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If You Like Movies Starring Wrestlers, You'll Love WWE And Lionsgate's New Deal 
WWE head honcho Vince McMahon may have lost upwards of $350 million in the blink of an eye due to the less-than-successful WWE Network streaming service, but don’t cry for the sports entertainment kingpin.

Late Thursday it was announced that Lionsgate and WWE’s film division WWE Studios are extending their longstanding partnership. Keeping with the tradition of most WWE Studio films, the partnership will yield six new action films, which will feature WWE Superstars in leading roles. Some of the new talent will also get a shot at the silver screen (or possibly straight to Netflix) as well, according to the announcement.

WWE Studios has yet to produce a Hollywood blockbuster, but the fairly new studio has produced some respectable flicks like The Call with Halle Berry. Their partnership with Lionsgate has produced horror schtick movies like the Steve Austin vehicle The Condemned (2007) and See No Evil (2006).

Identical twins Jen and Sylvia Soska — who garnered a lot of praise for their film American Mary — are on board with the WWE Studios and Lionsgate combination to direct Vendetta, the first installment of the “Action Six-Pack” series, which starts shooting this summer and features WWE superstar Big Show as well as See No Evil 2, starring Kane.

WWE has been good for making hardcore action movies — think the Marine trilogy — and Vendetta falls in that category. The film centers on a hard-nosed detective who deliberately commits a crime to get thrown in prison, allowing him the chance to seek vengeance upon the criminal serving a life sentence for having brutally murdered the detective's wife.

“We’re thrilled to join forces with Michael and his WWE team on a series of modestly budgeted action films that extend our longstanding and successful partnership,” said Lionsgate co-chief operating officer and motion picture group president Steve Beeks. “We have a strong track record in this genre, and we’re delighted to team with the WWE juggernaut to deliver action-packed event films that will resonate with their global fan base and beyond.”

Both with Lionsgate and outside of the partnership WWE Studios has a slew of releases planned for the next couple years, ranging from animation to horror, including a Flintstones remake starring John Cena and Term Life with Universal Pictures, starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau.


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