News Shotgun 11/14
Darkwing Duck is getting a new Disney+ show, Lilo & Stitch is getting a live-action remake from the director of Crazy Rich Asians, Mads Mikkelsen is in talks to replace Johnny Depp in the Fantastic Beasts series, Short Circuit is getting a remake, Arnold is coming to Netflix and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 509 “The Scorpion King, Alex Trebek, Undisputed, Fantastic Beasts and More”
This week on the podcast, Zach and Chris talk about The Rock rebooting The Scorpion King, pay their respects to Alex Trebek, the Fantastic Beasts drama, Undisputed, The Blob, Orlando Bloom’s deceptive looking Retaliation, new Speed inspired action movies, and more.
Everything Action Theater: Enemies Closer
Jean Claude Van Damme got delightfully villainous in the 2013 action movie, Enemies Closer, where he hunts down Tom Everett Scott and Orlando Jones, who have to put aside a personal vendetta in order to survive.
Action Hero of the Week: Ryo Saeba
A self-serving private investigator, Ryo Saeba is hired to track down a CEO’s daughter and, after tracking her to a cruise ship, he ends up in the middle of a hijacking by terrorists led by the ruthless Col. MacDonald.
Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane Battle an Alien Terror in Breach (Trailer)
Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane team up with Riverdale’s Cody Kearsley to battle an alien threat that is infecting the passengers on the last ark heading to “New Earth” in the upcoming sci-fi action movie, Breach.
Scott Adkins Goes Jumanji/Scott Pilgrim with Max Cloud (Trailer)
Scott Adkins is 16-bit side-scrolling action hero Max Cloud and video game superfan Sarah finds herself fighting alongside him in the body of Max’s sidekick Jake when she gets sucked into the game universe in the upcoming action/comedy, The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud.
Nick Stahl is a Ruthless Russian Gangster in American Dream (Trailer)
Legendary cinematographer Janusz Kaminski directs the upcoming thriller American Dream where brothers Michael Huisman and Luke Bracey have to fight a ruthless Russian gangster, played by Nick Stahl, who is looking to take over the brothers’ dream construction project after they refuse his offer of a large amount of money.
New Release Round Up 11/10
Bill and Ted Face the Music arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray this week along with complete series collections for Schitt’s Creek and The Office and more.
The Pull List – Bill & Ted Are Doomed #3
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Writer: Evan Dorkin Art: Roger Langridge With a mix-up at a Scandinavian death metal festival, Wyld Stallyn finds themselves in front of an angry crowd. Worst yet, their presence at the festival has riled up the evil metal band Vile Empire. Escalating their frenzy fans, Vile Empire leads a wild hunt […]
An Iraqi SWAT Team Battles ISIS in Mosul (Trailer)
Based on true events and produced by Joe and Anthony Russo, Mosul arrives on Netflix at the end of November and follows an Iraqi SWAT team that battles ISIS in the titular Iraqi city during ISIS’s occupation.