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Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For SOUTHPAW  on July 21 at 7:00 PM in Phoenix. From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and screenwriter Kurt Sutter (“Sons of Anarchy), SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal ). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife ( Rachel McAdams ), an adorable daughter ( Oona Laurence ) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend ( Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson ) leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis (Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker ), a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on Tick's guidance and tenacity, Billy enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to w

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For SOUTHPAW  on July 21 at 7:00 PM in Las Vegas. From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and screenwriter Kurt Sutter (“Sons of Anarchy), SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal ). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife ( Rachel McAdams ), an adorable daughter ( Oona Laurence ) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend ( Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson ) leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis (Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker ), a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on Tick's guidance and tenacity, Billy enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For SOUTHPAW  on July 21 at 7:00 PM in San Francisco. From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and screenwriter Kurt Sutter (“Sons of Anarchy), SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal ). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife ( Rachel McAdams ), an adorable daughter ( Oona Laurence ) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend ( Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson ) leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis (Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker ), a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on Tick's guidance and tenacity, Billy enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with rede

The Weinstein Company and Eminem have debuted a trailer for the upcoming film SOUTHPAW , featuring his new song from the film with Gwen Stefani called “ Kings Never Die ”! SOUTHPAW stars Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams , and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson . Watch the trailer after the Jump... From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and screenwriter Kurt Sutter (“Sons of Anarchy), SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife (Rachel McAdams), an adorable daughter (Oona Laurence) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gy

The Weinstein Company has released a new clip for their upcoming film, SOUTHPAW ! Watch a powerful scene featuring Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams. From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and screenwriter Kurt Sutter (“Sons of Anarchy"), SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife (Rachel McAdams), an adorable daughter (Oona Laurence) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis (Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker), a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on Tick's guidance and tenac

The Weinstein Company and Eminem have debuted a NEW TV Spot featuring Eminem 's single “ Phenomenal ” for the upcoming film, SOUTHPAW ! Starring Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal , Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams , and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson , SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope as he struggles with redemption and to win back the trust of those he loves. From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and screenwriters Kurt Sutter (“Sons of Anarchy) and Richard Wenk (THE MECHANIC), SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife (Rachel McAdams), an adorable daughter (Oona Laurence) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend (Curtis "50 Cent" J

Last week, The Weinstein Company partnered with TIDAL to exclusively release a brand new clip from their upcoming film, SOUTHPAW ! This sneak peek was TIDAL’s very first time to debut content from a full length theatrical film! Watch the clip after the Jump... Starring Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy Hope, a champion boxer who has hit rock bottom and enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to win back the trust of those he loves. Please Leave A Comment-

Here is the new trailer and poster for their upcoming film, SOUTHPAW! Directed by Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and starring Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal , Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams , and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson , SOUTHPAW hits theaters everywhere on July 24, 2015. Watch the trailer after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment-

BRAND NEW TV Spot for their highly anticipated film, SOUTHPAW ! Starring Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal , Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams , and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson , SOUTHPAW tells the story of Billy Hope, a boxer who fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him. Please Leave A Comment-

We discuss the announcement and what possible directions the series could take. Story by Matt Cummings Robert McCall is returning to terrorize a thug near you. Collider is reporting that the 2014 surprise hit The Equalizer is getting a sequel, courtesy of beleaguered Sony Pictures. The original, loosely based on the 1980's television series, followed retired agent McCall (Denzel Washington) as he took down Russian gangsters with clock-like efficiency. The movie also starred Chloe Grace-Moretz, who played a prostitute that McCall ends up protecting after she is brutalized by her Russian pimp. The film, directed by Training Day alum Antione Fuqua, was hailed for its hard-boiled, Hard R violence, but also because it gave Washington the perfect vehicle to breath new life into the British gentlemen spy. The result was a worldwide take of $200 million on a $55m budget. Those sorts of numbers make sense to Sony, so it was only a matter of time before they announced a se

Here is the trailer for The Weinstein Company's SOUTHPAW. From director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and writers Kurt Sutter (SONS OF ANARCHY) and Richard Wenk (THE MECHANIC) comes SOUTHPAW - the story of Billy "The Great" Hope, Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World. When tragedy strikes and he loses it all, Billy enters the battle of his life as he struggles to become a contender once again and win back those he loves. SOUTHPAW stars Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Rita Ora, Naomie Harris and Victor Ortiz . In theaters July 2015 Please Leave A Comment-

Although the new version of The Magnificent Seven was feeling more like an Equalizer reunion, with Antoine Fuqua directing, Denzel Washington starring and one of the film’s co-stars, Haley Bennett , aboard, we now have a Training Day trifecta instead. Ethan Hawke has signed on to share the screen with his old sparring partner Washington. Chris Pratt is also set for the film, which will once more see a small town – in this case built around a gold mine –threatened by a ruthless baron and his gang of thugs. When they kill several people in their attempt to take the place over, a young widow (Bennett) hires a bounty hunter (Washington) to dispatch the bad guys, supplying him with the necessary funds to hire six gunmen to help him in his mission. Which is where Pratt and others come into play. John Lee Hancock and True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto are among those who have contributed to the screenplay, adapted from the classic Seven Samurai, which became the first crack at a Magnifi

