Exclusive: Andrew Caldwell has joined Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s The Matrix 4 in a role that’s being kept under wraps. Production is already underway.
Caldwell joins Keanu Reeves (Neo), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), and Jada Pinkett Smith (Niobe) as well as newcomers Priyanka Chopra, Jessica Henwick, Eréndira Ibarra, Neil Patrick Harris, Toby Onwumere, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who is rumored to be playing young Morpheus. Henwick is buzzed to play a female Neo-like character.
Lana Wachowski is directing and co-write the screenplay with Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell. Wachowski is producing with Grant Hill, who executive produced Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions. The Matrix trilogy has amassed over $1.6 billion at the global box office.
Last year, Caldwell starred in the Eli Roth produced thriller Haunt from writer/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. His other recent credits include the Universal sequel Unbroken: Path to Redemption, about the next chapter...
Caldwell joins Keanu Reeves (Neo), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), and Jada Pinkett Smith (Niobe) as well as newcomers Priyanka Chopra, Jessica Henwick, Eréndira Ibarra, Neil Patrick Harris, Toby Onwumere, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who is rumored to be playing young Morpheus. Henwick is buzzed to play a female Neo-like character.
Lana Wachowski is directing and co-write the screenplay with Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell. Wachowski is producing with Grant Hill, who executive produced Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions. The Matrix trilogy has amassed over $1.6 billion at the global box office.
Last year, Caldwell starred in the Eli Roth produced thriller Haunt from writer/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. His other recent credits include the Universal sequel Unbroken: Path to Redemption, about the next chapter...
- 2/5/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
David Sakurai, Carter MacIntyre and Bruce Locke are set for recurring roles on the fourth season of Amazon’s Emmy-winning drama series The Man in the High Castle.
Developed by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) based on Philip K. Dick’s award-winning 1962 alternate history novel, The Man in the High Castle explores what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II.
Sakurai will play Colonel Saito, a long-serving Japanese Army officer and Aide da Camp to General Yamori. He has seen service in China the Pacific and Southeast Asia. He came to the Jps as part of Yamori’s personal detachment. He is a hardliner and fiercely loyal to his general. When Yamori is arrested by Kido, Saito takes it on himself to surround the Kempeitai headquarters and demand his general’s release.
MacIntyre will play Russ Gilmore, a new friend of Juliana’s.
Locke plays Governor General Yamori,...
Developed by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) based on Philip K. Dick’s award-winning 1962 alternate history novel, The Man in the High Castle explores what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II.
Sakurai will play Colonel Saito, a long-serving Japanese Army officer and Aide da Camp to General Yamori. He has seen service in China the Pacific and Southeast Asia. He came to the Jps as part of Yamori’s personal detachment. He is a hardliner and fiercely loyal to his general. When Yamori is arrested by Kido, Saito takes it on himself to surround the Kempeitai headquarters and demand his general’s release.
MacIntyre will play Russ Gilmore, a new friend of Juliana’s.
Locke plays Governor General Yamori,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Vanessa Bell Calloway is set for a recurring role in Unbelievable, an eight-episode Netflix limited series from Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant, CBS TV Studios, studio-based producers Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly and Katie Couric.
Co-written by Grant, who will serve as showrunner, Michael Chabon (John Carter) & Ayelet Waldman (Applebaum), Unbelievable is based on The Marshall Project and ProPublica Pulitzer Prize-winning December 2015 article, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, and the “This American Life” radio episode about the same case, “Anatomy of Doubt.” It tells the true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth.
As with all characters on Unbelievable, details of Calloway’s role are not being disclosed.
Grant, Chabon, Waldman, Timberman, Beverly and Couric executive produce.
Co-written by Grant, who will serve as showrunner, Michael Chabon (John Carter) & Ayelet Waldman (Applebaum), Unbelievable is based on The Marshall Project and ProPublica Pulitzer Prize-winning December 2015 article, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, and the “This American Life” radio episode about the same case, “Anatomy of Doubt.” It tells the true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth.
As with all characters on Unbelievable, details of Calloway’s role are not being disclosed.
Grant, Chabon, Waldman, Timberman, Beverly and Couric executive produce.
- 9/26/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Pure Flix breaks into top 10 with faith-based drama Unbroken: Path To redemption.
September 17 Update: Shane Black’s action reboot The Predator returned to its North American hunting ground on a confirmed $24.6m through Fox and pushed Warner Bros’ horror hit The Nun into second place on $18.2m in its second weekend.
The Predator arrived in 4,037 theatres 31 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger took arms against the alien warriors in John McTiernan’s original tentpole. Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Sterling K. Brown and Trevante Rhodes star in the new story about a boy who accidentally enables the lethal predator hunters to return to earth,...
