Even after reports of the animated series surfaced last week, one of the most surprising announcements at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live was Secret Level. This 15-episode anthological animated series focuses on different video game properties, and is coming to Amazon on December 10. Deadpool director and Blur Studio…
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is gearing up for the new season, but his off-season activities are heating up ever since he catapulted to fame (above the Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes) with his crossover appeal as he and pop superstar Taylor Swift made headlines as a couple. Kelce is already set to make his acting debut in the upcoming Ryan Murphy horror series Grotesquerie. The NFL star will be starring alongside Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville in the new FX show. Grotesquerie finds Murphy reuniting with his normal run of collaborators Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken.
According to Deadline, Adam Sandler, who frequently works with sports figures in his movies, has found a small cameo role for Kelce in the upcoming Netflix sequel, Happy Gilmore 2. Sandler appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon when he talked about cameos as he writes the sequel with longtime SNL collaborator Tim Herlihy. Sandler stated, “We have a nice something for Travis. He’s gonna come by.” Sandler continues to profess, “He’s a very nice guy. You guys would love him in real life. What a big, handsome guy. Funny and cool as hell. He’s a stud and he’s so funny.”
However, Kelce’s biggest project may be an action film from the creative team behind the John Wick franchise. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Kelce is in talks to star in Loose Cannons. The film is being developed at Lionsgate, which may also potentially produce a Rush Hour 4, with John Wick director Chad Stahelski producing with Jason Spitz, who is his partner at their stunt-centric production company 87Eleven Entertainment, as well as Alex Young. Tim Dowling, whose screenwriting credits include the Adam Sandler comedy Just Go With It, penned the script for Loose Cannons.
Per THR, the concept of the film “centers on how every police precinct, at least in this movie’s world, has a crazy, out of control, rule-breaking officer on staff. But rather than pair them with a straight arrow and by-the-book partner, the premise here is that an unhinged person is paired with someone just as out of line as they are. In Cannons, two loose cannons are forced to partner up after their precincts merge due to budget cuts and no one wants to work with them. The duo end up taking on the cases no one else can. The script is described as having tones of Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys and Rush Hour, all landmarks in the buddy action comedy genres.”
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The Dennis Quaid-led biopic of Ronald Reagan is one of those movies I feel like I’ve been hearing about forever. While it’s been in the planning stages for years, it first really started to pick up steam in 2019 when director Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer) signed on to helm the film, along with the great Dennis Quaid to play the famed 40th President of the United States.
Shot at the height of the pandemic in 2020, the film has spent a good chunk of time in post-production. I’ve been seeing posters of it at CinemaCon since 2021. Yet, the movie is now set for release, and star Dennis Quaid has been open about how pleased he is with the finished product, calling it his favorite movie of his own since The Right Stuff.
In the lead-up to the film’s release, we had the chance to sit and talk with Quaid and his co-star Penelope Ann Miller, who plays Nancy Reagan. Quaid has made no secret of the fact that he’s always looked up to Reagan and considered him his favorite president. In our chat, he discusses why he was very reluctant to take the role, and also didn’t want the movie to be pure hagiography, a sentiment which is echoed by Miller. In fact, she even reveals that her family actually knew the Reagans, making her casting in the film somewhat fated. Finally, I also told Quaid that, coincidently, I had just attended a screening of The Substance, which he co-stars in, before doing this interview. He seemed happy about the fact that two movies he seems genuinely excited about are coming out so close together.
Reagan, which co-stars Jon Voight, opens in theaters on August 30th.
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The hit Paramount Network series Yellowstone will soon be coming to an end, and while Kelly Reilly is expected to reprise the role of Beth Dutton on the follow-up series that’s now going by the title The Madison, that’s not the only project she has lined up for the immediate future. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Reilly is also set to star in the Sky Original crime thriller series Under Salt Marsh, which is expected to start filming later this year.
Written, created, and executive produced by Claire Oakley (Make Up), who will also direct the series, Under Salt Marsh is set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen, a tight-knit community nestled between mountains and a fast-encroaching sea that threatens its very existence. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis (Reilly) discovers the body of her eight-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior — the disappearance of Jackie’s niece, Nessa, which cost her career.
Oakley provided the following statement: “Under Salt Marsh is a crime thriller set in a community deeply connected to its environment, and interwoven with the heartache, fears, dreams and secrets of its people. At the heart of it all is Jackie, a character who embodies the wildness of the place we’re depicting. She’s free-spirited, compassionate, and determined, with a steely resolve that makes her truly of the land. We’re absolutely thrilled to have Kelly Reilly bringing Jackie to life.“
The series is being produced by Little Door Productions, in association with Sky Studios. Oakley wrote the scripts alongside Jonathan Harbottle and Nikita Lalwani. Oakley is also the lead director, with Mary Nighy on board to direct the third and fourth episodes. The Hollywood Reporter informs us that Under Salt Marsh will be available on Sky and the streaming service Now in the U.K., Ireland, and Italy. NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution will handle the international sales.
