Justin Hartley's comeback to the small screen has landed an updated title.

CBS revealed this week that the new drama series will now be known as Tracker.

When the show was first announced and ordered, it was called The Never Game.

While a premiere date has not been set, CBS has announced that Tracker will debut during the 2023-24 season.

We don't know whether that will be a fall or midseason bow, but CBS will promote Tracker to try and lure the This Is Us audience over to the new show.

Us TV Fanatics will follow Hartley anywhere, and the concept for his new show sounds pretty good.

Tracker features Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who roams the country as a "reward seeker," using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.

Robin Weigert,...

“Bupkis,” Peacock’s new 8-episode series starring Pete Davidson, Joe Pesci and Edie Falco, will premiere May 4, the streamer announced Wednesday. As part of the reveal, Peacock also shared first-look photos from the series.

Davidson serves as writer and executive producer and stars in the fictionalized version of his life. Falco portrays his mom and Pesci will portray his grandfather. “Bupkis” will include an array of guest stars, including Charlie Day, Brad Garrett, Simon Rex, Ray Romano, Kenan Thompson and Chase Sui Wonders.

Judah Miller serves as showrunner, executive producer and writer. Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer, Erin David also executive produced alongside co-writer Dave Sirus.

Check out the “Bupkis” first-look images below.

Joe Pesci as Joe Larocca, Edie Falco as Amy Davidson Brad Garrett as Roy Charlie Day as Glen Rossi Kenan Thompson as Referee Joe Pesci as Joe Larocca Simon Rex as Ice Pop, Pete Davidson as Pete Davidson...

Justin Hartley’s (This Is Us) new drama series The Never Game has a new name: Tracker. CBS announced the change and dropped a short teaser for the upcoming primetime series that will join the network’s lineup for the 2023-2024 season.

Season one of Tracker will also star Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Abby McEnany (Work in Progress), Eric Graise (Locke & Key), Fiona Rene, and two-time Oscar nominee Mary McDonnell.

Ben H. Winters wrote the pilot, based on the bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver. Hartley, Winters, Ken Olin, and Hilary Weisman Graham serve as executive producers. Olin, a four-time Emmy Award nominee for This Is Us, directed the pilot.

“I am overjoyed to give the first new show order for next season to this thrilling new series led by the incredibly talented Justin Hartley,” stated Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment, when the series was announced in December...

Justin Hartley’s new drama for the 2023-2024 season has a new name. CBS has announced that The Never Game has been retitled Tracker. Hartley stars in and serves as an executive producer in the series. The premiere date for the fall will be announced at another time. The network also released the first promo for the drama, showing Hartley’s Colter Shaw in a room, looking at a photo of a man and child, with the words “I will save you” across the screen. Watch it above. Tracker, based on the bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, follows Colter Shaw, a long-wolf survivalist who roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family. It also stars Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise, and Fiona Rene.

The Never Game has changed. Its name, at least. Instead, This Is Us alum Justin Hartley’s new series for CBS will be titled… Tracker.

Which of course makes it easier to spin off Tracker: Miami, Tracker: International, etc. down the line.

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Promos are due to start airing during CBS’ March Madness coverage; watch a blink-and-you-missed it teaser above.

Based on the bestselling novel by Jeffery Deaver and...

Exclusive: CBS is getting a head start on boosting the profile of its new Justin Hartley drama, now named Tracker.

Previously known as The Never Game, the series is scheduled to air during the 2023-24 broadcast season. But the network’s marketing department under President Mike Benson plans to kick off the drama’s promotional campaign this Thursday during March Madness. Watch a preview below.

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“We’ve never had an opportunity like this where we picked up a show so soon so we can start promoting it this soon,” Benson tells Deadline about Tracker, which CBS first committed to piloting in September 2021. The network ordered it to...

This article contains spoilers for Resident Alien episode 9.

In the Syfy series Resident Alien, Harry Vanderspeigle, or the extraterrestrial in the Harry human suit, to be specific, has been trying to get back to his home world after completing a mission to kill everyone on earth. But in the newest episode, “Welcome Aliens,” he has a close encounter with humans in alien suits — as well as one “high-haired gentleman” — at a UFO convention in Dulce, New Mexico.

