Manu Akanji is hoping for a reunion with some Manchester City teammates - so he can knock them and England out of the Euros.
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Jack Dunn Lionsgate has released the trailer for Mel Gibson‘s high-flying action thriller “Flight Risk,” starring Mark Wahlberg. Per an official logline, the film follows “a pilot (Wahlberg) transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.” “Flight Risk” marks the third collaboration between Gibson and Wahlberg.
The first was in the 2017 comedy “Daddy’s Home 2,” followed by “Father Stu” in 2022. This will be Wahlberg’s first time acting under Gibson as a director. A sneak peek of the “Flight Risk” trailer first debuted at Cinemacon 2024 in Las Vegas.
Variety executive editor Brent Lang described Wahlberg’s character as “balding and psychotic” with a “Southern accent and flashes of a sociopathic glint in his eye.” Gibson helms the film with a script from Jared Rosenberg. John Davis, John Fox, Bruce Davey and Gibson serve as producers. Executive producers include Alex Lebovici, Jenny Hinkey, Ryan D.
Smith, Natasha Stassen, Allen Cheney, Christopher Woodrow, K. Blaine Johnston, Christian Mercuri, Petr Jákl, Vicki Christianson, Nick Guerra, Russell Hollander, Jon Huddle, Patrick Josten, Walter Josten and Jordan Wagner. “Flight Risk” hits theaters Oct.
Manu Akanji is hoping for a reunion with some Manchester City teammates - so he can knock them and England out of the Euros.
Mark Wahlberg debuted a surprising look in the Flight Risk trailer!
What’s the status of people like Mel Gibson in Hollywood? Gibson was seemingly persona non-grata during the #MeToo movement, a sort of belated punishment for his past tabloid transgressions that hit in 2009 (racist, sexist, anti-semitic rants the actor has never been able to shake off), but Hollywood is fickle. #MeToo started in earnest in 2017.
Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg are starring in the new trailer for their upcoming Netflix action flick The Union!
In his best performances, Mark Wahlberg acts as a sort of 21st-century Bruce Willis, combining comic and action chops as a beleaguered regular Joe battling forces above his pay grade, armed with a scowl and ready quip. No matter how idealized and saintly the characterization, Wahlberg always plays a human being pulled into extraordinary situations, not a superhero. “The Union,” directed by Julian Farino for the Netflix streaming service, uses Wahlberg in such a way.
Ethan Shanfeld High school sweethearts become super spies in the action comedy “The Union,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry and premiering on Netflix Aug. 16. The film follows Roxanne (Berry), who reunites with her ex-boyfriend Mike (Wahlberg) at a bar and sweeps him off his feet, only to tranquilize him and transport him from New Jersey to London.
Manchester City's pre-season friendlies will be under way this time next month, as the preparations for the 2024/25 season begin just a week after the end of Euro 2024.
Mark Pougatch, the presenter of ITV's coverage of Euro 2024, surprised viewers during Saturday evening's match between Portugal and Turkey by announcing that one of their pundits, Danny Rohl, was stepping down immediately.
Ben Croll A restless spirit with a roving imagination, Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart, developed his feature debut “Night Call” while ever on the move. “I go crazy when sitting behind a desk,” he tells Variety at the Nouvelles Vagues Festival in Biarritz, France, where the movie had its world premiere this week.
Another day, another major new casting for Paul Walter Hauser, whose Hollywood star is definitely on the rise. Deadline reports that Hauser adds the comedy “Balls Up” to his list of upcoming projects, with Mark Wahlberg as his co-star.
Another day, another major new casting for Paul Walter Hauser, whose Hollywood star is definitely on the rise. Deadline reports that Hauser adds the comedy “Balls Up” to his list of upcoming projects, with Mark Wahlberg as his co-star.
Josie Gibson has jokingly been told she's a 'menace to society' as she was seen living it up in Italy with none other than Ryan Thomas. The pair were first seen enjoying time away together earlier this week.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Apple Tree Productions, the Danish company headed by “The Killing” producer Piv Bernth, is reteaming with the creative duo behind feelgood period drama “Chorus Girls,” Ditte Hansen and Louise Mieritz, Bernth told Variety at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. Hansen and Mieritz are in development on a comedy-drama series, with the working title “Feelings and Things,” set in a shopping mall in contemporary Denmark. It will have the same underlying message as “Chorus Girls”: “We are stronger together,” Bernth said.
Mel Gibson, the long-gestating Lethal Weapon 5 is still happening.In 2020, producer Dan Lin confirmed that a fifth movie in the franchise was in the works with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover set to return, alongside franchise director Richard Donner. Later that year, Donner confirmed that Lethal Weapon 5 would be the final entry in the film franchise.Sadly, Richard Donner died in July 2021 at the age of 91. The film was put on hold for a short period of time, with Mel Gibson announcing in November 2021 that he had been told by Donner that he should direct the next film in the event of his death.Since then, little progress has been made on the film.
Michelle Keegan has received a fresh boost when it comes to her career after she kicked off the year by winning praise for her appearance in a Netflix smash hit. The actress impressed with her leading performance as Maya Stern in the adaptation of Harlen Coben's thriller Fool Me Once.
For years now, we’ve been hearing that a “Lethal Weapon 5” was happening. But when filmmaker Richard Donner passed away, folks seemed to believe that perhaps the film would never happen, especially as the two leads have aged.
Selome Hailu “Hit Man” was the most-watched streaming original of the week by far according to Luminate’s weekly viewership rankings for June 7-13. The Richard Linklater film, which had a limited run in theaters but was primarily launched as Netflix original, hit 1.5 billion minutes watched in its first seven days on the service — translating to 12.6 million estimated views when divided by the film’s runtime. In both viewing minutes and views, “Hit Man” more than doubled the performance of the next-most-watched movie.
Manchester City are five weeks from their first pre-season friendly, and eight from the 2024/25 season opener at Wembley against Manchester United in the Community Shield.
Former X Factor star Olly Murs and Michelle Keegan’s hubby Mark Wright are great friends - so much so, that they travelled to Germany together to watch the Euros up close and personal. And the football fans’ happy antics on their travels have already had fans in stitches - and begging for them to become a TV duo.
Former reality star Mark Wright's grandad, Eddie Wright, has been hospitalised following a fall, with the family receiving an outpouring of support over the weekend. Eddie, 91, reportedly had a fall which led to a hospital stay, news shared by his son Mark Wright Snr., 67, sparking reactions from three of his children, including Mark Jr. , 37.