How does Under Salt Marsh sound to you? Are you a fan of Kelly Reilly, and are you looking forward to this crime thriller series? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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Techland announced the newest Dying Light game at Gamescom earlier this week. Subtitled The Beast, the new first-person zombie game (which began as DLC for Dying Light 2) will follow the protagonist of the first title, Kyle Crane, as he embarks on a journey for revenge. What is he getting revenge for? I’m so glad you…
Techland announced the newest Dying Light game at Gamescom earlier this week. Subtitled The Beast, the new first-person zombie game (which began as DLC for Dying Light 2) will follow the protagonist of the first title, Kyle Crane, as he embarks on a journey for revenge. What is he getting revenge for? I’m so glad you…
The Rush Hour trilogy has been seen as one of the late 90s/early 2000s best buddy cop comedies with martial arts icon Jackie Chan pairing his brand of action and humor with Chris Tucker’s own brand of fast-talking comedy. The 1998 original successfully crossed Chan over into American productions, while catapulting Chris Tucker to superstardom and made Brett Ratner Hollywood’s new hotshot director. Last year, Tucker has talked about the potential of Rush Hour 4 finally manifesting when he said, “You’re going to see a lot of good stuff coming, but it’s going to be on a whole other level. That’s what I like… I’m excited about that. It’s not going to be what you’ve normally seen… Rush Hour 4, that’s something I definitely will probably drop in there because I love working with Jackie, but I’ve got some new stuff that I think you’re really gonna like. I’m excited about it.”
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that years ago, Warner Bros., who had distributed the trilogy from their New Line Cinema label, had allowed a new sequel to be licensed elsewhere. Earlier this year, Lionsgate, which hit big in the past with their own action franchise John Wick, held a meeting to see what potential projects they were interested in greenlighting. Rush Hour 4 was one of the titles that was looked at. There is one stipulation that is making the executives hesitate — Brett Ratner is part of the pitch as the film’s producer and director. Working with Ratner is something the studio is taking the time to consider since the director has laid low for the past seven years, ever since he had been accused of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment in 2017.
Ratner has denied the allegations and no charges were ever brought against him. However, his agency had dropped him and he hasn’t directed since. According to THR, in an email with Ratner where the matter was inquired, the director said that the claims were filled with “gross inaccuracies” and refused to comment more on the matter. A couple of years ago, Chan would reveal at the Red Sea Film Festival that talks were taking place for a new sequel, “We’re talking about part 4 right now.” He even went on to add that he would be meeting with the director that night. However, Chan did not reveal if he was specifically talking about Ratner.
After the short update, Chan would go on to reminisce about how he had to be talked into doing the first film since his few attempts to break into Hollywood would not go optimally for him. “I tried so many times to go to Hollywood, but after that, I said no more Hollywood because my English is not good, they’re not my culture, they don’t like this kind of action. My manager said look, there’s a script, and it’s called Rush Hour. I said no, Hong Kong police? I’m not going to do it. He said Jackie, why don’t you try last time. I said okay, this is the last time.”
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Fortnite’s latest season, Absolute Doom, introduces a variety of new content to the game, including new weapons that you can use to help earn a victory royale. Some of the weapons introduced in Chapter 5, Season 4 include various Marvel items and some new more regular guns. This guide will break down everything you…
Fortnite’s latest season, Absolute Doom, introduces a variety of new content to the game, including new weapons that you can use to help earn a victory royale. Some of the weapons introduced in Chapter 5, Season 4 include various Marvel items and some new more regular guns. This guide will break down everything you…
It’s official – the dog days of summer are here. The end of August is always notorious as a dumping ground for movies studios can’t muster all that much enthusiasm for, and this week seems no exception. As such, neither Lionsgate’s new adaptation of The Crow nor WB’s Blink Twice (which used to have a much more provocative title) are expected to drum up much business.
At one time, The Crow was seen as a potential blockbuster, with it having a solid director in Rupert Sanders, who also directed Snow White and the Huntsman. Yet, the buzz has been almost uniformly negative, with it seeming that the movie’s chances of success have been going steadily downhill since the release of the first images of Bill Skarsgard as the titular character. While it’s possible that the movie might not be as bad as folks expect, it’s going to face an uphill battle at the box office, with the property itself never really having any huge breakout successes other than the iconic first film starring Brandon Lee. Following Borderlands, it seems to be another dismal failure for Lionsgate, and we’re expecting an opening in the $7 million range, which should land it in fifth place this weekend.
It will likely be beaten by Blink Twice, Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut. In addition to an atypical turn for co-star Channing Tatum, the movie also benefits from its low $20 million budget, and the early reviews have been pretty good. This should make about $9 million, and after VOD, it may even eke out something of a profit.
First place at the box office will likely go to Alien: Romulus, which would probably see an $18 million weekend. Second place will go to Deadpool & Wolverine, which should make about $16 million (it could pull an upset and take first place from Romulus), while It Ends With Us will pass the $100 million mark with an $11 million weekend.
Here are my predictions:
Do you think The Crow will fly higher than I’m expecting? Let us know in the comments!
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