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Joel Kinnaman found the role of a lifetime, literally, in playing astronaut Ed Baldwin in the AppleTV+ revisionist historical drama For All Mankind Where most roles typically take an actor within a microcosm of his/her life, Kinnaman spent four seasons chronicling Ed's journey in space over four decades from his 30s into his 70s by[...]

Silent Night is a new holiday action film starring Joel Kinnaman, Scott Mescudi, Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno This one is special, however, as it is directed by none other than John Woo This is the action king's first film in six years, and that is reason enough to get our asses into the[...]

Few directors get the golden opportunity, like Yuval Adler, to work with two established action powerhouses like Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman Cage continues to be a machine on screen with his eclectic roles in Renfield (2023), Pig (2021), and the self-aware The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) He even realized his dream of[...]

Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman have signed on for a new psychological thriller from director Yuval Adler Titled Sympathy For The Devil, it is in production now The script is by Luke Paradise "Sympathy for the Devil follows "The Driver" (Kinnaman) as he finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being[...]

John Woo is stepping back behind the director's chair for the first time in a very long time and bringing Joel Kinnaman with him The film is called Silent Night, and it is currently being shopped around Hollywood for a buyer The hook for this one is intriguing: a big action film like the ones[...]

Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop, Suicide Squad) once again plays the (barely) leader of the doomed Squad, Rick Flag, in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad Promoting the role he embodied in David Ayer's Suicide Squad, Kinnaman reflected on his experiences to Entertainment Weekly doing the two projects. "We had an amazing experience shooting the first film," says the[...]

Joel Kinnaman is one of the actors who is appearing in both movies, and he was recently on The Playlist Podcast and spoke about the Ayer Cut. "You always wanna see the filmmaker's cut, you know?" said Kinnaman "It's always a shame when the filmmaker's vision doesn't make it to the cinema Of course, there's always going[...]

Mackie took over the role of Takeshi Kovacs in season two from Joel Kinnaman, who played him through season one Kalogridis was showrunner on season one while Alison Schapker ran season two Kovacs is the lone surviving soldier of a group of elite interstellar warriors, continuing his centuries-old quest to find his lost love Quellcrist[...]

Th cast includes Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Steve Agee as King Shark, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, John Cena as Peacemaker, Flula Borg as Javelin , Nathan Fillion as T.D.K., Mayling Ng as Mongal, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Sean Gunn as Weasel, Joaquin Cosio, Juan Diego Botto, Storm[...]

Of course, rumored to be in the cast and the roles that they have been linked to include Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Steve Agee as King Shark, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher, John Cena as[...]

But for those coming to the series starting with the Anthony Mackie-lead second season and without the time to binge the Joel Kinnaman-starring first season, things might still be a little confusing "Digitized consciousness transfers to bodies aka 'sleeves'" can get a wee bit complicated. Netflix Thankfully, the fine folks at Netflix have offered up a recap[...]

Which is why Joel Kinnaman can spend the first season playing Takeshi Kovacs – only for the role to be handed over to Anthony Mackie (Disney+'s upcoming series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) for the season season If you're familiar with Richard K Morgan's novels and the concept of digitized consciousness transfers to bodies ("sleeves"),[...]

Joel Kinnaman tried, but there was no saving it With this new film ignoring the previous sequels and surely the 2014 one, with they go period piece? How weird is it to refer to a film taking place possibly in the 80's as a period piece? That seems like the direction to go if it[...]

Besides Robbie and Waititi, the Suicide Squad this time out  also includes Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Steve Agee as King Shark, Daniela Melichior as Ratcatcher, John Cena as Peacemaker, Flula Borg, Nathan Fillion, Mayling Ng, Pete Davidson, Sean Gunn,[...]

Moore's (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) upcoming Apple TV+ series For All Mankind to release later this year, and we just got our first trailer for it! Joel Kinnaman (Altered Carbon) stars, and will be joined by Sarah Jones, and Michael Dorman in the alternative space history series. Just LOOK at this shot of all the women! "What if the space[...]

I can't wait to explore fresh terrain for this lonely young woman who wants only to belong, but who has to fight every day just to survive." – David Farr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v75RmNuZgTs In Season One, 15-year-old Hanna (Esme Creed-Miles), who was raised in total seclusion in the remote woods of Eastern Europe, has spent her entire young life training[...]

