BALLS UP (2026) - Trailer, Images and Poster

"Balls Up" is an action comedy directed by Peter Farrelly ("Green Book", "The Greatest Beer Run Ever", "Ricky Stanicky") and written by "Deadpool" scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walter Hauser, Molly Shannon, Benjamin Bratt, Daniela Melchior, Eric André, and Sacha Baron Cohen. It premiered on April 15, 2026 on Amazon Prime Video.

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Pete Davidson and Paul Walter Hauser to Star in Crime Thriller TOMMY KARATE

SNL alum Pete Davidson and Paul Walter Hauser ("Black Bird") have joined the cast of the true story crime thriller "Tommy Karate" based on the non-fiction true crime book "The Butcher: Anatomy Of A Mafia Psychopath" by Philip Carlo. The film is directed by Justin Chon ("Pachinco", "Blue Bayou") from a script by Davidson, Chon, and Joseph Gay. Production is due to begin in June.

Davidson will star as notorious mafia killer Tommy Pitera, who was known as Tommy Karate. The film will chart the pursuit and capture of one of America's most ruthless mobsters and serial killers by notorious DEA Agent Jim Hunt (Hauser), who also helped take down El Chapo. The cast also includes Camila Mendes ("Masters of the Universe") and Simon Rex ("Red Rocket").

Thomsa Pitera aka Tommy Karate was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family of New York City. Starting out as a 'soldier', he soon became the 'captain' of his own crew. He was suspected by law enforcement of as many as 60 murders, and for his use of karate and other martial arts when fighting, a skill he learned at a young age and which earned him the nicknames Tommy Karate, and The Karate Guy. Pitera is currently serving a life sentence at USP Big Sandy in Inez, Kentucky.

Davidson had this to say about the project: "Tommy Karate is the greatest mob story never told. I've been working on this for over three years, and I'm beyond thrilled that it's finally in motion. Playing a role like this is a dream job. We have a great team behind this one, and I can't wait for people to see what we've come up with."

Chon added: "Together with Pete and the team, we’re reimagining the gangster genre through a contemporary lens—driven by character, fresh visuals, and real consequence. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a reinvention".

Davidson serves as a producer alongside Lucan Toh for Two & Two Pictures, and Ford Corbett and Nathan Klingher for Gramercy Park Media. Executive producers include Mark Fasano and Joshua Harris for Gramercy Park Media, Michael Rothstein, Samuel Hall, and Warren Goz for north.five.six., and Laura Garofalo, Jarod Einsohn, and David Osokow.

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THE NAKED GUN (2025) - New on DVD, Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD

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Product Description: Only Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world! He's following in his father's footsteps in THE NAKED GUN, directed by Akiva Schaffer (Saturday Night Live, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) and from producer Seth MacFarlane (Ted, Family Guy).

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THE CHOSEN ADVENTURES Series Trailers, Images and Poster

"The Chosen Adventures" is a Biblical animated adventure series created by Ryan Swanson. The show features the voices of Jonathan Roumie, Yvonne Orji, Paul Walter Hauser, Romy Fay, Jude Zarzaur, Zehra Fazal, Danny Nucci, Jude Michael Rodricks and Banks Pierce. "The Chosen Adventures" premiered on October 17, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video.

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AMERICANA (2025) - Blu-ray Release of Crime Thriller Starring Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hayuser & Halsey

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Product Description: A gallery of dynamic characters clash over the possession of a rare Native American artifact in this wildly entertaining modern-day Western. After the artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sydney Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal (Eric Dane) working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer (Simon Rex). Bloodshed ensues when others join the battle, including the leader of an indigenous group (Zahn McClarnon) and a desperate woman fleeing her mysterious past (Halsey).

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SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (2025) - Trailers, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

"Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere" is a biogaphical music drama written and directed by Scott Cooper ("Crazy Heart") based on the 2023 book of the same name by Warren Zaneas. The film chronicles Springsteen's personal and professional struggles during the conception of his 1982 album "Nebraska", and it stars Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham and Odessa Young. The film premiered at the 2025 Telluride Film Festival, and opened in theaters on October 24, 2025.

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THE NAKED GUN (2025) - Trailers, Featurette, Images and Posters

The 2025 spoof comedy "The Naked Gun" is a reboot/sequel and the fourh installment of the film series created by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker that starred Leslie Nielsen as Detective Sergeant Frank Drebin.