September 17 Update: Shane Black’s action reboot The Predator returned to its North American hunting ground on a confirmed $24.6m through Fox and pushed Warner Bros’ horror hit The Nun into second place on $18.2m in its second weekend.
The Predator arrived in 4,037 theatres 31 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger took arms against the alien warriors in John McTiernan’s original tentpole. Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Sterling K. Brown and Trevante Rhodes star in the new story about a boy who accidentally enables the lethal predator hunters to return to earth,...
- 9/16/2018
- ScreenDaily
Pure Flix breaks into top 10 with faith-based drama Unbroken: Path To redemption.
Shane Black’s action reboot The Predator returned to its North American hunting ground on an estimated $24m through Fox and pushed Warner Bros’ horror hit The Nun into second place on $18.2m in its second weekend.
The Predator arrived in 4,037 theatres 31 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger took arms against the alien warriors in John McTiernan’s original tentpole. Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Sterling K. Brown and Trevante Rhodes star in the new story about a boy who accidentally enables the lethal predator hunters to return to earth, where...
Shane Black’s action reboot The Predator returned to its North American hunting ground on an estimated $24m through Fox and pushed Warner Bros’ horror hit The Nun into second place on $18.2m in its second weekend.
The Predator arrived in 4,037 theatres 31 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger took arms against the alien warriors in John McTiernan’s original tentpole. Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Sterling K. Brown and Trevante Rhodes star in the new story about a boy who accidentally enables the lethal predator hunters to return to earth, where...
- 9/16/2018
- ScreenDaily
With a $24 million opening, “The Predator” easily took the top spot this weekend after “The Nun” proved to be no contest with a 66 percent fall. An unusual total of four new wide releases made the Top 10, with the female-oriented “A Simple Favor” doing a decent $16 million, while “White Boy Rick” (Sony) managed only a little more than half that. Faith-based sequel “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” managed about $2.3 million. Last year saw a 10 percent higher overall box office, led by the $60 million second weekend of “It.” However, the other films that weekend were much weaker, making this weekend one case where lower results look more positive overall.
All that said, “The Predator” — which cost $88 million before marketing and received a very weak C+ Cinemascore — isn’t impressive. The sixth in the overall series, among the series in adjusted grosses it ranks fourth best, about $5.5 million less than the most recent, “Predators,...
All that said, “The Predator” — which cost $88 million before marketing and received a very weak C+ Cinemascore — isn’t impressive. The sixth in the overall series, among the series in adjusted grosses it ranks fourth best, about $5.5 million less than the most recent, “Predators,...
- 9/16/2018
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
20th Century Fox's release of The Predator may have topped the weekend box office, but whether it was the controversy swirling around the film, dwindling franchise interest or a combination of both, the film delivered the lowest opening weekend gross for a live-action film debuting in over 4,000 theaters. Meanwhile, Lionsgate's A Simple Favor delivered solid numbers in a third place finish, Studio 8's White Boy Rick debuted with moderate results and Pure Flix's Unbroken: Path to Redemption debuted on the lower end of expectations. With an estimated $24 million, 20th Century Fox's The Predator took the weekend's #1 spot, but the film has little to celebrate. Debuting in 4,037 theaters, the film's opening is the worst for a live-action film opening in over 4,000 locations, unseating The Mummy, which previously held the distinction after its $31.6 million opening in 4,035 theaters last summer. The opening currently falls short of even 2010's Predators which opened with $24.76 million in just 2,669 locations.
- 9/16/2018
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
20th Century Fox’s “The Predator” is going to need some big help from the international box office to turn a profit, as it registers a domestic opening weekend of $24 million from 4,037 screens. But early signs show that help might not come.
Today’s estimate for the Shane Black film’s opening are a drop from Saturday estimate of a $26 million start, and puts “The Predator” on the verge of seeing its opening fall below the $24.7 million launch for 2010’s “Predators.” Also, while “Predators” had a $40 million budget, “The Predator” has an $88 million budget, raising the bar for profitability.
“The Predator” will now try to follow the path set by another Fox release from a long-running horror franchise, “Alien: Covenant.” That film had a $97 million budget, opened to $36.1 million, and crashed in holdover weeks for a domestic total of just $74 million. Fortunately, stronger overseas numbers pushed it out of the...
Today’s estimate for the Shane Black film’s opening are a drop from Saturday estimate of a $26 million start, and puts “The Predator” on the verge of seeing its opening fall below the $24.7 million launch for 2010’s “Predators.” Also, while “Predators” had a $40 million budget, “The Predator” has an $88 million budget, raising the bar for profitability.
“The Predator” will now try to follow the path set by another Fox release from a long-running horror franchise, “Alien: Covenant.” That film had a $97 million budget, opened to $36.1 million, and crashed in holdover weeks for a domestic total of just $74 million. Fortunately, stronger overseas numbers pushed it out of the...