The penultimate episode of the season occurs as Harry (Alan Tudyk) and Asta (Sara Tomko) head to the con to find an abductee embedded with an alien chip, which he can use to fix his humanity-ending weapon. And along with cosplayers and experiencers, he meets Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, the researcher best known from History Channel’s Ancient Aliens and the “I’m not saying it was aliens…but it was aliens” meme (which...

New Delhi, Feb 18 (Ians) Driven by the demand from e-learning and remote working, the India traditional PC market inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations grew 27 per cent year-over-year to hit 29 lakh shipments in the fourth quarter of 2020, the International Data Corporation (Idc) said on Thursday.

Dell Technologies replaced Hp in the top position in the overall PC market, as its shipments grew 57.1 per cent YoY in the October-December quarter, showed the data from Idc Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

Overall, in the India PC market, notebooks grew 62.1 per cent YoY to contribute more than three-fourths of total shipments in the quarter.

The rise in demand led to a 74.1 per cent and 14.1 per cent annual growth in the consumer and enterprise segments, respectively.

The data showed that 2020 ended as the biggest year for notebooks with 7.9 million units shipments during the year.

Had the industry not been challenged by the component shortages,...

New Delhi, Jan 26 (Ians) Facebook will let researchers access, for the first time, the targeting information for more than 1.3 million social issue, electoral and political ads through the Facebook Open Research and Transparency (Fort) platform from February 1.

This data package includes ads that ran during the three-month period prior to the US Election Day, from August 3 to November 3, 2020.

"We created this tool to enable academic researchers to study the impact of Facebook's products on elections, and included measures to protect people's privacy and keep the platform secure," the social network said in a statement on Monday.

Understanding how advertisers choose to target audiences is key to learning more about the impact of digital ads on specific events like elections.

"By making the targeting criteria, such as location and interests, selected by advertisers running social issue, electoral or political ads available for analysis and reporting, we hope to help people better...

New Delhi, Jan 8 (Ians) The global shipments of used smartphones, both officially refurbished and used, are expected to reach 351.6 million units registering $65 billion in market value in 2024, with a compound annual growth rate (Cagr) of 11.2 per cent from 2019 to 2024, an Idc report said on Friday.

For 2020, the used smartphones shipments were likely to reach 225.4 million units.

This represents an increase of 9.2 per cent over the 206.5 million units shipped in 2019.

"In contrast to the recent declines in the new smartphone market, as well as the forecast for minimal growth in new shipments over the next few years, the used market for smartphones shows no signs of slowing down across all parts of the globe," said Anthony Scarsella, research manager with Idc's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

"Refurbished and used devices continue to provide cost-effective alternatives to both consumers and businesses that are looking to save money when purchasing a smartphone," Scarsella added.

The time has come for Hulu to release its list of everything coming and going in the month of August.

This will come in handy after the “Bachelorette” season finale in late July leaves us in desperate need of something else to watch.

In August, a new episode of Hulu’s horror anthology “Into The Dark” arrives, in which a group of social outcasts who are stuck in weekend detention are confronted by the school’s legendary hauntings.

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Other Hulu originals include: “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” in which a filmmaker profiles a dying magician on his final tour, but the lines between reality and magic begin to blur; Season 2 of “Find Me in Paris,” and “Jawline,” a Hulu original documentary that follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast ecosystem...

Amazon Prime Video has announced its new content offerings for July 2019, a list that includes five Amazon Original series and one Amazon Original movie. The service will also start streaming Epix’s new series “Pennyworth,” which takes a look at the early life of Batman’s famous butler Alfred, on July 28.

In terms of original series, “Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny” returns for Season 1B on July 5. Season 2 of “Comicstaan” airs July 12, while Season 4 of “All or Nothing” premieres July 19. Season 3 of “Dino Dana” and the series premiere of “The Boys” — a superhero comic book adaptation — are coming July 26.

The Amazon original movie “Peterloo” — a historical drama that chronicles one of that bloodiest chapter’s in Britain’s history — debuts July 3.

Some other movies to look forward to include “Under the Silver Lake,” the new “Hellboy,” “Corpse Bride,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” and five different “Star Trek” films ranging...

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf is an African fantasy epic written by Marlon James.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf was only just released on Tuesday, but is already making some serious waves in the literary world... and, apparently, in Hollywood, too. THR just reported that Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society has snatched up the rights to adapt the epic African fantasy, alongside Warner Bros.