The new film is directed by Akiva Schaffer ("Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping") from a script by Schaffer, Dan Gregor and Doug Mand. The cast includes Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr., Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand and Danny Huston.

"The Naked Gun" opened in theaters on July 28, 2025.

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THE INSTIGATORS (2024) - Trailer, Clip, Featurettes, Images and Poster

"The Instigators" is a heist comedy directed by Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity") from a script by Chuck Maclean and Casey Affleck. The cast includes Matt Damon, Casey Affleeck, Hong Chau, Michael Stuhlbarg, Paul Walter Hauser, Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina, Toby Jones, Jack Harlow and Ron Perlman. The film opened in select theaters and made its streaming debut on Apple TV+ on August 9, 2024.

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Mark Walhberg & Paul Walter Hauser To Star In Peter Farrelly's Action Comedy BALLS UP

Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser ("Richard Jewell", "Black Bird") have signed on to star in the upcoming action comedy "Balls Up" directed by Peter Farrelly ("Green Book", "Ricky Stanicky") from a script by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese ("Deadpool & Wolverine").

The Skydance and Amazon MGM Studios production will follow two American marketing executives who are fired for blowing a client sponsorship opportunity and decide to use their free tickets to a major soccer match. Their drunken debauchery leads them to be hunted by every person across the country.

Producers include Skydance's David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger and Andrew Muscato, as well as Wernick and Reese. The project marks the fourth collaboration for Amazon MGM and Skydance.

Wahlberg can next be seen in Netflix's "The Union" with Halle Berry on August 16, Mel Gibson's thriller "Flight Risk" on October 18, and Shane Black's crime thriller "Play Dirty".

Hauser's upcoming projects include "The Instigators", which hits theaters on August 9, and Tony Tost's directorial debut "Americana" in which he stars opposite Sydney Sweeney. He's also set to star in a Chris Farley biopic for New Line, Paramount's "Naked Gun" reboot, and the Bruce Springsteen biopic "Deliver Me from Nowhere" starring Jeremy Allen White.

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Chris Farley Biopic Starring Paul Walter Hauser in the Works With Josh Gad Directing

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Paul Walter Hauser is set to star in a biopic that will tell the story of the late Chris Farley, one of the great comic actors of his generation.

Farley is remembered as one of the best cast members in "Saturday Night Live" history, and starred in 1990s comedies like "Tommy Boy", "Black Sheep" and "Beverly Hills Ninja". After being sober for three years, Farley would relapse and fall back into drugs and alcohol, dying from an overdose in 1997 at 33.

Josh Gad is set to direct with Lorne Michaels, who found and cast Farley in SNL in the '90s. The script penned by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber ("The Disaster Artist") is based on the biography "The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts' by Farley's brother Tom Farley Jr and Tanner Colby. Insiders say the family has given their blessing to the project.

Hauser's film credits include "Richard Jewell", "I, Tonya" and "Cruella". He earned a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his role in the 2022 miniseries "Black Bird" opposite Taron Egerton.

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ORION AND THE DARK (2024) - Trailers, Clip, Images and Posters

"Orion and the Dark" is an animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Sean Charmatz in his feature directorial debut from a script by Charlie Kaufman ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), Emma Yarlett and Lloyd Taylor ("Nimona"). The voice cast includes Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, Angela Bassett, Colin Hanks, Natasia Demetriou, Nat Faxon, Aparna Nancherla, Matt Dellapina and Carla Gugino. The film premiered on February 2, 2024 on Netflix.

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New on Blu-ray & 4K: AQUA TEEN FOREVER - PHANTASM (2022)

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Product Description: Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm features everyone’s favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens: the brainy Frylock, the mouthy Master Shake, the loveable Meatwad, and everyone’s favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, as they split up then get back together to fight everyone’s favorite corporate overlord, Amazin, led by everyone’s favorite tech mogul, Neil (voiced by everyone’s favorite Peter Serafinowicz) and his trusty scientist sidekick, Elmer (Paul Walter Hauser, who is everyone’s favorite).

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BLACK BIRD Series Trailer, Clip, Featurette, Images and Poster

"Black Bird" is a true-crime drama limited series created by author Dennis Lehane ("Gone Baby Gone", "Mystic River") based on the 2010 autobiographical novel "In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption" by James Keene. The cast includes Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear and Ray Liotta. The series premiered on July 8, 2022 on Apple TV+.

