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New Indian Express
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Dave Bautista, Leila George join the cast of Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House 2
The 2024 film, directed by Doug Liman, was a reimagining of the 1989 film, which starred Patrick Swayze in the lead as James Dalton. Road House (2024) followed Dalton (Gyllenhaal), an ex-UFC fighter, who joins a troublesome roadhouse in the Florida Keys, as the head bouncer. With this job he also invites trouble in the form of outsiders trying to take over the roadhouse.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Angelina Jolie Teams up With Edge of Tomorrow Director for Spy Thriller
A new update has sparked excitement around The Initiative. Fresh reports reveal Angelina Jolie will reunite with Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman for the upcoming spy thriller, with early details hinting at high-stakes espionage and intense action. Angelina Jolie and Doug Liman reunite for spy thriller The Initiative As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Universal is finalizing a deal to acquire the project, with F. Scott Frazier writing the screenplay. RK Films' Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum will be the producers of the film, and Executive VP of production development Jay Polidoro, along with director of development Tony Ducret, will manage its development for Universal. Described as 'Training Day set in the world [of] spycraft,' the story follows a rogue master spy named Bright, played by Jolie, who operates outside the rules, and a new agent named Charlie. When the two start working together, Charlie faces uncertainty over whether his boss, Bright, is trying to kill him or doing whatever is necessary to protect the world. Production is being targeted to start in the first quarter of 2026. Jolie's recent credits include Maria, in which she portrayed soprano Maria Callas, and Marvel's Eternals. Over the years, she has also appeared in Maleficent, Salt, The Tourist, and Wanted. Her upcoming work includes Alice Winocour's drama Couture and the feature adaptation of Anxious People. Behind the camera, she has directed First They Killed My Father, Unbroken, and the upcoming Without Blood. Liman directed Roadhouse for Amazon MGM Studios and The Instigators for Apple TV+. His Universal credits include The Bourne Identity and American Made. Liman is developing a delayed underwater event film, Deeper. F. Scott Frazier's writing credits include Collide and xXx: Return of Xander Cage. In 2024, he and Jimmy Loweree sold Outdueled to Amazon. The post Angelina Jolie Teams up With Edge of Tomorrow Director for Spy Thriller appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Angelina Jolie's next career move revealed after becoming latest A-lister to flee Hollywood
Angelina Jolie's next career move has been revealed as she prepares to be the latest A-lister to flee Hollywood. The Maria actress, 50, is reuniting with the Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman for another spy thriller. She is starring in the upcoming film titled The Initiative with Liman directing and F. Scott Frazier writing the script, per The Hollywood Reporter. She last worked with the director on the set of the 2005 action-comedy, where she met her ex-husband Brad Pitt. Jolie will portray a rogue master spy named Bright in the movie, which has been described as 'Training Day set in the world spycraft.' The story follows Bright as a new agent named Charlie joins her team and finds himself in concerning situations — 'where he isn't sure whether his new boss is trying to kill him or simply is willing to do whatever is necessary to protect the free world.' News of Jolie's next career move comes after she starred in last year's Maria Callas biopic Maria after appearing in 2021's Eternals and leading the two Maleficent films. The Oscar winner had studios vying for the project as they anticipated her highly sought-after return to the action thrillers that made her a box office darling following her roles in Salt, Wanted and The Tourist. Universal won the multi-studio competition for the upcoming project, and now, the studio is gearing up to start filming in early 2026. This comes amid news that Jolie is reportedly looking to sell her historic Los Angeles home and move abroad as the latest A-lister to pack up to leave Hollywood behind. She is reportedly 'eyeing several locations abroad,' according to People. The mom-of-six wants to 'put the house up for sale' and move when her youngest kids, twins Knox and Vivienne, turn 18 next year. She shares the twins as well as Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, and Shiloh, 19, with ex-husband Brad, 61. The Oscar winner 'never wanted to live in L.A. full time' but she 'didn't have a choice because of the custody arrangement with Brad,' a source told the publication. The exes reached a settlement in their ugly divorce in December 2024 after an eight-year legal battle. 