Strike Back, or Badassery On Tap

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Strike Back Season 4 Trailer
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Strike Back Season 4: New Characters
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[SWAT]

Both Stapleton and Winchester knocked it out of the park in the latest episode. The interrogation scenes were f'n great.

 

[rashad]

I finished the series already but I won't spoil anything for anyone. This was an incredible final season from start to finish. The last two episodes were especially top notch. I'm gonna miss this series!

 

[rashad]

Strike Back movie in development
Exclusive: U.K. companies in early stages of developing a feature film based on Cinemax series
BY JAMES HIBBERD • @JAMESHIBBERD

Strike Back
Posted October 2 2015 — 9:54 AM EDT

Strike Back could be coming, well, back — and bigger than ever.

Left Bank Pictures is developing a feature film based on the cult hit Cinemax action series, EW has learned exclusively.

While still very much at an early stage, the London-based production company has a deal to develop the film with European pay TV giant Sky.

We’re hearing stars Sullivan Stapleton and Philip Winchester would likely reprise their roles if the film is greenlit.

Producers are also in early talks with getting Strike Back’s U.S. distributor and production partner Cinemax on board too, but no deal has yet been struck on that front.

If everything goes according to plan, the film would shoot in South America in 2016, with the hope of developing Strike Back into a theatrical franchise.

Strike Back finished its fifth and final season in July. Strike Back follows the adventures of a secretive branch of the British Defense Intelligence service who take on high risk missions around the globe and is based on a novel of the same name by former Special Air Service soldier Chris Ryan.

The move comes on the heels of Bill Clinton revealing that Strike Back is among his favorite TV series during a recent interview, saying he “adores” the show.

Earlier this week, reports spread of another premium cable series getting a big-screen development deal: HBO’s Game of Thrones. The rumor stemmed from a UK tabloid which claimed to have interviewed author George R.R. Martin.

Several years ago, EW was the first outlet to report that some of the players involved in Thrones are interested in capping the series with a feature film. We have also reported that HBO is resistant to this idea. The network’s top executives have noted that the service is a television business, and it makes the most sense for a serialized drama that begins on HBO to stay on HBO through its conclusion (the Sex and the City films and the Entourage movie were stand-alone stories made years after their respective shows ended). My understanding is HBO’s position on this has not changed and there is no movement on any film development. That said, Thrones is clearly cinematic and popular enough to sustain a movie, and an eventual theatrical work set in Martin’s world — either concluding the series or telling a separate story — would hardly surprise. The one thing I’m very sure of is the eventual end of Thrones on HBO will not be the end of Westeros in filmed entertainment. Martin has created a world that’s alive in the imagination of millions and it’s here to stay.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/01/strike-back-movie

 

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[E-Man]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/01/strike-back-movie

I could dig it.

 

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Strike Back - Revived for a 5th Season by Cinemax with New Cast
DECEMBER 08, 2016 1:45pm PT by Lesley Goldberg

Cinemax is reviving its first foray into original scripted programming.

The premium cable network and U.K. collaborator Sky are bringing back Strike Back for its fifth season, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The drama was renewed for its fourth and then-final season in 2013 and wrapped its run in October 2015. The new season, which will feature an entirely new cast, will resume production in 2017. A premiere date has not yet been determined.

Strike Back will be overseen by a familiar face: Jack Lothian, who penned a few episodes of the fourth season, will serve as head writer and showrunner. He will executive produce alongside Andy Harries, who developed the novel for television. Sharon Hughff will also exec produce alongside Michael J. Bassett, the drama's go-to director. Bill Shephard will produce. Strike Back will continue to be produced by Left Bank Pictures.

The new incarnation will center on the Section program, disavowed and disbanded, that is restored in order to track down a notorious terrorist following a brutal prison break. Tasked with covert military intelligence and high-risk operations, the resurrected unit embarks on a lethal manhunt that will uncover a vast web of interconnected criminal activity. As the team journey across the Middle East and Europe, they uncover a deadly conspiracy which threatens to overwhelm them all and change the face of modern warfare forever.

Alin Sumarwata stars as Gracie Novin, a gear-head who is looking to make the step up. Genuine, honest to the point of bluntness, she’s the heart and soul of the team.

