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Professionals, like many a onetime show on The CW, isn’t part of the new ownership’s game plan. But the action-drama might still have “one in the chamber,” as they say.

“The CW hasn’t renewed us for a second season,” Professionals co-creator Jeff Most, of Jeff Most Productions, informs TVLine. “However, we are shopping the second season of Professionals to other networks and streaming platforms.”

More from TVLineAll American: Homecoming Renewed for Season 3 at The CWSuperman & Lois Renewed for Shortened Season 4 at The CWGotham Knights Cancelled at The CW

A spinoff of the 2012 movie Soldiers of Fortune and...

Prime Video got off to a fast start this summer with the release of The Boys season 3 on June 3. Now, as we enter the dog days, Prime Video is set to keep the warm weather good times rolling with a new twist on an old classic. That’s right, Amazon’s list of new releases for August 2022 is highlighted by some good old-fashioned baseball.

A League of Their Own, the TV adaptation of Penny Marshall’s 1992 movie, is set to premiere on Aug. 12. Like the movie before it, the series will dramatize the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League which saw women playing America’s pastime while the major leagues were on pause for World War II. Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) co-created the show and will star as catcher Carson Shaw.

Other Prime Video Originals of note this month include season 2 of British comedy The Outlaws on and the Ron Howard-directed Thirteen Lives,...

Prime Video will continue rolling out its summer slate in the month of August, releasing new original series, as well as a mix of suspenseful films, action movies and more.

Amazon’s series version of “A League of Their Own” will debut its eight-episode first season on Aug. 12, introducing new characters and stories set in the historical opening of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (Aagpbl).

Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” tells the real-life story of how a young boys’ soccer team was rescued from the Thai mountain cave where they got stuck for 10 days along with their coach.

Other new film arrivals include hits from earlier this summer, “The Lost City” starring Sandra Bullock, Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum and Brad Pitt, as well as “Sonic the Hedgehog 2.” Academy Award-nominated film “Licorice Pizza” also arrives on Prime Video this month.

Freevee will also have new arrivals this month.

Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent), the company behind growing Scandinavian Svod service Viaplay, is planning to launch a U.S. division following its investment in Erik Feig’s Picturestart.

This comes after the company unveiled a major management restructure across its business.

Nent Studios Us is being established following Nent Group’s strategic investment in Feig’s production and financing vehicle Picturestart in May. It is in the process of hiring a CEO. Nent was one of the initial backers of the venture alongside Warner Bros, Scholastic and Endeavor Content.

Nent has been attracting international attention for its raft of originals with Hollywood stars. Earlier this week, it commissioned Swedish-Norwegian action thriller The Machinery featuring The Revenant and Mission: Impossible – Fallout star Kristoffer Joner, while Brendan Fraser is to star in The Professionals, a loose remake of the Christian Slater-fronted action movie Soldiers of Fortune for the platform, and Shades of Blue...

The Revenant and Mission: Impossible – Fallout star Kristoffer Joner is to front Swedish-Norwegian action thriller The Machinery for Svod service Viaplay.

The Nordic Entertainment Group-backed streaming service has ordered the eight-part series, to debut in 2020.

It is the latest original for the company, which is rapidly ramping up its slate of originals with A-list talent. In May, Deadline revealed that Brendan Fraser is to star in The Professionals, a loose remake of the Christian Slater-fronted action movie Soldiers of Fortune for the platform, and in March it signed up Shades of Blue creator Adi Hasak to create Margeaux, an international drama about the Munich Olympic massacre.

In The Machinery, Joner plays family man Olle, who wakes up on a ferry between Sweden and Norway with no memory of how he got there. What happened? Why is there a gun, a balaclava and a suitcase full of cash next to him?...

Morena Baccarin is set to star in “Home Invasion,” a science-fiction comedy series produced by Nent Group’s Brain Academy (“Conspiracy of Silence”).