'She'll be very happy when she's able to leave Los Angeles,' the insider added. has reached out to Jolie's representatives for comment. The insider went on to say that Jolie's estate is 'a historic masterpiece.' The actress is reportedly looking to make some minor improvements before putting the home on the market. The historic estate, once owned by iconic Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille, was purchased by Angelina in 2017 for a cool $24.5 million. It boasts six bedrooms, ten bathrooms, and comes complete with stunning architecture, world-class gardens, an on-site library and much more. As well as huge gardens with a swimming pool, the property is surrounded with lush greenery and retro chic arched fountains. A tea house looks out onto the swimming pool, and there's also a fitness room in the pool house. She bought the home just eight-months after her split from Pitt. The property's rich Hollywood history began in 1916 when it was purchased by DeMille for less than $28,000. He went on to expand the estate by buying the neighboring home, which had been owned by screen legend Charlie Chaplin, and merging the two properties. The Oscar winner 'never wanted to live in L.A. full time' but she 'didn't have a choice because of the custody arrangement' with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, 61; The two seen in 2011 Jolie previously opened up about her desire to leave Los Angeles in 2024, but said she had to remain in California until her and Pitt's six children all turn 18. 'I grew up in this town [Los Angeles]. I am here because I have to be here from a divorce, but as soon as they're 18, I'll be able to leave,' she told The Hollywood Reporter. She continued: 'When you have a big family, you want them to have privacy, peace, safety. I have a house now to raise my children, but sometimes this place can be … that humanity that I found across the world is not what I grew up with here.' After her youngest two children become legal adults, Jolie said she plans on spending 'a lot of time in Cambodia' and visiting her 'family members wherever they may be in the world.' Jolie will join a number of other Hollywood stars who've left Los Angeles in recent years, including Natalie Portman, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Longoria, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Sophie Turner as well as Rosie O'Donnell among others. Earlier this month it was reported that Jolie is having a tough time with daughter Shiloh's next chapter, as the 19-year-old has flown the nest with her rumored love interest, dancer Keoni Rose. Sources told the Daily Mail that Shiloh, who recently dropped her famous dad's last name amid their estrangement, has 'temporarily moved in' with Keoni for the summer. Exclusive photos obtained by the Daily Mail confirmed the move, showing the rumored couple hugging outside their shared Los Angeles condo. The reported move also comes after cops arrested a trespasser in Jolie's Los Angeles neighborhood. In July law enforcement detained an individual who entered the Los Feliz enclave by slipping through a gate. It happened shortly after Jolie's ex-husband Pitt's home was broken into while he was in Tokyo. The actor's neighbors have suggested security at the mansion may have been compromised in the days leading up to the dramatic break-in. Pitt and Jolie's romance began in the early 2000s, and they tied the knot in 2014 at their château in the South of France. But by 2016, their union was over in dramatic fashion, with a now-infamous private plane incident involving an alleged physical altercation. The bitter divorce was not finalized until late 2024, and his fractured relationship with their six children remains unresolved.
