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  • Chad Stahelski to direct Michael B Jordan in ‘Rainbow Six’

    By Express News Service

    John wick director Chad Stahelski is set to direct Michael B Jordan in the movie adaptation of Tom Clancy’s 1998 techno-thriller novel, Rainbow Six. Jordan will play the role of John Clark, a former Navy SEAL drawn into the world of international espionage as a CIA operative. The film is backed by Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo under their Outlier Society banner.

    Stuntman-turned-filmmaker Stahelski made his directorial debut with John Wick in 2014 and then continued to direct all the subsequent installments. He has several projects in development, including a remake of Highlander that will star Henry Cavill. In 2022, he backed the vampire action film, Day Shift, starring Jamie Foxx, which premiered on Netflix last August.

    John wick director Chad Stahelski is set to direct Michael B Jordan in the movie adaptation of Tom Clancy’s 1998 techno-thriller novel, Rainbow Six. Jordan will play the role of John Clark, a former Navy SEAL drawn into the world of international espionage as a CIA operative. The film is backed by Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo under their Outlier Society banner.

    Stuntman-turned-filmmaker Stahelski made his directorial debut with John Wick in 2014 and then continued to direct all the subsequent installments. He has several projects in development, including a remake of Highlander that will star Henry Cavill. In 2022, he backed the vampire action film, Day Shift, starring Jamie Foxx, which premiered on Netflix last August.

  • Creed III  moved to 2023; spin-off movie on cards

    By Express News Service

    The makers of Creed III are reportedly postponing its release date from November 2022 to March 2, 2023. The Rocky spinoff and the ninth instalment in the series will see the return of boxer Adonis Creed. Michael B Jordan, who plays Creed, is making his directorial debut with Creed III.

    Adonis Creed is the son of Apollo Creed, who faced off with Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky in the first film before becoming his close friend and confidant in the subsequent sequels. Sylvester Stallone bowed out of the Rocky franchise with 2006’s Rocky Balboa.

    After a decade, he returned to the role by announcing a spinoff centred around Apollo Creed’s estranged son. Director Ryan Coogler gained fame with 2015’s Creed, his work in the film got him Marvel’s Black Panther which went on to become a worldwide phenomenon.

    Sources also report that Creed itself might spawn a spin-off franchise. A film based on Ivan Drago’s son Viktor Drago, who last appeared in Creed 2 is also in the works. Viktor appeared as the antagonist in the sequel, at the end of the film he is shown as a reformed man, starting his journey of self-discovery.

    The film, titled Drago, will focus on Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago along with Florian Munteanu’s Viktor Drago. Creed III will see Jonathan Majors playing the central antagonist, the actor was just announced as MCU’s Kang, the next big Avengers threat following Thanos. 

    The makers of Creed III are reportedly postponing its release date from November 2022 to March 2, 2023. The Rocky spinoff and the ninth instalment in the series will see the return of boxer Adonis Creed. Michael B Jordan, who plays Creed, is making his directorial debut with Creed III.

    Adonis Creed is the son of Apollo Creed, who faced off with Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky in the first film before becoming his close friend and confidant in the subsequent sequels. Sylvester Stallone bowed out of the Rocky franchise with 2006’s Rocky Balboa.

    After a decade, he returned to the role by announcing a spinoff centred around Apollo Creed’s estranged son. Director Ryan Coogler gained fame with 2015’s Creed, his work in the film got him Marvel’s Black Panther which went on to become a worldwide phenomenon.

    Sources also report that Creed itself might spawn a spin-off franchise. A film based on Ivan Drago’s son Viktor Drago, who last appeared in Creed 2 is also in the works. Viktor appeared as the antagonist in the sequel, at the end of the film he is shown as a reformed man, starting his journey of self-discovery.

    The film, titled Drago, will focus on Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago along with Florian Munteanu’s Viktor Drago. Creed III will see Jonathan Majors playing the central antagonist, the actor was just announced as MCU’s Kang, the next big Avengers threat following Thanos.
     

  • Will Smith, Michael B. Jordan team up for ‘I Am Legend’ sequel

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Hollywood actors Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan are joining hands for the ‘I Am Legend’ sequel.

    As per Variety, Smith and Jordan will star and produce the ‘I Am Legend’ follow-up feature, penned by Akiva Goldsman for Warner Bros.

