What’s your favourite Batman efficiency thus far? For some, it is a simple choose. Even when your best choice is not Ben Affleck from Zack Snyder’s DC Universe, followers had been definitely excited to see the Caped Crusader face off towards the Man of Metal in Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice again in 2016. Affleck gained the half over various actors who auditioned for the coveted superhero function, together with underrated motion legend Scott Adkins (Undisputed), as confirmed throughout MovieWeb’s current interview with the motion star. MovieWeb caught up with Adkins whereas he was selling his newest movie Diablo, and the famed martial artist famous that his connection to Affleck did not finish with Batman. They will be noticed collectively in Netflix’s upcoming movie The RIP.
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Adkins spoke to MovieWeb amid the discharge of his newest motion movie ‘Diablo,’ which stars Marko Zaror.
“I am Ben Affleck’s brother in that. And that was gonna occur in some unspecified time in the future, I suppose, as a result of we bear a resemblance, apparently,” Adkins informed MovieWeb. “I labored with [The RIP co-star] Matt Damon earlier than, on The Bourne Ultimatum. Tremendous good guys, each of them. Ben Affleck, unimaginable actor. Each of them, simply wonderful actors. The forged on this movie is simply, like, sensible. And Joe Carnahan, implausible director, wrote a tremendous script. It is one thing that — you’ve got not delved into this world earlier than, and it was so genuine the best way it was written. It is a sensible script. And for me, it is only a actual thrill to be working with such a high-level and caliber of actors. And so I am actually wanting ahead to it popping out.”
Directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Matt Damon, Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Sasha Calle, Néstor Carbonell, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Kyle Chandler alongside Adkins and Affleck, The RIP picks up “After a workforce of Miami cops discovers hundreds of thousands in money inside a derelict stash home, belief frays as the whole lot — and everybody — is known as into query,” the official synopsis reads. The motion outing is scheduled to land on Netflix on January 16, 2026.
Scott Adkins Explains Why ‘Diablo’ Is “The Finest Martial Arts Motion Film of 2025”
Within the meantime, Adkins and fellow martial artist and underrated motion star Marko Zaror (the pair have additionally co-starred within the likes of John Wick: Chapter 4, Savage Canine, The Killer’s Sport, and Undisputed III: Redemption) steal the present of their newest motion thriller flick Diablo, which Adkins as soon as known as “the perfect martial arts motion film of 2025.” He defined to MovieWeb precisely why that is the case:
“It is an old-school motion, martial-arts flick, you recognize, like, transplanted out of the ’90s, which is the stuff that I grew up watching. And that is the stuff I prefer to make, although folks which may say, ‘Nicely, it is dated.’ Nicely, that is the stuff that I nonetheless like, so that is what I need to give to my viewers. And I do know my audiences do like that kind of stuff on digicam. You realize, correctly, guys that may really do what they’re speculated to be doing on display — no CGI, no tips. We’re extremely skilled martial artists, myself and Marko. And yeah, that is the kind of film that I like, so that is what I am attempting to make.”
From Lionsgate, Diablo is now out there in theaters, on demand and on digital.
Diablo
- Launch Date
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June 13, 2025
- Runtime
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100 minutes
- Director
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Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