Daily Mail
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Iconic Stephen King novel is being adapted for the THIRD time... and fans aren't happy about it
One of Stephen King's most popular books is getting adapted for the screen for a third time - and fans aren't happy about it. According to Deadline, Doug Liman will direct a theatrical adaptation of King's The Stand. Released in 1978, King's epic post-apocalyptic novel centers on factions of people trying to survive after a deadly pandemic. The lengthy tome was acclaimed by critics and went on to become one of the author's bestselling books. It's been adapted twice before for television, first in 1994 as a four episode miniseries that took home two Emmys. The 1994 version starred Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe, and was written and produced by King himself. It was then revived once again by CBS in 2020 as a nine-episode limited series starring James Marsden, Alexander Skarsgård, Whoopi Goldberg, Amber Heard. Liman's upcoming version will be the first time that The Stand has been adapted theatrically. Fans of the novel have already expressed their frustration with the theatrical version, claiming that a movie isn't enough time to capture the expansive story. 'Unless it's committed to six movies and filmed back to back like Lord of the Rings style I'm not sure there is a reason to make The Stand theatrical,' commented one. 'Multiples movies right? Right? That book CANNOT be told in one film. It simply can't,' wrote another. A third commented, 'Again?! This will be the third attempt. All we want is a Dark Tower series please!' Another wrote, 'I think the scale of The Stand is deserving of the big screen. However, I think it should be a trilogy.' While fans are wary of the big screen adaptation, The Stand appears to be in good hands with Liman directing. Liman was behind some of the most popular action hits of the last few decades, including Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity, Mr & Mrs Smith, and the recent Road House remake with Jake Gyllenhaal. Both Ben Affleck and George A. Romero have attempted to the develop The Stand for the big screen in the past with little luck. Meanwhile, King currently has a number of projects in the works based on his novels. First up is The Institute, which is set to scare viewers when it hits MGM+ next month. The eight-part limited series follows the terrifying story of Luke Ellis, a 12-year-old prodigy whose life is shattered overnight when he's kidnapped and wakes up inside a shadowy facility known only as The Institute. Inside, he meets other children with psychic abilities who are being subjected to disturbing and painful experiments under the watchful eye of the calculating Ms. Sigsby, played by Emmy-winner Mary-Louise Parker. While the children initially believe that they're there to be taught and cared for, they soon discover that the staff at The Institute are trying to weaponize their powers for evil. King's fans were furious earlier this year when Netflix announced it would be making a reboot of his novel Cujo. Amazon Prime also revealed that they're turning his iconic novel Carrie into a series.
Geek Tyrant
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Doug Liman Teams with Google for 'Immersive Spatial Film' That Lets You Enter the Story — GeekTyrant
Google recently launched 100 Zeros, a new content initiative in partnership with Range Media Partners, aimed at pushing storytelling into uncharted territory, and one of the first people they've brought along for the ride? Filmmaker Doug Liman, the guy behind Edge of Tomorrow , The Bourne Identity , and, most recently, Road House . Liman is developing what Google is calling an 'immersive spatial film', and while speaking at a fireside chat during Cannes, Neil Parris, Google's Head of Filmmaker Partnerships, described the project as 'an original 180° immersive short film.' It'll premiere on Asteroid, Google's upcoming XR app, and it sounds like something between a movie, a game, and a live conversation. Parris explained: 'The film, a high-stakes action thriller, is about a group of strangers who risk it all by taking an old rocket to mine a near-earth asteroid for a chance at unimaginable wealth. 'After the film, the audience enters the story when they receive a call from one of the characters who was left behind on the asteroid. The conversation between the AI-powered character and the player drives the extension of the story beyond the linear film.' So, it's not just sit-and-watch, you also talk to the story. The film becomes a kind of launching pad (literally and figuratively), and what happens after depends on how you interact with the characters. Think immersive action mixed with AI-powered narrative design. It's set to drop later this year, timed with the launch of Project Moohan, the XR headset built by Google and Samsung. This is all part of a larger movement by Google to back creators willing to experiment with new tools, and maybe even rethink what storytelling looks like. Parris said: 'We've started a production vehicle called 100 Zeros in partnership with Range, which is really meant to help Google meet filmmakers where they are. And is focused on putting amazing stories into the world and enabling them across multiple ways.' The session also featured Range co-founder Peter Micelli and filmmaker Sean Douglas, both part of a new program called AI On Screen, which commissions short films exploring the evolving relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence. Micelli said: 'When we started the programme, the number one intent for Range and Google was to get artists to participate and start a dialogue.' What that dialogue is shaping into is still evolving, but the goal is to push boundaries, embrace change, and reimagine the future of how stories are told and experienced. Micelli added: 'Profound change is coming. At Range, we view it as a very exciting change. You know, they said broadcast networks were going to die in 2020, streaming was going to kill everything. 'You constantly hear these patterns, and behind those patterns is a shift in technology that forces change.' And yet, the core of it all stays the same. 'The thing that doesn't shift is human beings wanting to be around storytelling. It is fundamental for us all. We care deeply about telling stories. How those stories get to you is what will always change.' With Liman's asteroid thriller and an AI character waiting to call you afterward, it looks like the next shift has already begun. Source: Deadline