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QUEENPINS (2021) - Trailer, Clips, Featurette, Images and Poster

"Queenpins is a comedy written and directed by Aron Gauder and Gita Pullapilly, and executive produced by Ben Stiller. The cast includes Kristen Bell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Paul Walter Hauser, Bebe Rexha and Vince Vaughn. The film opened in theaters on September 10, 2021.

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CRUELLA (2021) - Trailers, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

"Cruella" is a crime comedy directed by Craig Gillespie ("I, Tonya") from a script by Dana Fox ("What Happens in Vegas") and Tony McNamara ("The Great", "The Favourite") based on the character Cruella de Vil from the 1956 novel "The Hundred and One Dalmatians" by Dodie Smith and Disney's 1961 animated adaptation. The film stars Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Mark Strong and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.

The film was released simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Acces on May 28, 2021.

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DVD & Blu-ray: Clint Eastwood's RICHARD JEWELL (2019)

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Product Description: “There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing—his report making him a hero whose swift actions save countless lives. But within days, the law enforcement wannabe becomes the FBI’s number one suspect, vilified by press and public alike, his life ripped apart. Reaching out to independent, anti-establishment attorney Watson Bryant, Jewell staunchly professes his innocence. But Bryant finds he is out of his depth as he fights the combined powers of the FBI, GBI and APD to clear his client’s name, while keeping Richard from trusting the very people trying to destroy him.

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RICHARD JEWELL (2019) - Trailer, TV Spots, Clip, Featurettes, Images and Poster

"Richard Jewell" is a biopic directed by Clint Eastwood from a script written by Billy Ray ("Captain Phillips", "State of Play") based on the 1997 article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" by Marie Brenner.

The film tells the true story of the titular protagonist, played by Paul Walter Hauser ("BlacKkKlansman", "I, Tonya"), a security guard at AT&T who saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing. However, when the FBI wrongly identified him as one of many suspects, he is vilified by journalists and the press, and his life is ripped apart. The cast also includes Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Olivia Wilde and Jon Hamm.

"Richard Jewell" opened in theaters on December 13, 2019.

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DVD & Blu-ray: 7 DAYS TO VEGAS (2019) - Inspired by a True Story

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Product Description: 7 Days to Vegas is an edgy comedy based on the true story of the rise and fall of one of Hollywood’s biggest poker games. The names have been changed to protect the guilty. Out of desperation to feed his family, Duke, a washed up actor, starts a small poker game from his house and the game grows to attract some of the biggest risk-taking players in the LA area. It's not just Poker that these spoiled LA moguls bet on, they also make 'prop bets' like offering a guy $50k to dress like a woman for three-months. Things take a turn for the worse when Sebastian, one of Hollywood’s biggest directors, gets in on the game and becomes determined to destroy it. After Sebastian takes over and with no options left, Duke makes the million dollar 'prop bet' that he can walk to Vegas in one week.

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Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde to Star in Clint Eastwood's RICHARD JEWELL

Jon Hamm ("Mad Men") and Olivia Wilde ("Tron: Legacy") have joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's fact-based drama "Richard Jewell".

Previously titled "The Ballad of Richard Jewell", the film is based on the true story of a security guard who was falsely accused in the bombing that took place at Atlanta's Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Jewell was originally hailed by the media as a hero for alerting the police to the presence of a bomb and helping to evacuate the area, but later became a prime suspect in the bombing investigation, and his life was completely upended as a result. He died in 2007 of a heart attack at age 44.

I, Tonya" and "BlacKkKlansman" actor Paul Walter Hauser is set to star in the lead role. Oscar-nominated "Captain Phillips" writer Billy Ray penned the screenplay based on Marie Brenner's 1997 Vanity Fair article.

Wilde will star as real-life reporter Kathy Scruggs who reported on the event, and Hamm will play an FBI agent who investigated the bombing. The cast also includes Sam Rockwell as Jewell's defense attorney, and Kathy Bates as Jewell's mother. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill had previously been attached to star. DiCaprio is still on board as a producer.

Wilde recently starred in the revenge drama "A Vigilante" and also made her directorial debut with the R-rated comedy "Booksmart". Hamm recently starred in "Bad Times at the El Royale" and "The Report", and will next be seen in the upcoming "Top Gun" sequel.

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