The six-part English language series will also star Johan Glans (“Swedish Dicks”) and John Noble (“Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”). “Home Invasion” will premiere across the Nordics in 2020 exclusively on Nent Group’s

ambitious streaming service, “Viaplay.”

Don Bitters (“House of Cards”) will direct and create the visual effects for “Home Invasion.” It’s executive produced by Melanie Dipietro at Brain Academy.

“Home Invasion” will center on a normal family made up of aliens sent to invade Earth. The series tells the story of two burglars who breaks into a house who find themselves face to face with an absurd close encounter.

“Nent Group has a unique ability to bring together talent from all over the world to tell fascinating stories with a Nordic twist.

Exclusive: Brendan Fraser is to star in The Professionals, a loose remake of the Christian Slater-fronted action movie Soldiers of Fortune for Scandinavian Svod service Viaplay.

The Mummy and Trust star is to front The Professionals, based on the Jeff Most-produced film, alongside Smallville’s Tom Welling, Wonder Woman’s Elena Anaya, John Wick 3’s Saïd Taghmaoui, Inglourious Basterds’ Ken Duken, Force Majeure’s Lisa Loven Kongsli and Das Boot’s August Wittgenstein.

The ten-part English-language series, which has just begun filming in South Africa and Ireland, was commissioned by Viaplay with German broadcaster Rtl II pre-buying the free-tv rights.

The Professionals is set against a backdrop of international espionage and corporate sabotage in the 21st century’s privately-funded space race and follow Welling as a hardened former counterintelligence officer Captain Vincent Corbo. After their advanced medical satellite explodes on deployment, billionaire futurist Peter Swann, played by Fraser,...

Olivier Martinez (Unfaithful) is set to star in action-adventure series Soldiers of Fortune, produced by New Zealand’s Mercenary TV Limited and Ireland’s Subotica, and executive produced by Roadside Attractions TV (Dear White People). Set in the shadowy world of high-risk corporate warfare, Soldiers of Fortune stars Martinez as Vincent Corbo, a battle-scarred black-ops Specialist hired by visionary high-tech mogul Peter Swann to fight the ruthless business rivals…...

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Written by Matt Fraction

Art by Fábio Moon

Colors by Cris Peter

Lettering by Dustin K. Harbin

Back-up Story by Michael Chabon & Gabriel Ba

Published by Image Comics

Last time you checked in with Casanova: Acedia, you had the best guide possible: Jake, a man that’s followed the previous 3 Casanova volumes, knows the titular character, his backstory and lore. This time? Well, this time, you will be as curious and clueless as Mr. Quentin Cassiday.

The book opens with a flashback—a memory, even—brought about by an old photo showing a young Boutique and his fellow mercenaries? Soldiers of fortune? Spies? Who they are isn’t revealed but good money says Boutique knows, as he’s mid-reminiscing when Cassiday comes in post-library battle from the end of issue 1.

Cassiday isn’t any kind of fool—having been attacked twice, remembering things he has no way of knowing,...

Epic Pictures Group is handling international sales at the market on a contemporary adaptation of Black Beauty.

The film is in post-production and stars Luke Perry, Bruce Davison and Sarah Ann Schultz (Soldiers of Fortune).

Daniel Zirilli directs Black Beauty from his screenplay and also produces the time-honoured story of a 15-year-old girl and her summer who spends a summer rehabilitating a rescued horse.

Epic Pictures Group CEO Patrick Ewald and co-founder Shaked Berenson serve as executive producers.

“Black Beauty tells a timeless story that transformed the way the people viewed and related to animals,” said Ewald. “We are honoured to be a part of this inspirational project, which both parents and children can enjoy together.”

“Classic stories transcend generations,” said Berenson. “Black Beauty is one of those novels, and we are proud to produce and distribute such a fantastic movie and add it to our growing film collection of family titles.”...

Update: I’ve just been informed by a colleague that at least one of the aforementioned sequels is still slated for production, and release. There isn’t a lot of info available at this time, so we’ll keep you posted. Hopefully this is true.

