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Sasha Urban editorSTX Films has released the trailer for its upcoming action thriller “The Contractor,” starring Chris Pine. The film will be released in theaters and digitally on April 1.After special forces sergeant James Harper (Pine) is involuntarily discharged from the army, he contracts with an underground military operation and finds himself entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that leaves him fighting for his life.

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime and Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Tarik Saleh directed action movie The Contractor starring Hell or High Water stars Chris Pine and Ben Foster.

Shooting wrapped last month on the long-awaited Gerard Butler project Kandahar and here are some exclusive behind the scenes photos from the film, which is notably one of the first major U.S. titles to shoot its entirety in Saudi Arabia. The film, which is produced by John Wick outfit Thunder Road Films and Capstone, reunites Butler with his Greenland and Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh. While this certainly isn’t the first action thriller the bankable Scottish actor has starred in, Kandahar is one of the first big-budget Hollywood titles to shoot in the country’s northwest AlUla region, which is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hegra.

EXCLUSIVE: Ziffren Brittenham partner Eric Sherman has left to become Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel of Thunder Road Films and game1. Sherman will oversee business and legal affairs for both Thunder Road Films and game1, as well as Asbury Park Pictures.

John Woo is set to helm his first US action film in nearly two decades with the upcoming Silent Night.The Chinese filmmaker, whose last US film was 2003’s Paycheck starring Ben Affleck, will return to Hollywood for a project led by The Suicide Squad star Joel Kinnaman.According to Deadline, the project is an action film which features no dialogue whatsoever, and follows a father as he heads into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death.John Wick producers Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christian

EXCLUSIVE: A bountiful AFM Market just got even better. Buyers are buzzing about Silent Night, the first U.S. action film in decades to be directed by the iconic Chinese filmmaker John Woo. Joel Kinnaman will star in an film that will tell a loud action tale, without a word of dialogue.

EXCLUSIVE: Thunder Road president of production Erica Lee has been promoted to partner at the company.

EXCLUSIVE: Marko Zaror, best known as one of the stars of Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, is in negotiations to join the ensemble of Lionsgate’s John Wick 4 starring Keanu Reeves. Donnie Yen, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Lance Reddick and Shamier Anderson are also on board. Chad Stahelski returns as director.

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Adkins is in negotiations to join the cast of Lionsgate’s John Wick 4, with Keanu Reeves returning to reprise the role of Wick. Donnie Yen, Rina Sawayama and Shamier Anderson are also on board. Chad Stahelski returns as director.

EXCLUSIVE: In what will be her feature film acting debut, Japanese-British pop superstar Rina Sawayama is set to star alongside Keanu Reeves in Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4. They are keeping her role under wraps, and the film is being directed by Chad Stahelski from script by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch.

Also Read: Tiffany Haddish to Star in and Produce 'Mystery Girl' Comic Adaptation at NetflixPatel also wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and his “Hotel Mumbai” collaborator John Collee. Producers are Patel, Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Jomon Thomas, Samarth Sahni, Christine Haebler and Anjay Nagpal.

Also Read: Chris Pine in Talks to Star in Film Adaptation of 'Dungeons & Dragons'Thunder Road Film’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are producing “Violence of Action,” with 30WEST fully financing the film. 30WEST’s Dan Friedkin, Micah Green and Dan Steinman are executive producing along with Chris Pine, Jonathan Fuhrman, Tom Lassally and Josh Bratman.

Asbury Park Pictures, the U.S.-based production group from John Wick and Sicario producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, has signed an output deal with German mini-major Leonine Studios, giving Leonine exclusive German-language rights to Asbury Park's upcoming slate of mid-budget action titles.

By Justin Kroll