    Jordan will produce alongside Elizabeth Raposo under Outlier Society, while Smith, Jon Mone, and Ryan Shimazaki will serve as producers for Westbrook Studios. The director for the upcoming project has not been disclosed yet.

    Smith confirmed the news with an Instagram post of a deserted street, reminiscent of the 2007 original film, tagging Jordan in the photo.

    Featuring Smith, the original ‘I Am Legend’ movie grossed more than USD 585 million worldwide, as per Deadline.

    Directed by Francis Lawrence, ‘I Am Legend’ starred Smith as virologist Robert Neville, the sole survivor in New York City of a man-made plague that transforms humans into bloodthirsty mutants, and follows him while he fights to find a cure.

    Currently, Smith is in the Oscar race for his performance in ‘King Richard’, recently winning a SAG Award. Meanwhile, Jordan is preparing to star and direct ‘Creed III’.

  • Michael B Jordan working on ‘Black Superman’ project for HBO Max

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Michael B Jordan is developing a Black Superman project for streamer HBO Max.

    According to Collider, Jordan’s Outlier Society production banner is working with streaming service and has hired a writer to work on the script.

    The project is said to be based on the Val-Zod version of the iconic superhero character. However, it is yet to be known whether the project is being developed as a film or a series.

    As per the DC Comics, Val-Zod, who is also from Krypton, is from a different universe, but follows a similar origin story.

    He is sent away from his homeworld to Earth after the death of his parents and becomes the second person to take up the mantle of Superman.

    Jordan’s Black Superman project is separate from the rebooted movie by Warner Bros which is expected to follow the Kal-El/Clark Kent version of the character.

    The movie will feature a Black actor in the titular role.

    This project has author Ta-Nehisi Coates attached as a writer and it will be produced by filmmaker JJ Abrams and his company Bad Robot.

    Jordan most recently featured in Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Pictures’ “Without Remorse”.

    The actor will next make his debut as a director with the third instalment of his highly-successful “Creed” franchise.

  • Jonathan Majors in talks to join Michael B. Jordan in ‘Creed III’

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: ‘Lovecraft Country’ actor Jonathan Majors is in talks to star opposite Michael B. Jordan in MGM’s upcoming boxing drama ‘Creed III’.

    As per Variety, though the star is in early talks to co-star in the film, details about his role are unknown at this time.

    ‘Creed III’ will hit theatres on November 23, 2022, and bring back co-stars Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad.

    Jordan will make his directorial debut with the film, in addition to producing it. Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin wrote the script, based on an outline by Ryan Coogler, who directed the original ‘Creed’ in 2015 and served as an executive producer for ‘Creed II’ in 2018.

    After breaking out in ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’, Majors has drawn Emmy consideration for his starring role in HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country’.

    He also appeared in Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed war drama ‘Da 5 Bloods’ last year. Up next, he will play Marvel villain Kang the Conqueror in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,’ star in Jeymes Samuel’s Western ‘The Harder They Fall’ and lead J.D. Dillard’s action war film ‘Devotion’.

    Coogler tapped into Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa franchise to focus on Adonis ‘Creed’ Johnson, son of the fallen boxing champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) from ‘Rocky IV’, to major success.

    ‘Creed’ earned USD 173 million at the box office and an Oscar nomination for Stallone, and ‘Creed II’ took home USD 214 million at the box office.

    Jordan will also serve as a producer on ‘Creed III’, alongside Irwin Winkler, Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, Jonathan Glickman and Ryan Coogler, producing in association with Proximity Media.

    Executive producers are Adam Rosenberg, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler.

  • There’s no award that can validate Chadwick Boseman’s legacy, says actor Michael B Jordan on Oscar snub

    By PTI
    .LOS ANGELES: “Black Panther” actor Michael B Jordan has spoken about late co-star Chadwick Boseman’s best actor Oscar snub for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.

    Jordan, who had hoped a posthumous win for Boseman at the Oscars, was disappointed that the late star was not acknowledged by the Academy.

    The best actor Oscar went to Anthony Hopkins, who did not attend the socially-distanced ceremony but honoured Boseman in his speech.

    Speaking to SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, Jordan remembered Boseman fondly.

    “But you know, this is how I honestly and truly really feel about it: There’s like, there’s no award that can validate his legacy,” Jordan said of his ‘Black Panther’ co-star.