The good news is, that a “prequel” to Cabin Fever is hitting VOD outlets in less than a month. The bad news is, Cabin Fever 2 left such a bad taste in some viewers’ mouths, that I have no idea if there is even any public interest in such a thing. I was one of the ones that was initially shocked by the badness of Cabin Fever 2, because it had a young but strong cast, and one of my favorite up-and-coming directors attached to the project. The studio intervened so much, though, that Ti West exited before it was even finished, and fought really hard(and...

Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, acquires the U.S. distribution rights to the next installment to the cult hit Cabin Fever. The horror/thriller Cabin Fever: Patient Zero was directed by Kaare Andrews (Altitude and The ABCs of Death) and stars Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Currie Graham (Pompeii, “NYPD Blue”), Ryan Donowho (Soldiers of Fortune), Mitch Ryan (“One Tree Hill”) and Jillian Murray (Bad Ass). Image Entertainment will release the film on … Continue reading →

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The latest installment in the budding Cabin Fever franchise has finally been picked up for distribution here in the States, and we have all the bloody details for ya today. Dig in, fiends!

From the Press Release

Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment brand, has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the next installment to the cult hit Cabin Fever. The announcement was made today by Image Entertainment’s Chief Acquisition Officer, Bill Bromiley.

The horror/thriller Cabin Fever: Patient Zero was directed by Kaare Andrews (Altitude and The ABCs of Death) and stars Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Currie Graham (Pompeii, “NYPD Blue”), Ryan Donowho (Soldiers of Fortune), Mitch Ryan (“One Tree Hill”), and Jillian Murray (Bad Ass). Image Entertainment will release the film on video-on-demand and in theaters in the summer of 2014.

“Eli Roth’s original Cabin Fever was a smashing success, establishing a huge cult following,...

Mainstream horror has shifted from gore to ghosts and found footage in the past few years, but there's still room for a good old fashioned splatter film here and there. Image Entertainment has acquired "Cabin Fever: Patient Zero," the third film in the horror franchise started by Eli Roth's cult classic "Cabin Fever." Directed by Kaare Andrews ("Altitude," "The ABCs of Death"), the film follows a group of friends enjoying a bachelor weekend in a yacht on the Caribbean. Because these things never go well, they find a remote island and stumble upon an abandoned research facility, where a deadly flesh-eating virus waits for them. They then have to find an uninfected survivor, "Patient Zero," in order to survive.The film stars Sean Astin ("The Lord of the Rings"), Currie Graham (Pompeii), Ryan Donowho (Soldiers of Fortune"), Mitch Ryan ("One Tree Hill"), and Jillian Murphy ("Bad Ass"), and follows...

We’ve known that Cabin Fever: Patient Zero will be released in the UK on March 17th, but we hadn’t heard anything about the Us release until now. Image Entertainment has acquired the movie and plans to release it to Us theaters and VOD services this summer. There are no details on a Blu-ray or DVD release, but we expect that will take place in the fall. As soon as any dates are announced, we’ll be sure to update this story.

*Updated with official press release:

“Los Angeles (Feb. 27, 2014) – Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, acquires the U.S. distribution rights to the next installment to the cult hit Cabin Fever. The horror/thriller Cabin Fever: Patient Zero was directed by Kaare Andrews (Altitude and The ABCs of Death) and stars Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Currie Graham (Pompeii, “NYPD Blue”), Ryan Donowho...

Image Entertainment announced today that they have acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the next installment in the Cabin Fever horror franchise. Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is directed by Kaare Andrews ( Altitude and The ABCs of Death ) and stars Sean Astin ( The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Currie Graham ( Pompeii , .NYPD Blue.), Ryan Donowho ( Soldiers of Fortune ), Mitch Ryan (.One Tree Hill.) and Jillian Murray ( Bad Ass ). Image Entertainment will release the film on video-on-demand and in theaters summer 2014. The announcement was made today by Image Entertainment.s Chief Acquisition Officer, Bill Bromiley. .Eli Roth.s original 'Cabin Fever' was a smashing success, establishing a huge cult following,. said Image Entertainment.s Chief Acquisition Officer, Bill...