In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James (who previously won the Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings) tells the story of Tracker, who is hired by a slave trader alongside several other mercenaries to find a boy. Set in a fantastical Africa, the novel features giants, necromancers, witches and shape-shifters, and has drawn comparisons to Game of Thrones.

Here's the full official synopsis via Amazon:

"Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose,...

In the first acquisition since announcing their first-look deal, Warner Bros and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society have acquired films rights to Marlon James’ new fantasy epic novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf.

Based in African mythology, Black Leopard, Red Wolf follows Tracker, who has a keen sense of smell. He’s hired to find a missing child against a backdrop of competing kingdoms and violent political upheaval. The story touts a wild cast of characters including a witch, a shape-shifting leopard, a murderous hyena, and conjoined twins. It’s the first book in James’ Dark Star Trilogy where African myth, fantasy and history come together.

James will remain an Ep on the project. Anonymous Content and Ellen Levine of Trident Media Group brokered the deal. The Riverhead Books novel hit shelves Tuesday.

James is the Booker Prize-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of A Brief History of Seven Killings.

Three years after his last album, Tracker, Mark Knopfler returned with another dependable collection of Irish blues and laidback roots rock. The album’s material ranges from languid lullabys like “My Bacon Roll” and “Floating Away” to the upbeat blues funk of “Back on the Dancefloor” and “Nobody Does That.”

At this point in his career, Knopfler tends to be most affecting in the former role, as the sensitive English balladeer with a knack for writing about the haunting, pervasive effects of memory and remembrance. Indeed, as he pushes 70, Knopfler has become newly reflective,...

Mark Knopfler offers a glimpse into his recording and touring lifestyle in the new video for “Good on You Son,” the lead track from the Dire Straits frontman’s first solo LP in three years, Down the Road Wherever.

The clip plays out like one massive fly-on-the-wall-styled montage. It opens with Knopfler riding on a motorcycle on a foggy morning before cutting to the musician recording studio overdubs – from a guitar solo to group hand claps – with his live band. The visual also shows Knopfler performing live at amphitheaters and theaters,...

WaterTower Music has announced today’s release of the soundtrack to the science fiction action thriller “The Meg,” directed by Jon Turteltaub (the “National Treasure” movies), which will be released in theaters August 10, 2018. The soundtrack features music from the film composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (“The Town,” the “Equalizer” films, the “Shrek” franchise), and will be released on August 3rd, one week before the film is in theaters.

Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after composers, whose scores span the spectrum of high-profile projects from action to drama to animation – each infused with the emotional punch and atmospheric intensity that mark his distinctive musical style. The Golden Globe- and Grammy Award-nominated composer offers, “For ‘The Meg,’ I set out to create a memorable recognizable sonic motif which follows the mystery of the great Megalodon—something robust in nature, which acted as a kind of warning call and instilled an...

Alec Bojalad Jun 20, 2019

Here's everything coming to Amazon Prime instant video in July 2019!

Amazon Prime is on a good pace of releasing at least one notable original series per month. For Amazon Prime's new releases for July 2019, that honor goes to dark superhero dramedy The Boys. 

The series, based on the Garth Ennis book of the same name, stars Karl Urban and arrives on July 26. And that's about it for Amazon's originals! Unless you are a big All or Nothing fan. 

And that's alright as the movie offerings for July should keep plenty of folks occupied. David Robert Mitchell's moody It Follows followup Under the Silver Lake arrives on July 1. Gone Baby Gone, Hellboy, and Serenity all arrive mid-month.

Then as new traditions demand, the lion's share of content arrives at the end of the month. Rosemary's Baby, Corpse Bride, and Dumb and Dumber premiere on July 31 - an...

The hiring of Sally Caplan as head of production at Screen Australia has prompted several producers to ask If: How can a Brit who has never worked in Australia get up to speed with the complexities of the Oz screen industry?

Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason acknowledges that Caplan will not be familiar with the .minutiae. of some local screen projects but he is supremely confident her skills, experience and knowledge of global development, production, distribution and acquisition are precisely what the agency needs.

..She will be aware of the Australian films and programs and formats that have been successfully exported,. Mason tells If. .She has worked with a wide variety of filmmakers and genres, from Ken Loach and Mike Leigh to Streetdance 3D and The King.s Speech, from the art-house and speciality arena to wide multiplex releases.

.She has proved she can work incredibly well with culturally-specific material.

