Tag: Hobbs and Shaw

Does Hollywood Have it in for the Rock?

Amazon may not like the smell of what the Rock is cooking. A recent article from The Wrap details a litany of production issues for Red One, the upcoming Christmas action movie starring Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Chris Evans, and while there’s blame to go around, it paints an unappealing pi...

Thanos, Greenies, Hippies, and Black Superman

One of the most talked-about aspects of the entertainment industry in the last few years has been its increasing politicization, with a heavily leftward bent. This isn’t the first time it’s happened (the great John Nolte covered the modern history of Hollywood temper tantrums in a great piece fr...

REVIEW: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

I think the best thing I can say for Hobbs & Shaw, the spinoff of the tried and true (in terms of box office, anyway) Fast and Furious movies, is that you probably already know whether or not you’ll like it. If Jason Statham and the Rock pounding bad guys into the dirt for two …

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Neal Moritz Out as Producer of Fast and Furious

The Fast and Furious franchise is going to be revving its engine without one of its key auspices. The Hollywood Reporter informs us that Neal Moritz, the man behind all the Fast and Furious films via his Original Film banner, has been taken off the franchise due to a legal dispute with Universal. Th...

David Leitch Signs First-Look Deal with Universal

David Leitch is going to be giving maximum effort to Universal. Variety reports that the Deadpool 2 director, along with his producing partner Kelly McCormick, has signed a first-look deal with Universal ahead of the release of the much anticipated Hobbs & Shaw. I’m very excited about this new...

New Hobbs & Shaw Trailer Shows its Hand

It’s been two and a half months since the first Hobbs & Shaw trailer, which means it’s about time for Universal to release another glimpse at the Fast and Furious spinoff, just in case there’s anyone who wasn’t sold on the concept the first time but could still be swayed. There’s plent...