The first time you saw the trailer for Bullet to the Head, you probably did the same thing as me. You rolled your eyes and made some snide comment to the person sitting next to you. But if you’re really like me, then afterwords you felt a distinct feeling in your gut. You felt excited. You wouldn’t admit that until later, but a movie called Bullet to the Head starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by Walter Hill sounds like all kinds of awesome.

The trailer, for those unfamiliar, actually had the audacity to play Foreigner and hip hop music! It had cringe-inducing lines like: “I’m a people person.” Ugh. So awful… awesomely awful, that is!

But the hate has been predictable. Movie-goers and bloggers are regularly rolling their eyes at this venture and laughing at Stallone and company. They poke fun at everything from the conceit to...

Interview conducted by Tom Stockman November 2, 2012

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 opens Friday and Summit Entertainment sent two actors to St. Louis last week to help promote the film. Charlie Bewley plays the vampire Demetri and Daniel Cudore plays the vampire Felix. Both are members of the Volturi clan.

Charlie Bewley (Demetri) made his major motion picture debut as the Volturi Demetri in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, followed by The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1.

A former athlete with a penchant for travel and adventure, Bewley only took up acting five years ago, but already has a string of recent successes to his name: co-staring in the 2011 Sundance Grand Jury winner Like Crazy, and also playing a key lead alongside a stellar ensemble cast in Russian/Us collaboration Soldiers of Fortune.

In 2012, Bewley has already filmed the Luc Besson produced desert thriller Intersection...

It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a jam-packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, October 15th 2012.

Pick(S) Of The Week

We Are The Night (DVD)

20-year-old Lena gets by as a petty thief on the streets of Berlin until she meets a gang of female vampires who live by their own rules and leave a merciless trail of blood in their wake. ?Before long Lena is bitten and immediately begins to revel in the glamour, parties and infinite freedom granted her by eternal life. However, this blessing comes with the curse of an endless blood thirst and murderous appetite that soon...

Sean Bean will star in "Scorched Earth," a post-apocalyptic action movie from Emmy-winning director Brad Turner. Bean, the "Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones" star, will play Atticus Gage, a bounty hunter in pursuit of the most wanted criminal around. Gage lives in a world devastated by environmental collapse, where billions have died and civilization has only stabilized in a primordial form. Also Read: 'Missing' Star Sean Bean: The Man Who Keeps Dying (Video) Bean last appeared in Maxim Korostyshevsky's "Soldiers of Fortune" and can next be seen in "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D." The...

Soldiers Of Fortune (2012) Maxim Korostyshevsky’s “Soldiers of Fortune” has a pretty cool premise, which makes the fact that it’s such a bad movie rather disappointing. It goes a little something like this: rich tycoons pay for the privilege of fighting in a real war, albeit with ex-Special Forces operators like Christian Slater as their personal bodyguards. The whole thing is the brainchild of siblings trying to fund a rebellion on their small island nation, which is currently in the iron grips of a two-bit warlord and his ex-cia right-hand man played by Colm Meaney, doing what Colm Meaney does best in movies like this, which is play the officious douche. Slater’s character is an ex-Army Captain booted out of the service when he disregards the orders of — you guessed it — a certain CIA douche. The two enemies meet up again when Slater leads the rich guys onto the island,...

Title: Soldiers of Fortune Cast: Christian Slater, Ving Rhames, Sean Bean Directed by: Maxim Korostyshevsky Yet another B-grade Christian Slater film. First the disastrous Assassin’s Bullet, now Soldiers of Fortune. While the former is an insult to the intellect, the latter is an insult to common decency. This is apparently Maxim Korostyshevsky’s debut feature film and it shows. In this one, Slater plays Craig McCenzie, a soldier who was dishonorably discharged after refusing to follow orders that would have required him to leave another soldier–a friend, no less–behind to die. Maxim’s directorial debut is pure propaganda at its worst. He makes some half-baked attempts at making war and killing seem so [ Read More ]...