Highly experienced UK film executive Sally Caplan has been named Screen Australia's head of production, which combines development and production investment.

Caplan replaces Ross Matthews, who is stepping down as head of production investment, and head of development Martha Coleman, who is joining Goalpost Pictures. Both depart the agency at the end of the year. Matthews intends to take a break before he returns to independent production.

A former entertainment lawyer, Caplan worked with Screen Australia.s new CEO Graeme Mason for five years from the mid-1990s at Polygram Filmed Entertainment and at Universal, where she was senior VP, worldwide acquisitions.

She has worked as a consultant in the UK since June after leaving eOne where she was managing director of international film sales operations.

Sally headed the UK Film Council.s premiere fund for five years until 2010, responsible for funding and overseeing the production from script stage of more than 45 films,...

Exclusive: Celsius takes rights to Ray Lawrence, Barrie M Osborne sweeping romance.

London-based sales company Celsius Entertainment has boarded sales to romantic drama Rosa [working tite], set to star Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In) and Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, Sleeping Beauty).

Ray Lawrence (Jindabyne, Lantana) will direct Beatrix Christian’s (Jindabyne) script based on the book Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance by Lloyd Jones.

The production team includes producers Barrie M Osborne (The Lord of the Rings), Andrew Mason (I, Frankenstein), Emma Slade (line producer, Tracker) and Dan Hennah (production designer, The Hobbit).

Rosa follows intertwining love stories across three generations and two continents as the eponymous young woman discovers a hidden bittersweet romance buried in her grandfather’s past in 1930’s Buenos Aires.

Simultaneously, Rosa struggles to find the balance between loving her down-to-earth husband Ivan and falling in love with a younger man.

Slated to shoot...

Ray Winstone has quit partying when he shoots movies because his on-set hangovers became unbearable.

The Departed star Winstone loved indulging in late-night drinking sessions during filming when he was a young man, but he struggles to cope with the after-effects as he ages.

And his hangovers have become so bad, the 54 year old has vowed to avoid alcohol whenever he's working.

He tells TV Times magazine, "There was too much boozing when I was younger. In the old days, I'd work in the day, drink into the small hours and then start all over again the next morning.

"I had to give that up in the end. I didn't touch a drop for the entire shoot of (2010 movie) Tracker. I needed to keep my head clear. It took me a long time to learn discipline."...

Release Date: Nov. 8, 2011

Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.99

Studio: Anchor Bay

Mickey Rourke (l.) and 50 Cent get down to business in 13.

The 2010 thriller movie 13 features one of the most testosterone-filled casts we’ve seen since The Expendables, unless you consider Jason Statham (The Mechanic), Mickey Rourke (Passion Play), Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Set-Up), Ben Gazarra (Looking for Palladin), Ray Winstone (Tracker), Alexander Skarsgård (TV’s True Blood) and Michael Shannon (The Runaways) to be shrinking violets!

The independent film stars Sam Riley (Control) as Vince Ferro, a desperate man who assumes a false identity to secure a mysterious job that promises a potential fortune. Things don’t exactly go right for Vince after he finds himself conscripted as a numbered participant in an underworld Russian roulette competition, where gamblers place bets on who’ll survive when the trigger is pulled. The stakes are high, yes, but the payout is more than he can resist.

Trollhunter - is one of those festival favourites that somehow slipped through the cracks here at Qe. Oh, we knew all about it, we just never caught a screening for review or promoted it for some reason. Chances are you've seen the amazing trailers from Magnet that have come out since the film was picked up for distro. Know though that this is a Norwegian film with subs and that it's supposed to be pretty stellar. Looking forward to finally watching it.

Blitz - is a UK cop/action flick starring Jason Statham. It's been getting middling reviews since it's release in the UK, some calling it out as being on par with a Mftv movie. Seems like one I'd check out if I was in the mood for some action though.

Roger Corman's Sword And Sorcery Collection - featuring Deathstalker, Deathstalker II, The Warrior And The Sorceress & Barbarian Queen.

Lionsgate will release the 2010 New Zealand-set action-adventure drama Tracker starring Ray Winstone (44 Inch Chest) and Temuera Morisson (Couples Retreat) on DVD on Aug. 23 for the list price of $26.98.

Ray Winstone means business when it comes to accused killer Temuera Morrison in Tracker.