- 9/16/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
“The Predator” was able to fend off “The Nun” at the domestic box office.
Shane Black’s “The Predator” launched with a tepid $24 million from 4,037 North American locations. That was easily enough to top the weekend box office, but not enough to land a franchise-best debut. That distinction still belongs to 2010’s “Predator” with $24.7 million (not including the two “Alien vs. Predator” crossover films). Overseas, “The Predator” earned $30.7 million for a global start of $54.7 million. It will need to generate big business internationally to justify its $88 million production budget.
Warner Bros.’ “The Nun” dropped to second place, picking up $18 million in its second weekend for a domestic tally of $85 million. It continues to find success abroad, amassing another $33 million this weekend, taking its global total to $228 million. Meanwhile, Lionsgate’s “A Simple Favor” debuted at No. 3 with $16 million on 3,102 screens. Another new offering, Matthew McConaughey’s “White Boy Rick,” rounded...
Shane Black’s “The Predator” launched with a tepid $24 million from 4,037 North American locations. That was easily enough to top the weekend box office, but not enough to land a franchise-best debut. That distinction still belongs to 2010’s “Predator” with $24.7 million (not including the two “Alien vs. Predator” crossover films). Overseas, “The Predator” earned $30.7 million for a global start of $54.7 million. It will need to generate big business internationally to justify its $88 million production budget.
Warner Bros.’ “The Nun” dropped to second place, picking up $18 million in its second weekend for a domestic tally of $85 million. It continues to find success abroad, amassing another $33 million this weekend, taking its global total to $228 million. Meanwhile, Lionsgate’s “A Simple Favor” debuted at No. 3 with $16 million on 3,102 screens. Another new offering, Matthew McConaughey’s “White Boy Rick,” rounded...
- 9/16/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“The Predator” is about to take a bite out of the box office.
Fox’s thriller reboot is on its way to an estimated $25 million debut from 4,037 North American sites. The projection is on the lower end of earlier forecasts, which had placed it in the $23 million to $32 million range. The film earned an estimated $10.45 million on Friday.
Directed by Shane Black, “The Predator” stars Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, and Sterling K. Brown. The fourth installment of the “Predator” franchise follows a group of former soldiers and a biologist who have to face alien Predators that land in the Georgian backwoods. It has a 34% Rotten Tomatoes score and C+ CinemaScore. “The Predator” faced controversy after Black hired Steven Wilder Striegel, a registered sex offender, to act in the film without the knowledge of the cast or crew. Black has since apologized and...
Fox’s thriller reboot is on its way to an estimated $25 million debut from 4,037 North American sites. The projection is on the lower end of earlier forecasts, which had placed it in the $23 million to $32 million range. The film earned an estimated $10.45 million on Friday.
Directed by Shane Black, “The Predator” stars Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, and Sterling K. Brown. The fourth installment of the “Predator” franchise follows a group of former soldiers and a biologist who have to face alien Predators that land in the Georgian backwoods. It has a 34% Rotten Tomatoes score and C+ CinemaScore. “The Predator” faced controversy after Black hired Steven Wilder Striegel, a registered sex offender, to act in the film without the knowledge of the cast or crew. Black has since apologized and...
- 9/15/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
20th Century Fox’s “The Predator” will take the top spot on the box office charts from “The Nun” this weekend with an estimated $26 million opening from 4,037 screens, but will need help from overseas markets to stay out of the red.
Shane Black’s addition to the ’80s monster franchise looks like it will have an opening slightly higher than the $24.7 million the last installment, “Predators,” made in 2010. But “The Predator” is a far more expensive film, with an $88 million budget compared to $40 million for its predecessor. The larger budget is mainly due to the increased CGI in the film, as well as the salaries of stars like Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown and Keegan-Michael Key.
Also Read: 'The Predator' Film Review: Shane Black Further Dumbs Down This Sci-Fi/Horror Franchise
Similar to last year’s “Alien: Covenant,” “The Predator” seems to have brought in longtime fans of the franchise,...
Shane Black’s addition to the ’80s monster franchise looks like it will have an opening slightly higher than the $24.7 million the last installment, “Predators,” made in 2010. But “The Predator” is a far more expensive film, with an $88 million budget compared to $40 million for its predecessor. The larger budget is mainly due to the increased CGI in the film, as well as the salaries of stars like Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown and Keegan-Michael Key.
Also Read: 'The Predator' Film Review: Shane Black Further Dumbs Down This Sci-Fi/Horror Franchise
Similar to last year’s “Alien: Covenant,” “The Predator” seems to have brought in longtime fans of the franchise,...
- 9/15/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
“The Predator” has found its next feast: its box office competitors.
