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Mel Gibson To Star In John Wick Series THE CONTINENTAL

The mighty Mel Gibson will make a (very) rare television appearance with in the forthcoming John Wick spin-off series, The Continental. The three part event series, produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television will serve as a prequel of sorts to the [...]

October 18, 2021

Mel Gibson Sits In The HOT SEAT

The mighty Mel Gibson is set to star in the new action-thriller, Hot Seat. James Cullen Bressack will direct the film which is set to start filming in New Mexico on 1 November 2021. Based on a story by Leon Langford & Collin Watts, ‘Hot [...]

October 16, 2021

Apple Studios Scores Expensive George Clooney & Brad Pitt Thriller

Movies In Focus previously told you that Ocean’s 11 co-stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt were set to reteam for a new thriller from Spider-Man director Jon Watts. At the time Sony, Lionsgate, Annapurna, MGM, Universal, Warner Bros, Apple [...]

September 30, 2021

George Clooney & Brad Pitt Reteam For New Jon Watts Thriller

Ocean’s 11 co-stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt are set to reteam for a new thriller from writer/director Jon Watts (Spider-Man). Little is known about the plot other than it follows ‘two lone-wolf fixers who are assigned to the same [...]

September 25, 2021

Trailer & Poster For SUMMERLAND – One Of The First Films To Hit UK Cinemas After Lockdown

Hints of normality are beginning to sprout as we come out from under the COVID-19 lockdown and cinemas around the UK are slowly starting to open up at the end of the month. One of the first films to arrive will be Jessica Swale’s Summerland, [...]

July 15, 2020

CLOSED Competition: Win CRIMINAL With Kevin Costner On DVD

Lionsgate is pleased to announce that action-fuelled espionage thriller Criminal will be available on Digital Download from 8th August 2016 and on Blu-ray, DVD and Ultra HD Blu-ray from 15th August 2016. To celebrate its release, we have 2 x [...]

August 1, 2016

Stunning First Trailer For Mel Gibson’s HACKSAW RIDGE

Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge is eagerly awaited by Movies In Focus. Gibson’s got a faultless track record as a director and this war drama looks to continue that trend. This first trailer for Gibson’s film has some stunning imagery. I can’t [...]

July 30, 2016

How The Mighty Has Fallen: The Once ASCENDANT Divergent Franchise Descends To TV

Movies In Focus has no interest in Lionsgate’s Divergent franchise – but this is interesting news. It looks like the film series’ final installment, Ascendant, is going to skip the big screen altogether and make its debut on television, an odd [...]

July 21, 2016

Chasing The Dragon: Drugs On Film

Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, coming to Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms from February 1st, 2016 courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment, is a visceral, unflinching portrayal of the war against drugs. Critically lauded and impossible to tear your [...]

January 26, 2016

The TERMINATOR Franchise Is Terminated

It looks like the follow-up to Terminator Genisys has been scraped. Paramount Pictures has pulled the film (called er…Terminator 2 by Variety) from a planned May 19, 2017 release and dropped a third film from a June 29, 2018 debut. The news comes [...]

January 21, 2016

An Apology For GODS OF EGPT Casting; Nobody Says Sorry For The Bad CGI

Lionsgate and director Alex Proyas have apologised over the lack of ethnic diversity in their forthcoming CGI-fest Gods Of Egypt. They’re obviously hoping to avoid the negative publicity that faced Ridley Scott’s Exodus when it passed Christian [...]

November 28, 2015

Corking Trailer For Arnold Schwarzenegger Zombie Drama MAGGIE

I’ve been pretty thrilled with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie choices ever since he left public office. The box office of these may not be huge – but he’s been turning in some great performances (the best of his career) in Escape Plan, [...]

March 26, 2015