The Expendables are back and this time it's personal…

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), along with newcomers Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) reunite with Mr. Church (Bruce Willis), who hires them on a seemingly easy mission.

It seems like an easy task for Barney and his old-school mercenaries, but when things go crazy and one of them pays with his life, the Expendables are forced to fight in a territory hostile to them, where the odds are against them.

The Expendables 2 can be seen on Antena 1 (Friday, May 20, 20:30), and on Film Now (Friday, May 28, 23:35).

Lionsgate released the first trailer for the action film The Protégé with Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q, directed by Martin Campbell, filmed in Romania, and announced its release date: August 20, 2021.

Written by Richard Wenk, The Protégé (the working title was The Asset) is centered on the story of a young woman named Anna (Maggie Q), saved as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and trained to become one of the the best paid assassins in the world. When Moody is murdered, Anna searches for the killer to get revenge and everything turns into a game of seduction and domination against an enigmatic killer (Michael Keaton).

The production lasted for 10 weeks in Bucharest and Snagov from the beginning of January 2020 until the beginning of the March lockdown, with a team of over 200 Romanian technicians as well as over 100 extras.

In Bucharest, sets from Laos, Vietnam or London were recreated. Part of the action takes place right in Bucharest, for the first time the location for an action film of such caliber.

The cast also includes a series of Romanian actors, among them Florin Piersic Jr, Tudor Chirilă, George Piştereanu and Cosmin Dominte.

The Director of Photography for this film is David Tattersal, who worked with writer/director George Lucas for three of his Star Wars movies (Phantom Menace - 1999, Attack of the Clones - 2002 and Revenge of the Sith - 2005).

The Protégé has a team of internationally acclaimed producers, people who have been behind some of the most successful action films of recent years: Christopher Milburn and Moshe Diamant (Hurricane Heist), Robert Van Norden (Rambo, Last Blood), Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour).

From the Romanian side for Frame Film, the producers are: Andrei Boncea (Amen, Callas Forever, Joyeux Noel, California Dreamin', The Wanderers), Dragoș Buliga (Las Fierbinți, The Wanderers) and Gabriel Popescu (Bunraku, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot, Dark is Rising).

Prorom will release The Protégé in cinemas from Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia soon.

An intense and sometimes brutal survival-adventure centering on a wealthy middle class American family, who travel to the vast wilderness of Kenya hoping for a dream vacation filled with excitement, bonding and a chance to fix the growing rifts within their family.

But when their safari vehicle is attacked by a rhino protecting her calf, the family is left stranded miles from help and their dream vacation turns into a nightmarish struggle for survival in a world where they are the bottom of the food chain.  

Endangered Species stars Rebecca Romijn, Philip Winchester and Jerry O'Connell. The screenplay is written by Isabel Bassett and M.J. Bassett, from a story by Paul Chronnell.

Prorom will soon release Endangered Species in cinemas and on VOD.

In a dystopian Detroit, abandoned brick mansions left from better times now house only the most dangerous criminals.

Unable to control the crime, the police constructed a colossal containment wall around this area to protect the rest of the city. For undercover cop Damien Collier every day is a battle against corruption. For Lino, every day is a fight to live an honest life.

Their paths never should have crossed, but when drug kingpin, Tremaine kidnaps Lino's girlfriend, Damien reluctantly accepts the help of the fearless ex-convict, and together they must stop a sinister plot to devastate the entire city.

Brick Mansions, directed by Camille Delamarre (The Transporter Refueled), was written by Luc Besson, Bibi Naceri and Rudd Argonauts. In Brick Mansions stars Paul Walker, alongside David Belle, RZA and Catalina Denis.

Brick Mansions can be seen on Pro TV - Monday, April 12, at 22:30, and rerun on Thursday, April 15, at 00:00.

The thriller 3096 Days is the true story of a young Austrian girl who is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the factual case of Natascha Kampusch. The movies is on the 4th place in the Top 10.

In Redemption (Hummingbird), Jason Statham is a veteran from Afghanistan, haunted by his dark past, and adopts a new identity. After his girlfriend is killed, everything risks to be revealed. The movie is on 5th place in the Top 10.

In The Wedding Year, a young woman's relationship with a phobia of commitments is put to the test when she and her new boyfriend have to go to no less than 7 weddings in the same year.

7 weddings in a year! Will Mara and Jake end up living "happily ever after"? Find out by watching the comedy The Wedding Year for the first time in Romania in cinemas, and on the VOD platform Play.HappyCinema.ro

The comedy is directed by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, 21, The Ugly Truth) and stars Sarah Hyland, Tyler James Williams, Jenna Dewan, Anna Camp, Keith David, Patrick Warburton and Wanda Sykes.

The Wedding Year will be release in 5 cinemas of the Happy Cinema network from Romania: Buzau, Focsani, Alexandria, Bistrita, Bacau on Friday, March 12th.

The Wedding Year can be seen both at the cinema and online on the Play.HappyCinema.ro platform.

For cinema program: https://www.happycinema.ro/happy-buzau/m/anul-nuntilor-1448

For watching online: https://play.happycinema.ro/programs/anul-nuntilor-the-wedding-year