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A spate of comic book inspired films are coming up one after the other in the next couple of years. The news on the latest adaption of another comic book is that, Chris Pratt, a Marvel franchise golden boy, will star in Cowboy Ninja Viking. Who will be the director of …

Becca Thomas of Stranger Things fame, is slated to direct Malignant, a sci-fi action-thriller that James Wan is producing for 20th Century Fox. For Thomas, Malignant is the latest in a series of exciting projects to come the director’s way. Malignant is actually based on a Boom! Studios comic titled Malignant Man that Wan co-created. Zak Olkewicz, Lights Out …

Blood,Booze,B@@bs and  a bad ass blonde sounds like one fantastic cocktail. Sadly the amazing combo comes together a tad too dull for an Action taste bud. Based on the Graphic novel The Coldest City written by Anthony Johnston. Atomic Blonde tells the tale of  Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for …

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is the follow-up to the 90s action adventure in the jungle, a fight for survival far away from the concrete jungle. After 21 years, it’s back to give us a full-some wholesome adventure, with lots of comical connections between the characters. Synopsis: When four high-school kids …

Antonio Banderas puts on a full-on rockstar persona in this hair-raising, yet laugh-out-loud action film. Gun Shy follows an aging mid-level rock star Turk Henry (Banderas) whose supermodel wife (Olga Kurylenko) is suddenly kidnapped while they are vacationing in Chile. Accustomed to his superstar lifestyle and lacking basic life skills, …

Oh yeah… this looks like one helluva action-packed film! Next month, audiences will be treated to Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the second film based on the comic series. While the film franchise has taken the original Secret Service story in a whole new direction, the two properties are more connected than fans …

Superhero comic, Black, about a world in which only black people have superpowers, has been confirmed as the latest project slated to be adapted into a film by Studio 8. The EVP, Jon Silk, was at the helm of acquiring the adaptation rights and he will oversee the development alongside fellow …

Bruce Willis is a classic action hero, some brawn but more of a cocky, street-smart, cool dude type of toughness.  His next film is Death Wish, which is a remake of Michael Winner’s 1974 action thriller starring Charles Bronson. Bruce Willis is perfect for this role, especially after the Die Hard …

And you thought you’d seen enough of Divergent and its extensions, well, not as yet. The young adult sci-fi flick will be turned into a TV series. Based on Veronica Roth’s bestselling books, Divergent is set in a futuristic society where people are broken up into social and personality-related factions. …

Hellboy is a supernatural action-thriller based on the Dark Horse Comic Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola, which was made into a film in 2004. A sequel, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, was released in 2008. Fans have been asking about a third “Hellboy” for years, following the original 2004 film and the 2008 sequel, …