Now that we're into the first week of August, the end of the summer is in sight and the theatrical releases will soon start dropping off in quality. In fact, that drop in quality may have already begun this weekend with Len Wiseman's remake of Total Recall being the only major release along with the third installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. In select theatres, we've got 360 from the director of City of God, the Broken Lizard comedy The Babymakers starring Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn, and a handful of documentaries including the Zach Galifianakis-produced Craigslist Joe. It's certainly not the strongest crop of new films, but it will be interesting to see how Total Recall performs and whether loyalty to the original will hold it back. What will you be watching this weekend? Total Recall Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Soldiers of Fortune...

Ving Rhames joins Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, Colm Meaney, Freddy Rodriguez, and James Cromwell, in this actioner titled Soldiers Of Fortune, which will see a combo nationwide theatrical and video-on-demand release this Friday, August 3, 2012, in the USA. Directed by Maxim Korostyshevsky, from a script penned by Alexandra Coscas, Robert Crombie and Joe Kelbley, its synopsis reads: Captain Craig McCenzie (Christian Slater), a former Us special forces soldier, is hired to protect a group of millionaires who want to experience the kicks and thrills of war. However, the mission goes horribly wrong and the group gets a lot more than they bargained for. I...

Today's (July 19) celebrity pictures include 'Countdown' singer and wife of Jay-z, Beyoncé with her daughter Blue Ivy Carter out and about in New York and actor Christian Slater at the premiere of Soldiers of Fortune in Moscow, Russia. Last night (July 18) in London saw the European premiere of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. A host of stars were pictured in attendance, including leading actor Christian Bale and director Guy Ritchie, whose girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley sparked pregnancy rumours by nursing an apparent baby bump as the couple walked the red carpet. Prince Harry attended the screening, and was (more)...

 

A trailer was released by IGN for Soldiers of Fortune, which stars Christian Slater, Ving Rhames, Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, and James Cromwell. In the trailer they use the word 'expendable' probably hoping that will help people draw an obvious comparison to Stallone's super team-up action flick. Too bad this film looks extremely pale in that comparison. The premise of the movie, which revolves around wealthy thrill-seekers who pay hefty premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only to be put in actual danger, is more reminiscent of Tropic Thunder. Once again Soldiers of Fortune loses out, with nothing in the trailer amounting to more than a faint chuckle. Even with some damn fine actors, there's seems to be not one ounce of chemistry between the cast. I'll be waiting for this one to show up on TV when I'm in a hotel. Maaaaaaybe I'l watch it then. No promises though.

Sometimes a movie trailer comes along and wrestles you into submission with the audacity of its premise. Sometimes a movie's casting is intriguing enough to at least throw the flick into your queue. And sometimes it is a combination thereof that has you chomping for some matinee fodder. The upcoming Soldiers of Fortune is just that: Crazy (literally) casting and absurd concept... Voila.

Starring — and who doesn't want to be at this party — Christian Slater (True Romance), Ving Rhames (Piranha 3Dd), Sean Bean (Mirror, Mirror), Dominic Monaghan (Lost), Colm Meaney (Bel Ami), and James Cromwell (The Artist), Soldiers of Fortune follows a group of bored one-percenters who, not content to go for the dude ranch experience a la City Slickers, want to "experience the kicks and thrills of war" firsthand. Led by Slater, who plays a former Us special forces soldier, the group's carefully orchestrated "war" experience goes ridiculously awry.

Check out new posters for Soldiers of Fortune, starring Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames and Dominic Monaghan. Soldiers of Fortune tells of wealthy thrill-seekers who pay massive coin to be part of military adventures, but something doesn't go according to plan this time around. James Cromwell, Jon Barton, Elena Beuca, Charlie Bewley, Ryan Donowho, Colm Meaney, Shawn Parsons and Freddy Rodriguez complete the main cast fo the Maksim Korostyshevsky actioner. Alexandre Coscas, Robert Crombie and Joe Kelbley write.

