Chris Backus, Luna Lauren Velez, Holly Taylor Board Action Thriller 'Red 48' (Exclusive)

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Alexis Louder (Watchmen) has come on board to star opposite Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo in the Joe Carnahan-directed action thriller CopShop, which just resumed production in Georgia after being temporarily halted because three crew members tested positive for COVID-19.Carnahan penned the most recent draft based on the original screenplay by Kurt McLeod.

Has any movie moved as quickly from production (this summer), to completion? Because “Borat 2,” seemingly now titled “Borat: Subsequent MovieFilm,” and not the reportedly ridiculously long title recently rumored, is evidently putting quick shooters like Spielberg and Ridley Scott to shame. Yes, “Borat 2” already has a trailer and now a release date: Amazon Studios will release the film on October 23.

Grindstone Entertainment has picked up the North American rights to The Gardener, which stars Gary Daniels and Robert Bronzi. The action thriller, written by Ben Demaree and based on a story by Jeff Miller (The Toy Box), stars Bronzi (Death Kiss) as an immigrant living a quiet life as a gardener at an English manor house and resorting to old skills to save the family he works for from violent home invaders led by a ruthless crime boss, played by Daniels.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Mickey Rourke, Taye Diggs and Jessica Uberuaga have join the horror thriller Mammon which Isaac Walsh will make his feature directorial debut with.The movie, penned by Walsh and Tyler Clair Smith, follows a struggling young couple who are chasing the American dream, and soon realize that their worst nightmare is the demonic spirit in their new home.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Good news, movie theaters.Open Road Films’ Liam Neeson action-thriller Honest Thief, which was set to go wide, is going really wide now at 2,000 theaters. However, you’ll have to wait a week later than anticipated.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Former The Americans star Holly Taylor is set as a new series regular in the upcoming third season of NBC’s Manifest, from Jeff Rake and Warner Bros. TV.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Yale Productions, Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman’s New York-Based production company which has credits including the upcoming action thriller Red 48 with John Malkovich and Tyrese Gibson, has named Zola Glassman as Director of Development.Joining from 30WEST, Glassman will oversee the development slate and also seek new creative and financial opportunities for the indie banner.

Succession star Sarah Snook will star in Persuasion, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel that Mahalia Belo is directing for Searchlight. Alison Own and Debra Hayward, whose credits range from Sufragette to How to Build a Girl,are producing via their Monumental Pictures banner.

Peter White Television EditorViacomCBS’s new streaming service Paramount+ will feature a limited drama about the making of The Godfather and a spy thriller from Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan.Elsewhere, a new reboot of BET’s The Game is in development, it is reviving VH1’s classic rock-doc strand Behind The Music and ordered a true crime documentary spin-off of Criminal Minds.The Offer is based on Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never-revealed experiences of making The Godfather.

Gregg Goldstein Naomi Watts and director Phillip Noyce are joining forces for the thriller “Lakewood,” set to begin filming Sept.

Machine Gun Kelly has an exciting new role!

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Colson Baker (The Dirt), aka Machine Gun Kelly, and Travis Fimmel (Vikings) are set to star in action-thriller One Way, which will be directed by Andrew Baird (Zone 414) from a script by Ben Conway.Principal photography is planned to begin in January 2021.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman and The Meg and Batwoman star Ruby Rose are leading cast in George Gallo’s (The Comeback Trail) action-thriller Vanquish, which is currently filming on location in Biloxi, Mississippi.In the movie, Freeman plays a retired police commissioner who blackmails his caretaker (Ruby Rose) by kidnapping her daughter, forcing her into helping him double cross his team of dirty detectives in an attempt to clean up the city.Bad Boys

Donnie Yen is set to star in the action thriller “The Father” alongside Alec Baldwin and Frank Grillo. The movie will be presented to buyers at the virtual TIFF market by AGC International, AGC chairman and CEO Stuart Ford announced Wednesday.Tommy Wirkola (“Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” will direct the film from a script by P.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorAGC International is launching international sales during Toronto on action-thriller The Father, which will star Donnie Yen (Mulan) in the lead role alongside Alec Baldwin (Mission Impossible: Fallout) and Frank Grillo (Captain America: Civil War).Described as an ode to the revered action movies of the ‘80s, The Father is set against the Irish-American gangland of South Boston and charts the struggle of middle-class Hong Kong immigrant John Chung (Yen) making