Directed by veteran British TV director Ian Sharp (The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne), the movie is set in the New Zealand outback and follows former Boer War soldier Arjan (Winstone) as he tracks down Maori seaman (Morrison), who’s been accused of killing a fellow soldier. Kereama is finally captured by Arjan…right before learning that his captive is innocent of all crimes. This leaves Arjan to decides on what to do with Kereama in a situation where only one man can emerge from the outback alive.

Tracker was screened at the Toronto Film Festival last year and is premiering in the U.S. on DVD

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This handsome-looking period yarn stars Ray Winstone (sporting a surprisingly convincing South African accent) as an ex-farmer turned fighter from the Boer Wars of the late 1800’s who, upon arrival in New Zealand, is tasked by the British army in tracking down a Maori seaman (Temuera Morrison) who has been wrongly accused of killing an officer, having been caught during a roll in the hay (literally) with a young English woman.

With a posse in tow and two divergent routes, Winstone splits from the other soldiers and goes it alone. He soon finds his bounty, but what he also (unexpectedly) finds is a growing fondness and kinship towards the Maori, who on top of being on the run for a crime he didn’t commit, has to suffer the indignation of fleeing across land which belonged to his forefathers. Winstone soon finds himself at odds with the British over the...

This is the DVD/Blu-ray review for Tracker, directed by Ian Sharp and starring Ray Winstone, Temuera Morrison, Gareth Reeves, Mark Mitchinson, Daniel Musgrove and Andy Anderson. Following the Boer war, former South African farmer Arjan van Diemen (Ray Winstone) lands in New Zealand looking to start a new life. He’s had enough of war and is still grieving the loss of his wife and daughters. Almost immediately he’s drawn into a new drama. A Maori man, Kereama (Temuera Morrison) is falsely accused of killing a British soldier, fleeing into the New Zealand wilderness. Given van Diemen’s superior tracking skills, local army man Major Carlysle (Gareth Reeves) recruits him to track the fugitive. Van Diemen successfully locates the Kereama and forces him to return to face justice. However, the Maori continues to plead his innocence – claims which eventually begin to work their way under the God-fearing van Diemen’s skin.

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As seen in movies such as Attack The Block and Anuvahood, British cinema's current obsession with painting our youths as less than saintly continues with director Peter Mullan's latest.

Unlike the above titles, this one is set in early-70s Glasgow and attempts to tackle the causes of such wayward behaviour. In confining events mostly to a housing estate and neighbouring school, the consequences of violence are always there, up close, to remind the perpetrators of their actions. Starting off as an impossibly apple-cheeked class swot, John McGill (played as an older boy by Connor McCarron) seems to be the kid with the most potential. We quickly learn he's been plagued with huge negative influences, such as an abusive, alcoholic father (played by Mullan), a big brother who is a legendary local hard man, and the endless turf wars the neighbourhood teens ruck over.

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? The Legend Of The Mighty Soap Trailer When I was a kid I watched HBO relentlessly. Whenever there wasn't reairings of Fraggle Rock, Braingames, Heartbeeps,...

Thor (12A)

(Kenneth Branagh, 2011, Us) Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Kat Dennings, Idris Elba. 114 mins

Let the silly season commence with this expensive comic-book movie, which takes full advantage of its second-tier superhero, free casting rein and Asgard-sized budget to deliver some premium disposable spectacle. Hemsworth's beefy, impetuous thunder god is literally brought down to earth, where thanks to mortal hotties like Portman, he learns there's more to life than swinging a hammer around, but not much more.

Cedar Rapids (15)

(Miguel Arteta, 2011, Us) Ed Helms, John C Reilly, Anne Heche. 87 mins

The corruption of Helms's naive smalltown nerd via a debauched midwest insurance convention is as broadly amusing as you'd expect, striking a filthy-sweet tone somewhere between the Us Office and The Hangover.

Tracker (12A)

(Ian Sharp, 2010, Nz) Ray Winstone, Temuera Morrison, Andy Anderson. 102 mins

Credit to Ray for straying off home turf, as a Boer veteran...

Ray Winstone has revealed that he declined a part in The Wire. The 44 Inch Chest actor, who last week spoke to Digital Spy about his new film Tracker, told The Daily Mirror that he was reluctant to spend time away from his family. "Maybe if I was a young man, I'd think about moving to America... I was offered a part in The Wire years ago, and it's probably a good thing I never did it because it turned out to be a fantastic series and I probably would (more)...