The Fox release is invading North American multiplexes with an estimated $25 million opening weekend at 4,307 sites, early estimates showed Friday.
The alien franchise film is coming in at the lower end of expectations, which had ranged from $25 million to $32 million. “The Predator” should be able to top the second weekend of Warner Bros.’ supernatural horror hit “The Nun,” which is projected to finish at about $20 million for a 63% decline.
Lionsgate’s opening of mystery-comedy “A Simple Favor” is heading for a sold third place with $18 million at 3,102 sites, coming in well above forecasts in the $12 million to $15 million range. Sony-Studio 8 crime drama “White Boy Rick” is also projected to top recent forecasts at about $10 million from 2,500 screens, battling for fourth place with the fifth frame of rom-com hit “Crazy Rich Asians” and the second weekend of Jennifer Garner’s thriller “Peppermint.
The Fox release is invading North American multiplexes with an estimated $25 million opening weekend at 4,307 sites, early estimates showed Friday.
The alien franchise film is coming in at the lower end of expectations, which had ranged from $25 million to $32 million. “The Predator” should be able to top the second weekend of Warner Bros.’ supernatural horror hit “The Nun,” which is projected to finish at about $20 million for a 63% decline.
Lionsgate’s opening of mystery-comedy “A Simple Favor” is heading for a sold third place with $18 million at 3,102 sites, coming in well above forecasts in the $12 million to $15 million range. Sony-Studio 8 crime drama “White Boy Rick” is also projected to top recent forecasts at about $10 million from 2,500 screens, battling for fourth place with the fifth frame of rom-com hit “Crazy Rich Asians” and the second weekend of Jennifer Garner’s thriller “Peppermint.
- 9/14/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
DaniElle DeLaite sat down recently with Merritt Patterson & Samuel Hunt and Jon Foreman & Tim Foreman from Switchfoot to talk about their movie Unbroken – Path to Redemption. It is an unofficial sequel to Angelina Jolie’s 2014 film Unbroken, starring Jack O’Connell and Domhnall Gleeson.
Telling the true story of Olympian Louis Zamperini the film stars Samuel Hunt as Zamperini, Merritt Patterson, Vincenzo Amato, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Bobby Campo, Bob Gunton, Maddalena Ischiale, David Sakurai, and Gary Cole.
We also got the chance to ask the Switchfoot brothers about putting aside their hiatus and making music for the new film.
Unbroken: Path to Redemption is released in the Us on the 14th of September, 2018.
Synopsis:
When the war ended, his battle began. Based on Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling book, Unbroken: Path To Redemption begins where Unbroken ends, sharing the next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini...
Telling the true story of Olympian Louis Zamperini the film stars Samuel Hunt as Zamperini, Merritt Patterson, Vincenzo Amato, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Bobby Campo, Bob Gunton, Maddalena Ischiale, David Sakurai, and Gary Cole.
We also got the chance to ask the Switchfoot brothers about putting aside their hiatus and making music for the new film.
Unbroken: Path to Redemption is released in the Us on the 14th of September, 2018.
Synopsis:
When the war ended, his battle began. Based on Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling book, Unbroken: Path To Redemption begins where Unbroken ends, sharing the next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini...
- 9/14/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Fox’s “The Predator” invaded the Thursday night box office with $2.5 million.
“A Simple Favor,” starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, reeled in $900,000 from Thursday night previews in North America. “White Boy Rick,” meanwhile, grossed $575,000 in previews.
“The Predator” has been pegged to top the domestic box office with $25 million to $32 million in its opening weekend at 4,037 sites. Its preview number fell short of “Alien: Covenant,” which made $4.2 million on Thursday night on its way to a $36 million launch last year.
The sophomore frame of “The Nun,” which has grossed $64 million in its first six days, may challenge the new installment of the “Predator” franchise for first place. Lionsgate’s mystery thriller “A Simple Favor” will likely open between $12 million and $15 million at 3,102 venues. Sony and Studio 8’s crime drama “White Boy Rick” is projected to make between $6 million and $10 million from 2,500 screens, battling for fourth place with the...
“A Simple Favor,” starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, reeled in $900,000 from Thursday night previews in North America. “White Boy Rick,” meanwhile, grossed $575,000 in previews.
“The Predator” has been pegged to top the domestic box office with $25 million to $32 million in its opening weekend at 4,037 sites. Its preview number fell short of “Alien: Covenant,” which made $4.2 million on Thursday night on its way to a $36 million launch last year.
The sophomore frame of “The Nun,” which has grossed $64 million in its first six days, may challenge the new installment of the “Predator” franchise for first place. Lionsgate’s mystery thriller “A Simple Favor” will likely open between $12 million and $15 million at 3,102 venues. Sony and Studio 8’s crime drama “White Boy Rick” is projected to make between $6 million and $10 million from 2,500 screens, battling for fourth place with the...
