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RELEASE DATE: April 3, 2015
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
DIRECTOR: James Wan
MPAA RATING: PG-13 (for prolonged frenetic sequences of violence, action and mayhem, suggestive content and brief
SCREENWRITER: Chris Morgan
STARRING: Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Vin Diesel, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell, Tony Jaa, Dwayne Johnson, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Brotherton, Iggy Azaela
GENRE: Action

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Dominic Torreto and his family are coming to the big screen for the seventh time. A new chapter that promises to be more fast and more furious than ever before. With the continuity finally catching up to itself and some of the people they’ve screwed over, the Fast crew becomes the targets. Now, with the blessing of the U.S. Government they hunt those who have taken out Han and are aiming for all of them.

The storyline is a little out of chronological order as the 3rd film is actually the 6th in the series. The ending of Tokyo Drift is the beginning of the 7th movie. With Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw (brother to Furious 6 baddie Owen Shaw) being revealed as the man who took out Han at the end of the 3rd film and currently on the hunt for the rest of the team that brought down his sibling in the 6th film.

Dominic has some help this time from a debuting government agent called Mr. Nobody played by Kurt Russell. Dwayne Johnson as Agent Hobs (although far too little of him) is back as well. The two have some of the best one liners in the movie. Also speaking of newcomers a hacker named Ramsey is a key to taking down the Crews host of enemies. Most Game of Thrones fans will recognize her as Missandei. Dijmon Honsou has a role as bad guy Jakande but, he only is relegated to yelling random orders to his men. Tony Jaa is Kiet a soldier for Jakande and is an extremely welcome addition. His fighting style brings something brutal to the on screen melees. Him and Paul Waklers confrontations are some of the highlights of the action. If you’re in to the chemistry of the Crew from the last few films you’ll love Fast 7 as they’ve all perfected their characters and are very comfortable in their skin.

The action of course is the bread and butter of the series. Let me tell you it’s pretty insane. The enormity of the stunts you see in the trailers are not enough. You must see it full scale on the big screen. I will say though that the way the movie progresses feels like a setup for one big action piece to the next. This kind of makes the film have a detached feel to it as far as keeping you emotionally invested throughout. The movie was finished with the help of Paul Walkers brothers and CGI after his sudden death during the filming process of Fast 7. Honestly, it was done fantastically. I could not tell when they used the brothers or CGI except for one point in the send off tribute sequence to end the film. By the way, the tribute/send off was awesome as Dominic’s speech could have been to used to talk to Brian or Walker in reality as it felt like a goodbye between two guys that spent years together and were brothers.

Overall, the Fast franchise is putting out one of it’s best entries. The action is bigger and better. The cars are freaking awesome as always. And they found a meaningful and tasteful way to write Paul Walker out of the storyline. Never thought I’d be when the 1st came out but, I can’t wait to see the 8th.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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