Vin Diesel in Riddick

Vin Diesel’s Riddick – the much-anticipated sequel to Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick – has finished shooting and is now in post-production, ready for a 2013 release.

Vin himself has even been kind enough to post the following movie still on his Facebook page.

In terms of plot, according to Total Film “The new film finds Riddick cast away and left for dead on a barren, sun-scorched planet, upon which he appears to be the only living creature. Unhappily for him, however, that assessment soon turns out to be incorrect.

Pursued by a race of lethal alien predators, Riddick is left with no other option but to set off an emergency beacon… a beacon that alerts a group of ruthless mercenaries to his whereabouts. If the aliens don’t get him first, this lot surely will!”

Sound good? Stay posted to The All Action No Plot Movie Blog for updates on release dates when they become available!

Django Unchained, first photos and release dates

There’s considerable excitement brewing over the new Quentin Tarantino movie Django Unchained.

And not without good reason of course – the genius mind behind such modern classics as Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction made a welcome return to form in 2009 with Inglorious Basterds (some may argue that he never lost his form…), and his newest project promises much.

In typical Tarantino style we get an excellent cast list consisting of today’s biggest stars sprinkled with a healthy dose of yesterday’s screen stars and the odd cult figure thrown in. How does Leonardo di Caprio, Jamie Foxx, Christophe Waltz, Samuel L Jackson, Sacha Baren Cohen, Kurt Russell and Don Johnson sound?

As far as the story, this from IMDb, “Former dentist, Dr. King Schultz, buys the freedom of a slave, Django, and trains him to become his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of Django’s wife who is under the hands of Calvin Candie, a ruthless plantation owner.”

As for release dates, Django Unchained will hit theatres in the US on the 25th December 2012, the UK on the 18th January 2013 and Australia on the 26th January 2013.

 

New Game of Thrones poster, and first look at Jaqen H’ghar

With the return of Game of Thrones almost upon us, the marketing machine is in full swing now.

HBO have released a new poster. Pease look away now if you haven’t seen Season 1 yet…

Also, have our first look at Jaqen H’ghar, played by German actor Tom Wlaschiha.

Excited yet? Tune into HBO on 1st April…

First trailer for G.I.Joe 2: Retaliation

Ok, this IS the All Action No Plot Movie Blog, so today it seems fitting to show you the new trailer for a movie which qualifies for the blog on all counts! Move over Trasnformers and The Expendables, cause G.I. Joe is back in town. 
 
Look, I don’t know about you but I was just a bit disappointed by the original I have to say. As a Gen X kid, I grew up playing with Transformers and G.I. Joe (although in the UK they were called Action Force), so imagine my delight at getting to watch movies about those very same toys when I grew up (honest, I did grow up!). 
 
Well G.I. Joe is about to return to the big screen in Retaliation. Channing Tatum and Ray Park return as Duke Hauser and Snake Eyes, and this time around are joined by a rather impressive supporting cast, including Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Bruce Wills, Ray Stevenson, Adrianne Palicki and Jonathan Price. 

 
Check out the trailer and judge for yourself. Got to say, the ninja abseil/rock climbing scene looks pretty cool! And of course Bruce Willis…. need I say more? 
 

G.I.Joe 2: Retaliation is due for release in the UK on the 22nd June 2012 and in the US on the 29th June. No Australia release date is available yet.

Battleship

This one sees to have been knocking around for some time now. I mean, the first trailer came out ages ago but still the movie is months away. The movie is possibly most famous for the fact that R&B superstar Rihanna has a role. That aside, to be fair though it does have a fairly impressive cast including Liam Neeson (who is rapidly developing into a bona fide action star in his mature years), Taylor Kitsch (about to be seen in John Carter) and Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, Generation Kill). One time 90s actor and now director Peter Berg (The Kingdom, Hancock) will direct. 

Look, although it sort of reminds me of those truly horrible alien invasion movies that have been popular recently, such as Skyline and Battle Los Angeles, I’m willing to give it the benefit of the doubt for now.
 
Check out the latest trailer.
 
Battleship is due for release in Australia on the 18th April 2012, the UK on the 20th April, and the US on the 18th May.

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

We’ve finally got a first look at the upcoming Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the titular heroes.

No doubt the look is certainly a far cry from the old fairy tale we’re all familiar with. The movie picks up the story 15 years after the events in the gingerbread-house. Brother and sister team Hansel and Gretel have grown up and are now bounty hunters who hunt down and kill witches. Like the sound of that?
 
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters also stars Famke Janssen and Peter Stormare, will be directed by Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola, and is due for release in Australia on the 1st March 2012. The UK and US will follow on the 2nd March.

First look at Sam Worthington in Wrath of the Titans

A couple of weeks back I wrote a story about Bill Nighy starring in Wrath of the Titans, next year’s sequel to 2010′s Clash of the Titans.
 
Well, the first image from Wrath has been released, and thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we can see Sam Worthington as Perseus, sporting new hair and a couple of tridents.  

 
As I said in my previous blog, alongside Sam Worthington as Perseus, Wrath of the Titans will again feature Liam Neeson as Zeus and Ralph Fiennes as Hades. Bill Nighy will play Hephaestus armorer to the Gods. It will be directed by Jonathan Liebesman of Battle Los Angeles infamy, and will be released on the 18th March 2012 in Australia, and the 30th March in the UK and the US?

New Prometheus photos

Finally some real info on Ridley Scott’s upcoming Prometheus. Too many rumours, not enough concrete facts. Well, thanks to the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, we’ve finally got some actual movie stills. Some smart people out there have scanned the photos in question, and it hasn’t taken long for them to start circulating.
 
The first shot shows Charlize Theron and Idris Elba on the bridge of a ship…  
 

The second image shows Michael Fassbender (looking oddly like Ewen McGregor?), Noomi Rapace (I think) and a Tom Hardy look-alike. Presumably stumbling through an alien spaceship towards a grisly end?

One new rumour that has surfaced however is that Prometheus is now not an Alien prequel! And in fact it has no link to the Alien movies whatsoever…Well, according to Theron that is. My guess is she’s just trying to throw us off the scent, especially since Fassbender claims, “There’s definitely a link to Alien. There’s creatures in it that you’ll recognize.” Who’s telling the truth?
 
Prometheus is due for release in the UK on the 1st June 2012, and the 8th June in the US. No dates yet for Australia.