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  • Fast 7 adds more muscle to its wheels with Djimon Hounsou

    Fast 7 adds more muscle to its wheels with Djimon Hounsou

    UMBAI: Djimon Hounsou is adding his muscle to Universal’s Fast & Furious 7, the studio has announced. He’ll join franchise veterans Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and Tyrese, along with Kurt Russell and new baddie Jason Statham. The sequel helmed by James Wan is due to hit theaters 11 July. Moritz and Diesel return as producers.

    No plot details have been unveiled yet, except that the film will return to Los Angeles after the previous six films were set in other locations. Co-president of production Jeff Kirschenbaum and creative executive Jay Polidoro will oversee the project. This May’s Fast & Furious 6 was the highest-grossing pic in the series, with $788 million worldwide.

    Hounsou can be seen next in Fox Searchlight’s Baggage Claim and follows that up with a busy 2014 that includes Legendary’s Seventh Son, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and How to Train Your Dragon 2.

  • Kurt Russell eyes part in Fast 7′

    Kurt Russell eyes part in Fast 7′

     With martial arts superstar Tony Jaa and a brand-new villain joining the new film (as well as Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson reprising their roles), the Fast and Furious franchise is developing into an ensemble cast of action icons in the same vein as the Expendables series. The addition of Russell makes sense then, as his filmography is rife with the same kind of testosterone-driven thrill rides. Ironically, Russell reportedly turned down a role in the original Expendables film.

    Regardless, this is certainly a major win for the long-running Fast and Furious series and supports the style new director James Wan (Insidious, The Conjuring) will bring to the films. The filmmaker is taking over for Justin Lin – who directed the last four Fast and Furious adventures – and previously announced that he views the film as a “gritty 70s revenge thriller.” Fast Five previously reinvigorated the franchise by dropping the focus on street racing and including globe-trotting and heist elements. Therefore, Wan’s decision to bring in new blood while tweaking the tone a bit could go a long way to keeping the series fresh.

  • Viacom18 set to release G.I.Joe Retaliation on 13 July

    Viacom18 set to release G.I.Joe Retaliation on 13 July

    MUMBAI: Viacom18 Motion Pictures is gearing up to release G.I.Joe Retaliation on 13 July in India.

    A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra that grossed over $300 million worldwide, G.I.Joe Retaliation is produced by Paramount Pictures, MGM, Skydance Productions and Hasbro.

    In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

    Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film stars D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson.

  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Land releases on 3 Feb

    Journey 2: The Mysterious Land releases on 3 Feb

    MUMBAI: Warner Bros Pictures is set to release their new film, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, on 3 February.

    The sequel to the first digital 3D film Journey to the Center of the Earth released in 2008, begins when seventeen-year-old Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist.

    Unable to stop him from tracking the signal to its source, Sean’s new stepfather, Hank (The Rock – Dwayne Johnson), joins the quest that will take them first to the South Pacific and then to a place few people have ever seen – or lived to tell about. It’s a place of stunning beauty, strange and threatening life forms, volcanoes, mountains of gold and more than one astonishing secret.

    Together with Gabato (Luis Guzmán), the only helicopter pilot willing to risk the trip, and Gabato’s beautiful, strong-willed daughter Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone human inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island underwater and bury its treasures forever.

    The film also stars Michael Caine as Sean’s grandfather Alexander, the stranded traveler they’re seeking, and Kristin Davis as Sean’s mother, Liz.

    Shot in 3D, the film has been directed by Brad Peyton. The Film will be released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu across India. It will also be released in IMAX theatres worldwide.