If it wasn't enough for him to be a Cowboy Ninja Viking (all right, as an assassin with those skillsets), Chris Pratt is circling a role that would require only one of those abilities: according to Deadline , he’s in early talks to snatch a role in the new Magnificent Seven . Denzel Washington is locked in to star in this one, which his Training Day/The Equalizer collaborator Antoine Fuqua is directing. John Sturges’ 1960 take on the story – itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai – saw a Mexican peasant village persuading seven gunfighters to help protect them from bandits. Fuqua’s version, which boasts a script featuring contributions from John Lee Hancock and True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto, is reportedly set after the Civil War, as the Wild West era is coming to an end. MGM is backing this one, hoping to finally get the long-gestating film into production next year. If he signs, Pratt would play a character named Farraday who has been created for the c

The actor has clearly been logging some serious hours in the gym You probably won't want to step into a ring with Jake Gyllenhaal after seeing the first image for his forthcoming film Southpaw . The Weinstein Company has released its first peek at the boxing drama with a promotional photo of Gyllenhaal showing off his impressive physique. Director Antoine Fuqua's film centers on a boxer who finds success with the gloves on but is having major issues in his personal life. Rachel McAdams, Rita Ora, Forest Whitaker, Naomie Harris and 50 Cent co-star. The script was written by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter. This is the latest project to require a major onscreen transformation for Gyllenhaal, who lost a significant amount of weight for his previous film Nightcrawler. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR

The Equalizer is the most visceral, stylish, and rewarding experience in quite awhile. Summer movies, take note. As we've been talking about this week , the 80's drama/action television program The Equalizer is getting the full-on movie treatment, courtesy of a duo of heavy hitters: Director Antoine Fuqua and his Training Day leading man Denzel Washington. For those of us who thrilled to the weekly exploits of former Company spy Robert McCall saving New Yorkers in trouble, the thought of a movie version has obviously piqued our interests. And while there's very little comparison here to the original, moviegoers are in for a violent and ultimately rewarding experience. Robert McCall (Washington) is a thoughtful, well-read middle-aged gentlemen working at a local hardware supply store, his life falling into neat patterns of cleanliness and a spartan-like behavior. But deep inside, McCall is holding back a violent past that saw him fake his own death in order t

Lob your mind back a few days – to last week, in fact – when we reported on Training Day director Antoine Fuqua ’s surging fortunes and in-demand status. Among several projects he’s pondering is the long-gestating new remake of The Magnificent Seven . And according to Variety , he wants cinema pal Denzel Washington to star. The news, which was originally broken as a rumor by the Schmoes Know team, is an unsurprising one given the close bond they've formed across Training Day and, more recently, on The Equalizer . And while neither is locked in yet, the chance to work together again, and for Washington to star in a Western, would seem to be a tempting opportunity. Originally directed by John Sturges in 1960, The Magnificent Seven found the likes of Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Robert Vaughn as gunslingers that unite to help a Mexican village take on bandits. The movie itself was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s seminal The Seven Samurai . John Lee Hancock and T

In the two years since director John Singelton dropped out of the project, the long-developing biopic of Tupac Shakur has progressed no further. Both Singleton and his predecessor Antoine Fuqua reportedly moved on after failing to find the perfect actor to fill the Tupac's sneakers. But the film has clearly remained much on Singleton's mind, leading to this morning's news that he's now attached to direct, produce and write it once again. Tupac , as if you need telling, was a hip-hop superstar, with albums like Me Against the World, All Eyez on Me and The Don Killuminati all achieving multi-platinum status. He was also building an extremely credible acting career before his untimely death in a drive-by shooting in 1996. The murderer has never been officially identified (although Nick Broomfield's Biggie & Tupac posits some pretty credible theories) and the case remains unsolved. Singleton at the helm of the biopic has always made a lot of sense, since he

Though the project has been on the mat more than once, boxing drama Southpaw is following Chumbawumba's advice by getting knocked down, but getting up again. The Wrap reports that Jake Gyllenhaal is now in talks to star. Olympus Has Fallen director Antoine Fuqua is still attached to direct the film, which, if he actually signs on to star, will see Gyllenhaal as a left-handed pugilist who wins a big title, but suffers a tragedy shortly afterwards. With his life in tatters, he must piece everything back together to earn the respect of his young daughter. Eminem was originally going to star when the film was first announced back in 2010, but has dropped off along the way. DreamWorks originally set the project up and hired Sons Of Anarchy showrunner Kurt Sutter to bash out a script, and then shoved it into turnaround. MGM stepped in to snatch it, intending to put it out under the company’s deal with Sony, but nothing happened. Now The Weinstein Company is looking to step into

Check out this new TV spot and new official poster for OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN , starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman ! When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning¹s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger crisis. Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) directs an all-star cast featuring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd, and Rick Yune . FilmDistrict will release OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN in theaters March 22, 2013. Want to know what it takes to protect the most famous residence in the world? Download the infographic here: http://we.tl/AfUQ8vDVyM Protect your country. Protect your name. What’s your Secret Se

Watch the just-released trailer for OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN , directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd, and Rick Yune. When the White House ( Secret Service Code: "Olympus" ) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning¹s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster. Antoine Fuqua ( Training Day ) directs an all-star cast featuring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd, and Rick Yune . FilmDistrict will release OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN in theaters March 22, 2013.11 For more info, visit: http://olympusmovie.com http://www.facebook.com/OlympusHasFallenMovie http://twitter.com/olympus