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Casino Royale actress circling 300 prequel female lead

Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ 300 prequel is circling a potential female lead with Casino Royale’s Eva Green, according to THR. Green would play Artemisia in the film, currently titled 300: Battle of Artemisia, coincidentally. Noam Murro is attached to direct the project. 300: Battle of Artemisia sees the Persian king-turned-god Xerxes lead an army ….

Angelina Jolie and Luc Besson teaming up for Paris-set action thriller

Universal has nabbed North American rights to an as-yet-untitled Angelina Jolie-Luc Besson drama collaboration, in which Jolie is attached to star, according to THR. The project is described as a dramatic thriller with action, and is said to be a cross between Besson’s cult classic films The Professional and The Fifth Element. Besson wrote the ….

Image and movie poster gallery for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

This holiday season, two-time Academy Award-winner Brad Bird directs, with producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams, the action-packed spy adventure Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates “Ghost Protocol”. Left without any ….

MGM Limited Edition DVD Collection October releases review

For the month of October, Fox’s “manufacturing on demand” program celebrates, among other things, how martial arts films first landed into the American mainstream, beginning in the 1960’s. Throughout the 60’s, a series of American-made films and television shows were released that highlighted the unique fighting skills from the East. Among those films was 1967’s ….

Indie martial arts thriller Dragon Eyes to preview during UFC

Pandorum’s Cung Le, who’s also an undefeated and accomplished kickboxer, will be making his UFC debut this Saturday, November 19th, during UFC 139. Le will be fighting against Wanderlei Silva in his own hometown of San Jose, California. Cung Le is a Sanshou expert who is considered a top-level mixed martial artist. Just before Cung ….

E One nabs rights to post-apocalyptic war action thriller The Day

Content Film has announced that Entertainment One has nabbed rights in certain countries to the post-apocalyptic war action thriller The Day, directed by Doug Aarniokoski, written by Luke Passmore and produced by Guy A. Danella (The Fourth Kind). The film was also bought by Japan’s Nettai Museum. An open war against humanity rages in The ….

Images from old school action thriller Sinners and Saints

Remember those hardcore, old school, action movies, when it was all about blowing shit up on camera, without CGI? When fights actually looked real? When actual stuntmen did actual stunts? Well apparently Anchor Bay remembers those days fondly with the January 10, 2012 Blu-ray and DVD release of old school action thriller Sinners and Saints. ….