With an amazing cover of Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" performed by Karen O igniting the action, here's a look at the newest teaser for Amazon Prime's Hanna: https://youtu.be/bAUpSm3fpa4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Hanna Season 1 – Teaser: Super Bowl Ad | Prime Video (https://youtu.be/bAUpSm3fpa4) In the Amazon series, Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman[...]

Before we go any further, it's time for you to open up, come clean, and admit what you were thinking the moment you saw the first teaser for Amazon Prime Video's series adaptation of Joe Wright's 2011 Saoirse Ronan-starrer film Hanna – and be honest! "It would be kinda' cool if the series was about a 'ruthless infant[...]

Amazon Video is sharing the first teaser for their series adaptation of Joe Wright's 2011 movie Hanna, an update on the Saoirse Ronan-starrer about a young woman transformed into a ruthless teenage killing machine. Sarah Adina Smith (Buster's Mal Heart, Room 104) serves as director, with original film writer David Farr (The Night Manager, Troy: Fall[...]

Moore's new space series for Apple will be called, we do know that three new faces have been added to the cast. Sarah Jones, Michael DormanCredit, both: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Sarah Jones, Michael Dorman, and Altered Carbon's Joel Kinnaman will be playing the three leads in the upcoming space series the Battlestar Galactica helmer is doing for Apple[...]

Dick's Electric Dreams) and Joel Kinnaman (Altered Carbon) are set to join the series adaptation of the 2011 assassin film Hanna. With newcomer Esme Creed-Miles (Dark River) as lead, the series is directed by Sarah Adina Smith (Legion) from a script adaptation by David Farr (film's co-writer) NBCUniversal International Studios will serve as the main production studio, with[...]

Meanwhile, Reileen gives Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) a gun with one bullet and tells him to shoot out the stack of either Vernon (Ato Essandoh), Ava or Ortega He tries to shoot out his own, but she lied about there being a bullet Lizzie appears inside a synth body and starts killing people, changes the body[...]

Recap and review of the ninth episode of Altered Carbon, Rage in Heaven. Also a comparison with the novel by Richard K. Morgan

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode eight – Clash by Night. . . . . . This episode picks up just after Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) found out that his sister Reileen (Dichen Lachman) is the one that sold the Envoys out to the Protectorate and got them all killed He also finds out that she has multiple sleeves and[...]

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode five, 'The Wrong Man'. This episode starts off a little strange as we see Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) interrogating a guy about Mary Lou Henchy, but we quickly discover that this is actually Elias Riker doing the interrogating and Henchy was his friend growing up He doesn't believe her[...]

Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) is captured and taking to a clinic where they do virtual torture He is then confronted by Dimitri the Twin (Tahmoh Penikett), the guy who attacked Kovacs at the Raven Dimitri double sleeves (copies his stack into two bodies at once), hence the nickname But when doubled, they don't share memories going[...]

We get flashes back to Takeshi (Will Yun Lee) in his days with Quell (Renée Elise Goldsberry) and then modern Takeshi (Joel Kinnaman) awakens to find that Miriam (Kristin Lehman) is gone, they had been monitored by a drone the night before and he had an invitation to a dinner part hosted by Bancroft (James[...]

We move to Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) waking up the morning after accepting the case and meeting Bancroft's lawyer, Oumou Prescott (Tamara Taylor).  She takes Kovacs to the company that keeps Bancroft's clones ready and Bancroft (James Purefoy) arrives in all his glory He tries to threaten Kovacs back into line, but Kovacs doesn't take threats[...]

We meet Takeshi Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman), one of a breed of special solders called Envoys who can be deployed onto any world, immerse themselves into the culture and be ready to fight like a native in minutes They were trained to be soldiers, detectives or anything else that was needed Kovacs went astray of the[...]

As long a the stack is saved, the person can live forever. Titles: Altered Carbon People: Martha Higareda, Joel Kinnaman © Netflix The series focuses on Laurens Bancroft (James Purefoy), the wealthiest man on Earth He has died, and has now hired someone to find out why To investigate the death, he brings back an ex-Envoy soldier[...]