Check out new posters for Soldiers of Fortune, starring Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames and Dominic Monaghan. Soldiers of Fortune tells of wealthy thrill-seekers who pay massive coin to be part of military adventures, but something doesn't go according to plan this time around. James Cromwell, Jon Barton, Elena Beuca, Charlie Bewley, Ryan Donowho, Colm Meaney, Shawn Parsons and Freddy Rodriguez complete the main cast fo the Maksim Korostyshevsky actioner. Alexandre Coscas, Robert Crombie and Joe Kelbley write.

The kind folks over at Roadside Attractions have given us the exclusive poster premiere for Soldiers of Fortune, opening in theaters this August 3rd. The action/thriller war movie stars Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan and James Cromwell. From the official synopsis - "Captain Craig McKenzie (Christian Slater), a former Us special forces soldier, is hired to protect a group of millionaires who want to experience firsthand the kicks and thrills of war.  However, the mission goes horribly wrong, and the men get a lot more than they bargained for." What do you think? Will you go see it when it comes out? Check here for complete Soldiers of Fortune photos, videos, showtimes and tickets.

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“Soldiers of Fortune” is about rich guys that pay to play war, but end up in a real war zone, with real guys trying to kill them. And it co-stars Sean Bean. Did I mention it’s an action movie with stuff blowing up and people shooting guns in just about every scene? Sean Bean has enough difficulty surviving movies where he just sits around the porch, but in a violent movie like this? Man, I don’t give the poor guy a whole lot of chances of leaving this movie in one piece. My guess is you’ll be able to catch the flick when it lands on DVD/Blu-ray later this year. Until then, check out the trailer, check them outers. Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don’t go exactly to plan. Besides Bean, the film also stars Christian Slater,...

Poster for Soldiers of Fortune, starring Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan and James Cromwell Maksim Korostyshevsky (Dura) directs the action flick which tells of wealthy thrill-seekers who pay massive coin to be part of military adventures, but something doesn't go according to plan this time around. Also in the cast of the Eobert Crombir Alexandre Coscas and -written pic are Jon Barton, Elena Beuca, Charlie Bewley, Ryan Donowho, Colm Meaney, Shawn Parsons and Freddy Rodriguez. I....don't know about this one...

Poster for Soldiers of Fortune, starring Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan and James Cromwell Maksim Korostyshevsky (Dura) directs the action flick which tells of wealthy thrill-seekers who pay massive coin to be part of military adventures, but something doesn't go according to plan this time around. Also in the cast of the Eobert Crombir Alexandre Coscas and -written pic are Jon Barton, Elena Beuca, Charlie Bewley, Ryan Donowho, Colm Meaney, Shawn Parsons and Freddy Rodriguez. I....don't know about this one...

The official trailer for the upcoming action film Soldiers of Fortune, starring Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, and Christian Slater, has debuted online and can be watched using the player below! Plot summary: Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things do not go exactly according to plan. Additional [...]

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Now that "Soldiers of Fortune," starring Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Christian Slater and James Cromwell, is getting ready for its international release, we have an official trailer. Check it out below. Plot: Wealthy thrill-seekers (Monaghan, Rhames, Cromwell) pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan. The new movie is directed by Maksim Korostyshevsky and is set to appear in Russian theaters on July 19th. A domestic release has yet to be announced, but MGM is on board as a distributor. Trailer:...

Joseph LoDuca is scoring the upcoming action comedy Freaky Deaky. The film directed by Charles Matthau is based on the novel by Elmore Leonard (Jackie Brown, Out of Sight). The movie starring Billy Burke, Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Breanne Racano and Roger Bart centers on a Lapd bomb squad officer who stumbles upon a plot by two former hippie activists who plan to use their bomb-making skills to trick an alcoholic movie mogul into handing over millions of dollars. An adaptation of the Leonard’s crime novel has been in development for years with Quentin Tarantino and John Malkovich being attached to the project at one point. Freaky Deaky is currently in post-production and is expected to be released in 2012.

