Insights from the Cinematic World: _Action

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises is an American superhero film starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Morgan Freeman and Anne Hathaway. The film is under the development of Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, and Jonathan Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film will be the third and final installment in Nolan’s Batman film series.

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Killer Elite

Killer Elite is an action film distributed by Open Road Films starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski, Robert De Niro and Dominic Purcell. The film is based on the 1991 novel The Feather Men by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and is directed by Gary McKendry.

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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol principal photography began by September 30, 2010. Pictures of the set were leaked to the internet showing Cruise in a Russian officer disguise. Filming take place in Dubai, Prague, Moscow, Mumbai, and Vancouver. The film is partially shot with IMAX cameras.

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Colombiana

Colombiana is an action drama film directed by Olivier Megaton, distributed by Tristar Pictures starring Dominican actress Zoe Saldana, Amandla Stenberg, Callum Blue, Cliff Curtis and Michael Vartan. The film is slated for release on August 26, 2011.

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Johnny English Reborn

Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn’t know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty’s Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos.

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Warrior Filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Warrior

Warrior is an action drama film about mixed martial arts set to be released on September 9, 2011 by Lionsgate. It will star Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Justin Berg, Jennifer Morrison and Pro Wrestler Kurt Angle.

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The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers is a German/American film based on the novel by the same name written by Alexandre Dumas. The film, shot in 3D is scheduled for release on October 14, 2011. The film directed by Paul W.S. Anderson stars Christoph Waltz (Cardinal de Richelieu), Juno Temle (Princess Anne), Milla Jovovich (M’lady De Winter), Logan Lerman (D’Artagnan) and Orlando Bloom (Duke of Buckingham)

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Immortals

Immortals is an 2011 fantasy-action drama film directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto, and Mickey Rourke. The film was previously named Dawn of War and War of the Gods before being officially named Immortals and is loosely based on the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and the Titanomachy.

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True Legend

True Legend is a 2010 Chinese martial arts action film directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh. This is David Carradine’s final film appearance before his death on June 3, 2009

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Green Lantern

Green Lantern is a superhero film based on the comic book character of the same name appearing in DC Comics. The film will star Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, with Martin Campbell directing a script by Greg Berlanti and comic book writers Michael Green andMarc Guggenheim

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In 13Assassins, a group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.

13 Assassins

13 Assassins is a Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Takashi Miike, known for his ultra-violent work in the horror genre. A samurai epic based on a true incident, the film was produced by Japanese producer Toshiaki Nakazawa, who won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for Departures.

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