Daniel Macpherson is set as Samuel Wyatt, a bar-room philosopher who works best alone. Wyatt has no intention of being dragged into a team situation. But what he wants and what he gets are rarely the same thing.

Roxanne McKee will portray Natalie Roberts, a woman who comes from a military family, excels at psychological profiles and seeking weaknesses in others, though she might be blinded to her own fault-lines.

Warren Brown rounds out the cast as Daniel "Mac" Macallister, a man of his word, physically capable, driven by a desire to avenge the team he’s lost. Easy going, affable, and utterly deadly.

This marks the fifth season of the franchise on Cinemax and sixth on U.K. broadcaster Sky, which aired the first season of the drama — Strike Back: Origins — in 2013. It's unclear if any of the original stars — including Philip Winchester or Sullivan Stapleton (the latter of whom stars on NBC's Blindspot) — will return in any capacity.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/strike-back-revived-fifth-season-at-cinemax-954406

 

[SWAT]

I have to say... this is puzzling.

How many show are rebooted after a year off?

 

[TheVileOne]

It's equally puzzling to me as well. But this is the nostalgia era for you.

Not sure if lack of Winchester and Stapleton will get me to tune in. I realize they sort of reinvented the show with them as the leads after Richard Armitage left. But I stuck with them through the seasons.

 

[chamber-music]

They replaced guys like Richard Armitage and Andrew Lincoln before.

I know the bromance was a big part of the Winchester and Stapleton era. Stapleton is too busy with Blindspot to return. Not sure what Winchester is up to since The Player got cancelled.

Someone must love soap operas as the new cast is made up of two former Neighbors actors and two Hollyoakes actors.

Warren Brown is a former Thai Boxing world champ which should come in handy on action show like this. I liked Brown as Idris Elbas sidekick on Luther.

 

[SWAT]

Bassett said that a Scott/Stonebridge return would come down to availability.

Stapleton has Blindspot and Winchester has Chicago Justice.

 

[SWAT]

Philip Winchester ‏@philipwinchestr
No movie and yes...this is the plan. A cameo. Question is will it be a @RCArmitage cameo or will I/we survive?...

No movie... Sad. Chance they get killed... Sadder.

 

[kguillou]

I actually JUST finished season 4 coincidently last week after going through the whole series the last months. Awesome, kickass series. I am not for this reboot. And if they kill off Scott and Stonebridge in this reboot...........

 

[cronosred]

Not the news I would've liked but I might give it a shot. I agree though that if they kill off Scott and or Stonebridge I'll be .

 

[SWAT]

MacPherson training for Strike Back

Interview


*edit*Not related, but the boys had a reunion.

 

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[Rowsdower!]

Nope.

I know the Scott/Stonebridge version of this show was essentially a reboot with a new cast, but I never gave a crap about the Armitage/Lincoln Strike Back and still haven't watched it. Sullivan Stapleton and Philip Winchester are what made this show work. Not interested in a reboot. Shame both of those guys are in crappy NBC shows now but at least it's a steady paycheck.

 

[rashad]

There is a extended promo up at SpoilerTV. It looks promising but it'll be hard to top the seasons featuring Stonebridge/Scott.

 

[rashad]

Strike Back: Retributiion

SB6 just began airing on SkyOne this week. My initial thoughts? It was pretty good actually. It still retains the Strike Back tone and great action we've come to expect. The opening credits and theme song are also intact. Long time SB producer/director Michael J. Bassett is still on board and directed the premiere. Retribution isn't a total reboot. The fallout from Section 20's final mission is touched upon briefly. On the surface the leads may feel like archetypes of Stonebridge and Scott. But I think as the series progresses their characters will start to become more of their own. All in all I enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing the next episode as things begin to escalate!

 

[SWAT]

They're back!... For a little bit.
Behind the scenes

 

[Dr Lee]

Sweet....

 

[SWAT]

Season was a little corny at times. Best part of it was seeing Scott and Stonebridge again. Even though it was too damn short.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Do Scott and Stonerbridge have substantial roles? Like, is it worth watching?

 

[SWAT]

I think they had two days. Stapleton's plane got delayed, so he had even less screen time. If I had to guess, around 15 minutes of screen time? Maybe less?

 

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Strike Back Renewed for Season Six by Cinemax
https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/03/strike-back-renewed-for-6th-season.html