopsis of the movie reads:

"When Captain Jordan Wright (Sutherland) and his squadron are granted leave from their mission to attend a crewmates wedding in Mexico, festivities are interrupted by a cartels murderous descent on the small village. As Jordan attempts to...

Kiefer Sutherland is the actor you want when a film or TV show falls under the action/thriller genre. Sutherland is a veteran with shows like 24, Designated Survivor, and Rabbit Hole under his belt. Next, the actor will be seen in Sierra Madre, a thriller film set in Mexico that finds a military squad engaged in combat with a murderous cartel when the latter invades a village. Sutherland plays Captain Jordan Wright in the film directed by Justin Chadwick. Sierra Madre is currently in production in Colombia. Read the official synopsis below.

Paris and Los Angeles-based Other Angle Pictures has scored further sales on its Jean Claude Van Damme-powered action comedy The Gardener (Le Jardinier) and released a first-look image.

The film has sold to Falcon for the Middle East, Films4U in Portugal, Spentzos in Greece, and Amazon Prime Video for Italy and Spain, joining previous sales to North America (Bluefox), France (Amazon), German-speaking territories (Plaion) and eastern Europe (Mediasquad).

Van Damme and Michaël Youn star in the film about a man who lands on the government’s blacklist and hatches an elaborate plan with his odd gardener to avoid...

Magnify, the international sales arm of Magnolia Pictures, has closed a raft of territory sales on AFM sales title Pierce, winner of the best director award at Karlovy Vary for Nelicia Low.

Deals on the psychological thriller set in the world of competitive fencing have closed in France (Outplay), Japan (Interfilm), South Korea (Special Movie City), Hong Kong (Edko), Indonesia (Falcon), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Pilot), and airlines (Encore).

Remaining territories are under negotiation, Giraffe Pictures will release in Singapore this week (November 7) and Coalition Point Culture Co. will open the film in Taiwan on December 27.

Pierce stars newcomer Liu Hsiu-fu as Jie,...

13 Films has come on board to represent international sales at the AFM this week on the romantic comedy and SXSW selection A Nice Indian Boy from Levantine Films and Wayfarer Studios.

Karan Soni from the Deadpool franchise and Nobody Wants This and Jonathan Groff from Hamilton and The Matrix Resurrections star in the story directed by Roshan Sethi (7 Days).

When Naveen brings his white-orphan-artist fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must work together to plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.

Sunita Mani, Zarna Garg, and Harish Patel round out this the cast on the cross-cultural family comedy.

Screen has obtained the first-look image from Justin Chadwick’s action thriller Sierra Madre starring Kiefer Sutherland, which has begun production in Colombia with a host of new cast additions. Highland Film Group continues worldwide sales at the AFM this week.

Mexican actor and producer Omar Chaparro, whose credits include Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and Netflix original series Thursday’s Widows, joins alongside rising Colombian actress Laura Osma from Prime Video’s recent Toronto premiere Pimpinero: Blood And Oil and Sky Original’s Blocco 181, and Ashton Sanders from Moonlight and Equalizer 2.

Additional new cast include Tommy Martinez (ABC’s Good Trouble...

Highland Film Group has bulked up its AFM slate and acquired international sales rights to Fantasia entry Witchboard from The Mask director Chuck Russell.

The reimagining of the 1986 horror film follows Emily and her fiancé Christian, who are preparing to open a café business in New Orleans when Emily discovers an ancient artifact once used to summon spirits.

When Emily becomes obsessed with the witchboard’s power, Christian seeks the help of an occult expert who lures the couple deeper into the occult. They find themselves in a race against time to break the board’s deadly curse before Emily becomes its next victim.

The Fallout franchise has been known for its unsettling locations, blending post-apocalyptic nightmares with some eerie secrets, since the first game released in 1997. From terrifying vaults to towns with dark histories, some locations across the Fallout universe will create haunting atmospheres that will linger in the minds of generations of players, long after they have walked away from their screen. With difficult enemies and captivating stories, the Fallout franchise has delivered some of the best video games of the past 25 years.

Each desolate landscape and dilapidated building is enriched by the stories embedded within them, with gnarly ghouls, mutants, and ghosts, all adding a layer of creep to the locations in the franchise. Here are 10 of the creepiest locations in the Fallout franchise.

Vault 108 From Fallout 3 Eerie Echoes & Hostile Inhabitants

Each vault throughout the Fallout series has its own story that is often unfortunate or disturbing. Vault 108 from Fallout 3 is no exception.

Sasha Calle, Mamoudou Athie and Jeffrey Donovan join Dane DeHaan in crime thriller “Wardriver,” directed by Rebecca Thomas and written by Daniel. The film is produced by Tim and Trevor White’s Star Thrower Entertainment alongside David M. Wulf, Daniel Casey, DeHaan and Highland Film Group, which is repping international at TIFF. CAA Media Finance has domestic.

Production recently wrapped in Utah.

In the film, tech-savvy thief Cole (DeHaan) exploits his highly specialized skills to commit high-tech robberies from his laptop. When criminal Oscar (Athie) uncovers Cole’s abilities, he forces him to hack the account of the beautiful Sarah (Calle), draining nearly a million dollars. But Cole soon discovers that a powerful, mob-connected lawyer (Donovan) has been using Sarah to hide his money. As Cole falls hard for Sarah, he initiates a plan to replace the stolen money, while protecting her. Ignoring warning signs that something greater is at play,...

Humphrey Bogart's last western, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," is hailed as his best, and a terrific cinematic study of greed and paranoia. Bogart's iconic roles in film noirs influenced antiheroes like Rick Deckard, and his final western outshined his earlier attempts in the genre. Despite critical acclaim for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," Bogart avoided future western roles due to his discomfort in the genre.

Humphrey Bogart starred in four classic westerns throughout his storied career, but the last one a 1948 masterpiece by John Huston is still the best of the bunch. Bogart is one of the most iconic movie stars in Hollywood history, renowned for his magnetic screen presence and inimitable leading-man charisma. Very few actors can boast a rsum as prolific as Bogarts. He starred in Casablanca, considered by some publications to be the greatest movie ever made, and also appeared in such gems as The Caine Mutiny,...