Sneak Peek "Tracker", the British-New Zealand action-thriller set in 1903, directed by Ian Sharp and written by Nicolas van Pallandt, starring Ray Winstone ("Sexy Beast") and Temuera Morrison :

"...'Arajan' (Winstone), a Dutch Afrikaner veteran of the Boer War and master tracker, is promised a bounty to capture 'Kereama' (Morrison), a Māori seafarer accused of killing a British soldier. Keremea, who protests his innocence, repeatedly escapes and is recaptured. Arajan and Kereamea get to know and respect each other, before a showdown with British troops led by 'Major Carlyle' (Gareth Reeves)..."

Shot on location in Queensland, the film’s wild, striking landscapes offer a stark contrast to the violence of colonialism.

More than a lesson in colonial history, "Tracker" is a meditation on victimhood and transcendence, encouraging viewers to consider the persecuted individuals in the film.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Tracker"...

This week offered some exciting comeback prospects

The big story

He'll be back. Steel yourself for the familiar faltering speech, the muscular frame, the ruthless indefatigability. Steve Coogan revealed this week that he is planning to shoot an Alan Partridge film in the heart of the blazer-loving chatshow host's Norfolk fiefdom. Hasta la vista, Norwich.

Trying vainly to steal Partridge's thunder came reports this week of another comeback. Arnold Schwarzenegger is apparently lined up for a fifth Terminator film.

In other news

• Terrence Malick's Tree of Life to debut in Cannes after all

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• Lindsay Lohan...

Ray Winstone has confirmed that he is in talks to star in a new series inspired by The Long Good Friday. It was reported last month that the Tracker star was interested in the project, with Sherlock's Paul McGuigan said to be in negotiations to direct. Winstone told Digital Spy: "We're doing something about that at the moment. We're interested in it, and talks are going on now." However, he insisted that the project is not a remake of the 1980 film, which starred Bob Hoskins as London gangster Harold Shand. "You can't remake it," (more)...

Arthur (12A)

(Jason Winer, 2011, Us) Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Garner, Luis Guzmán. 110 mins

You can see what they were thinking: "it worked for one difficult-to-market English comic, so let's try it again". But somewhere between the moon and New York City this romcom seems to have lost some of its spirit and spontaneity. There are some snappy lines and funny moments, but Brand's overprivileged wastrel is nowhere near as cuddly as Dudley Moore's was – or as convincingly drunk. Sometimes, hair of the dog isn't the answer.

How I Ended This Summer (12A)

(Aleksei Popogrebsky, 2010, Rus) Grigory Dobrygin, Sergei Puskepalis. 130 mins

Spare and distinctive two-hander set in remote Arctic Russia, where the endless daylight, monotonous work, some terrible news and a touch of radiation exacerbate generational differences to deadly levels.

Pina (U)

(Wim Wenders, 2011, Ger/Fra/UK) 104 mins

A 3D tribute to the work, rather than the life,...

If there's one Ray you'd call on to track down a wanted fugitive across a barren wilderness, it'd be Ray Winstone. Actually it'd probably be Ray Mears, but let's assume he's busy stalking gnus on the plains of Africa or bothering racoons in the Rockies.Winstone it is then, which is handy because his new movie Tracker calls on him to do just that. Set in New Zealand at the turn of the last century, it casts him as burly outdoorsman and Boer War veteran Arjan van Diemen, promised a giant bounty if he can capture a Maori seaman (Attack Of The Clones' Temuera Morrison) accused of killing a British soldier. As you can see from this clip, there's a twist: Kereama is innocent of the crime. Van Diemen, meanwhile, doesn't have much time for the English, what with being a Boer and all, giving the pair common cause for an uneasy alliance.

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Goddamn do I love Ray Winstone. In fact, I love pretty much all of this trailer, even though it's a little heavy on the melodrama at times. The film is called Tracker, and to save time, here's the synopsis:

An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang

Ray Winstone plays Arjan, the tracker, and Temeura Morrison plays Kereama, his Maori prey. Obviously, the part about them either teaming up or Winstone's character taking pity on him is a foregone conclusion, but I'm cool with that. It has all the markings of one of those lower-budget, thoughtful films with stunning cinematography (it's filmed on location in New Zealand) and excellent acting.