As previously announced, the composer also has the action adventure Soldiers of Fortune starring Sean Bean, Christian Slater, Dominic Monaghan, Ving Rhames, James Cromwell, Freddy Rodriguez and Colm Meaney coming up.

Before Charlie Bewley was cast as "Demetri" in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, he was just finishing up Vancouver Film School, and he had few credits to his name aside from a couple of film school shorts ("Stuffed" and "Robotron"). Now, he's scoring roles that take him Sundance (Like Crazy).The latest from Bewley is a cameo in Slightly Single In L.A., and you can see a snippet of him in the trailer (attached).Given the context of his appearance and the dialogue given in the video, Bewley's character, Hayden, is obviously not the hero of the story in this film.He's got a couple of other new projects under way as well, per IMDb, called The Outback (an animated film) and The First Ride Of Wyatt Earp; and he's completed working on Soldiers Of Fortune and Ecstasy (the trailer …...

Joseph LoDuca has signed on to score the upcoming action adventure film Soldiers of Fortune. The film is directed by Maksim Korostyshevsky and stars Sean Bean, Christian Slater, Dominic Monaghan, Ving Rhames, James Cromwell, Freddy Rodriguez and Colm Meaney. In the movie, a group of wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don’t go exactly to plan. Soldiers of Fortune was shot last year around the Ukraine and is currently awaiting a release date.

LoDuca has recently scored the Starz mini-series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, which aired earlier this year. The series is a prequel to last year’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The project created by Steven S. DeKnight and starring John Hannah, Lucy Lawless, Dustin Clare, Peter Mensah and Jaime Murray tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus: Gannicus, the first gladiator to become Champion of Capua.

Dominic Monaghan rose to prominence as the young hobbit called Meriadoc ('Merry') Brandybuck in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, before going on to appear in cult TV show Lost.

He played the electricity-manipulating mutant Chris Bradley, codenamed Bolt, in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and more recently starred as the scientific genius Simon Campos in sci-fi series FlashForward, which is now out on DVD.

Dominic, 33, who was born in Berlin and moved to Britain with his parents when he was 11, speaks here about FlashForward, Lost and his new film Soldiers of Fortune as well as giving his views on the big-screen version of The Hobbit.

He admits he'd love to have played Bilbo Baggins in the two-part Tolkien adaptation. Athough it has today emerged that Martin Freeman has landed that role, Dominic still hopes he could return as Meriadoc if the second Hobbit film bridges the gap to the first Lord of the Rings movie.

I love the sound of Maksim Korostyshevsky's Soldiers of Fortune because it sounds totally plausible. Uber rich thriller seekers pay to have themselves inserted into military ops and then all hell breaks loose. I also liked the cast - a ensemble that will no doubt play up the odd-couple antics.

The film stars Sean Bean, Domonic Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Christian Slater and the legendary James Cromwell and if you're at all interested in seeing them together and dressed in fatigues then look no further than the gallery after the break. I particularly like the one of Bean dressed in yacht gear brandishing a rocket launcher.

With any luck we'll see some footage soon.

Head to Quiet Earth to see the stills.

Before becoming "Demetri" for the Twilight series, Charlie Bewley hadn't had a lot of experience in the film world, but The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse have helped Bewley garner not only a passionate fanbase but also a few new forthcoming projects.

Speaking to Pique, he talked about Twilight fans on Twitter, saying "They're like really protective of me! If anyone kind of has a go at me on Twitter, they're in there and they just rip to pieces whoever it was ... Aside from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Bewley also has a couple of other projects lined up, it seems, including Ecstasy (self-explanatory), Soldiers Of Fortune (with Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames and Dominic Moynahan), and Like Crazy ("another independen ..