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The Contractor Finally Puts Chris Pine Front and Center

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IN THEATERS, ON DIGITAL AND ON DEMAND: April 1, 2022

DIRECTOR: Tarik Saleh

WRITER: J.P. Davis

CAST: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, JD Pardo, Florian Munteanu and Kiefer Sutherland

RUN TIME: 103 minutes

RATING: R for violence and language

GENRE: Action, Thriller

DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures

The Contractor, a fascinating new film out this week, is a slow burn of a movie that finally puts the spotlight on Chris Pine. Pine, at least point best known as Kelvin-universe Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movies, is easily one of the most underutilized actors of our time and in little gems like this movie he’s finally allowed to show it.

Now granted The Contractor will never be up for an Oscar, though it certainly has elements that deserve it, Pine manages to give his character far more depth and life than it would have in another person’s hands.

The film revolves around James Harper (Pine) who has been involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces. Broke and unable to provide for his family he reaches out to an old friend (Ben Foster) and finds himself on assignment overseas as a mercenary for Rusty (Kiefer Sutherland).

What should have been a routine job in Berlin goes South and Harper finds himself without a team unsure who to trust. It has all the essential elements of The Bourne Identity with a few new twists and turns.

Pine plays Harper as aging and fragile. He is human at his core and by no means a super action hero. Honestly, that’s the best part of the film and it’s a shame there wasn’t more of it. It’s fun to see Pine thinking on his feet trying his best to simply survive and get home even though he’s told again and again that that’s impossible now.

Though the film starts out quite slow, Pine comes out of his shell when he’s on-screen with Foster. That’s not really a surprise considering this is the third film they’ve acted in together. That bond is already in place and it doesn’t take a lot to bring out the chemistry between them. Less so with Sutherland which is a bit of a surprise. Still, Pine makes the film what it is and worth watching.

The Contractor puts Pine through the wringer and it’s a better film because of it. Pine is willing to put himself on the line to give the film more realism and it shows. Let’s hope this isn’t the last time Pine is given the spotlight, we need more of him in Hollywood.

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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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