Tracker is one of those minor movies I'm trying to keep on my radar. (And on yours.) It's a film out of New Zealand directed by Ian Sharp, and starring Ray Winstone as a Boer War veteran who is hired to  find and bring to justice a Maori man (Temuera Morrison) accused of killing a British officer. We've seen a couple photos [1] of the actors in character, and now there's a trailer, which you can see below. This trailer makes clear that there's not much mystery to the story, but hopefully there will be value in seeing Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison play these two parts. Frankly, it's not a great trailer and some of the dialogue is way too on the nose for me. But we don't often see this sort of film any more, so I'm hoping that once all the setup is out of the way there...

We've got a doozy for you today gang. The very first look at the trailer for New Zealand period thriller, Tracker, starring Ray Winstone. It comes from prominent New Zealand TV director, Ian Sharp and also stars Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison (Also known as Jango Fett) and sounds a lot like The Propositon, so lets hope it continues to follow through on that promise.

Synopsis:

An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang.

This is one of those times where we're going to get in some trouble for bringing you the news, so watch asap - could be your only chance for a while.

First...

Wow, that's a lot of flicks. Everything from Peter Mullan's Neds to Benedek Fliegauf's Womb (that's right, it's a trailer!) to more Greek weirdness in Athena Tsangari's Attenberg. I wish I was going.

It's late so I'm not writing much of a post here.. Maybe I'll update tomorrow.

Full list after the break via Variety.

Contemporary World Cinema

(World preems)

* "Home for Christmas," Bent Hamer (Norway/Germany/Sweden)

* "Behind Blue Skies," Hannes Holm (Sweden)

* "Even The Rain," Iciar Bollain (Spain/France/Mexico)

* "The First Grader," Justin Chadwick (I.K.)

* "Neds," Peter Mullan (U.K./France/Italy)

* "White Irish Drinkers," John Gray (U.S.)

* "22nd of May," Koen Mortier (Belgium)

* "African United," Deb Gardner-Paterson (U.K.)

* "Blessed Events," Isabelle Stever (Germany)

* "The Edge," Alexey Uchitel (Russia)

* "Jucy," Louise Alston (Australia)

* "Lapland Odyssey," Dome Karukoski (Finland)

* "Late Autumn," Kim Teo-Yong (South Korea)

* "Matariki" Michael Bennet (New Zealand)

* "Tracker" Ian Sharp (U.

Rachel Weisz in The Whistleblower The Toronto International Film Festival has added even more films to their line-up today as the complete line-up was announced, which ended up causing the festival's server to crash, but I was lucky enough to get in and get out before missing out on the information.

First off, the festival's Mavericks line-up is quite interesting, which includes a series of guest presentations and this year will see Edward Norton interview Bruce Springsteen, NBA All-Star and native Canadian Steve Nash will present his hour-long film Into the Wind, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will talk with the audience as his Cannes Palm d'Or-winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives was just added to the Masters programme, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty will be interviewed by Michael Moore on politics and cinema and Philip Seymour Hoffman will have his own panel. Also on hand will be Bill Gates,...

The sophomore film from the director of Ex Drummer, Swedish thriller Bad Faith, Pablo Trapero's Carancho (my personal favorite film from Cannes 2010), Tsui Hark's Detective Dee, Tom Tykwer's Three and a host of others populate one of the more exciting lineups for the Tiff Contemporary World Cinema Program in recent years. Here's the complete lineup:

22nd of May Koen Mortier, Belgium World Premiere

The director of Ex-Drummer returns with an artful meditation on political violence. A security guard fails to prevent a horrific explosion in a shopping mall, then lives through the aftermath as a series of overlapping what-ifs.

Africa United Debs Gardner-Paterson, United Kingdom World Premiere

Africa United tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children and their bid to achieve their lifelong dream - to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Football World Cup in Johannesburg.

Aftershock Feng Xiaogang, China North American Premiere...

A small, but pivotal role in the upcoming Green Lantern movie has been cast. Temuera Morrison, who portrayed Jango Fett in the Star Wars film series, will play the Green Lantern Corps member who paves the way for Ryan Reynolds joining the interplanetary police force.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Morrison will play Abin Sur, the Green Lantern character whose power ring eventually finds its way to protagonist Hal Jordan (played by Reynolds).