    “There’s no win that can take anything away from the lives around the world that he impacted. So you’ve got to look at the things that we can control and the gifts and the blessings that he left us, and that’s this incredible body of work and what he represents for as a person and as the biggest one we could really ask for.”

    Boseman, 43, died of colon cancer in 2020 after a four-year-long secret battle with the disease.

    Jordan, 34, said he could not immediately bear to watch Boseman’s final performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” as it was hard to imagine that the actor was no longer around.

    “I held off from watching it for a while, to be perfectly honest. And when I did it, you know, it’s like, you want to savor it. It was an incredible performance, man. I mean, it’s like, you can see it, you know, him giving everything he had.”

  • I wanted to develop and build out the world of John Clark: Michael B Jordan

    By Express News Service
    After the biographical legal drama Just Mercy, actor Michael B Jordan is returning to his tried-and-tested action space with his next film, Without Remorse. He produces and stars in the film that is scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video today.

    Directed by Stefano Sollima, Without Remorse is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Tom Clancy and is a spin-off of the Jack Ryan film series. Like many in his generation, Jordan’s introduction to the Jack Ryan universe came primarily through the popular Rainbow Six video games. The games focus on an international counter-terrorism unit run by a former Navy SEAL named John Clark.

    “I grew up playing those games. They are set in the world of John Clark, and you control his elite team through different missions. I thought they were super dope!” says Jordan.

    Decades later, while searching for properties to develop through his production company Outlier Society, Jordan and his producing partner Alana Mayo were thrilled to discover that Without Remorse was available to adapt at Paramount Pictures. 

    “They had a lot of interesting titles in their library, but when I saw that John Clark’s origin story was included in there, I really wanted to develop it and build out that world,” says Jordan.

    About his character, Jordan says, “He’s got a big heart and he will do anything for his friends, and that’s how I feel as well. Once he sets his mind to something, he’s determined to work at whatever it is until he accomplishes his mission, which describes me too.”

    Jordan describes Kelly as a man who initially believes in the military hierarchy. So much so, that he thinks of himself as an extension of his country. But when he discovers his family is killed as part of the conspiracy, this elite soldier finds himself ill-equipped to handle it emotionally. “In his mind, he doesn’t have anything left to live for,” says the actor.

    “Everything he cared about is gone, so it sends him down a very dark path. Unfortunately for the people who did this to him, they picked the wrong guy to mess with. He’s going to fill the empty hole within himself with as many bodies and as much chaos as he can. He’s hurt and heartbroken, so he throws himself into this wild mission in a very calculated way.”

    Jordon adds that he enjoyed working with award-winning filmmaker Stefano Sollima, known for films like Sicario: Day of the Soldado. “I loved Stefano’s Sicario sequel, so I felt like he was a great choice to direct this project. From the moment I met him, I could tell he knew exactly how to capture the intensity we were looking for,” Jordan says.

  • I really wanted to develop John Clark’s story and build out that world: Michael B Jordan

    By Express News Service
    After the biographical legal drama Just Mercy, actor Michael B Jordan is returning to his tried-and-tested action space with his next film, Without Remorse. He produces and stars in the film that is scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.

    Directed by Stefano Sollima, Without Remorse is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Tom Clancy and is a spin-off of the Jack Ryan film series.

    Like many in his generation, Jordan’s introduction to the Jack Ryan universe came primarily through the popular Rainbow Six video games.

    The games focus on an international counter-terrorism unit run by a former Navy SEAL named John Clark.

    “I grew up playing those games,” says Jordan. “They are set in the world of John Clark, and you control his elite team through different missions. I thought they were super dope!”

    Decades later, while searching for properties to develop through his production company Outlier Society, Jordan and his producing partner Alana Mayo were thrilled to discover that Without Remorse was available to adapt at Paramount Pictures.

    “They had a lot of interesting titles in their library, but when I saw that John Clark’s origin story was included in there, I really wanted to develop it and build out that world,” says Jordan.

    About his character, Jordan says, “He’s got a big heart and he’ll do anything for his friends, and that’s how I feel as well. Once he sets his mind to something, he’s determined to work at whatever it is until he accomplishes his mission, which describes me too.”

    Jordan describes Kelly as a man who initially believes in the military hierarchy. So much so, that he thinks of himself as an extension of his country.