- 9/14/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“I joke that it’s the first time the theatrical sequel to a hit movie cost 90 percent less than the original,” says Matthew Baer of his new film Unbroken: Path to Redemption, a so-called spiritual successor to the 2014 drama directed by Angelina Jolie.
That math is pretty accurate given that the production budget on Unbroken, which Baer also produced, was $65 million to Unbroken 2’s $6 million.
Although the stakes are lower this time around, there’s still pressure for Unbroken 2 to mark the next faith-based breakout. That’s because the sequel’s story, also based on ...
That math is pretty accurate given that the production budget on Unbroken, which Baer also produced, was $65 million to Unbroken 2’s $6 million.
Although the stakes are lower this time around, there’s still pressure for Unbroken 2 to mark the next faith-based breakout. That’s because the sequel’s story, also based on ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I joke that it’s the first time the theatrical sequel to a hit movie cost 90 percent less than the original,” says Matthew Baer of his new film Unbroken: Path to Redemption, a so-called spiritual successor to the 2014 drama directed by Angelina Jolie.
That math is pretty accurate given that the production budget on Unbroken, which Baer also produced, was $65 million to Unbroken 2’s $6 million.
Although the stakes are lower this time around, there’s still pressure for Unbroken 2 to mark the next faith-based breakout. That’s because the sequel’s story, also based on ...
That math is pretty accurate given that the production budget on Unbroken, which Baer also produced, was $65 million to Unbroken 2’s $6 million.
Although the stakes are lower this time around, there’s still pressure for Unbroken 2 to mark the next faith-based breakout. That’s because the sequel’s story, also based on ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
As Paul Harvey used to say: And now, the rest of the story. “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” serves as a kinda-sorta sequel to “Unbroken,” Angelina Jolie’s harrowing 2014 drama about the War II experiences of Louis Zamperini, the Olympian distance runner and Army Air Forces bombardier who survived 47 days on a life raft after his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, then endured two years of merciless torture in a Japanese Pow camp. This follow-up — which, like its predecessor, is taken from Lauren Hillenbrand’s nonfiction best-seller “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” — focuses on Zamperini’s postwar struggles with alcoholism, crushing disappointment (an injury prevents him from competing in another Olympics), and recurring nightmares and hallucinations triggered by Ptsd.
There is a happy ending to the story — but, unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive nearly soon enough.
It would be unfair, and not entirely accurate,...
There is a happy ending to the story — but, unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive nearly soon enough.
It would be unfair, and not entirely accurate,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
Gratuitously prolific director Harold Cronk keeps cranking them out. Fascinated by supposedly undamaged people who turn out to be spiritually shattered given the absence of religious submissiveness in their lives, this month alone he’s behind two faith-based releases sporting such a premise: last week’s” God Bless the Broken Road,” and now “Unbroken: Path to Redemption.”
Both follow an individual’s transformation from sinfully reproaching God to realizing their woes are punishment for straying away from Him.
Produced with meager resources, “Path to Redemption” sneakily professes itself as a sort-of sequel to Angelina Jolie’s 2014 sophomore directorial effort “Unbroken,” even though they don’t share any cast members, below-the-line crew, or screenwriters. Most importantly, they are eons apart in storytelling dexterity, technical quality, and tone. Jolie’s feature was far from glorious and earned her mixed reviews, but it’s nonetheless an incomparably superior exercise in period filmmaking.
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Both follow an individual’s transformation from sinfully reproaching God to realizing their woes are punishment for straying away from Him.
Produced with meager resources, “Path to Redemption” sneakily professes itself as a sort-of sequel to Angelina Jolie’s 2014 sophomore directorial effort “Unbroken,” even though they don’t share any cast members, below-the-line crew, or screenwriters. Most importantly, they are eons apart in storytelling dexterity, technical quality, and tone. Jolie’s feature was far from glorious and earned her mixed reviews, but it’s nonetheless an incomparably superior exercise in period filmmaking.
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- 9/13/2018
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
On the heels of The Nun's strong start to the fall season, this weekend sees the release of Fox's The Predator, which should top the weekend box office, though a cloud of controversy may stall what might have been a larger performance. Also releasing this weekend is the Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick thriller A Simple Favor, Studio 8's White Boy Rick and Pure Flix's Unbroken: Path to Redemption, all poised for a spot in the top ten. Debuting in over 4,000 locations, Fox's The Predator isn't having the best of time leading up to release. The controversy swirling around the film has been all anyone is talking about and reviews are, at best, lackluster. The film is currently looking as if it will fall short of Alien: Covenant's disappointing $36.1 million opening last May with studio expectations for the $88 million production in the high 20s, perhaps reaching $30 million for the weekend.
