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Lionsgate UK Takes the Reigns on ‘Blitz’, Tackles Statham
Jason Statham is in final negotiations to star in Blitz, a London-set thriller about a serial killer targeting police officers. He will play a tough, uncompromising cop assigned the task of tracking down the killer. Paddy Considine will play his partner. Elliott Lester will be directing from a screenplay by Nathan Parker. In an interesting turn of events, Lionsgate U.K. is fully financing the project, which is an adaptation of Ken Bruen’s bestseller of the same name. The project begins lensing Aug. 10 in London. Statham Recently starred in Crank 2: High Voltage for Lionsgate, and also toplined the Transporter franchise.
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‘Atlas’ Trailer – The Algorithm Told Netflix You Want to Watch Jennifer Lopez Pilot a Robot Killing Machine
Up next from Rampage director Brad Peyton is the sci-fi movie Atlas for Netflix, and Netflix has unleashed the brand new official trailer this morning. You can check it out below.
Jennifer Lopez stars in Atlas, which will likely be streamed for 100 billion minutes in its first week of release. Whatever that means. It’s coming exclusively to Netflix on May 24.
“The film follows Atlas, a woman fighting for humanity in a future where an AI soldier has determined the only way to end war is to end humanity. To outthink this rogue AI, Atlas must work with the one thing she fears most — another AI.”
The upcoming science fiction film’s cast also includes Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong.
Peyton said in a recent statement, “Having the chance to direct Jennifer Lopez in the title role of this movie is a dream come true, as I know she’ll bring the incredible strength, depth and authenticity we’ve all come to admire from her work.”
Leo Sardarian wrote the original script, with the latest draft by Aron Eli Coleite.
Producers for the Netflix genre movie include Peyton, Lopez, Jeff Fierson, Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.
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