Morrison, who recently finished filming Tracker, a thriller co-starring Ray Winstone, is one of two actors from New Zealand who have joined the cast of the superhero action film. A Maori, Morrison became one of New Zealand’s most famous actors for playing abusive husband Jake "the Muss" Heke in the 1994 thriller Once Were Warriors, directed by Lee Tamahori.

Meanwhile, filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi has landed the role of Jordan’s best friend. Waititi earned an...

Filming has officially started in New Orleans today on the Warner Bros superhero movie Green Lantern.

Directed by Casino Royale's Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds, the movie is to be released in 3D in June, 2011.

Test footage had been shot in the Louisiana city earlier this month.

Film-based travel site On Location Vacations revealed that cameras had started rolling today and would include a scene at the Old Point Bar, which has been renamed Broome's Bar for the film.

Meanwhile, HeatVision reports that two New Zealand actors have joined the cast.

Temuera Morrison (pictured), who played Jango Fett in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, is playing Abin Sur, who passes a superpowered ring to Reynolds' character, test pilot Hal Jordan.

Morrison's other credits include Once Were Warriors, The Island of Dr Moreau and Speed 2: Cruise Control. In addition, he is appearing with Ray Winston in manhunt thriller Tracker,...

Taika Waititi and Temuera Morrison come in time to fill the vacant slots in "Green Lantern". Just a day before the film kicks off principal photography, The Hollywood Reporter (THR) gets casting information which mentions that the two New Zealand-born stars have joined the cast ensemble for the movie.

Waititi, is chosen to portray the best friend of Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern. As for Morrison, he is set to be the depicter of Abin Sur, a member of the Corps who is instrumental in Jordan becoming the superhero, so THR reports.

Actor and filmmaker Taika Waititi is best known for his work in directing and writing "Two Cars, One Night" which earned him an Oscar nomination in 2005. He recently helmed indie film "Boy" which will be released on March 23.

Temuera Morrison, in the meantime, is famous for his role as bounty hunter Jango Fett in "Star Wars" movie series.

We've just got our hands on some brand new poster art for Tracker and thought we'd share. Tracker is an upcoming action thriller from prominent New Zealand TV director Ian Sharp. It stars Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison and sounds a lot like The Propositon, so lets hope it follows through on the promise.

Synopsis:

An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang.

Three posters for Tracker after the break.

Head to Quiet Earth to see the stills.

Ray Winstone (“Beowulf”) stars opposite Mel Gibson in Martin Campbell’s new thriller, “Edge of Darkness.” The emotionally charged film, set at the intersection of politics and big business, tells the tale of Thomas Craven (Gibson), a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father.

When his only child, 24-year-old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But Craven begins to suspect otherwise and embarks on a mission to uncover the truth. His investigation leads him into a dangerous world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder – and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh (Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence.

The award-winning British actor talked about what attracted him to the project, how fun it was to play his character, and the status of his upcoming film, “Cleo.” Here’s...

More Afm news

Ray Winstone is attached to star in Stuart St. Paul's "Red Snow" as an ex-sas officer tracking down his missing daughter in the snow forests of a remote town in north Canada.

St. Paul, who also penned the script, is set to shoot the $4 million budgeted serial killer thriller in Canada in April 2010, producer Andy Thompson said.

Thompson is at this year's Afm negotiating with sales agents to roster the rights to St Paul's latest venure.

St Paul most recently wrote, directed and co-ordinated the stunts for "Freight," which details the story of a gang of Russian people traffickers operating in the North of England. That film has been snaffled for U.K. and

Australia by Icon Film Distribution.

"Red Snow" is based on a true story of a serial killer in Alaska whose killing spree hit the headlines in the 1980s.

Thompson will produce alongside veteran distributor Alan McQueen.

I've been hoping to see Temuera Morrison get a role where he could be as intense and amazing as he was in Once Were Warriors. Star Wars sure didn't provide it; nor did Couples Retreat. Could Tracker be the one to do it? With Morrison working opposite Ray Winstone in a chase film set at the turn of the century in New Zealand, I'm hoping so. Empire has two new character portrait shots of Winstone and Morrison as the two leads of the film. Winstone plays Arjan, a South African guerrilla fighter and vet of the Second Anglo-Boer War, who accepts a bounty contract to hunt a Maori seaman named Kereama (Morrison). The latter is accused of killing a British soldier. As Empire describes it, "what follows is a cat and mouse pursuit through the varied landscape of Nz with both hunter and huntee testing their bushcraft and wits against...