- 9/13/2018
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
20th Century Fox’s sixth iteration of The Predator is expected to hit its tracking range between $25M-$30M at around 4,000 locations including Imax and Plf locations.
In the wake of buzzy promo blitzes at CinemaCon and San Diego Comic-Con, the film hit a bump in the road as it headed to Tiff last week and that was that director Shane Black cast a friend who was a registered sex offender. The convicted offender’s scene with Olivia Munn was cut last week. While studio marketing and PR executives fear this type of black ink in this day and age which can throw a film’s commercial trajectory off its tracks, many of those in distribution do not believe it will impact general moviegoers’ decision to see the $88M-budgeted R-rated sci-fi film this weekend. “It’s a matter that’s in Hollywood’s orbit,” said one non-Fox studio executive.
Another...
In the wake of buzzy promo blitzes at CinemaCon and San Diego Comic-Con, the film hit a bump in the road as it headed to Tiff last week and that was that director Shane Black cast a friend who was a registered sex offender. The convicted offender’s scene with Olivia Munn was cut last week. While studio marketing and PR executives fear this type of black ink in this day and age which can throw a film’s commercial trajectory off its tracks, many of those in distribution do not believe it will impact general moviegoers’ decision to see the $88M-budgeted R-rated sci-fi film this weekend. “It’s a matter that’s in Hollywood’s orbit,” said one non-Fox studio executive.
Another...
- 9/12/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Though Switchfoot members Tim and Jon Foreman are currently on hiatus after 20 years of touring and creating music, they found the time to contribute the song “You Found Me” for the new film Unbroken: Path to Redemption. The feature continues the true story of Olympian Louis Zamperini (Samuel Hunt) as he struggles with life [...]
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- 9/12/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
A demonic nun and a race of extraterrestrial hunters will go head-to-head at the box office this weekend as 20th Century Fox’s “The Predator” will take on “The Nun” in its second weekend, with analysts expecting “The Predator” to take the top spot, albeit with rather lackluster numbers.
Releasing this weekend on over 4,000 screens, “The Predator” is expected to earn an opening weekend in the high $20 million range, with the top end of independent projections standing at $30 million. By comparison, last year’s “Alien: Covenant” opened to $36.1 million in May and went on to gross just $74.2 million domestically and $240 million worldwide against a $97 million budget.
While “The Predator” would hold the highest opening weekend for the 31-year-old franchise, it’s also by far the most expensive in the series with a reported production budget of $88 million. The original 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was produced on a $15 million budget — around...
Releasing this weekend on over 4,000 screens, “The Predator” is expected to earn an opening weekend in the high $20 million range, with the top end of independent projections standing at $30 million. By comparison, last year’s “Alien: Covenant” opened to $36.1 million in May and went on to gross just $74.2 million domestically and $240 million worldwide against a $97 million budget.
While “The Predator” would hold the highest opening weekend for the 31-year-old franchise, it’s also by far the most expensive in the series with a reported production budget of $88 million. The original 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was produced on a $15 million budget — around...
- 9/11/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
A familiar group of monsters are returning to invade multiplexes this weekend.
Fox’s “The Predator,” the fourth installment in the sci-fi series, looks to top a trio of fellow new offerings — “A Simple Favor,” “White Boy Rick,” and “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” — at the domestic box office. The No. 1 spot, however, could be a close call depending on the staying power of Warner Bros.’ “The Nun,” which led North America last weekend with its sizable debut. Another factor that could impact the weekend box office is Hurricane Florence, the category four storm that is targeting the east coast, specifically the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland. It’s too soon to tell the potential damage, though storm surges and heavy winds could close theaters.
Estimates show Shane Black’s “The Predator” could earn between $25 million and $32 million when it launches in more than 3,900 venues. A debut over $25 million would rank as...
Fox’s “The Predator,” the fourth installment in the sci-fi series, looks to top a trio of fellow new offerings — “A Simple Favor,” “White Boy Rick,” and “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” — at the domestic box office. The No. 1 spot, however, could be a close call depending on the staying power of Warner Bros.’ “The Nun,” which led North America last weekend with its sizable debut. Another factor that could impact the weekend box office is Hurricane Florence, the category four storm that is targeting the east coast, specifically the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland. It’s too soon to tell the potential damage, though storm surges and heavy winds could close theaters.
Estimates show Shane Black’s “The Predator” could earn between $25 million and $32 million when it launches in more than 3,900 venues. A debut over $25 million would rank as...
- 9/11/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. and New Line's The Nun made good on expectations, setting a new franchise opening weekend record (both globally and domestically) and delivering the second largest September opening ever.
Meanwhile, STX's release of Peppermint delivered on expectations, and Mission: Impossible - Fallout became Tom Cruise's highest grossing worldwide release of all-time, topping $725 million globally.