    But when he discovers his family is killed as part of the conspiracy, this elite soldier finds himself ill-equipped to handle it emotionally.

    “In his mind, he doesn’t have anything left to live for,” says the actor. “Everything he cared about is gone, so it sends him down a very dark path. Unfortunately for the people who did this to him, they picked the wrong guy to mess with. He’s going to fill the empty hole within himself with as many bodies and as much chaos as he can. He’s hurt and heartbroken, so he throws himself into this wild mission in a very calculated way.”

    Jordon adds that he enjoyed working with award-winning filmmaker Stefano Sollima, known for films like Sicario: Day of the Soldado.

    “I loved Stefano’s Sicario sequel, so I felt like he was a great choice to direct this project,” Jordan says.

    “From the moment I met him, I could tell he knew exactly how to capture the intensity we were looking for.”

  • John Kelly like a master chess player: Michael B Jordan on his ‘Without Remorse’ role

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Michael B Jordon, who plays John Kelly in Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of Tom Clancy’s novel “Without Remorse”, says his character is like a master chess player who methodically maps out every step along the way to achieve his goals.

    The thriller film, starring Jordan, Jamie Bell, Colman Domingo amongst others, is a spin-off of the iconic Jack Ryan film series and an origin story of the character in the Clancy universe.

    According to the official log line, an elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife in Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, the explosive origin story of action hero John Clark, one of the most popular characters in Clancy’s Jack Ryan universe.

    When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr.

    Chief John Kelly pursues the assassins at all costs.

    Joining forces with a fellow SEAL and a shadowy CIA agent, Kelly’s mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U.S and Russia in an all-out war.

    “While it’s true that Kelly is a far-deadlier warrior than the analytic Ryan, there’s more to the character than mere muscle,” Jordan said in a release.

    Ryan is an intel operative, while Kelly is a soldier who gets things done by any means necessary.

    “But when it comes to achieving his goals, Kelly is like a master chess player who methodically maps out every step along the way. Chess is something I personally wanted to incorporate into the film, because when John is on a mission, he always has specific objectives in mind, and to achieve them he makes strategic moves and decisions,” the actor said in a statement.

    Jordan, best known for his roles in “Black Panther” and the “Creed” franchise, said the chess analogy goes further in the film as they played with the idea that war is a game of pawns and kings.

    “Oftentimes in war, soldiers are referred to as pawns, because they’re the ones that go out and do the dirty work on behalf of the larger agenda.

    They’re the boots on the ground, and they’re out there fighting for their lives while the protected kings and queens sit back and give the orders.

    Then you have the rest of the pieces that are like the generals on the battlefield,” the actor said.

    Directed by Stefano Sollima, “Without Remorse” is all set to release globally on April 30 on Amazon Prime Video.

  • Michael B Jordan’s ‘Without Remorse’ to debut on Amazon Prime Video on April 30

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Michael B Jordan-starrer “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse” will be hitting streamer Amazon Prime Video on April 30.

    The film is part of a first-look deal that Jordan’s production banner Outlier Society has inked with Amazon Studios.

    As per the pact, Outlier Society will produce and acquire elevated films showcasing diverse, bold filmmakers and talent for the studio’s ever-growing original movies slate, Amazon said in a statement.

    “Bringing Outlier Society’s slate of film, television and multi-media content all under the same roof is an exciting next chapter for us,” the actor said.

    “Amazon’s global and expansive reach offers us the ability to entertain and engage our audience in innovative ways, while maintaining our commitment to supporting a wide range of stories and storytellers.

    I’m thrilled to be kicking off the partnership with ‘Without Remorse’ this Spring,” he added.

    Amazon had acquired “Without Remorse”, a new film series based on author Tom Clancy’s character John Clark, from Paramount Pictures last year.

    “We’re excited to deepen our relationship with Outlier Society.

    Michael, Liz and the team will be key partners in our efforts to showcase compelling, ambitious and addictive content that can reach our global audience,” Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios.

    “They share our passion for amplifying new and exciting voices with an emphasis on diversity both above and below the line.

    We can’t wait for everyone to see ‘Without Remorse’, our next chapter in the Tom Clancy universe – it’s an action-packed thrill ride fans will love,” she added.

    Directed by Stefano Sollima of “Sicario: Day of Soldado” fame, the movie will also feature Brett Gelman, Jodie Turner-Smith and Jamie Bell.