Could 2024 bring about a surge in moderately budgeted big-screen action movies? It’s been a talking point for some years now. The big studios, particularly Disney and their innumerable arms, have been preoccupied with huge blockbusters as well as gargantuan budget shows. The low-budget indie films up to about ten million bucks make up a […]
Has the Mainstream Audience Outgrown Comic Book Movies?
Has the mainstream audience outgrown comic book movies? We ponder whether comic book movies have enough audience to warrant such big budgets now… Remember a time when short of being one of the big two of Batman or Superman, comic book adaptations were seen as a sure-fire money pit? We saw failed Punisher, Phantom, Shadow […]
Argylle fumbles and Lisa Frankenstein is sacked during lowest grossing box office weekend of 2024
It was a depressing few days at the North American box-office over the weekend, with a year-low return of $40 million that not even the Super Bowl excuse could account for. Ordinarily a quieter weekend, with Sunday takings cratering as the country stands still to watch a sporting blockbuster, there are still plenty of examples […]
Movie Review – The Beekeeper (2024)
The Beekeeper, 2024. Directed by David Ayer. Starring Jason Statham, Jeremy Irons, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Josh Hutcherson, Minnie Driver, Enzo Cilenti, Dan Li, Taylor James, Adam Basil, Reza Diako, Phylicia Rashād, David Witts, Michael Epp, Jemma Redgrave, Sophia Feliciano, Don Gilet, Enzo Cilenti, Megan Le, Georgia Goodman, Derek Siow, Jay Rincon, Kojo Attah, Joe […]
Meet The Beekeeper in clip from new Jason Statham action thriller
With just a week to go until its theatrical release, MGM has revealed a new clip from The Beekeeper which sees Jason Statham’s former operative single-handedly take on a group of security personnel; check it out below along with a featurette for the action thriller which sees director David Ayer, and stars Statham, Josh Hutcherson, […]
New poster and images for The Beekeeper starring Jason Statham
MGM has released a new poster for David Ayer’s upcoming action thriller The Beekeeper featuring star Jason Statham, check them out below some new images featuring Statham and co-stars Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson and In The Beekeeper, one man’s brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former […]
Jason Statham is The Beekeeper in red band trailer for David Ayer-directed action thriller
MGM has debuted the first red band trailer and a poster for director David Ayer’s upcoming action thriller The Beekeeper which stars Jason Statham as a former operative of a powerful organisation who sets out on a brutal campaign for vengeance. Joining Statham in the cast of the film are Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby […]
David Ayer to direct Jason Statham in action flick The Beekeeper
As we approach the 75th Cannes Film Festival, expect plenty of announcements regarding new films being shopped up-and-down the croisette, one of which is the intriguingly titled The Beekeeper, which will see Suicide Squad‘s David Ayer directing Jason Statham in a “fast-paced action-thriller”. Deadline report that the Miramax film will come from a spec script […]
