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Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista will continue his outer space adventures in STXfilms' Universe's Most Wanted . Directed by Rampage ' Brad Peyton, the movie finds Bautista hunting down alien criminals while no doubt delivering delightful zingers and once again demonstrating his unmatched qualities as a brawny action hero. Here's the official synopsis for Universe's Most Wanted , via the press release, "In Universe's Most Wanted, a small town gets a big surprise when a spaceship carrying the universe's most wanted and dangerous criminals crash lands in their backyard. Soon the sheriff and his son become heroes when they find themselves helping an intergalactic peacekeeper (Bautista) to keep the ragtag group of alien prisoners from escaping and taking over the world." Written by F. Scott Frazier ( xXx: Return of Xander Cage ) and Jimmy Loweree, Universe's Most Wanted sounds like it was tailor-made for the talents of Bautista, and with Brad Peyton, who is … [Read more...] about Dave Bautista Hunts Aliens in Universe’s Most Wanted from Rampage Director Brad Peyton

The situation in Myanmar remains dire, the International Coalition of Film makers at Risk (ICFR) has warned, with prominent cultural figures continuing to be imprisoned, and in some instances even killed. To date, more than 100 professionals from the local filmmaking community have been targeted for arrest, it said. As Deadline reported in February, the country’s military forces, known as the Tatmadaw, seized power in the country after disputing an election result back in November that saw a landslide win for Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, the NLD. Widespread demonstrations in response to the action saw thousands of protestors thrown in jail and reportedly more than 700 deaths, while three prominent members of the NLD also died in police custody, according to Reuters . Related Story Facebook Focuses On The Sunny Side Of 2018 With Its Year In Review The ICFR said that the first day of the coup saw three writers – Than Myint Aung, Maung Thar Cho and … [Read more...] about International Film Festivals Condemn Myanmar Coup As Military Continues To Target Prominent Cultural Figures

The Fast & Furious films are possibly the most testosterone-fuelled franchise that Hollywood has ever come up with. Unfortunately, this often meant that the women in the series were reduced to staying in the background while the guys raced cars and compared their bicep sizes. Michelle Rodriguez, who has been a part of Fast & Furious from the start in the role of Letty Ortiz, revealed to Collider that the upcoming Fast & Furious 9 brings all of the franchise's female characters to the forefront. "My heart warmed when I saw that there was actually not one single bit of resistance against the idea of bringing the females of the franchise into the forefront . Justin was super on board with it. Vin was super on board with it. He's always been supportive of strong women. And the studio hired an amazing writer to come on board and touch up all of the female characters. When I actually watched the movie, I was like, "Yeah, okay, drop mic. I can chill now." I felt like all … [Read more...] about F9 Brings the Women of Fast & Furious Into the Forefront Says Michelle Rodriguez

Ava DuVernay ’s animated adaptation of family fantasy books Wings of Fire is taking off at Netflix . The streamer has greenlit ten episodes of the animated series, which comes from DuVernay and her ARRAY Filmworks and Warner Bros. Animation. It comes a year after it emerged that the Queen Sugar creator and When They See Us was developing the project. Wings of Fire , written by Tui T. Sutherland, will be adapted into ten 40-minute episodes. Dan Milano ( Glitch Techs ), Christa Starr ( Mystery Science Theater 3000 ), Justin Ridge ( Star Wars Resistance ) are showrunners and exec producers with Milano and Starr adapting. DuVernay, Tui T. Sutherland, Sam Register and Sarah Bremner also exec produce. The series is centered around a bitter war that has raged for generations between the dragon tribes who inhabit the epic world of Pyrrhia. According to prophecy, five young dragons will rise to end the bloodshed and bring peace back to the land.  Raised … [Read more...] about Ava DuVernay’s ‘Wings Of Fire’ Animated Series Ordered At Netflix

EXCLUSIVE: Former Lodge 49 star Sonya Cassidy is set as a series regular opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in The Man Who Fell to Earth drama series on Showtime . Based on the Walter Tevis novel and the iconic 1976 film that starred David Bowie, The Man Who Fell to Earth will follow a new alien character (Ejiofor) who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future. Cassidy will play Edie Flood, CEO of OriGen Industries, and a woman driven to her protect family’s prominent tech company at any cost. Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet are writing and executive producing the series, which recently moved from CBS All Access/Paramount+ to Showtime, and will serve as showrunners along with executive producer John Hlavin. Kurtzman also will direct multiple episodes. Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly and Heather Kadin also are executive producing, along with rights holder Studiocanal’s Rola Bauer and Françoise … [Read more...] about Sonya Cassidy Joins ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ Showtime Series