Producer Adi Shankar has recruited Battlestar Galactica‘s Starbuck, Katee Sackhoff, for his still untitled all-female action flick inspired by The Expendables. Shankar justified the casting to Variety with the following quip: “If you spend five minutes with Katee it becomes blatantly obvious that she would pwn (sic) most male action stars.” Sackhoff joins MMA fighter and Haywire star Gina Carano […]
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Gina Carano set for female Expendables
September 27, 2012 
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Former MMA fighter and Haywire actress Gina Carano is the first name to be attached to the forthcoming female incarnation of The Expendables, according to Variety. Carano signing on to the film was a no-brainer for producer Adi Shankar who has pitched the as-yet-untitled film as The Female Expendables. Speaking on Carano’s casting he said, […]
Continue readingThe top 10 athletes turned actors
July 27, 2012 5 Comments
The top 10 athletes turned actors. By Simon Miraudo. In Magic Mike, you might recognise the hirsute male stripper Tarzan not from other flicks, but in fact from his career as a professional wrestler. Yes, Kevin Nash has made the transition from sports to the silver screen, like so many other male and female beefcakes […]
Continue readingTinker tailor Soderbergh spy – Haywire review
July 24, 2012 2 Comments
Haywire – Starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, and Channing Tatum. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Rated M. By Richard Haridy. Haywire arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia July 25, 2012. Mixed martial artist Gina Carano stars in Steven Soderbergh‘s Haywire; an action film swathed in such a haze of cold detachment it’s positively glacial. From Solaris […]
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