With an estimated $53.5 million, Warner Bros.'s release of New Line's The Nun destroyed the previous franchise opening weekend record set by the very first The Conjuring at $41.8 million.
The debut is also the second largest September opening ever, topping the $48.4 million set by Hotel Transylvania 2 in 2015, while placing well behind the massive, $123.4 million opening for WB's It just last year.
In fact, The Nun's $53.5 million debut is also the second largest opening ever for an R-rated horror film, again placing behind WB's It.
This is the fifth straight weekend Warner Bros.
Meanwhile, STX's release of Peppermint delivered on expectations, and Mission: Impossible - Fallout became Tom Cruise's highest grossing worldwide release of all-time, topping $725 million globally.
With an estimated $53.5 million, Warner Bros.'s release of New Line's The Nun destroyed the previous franchise opening weekend record set by the very first The Conjuring at $41.8 million.
The debut is also the second largest September opening ever, topping the $48.4 million set by Hotel Transylvania 2 in 2015, while placing well behind the massive, $123.4 million opening for WB's It just last year.
In fact, The Nun's $53.5 million debut is also the second largest opening ever for an R-rated horror film, again placing behind WB's It.
This is the fifth straight weekend Warner Bros.
- 9/9/2018
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Brittney Cade Pritchard, breast cancer survivor and her husband, Mike Dirnt of the legendary band Green Day will be honored for their courageous example as a couple sharing their personal cancer journey in order to help others at Tower Cancer Research Foundation's (Tower) 5th Annual Ante Up for a Cancer Free Generation Celebrity Poker Tournament and Casino Night on Saturday, September 8, 2018.
The tournament will take place at the Sofitel Hotel, Riviera 31, 8555 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Dozens of stars from TV, sports, music and film will also join in to bet big to support talented young cancer researchers and change the future of cancer. Red carpet arrivals begin at 6:00 Pm Pst.
In May 2014, Mike Dirnt took to Facebook to publicly announce that his wife, Brittney Cade Pritchard, was being treated for breast cancer. Brittney and Mike went on to document their cancer journey, which included chemotherapy and nine surgeries,...
The tournament will take place at the Sofitel Hotel, Riviera 31, 8555 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Dozens of stars from TV, sports, music and film will also join in to bet big to support talented young cancer researchers and change the future of cancer. Red carpet arrivals begin at 6:00 Pm Pst.
In May 2014, Mike Dirnt took to Facebook to publicly announce that his wife, Brittney Cade Pritchard, was being treated for breast cancer. Brittney and Mike went on to document their cancer journey, which included chemotherapy and nine surgeries,...
- 9/7/2018
- Look to the Stars
Director Angelina Jolie’s 2014 feature Unbroken told the true story of Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell), an Olympian who survived World War II against all odds. Zamperini’s resolve is tested when he returns home, and his bouts with alcoholism and Ptsd are chronicled in Unbroken: Path To Redemption. The Royals’ vet Merritt Patterson co-stars as Louis’ [...]
The post Samuel Hunt Takes On Louis Zamperini’s Inspiring Journey With ‘Unbroken: Path To Redemption’ appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
The post Samuel Hunt Takes On Louis Zamperini’s Inspiring Journey With ‘Unbroken: Path To Redemption’ appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 8/30/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
With the release of Unbroken: Path to Redemption an odd history of unsanctioned sequels, from Never Say Never Again to Titanic II emerges
Next month will see the release of Unbroken: Path to Redemption, the follow-up to Angelina Jolie’s 2014 biopic of Olympian-turned-PoW Louis Zamperini. Considering how successful the first Unbroken proved you might be wondering why this sequel isn’t getting more attention. The answer is simple: it isn’t an official sequel. Aside from producer Matt Baer, none of the original cast or crew are returning for the new film, and Pure Flix, the faith-based distribution company behind the film’s release, hopes that brand recognition alone will be enough to draw audiences.
Related: The sequel paradox: when studios rewrite movies to fit into a franchise...
Next month will see the release of Unbroken: Path to Redemption, the follow-up to Angelina Jolie’s 2014 biopic of Olympian-turned-PoW Louis Zamperini. Considering how successful the first Unbroken proved you might be wondering why this sequel isn’t getting more attention. The answer is simple: it isn’t an official sequel. Aside from producer Matt Baer, none of the original cast or crew are returning for the new film, and Pure Flix, the faith-based distribution company behind the film’s release, hopes that brand recognition alone will be enough to draw audiences.
Related: The sequel paradox: when studios rewrite movies to fit into a franchise...
- 8/24/2018
- by Zach Vasquez
- The Guardian - Film News
Fox’s “The Predator” should dominate the domestic box office with $25 million to $30 million in its opening weekend on Sept. 14-16, early tracking showed on Thursday.
The tracking services also showed that Lionsgate’s mystery thriller “A Simple Favor” will likely open between $12 million and $15 million that weekend, while Studio 8’s crime drama “White Boy Rick” has been pegged to launch between $5 million and $9 million with Sony handling the release. The newcomers will likely see strong competition from the second weekend of Warner Bros.’ horror entry “The Nun,” which is currently heading for a debut in the $32 million to $40 million range on Sept. 7-9.
Shane Black’s new installment of the “Predator” franchise follows the titular aliens, who return to Earth, now deadlier than ever before after taking the DNA of other species. Jacob Tremblay’s character accidentally triggers an alert that brings the Predators back to Earth.
Black...
The tracking services also showed that Lionsgate’s mystery thriller “A Simple Favor” will likely open between $12 million and $15 million that weekend, while Studio 8’s crime drama “White Boy Rick” has been pegged to launch between $5 million and $9 million with Sony handling the release. The newcomers will likely see strong competition from the second weekend of Warner Bros.’ horror entry “The Nun,” which is currently heading for a debut in the $32 million to $40 million range on Sept. 7-9.
Shane Black’s new installment of the “Predator” franchise follows the titular aliens, who return to Earth, now deadlier than ever before after taking the DNA of other species. Jacob Tremblay’s character accidentally triggers an alert that brings the Predators back to Earth.
Black...
- 8/23/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Unbroken: Path To Redemption, the film that follows the second half of Louis “Louie” Zamperini’s life and covers the second half of the Laura Hillenbrand’s New York Times‘ best-selling book, has moved up its theatrical release date to Sept. 14 from Oct. 6. By making the move, it takes the picture off the same weekend as Sony’s Venom and Warner Bros.’ A Star is Born and moves it to a weekend occupied by Moses and then the wider releases of Lionsgate’s A Simple Favor and Fox’s The Predator.
The original Unbroken was released via Universal Pictures in 2014 around the Christmas holiday. The continuation of the story was directed by Harold Kronk (God’s Not Dead and its sequel) from a script by Richard Friedenberg and Ken Hixon and was produced by Matthew Baer and Mike Elliott. The film is from Universal 1440 Entertainment, The Wta Group, and Pure Flix.
The original Unbroken was released via Universal Pictures in 2014 around the Christmas holiday. The continuation of the story was directed by Harold Kronk (God’s Not Dead and its sequel) from a script by Richard Friedenberg and Ken Hixon and was produced by Matthew Baer and Mike Elliott. The film is from Universal 1440 Entertainment, The Wta Group, and Pure Flix.
- 6/28/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Unbroken: Path to Redemption, a sequel of sorts to Angelina Jolie's 2014 Unbroken, about the life of Louis Zamperini, will be released Oct. 5 by Universal 1440 Entertainment, the Wta Group and Pure Flix, the faith-based outlet best known for the God's Not Dead film franchise.
Matt Baer, who produced Unbroken four years ago, is producing Path to Redemption, though Jolie is not involved in the project.
Pure Flix also released a new trailer for Path to Redemption, and it looks to repeat some of the ground explored in the first film, though its focus will be on Zamperini's redemption through...
Matt Baer, who produced Unbroken four years ago, is producing Path to Redemption, though Jolie is not involved in the project.
Pure Flix also released a new trailer for Path to Redemption, and it looks to repeat some of the ground explored in the first film, though its focus will be on Zamperini's redemption through...
- 3/23/2018
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The faith-based filmmaking world is wasting zero time. Hot on the heels of the breakout success of Christian indie “I Can Only Imagine” this past weekend, faith-based production company Pure Flix has released a first look at their next big feature: a sequel to Angelina Jolie’s 2013 true-life drama “Unbroken,” albeit one with a very different bent than the one put on screen by the filmmaker nearly four years ago.
Later this year, Pure Flix — also known for releasing the “God’s Not Dead” films, soon to be a trilogy — will release their sequel, “Unbroken: Path to Redemption,” a Christian-leaning follow-up to Jolie’s Louis Zamperini biopic “Unbroken.” None of the Jolie film’s original cast or crew is involved with the film, which follows the war hero upon his return to the States after being held as a prisoner of war during World War II and his eventual turn to born-again Christianity.
Later this year, Pure Flix — also known for releasing the “God’s Not Dead” films, soon to be a trilogy — will release their sequel, “Unbroken: Path to Redemption,” a Christian-leaning follow-up to Jolie’s Louis Zamperini biopic “Unbroken.” None of the Jolie film’s original cast or crew is involved with the film, which follows the war hero upon his return to the States after being held as a prisoner of war during World War II and his eventual turn to born-again Christianity.
- 3/20/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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